Ruby Slippers August 15 7-8 pm

Hey everybody,

Half way through the month, and the sun actually shines once in a while.

Of course, it's shining pretty brightly INSIDE CIUT as the final preparations continue to launch the big bold sound of the new transmitter. Maybe even in time for this week's show.

Nothing like 10,000 watts to set my heart to pitapatting. (Is that even a thing?)

Well...here's the playlist. Hope you hear it loud, proud and clear!

Gambit ... Double Exposure *

All Action Man ... The Coyote Men

Fight ... The Farrell Bros. *

Gold Star ... Goodnight, Sunrise *

Alien Agenda ... House of Daggers *

Meteor ... Token *

This is The dream Of Win and Regine ... Cadence Weapon and Final Fantasy *

How Do You Kep This All in Line ?... les Jupes *

Mojo Pin ... Jeff Buckley

Modern, Normal ... Memoryhouse *

Children ... Linda Perhacs

Sin City ... Blue Moon Marquee *

It's a Longer Road To California... The Wind and The Wave

Blank Generation ... Richard Hell and the Voidoids

Out Of Control ... Wayne County and the Electric Chairs

Start it Up ... Die Mannequin *

Oodles of Cancon (*)

And as always thanks for listening

Fill in for August 12 from 3-5 pm

Hey everybody,

As always happens in the summer months, while folks do the vacation thing and students have yet to filter into the station, there are big whacking holes in the music schedule. Enter the eager beavers (namely me) to keep the toes tapping and the heads nodding along to the Sound of Your City.

Hence, here is the playlist (more or less...more more than less this time, I promise) for the show.

Hour One
My Own Hands ... House of Daggers *
Body Like Lead ... Kashka *
Tarol Youth ... Roadkill Ghost Choir
The Morning Fog ... Kate Bush
Red high Heels ... Jane Siberry *
The Things We Do For Love ...10cc
Heartbreak Dream (MS MR remix)... Betty Who
Black Woods, White Beach ... Afterlife Parade
Demons ... Joel Plaskett *
Starman (cover of Bowie) ... The Rural Alberta Advantage *
The Idiot ... Rheostatics *
Last Goodbye ... Jeff Buckley
Dead Crow Road ... Doug Norquay*
The Gospel ... James Kasper *
Vintage ... Will Black *

Hour Two
Over The Moon ...Rosie Thomas
Edmonton ... Rose Cousins *
Be Still ... Robyn Hitchcox
Tiger ... Ruby Coast *
Miracle ... Run The Red Light *
Your Heart Don't Know ... Andrew Hunter and the Gatherers *
Heterosexual Man (Odds cover) ... Truck Sushi *
The Funeral Tango ... The Vampire Bats *
Woke up This Morning ... Roman Candle
A Mirror ... Aiden Knight *
Avente Garde M.O.R. ... Stereolab
Dents ... The Acorn *
They Should Have Shut Down the Streets ... AC Newman *
Lullaby for The Summer ... Jimi Hendrix
Stoned and Beaten ... Velociraptor
Grow ... Motofightr

Thanks for listening...see you on Friday at 7pm with Ruby Slippers!

*Cancon

Fill in August 9 5-6 pm

Shhh!
Snuck by the receptionist, and crept into the studio.
Don't tell, OK? This show is our little secret...

1901 (remix by I am Robot and Proud) ... Jim Guthrie *
Thru The Rhythm ... 13th Floor Elevators
Festus, I Am Not Out of My Mind... Half-Handed Cloud
Someone Keeps Moving My Chair ... They Might Be Giants
Ever Since I Met you .. Young Doctors In Love *
Robotic... Hannah Georgas *
Looking To Fight ... Hexes and Ohs *
Better off Being Alone ... Jet Black Stare *
Reservoir ... PUP *
Too Soon For Me ... Grime Kings *
Zoal, Face Dancer ... Grimes *
caroline no ... The Duke Of Norfolk
Happiness is a Warm Gun ... Beatles
Your Love is Loaded ... Elin Ruth
Fall Down ... Toad and The Wet Sprocket
Honest Work ... Hinindar *
I Need A Love ... Heavens to Betsy
Don't Choke Feat ... City Rain
Parrot Talk ... Doldrums
I Wanna Rule the World ... 10cc

See you next week.
And by the way, I was never here.

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers August 8 7-8 pm

Hey everybody

Away we go again! Gotta lot of great music, much of it from the True North Strong and Free.

As there is no real guarantee that this weekend is going to be an outdoor patio kind of experience, there is always music to make it special just the same. So wherever you are, sit back, crank it up and enjoy.

