Canadian Campus Radio Charts For September 26

Here are the Canadian campus radio charts for September 26 from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 The Dears Gang Of Losers Maple Music
2 Chad VanGaalen Skelliconnection Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
3 Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton Knives Don't Have Your Back Last Gang
4 The Hidden Cameras Awoo Evil Evil
5 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador
6 Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Domino
7 TV On The Radio Return To Cookie Mountain Interscope
8 Golden Dogs Big Eye Little Eye True North
9 Les Georges Leningrad Sangue Puro Dare To Care
10 Shout Out Out Out Out! Not Saying Just Saying Nrmls Wlcm

To see the entire chart for the week go here.

Now for my home station, CJAM.

1 The Album Leaf Into The Blue Again Sub Pop
2 Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton Knives Don't Have Your Back Last Gang
3 Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Riverside
4 Golden Dogs Big Eye Little Eye True North
5 John Coltrane Soultrane Prestige
6 The Bicycles The Good The Bad And The Cuddly Fuzzy Logic
7 The Hidden Cameras Awoo Evil Evil
8 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador
9 Eric Bachmann To The Races Saddle Creek
10 Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Domino

For the entire CJAM chart go here.

Sweet Static Playlist 9/29

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog

the chemical brothers-setting sun (radio edit) from cd single (virgin-1996)
drive-by truckers-sounds better in the song from decoration day (new west-2003)
andre ethier-honey bee from secondathallam (paper bag-2006) cc *
ray lamontagne-three more days from till the sun turns black (rca-2006) *
the dears-ballad of humankindness from gang of losers (maple-2006) cc *
lenny kravitz w/stevie wonder-deuce from kiss my ass: classic kiss regrooved (polygram-2004)
run with the kittens-live forever from self-titled record (indie-2005) cc
yo la tengo-point and shoot from I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass (matador-2006) *
wilco-my darling from summerteeth (reprise-1999)
great aunt ida-we say no from how they fly (northern electric-2006) cc
magnolia electric co.-montgomery from fading trails (secretly canadian-2006)
justin rutledge-I'm your man, you're my radio from the devil on a bench in stanley park (six shooter-2006) cc *
ryan adams-look who got a website mp3
the mountain goats-woke up new from get lonely (4ad-2006) *
dean drouillard-today from dream at harmony motel (indie-2005) cc
the flying burito brothers-dark end of the street from the best of (a&m-2001)
jucifer-my benefactor from if thine enemy hunger (relapse-2006) *
the amps-tipp city from pacer (4ad-1995)
my morning jacket-wordless chorus from okonokos (ato-2006)
ten year drought-your favourite year from memoranda (indie-2006) cc
pavement-unseen power of the picket fence from no alternative (arista-1993)
ben kweller-run from self-titled album (ato-2006) *
the golden dogs-strong from big eye little eye (true north-2006) cc *

Interview With Chris Murphy Of Sloan Online

This week's interview on the excellent Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show is with Chris Murphy of Sloan. The interview is from CFRU in Guelph, Ontario and will be archived for 4 weeks.

Interview with Chris Murphy of Sloan

Interview with John Wright of NOmeansno

This week on the Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show the interview was with John Wright of the legendary NOmeansno. The interview was on CFRU from Guelph and will be archived for another three weeks.

Interview with John Wright of NOmeansno

P.A. Festival Set Times

Here are the official times and dates for the band playing the first P.A. Music Festival in Windsor this weekend.

Thursday September 28th, 2006

The Avalon Front
The Riderless (London) 10:00pm.
Henri Faberge and The Adorables (Toronto) 11:00pm.
Measured In Angles 12:00am.
The Sun Parlour Players (Toronto) 1:00am.

Phog Lounge
Twilight Hotel (Winnipeg) 10:30pm.
Golden Hands Before God... 11:30pm.
Wax Mannequin (Hamilton) 12:30am.
The Mark Inside (Toronto) 1:30am.

Friday September 29th, 2006

Phog Lounge
Dean Drouillard (Toronto) 10:30pm.
Ten Year Drought 11:30pm.
Run with the Kittens (Toronto) 12:30am.
The Ride Theory (Hamilton) 1:30am.

The Avalon Front
Portia 10:00pm.
The Locusts Have No King 11:00pm.
Raised by Swans (London) 12:00am.
Fjord Rowboat (Toronto) 1:00am.

Saturday September 30th, 2006

The Avalon Front
Friday Morning's Regret (Toronto) 10:30pm.
The Coast (Toronto) 11:30pm.
The Golden Dogs (Toronto) 12:30am.

Phog Lounge
Citywide Vacuum 10:00pm.
A Northern Chorus (Golden Horseshoe) 11:00pm.
Lindy (Toronto) 12:00am.
The High Strung (Detroit) 1:00am.

