“It puts me to fucking sleep to be quite honest, I don’t really see the technical merit in playing two songs at the same speed together and it bores me to fucking tears and hopefully with all due respect to the DJ type that will fucking go the way of the dinosaur id like them to dis-a-fucking-pear. It’s so middle man, they’re like fucking lawyers. You need them, but they’re fucking cunts. God bless them they’re my number one customer right so I’m not gonna go dis every fucking DJ. But to say you become this massive up on a podium performer by playing other peoples productions at the same speed as someone else’s productions and fading between the two of them, I don’t get it.” – Deadmau5
Archive for May, 2009
Hang the DJ
Posted in politics, tagged Deadmau5 on May 18, 2009| 5 Comments »
The Sasquatch Playlist
Posted in playlist, tagged Sasquatch Music Festival on May 17, 2009| 2 Comments »
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An epic selection of Sasquatchi bands for your drive to the festival.
| Beard Lust | Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head | |
| Sleepyhead | Passion Pit | |
| Believe E.S.P. | Deerhoof | |
| Not Exactly | Deadmau5 | |
| (How Can I Keep You) Outta Harms Way | King Khan and The Shrines | |
| Skinny Love | Bon Iver | |
| Panic Switch | Silversun Pickups | |
| Your Hand In Mine | Explosions In The Sky | |
| The Lion & The Tea Cup | Bishop Allen | |
| Summertime Clothes | Animal Collective | |
| Black and White Town | Doves | |
| The Greatest Sum (Electric) | The Avett Brothers | |
| Two Weeks (Fred Falke Instrumental Mix) | Grizzly Bear | |
| Cheated Hearts | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | |
| Black River Killer | Blitzen Trapper | |
| You, Me and the Bourgeoisie | The Submarines | |
| Two Weeks (Fred Falke Radio Mix) | Grizzly Bear | |
| Shove It (feat. Spank Rock) | Santigold | |
| For Beginners | M. Ward | |
| Land of the Freak | King Khan and The Shrines | |
| Old White Lincoln | The Gaslight Anthem | |
| Woman Friend | Chromeo | |
| The Strangers | St. Vincent | |
| Charmer | Kings of Leon | |
| DLZ | TV On the Radio | |
| Province | TV On the Radio | |
| Gold Lion | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | |
| Grass | Animal Collective | |
| Crimewave | Crystal Castles vs. Health | |
| Fools | The Dodos | |
| Cato As a Pun | Of Montreal | |
| Actor Out of Work | St. Vincent | |
| Click, Click, Click, Click | Bishop Allen | |
| D.A.R.L.I.N.G. | Beach House | |
| He Lays In the Reins | Calexico & Iron & Wine | |
| Two Weeks | Grizzly Bear | |
| Satellites | Doves | |
| Bunny Ain’t No Kind of Rider | Of Montreal | |
| Closer | Kings of Leon | |
| The Weight of Lies | The Avett Brothers | |
| Steal My Kisses | Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals | |
| The Birth and Death of the Day | Explosions In The Sky | |
| Sophisticated Side Ponytail | Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head | |
| Sex On Fire | Kings of Leon | |
| Never Had Nobody Like You (feat. Zooey Deschanel) | M. Ward | |
| Fancy Footwork | Chromeo | |
| Two Weeks (Fred Falke Extended Mix) | Grizzly Bear | |
| The Rake’s Song | The Decemberists | |
| Untrust Us | Crystal Castles | |
| White Winter Hymnal | Fleet Foxes | |
| The World In 1984 | Shearwater | |
| Furr | Blitzen Trapper | |
| Wedding Bell | Beach House | |
| Wolf Like Me | TV On the Radio | |
| Tenderoni (MSTRKRFT Remix) | Chromeo | |
| Frank’s Tavern | Calexico | |
| +81 | Deerhoof | |
| Reservoir Park | The Dutchess & The Duke | |
| Lazy Eye (Jimmy Tamborello Accordion Mix) | Silversun Pickups | |
| My Girls | Animal Collective | |
| Rooks | Shearwater | |
| Kim & Jessie | M83 | |
| A Sentence of Sorts In Kongsvinger | Of Montreal | |
| Id Engager | Of Montreal | |
| Dying Is Fine | Ra Ra Riot | |
| The Wanting Comes In Waves / Repaid | The Decemberists | |
| Dancing Choose | TV On the Radio | |
| Needy Girl | Chromeo | |
| The ’59 Sound | The Gaslight Anthem | |
| Discipline | Nine Inch Nails | |
| Closer | Nine Inch Nails | |
| In the New Year | The Walkmen | |
| Kingdom of Rust | Doves | |
| Rusted Wheel | Silversun Pickups | |
| There Goes My Baby | The Walkmen | |
| Blood Bank | Bon Iver | |
| Here’s Looking At You, Kid | The Gaslight Anthem | |
| The Crane Wife 3 | The Decemberists | |
My Favourites This Week
Posted in playlist, tagged Airborne Toxic Event, Flo Rida, James Taylor, Japanadroids, Peter Gabriel, Phoenix, Pinback, Reverend Horton Heat, Ringtones, Silversun Pickups, The Dudes, The Replacements on May 16, 2009| 3 Comments »
01) The Dudes
02) Japanadroids
03) The Airborne Toxic Event
04) The Replacements
05) Peter Gabriel
06) James Taylor
07) Phoenix
08) Reverend Horton Heat
09) Flo Rida
10) Pinback
Some of my faves spinning on the home hard drive according my Last FM page.
