Just before we take off for the Easter Weekend I wanted to share this tragic story with you.
The other day, Zoey Jane posted this on her blog.
I was up late after DJing at The Clubhouse so I clicked the link to the story of baby Maddie, and wow, sad. Everyone that has taken the time to read has felt for this family.
It *might* be a challenge to get on the site because the blog is traveling around the web and overloading the server.
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Coral, Mads and I are off to Lower Mainland to solve all the gangland murders and look for chocolate eggs (maybe catch a Gaslight Anthem concert and hit the Morning After Show 10th Anniversary Party too), so no blogs till at least Monday next week.
Go with yourself.
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Capital Rock City #52 has been birthed and wants you so badly to download it… or him… or I guess her, download her. sure.
Download and Love: Capital Rock City #52
and remember my friends, when you subscribe to Capital Rock City from the iTunes podcast section or RSS the program, the HMCS Winnipeg foils another batch of savage Somali pirates!
01) Eat The Weeds – In My Fading Memory
02) TV Heart Attack – A/O
03) Oh Snap! – Involuntary
04) Jell – Pin Me Down
05) Cheers in the Belfry – Alcoholism
06) The Paper Cranes – I’ll Love You Till My Veins Explode
Gosh darn it, those kids in the Paper Cranes look down right adorable, and I recognize a couple from???… Tha Racoons!
Thank you to Miranda for taking the time to gossip about The Paper Cranes having a couple songs featured in a new MTV Canada Hills wannabe show? alright then. As blogged on Perez Hilton.
But this is getting ahead of ourselves, the interview with Miranda is at the end of the show.
I start CRC 52 with a surprisingly wonderful song from a performer that goes by Eat The Weeds. I posted her story the other day on this here blog.
Sara P discovered this band from Vancouver, TV Heart Attack and wanted to share it on the podcast.
Oh Snap! used to be the band Sanijav which is Vajinas with a ‘J’ spelled backwards. Yup. So they changed their name and became the Zone Band of the Month. See you at Evo on April 30th for showcase performance.
New Jell takes the band in a poppier direction. If I remember, these boys used to have a more classic grungy sound. But maybe I’m getting old and forget.
The Belfry is a performance space in scenic Fernwood… also the name of this Vic band that had spent some time in Montreal. But now they are back jamming out their folksy alt rock.
and that’s that. Please download my podcast and if you like it, please tell a friend.
Go with yourself.
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Zoner Gina sent me a link on Facebook for this video from Metric. Its the new single “Gimmie Sympathy” done all acoustic like. Very pretty rendition.
Trolling Youtube after Metric and I came across this old video of Acres of Lions on my show… over a year ago, performing “Working.”
Youtube then recommend I check out this clip about “Flutter,” then new Twitter. What can I say, it brought the lolz.
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Nice, “Sweet Jane” came on the stereo… and by stereo I mean laptop. I like using the old music jargon, even in the year 2009. The other word I’ve been feeling is vapid. Vapid, good word.
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Hi Jeremy,I have been listening to your podcast for a while and thought I’d offer my music up for a listen. I guess the label would be ‘quirky indie pop’. Attached is one of a few songs I recorded with your namesake Joby Baker at Baker Studios. Up until now I’ve been a one woman kind of a show (I call it Eat The Weeds) but recently I have gathered some of the many Victoria musicians to put together a live show. Sometime this summer I’m planning to record a full lenght album with Joby. Some more songs are up on here:I really don’t know much about Victoria music scene (I moved here from the Czech Republic) and so I love to discover some of it through your show. I laughed the other day when you were talking about the Monday Mag story featuring the evil landlord Mr. Domovitch … in Czech and many other slavic languages his name means “HOME”. What a hilarious irony.
