This episode veered to the random side of quality for a few reasons:
- I was relying on a few albums in the library to flesh out the middle of the show, which I had previewed during last week's fill-in show. However, two of the three I had elected to go with were missing, misfiled or mistakenly selected. Fortunately, I had a song by one of the acts, Adam & the Amethysts, lined up on the trusty iPod — they're a fine band from Montréal with inspiration from my hometown of Thunder Bay. I had hoped for one of the Lakehead-themed songs, but I'll have to bear that in mind for a future show. Fortunately, Elizabeth Shepherd was still in place, allowing me to give some exposure to the Vancouver International Film Festival. Fortunately, I brought some extra music with me, mostly in the form of seven inches, though I only spun Bobbie Gentry.
- With the recent death of comedian George Carlin, I felt the need to find a bit or two of his that was suitable for broadcast. Thankfully, I found a video of his classic Stuff and one of his more linguistic and faux-jingoistic tracks from one of his recent albums, Life is Worth Losing.
- Gavin Walker, host of The Jazz Show called early on the show to let me know that he wasn't coming in that night, so I had to cue up one of his past shows on the computer. I had to place him on hold briefly so I could do one of my segues, though I didn't check the levels so I sound distorted for the first few segments.
Otherwise, 'twas a breeze. A couple of songs I had in reserve for a long time were finally brought to light, including that brilliant song from the Awesome Tapes from Africa blog. As well, I condensed some of my earlier sketched soundtrack profiles into an Italian-based theme involving "dolce", including the classic score to La Dolce Vita plus the soothing sounds from the film Così dolce... così perversa and yet another majestic Ennio Morricone score, this time from Il Grande Silenzio.
I ran a little past 9pm with everything I was trying to do, which normally never happens since Gavin runs the tightest three hour show I've seen. Nevertheless, the show had a lot going on, so spillage was bound to happen.
Playlist follows:
Quiet Village: Circus of Horror (Silent Movie, 2008) Studio !K7
George Carlin: Stuff (Comic Relief, 1986)
The Cool Kids: What It Is (The Bake Sale, 2008) Chocolate Industries
Marco Polo and Large Professor: The Radar [Clean Remix] (The Radar, 2007) Soulspazm
Kris Menace / Felix da Housecat / Fred Falke: Artificial (Artificial, 2008) Compuphonic
Chromatics: In the City (After Dark, 2007) Italians Do It Better
MGMT: Electric Feel [Justice remix] (Electric Feel single, 2008) Columbia
Marlena Shaw: California Soul [Diplo remix] (Verve Remixed 4, 2008) Verve
Adam & the Amethysts: Bumblebee (Amethyst Amulet, 2008) Pome
Paavoharju: Kevätrumpu (Laulu Laakson Kukista, 2008) Fonal
Souley Kanté: Bi Magni (Bi Magni, 2008) ML
Group Doueh: Wazan Samat (Guitar Music From the Western Sahara, 2007) Sublime Frequencies
Bobbie Gentry: Fancy (Fancy, 1969) Capitol
The Free Association: Salut La Dolce Vita, Pt. I (Come Get It I Got It, 2002) 13 Amp
Nino Rota: La Dolce Vita (La Dolce Vita OST, 1959) CAM
Riz Ortolani: So Soft (Così dolce... così perversa OST, 2001) Hexacords
Ennio Morricone: Ancora Pi (Dolcemente) (Il Grande Silenzio OST, 1968) Beat
Budos Band: Chicago Falcon (II, 2007) Daptone
Elizabeth Shepherd: Shining Tear of the Sun (Parkdale, 2008) Do Right Music
George Carlin: A Modern Man (Life is Worth Losing, 2006) Atlantic
The trippy music behind the concert listings was by Reinhard Lakomy with the song Begierde Und Hoffnung.
As indicated during tonight's broadcast, I'm out of town next week. I'm still figuring out what to do, since my earlier search for a fill-in of my own came up empty. In the next few days, I'll figure out if I'll find a replacement host, prepare a pre-recorded show or run a repeat that's not time-dependent. Gavin Walker will extending his show to an epic four and a half hour episode next week when he takes over my slot, then zips into his.
You can download Dulce de leche as an MP3 [89.3 Mb, 97:35 — Spanish for "milk candy"]
