Fill-in for Red, White and You

Ok Vancouver Ok/ s/t/ The Balcony

The Wind Whistles/ Window Sills/ Gold Fever

Veda Hille/ This Riot Life/ Lucklucky

No Kids/ Come Into My House/ Listen for It/Courtyard Music

Doug Hoyer/Get Out of Your Basement/ Emma

State of Samuel/ Here Come the Floods/ Always Under the Gun

The Barcelona Chair/ .../ Young Shields

Balacade/ The Second Old Life Compilation/ Piano Fire

Blanck/ The Second Old Life Compilation/ Syrup

Daniel Ledwell/ Two Over Seven/ I Have Made You a Mixed Tape

The Superfantastics/ Choose Your Destination/ Van Gogh

Aaron Booth/ Sappy Records Tribute to Snailhouse/ California is Always Waiting

Ladyhawk/ Shots/ Night You're Beautiful

Ladyhawk got cut off for Kenny G.

This show shows you how much I've been neglecting Canadian chart releases on Gumdrops and Lollipops. My next Sunday show will probably resemble this fill-in quite closely--except I won't be playing that "Young Shields" cover. As I said (if you were listening), Young Lions have done a much better job.

Playlist 08/04/27

The Go-Betweens/ Liberty Belle & the Black Diamond Express/ Spring Rain
Math and Physics Club/ Movie Ending Romance/ Graduation Day
Vehicle Flips/ For You I Pine/ Graduation Party
Her Space Holiday/ Audio Astronomy/ Hair Cut Short
The Essex Green/ The Long Goodbye/ By the Sea
Yo La Tengo/ Summer Sun/ Little Eyes
Herman Dune/ I Wish That I Could See You Soon/ I Wish That I Could See You Soon
Mayapple Weather/ Omnicloud Compilation/ Mosquitoes
Malcolm Middleton/ 5:14 Fluoxytine Seagull Alcohol John Nicotine/ 1, 2, 3, 4
bird rib/ Omnicloud Compilation/ Hairs
Almonds, Cohen/ The Second Old Life Compilation/ Heart in a Jar
Lake Country/ The Second Old Life Compilation/ Hard Days Hard Nights

This weekend: brrrning ceedees. Steeeeeeeve Kado. Almonds, Cohen bootleg. Yeah!

Playlist 08/04/20

The Lucksmiths/ Where Were We?/ T-Shirt Weather
Sekiden/ Junior Fiction/ Pinball Summer
The Beat Happening/ Jamboree/ The This Many Boyfriends Club
The Vaselines/ The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History/ Rory Rides Raw
Endless Bummer/ No Beach Out of Reach/ Ride On
The Undertones/ s/t/ Girls Don't Like It
No Kids/ Come Into My House/ I Love the Weekend
Jens Lekman/ You Are the Light/ A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill
Vashti Bunyan/ Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind/ Train Song
The Blankket/ Be Your Own Boss/ Thunder Road
Colourbook/ s/t/ 2000 Cowboys
Burquitlam Plaza/ Big on Fall/ Parents Bowling Fun Night
Al Stewart/ Year of the Cat/ Sand In Your Shoes

Travel songs. Bike riding, train song, thunder road, sand in your shoes. Pinball summer! Well, not yet. But at least t-shirt weather if you pedal fast.

Come and see the Colourbook show:



... and the Blankket/ Blanck/ Almonds, Cohen show.