Sweet Static Playlist 9/22

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog

the velvet underground-rock and roll from the best of (polygram-1989)
pulp-little girl (with blue eyes) from masters of the universe (velvel-1997)
the decemberists-o' valencia from promo single (capitol-2006)
final fantasy-this lamb sells condos from he poos clouds (blocks-2006) cc
wilco-the late greats from a ghost is born (nonesuch-2004)
the new pornographers-the slow descent into alcoholism from mass romantic (mint-2000) cc
the bicycles-b-b-bicycles from the good the bad and the cuddly (fuzzy logic-2006) cc *
the old soul-turn off the living room lights from she's got party davis eyes (hand of god-2006) cc *
the golden dogs-never meant any harm from big eye little eye (true north-2006) cc *
elliott brood-jackson from ambassador (six shooter-2005) cc
justin rutledge-robin's tune from the devil on a bench in stanley park (six shooter-2006) cc
eric bachmann-genie, genie from to the races (saddle creek-2006) *
neil young-love is a rose from decade (reprise-1977)
a northern chorus-these days from before we all go to pieces rerelease (black mountain-2006) cc *
bob dylan-ain't talking from modern times (sony-2006)
bonnie 'prince' billy-cold & wet from the letting go (drag city-2006)
the hidden cameras-lollipop from awoo (evil evil-2006) cc *
papas fritas-sing about me from helioself (minty fresh-1997)
pas/cal-the bronze beached boys (come on let's go) from the handbag memoirs ep (le grand magistery-2002)
the go! team-panther dash from thunder, lightning, strike (memphis industries-2004)
bruce mcculloch-answering machine from shame based man (atlantic-1995) cc
yo la tengo-sometimes I don't get you from I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass (matador-2006) *
sunparlour players-the detroit river is alive from hymns for the happy (indie-2006) cc *

Another Free Zunior Compilation

Once again Zunior has come out with another great compilation. Some great music on here including something from the new Barenaked Ladies, Al Tuck, Snailhouse and Christine Fellows.

Best of all it's free so no excuse. Here's the entire track listing.

1 Carnival Feuermusik Goodbye, Lucille Independent
2 Streets Are Empty Lost Wax Guild Lost Wax Guild Zunior
3 My Town Is On Fire Turnstiles 13 Telephone Towers Independent
4 Wind It Up Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies Are Me Nettwerk
5 sayshell telefuzz the financiers of samsara Upstairs Recordings
6 eliminate ya Al Tuck The New High Road of Song Zunior
7 The Silence Show Snailhouse The Silence Show Scratch Records
8 Cemeteries Downtown Old Man Luedecke Hinterland Black Hen Music
9 Vertebrae Christine Fellows Paper Anniversary Six Shooter Records
10 Prairie Train Precious Fathers Precious Fathers
White Whale Records

To get info on downloading the entire sampler you can go here.

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For September 19

Here are the weekly Canadian campus charts for the week ending September 19, from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 The Dears Gang Of Losers Maple Music
2 The Hidden Cameras Awoo Evil Evil
3 Chad VanGaalen Skelliconnection Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
4 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador
5 TV On The Radio Return To Cookie Mountain Interscope
6 Grizzly Bear Yellow House Warp
7 Shout Out Out Out Out! Not Saying Just Saying Nrmls Wlcm
8 Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Domino
9 The Bicycles The Good The Bad And The Cuddly Fuzzy Logic
10 Golden Dogs Big Eye Little Eye True North

To see the entire chart you can go here.

Now here are the CJAM charts for the same period.

1 The Hidden Cameras Awoo Evil Evil
2 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador
3 Spoon Telephono And Soft Effects Merge
4 Tortoise A Lazarus Taxon Thrill Jockey
5 What Seas What Shores Summer 2006 Tour Independent
6 Eric Bachmann To The Races Saddle Creek
7 J Dilla The Shining BBE
8 Caribou Start Breaking My Heart/Up In Flames (Reissue) Domino
9 The Dears Gang Of Losers Maple Music
10 Various Noise Factory Records Sampler: Vol. 3 Noise Factory

To see the whole CJAM chart you can go here.

Sweet Static Grand Slam-Land Of Talk

On Monday I saw the big indie bill of Land Of Talk, Shout Out Out Out Out and Holy Fuck play at the university pub here in Windsor. I really liked Land Of Talk, so much so that I missed most of Holy Fuck to talk with Elizabeth of Land Of Talk who was kind enough to to be bugged for the Sweet Static Grand Slam.

1-Who is your favorite Muppet?
She aspired to be the Joni Mitchell-esqu Janice but related more to Gonzo.

2-What is your favorite band or artist that no one knows about?
Elfin Saddle and cRap Your Pants

3-The drink that you hate to do.
Jagermeister

4-Name three songs you'd put on a mix tape for a significant other.
1-Eisley-"Just Like We Do"
2-Wilco-"Nothing Up My Sleeve" (note she wasn't sure of the song title but gave me a lyric and that it was a b-side so this is my best guess)
3-Diane Cluck-"Easy To Be Around"

Here are a couple of Land Of Talk songs you can download from their Myspace page

Land Of Talk-"Speak To Me Bones"
Land Of Talk-"Breaxxbaxx"

Sweet Static Grand Slam-Alun Piggins And The Quitters

For the last couple of years a constant visitor to the Windsor area has been Alun Piggins And The Quitters. Last Saturday had another visit from the band and it was as usual a great show and lots of fun. Really great crowd, one of the best I've seen in his many shows down here.

