This TV Commercial is cute. It must come on a half dozen times while I am watching TV because the song is always stuck in my head.
The band or artist is Hello Gumption and the song is “Spinning As We Go” which I have the feeling was written for the commercial. On iTunes, the man/men only have two songs and they are both TV commercial songs. I always thought it might be a fun living to be a jingle writer, you know if I had any musical skills. Reminds me of the guy from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. As someone that occasionally produces radio commercials, the music beds that we use are brutal. I am sure it is more a budget thing, but man, if someone could make joyous contemporary beds for commercial use, I’d think you’d be able to find a market for it.
ha, after Hello Gumption playing on the iTunes, Hell Yeah sings “Alcohaulin’ Ass.”
First day back after another fantastic 24 Hour Relay for The Kids. The Amalgamated Team Zone over came some serious setbacks and a crushing recession to pull together and raise an astonishing $8262! A big thank you to so many Zoners who came together to help send kids to camp, but especially Captain Rhaye, BC Smoke Shop, The Bulletproof Babes, and Aegis Fang.
A few highlights… well off the top, the team Wasted Talent has a Drinko Plinko board game in tent city that crushed. I enjoyed tipping pints with members of the Sharpies and The Canoe Brewpub. Wayne from the BC Smokeshop brought a keg, so that makes him a pretty special humanitarian in my world.
Allie The Zone Ranger and Bank Girl somehow managed to rally hard late, and stay up with me when it was my turn to jock the Zone @ 91-3’s water station during the witching hours of 4-7AM.
I think the key for me actually surviving the weekend and not dry heaving in my parking lot at 11 AM while unpacking; was the fact that I went home for a square dinner and a nap before coming back for the late night shenanigans.
Already, we’re talking about next year ‘round these parts. Part of me want sot form TWO teams. I don’t think Coral will be too into that idea. But I think it would be cool to have a team of athletes and kids to compete in the running aspect of the 24 Hour Relay and leave the drinking of general hippy drum circles to the Amalgamated Team Zone.
I want to call the Kids team, The Junior Zees or The Fashionable Guns. What do you think?
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From the Emailz:
—–Original Message—–
From: Lauren [mailto:***@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:39 AM
To: jeremy@TheZone.fm
Subject:
Hey Jeremy,
You have to help me out! You played a song last week during my drive home, I dunno, maybe around 5ish, it was by a band called Sex Ed I thought, it is driving me crazy, they were really good but I can’t find anything on YouTube or anywhere…..I think they are from Van and he had written the songs for his girlfriend while he was in college and then they kind of got discovered when his songs got distributed somehow around his campus.
Thanks so much,
Lauren
Hey Lauren,
You’re awesome. That song/band is one of my favourites right now. From what you’re told me, I think it was Passion Pit (that’s the artist that wrote all the music for his girl while in college and he’s from Massachusetts) and the song we’re featuring on the Zone is called “The Reeling” from the record Manners.
I hope that helps. If it is incorrect, let me know and we’ll try something else or I’ll need more info.
Thank you for the email.
Rock.
Jeremy
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And because I don’t always get it right the first time.
—–Original Message—–
From: Jaime [mailto:***]
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 6:26 PM
To: jeremy@TheZone.fm
Subject: Thursday’s connect three!
Hi Jeremy,
I meant to write down the name of the first song/band you played yesterday on connect three but I flailed! Can you tell me what it was? It really was epic.
Jaime
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On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Jeremy Baker <Jeremy@thezone.fm> wrote:
Not this past weekend, but the one before, Grandma and Grandpa Jack came to visit and took Miss Mads to Willows Beach. These are some pictures from my Dad’s Blackberry.
This video is darn wonderful. Makes me like the song again… that is how good this video is. “Kids” enjoyed many weeks at Number1 on the Modern rock Countdown and now is number one in my heart with this whimsical tale.
The “mom” is the lovely Joanna Newsom, I don’t know if she has a kid in real life, but my-oh-my, she sure can portray a yummy mummy.
Give this dude one magical minute, and you’ll have a dance party on your hands! (thank you Zoner Rick for sending this in)
I remember being down on the floor for Santigold in the 80 plus degree heat and looking back up the hill at The Gorge and smiling at this moment in Sasquatch glory.
Thank you for finding Capital Rock City from The Zone dot Fm slash Jeremy, not too much in the new music department this week and I have little time for DJ notes… so here’s the set. yeesh, not really selling the sizzle with that opening pitch. Trust me, it sounds better than I can describe.
