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We’re All Just Runaways

September 26, 2012 by morningaftershow

Turks & Caicos Photo: Natalie Mead

VancityRockGirl just got back from Turks & Caicos and her next adventure is to ITALY! (the food looks pretty awesome).  Huckdoll did the Disneyland thing….which is on Coral and my list of things to get done.  But after reading Huck’s blog, we might wait till Madelyn is a bit older.  Which means… I am pretty close to talking Coral into Hawaii.  She said Hawaii or Mexico might be fine if we can rally some cash.

She hasn’t been to either… I haven’t been to Mexico since 2006 and Hawaii since 1998! The problem we’ll run into is saving money.  We are bad at it.

But I want to go to a coffee plantation and do a beach holiday so bad (or both).

Ah, we’ll see.  Money, debt, time, work.  Blah.  MUSIC! Huzzah!

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Today I bring you a couple from Coral’s currents list.


Coral heard this track somewhere (maybe Sirius XMU… which has terrible presentation, but some decent tunes).  The group is called How To Dress Well.  Coral thought this song “&It Was U” might be pretty groovy during the lounge sets at Veneto.

How To Dress Well – “& It Was U”

Download MP3 >> Pitchfork BEST NEW MUSIC


Another jam getting some spins at home that Coral is digging is a song I first heard during Tea Time on The Zone (3PM Monday to Friday with #TeamJollyJon) is Django Django.  This British group slow burns and swirls with some weirdo-pop.

Django Django – “Default”

And I Like remixes
(but you already knew that!)

Django Django – “Default” (Walls remix)

weeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrddddddd.

Go with yourself.

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Download “Sleep Alone” remix

September 25, 2012 by morningaftershow


Remix y’all….

Two Door Cinema Club‘s “Sleep Alone” gets all dancey.  The remix is done by French producer Beataucue.  Let’s go!

Two Door Cinema Club – “Sleep Alone” BeatauCue Remix

Free Download >> Soundcloud

Go with yourself.

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All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey

September 24, 2012 by morningaftershow


It sure turned into fall quickly on the Island.  The bravely battle on, but there is a sharpness to the air and a chill.

The march toward winter also mean Bear Week on the Zone, so there is that. And there is this…a little remix of the classic Mamas & Papas jam, “California Dreamin'” by Minnesota.

The Mamas and the Papas – “California Dreamin'” (Minnesota Remix)

Download MP3 >> California Dreamin’ (Minnesota RMX)

Go with yourself.

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New Band of Horses

September 19, 2012 by morningaftershow

New Band of Horses album Mirage Rock came out yesterday and I rushed out to buy it.  I have always been a fan of the band and Coral I have the previous albums in our collection.

My first listen last night had me a little underwhelmed.  I am hoping with repeat listens some songs will grow on me.  I do love the first song and lead single “Knock Knock” so we can always have that BOH.

The reviews aren’t very good.  Stereogum was a, “its alright.”  Pitchfork was a bit more, “WTF?”  The Wizard?  She loved it!

After I listened to Mirage Rock last night I thought of the song “A Horse With No Name” and I also thought… I wanna listen to  one of the older Band of Horses records.  I don’t think that is good.

I pulled out my older albums, and I like the covers of every BOH record.




Not every song will be a hit… but four quality records with so many gems ain’t bad.

Go with yourself.

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Inbetween episodes of The Inbetweeners

September 18, 2012 by morningaftershow


As seems to be MuchMusic’s bread-and-butter these days… they are airing another remake of a better British sitcom (because Canadians are soooooooooooo boring) that involves some dorky Brits trying to get laid and drinking…. hang on wait-a-minute…they sound JUST like Canadians.

The show is called The Inbetweeners.  Good times, quality laughs.  I mention the show because I *think* it was last night we heard the song “Sleep Alone” by Two Door Cinema Club during the commercials.  Much still plays the odd video, or part of a video between shows.  I think we heard the song then.  Coral and I both bobbed along and went, “oh right, I like this band.”

Two Door Cinema Club – “Sleep Alone”

Download MP3 >> Two Door Cinema Club – Sleep Alone (Radio Edit)

So me and Coral are basically grownup teenagers that watch the Inbetweeners (and LA Complex! so good).

Go with yourself.

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Thank you to everything in the whole wide world and to you. And gourmet mayo on a hot dog.

September 17, 2012 by morningaftershow


What did Jon Williams say, “we made a lot of memories.”  Rifflandia was something special.  Team Zone was in full battle mode with our friends at Wolf/Sheep and Tectoria.(how is that for partners? an art collective and TECHNOLOGY!)  Tindy and Allie worked with Wolf/Sheep to create the world of Zonelandia in the Royal Athletic Park… and I’ll tell ya, I have never seen a radio set up at an event anything like it, ever.  It almost looked like an American theme park… we even had a RIDE! (or you know, a scissor lift).  Thank you to Tindy and Allie for building the whole world of Zonelandia.  The best country on the planet. And thank you to all the volunteers for helping to run Zonelandia and Rifflandia.

