Allergy to the Fans

This playlist is dedicated to those folks who think we need more by-laws. By-laws for smelling too strong, too stinky, not stinky enough, and my favourite - “smelling just right”. Suggesting that the City of Calgary needs more bylaws is ridiculous. “There outta be a law that says no more bylaws…”

Playlist - March 30, 2007
The Mants - Mants in Your Pants
The Hot Nasties - I’m a Confused Teenager
Young Fresh Fellows - Black Betty
Dr. Dog - The Girl
Sam Prekop - The Company
Archer Prewitt - I’ll Be Waiting
Pavement - Boxing Elder
Redd Cross - Citadel
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - CIA
Nardwuar versus Mikael Gorbachev
Dirty Three - 1000 Miles
Land of Talk - Speak to Me Bones
Great Lake Swimmers - See You On the Moon

LIVE IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE with Calgary’s The Cape May
- Harmony House
- String n a Bridge
- Still Island
- Coppertide
- Low and Blow

Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
Andrew Rodriguez - Dreaming Of It
Love Is All - Ageing Had Never Been His Friend
Beija Flor - Clean
The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratosphere
The Fratellis - Henrietta

JSBX - Calvin
Vodka Collins - Automatic Pilot
Superdrag - Cuts and Scars
The Vibrators - Disco in Mosco
The Von Bondies - Lack of Communication
The Neckers - Whole Mess of Trouble
Bob Mould - It’s Too Late
Mercury Rev - Opus 40
Mico - Motion
Mountain Goats - I Will Grab You by the Ears
Sonic Youth - Incinerate
Liquor Giants - Jerked Around
Super Furry Animals - The Horn
The Merkins - Wheeler
Seven Story Redhead - Ninja Part 1 and 2
Spiderbait - Buy Me a Pony
Momus - Tinnitus
Smalltown DJs - Jackpot! Where’s My Honey
Zerod B - A Pomba Girou
Minus the Bear - Michigan’s Death Drive
Kid Koala - Slew Test 2/mosquito vs water buffalo/Slew Test 3
Ex-Boyfriends - Longer Than Your Memory
The Walkmen - The Rat
Superchunk - The Hot Break
The Rocky Fortune - Glass in the Gravel

March 9, 2007 Playlist

Furious George - Gilligan (featuring Joey Ramone)
The Gaza Strippers - C’mon Join the Ride
VietNam- Gabe
Gallon Drunk - Just One More
The Raveonettes - Dirty Eues (Sex Don’t Sell)
The Galaxy Trio - Fur Elise
The Woggles - Sayonnora Blues
Bobby Conn - Love Let Me Down
Elizabeth (Live at CJSW) - Diminishing Returns, War is Beautiful, The Ash Can School
Trans Am - NE Rising Sun
Field and Stream - Green Parka Kickstand
Grasshopper and the Golden Crickets - Silver Balloons
Mothermother - Polynesia
Arcade Fire - AntiChrist Television Blues
Elvis Perkins - While You Were Sleeping
XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
English Beat - Twist and Crawl
Gang of Four - Not Great Men
Aquaduct - Broken Records
Arab Strap - Rocket, Take Your Turn
Samuel L Jackson (yup - that one) - Black Snake Moan

Mr.T is the greatest. Why? Too many reasons to mention really. From the boxing ring to the A-Team to surviving cancer, Mr. T has almost done it all. He even recorded several amazing tracks about being cool, staying away from drugs and even a song about mothers - your Mom included. This clip is a sample of the man who’s first name is Mister, middle name period, last name T.

Listen for the line: “E is every wrinkle I put on her face/and every worry I caused when I stayed out late”.

File Name: Time You Will Never Get Back
RE: Just A Small Time Boy

Everyone knows about the ubiquity of air band videos on youtube. There almost should be a law prohibiting some of the content. There almost should be a law against Journey. But that would be censorship and the law might prevent this video from happening and perhaps, without Journey, you might have never been born.

What to look for? The best part is one minute into the video. Wow. The second best part is about three minutes in - solid air-guitaredness! Remember don’t stop believing!!!