Anyways after the show I was able to bug head man himself, Alun Piggins with the Sweet Static Grand Slam.

1-Who is your favorite Muppet?

First he said Animal. Then he moved on to Kermit before finally settling on Sam, the eagle.

2-What is your favorite band or artist that no one knows about?

Sheep Look Up-old band from London, Ontario that you can check out here and here.

3-The drink that you hate to do.

Anything sweet.

4-Name three songs you'd put on a mix tape for a significant other.

1-Jimi Hendrix-Machine Gun
2-The Replacements-Alex Chilton
3-The Beatles-Dear Prudence

On his website there are a lot of songs to download. Here are a couple of my favorite.
Alun Piggins-"Heading Out West"
Alun Piggins-"Garbage Inspires"

Also because I was able to find some songs online, here is a Sheep Look Up song.
Sheep Look Up-"Big Heart"

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For August

Here is the chart for the month of August from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 Sonic Youth Rather Ripped Geffen
2 Mstrkrft * The Looks Last Gang
3 The Bicycles * The Good The Bad And The Cuddly Fuzzy Logic
4 Thom Yorke The Eraser XL
5 Peaches * Impeach My Bush XL
6 Oneida Happy New Year Outside
7 Vancougar * Losin' It! Scratch
8 Hylozoists * La Fin Du Monde Boompa
9 Camera Obscura Let's Get Out Of This Country Merge
10 CSS Cansei De Ser Sexy Sub Pop
11 Shout Out Out Out Out! * Not Saying Just Saying Normals Welcome
12 Sufjan Stevens The Avalanche Asthmatic Kitty
13 The Wailin' Jennys * Firecracker Jericho Beach
14 Junior Boys * In The Morning Domino
15 Afrodizz * Froots C4
16 Various Slaying Since 1996 Suicide Squeeze
17 Tokyo Police Club * A Lesson In Crime Paper Bag
18 Final Fantasy * He Poos Clouds Blocks Recording Club
19 Cut Chemist The Audience's Listening Warner
20 Various * Jamaica To Toronto: Soul, Funk And Reggae 1967-1974 Light In The Attic

To view the entire chart you can to here.

Updated P.A. Music Festival Line-Up

Well almost all the bands are now announced for the P.A. Music Festival, that will be taking place September 28-30 in Windsor, Ontario. Previously I posted the line-up for Phog and this weekend I found out that The Avalon Front line-up had been put up on the Phog Blog.

The Riderless
Henri Faberge and The Adorables
Sunparlour Players
Measured In Angles
The Locusts Have No King
Raised By Swans
Fjord Rowboat
Portia
Friday Morning's Regret
The Coast
The Golden Dogs

No times or dates yet. I'll be honest I saw them this weekend when I was at Phog but didn't write them down.

More updates to come when I get them.

To read the whole post on the updated line-up from the Phog Blog go here.

The Anti-Hit List For September 9

Busy week and had other things that I wanted to post about so I never got around to doing my weekly recap of John Sakamoto's Anti-Hit List for September 9, until today. So here we go.

Ben Kweller is up first. He has a new album coming out and he's put two songs from it up on his Myspace page. Sakamoto brings up the song "Penny On The Train Track", comparing it to Kweller's work with The Bens. It's a really fun song that you can check out here.

Brooklyn's Dirty On Purpose is up next. Calling their album Hallelujah Sirens a prime suspect to be the most overlooked album of the year, he points out the song "Your Summer Dress" saying it's, "a cross between the Smashing Pumpkins' '1979' and The Police's 'Every Breath You Take'." You can stream it on their Myspace page here. Also here's a song from their homepage that you can download.
Dirty On Purpose-"Mind Blindness"

Next up is Summer Hymns. Misra Records is releasing their album in November and is making the song "Pity And Envy" available for download. A really relaxed song with some great lyrics. I'm looking forward to checking out more from them.
Summer Hymns-"Pity And Envy"

Last we have the "Hurts Like Teen Spirit" mash-up featuruing Johnny Cash vs. Nirvana with a touch of Blue Oyster Cult and New Order thrown in. This is a really great mash and as Sakamoto says it's one of the "rare mash-ups that shoots for something far more subversive than being a cool party trick. I'm pretty sure this has been making the rounds of the blogs but nothing wrong with it getting out some more. From The Control Centre.
DJ Dangerous Orange-"Hurts Like Teen Spirit"

Other bands featured include The Young Knives, The Awkward Stage and Larrikin Love. To check out the entire Anti-Hit List from September 9 go here.