Laid a lot of high fives.  Thank you to all the Zoners that made it down.

Thank you Bud and Dave Wallace and the Zone Social team for capturing those high fives on digital film. I like it!

Thank you to Nana for coming to get Maddy on Friday so me and Coral could be dumb and drink too much and have fun.

Thank you Alyx for bringing Coral some money when I left to DJ and Coral discovered she had no debit card. Ruh roh.

Thank you to The Whole Beast for the hot dogs. The BEST hot dogs.

Thank you to Pig for the poutine(s).

Thank you to Prima Strada for the late night night Za when Coral needed it most.

Thank you to the Refiner Diner for making food all weekend! those sliders???? SWA?  Amaze-balls (its a word, look it up!)

Thank you to Lando Rock for sharing the stage with me a couple times and letting me up there to brand the radio.

Thank you to security for letting me back stage without a pass!

Thank you to Boitano for scheduling me and keeping me organized.

Thank you to Kelsey and Nick for drinking with me and Coral.

Thank you Wolf/Sheep for the times and scissor lifting.

Thank you to Kidlandia and the workers there. (the top picture was after Madelyn got creative in their realm)

Thank you Cinevic and Bryan for the popcorn and the beanbag chairs.

Thank you to Caleb for being the Captain of Drinking.

Thank you to Chris Vickers for being a stud.

Thank you Bossman Johnny for the WRISTBANDS! (wouldn’t be able to afford to go without the love).

Thank you Nick, Dimitri and everyone at Atomique for the vision, creativity and work to make Rifflandia.

Victory Barber Shop for the haircut while watching Bright Light Social Hour.

Thank you rock & roll and the bands that play it.

hmmmm…there must be more shout outs, perogy truck!, and…. right its time to get the music.

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My MP3 today comes from a Rifflandia discovery.  I loved listening to Jinja Safari on Sunday.  This Aussie band reminded me a whole lot like Vampire Weekend.

Jinja Safari – Vagabond

Download MP >> Vagabond 1

I am hoping Nick Blasko from Rifflandia will come on the show tomorrow for a post-Riff review and debrief.  That will be fun.

Thats all I got.  Go with yourself.

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Listening to new Propagandhi, the Okibi mixtape and Wake Owl

September 12, 2012 by morningaftershow


Its been awhile since I have blogged at home late at night.  I’ve gotten in the habit of blogging at work during the day.  probably this wasn’t the most interesting thing to start my post with… but whatever.  I think my hit-counter on wordpress is broken.  I get the same hits everyday it seems whether i blog or not… post a rad song for free download or not… or straight up not blog for a couple days.  So to those trusty people that hit the blog for whatever random reason, thank you.

I got a lot of emails.  Well, messages.  I get chirped at a lot.  I read what I can, respond as often as I can… do my part of internet citizenry.  Sometimes I miss emails.

The other day was busy.  I am running a couple contests at work through my work email (jeremy@thezone.fm what’s up?) so I was sorting through all the applications and sorting them out and replying when necessary when for whatever reason I went back a few days to see if I missed any… and would you look at that… an exceptionally rare communication from G7 Welcoming Committee.  G7 is the Winnipeg based record label of Propagnadhi… well they are on Epitaph now, but G7 is their baby.

The email basically said, “hey dummy, new Propagandhi record.”  Good enough for me… I clicked some links, found $20 on a not maxed out credit card (I know, I’m bad Blonde on a Budget) and ordered the vinyl of the new album Failed States.

I love Propgandhi.  I wouldn’t say they inspired me to be a DJ… as I was a DJ when I discovered them… but they inspired me to live a life more rad.

And more than that… they are a magical example of a band that gets better and better with every record (to my ear at least).

Propagandhi’s album starts so huge….

Propagandhi – “Note to Self”

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.  I am so jazzed to get into the the rest of the record after this song.

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Okibi is playing Rifflandia this year. Thursday 9:30 Lucky Bar (Night Stage)

It’ll be a miracle of fates if I can get there in time (I am MCing a GREAT charity event Thursday night and will be late to the ragers.)  And of course its at the same time as another homeboy, Northcote.  Thursday 9:30 Metro Stage (Night Stage)

hmmm.

Then at 10:30 Thursday is it Wake Owl (Vic Event Center) or The Matinee (Wood Hall)?

OK… the point is, Okibi has a new mix tape for free download to get you amped. I downloaded it, the kid and wife went to bed, I cracked a beer (see above photo) and I listened to the whole thing.

As for 10:30, I might *try* the whole; half a set of one, half a set of the other… but I NEED to see Wake Owl I think.