The playlist for today - March 2, 2007. Thanks to all of you for all the great calls and requests. Alright, the list:

The Golden Dogs - Yeah
Scarlet Drops - I See You
The Pink Mountain Tops - Can You Do That Dance?
The Smugglers - Up and Down
The Swingin’ Machines - Do You Have To Ask?
Warlords - Real Fine Lady
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers - She Cracked
The Vestells - Won’t You Tell Me?
Larry and the Loafers - Lets Go To The Beach
The Jaguars - It’s Gonna Be Alright
The Magic Mushroom - I’m Gone
The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
The Few - Escape
Roger and the Gypsies - Pass The Hatchet
The Amboy Dukes - Baby Please Don’t Go
The Bikinis - Crazy Vibrations
The Rising Tides - Take The World As It Comes
The Zombies - She’s Not There
The Alarm Clocks - No Reason To Complain
The Gruesomes - Who Dat? (Live in Halifax 1989)
Kris Demeanor - I Have Seen The Future
EJ Brunn - Killer Whale Attack
Woodpigeon - Hymn For Two Walks (Live at CJSW)
Jets Overhead - George Harrison
Epic - Petty Theft On Da Avenue
Lil’ Pocket Knife - 5′2″
Ratatat - El Pico
Slim Goodbody - The Liver
The Earlies - Foundation and Earth

A playlist posted on the same day as the show? No - It can’t be… Read it and weep suckers - The playlist for TODAY - February 16th:

Nathaniel Mayer - I Wanna Dance with You
The Cadillacs - Speedo
Ike and Tina Turner - Save the Last Dance for Me
The Moonglows - Chickie Um Bah
Marsha Gee - Peanut Duck
The Schoolboys - Please Say You Want Me
Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters - Money Honey
The Sapphires - Who Do You Love?
The Chiffons - Nobody Knows What’s Going On (In My Mind But Me)
The Chords - Sh-Boom
The Butterflys - Goodnight Baby
The Shirlettes - Boys
The Crystals - There’s No Other Like My Baby
Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Boss Tones - Mope-Itty Mope
The Silhouttes - Get a Job
Vito and The Salutations - Unchained Melody
The Ronettes - I Wonder
The Cinderellas - Baby baby (I Still Love You)
The Elegants - Little Star
The Ikettes - I’m Blue
Dorothy Berry - You’re So Fine
The Blossoms - Good Good Lovin’
Mary Wells - Bye Bye Baby
Madelaine Bell - You Don’t Love Me No More
PP Arnold - The First Cut is the Deepest
Darlene Love - Stumble and Fall
Marie Knight - Hey, Tell me Boy
Bran Van 3000 w/ Curtis Mayfield - Astounded
Junior Wells - Snatch It Back and Hold It
James Brown - Goliath

Finally all caught up! Thanks to the Summerlad for playing live this past Friday. Go and support their ‘My Bloody Valentine’ covers show this Valentine’s Day at the Marquee Room at the Uptown Stage (second floor). Proceeds will help the ‘Lads raise some dough for their film project. Cool raffles and otehr surprises. Watch out for Cupid!!!

The list:
Looper - Ballad of Ray Suzuki
The Joggers - Wicked Light Sleeper
Bedhead - Smoke
Julie Ruin - Radical or Pro-Parental
Blonde Redhead - 10
*Live on CJSW - Summerlad with a bunch of My Bloody Valentine covers*
Modest Mouse - Doin’ the Cockroach
Joy Division - Transmission
Nerfherder - Van Halen
The Jam - Mr. Clean
Make-Up - Save Yourself
Jack O’ Fire - No Love Lost
Bellrays - Pay the Cobra
Laughing Hyenas - Hard Time Blues
Bad Wizard - Mean Nite, Tonite
James Kochalka Superstar - Talk to the Wookie
Babe the Blue Ox - Chicken Head Bone Sucker
Neal Pollack Invasion - Never Mind the Pollacks
Shane MacGowan and the Popes - That Woman’s Got Me Drinking
The Barracudas - The KGB Made a Man out of Me
Bare Jr. - You Blew Me Off
The E&Y Company song
Liquor Giants - Medicene Ball Game
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Ghosts

I called my good friend Nick from the Beachcombers to help me with the playlist logjam that has been building up for the past few weeks. I just got to say that Nick sure has a nice boat. He also tells me that the sooner I get this logjam finished, the sooner we can go for some breakfast at Molly’s Reach. Ok Nick, I guess we have got to get going…

Playlist for January 12, 2007
Urge Overkill - Tequilla Sunrise
Wolfcolonel - A Medium Rootbeer
The Kooks - See the World
Built to Spill - TimeTrap
Falconhawk - Olympia
Rabbit Has Brain - Sad Season
Roxy Music - Editions of You
The DTs - The Price of Love
Hot Little Rocket - Down with Safe
Twisted Sister - The Beast
3 Inches of Blood - Destroy the Orcs
Red Hot Lovers - Rock Hammer
Swan Lake - Are You Swimming in Her Pools?
Young and Sexy - The Curious Organ
Bright Eyes - Road to Joy
The Quitters - Levitation
Sean Marchetto (spoken word about Stompin’ Tom) - Long Time Listener, 1st Time Caller
The Sadies - 1000 Cities Falling (Part 1)
Stompin’ Tom - Made in the Shade
Scottie Cut and Paste Project - Bush is a Moron
*Interview with the Rude Pundit*
Parkade - There’s a Logical Break Break Here
You Say Party! We Say Die! - You Did It!
Reverie Sound Revue - Walking Around Waiting Downtown
RX Bandits - A Mouth Full of Hollow Threats