Sweet Static Playlist 9/15

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog

malajube-la monogamie from tromp-l'oeil (dare to care-2006) cc *
the sadies-higher power from in concert: volume one (outside-2006) cc *
uncle tupelo-postcard from still feel gone reissue (columbia legacy-2003)
blood meridian-work hard, for what? from kick up the dust (outside-2006) cc *
bob dylan-when the deal goes down from modern times (columbia-2006)
james-destiny calling from the best of (mercury-1998)
the polyphonic spree-lithium mp3
golden smog-listen joe from another fine day (lost highway-2006) *
dj dangerous orange-hurts like teen spirit (nirvana vs. johnny cash mashup) mp3
emily haines & the soft skeleton-crowd surf off a cliff from knives don't have your back (last gang-2006) cc
christine fellows-migrations from paper anniversary (six shooter-2005) cc
land of talk-talk to me bones from their myspace page cc
shout out out out out-your shitty record won't mix itself from not saying/just saying (normals welcome-2006) cc *
holy fuck-tonebank jungle from their myspace page cc
stars-ageless beauty from set yourself on fire (arts & crafts-2004) cc
yo la tengo-black flowers from I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass (matado-2006) *
alun piggins-inheritance burns from awaken the snakes (aml-2003) cc
eric bachman title track from to the races (saddle creek-2006) *
the avett brothers-when I drink from the gleam (ramseur-2006) *
the bicycles-two girls from montreal from the good the bad and the cuddly (fuzzy logic-2006) cc *
alun piggins-heading out west from balladesque (moldy floor-1999) cc
radio birdman title track from zeno beach (yep roc-2006) *

More on Henri Faberge And The Adorables

Just a quick post here on Henri Faberge And The Adorables. There is a really good, deep article on them on Chart Magazine's website.

You can read about the band's history and plans for the big release party that they have this weekend.

To read the whole article you can go here.

You can also back to the Sweet Static Grand Slam I did with Henri himself last weekend, right here.

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For September 12

Here are the Canadian campus radio charts for the week of September 12 from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 The Hidden Cameras Awoo Evil Evil
2 Chad VanGaalen Skelliconnection Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
3 The Dears Gang Of Losers Maple Music
4 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador
5 The Bicycles The Good The Bad And The Cuddly Fuzzy Logic
6 The Sadies In Concert: Volume 1 Outside
7 Shout Out Out Out Out! Not Saying Just Saying Normals Welcome
8 Pinback Nautical Antiques Ace Fu
9 Ratatat Classics XL
10 Les Breastfeeders Les Matins De Grand Soirs Blow The Fuse

To see the entire chart go here.

Here are the charts for CJAM.

1 Rae Spoon And Rodney Decroo Trucker's Memorial Northern Electric
2 TV On The Radio Return To Cookie Mountain Interscope
3 Pinback Nautical Antiques Ace Fu
4 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador
5 Pajo 1968 Drag City
6 The Dears Gang Of Losers Maple Music
7 The Bicycles The Good The Bad And The Cuddly Fuzzy Logic
8 Sunparlour Players Hymns For The Happy Independent
9 Al Tuck My Blues Away Independent
10 Chatham County Line Speed Of The Whipoorwhill Yep Roc

To see the entire CJAM chart you can go here.

Will Oldham Interview Online

Last week I posted about an interview with Steve Albini on the Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show on CFRU in Guelph. Well this week the show featured another great interview, this time with Will Oldham, aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.

It's a really good interview and there are two tracks played from the his forthcoming album, The Letting Go. Like the Albini interview, this will be archieved for a month.

Will Oldham Interview

Drive-By Truckers Update

Not really much new here, but in Patterson Hood's latest update for the Truckers gives a nice retrospective on September 11 and on their greatest album (in my opinion) Southern Rock Opera.

From their email update...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Y'ALL:

It was five years ago today that we first released SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA.
September 12, 2001 was the second worst day imaginable to release a
project that we had all worked 6 1/2 years on and all of us feared that
it was all some kind of terrible oman. Wednesday's, of course are never
release days, as the industry ALWAYS releases albums on tuesdays,
however at that point in our lives, there was no industry. We had
showcased at SXSW before a sold out crowd, previewing our then almost
completed magnum opus before a sold out crowd of industry fucks to no
real avail. Folks kept coming up to us wishing us well and telling us
how much they liked it, but no one was making any offers of any kind. A
month or so later, we received our only bid, and it was so horrifyingly
bad, that upon doing the math, I realized that we would be bankrupt
within a year if we took it. (At that time all of our income was based
on merch sales and the wording of that offer combined with the high
wholesale price we would have paid, rendered that impossible). We
turned the offer down and set out to find a way to put it out
ourselves.

While raising the money from private investors (all of whom we promised
to pay back in a little over a years time plus 15%) I also booked our
fall tour, 75 shows in 90 days. The first booking was to be in
Murfreesboro TN on Wednesday September 12th. We were hoping to have the
CDs pressed, artwork printed and all of the package put together in
time. My sister took the artwork that Wes Freed did, compiled it with
the art of the other contributors (Felicia Graham, Patrick Hood, Byron
Wilkes AKA Rev. Rex Ubu, Jeff Owens, and Kathleen Judge), designed the
package and hired the printers and the folks who actually put the discs
in the cover and shrink wrap them. On monday the 10th, Lilla called me
to tell me I could pick them up in Birmingham on Wednesday.

