Yesterday afternoon the boys from the band Hey Rosetta! stopped by the Zone Afternoon show for a chit-chat and live performance. Have a listen.
Download: Hey Rosetta! LIVE on The Zone @ 91-3
Song: Red Heart
Song: Red Song
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Sara P asked me today if I had ever actually taken the time to listen to lyrics of Puscifer’s “The Mission.”
I had not. “The Mission” is arguably the hottest song on the Zone right now with the Zone phone bursting at the seems with requests and queries for more info on the band and song… however, never has anyone dived into the lyrics until Pol Plastino did one day. He told Sara that the line, “Bought a hot shot gat from a north end guinea” is totally racist! SWA?
What do you know?
Pol says that “north end guinea” is a racist slang for Italian! wow. But I think it is is referring to a citizen of Papua New Guinea?
What do I know?
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neat… just before I hit publish… Tindy and Cassie walked into the studio where I am madly “creating” and asked to kick me out so they can do a little scream therapy. Possibly the funniest thing I heard muffled through a door all day!
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The new Silversun Pickups track “Panic Switch” is changing my world right now. Fire it up!
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Go with yourself.
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Just in case you missed it.
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Come get some, the Best of 2009 (so far) on Capital Rock City #50.
Best enjoyed through your ears: Capital Rock City #50
and remember friends, the only way FOX News will take Canada seriously is if you SUBSCRIBE to Capital Rock City from the iTunes podcast section or RSS this bitch from the Zone dot FM.
DJ Notes:
01) Racoons – “Tangiers”
02) Vince Vaccaro – “The City at Sunrise”
03) Acres of Lions – “Working”
04) Justin Hewitt – “Close Your Eyes”
05) Jon & Roy – “What I Need”
06) Paper Cranes – “Telephone”
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I don’t know what to write here except these are a few of my favourites. Really, anything from most these bands could go in this space. All the new Racoons, or Acres is amazing. I just remembered Vince’s “Costa Rice” which is a shame, because I would have included that track in place of “The City at Sunrise” now that I think about it and hear it again on Vince’s MySpace.
Here is a pretty rad music video that Chucky shared with me. The artist is Johnny Galactic and the song is “Pink Coat.” Look out for my man Aran from the Armchair Cynics rocking the bass guitar!
whoa… while typing this, Mads took a header off the couch. ahhh, Mom will get this one.
That’s all I got. Please download my podcast and share the link with a friend if you dig it.
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They are from Texas, they sound just like Explosions in the Sky and its my new fave of the day. The band is called This Will Destroy You.
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oops, who is that calling? My friend ted sent me this…
CBC: Pranksters Convince Victoria Man to Throw Heave TV and Fridge Out His Hotel Window
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I have started working hard on my music project. The project will need me to get familiar with some music that is not necessarily my style and it will need some good jazz, however, finding stuff that isn’t new agey or “smooth jazz” is a challenge. I am liking a dude named Gil Scott-Heron. But then I start diving into 70’s funk and soul. Not so bad… but my explorations always take me away from jazz. heh, maybe I just don’t like jazz and prefer 70’s soul/funk and fusion? who knew? The Shuggie Otis always sounds mighty!
iTunes has some great Jazz primer playlists of a variety of styles (its how I found Gil Scott-Heron) so I might go back there and poke around. Last FM ain’t doing me any favours right now.
Time to hop into the studio right now, I got to jam out a Capital Rock City podcast. #50 will be a best of 2009 so far! Lots of great Victoria rockers to choose from.
The more I think, and the more feedback I get, it looks like my next podcast project will be the farming podcast… I’ll save the history one for a future consideration when the farmcast loses steam.
Go with yourself.
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“Green” power is an environmental catastrophe waiting to happen? Do people even know what they’re saying anymore when they pitch a new power project idea or do they just ad-lib the proposals… this is so confusingly backwards.
Times Colonist: B.C. Rivers at Risk from Green Power
um… if the project pollutes the river, like say the COAL MINE on Flathead River for example, then that is not GREEN.
I think when the coal mining industry uses the word “green” to describe their new project, its time to find a new word for environmentally sustainable.
OK, I’ll climb off my soap box now… but seriously… Rivers at RISK from Green Power! SWA?
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Coral and I got busy this weekend. We have almost organized the homestead. I went rooting through Madelyn’s closet and dug out the record player. Just needed to find a home for it. An adventerous trip out to Wal-Mart and we moved the TV off the mantle and onto a TV stand and now the record player has a home!
My record player is my old man’s that lived in our family home throughout most of the 80s and into the 90s. It is a Hitachi Direct Drive Turntable HT-350. I don’t know if that is a good record player or not, but it is the year 2009 and its still spinning 33s. I had this old beast set up in my old Fernwood apartment. The top is covered in wax from candles and there was a candle spill down one of my speakers. The speakers are the newest part of the rig, my old man bought them for me as a present when I first moved out on my own or soon after. The amp is an an ancient Kenwood KR-4600 from the 70s I bought at a flee market in Aldergrove (maybe ? or maybe Cloverdale) when I was living with Paul in the basement of that shithole in Burncouver. Some guy had the bed of a pick-up truck full of old stereo equipment. He sold me that Kenwood for $20. He said, “kid, this Kenwood is older than you and it’ll work!”
