Halloweenz Yo

Today we had a special guest! Jon was in to play the saw for us and it was very disturbing. It scared the taste out of my mouth. Seriously.

the Flaming Lips - Hit to Death in the Future Head - Halloween on the Barbary Coast
the Diamonds - Best of the Diamonds - Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula
Siouxie and the Banshees - Juju - Halloween
Plants and Animals - With avec EP - Trials & Tribulations
Mel Torme - Mel Torme at the Movies - Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives
Sonic Youth - Sister - Schizophrenia
Otis Redding - Dreams to Remember - Trick Or Treat
Death to Our Enemies - s/t - the Draculas
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic - Chrissy Kiss The Corpse
the Most Serene Republic - Population - A Mix Of Sun and Cloud
Electric Six - Fire - Electric Demons in Love
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookies Mountain - Wolf Like Me
the Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain - Crooked Legs
Petra Haden - Thriller (Michael Jackson cover)
the Mistfits - American Psycho - Hate the Living Love the Dead
How I Became the Bomb - Let's Go! - Robo
Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime EP - Citizens of Tomorrow
Gene Moss and the Monsters - Dracula's Greatest Hits - Surf Monster
Vincent Price - A Hornbook for Witches: Stories and Poems for Halloween - How to See Ghosts or Surely Bring Them To You
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Pig Lib - Ramp Of Death
Pixies - at the BBC - In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)

Makin' Socan

It's SOCAN week at CJSR, which means we are playing as much Canadian content as possible, so this week's show is an awesome 100% Canadian! Yeah! It's also a great reason to play music from my favourite almost-local band, Reverie Sound Revue...not only did Colin fall in love with it immediately, we even had a caller which is always a sign things are going well.

We Are Wolves - Total Magique - Coconut Night
Alpha Baby - You Gentle Crustacean - Mother's Union
the Painted Birds - So Much For The Rain - All I Can Do
Small Sins - Mood Swings - On the Line
Paul Arnusch - Get Out Of Your Basement - I Don't Want to Go Back Down
Whitey Houston - s/t - Liarbird
Mark Birtles Project - Art Crime - Pyramids
Reverie Sound Revue - EP - It's All the Same
Blue Sky Addicts - CBC Radio 3: Breaking New Sound - End of the Beginning
Novillero - Aim Right For the Holes In Their Lives - the Hypothesist
Melissa McLelland - Thumbelina's One Night Stand - Passenger 24
Dala - Who Do You Think You Are - Sunday Dress
Medical - Asleep At The Wheel - Gifts
Vers Libre - Tea - Alkazoid
Basia Bulat - POP Montreal 2007 compilation - the Pilgriming Vine
the Most Serene Republic - Population - the Men Who Live Upstairs
Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew - Spirit If... - Bodhi Sappy Weekend
Immaculate Machine - Les Uns Mais Pas Les Autres - Bateau Brise
Shout Out Out Out Out - Not Saying/Just Saying - Forever Indebted
Eisenhauer - To Those Impressed - Need to Know
Bob Wiseman - s/t - Dead Inside
Hector Fector - Oak & Elm Festival 2007 promo - Let's Make Friends

If you aren't up to any Halloween related shenanigans this Saturday the 27th, maybe you should think about checking out the Oak & Elm Festival down at the Blackspot Cafe (15120A Stony Plain Rd)....it's going from 11Am to Midnight. There are tons of great local acts on the bill, so get out there and support your scene! Hell, you should even dress up.

Stay tuned for next week's Halloween show, where we will have a special guest in!
Guess how I won't be dressed....

ugh.....that was a bad night....and it wasn't even Halloween.

FunDrive! 2007! Yeah!

FunDrive is the most magical time all year at CJSR, better than even any denominational holiday! It's a time when all the volunteers at the station come together with the common
goal of raising money for the station, like tiny ants feeding their queen...at any cost. Look at all the volunteer/ant minions in the early hours of FunDrive day 1!
Colin was even lucky enough to receive a balloon creature from the benevolent Powermannn of Kamikaze Komedy fame.

During this awesome promo shot (the first time Colin and I have been caught on film in the same room) Colin asked, "Should we look badass?" The answer, should you ever ask that yourself, is always, always look badass. Yikes!

Oh look! A live shot of the Vertical Struts record actually being played on the radio while the magnificent Herbie Mann looks on and approves of the grooves.

Things got super crazy for our FunDrive show, but Colin and I are happy to report that we raised $1743.50 to the CJSR cause! Thanks to everyone who phoned in and pledged! You keep us from becoming another morning zoo (cue toilet flush), so my endless thanks to all of you.
In the end, CJSR has met and surpassed its goal of $125, 000 and reached a final total of $129, 000! Rad! So thanks again to all our listeners and local sponsors! Makin' Whoopee saw some guest appearances by other CJSR volunteers like dj wetspot, fresh-from-Ireland Mike B, and even the mighty Daryl Richel. It was pretty nuts.

Da FunDrive playlist:

Paul McCartney - McCartney II - Temporary Secretary
Hot Panda - Get Out of Your Basement - My Tugboat Captain
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams - Ramblin' Rose
Mark Birtles Project - Urgency! Urgency! Emergency!! - SXS
James Brown - Soul Power
the Clutters - Don't Believe a Word - 9999 Ways to Hate Us
the Riverdales - Storm the Streets - Make Way
the Vertical Struts - Plans For Her 7" - Blues From An Airplane
Bang Lime - Best Friends In Love - Fly Paper
Ninja High School - Young Adults Against Suicide - Positive Laser
Pavement - Wowee Zowee - Kennel District
Joe Tex - Golden Legends - SYSLJFM (The Letter Song)
Chad VanGaalen - Skelliconnection - Red Hot Drops
Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts - Guest List
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky bonus - The Thanks I Get
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Me and Mia [by request!]

Somewhere in that last bit I also played Amsterdam by Peter Bjorn and John, but with all the FunDrive craziness I neglected to write it down. My bad!
See you this Tuesday, this time with Fortune Cookie.

-chadROCK

Oct 9, 2007

Bend Sinister - CBC Radio 3: Breaking New Sound - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Small Sins - Mood Swings - I Need A New Friend
the Carrie Nations - Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Original Soundtrack - Sweet Talkin’ Candy Man
the Mohawk Lodge - Wildfires - Hard Times
Burt Bacharach - Make It Easy On Yourself - I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
the Cave Singers - Invitation Songs – Dancing On Our Graves
Josh Ritter - the Animal Years - Girl in the War
Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew – Spirit If… - Lucky Ones
Cosmic Starfish - It’s a Mistake – Tonight’s Flavors!
Dragons of Zynth - Coronation Thieves – War Lover
No One Must Ever No - s/t – (Hats) Off to Kitchens
Mark Birtles Project - Art Crime – Tick Tack Talk
Young Galaxy - Swing Your Heartache single – the Golden Coin
Toots and the Maytals – Light Your Light – Don’t Bother Me
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy – Fri/End
David LK Murphy - Goodbye - Goodbye
the Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots – Fight Test
the Most Serene Republic – Population - Compliance
Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling – I Was A Daughter
the Wildbirds - Golden Daze – Shake Shake
the Paperbacks - An Illusion Against Death – High Praise

And the we kind of spilled into Put ‘Er in ‘D’ For Dangle’s slot.

Nico - Chelsea Girl – I’ll Keep It With Mine
Johnny Cash - Music from Jackie Brown – Tennessee Stud
Corb Lund - The Gift: A Tribute to Ian Tyson - MC Horses
Bobby Womack - Music from Jackie Brown - Across 110th Street