Ruby Slippers for September 12 7-8 pm

Hey everybody,

Really mixed bag this week, kind of a sampler of many different flavours of music.

Here's a challenge...see if you can identify each type as you listen to the show. 

And away we go...

One Way ... Hank Davis *

Down In Mexico ... The Coasters

Is You Sufferin'? ... Skinny Bitches *

I Bought My Eyes ... Ty Segall Band

The KKK Took My Baby Away ... Shonen Knife (at The Silver Dollar Sept. 20)

Punk or Lust ... Beach Slang

Pinch of Chalk ... Saffron Sect (Best. Band. Poster. Ever) *

Wandering Stars ... Proof of Ghosts *

hungry All The Time ... easy targets *

Blakc hearted love ... PJ Harvey & John Parish

Lonely Boy ... Iggy Pop & Ginger Baker (a Tribute to the Black Keys)

There She Goes ... Korean Drama *

Dogs ... Chris Richards and the Subtractions

For Those Who Stay young  (Young Galaxy remix) ... PS I Love You *

Complaint Department ... Lykke Li

Looking On The Floor Of The Love Shack (!) ... DJ grandfather vs. B52s

Told you it was different.

And as always, thanks for listening!

*Cancon

Fill in Sept. 6 3:30-5 pm

Hey folks!

A fill in kinda day. Didn't make Riotfest (as predicted, mud pies for all) but here is just a taste of who was there making musical magic. (RF bands marked with @)

Ever Fallen In Love ...Buzzocks @
Romantic Rights ... Death From Above 1979 * @
Canadian Club ... Restorations @
Never Lock The Door ... Magic * (not the Magic at the show but still.)
Stereostar ... Madrid *
Can't Get You Out Of my Mind ... Flaming Lips @
Pity and Fear ... Death Cab For Cutie @
The spell ... Poppy Seed and the Love Explosion *
Tokyo Summer ... Mounties *@
Star Machine ... Bob Mould @
Always All ... Persian Rugs *
Belong Here ... MAKAR
Luna ... Malajube *
Don't Really Want To be Social ... BRONCHO @
Seam Esteem ... Buke and Gase (new)
Dream World (ft. Grimes) ... Majical Cloudz *
Wake up The nation (Zinc Remix) ... Paul Weller @
Barracuda ... Heart *@
Rattlesnake ... Skinny Bitches *
Prison Memoirs of An Anarchist ... Fembots *
Ask ... Smiths
Puppets (Royksopp Remix) ... Depeche Mode

We'll see how far this goes...

Love and fishes and thanks for listening.

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers September 5 7-8 pm

Hey everybody,

Back to school and work. Blah! Particularily when the weather is still enticing and we want to be outside enjoying the summer we never had.

Hence, this week's show is still in that frame of mind. 

You may notice that some of the picks are courtesty of last week's guests. Man I love the gift that just keeps on giving!

Flashbulb ... Arcade fire *

Stillness Is The Move ... Dirty Projectors

Baba O'Riley ... The Who

Randy Scouse Git ... The Monkees

Two Weeks ... Grizzly Bear

Fallin In Love Is For Young People ... The Hoa Hoa's *

Waiting ... Volcano Playground *

Human ... The Music

Having An Average Weekend ... Losergeek *

Needles in The Camel's Eye ... Brian Eno

Another Nocturnal Day ... B-17 *

Baby i hate You ... The BB Guns *

My My Metrocard ... Le Tigre

Apocalypse Surfin' ... Revolvers *

Here's Y ... Double Experience *

That's it, folks!

Thanks for listening!

*Cancon

Addendum Full List of Choices from the band MAKAR for August 29

Hey folks,

When I asked for a list of preferred songs for tomorrow show with the band MAKAR, well, it was really really overwhelming! So many great choices, and honestly, I may not have to pull music for the next four weeks...

Thought I would share this with you. Notice the amazing scope of this wish list.

Mark's choices:
God Save The Queen ... Sex Pistols
Little Shadow ... Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Twist & Shout, He Jude, Get Back ... beatles
Heroes ... David Bowie
Rock and Roll High School ... Ramones
What's Going On ... Marvin Gaye
Imagine ... John Lennon
Now or Never ... Elvis
Behing Blue Eyes, Baba O'Reilly ... The Who
Soul Man ... Sam and Dave
Grace ... Jeff Buckley
One, Where The Streets Have No Name ... U2
Born To Be Wild ... Steppenwolf
Perfect Day ... Velvet Underground
Common Day ... Pulp
Song 2 ... Blur
Cherry Bomb ... The Runaways
Fire ... Jimi Hendrix
Break On Through ... The Doors
When the Levee Breaks, Kashmir .... Led Zeppelin
Two Weeks ... Grizzly Bear
I Wish I Knew .. Sharon Van Eaton
Love Will Tear Us Apart ... Joy Division
Charlotte Sometimes ... The Cure
Ultra ... Depeche Mode
Scoundrel Days ... Aha

