rfg #28 - "Don't pet the sweaty stuff"

The first-ever CITR Show Swap Week went quite well, right to the bitter end as Sunday featured perhaps the finest example of the ethos behind the campaign: indie rocker Chrisariffic, host of Monday afternoon's Parts Unknown (and a beast of a blocker at soccer) took on Anoop's Rhythms India to charming effect. It'll be hard to recap the entire week's efforts, but word is that we may try to top that shortly.

On with the regular programming and without overthinking this plate of beans, things were locked into a groove, with the usual mish-mash of genres. You get your Canadian content from Wolf Parade and Telepathic Butterflies and you get your soundtrack exposé with Repo Man. One of my segues had me caught in mid-laughter as Gavin Walker was doing one of his great impersonations in the background as I did my utmost not to utterly lose composure on air. And there were an inordinate amount of cool covers here too, which wasn't planned, but as with most things, overplanning can often ruin the experience (so yeah, no covers show redux for a while).

There have been two things I've neglectful of, which need quick highlighting:

1. When I was away earlier in July, Gavin extended his jazz show to cover my block. Oddly enough, the podcast software caps out at four hours at a time (though somehow, I managed to hear the unrecorded half hour through the online stream from Kitchener), but if you're keen, you can listen to at least an hour of how he used up my time. Not only that – along with an extra-special version of the Jazz Show with not only increased Canadiana but some of the distinguished Mr. Walker's own compositions. The Jazz Show from 2008 June 30th [240 minutes, 200 Mb or so? — it's big, you've been warned].
2. Now, for the sound of my voice, I actually debuted on air through the gracious hospitality of Duncan McHugh of Duncan's Donuts [podcast]. I show up 20 minutes into his Thursday nooner show and we get silly, including some assistance from music coordinator Luke Meat, whose show ANoiZE scares the elderly Wednesday mornings. There's a playlist on his site and more importantly, the show itself: Duncan's Donuts from 2007 December 6th [58 minutes, 50 Mb or so — it's not so big, but it ain't wee].