This was a fun show, both on air and off. Hopefully part of that merriment translated properly for those of you in the audience, but I scripted some segments to be more on the silly side rather than stupid (the faux-pilot announcement at the beginning and the attempt at reacting a scene from The Warriors being sorta highlights), found the more bizarre PSA's (though nothing will ever beat the Friends of CiTR advert) and ran with more fun tunes, especially the covers.
Behind the scenes, I got to the station early after a longer-than-expected bike ride in the relatively warm sunlight (fun fact for non-Vancouverites: today was the first day when the temperature was done in the usual warm weather way, whereby the initial temperature is followed with the slightly cooler temperature by the water). UBC was surround with a light mist, cooling the air noticeably. I hung out with some of the news and arts teams, some of whom were running into technical difficulties with recording telephone interviews when not shooting the breeze about lighter topics. As some songs played, I had visitors sitting in the studio with me, playing with the most recent addition of the totems I bring with me when on air: an old Lupin the 3rd doll I found at the Kitsilano Sally Ann for $2. (Sometime, I'll properly highlight the weird distractions I carry in for luck.)
As songs go, the Breakbot song was a blessed find from one of the MP3 blogs I spin through: Hyperbole. The X -> LCD Soundsystem -> Poni Hoax sequence came out from the iPod shuffle during one walk around False Creek. The Epoxies cover of the Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains was something I had in my collection of music for years, but I was floored to discover that the station had a better quality version of the song in their archives, which came from the Dirtnap Across The Northwest compilation. That compilation includes a lot of Vancouver bands, though some defunct like the New Town Animals.
Playlist follows:
Benoît Charest: Cabaret Hoover (Les Triplettes de Belleville OST, 2004) Higher Octave
Breakbot: Happy Rabbit (7", 2007) Moshi Moshi
Thunderheist: Suenos Dulces (Myspace, 2007) unsigned
Teeth Mountain: Ghost Science (?, 2007) unsigned
Beachwood Sparks: Make the Cowboy Robots Cry (Ghost Dance 1492, 2002) Sub Pop
The Diableros: Working Out Words (You Can't Break the Strings of Our Olympic Hearts, 2005) Baudelaire
X: I Don't Wanna Go Out (Aspirations, 1979) Amphetamine Reptile
LCD Soundsystem: Get Innocuous! [Soulwax Mix] (A Bunch of Stuff EP, 2007) Capitol
Poni Hoax: Budapest (Poni Hoax, 2006) Tigersushi
Duchess Says: Black Flag (Budgie Laboratories, 2005) unsigned
Dragon Fli Empire: Mount Pleasant (New Music Canada, Volume 1, 2004) CBC
Simian Mobile Disco: It's the Beat (Attack Decay Sustain Release, 2007) Wichita/Interscope
The Epoxies: Join the Professionals (Dirtnap Across the Northwest, 2003) Dirtnap
The Professionals: Theme from the Godfather (Cult Cargo -- Belize City Boil Up, 2005) Numero
Chiara Mastroianni & Oliver Bernet: Eye of the Tiger (Persepolis OST, 2008) Caroline
Oliver Bernet: Theme from Persepolis (Persepolis OST, 2008) Caroline
Barry de Vorzon: Theme from the Warriors (The Warriors OST, 1979) Polygram
Joe Walsh: In the City (The Warriors OST, 1979) Polygram
Mulatu Astatke: Yekermo Sew (Broken Flowers OST, 2005) Decca
The music queued during the concert listings was a vintage electronic track composed by the pioneering Jean Jacques Perrey, most famous for Popcorn. I played the lesser known Gossipo Perpetuo, which remains a strong novelty song from the era when the Moog ruled.
You can download Up through the fog and into the ionosphere, as an MP3. [83.6 Mb, 91:37. File will remain on the server for approximately 30 days.]