The new Dudes song “Pretty Lies” is so darn good, it has inspired me to fire up anything Dudes that I have at home, anytime I am at home. The only reason I don’t listen to the dudes right now, is if I have Vancouver fuzz masters Japanadroids going, or “1901” from Phoenix.
Ringtones are dumbest (or maybe greatest?) invention.
Now, I value my money. When I am walking down Douglas Street and some man puts out his hand to ask for money, I say, “sorry man, I value my money.” You’d never catch me… maybe… lighting money on fire. Wouldn’t happen. Coral wanted to buy some jars today to put the coffee in to keep it fresh, they cost like, $3 or $4 bux maybe? maybe? I was all, “no, I value my money.” And after all that… the Airborne Toxic Event battles through my strong defense and I download “Sometime Around Midnight.” The charge? Three dollars and fifty cents. What do I get? 15 seconds of the intro! WTF? I can download the song, all of it, in stunning MP3 quality for a buck!
Burned… I had to download another ringtone… so yeah, now when you phone, 15 seconds of “Panic Switch” blares at me and I’m $7 poorer. And hopefully wiser. RINGTONE!
I think, when I’m hanging out with the Airborne Toxic Event at the Sasquatch Music fesitval next weekend, I’ll mention something to them.
The Replacements are a band I play when I am sad. I was sad after the Canucks lost to Chicago last week.
My cousin Monica is getting married! whoa! to a cop! whoa. Chris (the cop) is a good man, he showed me how to make a grown man cry with a simple maneuver to the nose. Seriously, he made me cry, it works. On their wedding website I A: RSVP’d (I’ll be rocking the stuffed chicken) and B: listened to some Peter Gabriel. They have one of my favourite songs, “In Your Eyes” streaming.
James Taylor? SWA? I like him… but I don’t know why I played so much last week. weird.
Phoenix is so hawt right now on The Zone @ 91-3. Sometimes I bring my work home with me. The video is that Youtube clip waiting for you at the top, great view… so if you skipped it because you think your time is more valuable than that three minute gem, your wrong, its not, click the video already.
The Rev came on after something else I was listening to, and I kept that party going.
Flo Rida. Yeah. What? I like him.
and I end my playlist with some Pinback, because…
Go with yourself.
Inside the Producers Studio :: Dave Sawchuk
Posted in radio, tagged Commercial Production, Norglen, production, radio on May 16, 2009| 1 Comment »
Click and Listen to: Inside the Producers Studio – Dave Sawchuk
I don’t know if this will be a regular feature or not, but the above audio snip is from some “tape” that I had for a commercial I made for Soprano’s. Everyday before my radio show, I come a few hours early, and sometimes our producer Sheldon gives me a couple commercials to make. Helps me keep my skills up in case I need to fill in for Sheldon. I’m not very good so I generally get basic spots to craft… and usually Sheldon has already recorded the announcer. When I get the audio to make the spot, it is never edited or a simple read of the copy. There is always some sort of story or banter that Sheldon has with the “talent.” I always chop it out to make the commercial obviously, but sometimes the little stories are interesting and the people telling them forget they’re being recorded. Since the announcers are very comfortable and having a real one-on-one conversation with Sheldon, the style is different than you might find on a radio show and I personally find them interesting.
As I find stuff worth sharing, I’ll post it here as “Inside the Producers Studio.”
oh and that band… Norglen? Here they are.
