Sweet Static Playlist For July 30

A special show this week. It was SOCAN reporting week which means that everyone I play gets paid. So all Canadian this week to try and spread the money around.

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Thursday from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm 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.

Here's a direct link to listen to this week's Sweet Static.

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...

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The Bicycles-Gotta Get Out from The Good The Bad And The Cuddly cc
The Lovely Feathers-Fad from Fantasy of The Lot cc *
Ohbijou-Jailbird Blues from Beacons cc *
Rah Rah-Tentacles from Going Steady cc
Library Voices-Kundera On The Dance Floor from Hunting Ghosts & Other Collected Shorts cc
People From Earth-8 X 10 from Growing Up From The Ground cc
Hey Rosetta!-We Made A Pact from Into Your Lungs cc
Bahamas-You're Bored, I'm Old from Pink Strat cc *
The Got To Get Got-War Of Letters from Sahalee cc *
Plumtree-Phil Was Always Here from Mass Teen Fainting cc
Forest City Lovers-Don't Go, Please from Friends In Bellwoods cc
The Rural Alberta Advantage-Rush Apart from Hometowns cc *
Slow Down, Molasses-Dirt Beneath Our Daydreams from I'm An Old Believer cc
Greenfield Main-Great Small Game Rifles from Hunting Tips For Everyone cc
Luther Wright & The Wrongs-Good Night from Roger's Waltz cc
Le Woodchoppers Association et Jah Youssouf-Applaudissez from self-titled album cc *
Delhi 2 Dublin-Supafunkadholic (Esjay's Red Light Remix) from Remixed cc
Royal City-Bad Luck from 1999-2004 cc *
The Two-Minute Miracles-Mother Of The Airwaves from Volume II cc
Ford Pier-I Was That Nail from Adventurism cc *

Sweet Static Playlist For July 23

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Thursday from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm 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.

Here's a direct link for this week's Sweet Static.

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 (link on the mp3)

Deer Tick-Song About A Man from Born On Flag Day *
Bahamas-Hockey Teeth from Pink Strat cc *
Ryan Dahle-Chop Chop from Irrational Anthems cc *
The Lovely Feathers title track from Fantasy Of The Lot cc *
Kevin Hearn And Thinbuckle-H.I.T.S. from Havana Winter cc *
Bidiniband-The Ballad Of 1969 from This Land Is Wild cc *
Rock Plaza Central-(Don't you believe the words of) Handsome Men from ...At The Moment Of Our Most Needing: Or If Only They Could Turn Around, They Would Know They Weren't Alone cc
The Polyphonic Spree-Blurry from Gorilla Vs. Bear website mp3
Monsters Of Folk-Say Please from www.monstersoffolk.com mp3
Ohbijou-New Years from Beacons cc *
Final Fantasy-Adventure.exe from Has A Good Home!!!!!!!! cc
Jenny Omnichord w/Andrew Penner-Fences Are High from Charlotte Or Otis: Duets For Children, Their Parents And Other People Too cc
Bruce Peninsula-Northbound/Southbound from A Mountain Is A Mouth cc
The Rural Alberta Advantage-The Air from Hometowns cc *
The Woodchoppers Association Et Jah Youssouf-Amadou from self-titled album cc *

Sweet Static Playlist For July 16

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.

Here is the direct link for Sweet Static for July 16

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog (link on the mp3)

Patterson Hood-She's A Little Randy from Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) *
Deastro-Kurgan Wave Number One from Moondagger *
Think About Life-Sofa-bed from Family cc *
Regina Spektor-Dance Anthem Of The 80's from Far *
Bidiniband-Terrorize Me Now from The Land Is Wild cc *
Wilco-Country Disappeared from Wilco (The Album) *
Steve Earle-John Walker's Blues from Jerusalem
Los Campesinos!-Don't Tell Me To Do The Math from Sticking Fingers Into Sockets
Spiral Beach-Domino cc mp3
Julie Doiron-Spill Yer Lungs from I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day cc
Rural Alberta Advantage-Don't Haunt This Place from Hometowns cc *
The Hidden Cameras-Walk On mp3
Ohbijou-Eloise And The Bones from Beacons cc *
Magnolia Electric Co.-The Rock Of Ages from Josephine *