Playlist for January 19, 2007
- *Live at CJSW* -
Martin Fulton Overkill - Get Up; Singed by the Flames of Heaven; Head Smashed In
Fu Manchu - Godzilla
Thrush Hermit - North Dakota
Sue Garner and Rick Brown - Asphalt Road
The Gris Gris - For the Season
Mr T - ?
*Interview with Nick Prueher from Found Footage Film Festival*
The Futureheads - The City is Here for You to Use
MC Noodles - Fan the Flames
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Got My Eye on You
The Jayhawks - What Lead Me to this Town
Neko Case - The Virginian
Robbie Fulks - Let’s Kill Saturday Night
Friends of Dean Martinez - All the Pretty Horses
Nancy Sinatra - Burn the Spark

Playlist for January 26, 2007
The Political Blockheads - Military Moron
Blues Explosion - Damage
Frank Black and the Catholics - If It Takes All Night
Bling Kong - We’ve Got the Bling
Poo Poodles - Here Comes the Future, The Future is Now
The Hidden Cameras - Doot doot
Islands - Don’t Call Me Whitney, Bobby
Poo Poodles - Bananaman/eggboy
Stretch - Why Did You Do It?
Solesides - Lyric Fatham
The Rogers Sisters - Why Won’t You
Iggy Pop - Repo Man
Big Sandy and his Fy-Rite Boys - Jumping from 6 to 6
BA Johnston - I Will Be a Skid Dad
The Hold Steady - Hot Soft Light
Now It’s Overhead - Meaning to Say
Ladyfinger - Smuggler
Brant Bjork - Automatic Fantastic
The Hoods - Tricky
The Fucking Ocean - Bombs in the Underground
Daniel Lanois - o Marie
Beck - The Information

Playlist for GROUNDHOG DAY!!!! - February 2, 2007
The Sights and Sounds of Football - various sounds from football…
Great Uncle Bull - John the Revelator
Pittsburg Steelers - featuring Franco Harris and Lynn Swann - 1974 season
Boone and Erikson - How the Vikings Football Came to Minnesota
Chicago Bears Shufflin’ Crew - The Superbowl Shuffle
Walter Payton - Doin’ It Right
Fat Boys - Chillin’ with the Refridgerator
Al Pacino - Peace with Inches
Bongo Billiard - They Call In the Frdge
Flaming Lips - Vein of Stars
Great Lake Swimmers - Various Stages
This Moment in Black History - Parish Skinner
Backbeat - Money
The Head Set - Late for the Show
Deerhoof - Believe ESP
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth - Saturday Morning Caveman
The Gris Gris - Everytime
Feathers - Tone Poem
The Klaxons - The Bouncer
Gutterawl - Bismuth
Ghost Stories - The Upper 10/The Lower Five

Ok Nick - let’s go eat!!!!!

My favourite “holiday” of the year is Groundhog Day. The origins seem to date back to the Celts (European not Boston) to celebrate the “special days” between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. During these “special days” animals got special powers (mind reading, talking, etc.) that would freak out most anyone - especially in those early days (5th century, 1976, etc.).

The earliest known North American reference to Groundhog Day can be traced back to Reading, Pennsylvania. According to Wikipedia:

“The reference was made Feb. 4, 1841 in Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania storekeeper James Morris’ diary: “Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate.”

2007!!!
It looks like the likes of Balzac Billy, Punxsutawney Phil, Staten Island Chuck, Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam and General Beauregard Lee, Malverne Mel are all predicting an early Spring for 2007. There were two dissenters - Jimmy the Groundhog and Holtsville Hal - that predicted six more weeks of winter.

In 2006, this is how it broke down:
6 more weeks of winter — Dunkirk Dave, Punxsutawney Phil, Buckeye Chuck
Early Spring — Spanish Joe, Wiarton Willie, General Beauregard Lee, Staten Island Chuck, Shubenacadie Sam, Jimmy the Groundhog, Malverne Mel, French Creek Freddie

And in 2005:
6 more weeks of winter — Dunkirk Dave, Punxsutawney Phil, Shubenacadie Sam, Spanish Joe, Octorara Orphie, Malverne Mel
Early Spring — Wiarton Willie, Jimmy the Groundhog, General Beauregard Lee, Balzac Billy, Staten Island Chuck

Whatever happened to Spanish Joe? French Creek Freddie? Man I loved those groundhogs!!
Happy Groundhog Day suckers!!!!