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Loving the new @SpoonTheBand record, They Want My Soul

Posted in music, tagged , , on August 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »

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Picked up the new Spoon LP and the Merge book, Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records.

The two go together very well. Merge has a chapter in their book on the origin story of Spoon. Their explosion onto the scene as “hot new artist,” and then subsequently getting dropped from Matador. A resurgence on a major label…and then dropped….before finally finding commercial and critical success on Merge.

Spoon’s eighth record is called They Want My Soul. After reading about the trials, label moves, and hard work…you can really appreciate the albums title. I’d love ask Britt Daniels sometime about his life in New York. There was a time before signing with Merge where he was working as a financial assistant? I wonder what his life was like during those times?

We’re currently featuring the song “Do You” on The Zone.

I picked up Spoon with their 2005 record, Gimme Fiction. It’s too early to say which album is my favourite…but right now I have TWMS on heavy rotation. I even like how the album cover kinda fits thematically with 2002’s Kill The Moonlight.

Go with yourself.

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@jpthemaurice, @StarleeKine, Torch Songs AND @PhilCollinsFeed! Strap in…. here we go.

Posted in music, radio, tagged , , , , , on August 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »

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I love this old picture from Nat Geo Found. The little dude is out hustling a few bucks selling some lemonade.

“A boy sells lemonade from his front yard stand on Main Street in Aspen, Colorado, 1973.PHOTOGRAPH BY DICK DURRANCE II, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE”

Former Victorian and now Vancouverite, JP Maurice released a new single today… check out “Poison Heart.”

Its a melodramatic song that reminds me of this This American Life piece.

I was driving home from a wedding late on Sunday night listening to the CBC. There was a song playing. I like music, but generally when a song is playing on the CBC its a bit of a downer. I was gunna punch out, but then the weirdest voice popped out of the radio and I had to listen.

Turns out the Ceeb was re-airing an old segment about professionally awkward Starlee Kine and her depressing breakup. The segment ultimately was about her quest to write the perfect torch song.

It was so bizarre, but I was transfixed. It felt at first like an over-developed character piece, but as I listened, I loved her more and more. In the end I was cheering Starlee on her adventure to create this torch song. Then she shared it with Phil Collins! Yes.
Now I love her. You really ought to go back in time to 2007 and have a listen for yourself.

Her style reminds me of the program Wiretap (which I generally hate…but also oddly love) and it turns out she sometimes shows up on that show, so circles man.

In the end, she co-wrote a song called “Three of Us.”

OK, I don’t know if “Poison Heart” is a TORCH song in the traditional sense…I just heard it then immediately thought of Starlee Kine, I dunno.

Go with yourself.

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A @squamishfest playlist to get you excited for the weekend!

Posted in music, tagged on August 7, 2014| 1 Comment »

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My wife Coral is off to the Squamish Valley Music Festival this weekend. The adventure is a bit of money bonfire as we’re discovering. Tickets, hotel…sure. Beers, you expect it… but then parking? $125? or a shuttle from Whistler for herself and her sister is $300? Holy shit Squamish… my wife is in almost $1,000, hasn’t left yet. Now we’ll add ferry, gas, food, an Eminem t-shit. Kowabunga.

No wonder the weight of the Industrial Festival Complex may implode in on itself.

OK… well she is in it this deep, buy the ticket, take the ride and all that, so she asked me to put a playlist on her phone of Squamish bands… I tucked through the list and added 22 songs to check out. Some headliners, some small print. Some Much Mega Hits, some album cuts…

Go with yourself.

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Jeremy Baker’s Pit Hole & Daycare

Posted in radio, The Zone @ 91-3, tagged on August 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

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The British Columbia teacher’s strike is causing a lot of despair amongst parents. Where you see challenges, I see opportunity!

+ Focus on physical education.
+ Have fun while getting your hands dirty.
+ Literally drop off your kids and go!

— Jeremy, proprietor and operator.

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Producer: Sheldon Hovde
Voice talent: Chelsea Coulter & Caleb Kirby

Go with yourself.

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A couple romantic slow jams. @TLATW & @ingridmusic

Posted in music, tagged , on August 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »

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I had one of those crazy busy weekends where it felt like all I did was work or sleep. And the sleep was never enough. Luckily I work as a DJ, so I am generally out in spectacular places and with people that are in prime spirits.

My adventures had me all over Southern Vancouver Island. Always looking at a garden, a lake or an ocean beach. I also heard a couple songs that are slower, but so beautiful.

The first one comes from Cleveland band The Lighthouse & The Whaler.

A song that feels like it was built for your wedding first dance.

Ingrid Michaelson has been around making music and putting record for awhile. Traditionally, her style would not be something I’d be into…but lately, it feels like many brides are requesting her music. I had to check it out and find out about this performer. A song that I have fallen in love with is about 5 years old now…its her cover of the Elvis standard, “Can’t Help Falling In Love.”

I can listen to this song on repeat. It is so beautiful.

Go with yourself.

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