Sweet Static Playlist For July 9

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 (link on the mp3)

The Minus 5-Scott Walker's Fault from Killingsworth *
Arkells-No Champagne Socialist from Jackson Square cc
Dinosaur Jr-See You from Farm *
Pack AD-Cabin from Tin Type cc
We Were Promised Jetpacks-Ships With Holes Will Sink from self-titled album *
Ford Pier-I Was That Nail from Adventurism cc *
White Cowbell Oklahoma-Happy Endings from Bombardero cc
Holy Fuck-Frenchy's from EP cc
Green Go-You Know You Want It from Borders cc

Interview With Clem Of White Cowbell Oklahoma Online

Tonight I was lucky enough to have Clem from White Cowbell Oklahoma on my radio show for a talk. As always it was an entertaining and educational experience. If you want to hear it you can listen to it (and the rest of the my show) on the link below.

Interview with Clem from White Cowbell Oklahoma

The interview starts about 25 minutes in. It will be online for 30 days from today (July 9)

They are playing in Sarnia tomorrow night at Paddy Flaherty's and in Windsor at The Blind Dog on Saturday.

Interview With White Cowbell Oklahoma On Tomorrow's Show

It's with great excitement that I'm proud to announce that the almighty White Cowbell Oklahoma will be interviewed on my radio show tomorrow night. They are playing this Saturday night at The Blind Dog in Windsor.

Hopefully there won't be the same technical difficulties that plagued my first attempt to interview them. As a reminder Sweet Static is on from 7-8 pm tomorrow night and you can listen in at www.cjam.ca.

To tide you over here's an oldie but a good one from The Bell.

Phog Phest This Saturday

Back a few months ago, CBC Radio 3 ran a contest to name the best live venue in Canada. They started with a hundred nominated venues. They then went to fifty, then twenty and finally ten before naming the winner via an online vote. As most people know by know the winner was Windsor's own, Phog Lounge.

As winner they got a concert from Radio 3. Now with Phog having a very small capacity they've turned it into an outdoor festival, this upcoming Saturday. CBC has brought Holy Fuck, Arkells and Green Go and Phog has brought the best bands from Southern Ontario as well as some friends of the bar from out of town.

WAMM (Windsor Arts & Music Monthly) have brought forth the first schedule for the celebratory show this Saturday. All times are subject to change.

Radio 3 will be broadcasting live from 5-8 pm so you can hear Yellow Wood, Green Go, Arkells and Holy Fuck.

Ron Leary & Kelly Hoppe | 1:00pm main stage
Square Root of Margret | 1:30pm main stage
(WH)Y.M.E.(??) | 2:00pm phog stage
Eric Welton Band | 2:30pm phog stage
Tara Watts Band | 3:00pm phog stage
ASK | 3:30pm phog stage
James O-L & the Villains | 4:00pm phog stage
The Locusts Have No King | 4:30pm phog stage
Yellow Wood | 5:00pm main stage
Green Go | 5:30 main stage
Arkells | 6:15pm main stage
Holy Fuck | 7:00pm main stage
Michou | 8:00pm phog stage
Pat Robitaille | 8:30pm main stage
Megan Hamilton and The Volunteer Canola | 9:00pm phog stage
Field Assembly | 9:30pm main stage
Peace Leeches | 10:00 phog stage
The Kramdens | 10:30pm main stage
Orphan Choir | 11:00pm phog stage
Fjord Rowboat | 11:30pm main stage
Citywide Vacuum | 12:00am phog stage
The Pack AD | 12:30am main stage
What Seas, What Shores | 1:00am phog stage
Yellow Wood | 1:30am phog stage

The show is free but there are tickets for the licensed area for $15. Last I heard over a week ago they were over half gone so if you're planning on going and haven't bought a ticket yet I'd get on it.