On Tuesday the 11th,, we were all glued to the TV all day like most
Americans, terrified of what was happening and trying to reach friends
in NYC to make sure they were all OK. The next day we had to decide
whether there would be a show or not. The club informed us that they
would be open regardless, as folks were starting to come out for a much
needed drink and diversion. I think we were all feeling the same way,
so we headed north and spent the next three months or so touring the
eastern half of our beautiful shellshocked country.

Its been five years, three more albums and countless tours since then.
We leave this Thursday for the fall leg of our latest tour. The band
has never played better (or even as well) as right now and this one is
putting us in some amazing great rooms in some of our favorite towns.

Tonight, I will get to warm up with a set of REM covers at at local
tribute / benefit for Community Connection. The show is sold out, and
with rumors abounding of some of Athens finest showing up, I have to
admit to a few nerves. (I don't mean the Police Department).

In early October, during our week off, I am playing two solo shows with
all proceeds going to MUSICKFEST BENEFIT.
( http://www.myspace.com/musickfest). Our good friend Wendy Musick plays
guitar with Southern Bitch and Kimberly Morgan and the Everlovin Band.
During an emergency appendectomy this summer, it was discovered that
Wendy had a lemon sized tumor on her pancreas. Wendy is a very talented
musician, sound engineer, and a very dear friend who, like the majority
of Americans nowadays, has no health insurance, which can easily
translate to "shit out of luck" in the bottom line obsessed healthcare
industry. The shows are on Thursday October 5th at 40 Watt Club and
Friday October 6th at Nuci's Space (both in Athens GA). In addition to
the shows, there will also be an art auction at Flicker Theatre
(opening reception Wednesday October 27th). The response from local
artists has been incredible (everyone asked has said yes and donations
are already coming in) and the art work I have seen so far is just
truly amazing. Wendy is very loved in this community, and anyone who
has ever met her knows exactly why, as she is truly one of the most
special people I have ever met. Please visit the myspace site and read
more about this event and the updates on Wendy's situation.

DBT will be announcing our annual NUCI'S SPACE BENEFIT in the next
couple of weeks. (Word is already leaking, but I'm still ironing out a
few last details before making official announcement).

I hope to be posting some writings here, as well as keeping a blog for
Gibson.com

Talk to you soon.
Have a great and safe fall and see you at The Rock Show.
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers

Now from Youtube some live Drive-By Truckers from Southern Rock Opera too enjoy. Here is "Dead, Drunk And Naked"

9/11

I was going to I Am Fuel, You Are Friends today to check out the excellent Monday wrap-up Heather does and came across her excellent tribute to the events of today. There's not much anyone can say but their own personal experience with it and here's mine.

The thing I remember most was how surreal it was for me. I was in the middle of doing my old radio show. We had a stereo in the station lobby and I noticed that someone had changed the station. I went out there and told them that they can't do that and they told me that something was happening in New York.

So I put the next song on and went back out to try and hear what was going on. So I get some kind of idea (bad but not even close to the scale that it was) and I was talking to a friend online. Trying to find any type of news on any website to find out more. Every type of news outlet was flooded and wouldn't load up.

I finished my show. Went to the pub on campus and then just began to get the scope of what was going on. I remember the silence. Tons of people just sitting around watching CNN.

In a statement that is both ineloquent and also understated; it's still the most fucked up thing I've ever seen in my life and hope to ever see.

I Am Fuel sums it up much better then me and so I encourage you to read her take on it and some of the musical response to it here.

Although I'll share with you the highlight of the post for me, Bruce Springsteen's version of "My City Of Ruins" from the tribute special. Today is the first time I've seen it since it's original airing and I've watched it a few times today and it gives me chills everytime. Thank goodness for YouTube so that moments like these can live on.

The P.A. Music Festival, Windsor, September 28-30

Well the unnamed music festival that I talked about before, now has a name. The P.A. Music Festival is named after the two venues, Phog Lounge and The Avalon Front, as well as the public address system that bands have to use.

The quick details of the festival are two clubs, four bands a night, $10 a night or $25 for the whole weekend and you will have the option to go back and forth between clubs (depending on capacity).

So far Phog has listed their whole roster of bands. They are...
The Golden Hands Before God Conducts Incredible Magic Band and The Spirits
Ten Year Drought
Citywide Vacuum
Twilight Hotel
Wax Mannequin
The Mark Inside
Dean Drouillard
Run With The Kittens
The Ride Theory
A Northern Chorus
Lindy
The High Strung

The Avalon Front hasn't confirmed anything yet except for
Raised By Swans
Fjord Rowboat

The Phog Blog so far is the best place for info. The Windsor board on Stillepost is also a good source.

I'm looking forward to this and will keep things updated when I find out more.

Sweet Static Grand Slam-The Bicylces

I'm sure people are sick of me talking about The Bicycles by now, but that's too bad. Why so much talk, well their album, The Good The Bad And The Cuddly, is very good and live they are amazing and full of fun.