Wake Owl – “Wild Country”

I love this song so much. I listen to the ep all the time… yeah, Matinee, I love you guys, but Wake Owl needs to happen.

I can’t believe its only two sleep till RIFFLANDIA!

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I got some projects on the go.  1KM Beer Run?  That’ll happen as a fundraiser for Madelyn’s preschool.  Swimming lessons for Madelyn needs to happen when I get paid…aaaaaaaand, I think I want to launch a service like this in Victoria.  But call it Shotgun Wedding.  I’d also wedding plan unplanned weirdo weddings, the bizarre and interesting.  All for the bride/groom on a budget in Victoria.  We’ll see if this plan becomes a business or not.  Its enough barely getting through my days as it is without another business plan that is seasonal in nature.

Go with yourself.

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I drink cheap beer, so what… FIDLAR! @fidlarLA

September 6, 2012 by morningaftershow


The Hives concert down in Club 9one9, by most any account you’ll hear from anyone there…….. pretty much great.  Packed room, energy, beer, Kirsten’s foot getting slashed by some bro.  OK, that wasn’t great and she needed stitches from the hospital.  BUT at the time it happened, Kirsten thought it was punk rock and an exclamation point on the show.  She also seemed to not feel it… which was weird considering her shoe was full of blood.  Good for her.

As amazing as the Hives were, they were par-for-the-course for me.  I expected them to be fun, and they are fun!  Played all the hits, tons of energy, new songs, old song… Can’t ask for more.

The surprise of the night is when a bunch of bros who looked like they walked off the set of Revenge of the Nerds came on stage.  One guy was wearing a Jeff the brotherhood shirt. I knew we’d be friends.

The band is based out of LA and came from Hawaii.  They are called Fidlar.  Track one of the night…

Fidlar – “Cheap Beer”

Download MP3 >> Fidlar – Cheap Beer

OK, you got my attention. After the amazing garagey surfy lo-fi DIY punk set… just fuzzy loud poppy raddness.  I needed to buy some merch.  The boys had 45s… I love 45s, I love $5.  Jason Lamb says these guys will be showing up in a future episode of the Punk Show!

A-side

Fidlar – “No Waves”

Download MP3 >> Fidlar – No Waves

B-side

Fidlar – “No Ass”

Download MP3 >> Fidlar – No Ass

Hit Fidlar up on the socials….. Facebook, Twitter, Instgram at @fidlar_la.

Go with yourself.

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I am liking Lace Curtains and The Hives today

September 5, 2012 by morningaftershow


What a strange and wonderful weirdo jam.  Why Lace Curtains wins to my ear is that it has that vintage indie rock sound which I love.  The fuzz is cool, but the Velvet Underground/Pixies thing is fun too.  The songs feature Bloc Party drummer Matt Tong who is friends with Michael Coomer, the principle of the project.

Lace Curtains – “High Fantasy”

Download MP3 >> high-fantasy

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Nice. The Hives are in Victoria for a rock show tonight.

The Hives – “Wait a Minute”

ROCK SHOW!  See ya there….

Go with yourself.

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The organic has become visible

September 4, 2012 by morningaftershow


London’s The XX have a new record called Coexist out on September 11th.  Already the album is streaming for those in the want.  A remix floating around the blogs today comes from a Philadelphia producer named Skollo.  One blogger described it as a moombahton style.  Sure.

The xx – “Angels” (Skollo remix)

Download MP3 >> Angels (Sköllo Remix)

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I read an interview the other day on Pitchfork with Dr. Jonathan Sterne and he was talking about his new book about the MP3.  I thought it sounded pretty neat so I emailed him and said, “I’m a radio guy, blah blah blah, send me a book.”

AND he did!

I cracked it, and the first page had an interesting quote from the 1930s.

The organic has become visible

again even within the mechani-

cal complex: some of our most

characteristic mechanical instru-

ments—the telephone, the phono-

graph, the motion picture—have

grown out of our interest in the human

voice and the human eye and our knowl-

edge of their physiology and anatomy.

Can one detect, perhaps, the characteristic

properties of this emergent order—its pat-

tern, its planes, its angle of polarization, its color?

Can one, in the process of crystallization, remove

the turbid residues left behind by our earlier forms

of technology? Can one distinguish and define the specific

properties of a technics directed toward the service of life:

properties that distinguish it morally, socially, politically, es-

thetically from the cruder forms that preceded it? Let us make

the attempt.—Lewis Mumford, Technics and Civilization

Right on Mumford… right on. Interesting character and a great way to start a book about ones and zeros and music.

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Some serious thought to wrap the grey matter of my brain around.  I’ve also been thinking of writing a story.  Ugh, two actually… but they are both so weird and niche and I don’t see the end or the point yet.  That might take more meditation and a machine that adds a couple more hours to the day because right now, there just ain’t enough time.

That’s all I got, time to go read my book.

Go with yourself.

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