Sylvia Plath ... parker BOMBSHELL  * 

Lion's Share ... Sisyphus

Boys In The Woods ... Fol Chen

Valium Skies ... The Verve

Idle Tears ... Velvet Ants

A Photo of My Ex ... Young Doctors In Love *

Vo Code Her ... Danny Dopeamine *

Hidden In Books ... Electroluminescent *

Yes, Maria, Yes ... David Wax Museum

Hot Cha ... They Might Be Giants

Members Only ... Tin Bangs *

Don't Talk To Me ... Korean Drama * (new!)

Moi, J'ai Quelque Chose A Dire ... Machines Geantes *

Jimmy Don't Have A Phone ... Greg Clarke *

Don't Choke Feat ... City Rain

See you tomorrow at 5, same Bat Station!

And as always thanks for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers August 8 7-8 pm

Hey everybody

Away we go again! Gotta lot of great music, much of it from the True North Strong and Free.

As there is no real guarantee that this weekend is going to be an outdoor patio kind of experience, there is always music to make it special just the same. So wherever you are, sit back, crank it up and enjoy.

Sylvia Plath ... parker BOMBSHELL  * 

Lion's Share ... Sisyphus

Boys In The Woods ... Fol Chen

Valium Skies ... The Verve

Idle Tears ... Velvet Ants

A Photo of My Ex ... Young Doctors In Love *

Vo Code Her ... Danny Dopeamine *

Hidden In Books ... Electroluminescent *

Yes, Maria, Yes ... David Wax Museum

Hot Cha ... They Might Be Giants

Members Only ... Tin Bangs *

Don't Talk To Me ... Korean Drama * (new!)

Moi, J'ai Quelque Chose A Dire ... Machines Geantes *

Jimmy Don't Have A Phone ... Greg Clarke *

Don't Choke Feat ... City Rain

See you tomorrow at 5, same Bat Station!

And as always thanks for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers August 1 7-8 pm

Hey everybody

New month, new playlist. It's been an interesting summer musically so far, and it doesn't look as if it's going to stop any time soon! 

Starting with a little progressive, then into a metal cover of an old favorite, some 60's psychedelia and on and on it goes. 

Come along for the ride...

The Cheese Stand Alone ... Echolyn

Man in The Mirror ... Danny Worsnop etc.

Demon Host ... Timber Timbre *

Close My Eyes ft. Esther Cote ... Exist Strategy *

Bad Co. ... The Band Apollo (new)

Omid (Hope) ... Thievery Corporation

Season Of The Witch ... Donovan 

Afterlife Blues ... Fast Romantics *

Baltic ... Wintersleep *

Wipe Out! ... The Ventures

Whole Lotta Love ... Dread Zeppelin

Dead Butterflies ... Drugs In Japan *

And ... Headstones *

Ambitious? You bet. Let's see where it takes us...

And as always, thanks for listening.

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Hillside Festival Addendum July 25

Hey hey, everybody...

Thought you might like to see what this Hillside thing is all about.

Check it out here... http://www.hillsidefestival.ca/

Because it takes place in a small space on a lake there is a definite limit to the number of folks who can be on the site. And because the population is limited, there is a feeling of community from the time you walk the long and winding path from the fields where you can park your car or disembark from the bus that shuttles back and forth from the centre of Guelph. There is honestly nothing to compare to the feeling of making that trek first thing in the morning with loads of other bleary eyed music lovers who have yet to sip their first organic coffees of the day. It's as if you checked your stress at the turnoff to the conservation area. 

With four stages going at the same time, the biggest decisions of the weekend are what to see when, and what to eat for dinner. The food is healthy, the coffee and beer are local and organic, the dishes are rewashed and the water is brought in by truck so that there are no plastic water bottles used throughout the festival. There are drumming circles, craft workshops, a few select vendors, and change huts in case you want to have a swim during the day. Everything ends at 11 pm sharp. This little jewel of an area is surrounded by residential not far off, and good neighbours are important. Folks share sunscreen, conversation and save your place in line when you have to use the portajohns while waiting for your beer. You rarely see a cop because they are never needed. Volunteers run the thing for the most part. Artists collaborate on the fly, and it's not unusual to bump into and chat with whoever was on stage only minutes before. 

Some years the weather has been brutal. Like the year it rained torrentially, and Owen Pallett refused to leave the stage until he finished (THEN they cut the power), or the year it was so hot everyone seemed to pick a stage and not leave for the day. I have seen performances that will stay with me for the rest of my life.  Make African Peanut Stew and Green Lentil Vindaloo as part of my culinary repertoire, just because it makes you feel so good inside. 

Hillside is as close to perfect as a festival can be.

Hope you can make it if not this year, then in the times ahead. It's worth the trip.