Playing with Henri Faberge And The Adorables at Phog here in Windsor I could see why the album is doing so well on the Canadian campus radio charts since its release. Most of the show had eight people up on stage with many tambourine solos. Lots of fun and definitely recommended if you can get a chance to see them.

Anyways after the show, drummer/singer Dana Snell was kind enough to do the Sweet Static Grand Slam.

1-Who is your favorite Muppet?

Animals

2-What is your favorite band or artist that no one knows about?

Gong

3-The shot (alcohol) that you hate to do.

All shots, but hates Vodka the most.

4-Name three songs you'd put on a mix tape for a significant other.

1-Local Rabbits-"Never Had To Fight"
2-Nick Drake-"One Of These Things First"
3-Some obscure rocking song like Heart's "Magic Man" or "Crazy On You"

Since I've already posted The Bicycles songs you can download from their website in a previous post, I'll point out that they have a couple of different songs up on their Myspace page that you can stream. Also there is some live clips of them up on YouTube so enjoy them.

Sweet Static Grand Slam-Henri Faberge And The Adorables

On Friday I had the pleasure of seeing Henri Faberge And The Adorables at Phog here in Windsor.

The band was greatly reduced from their normal eight or so players as only three came down. But members of The Bicycles jumped in and it was a great show. Lots of fun and a killer cover of The Constantine's "On To You" (my favorite song of their's) Front man Henri Faberge himself, was kind enough to take some time out to do the Sweet Static Grand Slam.

1-Who is your favorite Muppet?

Beeker

2-What is your favorite band or artist that no one knows about?

Township Expansion

3-The shot (alcohol) that you hate to do.

With a 22.

4-Name three songs you'd put on a mix tape for a significant other.

1-Boyz II Men-"It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday"
2-Billy Ocean-"Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
3-Jon Bon Jovi-"Dyin' Ain't Much Of A Livin'"

You can download three songs from their Myspace page.

If you are in Toronto next weekend, September 16, make sure you hit their cd release show at Palais Royale. A stacked line-up that includes The Bicycles, The Barmitzvah Brothers, Gentleman Reg and more. For full details go here.

Henri Faberge And The Adorables-"Dance Dance Revelation"
Henri Faberge And The Adorables-"Ventriloquist Love"
Henri Faberge And The Adorables-"Out Of Your League"

Are You Ready For Some Football?

Even though the NFL started Thursday, I'm not offically into football mode until today when Buffalo Bills get started. So far football has actually been pretty decent for me what with my two favorite college teams, Michigan State and the University of Windsor, going undefeated and the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders having an ok year as well.

But like I said it doesn't officially start until my Bills play against New England this afternoon. So with this in mind here is Adam Sandler's "The Lonesome Kicker" to help you get ready for this afternoon.

Sweet Static Playlist 9/8

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

Apparently the archives are down so unfortunately no chance to check out the show. Thanks to Andrew Scott of The Bicycles for calling in for an interview for their show tonight. Check out the previous post on The Bicycles for music from them.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog

the dears-you and I are a gang of losers from gang of losers (maple-2006) cc *
ben folds five-philosophy from self-titled record (caroline-1995)
the old soul-nectar of the nitwit from she's got party davis eyes (hand of god-2006) cc *
the detroit cobras-baby let me from baby (bloodshot-2005)
ben harper-mama's trippin' from the will to live (virgin-1997) r
johnny cash-if you could read my mind from american v: a hundred highways (lost highway-2006) *
m ward-chinese translation from post-war (merge-2006) *
the boggs-poor audrey james from we are the boggs we are (the arena rock recording co.-2001)
the two-minute miracles-song for the weekend girls from volume II (teenage usa-2001) cc
henri faberge and the adorables-out of your leage from http://www.myspace.com/hfab cc
the odds-heterosexual man from bedbugs (zoo-1993)
recepter-boat of car from hello radio: the songs of they might be giants (bar/none-2006) *
geoff berner and associats-henry and jason from live in oslo (black hen-2004) cc
beck-clap hands from guerolito (interscope-2005) r
the bicylces from the good the bad and the cuddly (fuzzy logic-2006) cc
-cuddly toy
-homework
the deadly snakes-gore veil from porcella (paper bag-2005) cc
wilco-kamera from yankee hotel foxtrot (nonesuch-2002)
sunparlour players-hymn for the happy from hymns for the happy (indie-2006) cc *
andre ethier-didn't I love you better than him from secondathallam (paper bag-2006) cc *

Sweet Static Grand Slam-Geoff Berner

Time for a brand new feauture for Sweet Static. Back a few years ago I used to do a 'zine called These Are Rotten Apples. The main feature was called "6 Questions With..." where I would ask six stupid/weird/unusual questions. The reason would be so that the artist would have something different to answer instead of the usual stuff. Also it's way easier to write down the answers to these types of questions since they are usually short and that's good especially when you're normally in a bar.

Anyway I have decided to bring back the idea but to modify it a bit. So now it will be known as the Sweet Static Grand Slam. Why the Grand Slam? Well I've shortened it to four questions and that was the only thing I could think of to do with the number four.