Tribute To Jon Bartlett As A Free Download

I've always been a huge fan of Jon Bartlett's bands from my first exposure. I have no idea when it was exactly but it was around the year 2000 when the first Rhume album, Snack Of Choice, came out. They were playing a show in Windsor at the now defunct Press Club, where I worked the door sometimes and I had played a couple of songs on my radio show to plug the gig. I really enjoyed the record and a friend played on it as well so I grabbed a copy of it before their gig started.

Well then the live show blew me away that night and that would be repeated every time I saw them after. I've been trying to remember how many times they came down here. To my best recollection it was three times as Rhume and once as Bartlett's country outfit Greenfield Main. In the course of the three times I saw Rhume I saw Jon Bartlett do such memorable things as

-in mid song going to the pool table, removing his shoes and socks and putting baby powder on his feet, while not missing any part of the song
-once again in mid song followed a female in the washroom with the mic, not missing and lyrics. Unfortunately the female did not see the humour in this and promptly left the bar right after.
-did the worm across the floor at The Coach & Horses here in Windsor. This may not seem like much but if you've ever been there you know that it takes a great deal of bravery.

From what I've heard these type of things happen often at his show. This video below is one of the most infamous.



For me though it wasn't just the crazy, high energy live shows. I've always been a fan of his music. I always find myself pulling out Rhume's Snack Of Choice and Jeu De Puissance and Greenfield Main's Hunting Tips For Everyone and Barnburners & Heartchurners. He was also in Steaming Toolie but I've never got around to really getting into them but that will be changing.

Sadly there hasn't been much of his own music out the last few years but he's kept busy with his label Kelp, which has put out music from many great bands like The Acorn, Andrew Vincent, Hilotrons and Andy Swan to name a few.

This April Kelp celebrated it's fifteenth anniversary with a mess of shows. On a radio appearance Bartlett was "completely floored on CBC Morning here in Ottawa when John Higney and Alan Neal did their big "reveal" of this compilation. Secretly, throughout the spring, Higney, Rolf Klausener and several schemesters got together and recorded old songs of mine, producing this flattering disc of covers, pretty much all of which are way better than the originals." Here is the track listing.

Snack Of Choice-Recoilers
Brethren, She Will Never Lose
Home Tonight-Andy Swan
Jump Shooting For Ducks-Jim Bryson
Roadfill-Catriona Sturton
Greasy Tongues-Flecton Big Sky
Surprising Upenders- The Acorn
Kerosene Clean-Estee Tabernac (featuring Jail Curse, Sawtooth, and Chef George)
Under The Gun-Greenfield
Red River Valley-Andrew Vincent
Squirrels Too? -Portolan
Soleil Moonfrye-Silkken-Laumann
Empoissssssonne (RMX)-B/A/C/O/N
Game Over-C.C.R. (Crack Cocaine Revival)
Turn Up The Jets-Camp Radio

As a huge fan of his work I love this album. Definitely worth checking out which you can easily do. He's put the compilation up on the Kelp website as a free download.

Download "Turn Up The Jets: A Tribute To Jon Bartlett"

You should also do yourself a favor and check out the original material. There are four songs from Rhume and Greenfield Main on the page of free Kelp downloads.

Sweet Static Playlist For July 2

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 (link on the mp3)

King Apparatus-King Apparatus from self-titled album cc
Jarvis Cocker-Slush from Further Complications *
Zeus-That's All from Sounds Like Zeus cc *
Rhume-Planting '96 from Snack Of Choice cc
The Weakerthans-Aside from Left And Leaving cc
The Smugglers title track from Buddy Holly Convention cc
Cub-Tell Me Now from Betti-Cola cc
Rheostatics-Fan Letter To Michael Jackson from Introducing Happiness
Shivaree-Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Supergrass-Beat It
Petra Haden-Thriller
White Cowbell Oklahoma-Southern Grace from Cencerro Blanco cc r
The Got To Get Got-War Of Letters from Sahalee cc *
Bidiniband-Last Good Cigarette from This Land Is Wild cc *
Royal City-Dog Song from Royal City 1999-2004 cc *