These days, the amp has some connection problems when I fiddle with any of the knobs. I might need to take my amp in for a tune up…and heck, the LP player could use a tune up too. Alix was saying something about a store that sells juke-boxes out in Oak Bay or something where the guy can fix up and refurbish my archaic audiophile instrumentations.
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01) The Replacements
02) The Decemberists
03) Boards of Canada
04) Explosions in the Sky
04) Maria Taylor
06) Braid
06) Bright Eyes
08) The Promise Ring
08) The National
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God I love Sunday.
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I have an exciting week coming up. I have a new project that is paying me a good living wage to do what I do best. When it is finished and my client is satisfied I’ll be sure to share it here. It might be a new business venture for me. I am jazzed on the concept because it is a job that remains focused on my core values as a person. It feels good to get paid and recognized for what you fundamentally do. Plus I can continue to rock the Zone and live in Victoria! Those are such massive benefits. I might actually start a real-life business and pay taxes and get a website and everything! as Madelyn would say, “OooOoOoH wow Da-dy.”
on the non-profit front, I have two new podcast ideas to try and launch in conjunction with Capital Rock City. Both are spoken word and of a more serious nature. I doubt I have the energy for both but I think I will try a demo of both a see what I like more.
The first idea is a history podcast. Tackling a story or idea of Vancouver Island history every week. I like history and there isn’t a good history podcast on the iTunes store… maybe I can be the guy that makes it.
The other idea is a farming podcast. I am working with a farming family on Madrona Farm in Saanich on some fundraisers to help save their farm from the pressures of development. The family are real characters with an encyclopedic knowledge of organic and sustainable farming. It would be a shame to not share their passion for your food with you! It’ll change the way the way you think about your salad greens, that’s for sure.
That said, if the podcast doesn’t get off the ground, a mighty rock concert will. Details for the concert will play out on this blog as they develop. If you’re in a band and you want to take part, please don’t be shy and fire me an email.
My coffee is running low and its almost time to flip the Fleet Foxes record to the B-side so I’m out like trout.
Go with yourself.
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Come get some, Capital Rock City in late, but always on time.
Please Listen: Capital Rock City 49
and remember kids, SUBSCRIBING to the podcast on iTunes is the only way to fight a wild fire in Australia! The cute little koala bears thank you for it. Or heck, why not RSS Feed this bitch direct from The Zone!
DJ Notes:
01) Skies Kill – “Exhaust Fumes”
02) Skies Kill – “Remote Visibility”
03) Crown The Wolf – “Primer Ride”
04) The Faunts – “Feel. Love. Thinking of.”
05) Something Better – “Long to Tell You”
06) Steve Marriner – “Zulu Ripper”
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Skies Kill are one of my new favourites. Danny Peters from the group emailed me three songs earlier this week and I gave them all a solid listen. The band is still developing their sound and maybe there are parts I’d tighten up, but the basic genesis of the music is wonderful to my ears. The lead off track that I played on CRC, “Exhaust Fumes” is one of my stand-out picks because a lot happens in less than 3 minutes. It is almost two songs with a long soundtracky end.
Crown The Wolf bring the Fu Manchu fuzz rock to Victoria and maybe you’ll come see them at Evolution Nightclub next Thursday, March 26th!
Adam at Sonic in Deadmonton has to yet to fail in exporting something mighty from the Champion Rock City… the hockey team might suck, but the music is wonderous.
Now Adam might not own a scarf, but I do, so I care what Pitchfork has to say about The Faunts. Actually, I don’t believe Adam doesn’t own a scarf, hypothermia is a clear and present danger in Edmonton any time of the year… maybe I should send him one?
Next I talk to Wynn Gogol. Wynn operates 1 Ton Studios in the Quadra Village. He recorded Something Betters music! Nice.
One of Wynn’s favourite projects was/is working with Ottawa’s Steve Marriner, so I ended the podcast with Steve’s “Zulu Ripper” which … um… rips.
That’s all I got. Best of 2009… so far, is coming to you next week. If you have any ideas or request then please don’t be shy, email me or comment.
Go with yourself.
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Sorry, I have been very sick the past couple of days (so has Coral, and her Mom and her friend Alix… and pretty much everyone we know).
Capital Rock City is going to have to be pushed back to Thursday and sadly, the Marianna’s Trench interview was missed, BUT I did get a contact for another interview for a local record producer.
That’s all I got for now, I have to play catch up (so much work waiting for me) and get ready for a live broadcast. Capital Rock City will be ready for your podcasting pleasure tomorrow.
Go with yourself.
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