Andrea's picks
Piazza, New York Catcher ... Belle and Sebastian
The Underdog ... Spoon
Fading Into Obscurity ... Sloan
Radio Free Europe ... R.E.M.
Mother ... Blonde redhead
Mother ... John Lennon
Rip Her To Shreds ... Blondie
Eleanor Put Your Boots Back On ... Franz Ferdinand
Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll ... The killers
Waltz #2 (XO) ... Elliott Smith
Ask ... Smiths
To Go Home ... M. Ward
Shrink ... Adam Ant
Gloria ... Patti Smith
Let's Go ... The Cars
Know Your Rights ... The Clash
Skeleton Kay ... The Coral
I Cut Like a Buffalo ... The Dead Weather
Stillness Is The Move ... The Dirty Projectors
Girl ... Beatles
Girl ... Beck
Needle in The Camels Eye ... Brian Eno
You're an Ocean ... Fastball
Get Him Back ... Fiona Apple
Mad World ... Gary Jules with Michael Andrews
Can't Stop the World, Cool Jerk ... the Go Go's
Kings and Queens ... Hopewel
American English ... Idlewild
Lust for Life ... Iggy Pop
Stella Was A Diver and She Was Always Down ... Interpol
An Honest Mistake ... The Bravery
Don't Change... INXS
6'1" ... Liz Phair
Up The Bracket, Mocking Bird ... The Libertines
Dedicated Foller of Fashion ... The Kinks
Hi It's Been A Long Time ... Donovan
My My Metrocard ... Le Tigre
Hedgehog ... Luna
Paper Planes ... M.I.A.
Twilight Galaxy .. Metric
The Youth ... MGMT
Bling Bling Baby... Milk Kan
Randy Scouse Git ... The Monkees
Human, The Dance ... The Music
Black Eyed Dog ... Nic drake
Jules ... NIKO
Head Like A Hole ... NIN
Sunday Morning, Bathwater, New ... No Doubt
Lawnmower Boy, Tant Pis Pour Toi ... nous Non Plus
Timebomb .. Old 97's
and finally
Sadly Beautiful ... The Replacements.

See how hard it was? Changed my mind 20 times.

Ruby Slippers for August 29 7-8 pm

Hey everybody!

Oh brother!

Whenever folks graciously agree to cohost, part of the deal is to pick music for the playlist.

Well.

I can't even begin to tell you how much MAKAR sent me, and frankly we could do at least 4 shows based on their incredible list. However, it's only an hour (sigh) AND there will be live performance in there too, so this is a list of what I have on hand to fill in between their chat and song making.

Not all of it will be played.  Notice the width and breadth of the choices!

God Save the Queen ... Sex Pistols

Up the Bracket ... The Libertines

Born to Be Wild ... Steppenwolf *

Fading Into Obscurity ... Sloan *

Little Shadow ... Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Twilight Galaxy ... Metric *

Paper Planes ... M.I.A.

Falling In Love Is For Young People ... Hoa Hoas *

Get Back  ... The Beatles

Flashbulb Eyes ... Arcade Fire *

Baba O'Riley ... The Who

Randy Scouse Git ... The Monkees

Two Weeks ... Grizzly Bear

Ask ... The Smiths

Lust for Life ... Iggy Pop

Love Will Teasr Us Apart ... Joy Division

Cherry Bomb ... The Runaways

Stillness Is the Move ... Dirty Projectors

My My Metrocard ... Le Tiegre

Needles In The Camel's Eye .. Brian Eno

Human ... The Music

And we haven't even added the cuts from MAKAR's album "Funeral Genius"

Good Lord.

Hang on, this one's gonna be crazy

(And as always thanks for listening)

*Cancon

Fill In August 26 3:30 to 5 PM

Hey folks,

Last minute fill in plus a weird collection of songs equals a PARTY!

What can I say? Hang on to your teeth.

We Exist ...Arcade Fire *
Hop A Plane ... Tegan & Sara *
Chick Habit ... April March (thanks KaylaCP from WXUT)
Riot in Thunder Alley ... Eddie Beram
Mexican Divorce... The Coyote Men
Space Invader ... The Pretenders
Pleasant Hymn Part 2 ... Action Makes *
Fester & Flume ... Blue Moon Marquee *
Truckin' 101 ... Leon Redbone
Talkin' To Yourself ... Sugar Lime Blue
Spiritual Weapon ... The Auras *
In Memory ... The Disraelis *
O My heart ... Mother Mother *
Attis ... Authentic Imperfection *
Gigantic ... Pixies
Try Me out Sometime ... Broncho
Slow death ... Flaming Groovies
Snowflakes Are Dancing ... Kurt Vile
You Could Get Lost Out Here ... A. C. Newman *
What You Want ... Bombay Bicycle Club (Darcys remix *)
'T Hellend Vlak ... At The Close Of each Day
Make It Together ... Beachwood Sparks
Come Together ... Beatles

Warned you it was strange, but I kinda like it!
And as always, thanks for listening.

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers August 22 7-8 pm

Hey everybody,

Exciting times at the station! Not only is the new transmitter up and working but new show proposals are coming thick and fast to keep the PD hopping! Expect to hear new sounds in the weeks ahead.

In the meantime, let's crank it up with some awesome punk, psychedelia and vintage sounds.

Hang on...

Careful ... Television

Wolkfoman ... KC and the Moonshine Band *

Invisible Man ... Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies

Werebitch ... Switchblade Valentines *

Switchblade Romance ... Threat *

Flesh and Bone ... Waxmen *

Last Breath ... Flesh *

Das Pirates... Planet Creature *

The Bright ... WASHA  (new!)

Turn it Well ... Up Dharma Down (from Manila)

I'll Cry Instead ... The Beatles (loving their catalogue right now)

Sunday Girl (2013 version) ... Blondie

Join me next week for fun and frivolity with MAKAR, live in studio, hummin', strummin'

and picking the playlist.

And as always thanks for listening

*Cancon