So last night I had the pleasure of seeing Geoff Berner and Wax Mannequin at the Phog Lounge here in Windsor. I met Geoff the last time he was in town and he's a great guy with a lot of great stories to tell.

He's been tourning his last album, The Whiskey Rabbi, for close to a couple of years now and in October is planning to start work on a new record, which is to be released on Jericho Beach Music. Right now he's in the middle of a tour across Canada to promote his new booklet, "How To Be An Accordion Player" before heading back over to Europe to tour with Kaizers Orchestra

So with that here is the first edition of the Sweet Static Grand Slam with Geoff Berner.

1-Who is your favorite Muppet?

Animal

2-What is your favorite band or artist that no one knows about?

Carmaig de Forest

3-The shot (alcohol) that you hate to do.

The sixth shot.

4-Name three songs you'd put on a mix tape for a significant other.

1-"Cupid"-Sam Cooke
2-"Greetings To The New Brunette"-Billy Bragg
3-"Let's Get Lost"

Here are a couple of recommended songs you can download from Geoff's website. There are a total of six songs you can download here.

Geoff Berner-"Clown and Bard"
Geoff Berner-"Lucky Goddamn Jew"

Also found the video for "Greetings To The New Brunette" on You Tube, so enjoy.



Lastly B(oot)log had a post with a live track from a show of his from January in Kingston.

Steve Albini Interview Online

Yesterday on the Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show on CFRU in Guelph they interviewed Steve Albini.

This weekend in Chicago is a series of shows to celebrate Touch and Go Record's 25th anniversary. Of course one of the big draws for the weekend is the reunion of Albini's Big Black, playing together for the first time in nineteen years.

In the interview Albini talks about why play together again and much more. Definitely worth checking out. The interview is online at the CFRU website and will be online for the next four weeks. You can click on the link below to go straight to the interview or if you want to check out the whole show you can go here and start on hour one..

Steve Albini Interview

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For September 5

Here once again are the Canadian campus radio charts for September 5. As always they are from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador
2 Chad VanGaalen Skelliconnection Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
3 The Bicycles The Good The Bad And The Cuddly Fuzzy Logic
4 The Hidden Cameras Awoo Evil Evil
5 Shout Out Out Out Out! Not Saying Just Saying Normals Welcome
6 Andre Ethier Secondathallum Paper Bag
7 M. Ward Post-War Merge
8 Ratatat Classics XL
9 The Sadies In Concert: Volume 1 Outside
10 The Mountain Goats Get Lonely 4AD

To see the entire chart go here.

Now of course the CJAM chart.

1 Various Slaying Since 1996 Suicide Squeeze
2 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador
3 Cancer Bats Birthing The Giant Distort
4 Caribou Start Breaking My Heart/Up In Flames (Reissue) Domino
5 Linus Loves Stage Invaders Breastfed
6 Rae Spoon And Rodney Decroo Trucker's Memorial Northern Electric
7 Pinback Nautical Antiques Ace Fu
8 The Marble Index Watch Your Candles, Watch Your Knives Universal
9 Angela Desveaux Wandering Eyes Thrill Jockey
10 Espers II Drag City

To see the entire CJAM chart you can go here.

Polaris Prize Info

Well Polaris Prize-mania is in full swing as the award date closes in. The Polaris award is like the Short List type award but for Canadian artists.

They have a major spread on Yahoo with links to videos and the artists' websites. You can check it out here. Also there is a non-binding fan poll. So far Sarah Harmer is winning after 754 votes. Broken Social Scene is a close second and The New Pornographers are third.

You can also check out the official Polaris website here, with more info on the contest and links and stuff.

The Bicycles Coming To Windsor And Sweet Static

This month has a lot of killer shows in Windsor (to see the upcoming show go here) This Friday is one I'm really looking forward to, when Henri Faberge & The Adorables and The Bicycles come down and play at Phog Lounge.

In advance of the show, if everything goes according to plan, I'll be interviewing someone from The Bicycles on the radio version of Sweet Static this Friday sometime between 10:30 am and noon EST. You can listen in on the CJAM website.

For those of you who don't know The Bicycles have been together for about five years but just released their first album this summer. The result was The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly and it has been near the top of the Canadian campus radio charts since being released. I haven't had the opportunity to sit down and listen to the whole album but the songs I've played on the show have been great. Pure, catchy pop that you can't ignore.

They have three songs up on their website you can download for free. Definitely recommended.
The Bicycles-"Paris Be Mine"
The Bicycles-"Gotta Get Out"
The Bicycles-"I Know We Have To Be Apart"

You can also stream songs on their Myspace page.

If I can get a more precise time for the interview I'll post it. Also I'll post a link to the interview after it's done.

The Polyphonic Spree Cover Nirvana Update

I mentioned in my Anti-Hit List review for August 19, that The Polyphonic Spree cover of Nirvana's "Lithium" was floating around. However the mp3 blog it was at, Don't Need Anything had removed the file.

