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Spin 45s >> There is a treasure in you

May 18, 2011 by morningaftershow

Last night was the Victoria Record Club Meeting 06 at Talk’s Cheap Record Store downtown on Pandora.

As I am always on the search for new and fun 45s to add to my collection, I decided to buy three last night.  I am loving all my selections today.

Stream from Mixcloud: Spin 45s >> There is a treasure inside you
Download MP3 >> TreasureinYou

DJ Notes:

01) The Selecter – “The Selecter”
02) The Specials – “Gangsters”
03) Vivian Girls – “I Heard You Say”
04) Vivian Girls – “I Won’t Be Long”
05) Girls – “Laura”
06) Girls – “Oh Boy”

The first 45 up is 1979’s debut single from 2 Tone records… a split single called “Gangsters vs. The Selecter.”

I began the set with the instrumental cut from The Selecter.  I bought this record because I love the Jamaican word for DJ… “selector.”

The record also includes an early recording from The Specials.  They’d go on to have a long and storied ska career.

Changing gears and eras, but staying with a lo-fi type vibe, I have the new single from Brooklyn all-girl dream poppers, Vivian Girls.

The a-side is an interesting retro inspired teen melodrama.  Lots of harmonies and pretty sounds all recorded to sound olden tyme like.

the flip to “I Heard You Say” is a more uptempo stomper, “I Won’t Be Long.”

Fun fact: Vivian Girls are signed to Champagne, Illinois record label Polyvinyl Record Company.  That is groovy to me for two reasons.

1) Japandroids are also on Polyvinyl! awesome.
2) One of my fave records from the olden days is Braid’s Frame and Canvas… the first “big” record to come out on Polyvinyl. neat.

The set ends with San Fran’s Girls. I already have their 2009 record Album so I am familiar with the single I bought.  “Laura” is a pretty cool jam.  Also has a retro style.

Nice song about wanting to be Laura’s friend.  awwww.

“Oh Boy” calms the set right down with a ghostly lo-fi vocal and lullaby guitar. That selector, he always saves the slowest song for last…

EMOTIONS! – go with yourself.

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Paint a picture so bright

May 17, 2011 by morningaftershow


The band getting the most attention from my ear during the radio program right now is the Welsh rockers The Joy Formidable.

The single that we are jamming on the Zone is called “Whirring” and was praised by Dave Grohl in a tweet as the best song of 2011 so far.

So far.. maybe that’s a yes.

The album cut is even more punishingly fuzzy and pummeling. Dirging down then exploding back out all super nova for close to 7 minutes.

The Joy Formidable – “Whirring”

This song is playing out in repeat on the CD player of my mind.  Almost as much as “Jack Sparrow“… almost.

Go with yourself.

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Be The Change Video

May 16, 2011 by morningaftershow

The people (well mostly Dave the Intern) over at The Land Conservancy of British Columbia got Madelyn and my ‘Be The Change’ video finished.  Have a gander.

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He’s like Gandhi! But better – he likes puppets!

May 16, 2011 by morningaftershow



This summer I am going to work all the time.  Crush some debt, save some money, buy my camping gear…

Next summer (or year… or whenever) I need to go to Hawaii.  I am going to camp in the jungle, work on a coffee plantation and jam out Hawaiian versions of pop songs.  And yes, there will be giggling the whole time.

On the weekend, the TV showed the classic comedic cinema, Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

I love this movie.  And after so many laughs, the credits rolled and some guy singing Hawaiian sang the Prince penned and famously made popular by Sinead O’Conner slow burner “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Amazing.  Or at least it was to Coral and I lounging on our couch.

The Coconutz – “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Download MP3 >> 10 Nothing Compares 2 U

Aloha with yourself.

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Glee’s Cory Monteith on The Zone

May 13, 2011 by morningaftershow


Glee TV star Cory Monteith and his band Bonnie Dune stopped by my radio show today for a special edition of My Turn.

Cory selected some of his favourite songs and hosted the show.  Then his band performed a couple songs live on the radio (for I think the first time).

I captured all the talky bits, the live songs and then the studio Bonnie Dune cut as well.  Its one 25 minute-ish file that you can download or stream.

My favourite part? Justin (lead singer/guitar) talking about his dream opening gig would be with Jimmy Eat World…. SWA? nice. Or Cory’s prediction that the Canucks take the San Jose Sharks in 4 games.

