Ruby Slippers for Feb.1 7-8 pm

Hey, everybody!

Hope you enjoyed the weather's reprieve this week, and can now accept what Mother Nature throws at us for the rest of the month.  Personally it got me geared up for another show with a spring in my step and a song in my heart.  

This week is heavy on artists from The Land Down Under.  A good friend from Adelaide is celebrating a special birthday this week, and to commemorate that just had to find some tunes from Home Sweet Home.  I have marked them as such, and hope you will be inspired to look for some of these artists in your musical travels.

Here goes....  (no koala jokes I promise)

Stairway to Hell---Goodbye Gravity

The Do---Hannan Macklin  (Australia)

Sleep---Allen Stone

True Love---Ryan Ro

so---A Taste of Mr. Fox

How Bizarre ---CFCF

I Love My Leather Jacket---The Chills  (New Zealand)

Girl Who Like Me---Blame Ringo (Australia)

Stoned and Beaten---Velociraptor (Australia)

Restless---Handsome Ned  (from My Name is Ned, one of the top 50 Toronto albums in NOW)

Sweet On You---Silver Hearts

Bad Ritual---TimberTimbre

Ascended Masters---Jhonny Russell and The Mystery School  (Australia)

Hoshi Neko (Young Galaxy remix)---YTST  (NEW)

Fooled Again?---Pedro Costa

Chapter III God Science---The Sunpilots  (Australia)

No One Knows---Queens of the Stone Age

Happy Birthday, Tania!

Thanks for listening, have a good week!

Ruby Slippers for Jan. 25 7-8 pm

Good Lord!

I am very early posting this list for the upcoming Friday show, (it is WAY too cold to be outside) and not to wreck any surprises, but it has turned out to be fun and kind of kooky.  There are some new cuts  (Sally Shapiro's latest is available as a free download! Score!) and I am kind of hearting Broken Anchor and Grime Kings from Ottawa.

Well, listen to the show and see for yourself.  The archive function is now back up and running on the CIUT website, so there is a whole week to check it out even if you have an awesome thrill packed Friday planned out of earshot.  Just go to the schedule, click on Ruby Slippers on Monday after the show, and bingo!  (There can be no escape, bruahaha...)

Starman---Sally Shapiro featuring Electric Youth

Holding You---Katie Herzig (released originally for Valentine's Day, sigh)

Jesse, AR---Said The Whale  (Canadian! wave the flag!)

My Body (Tokyo Police Club remix)---Young The Giant

Always Fade---Low  (ah, yes, Low)

Yur Not Ded---Futurebirds

Parking Ticket---The Ride Theory  (Hamilton, Ontario)

Never Leave Me Alone---Broken Anchor

Break Break---Rhoneil  (another Canuck)

Angel or Ghost---Grime Kings (Can.)

hammer down---Eugene Ripper  (brand spankin' new release...originally from Stark Naked and the 

                                                     Fleshtones) (Can)

Everything Gonna Be Better Next Year---The Rescues

Wait and See---Diamond Rings (Can)

Hands---Paper Lions (Can)

Jerk!---Stephie Coplan and the Pedestrians

This Way---Jets Overhead (Can)

Bonus Track

Youth Knows No Pain---- Lykke Li  (couldn't squeeze her in last week, try again today)

Ah, I need more time!

Thanks for listening and see you next week.

Ruby Slippers Playlist for Jan 18 7-8 pm

Hey everybody!

Gotta say, this is one fun playlist this week!  Kind of in a weird mood, as today marked the official removal of the Christmas tree from the house, and subsequent hunt for escaped fir needles.  So watch out, there are some "interesting choices" in the playlist.  See if you agree.

Tubular Bells---Book of Love

Astoria, Menthol Lite, Hilltop, Wave of Evil---Blackout Beach

Heartbeats (Rex the Dog mix)---The Knife

Air War---Crystal Castles

Sad Sad City---Ghostland Observatory

Wicked and Weird---Buck 65

Something Weird on My TV---Nash the Slash

Evil Ways---Black Mountain

History---Controller.Controller

Verbatim---Mother Mother

People are Strange---Echo and the Bunnymen

Antarctica---The Weepies

Girlfriend In A Coma---The Smiths

Mother of Pearl---Roxy Music

Black Mountain---Peace and Quiet

Pet Semetary---The Ramones

Youth Knows No Pain---Lykke Li

Bonus Track

All the Young Dudes---Mott The Hoople

(I warned you)

Thanks for listening.

Ruby Slippers Jan 11 7-8 pm

Hey everybody!

So much for more music, minimal talk.  New Year's resolutions are made to be broken, right?

Lots of music from the Hamilton area today, and a few favorites from the last several months, too.

By the way if you had a gander at the NOW list  of the Top 50 Canadian Albums of all time, you would notice that Mary Margaret O'Hara from Dec. 28th's show made the list!  Had a chuckle at that, as I had never heard of the album until it hit the radar here over the holidays courtesy of Dan and Chris Berube, musicologists in their own rights. (They did an awesome fill in show from noon til 2 Jan 7, hope you heard it!)

Well, enough already, here we go.

Techno Soul Glue---The Rheostatics

Human Behaviour---Bjork

Gonna Pee---Quadriplegic 12

Take What You Want---The Nines

Namesake---The Hollow Threads

Walk With Me---Memoryhouse

When and Where---Greg Mashinter  (didn't get to this last week)

Killbear---Hayden

Season Of The Witch---Donovan

The Close Western---The Rest  (recipients of a Hamilton Music Award for this year)

Hotwax---Beck

White heat (Silken Laumann remix)---The Acorn  (bears hearing again)

In Like The Rose---Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Bonus tracks  (Chosen for you but didn't make the show...next week perhaps)

I Don't Want To Change Your Life---Marble Index

More Than This---Roxy Music

It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Dylan cover)---Bad Religio

Magic Carpet Ride---Bedlam

I Know What I Am---Band of Skulls

Thanks for listening!

Ruby Slippers for Jan. 4 7-8 pm

Hey Everybody!

Happy New Year!  Hope you had a safe and glorious celebration, full of music, dancing and fun.
Looking forward to sharing tons of tunes in the months ahead, and as always, suggestions are welcome.

Thought about doing a favorites show from the playlists of 2012, but really?  Isn't 2013 all about new experiences?

So without further ado, here it is, the first Ruby Slippers of the year!  Hope you enjoy it!

Only Happy When It Rains---Garbage  (for Cyn)
Did You Forget My Name---White Wires  (from Ottawa)
Friday on My Mind---Earth Quake
The Commute---Saint Alvia  (Burlington, Ontario)
Lonely---The Gay
Habit Over Heart---Novillero
Seems So Far---Jets Overhead
Identity---Austra
Worm and Rattlesnake---Godley and Creme
Mute---Canopy Climbers
'Wake Up Your Mind---The Rebel Light
Little Numbers--- BOY  (from Hamburg, Germany)
The Immaterial Witness---Slingshot Miracle
Watching The Detectives---Elvis Costello
Weight Of The World---Andrew Hunter and the Gatherers

Never enough time, right?

Thanks for listening, and see you next week!