“Creeping Out Sara” – NOFX
Posted in music, tagged Creeping Put Sara, NOFX, Tegan and Sara, Times-Colonist on May 14, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Thank you Mike Devlin for sending this amazing link to us here at the Zone.
Pol Plastino’s Guide to Sasquatch
Posted in music, The Zone @ 91-3, WWJD?, tagged First Time, Guide, How To, Pol Plastino, Sasquatch Music Festival on May 14, 2009| Leave a Comment »
That’s a nerdy ass bacon joke
Posted in food, neat-O gang, tagged Bacon, Funny, Jim Gaffigan, Stand-Up Comedy on May 14, 2009| 2 Comments »
Brand Autopsy is a blog I have on the blogroll that lately hasn’t being doing much for me. I almost aced it, but then they featured this hilarious gem of a clip.
where do we go? / how do we follow?
Posted in Wedding, tagged Arizona, East of Eden, Fire, Kasabian, Las Vegas, Laughlin, Mandalay Bay, Reno, Salinas Valley, The Lion King, Travel, Wedding Planning, West Jet on May 14, 2009| 4 Comments »
David Eleanor was talking about this trip of a music video today on the inbox.
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Couple groovy things I wanted to share about the wedding planning.
Coral was made aware of this great offer from Mandalay Bay. Unfortunately it does not run while we’re there, but hopefully there might be something like it. The Lion King will be playing? Hakuna Matata!
And my Mom was checking out the West Jet website, and there will be some savings there for the wedding.
West Jet Group and Wedding Flights
I’ll get on calling West Jet and getting that figured out by the end of the week. I think we’ll wait to book at Mandalay Bay till some Fall specials come out. I think Vancityrockgirl said that we should start seeing them soon… or early summer.
The other thought I am having is that I might book the whole week off… and after the wedding and all the partying it might be nice to drive around the desert. It was the plan to do the “circuit” anyways… but now I am thinking it might be fun to try something more ambitious, like a drive to Reno, or else maybe to Laughlin or even Arizona. If time and money were no barrier, then I’d go to California and visit the Salinas Valley and explore all the areas of “East of Eden.” Might be a little ambitious for me… maybe I’ll visit the Salinas Valley when I’m an old man on my motorcycle (or scooter).
Go with yourself.
EmailZzzZ
Posted in radio, tagged Broadcasting, Email, feedback, Media, radio on May 13, 2009| Leave a Comment »
David Eleanor sent this email with the subject heading, “How to Revolutionize Radio: Intro the Song?”
A must read for anyone in the industry.
—–Original Message—–
From: Aroha *** [mailto:aroha@***]
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:25 PM
To: dave@TheZone.fm
Subject: Music question via TheZone.fm
Hi There
This is a really silly thing to email you about, but THANKS for saying what the title & artist of a song is immediately before you play it – it’s so logical that it’s so stupid that radio ever did it any other way.
Thanks also for being the best radio station I’ve found since coming to Vancouver from Australia.
Cheers
Aroha
Capital Rock City #56 // Vince Vaccaro, The Blue Violets, Jason Cook, Josh Van Leeuwen
Posted in Capital Rock City, tagged Capital Rock City, iTunes, Jason Cook, Josh Van Leeuwen, Podcast, The Blue Violets, The Zone @ 91-3, Vince Vaccaro, Yummy Mummy Club on May 12, 2009| 1 Comment »
Please take a moment to discover something great: Capital Rock City #56
You can click the link above to listen to Capital Rock City, or use an RSS feed to subscribe or even visit Capital Rock City on iTunes in the podcast section. If you have iTunes, just search for “Capital Rock City” in the iTunes store. If you have a second, please leave me a comment or a rating. Remember kids, when you subscribe to Capital Rock City, there is a shift in the space/time continueum and Canucks take the hawks in six!
DJ Notes:
01) Vince Vaccaro – “The City at Sunrise”
02) The Blue Violets – “You Said”
03) Jason Cook – “Effin Bronco”
04) Josh Van Leeuwen Sparrow – “Fever in Our Souls and Fire In Our Bones”
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Here is Vince from the Yummy Mummies!
and hey… is Josh Van Leeuwen the same guy that fronted The Counting Heartbeats? * turns out he is! And I got an email from Josh saying that his performance name is Joshua Sparrow as it has a little better zip to it and not to be confused with the Van Leeuwen of A Perfect Circle fame.
alright, good talk. Thank you for downloading my podcast. Tell a friend about it please. I will work on some free pie for downloads (as per the feedback I requested on this here blog some time back).
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 