Playlist 08/04/13

The Shangri-Las/ 25 Rock Revival Greats/ (Remember) Walking in the Sand
Endless Bummer/ No Beach Out of Reach/ Call Me
Young Lions/ Mary/ Mary
The Blow/ Paper Television/ Eat Your Heart Up
Tullycraft/ Every Scene Needs a Center/ A Cursed Miss Maybellene
The Salteens/ Short Term Memories/ Kelly Nicoll
The Lucksmiths/ First Tape/ Birthday Present for Katrina
Joni & Tim/ All Roads Lead to the Library/ All Roads Lead to the Library
Belle & Sebastian/ Dear Catastrophe Waitress/ Wrapped Up in Books
Camera Obscura/ Underachievers Please Try Harder/ Books Written for Girls
The Superfantastics/ Choose Your Destination/ Lullaby Punches
Jens Lekman/ Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo/ Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo

Thank you David B for sending me that Endless Bummer cd! Best week to receive mail; I was soooo burried under papers (still am). Young Lions will be releasing a 7" some day. The Blow tickets went with little prodding; I have made up my mind that I am going to that show, as no studying will help me by that time of night.

I received the Tullycraft cd from Tim last night when we were hanging with indiepop internet friends from San Francisco and Seattle. More on that next week. The Salteens song went out to Andrew because although the Zombies are great picnic music, he was wishing for "Kelly Nicoll".

The Lucksmiths song was for Christos. Happy Birthday, Christos.

The book set was an attempt to make myself like books again despite wanting to hate them due to papers/ not getting a certain job I wanted. I don't know how I feel about books. I'm conflicted. I like them, but parts of my life are trying to convince me otherwise.

Instructions for a successful evening with internet friends

Internet friends met IRL count upped tonight. American Indiepoppers. They like indiepop. I mean, indieSODA.

Playlist 08/04/06

Julie Doiron/ Goodnight Nobody/ Snow Falls in November
The Superfantastics/ Choose Your Destination/ Turn On Me
Wintersleep/ Welcome to the Night Sky/ Dead Letter & the Infinite Yes
Brent Randall & His Pinecones/ Strange Love/ Strange Love (Don't Be Lazy)
Old Man Luedecke/ Proof of Love/ Big Group Breakfast
Tullycraft/ Old Traditions, New Standards/ Superboy & Supergirl
Dorotea/ EP2 It's Happening Again/ Kiss Me if You Love Me
Blue Clocks Green/ Hemingway/ Hemingway
All Girl Summer Fun Band/ Summer of '98/ Grass Skirt
The Doers/ Gaiety/ New Kind of Neighbourhood (J. Richman)
Jonathan Richman/ Because Her Beauty is Raw & Wild/ The Lovers Are Here and They're Full of Sweat
Woodhands/ Heart Attack/ I Can't See Straight

Today's show was really really fun for me. Firstly, I got to do the friends-across-Canada hug-from-coast-to-coast thing by playing all that Haligonian stuff. (No one called to tell me about the Coast/ Brent Randall/ Vincat/ BA Johnston show, so I'm guessing no one went, which is unfortunate.)

I also reminded you why this show's genre is "twee/ indiepop/ fun" by playing Tullycraft, Dorotea, Blue Clocks Green, and AGSFB. That wasn't why I played those songs, though -- I actually just found this mix from my friend Timothy and got really excited to hear the songs on it again. I always lose Let's Rip off These Bands... and Marvel at the Untouchable Beauty of Others because it's one of my favourite mixes ever.

Everytime I play Gaiety I wonder why I don't listen to the Doers more often. I can't see them this week because I have an exam the next morning. It sucks. Like, I get to see Julie and the Superfantastics, but I also have to miss the Blow/ Colourbook show... What is this?! Exams are ruining my cultural experience. (And school is ruining my creative life -- what else is new?)

That JR cover I played really captures the spirit of the song. You know who else covers JR? Jens, of course. Anyways who does Jonathan better than the man himself? That new Jonathan Richman release is sexy and coy and playful and fun, but what else would you expect, really... Too bad he's not even touching the west coast on his tour.

Something I wanted to say on air but couldn't: everytime I hear Woodhands, it makes me orgasm. Therefore, Ryan and I are going to Vancouver next weekend. You're invited: 9am, Late Victorian British Literature exam; 1pm, ferry; 3pm, Greenbelt/ Blanket Truth/ Desks + others show at the Pavilion in Vancouver, free!; 9pm, WOODHANDS. And the next day we'll do our shows still reeling from the night before.