Thanks for podcasting and hope you enjoy the music.DanielaDaniela AntlovaEat The Weeds***
—–Original Message—–
From: Colin.Peek@forces.gc.ca [mailto:***@***.ca]
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:03 AM
To: jeremy@TheZone.fm; sarap@TheZone.fm
Subject: Howdy from HalifaxMs P and Mr. Baker,
I was just hoping you could give a shout out to some Air Forcers that listen to the Zone everyday in our Sea King Pilot Instructor Pit. There is a handful of aircrew here that have been posted from our sister squadron (443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron) in Victoria that have been introducing the Zone to our East Coast flyers. The radio is horrible here, but we are fortunate in having an internet computer hooked up to some speakers in the office to catch the Zone online. Without it we would be forced to listen to a choice of 4 classic rock stations or top 40. On the weekend in my car I was lucky to catch a back to back Huey Lewis set followed by Aldo Nova. An 80’s flashback is a gas once in a while, but the local radio here is seriously 20-30 years behind what the rest of the developed world is listening too.
Please tell Mr Pattison that there is a decent business opportunity and desperate need to start a Modern Rock station on the East Coast. There are thousands of university students and modern rockers of all ages that are forced to listen to Kim Mitchell, April Wine and Nazarith on a daily basis. Please help.
Thanks a bunch,
> Colin Peek
> Captain | Capitaine
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Fortune favours the bold. More than ever I believe it. Sometimes I wish I were more “ahead” in the game of life, or that my brand of entertainment would light on fire and embed itself in the public consciousness. I wish I were rock star.
but I can’t sing.
but I am paranoid of women controlling me.
but my only passion is 1980’s era cyborg crime fighting sci-fi.
All these roadblocks I’ve set up in front of me before I’ve even laid down a single track.
Kanye West didn’t let any of that get in his way. He auto-tuned his way through an amazing song about his LA Girl who he likens to Robocop. How this song is not THE Top 40 hit of the summer is beyond me.
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Coral and I got to go see a movie on Saturday night. Going for a movie becomes a real treat when you have a teetering toddler rampage at home, but Nana was kind enough to take for the night, so Corj and I hit the town.
We tried to have a burger at the new hipster burger joint, The Pink Bicycle but it was lined up out the door, so Cactus Club is had to be.
The movie we saw was/is called Adventureland. Very cute film, the thing that really stuck out for me was the killer 80s alterna-soundtrack. I spent much of the film leaning over to Coral going, ” psst, that’s the Replacements.” “Oh hey, I totally love this song, that’s Husker Du.” “Wow, Velvet Underground… rad, REM does an excellent cover of that track!”
Kristen Stewart looked pretty darn adorable too… that didn’t hurt.
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With all this Replacements lately, its no surprise that this week on my Last FM they are number 1 with a bullet.
Jeremy Heavy Rotation for the week
01) The Replacements
02) The Thermals
03) Alice Cooper
03) Lou Reed
05) Falco
05) Alice in Chains
05) The Garner Andrews Podcast
hmmm, a couple SWA?’s on the list. Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus” was featured fairly prominatly in Adventureland, and in the two days since the movie, um, yeah, the song has gotten a couple spins at home.
The new Thermals record is just plain good. Go git it!
The Garner Andrews Show podcast from Sonic in deadmonton is turning into a daily listen for me, so I’d imagine it’ll chart on my Last FM. Weird, but good. Kinda like the Polcast from the Zone except Garner puts it together every morning, so its a daily download.
and that’s that.
Go with yourself.
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Brandon and Brody from the Evergreen State invited me on their Vodcast Throwing Lemons for a Q&A.
We talk about all sorts of fun things like Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip Girl, Friday Night Lights (ok we talk about TV shows a bunch), Vanilla Pepsi, Pol Plastino, Coldplay vs. Radiohead vs. Oasis, Politics, some radio broadcasting slips in there… good times.
A the five minute mark Brandon says, “OK, final question”… and then the tape rolls like 7 more minutes, so good times.
The boys will post the video of the show on their site later tonight, but if you have the time and/or care, here is the audio from the interview.
Have a Listen: Throwing Lemons with Me
Go with yourself.
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Damn, I am always cold lately. My bones are cold. weird…
Download: Capital Rock City #51
and remember kids, whenever you subscribe to the Capital Rock City podcast from the iTunes store or RSS the program, Ryan Kesler scores another goal.