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DJ Notes
01) Crown the Wolf – “Primer Ride”
02) Japandroids – “Sovereignty”
03) Jets Overhead – “No Nations”
04) Acres of Lions – “Entertainment”
Sorry I don’t have more time for DJ Notes… its 3PM, time to make some radio magic on The Zone @ 91-3. Here is what I wrote on the RSS Feed:
CRC 59 begins with the dramz. Did Pride Tiger’s bass player quit moments before their show this past Friday? I dunno if that’s true or what, but I do know Crown The Wolf showed up and did their thing. Japandroids from Vancouver have a trend of canceling shows whenever I am able to go see them. I don’t take it personally, I keep on keeping on. Jets Overhead is the Zone Band of the Month for June! and back from China! Nice. And the show ends with one of my fave Vic rockers, Acres of Lions. if you love the show as much as I do, please share a link with a friend and you can find out more always at http://www.thezone.fm/jeremy (Tuesday, June 02, 2009)
Oh Victoria, remember when you used to have a world class Folk Music Festival? Ahh goodtimes… if it wasn’t for Nick and Dimitri and Piers and Coral at Atomique putting on Rifflandia (plug in 3,2,1…details this afternoon on the show) we4’d having nothing fun to do…
Now this festival looks like something I could get into more than any damn Stampede!
Now part of me thinks that Coral, Mads and I will be in Deadmonton in and around these dates. Is Calgary an arduous ordeal from the Champion City? I mean, Glen Campbell?
I’d see him in Vancouver or Victoria, you know… if either city had a reason for the hero of Galveston to come, but sadly, there are more pressing concerns in Medicine Hat and Spokane.
I cut my finger today. I wasn’t paying attention while taking the dishes out of the dishwasher machine and a knife slipped. Coral and I were having a “discussion” about my job and about how I need to be the bad guy with Madelyn sometimes. She is entering the terrible two’s about half a year early and I’m not so good at the serious face. A knife slipped and my reaction was to grab it all slick like before it hit the ground… but its a knife and it sliced my finger. Then Madelyn started mashing the buttons on the TV and needed a time out… and wouldn’t you know it, after the tears it worked. She came out of baby jail reformed! Maybe her stuffed Quatchi cell mate helped her find Islam?
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I live life with a fairly hefty level of stress at all times. I tell myself its a healthy stress, keeps me hungry, but now I don’t really believe that. It took a bloody TV commercial and this article today and remembering this blog post for me to realize it. The TV commercial was for Kashi and showed these people hiking through the bush on some sort of trek. I thought, “man, I’d like to do that.” But I can not. Sadness. I also want to visit Greenland some day, that would be pretty cool.
Well, maybe I could do a trek… its not like it requires much. Time I suppose. And two working legs and I have those.
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Blogging about Coldplay’s new live record LeftRightLeftRightLeft generated a comment on Facebook from someone talking about the Konami Code. But when I think Konami Code, I think about this old band i used to listen to all the time called Up Up Down Down (and all the rest of if).
What a perfect song, and what a perfect minute-and-a-half of music video. And only viewed 9,000 times… for shame.
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I think I’ve made my final decision on school. I know I’ve been dragging my feet on making a call for some time, but I just wanted to weigh some pros and cons and make sure that I can afford the prospect of school and still keeping the bills paid and the baby fed.
I think I will try to get myself accepted to BCIT’s Technology Management degree program. Sadly, this program doesn’t seem to contain any graphic design courses… but the job will hopefully allow me to step up and find a leadership role in broadcasting or another business all together.
Nothing is set in stone yet, but I like BCIT better than Royal Roads because it is cheaper, less application hurdles, less money, no on-campus requirement and teaches practical management skills. So unless I find something better in the next few days, BCIT it is.
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Goodness, all this Up Up Down Down I’ve been jamming out has me nostalgic for more Up Up Down Down music. I used to have more but I guess all the transferring of files over the years has had me lose a couple albums. Oh well, Perris, CA was always my fave and its the one I got. Too bad its just 5 wonderful songs.
01) Glass of Water
02) 42
03) Clocks
04) Strawberry Swing
05) The Hardest Part / Postcards From Far Away
06) Viva La Vida
07) Death Will Never Conquer
08) Fix You
09) Death and All His Friends
I don’t know if you’re planning on hitting the Coldplay show(s) in Vancouver June 20 and 21st, but this free live record should get you in the spirit.
Singer Chris Martin says on FMQB, the songs on LRLRL are songs “that you might not hear if you didn’t go to a concert, but things that we really love playing. And also songs we think the audience sing really well.” (…) “In a way it has to be free because there’s so many backing singers on it. There’s no way we could afford to pay them all… Our crowd make Bohemian Rhapsody sound like a two-track demo.”
Oh Chris Martin, you know how to bring the lolz.
The song “Clocks” always sounds dreamy, but you get a great understanding of this song’s power on the live recording. That early piano noodling gets the fans amped up and you can hear them singing right away and then during the whole song.
Of course the hits are definitely the songs that get the crowd fired up. “Viva La Vida” is another high point on the record and I have always been a sucker for “Fix You.” Sara hates that song, but I think its one of their best. Most of “Fix You” is sung by the audience.
For the low low cost of free, this is a pretty easy recommendation for me to make. Hit the link already.