Since then though it has popped up again. I saw that it was up on Hype and I was able to download it from Muzak For Cybernetics. I checked there today and it's bandwith had been exceeded. Another mp3 blog, this one in French, Un violon, un jambon, has posted it as well.

Well since it should get out there since it's an amazing song, I put it up myself. So I uploaded it to Rapidshare, unzipped (since it's only one song and honestly I forgot). To click on the link below and you too can enjoy it. And don't forget to get the ep, Wait, coming out next week that the song will be on.

The Polyphonic Spree-"Lithium"

This Month's Free Zunior Compilation

Well Zunior has put this month's free compilation. As always lots of great stuff on it. Here is the track listing

1 Flower Gardens - Chad VanGaalen Skelliconnection Flemish Eye Records
2 On The Rails - Jerk With A Bomb Pyrokenisis Scratch Records
3 I Live In A Loft Like An Osprey - Orillia Opry Pandion Haliaetus Ships At Night Records
4 Old Blue Carpet - Selina Martin Life Drawing Without Instruction Selina Martin
5 Old Blue Carpet - Jill Barber A Note To Follow So Dependent Music
6 Hanasakajijii (One: The Angry Neighbor)- Anathallo Floating World Nettwerk Records
7 Whiskey Rabbi - Geoff Berner Whiskey Rabbi Black Hen Records
8 One in Six Children Will Flee in Boats - Frog Eyes The Golden River Global Symphonic Records
9 Orange Car Crash - As The Poets Affirm The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch Zunior Music
10 Here You Are, Hated - Fond Of Tigers A Thing To Live With Drip Audio Records

You can't complain when you something free off the brand new Chad VanGaalen record. Other favorites of mine on here include Geoff Berner, Selina Martin and Orillia Opry.

You can go here to get the entire compliation.

The Anti-Hit List for September 2

Well I'm all moved and stuff so hopefully the posting will be a bit more regular here. Going to start with the brand new Anti-Hit List from John Sakamoto.

Going to start out with music from The Stroke's Albert Hammond, Jr. and his solo record. Sakamoto compares it to, "like a cross between 'The Kids Are Alright'-era Who and the hook-filled melancholy of Fountains of Wayne" He also calls it inconclusive and I agree. I'd like to hear more. You can stream three songs on his Myspace page.

Up next is Newfoundland's Hey Rosetta! A six piece the song Sakamoto points out, "Lions For Scottie" is a nice pop song but also with some strings. I also like the song, "Red Confederates, Red Confessions". Starts out slow and then half way picks up the speed before slowing down again. You can download them from their homepage.
Hey Rosetta!-"Lions For Scottie"
Hey Roseeta!-"Red Confederates, Red Confessions"

Lastly is a reissue of an album by Noel Ellis. Coming from Lights In The Attic label that issued the excellent compilation Jamaica to Toronto earlier this year. Originially released in 1983 Ellis is the son of reggae legend Alton Ellis. You can stream four great songs at the myspace page they set up.

As a bonus the Light In The Attic website has an mp3 from the Jamaica to Toronto: Soul, Funk & Reggae 1967-1974 album. I played this song on my radio show and it's really, really good.

Jo-Jo And The Fugitives-"Chips Chicken Banana Split"

Other stuff in the List this week include The New Nadir, Bat For Lashes, Susan Christie and The Lemonheads.

To read this week's Anti-Hit list you can go here.

Sweet Static Playlist 9/1

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

Hopefully next week an interview with The Bicycles.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog

tom waits-downtown train from rain dogs (island-1985)
kevin hearn & thin buckle-map of the human genome fromthe miracle mile (celery/warner-2006) cc
blur-on your own from the best of (emi-2000)
the mountain goats-song for lonely giants from get lonely (4ad-2006) *
christine fellows-souvenirs from paper anniversary (six shooter-2005) cc
the decemberists-summersong from the forthcoming the crane wife (capitol-2006) mp3 on Pitchfork
sean lennon-deat meat from friendly fire (capitol-2006)
arrested development-tennessee from 3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the life of... (chrysalis-1992)
cadence weapon-sharks (the russian futurists remix) from shars + remixes (upper class-2006) cc *
dj wyzz-the 7th inning stretch mp3 on Sweet Static
the hidden cameras title track from awoo (evil evil-2006) cc *
wax mannequin-power blaster from and gun (cincinatti-2002) cc
geoff berner and associates-porn queen girlfriend from live in oslo (black hen-2005) cc
bob wiseman-she only wanted misery from theme and variations (blocks-2006) cc *
henri faberge and the adorables-ventriloquist love from their myspace page
the barmitzvah brothers-we didn't clap when this man played (and neither did that lady) from mr bones' walk-in closet (wee werk-2004) cc
the old soul-I'd love you on the hay stack from she's got party davis eyes (hand of god-2006) cc *
the bicycles-australia from the good the bad and the cuddly (fuzzy logic-2006)
the avett brothers-backwards with time from the gleam (ramseur-2006)
alun piggins w/oh susannah-let's get it on from awaken the snakes (aml-2003) cc
malajube-ton plat favori from trompe l'oeil (dare to care-2006) cc *