Cory Monteith on The Zone @ 91-3

Download MP3 >> May 13 Cory Monteith

And Michael Reid of the Times Colonist wrote a great article with some background on Monteith, Bonnie Dune and a wonderful shout-out to The Zone:  Times Colonist

Go with yourself.

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Modest Mouse Covers Buddy Holly

May 12, 2011 by morningaftershow


I read on Pitchfork the other day about this Buddy Holly tribute record coming out.

Modest Mouse does an interesting Modest Mousey spin on “That’ll Be The Day.”  In the article you had to go to KCRW’s website and fast forward to hear the song.  Silly.  So I recorded it and isolated the cut as best I could for you to listen to as a stream here.

Modest Mouse – “That’ll Be The Day”

Go with yourself.

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Victoria Fairlane

May 12, 2011 by morningaftershow

Walking to the Zone today (sometimes I walk and not bike so I can listen to music… Jimmy Eat World right now, fairly fiercely)… right, walking to the Zone today down Gorge Road I spotted and amazing old car with a decal for Victoria on it.  Nice.

It was an old classic Ford called a Fairlane Victoria.  I’ll have to check my lotto 649 today… but I’ll but that beauty of a car on my list of old cars to be driving.

Go with yourself.

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Be the Change

May 11, 2011 by morningaftershow

Madelyn and I just got back inside from the rain.  We spent our morning out at Madrona Farm filming a video for the Land Conservancy of British Columbia.

We are going to “Be The Change.”

If you click that link you can see some of the videos already made… and I guess in the next couple days Dave the Intern will have ours up there too.  I’ll be sure to post it on the blog when it’s all done.

Go with yourself.

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she’ll always be, a little far for me to reach

May 10, 2011 by morningaftershow


Last Sunday, Coral and I packed up Mads for a Mother’s Day picnic out at Jordan River.

The nice scenic drive is a wonderful excuse to jam out a favourite record or two.  Seeing as we’re off to see Jimmy Eat World in Vancouver over the May long, we punched up some JEW records.

Jimmy Eat World – “Always Be”

Coral’s fave is 2004’s Futures.  It was a breakup record for her, and those always have a power of you.  Futures also to me is the point in their career where shed a lot of indie production and arrangements for bigger, lush sounds and more complex melodies.  If you punch up Bleed American and Futures back-to-back you’ll hear a higher “quality” on Futures.

Over time, my favourite JEW record is becoming Chase this Light.  Coral said the great thing about Jimmy Eat World is that they can make you feel like the time you are living right now in the present, is the best time, or at least the most intense or important.  Like this song here.

Jimmy Eat World – “Chase This Light”

The single off the record, “Big Casino” is one of the stronger radio songs in their catalog.  But for me, one of their best songs off all their records is the slow jam that closes it all out.

Jimmy Eat World – “Dizzy”

This song reminds me of a slow dance at a junior highschool dance.  remember those things? in gymnasiums?

Go with yourself.

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I know a bar out on mars, where they driving spaceships instead of cars

May 9, 2011 by morningaftershow

Check this out… there is a girl on my facebook named Sundine Forsberg.  That’s her real name, not some hockey obsessed pseudo-name.  Crazy right?

She dropped an interesting MP3 down on my wall the other day.

Its a Dubstepped out version of Sublime’s “Santeria.”

I played this song to Jade and the first thing she said is, “hey, it has the dubstep sound.”  Ain’t that a pip?  The dubstep has a sound that every dubstep song uses.  That’s too bad for that sub-genre.  But to get geekier style, isn’t this song really Brostep?  Which is basically accessible dubstep?  And nothing is more “bro” than Sublime, period.

Sublime – “Santeria” (JPOD Remix)

Download MP3 >> sublime-santeriaJPODrmx

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In other news and a little world away… I got an MP3 from Vancouver.  A band called Southern Death Threat.

As the name already suggests, its hard rock.  Not normally my style but I have found myself jamming this cut out a bit from time-to-time at work.  At first, I punched it up out of morbid curiosity, but then, I dunno, it rooted in my brain.

Southern Death Threat – “Truth”

Download MP3 >> Truth (Take My Soul)

Sometimes I just like a more simpler heavy sound.  Takes me back to being 19.  Judge me not!  But if you want something to judge…

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Lastly, WTF is going on in the world?

Watch This! >> Katy Perry – “E.T.”

Reason #436 we’re all doomed:

“Tell me what’s next/Alien sex/  Imma disrobe you/then Imma gunna probe you.”

No wait, I love that line!  If that is a sign of the end times in music, sign me up.

Go with yourself.

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