Good Party 2009

Good comp.

Playlist 09/09/27

The Flatmates/ Don't Say It/ Heaven Knows
Pens/ Hey Friend! What You Doing/ Networking
Vapid/ Do the Earthquake/ Do the Earthquake
Twin Crystals/ Twin Crystals/ Children
Defektors/ Doomsday Girl b/w Secret Trials/ Doomsday Girl
Velveteens/ Tall House/ Tall House
No Age/ Losing Feeling/ Losing Feeling
Atlas Sound w/ Panda Bear/ Logos/ Walkabout *For Arthur
Karl Blau/ Zebra/ Apology to Pollinateurs
Fool's Gold/ Fool's Gold/ The World Is All There Is
Pax Nicholas and the Nettey Family/ Na Teef Know De Road of Teef/ Atta Onukpa
Taken By Trees/ East of Eden/ Watch the Waves
Os Mutantes/ Haih or Amortecedor/ Querido Querido

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Thank god. Why was everyone saying the Defektors were broken up in the first place, anyway? I want them to come to Victoria so bad. I would even break out of my self-imposed show-booking hiatus to put on a show for Defektors, if they would only take me up on the offer.

Speaking of bands that Jeremiah Haywood plays in, Twin Crystals were great last night. Packed--like kippers in a wartime tin can--in Duncan's bunker of a basement (bodies floor to ceiling/ little to no head room/ air heavy with animal oils--sweat), most people could barely see a thing, but it was still pretttttttty good. Listened to them again while standing in line at Lucky Bar two hours later. According to Johnnie Regalado, in a spectacular climax, the Crystal's gear broke on stage, they tried to fix it while finishing the song, and then fucked it all, announcing they were "done" and leaving the stage. I have been listening to the record all morning.

Uh, oh yeah, go to this...

It's foggy today

...which means fall has finally arrived. I am very sad to see a wonderful summer come to an end, but I'm beginning to get excited about scarves, seriously hitting the books, and traveling to New York and Toronto.

Passing on a neat live set/ interview with Heavenly from back in the day. This link is c/o the Indiepop List. If tu hablas español, you're in luck, because this radio show aired on a Spanish station. My favourite moment occurs at the beginning of the interview, when you can hear someone light up.

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Playlist 09/09/20

I gave away two Rifflandia passes today. Exciting times, for those listeners who won and for those who tried to win. I billed my skill-testing question as "local rock trivia": "What two local labels have Colourbook released music on?" Poorly worded, but the sentiment was there. I learned of some record labels I never knew existed, that's for sure. Most people got at least one label correct. In case you didn't know, the correct answer was "Aaargh! and Old Life". Stay tuned to C-Fuv, because other programmers have Rifflandia give-aways, too.

Darlings/ Yeah I Know/ TV
Apricot Rail/ Apricot Rail/ Pouring Milk Out the Window
Valleys/ Sometimes Water Kills People/ Santiago
The Raindrops/ The Raindrops/ Even Though You Can't Dance
The Shangri-Las/ Myrmidons of Melodrama/ Give Us Your Blessings
The Dixie Cups/ The Dixie Cups/ Gee the Moon is Shining Bright
Fool's Gold/ Fool's Gold/ Night Dancing
L.A.K.E./ Let's Build a Roof/ Madagascar
Colourbook/ Colourbook/ Krakatoa
Dreamboat/ Fun Fools/ Fun Fools
Go Ghetto Tiger/ Backstage at a Puppet Show/ Beautiful Uncontrollable*
Vapid/ Emergency Room Volume 1/ Sex Stain
Vapid/ Emergency Room Volume 1/ Die
Random Cuts/ Sleep b/w Jail Stripes/ Jail Stripes
Sandy City/ Surfin' WA/ Death Wave

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Dreamboat live on G & L next Sunday! (uh... or next Sunday, or the one after...)

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Dreamboat will be playing a live acoustic studio session on Gumdrops & Lollipops at some point in the near future. I don't know how near. Aaron couldn't come in today. Catch him as Dreamboat or in Colourbook during Rifflandz.

Playlist 09/09/13

Starting the school year off with a playlist posting. Good habits, right? Right.

The Clean/ Mister Pop/ In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul
Do Dos/ Time to Die/ The Strums
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart/ Come Saturday/ Come Saturday
Bellewoods/ Friends in Bellwoods 2/ Kneel on the Apron
The National/ Boxer/ Apartment Story*
The Flatmates/ Happy All the Time/ Happy All the Time
The Lucksmiths/ The Gree Bicycle Case/ Two Storeys
The Manhattan Love Suicides/ Burnt Out Landscapes/ Autumn Fades In
Moscow Olympics/ Demo/ No Winter, No Autumn
Belle & Sebastian/ Dear Catastrophe Waitress/ Wrapped Up in Books
Camera Obscura/ Underachievers Please Try Harder/ Suspended From Class
Magnetic Fields/ Distortion/ Too Drunk to Dream+
Daniel Johnston/ Welcome to My World/ Ain't No Woman Gonna Make a George Jones Outta Me
Joni & Tim/ All Roads Lead to the Library/ All Roads Lead to the Library
The Ronettes/ Phil Spector - Back to Mono/ Baby, I Love You
The Dixie Cups/ The Dixie Cups/ Girls Can Tell
The Shangri-Las/ Myrmidons of Melodrama/ Train from Kansas City

Tune in next week for a live set from Dreamboat!

In case you missed my awesome deadpan voice, mouse-clicking, and other poor radio form, I recorded this week's show for you. Click here to download it.