DJ Notes:
01) Johnny Galactic – “Pink Coat”
02) Vince Vaccaro – “Costa Rica”
03) Something Better – “She Said”
04) Hey Rosetta! – “Red Heart (live)”
05) Bosma – “My Self Removed”
06) Archon Legion – “Saviors of the Faith”
My friend Chucky sent me the music video last week for local rockers Johnny Galactic. Catchy track, video is wonderfully DIY and who’s that on the bass gee-tar? oh Aran from the Armchair Cynics. neat.
Vince, god bless him… straight off some glorious reviews for his Juno Showcase in Vancouver last week… finds four seconds to read my drivel on this here blog and read that I wished I’d played “Costa Rica” on best of 2009 (so far) episode… so he emails me the track! Thanks Vince! My sister Andrea is not so much the indie rocker type, but she loves the track.
A couple episodes ago, I talked to a record engineer named Wynn Gogol about his studio One Ton. One of his recent project was working with the band Something Better. This week, the fruits of the labour.
Hey Rosetta! was out west last week for a Zone Show at Sugar Nightclub. before the rock show, the boys stopped by my show and laid down this delectable gem, “Red Heart.”
Bosma writes in to the show; ” hey jeremy, here’s a tune for your podcast. its a from a solo project of mine which can be found at myspace.com/bosmatunes. its called “my self removed”. kind of a garage-y sound but this is what i do when i’m not jammin with the 7 Year Old Poets. cheers mate.”
Reading my Monday Mag last week (the one about the Renovictions… featuring my old landlord! awesome.) and I came across a review for local metallers, Archon Legion. I have been neglecting metal on ye ole podcast so I sent an email to the boys looking for some songs to feature. I am not as metal as Brodie for The Metal Observer, he has a better review where he says: “Overall, ARCHON LEGION sound like an incredibly inspired, and energetic band, but a young one at that. This means that “March Of The Inquisitors” is a very exciting album, if a few of the songs don’t hold up as well as others. The album is definitely worth it on the base of the stand out tracks though, and I personally can’t wait to see what else these guys have to offer on future albums. ”
Next week will either be:
Some more metal plus this band from Vancouver that Sara P found and likes or,
I *might* try and track down some old Morning After Show tapes and fave songs and create some sort of Morning After Show ten year somethingorother. We’ll see how my work load shapes up next week.
That’s all I got, please download my show and share the link with a friend.
Go with yourself.
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Press Release
The Morning After Show 10th Anniversary
VanMusic Presents Party
VANCOUVER March 23 2009 – On April 10th. VanMusic presents the 10th
Anniversary of CITR´s The Morning After Show. Hosted by Oswaldo Pérez
Cabrera, the show is devoted to playing Vancouver’s best independent music
along with music from all over the world. The Morning After Show also
features LIVE acoustic performances called the Morning After Sessions.
Started 10 years ago by Jeremy Baker who is a current DJ at Victoria´s The
Zone 91.3 FM, the Morning After Show has always supported the local scene
and has been a steady fixture on CITR 101.9 FM since its beginning.
The current host Oswaldo Pérez Cabrera is also the director of La
Vanguardia de Vancouver, a local newspaper. Oswaldo also promotes bands
through the website http://www.vanmusic.ca.
The Morning After Show can be heard every Tuesday at 11:30 AM on 101.9 FM
or http://www.citr.ca and is always showcasing the best independent musicians
Vancouver has to offer.
CiTR 101.9 FM is the broadcasting voice of the University of British
Columbia. Reaching over two million listeners, CiTR offers alternative
coverage of every genre and perspective, including programs on comics,
comedy, music, news, sexuality, sports and many different cultural
communities. CiTR is community focused, with less than four minutes of
advertising per hour and a mandate to support niche programming along with
Canadian and local artists. CiTR is run by The Student Radio Society of
the University of British Columbia, a registered not-for-profit Society of
B.C. Their mandate is to “serve, instruct and inform the UBC and Greater
Vancouver Community through the medium of radio.”
VanMusic is the first place you’ll find the newest and best music from
Vancouver’s Independent Music Scene. VanMusic is dedicated to the local
talent and firmly believes that Vancouver is going to explode as the place
to find music. The ever-growing webzine features videos, reviews,
interviews, blogs and a calendar of events dedicated to the Vancouver
scene. You can find the VanMusic website at http://www.vanmusic.ca. Be Part of
the Movement.
The 10th anniversary party of the Morning After Show will take place at
2205 Commercial Dr. (The Legion) on April 10th from 2 PM until 1 AM. The
event will feature 11 bands and DJs. All of the bands have been a part of
The Morning After Show in one way or another. The anniversary party will
be a LIVE taste of what the show has to offer.
The festival will showcase Jess Hill, The Aching Heart Foundation,
Tomgirl, Hunter´s Web, The Rain and the Sidewalk, Michelle Carter Leis,
Los Malos, The Get Down, The Hawaiian Bibles, Los Furios, and Sinister
Black.
LOS FURIOS is hands-down one of the best ska bands in Vancouver. They have
been playing for years in the local scene and they can always be found
supporting local social causes. They have toured successfully in Mexico
and they have a steady following in the city. You cannot miss this band
LIVE.
THE HAWAIIAN BIBLES have exploded in Vancouver since they began playing
around town. In their own words, “You stub your toe and it hurts, but you
keep moving forward, ‘cause you know nothing can stop you, you are here to
bring it to the people… For whatever reason… You don’t know, but it’s
in you to give so you give it!”.
THE GET DOWN is ready to release their first CD after many successful gigs
around town and an EP that has gained a lot of airtime on the radio.
Forged with elements of rock, reggae, blues and alternative, The Get Down
has established its own unique sound. Their high energy and theatrics are
sure to keep an audience enthralled. Their grooves are sure to keep your
feet moving.
LOS MALOS is a mariachi punk rock with a Pixies/Sonic Youth/Velvet
Underground influence. Part Mexican, part Chilean and part Canadian, this
band makes heads turn every time they play.
SINISTER BLACK is a powerful metal trio that will be ending the night with
a couple of high energy covers along with their own medicine. Sinister
Black is commanded by Wayne Powell who has been a fixture in the Vancouver
metal scene for more than a decade.
MICHELLE CARTER LEIS will be giving a special appearance in Vancouver
after successful gigs in LA and New York. She is stopping by for the show
before embarking on recording in Chicago. It’s been said about Michelle
Carter-Leis that ‘She has a voice where every note counts’. That
certainly rings true when you see Michelle perform live. You can hear the
experience and pure raw talent that exudes from her.
MAC HUNTER is a multi instrumentalist musician with a lot of projects. A
showman himself, he has played as ALBERTA´S HUNTER, HUNTER´S WEB and is
part of the collective THE HEARD. His talent emanates with every
performance.
THE RAIN AND THE SIDEWALK has been a constant voice in the Vancouver
circuit. They have played with most of the independent bands in town.
The brainchild of Trevor Thompson, The Rain and the Sidewalk is an
experimental project with a Joy Division feel. Trevor will be playing
with Betty Kracker´s Shannon.
THE ACHING HEART FOUNDATION led by designer and musician Mario Ayala Jr.
is a combination of pop and experimental sounds that has made their first
album, “The Destination”, an earful of sounds.
TOMGIRL is Gena Perala’s and Tom Tischer’s new project. Gena is a
Vancouver singer songwriter with one album, “It Ain´t Pretty.” Gena
Perala is also a poet always out to challenge the way she and the people
around her live and think.
JESS HILL is a singer songwriter from Vancouver. Like the intuition
implied by synchronized movement, Jess Hill’s music reminds you of
something you thought you’d forgotten. Anchored in the tendencies of
folk, blues and jazz, Jess tells stories: cyclones and downpours, hovering
birds and white skies. Seven years ago she picked up a careworn guitar
and soon after her heart felt lyrics entered the Vancouver music scene.
For more information go to http://www.vanmusic.ca or call 778-862-1577
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