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Thursday Special Blend
Thursday August 13th, 2026 with Jeff Larocque
Dave Wright, volunteer campus radio host at CJSR UofT Scarborough (1978-1982) and where Jeff started his radio journey, is our Show Take-Over Host today.

Show #189/477 Note to FM listeners from this morning that the audio issues for the Miss McLeod interview have been fixed for On Demand listens. Apologies for this morning's live show quality. We always strive to deliver the best radio experience, and in this instance, I want to apologize for the static and poor sound. Please come back and enjoy the chat On Demand with Miss McLeod in the last 30 minutes.
Cutting So Fine (Thursday Blend Mix)
Paul Anthony - Canada High Canadian
Lemonade Stand
Kristine St-Pierre - Lemonade Stand Canadian New
Modern Man
Robin Banks - Lost In Austin Canadian New
If you'd like to get your own copy of Lost In Austin, just email Robin Banks here: robinbanksblues@gmail.com
Atlantic
Area Resident - Secrets (release date TBA) Canadian New
Lady In The Moon
Satellite Birdhouse - Satellite Birdhouse Canadian New
Birmingham
Loch Nisse Monster - Forensis (Solved) Canadian New
Under My Hat
Goddo - Goddo Canadian
Come And See My Man
C.B. Victoria - Dawning Day (1976) Canadian
I Don't Believe In Miracles
C.B. Victoria - Dawning Day Canadian
Ooh Mama Mama
Brutus - For The People Canadian
Call Out My Name
ZWOL - ZWOL(1978) Canadian
Cousin Mary
Fludd - From The Attic (1974) Canadian
Passing Time
Bearfoot & Dwayne Ford - Passing Time (1975) Canadian
Summer Girl
Craig Ruhnke - Summer Girl (1974) Canadian
Every Bit Of Love
Ken Tobias - Ken Tobias (1975) Canadian
Pretty Lady
Lighthouse - Best of LIghthouse - 20th Century Masters Canadian
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Sun Goes By
Dr. Music - Dr. Music (1972) Canadian
All Broken (feat. Amelia June)
Wilhaeven - Still The Mighty (Celebrating 50 Years of CKCU 93.1 FM) Canadian
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*** 2026, And I Wanna Be Hot ***
Miss McLeod - 2026, And I Wanna Be Hot - Jeff's SONG of the SUMMER for 2026 Canadian
Miss McLeod in her new Punk/Rock band called Steady Rain will be performing at CityFolk this year. For more information on all the acts performing at CityFolk 2026, click this link: https://cityfolkfestival.com/
Bonus: Here's a video for the Steady Rain band song that I'll be playing on the show today called "Maneater" a Nelly Furtado cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qExBEXTSI
Maneater
Steady Rain - Maneater Canadian
Intruder
Church of Trees - TEN Canadian New
Wonderful World
The Drifters - Wonderful World
Interactive CKCU
Jeff Larocque (host)
You could WIN a pair of tickets to the 2026 Capital Fair on today's show. Stick around to find out how.

7:42 AM, August 13th, 2026
Neil & Dancer
VIVA Satellite Birdhouse !!

7:48 AM, August 13th, 2026
Neil & Dance
And that Robin Banks album is HOT HOT ! Every track you have played, Jeff.

7:49 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Thanks Neil. I will be sharing an interview that I did with Robin on next week's show. Top of the morning to you and Dancer.

7:52 AM, August 13th, 2026
N&D
Hey Dave and Jeff. That Goddo track was great. Never heard the band before but intend to check them out now. Thanks

8:02 AM, August 13th, 2026
Satellite Birdhouse
Thank you for the spin!!! ☀️📻🎶 Good morning, Thursday special friends - wishing you a lovely day ahead 🐕

8:15 AM, August 13th, 2026
N&D
i like this Dave. Almost a yacht rock, Seals & Croft feel to it

8:17 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Thanks SB. It fit perfectly between Area Resident and Loch Nisse Monster. Congrats again on the album.

8:17 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
My CJSR Toronto Campus Radio friends and their show days were Dave (Monday), Brian (Tuesday), and Tom (Wednesday) and Dale (Friday). We all had the weekday afternoon-drive shows. My show was called "Chain Lightning" and I used the Steely Dan track of the same name from their Katy Lied album.

8:20 AM, August 13th, 2026
Satellite Birdhouse
Thanks so much! We hope you like the CD - we put a little shout out to CKCU in the booklet 🎶📻

8:25 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Definitely Yacht Rock Neil lol.

8:25 AM, August 13th, 2026
Satellite Birdhouse
This playlist is so feel-good and fun, it sounds just like summer!

8:26 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
I'm swaying to the music in my host chair... that has a NEW gas lift installed! Thank you Dylan!!

8:27 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Correction in real time... It was Peter DUNN's Vinyl Museum but I left our commentary in for the joke value

8:29 AM, August 13th, 2026
N&D
Haha..I remember this one. Still batting 100% Dave !

8:32 AM, August 13th, 2026
Tag
good morning! late start for me this AM from all the excitement last night...

8:38 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Thanks Neil. What happened last night Tag?

8:41 AM, August 13th, 2026
Neil & Dance
Every track so far has an uncanny familiar feel to it. And I like it.......brings back memories of youthful days. Thank Dave. Great Show TakeOver. Saw Lighthouse Live back in the day.

8:50 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Totally feeling the same way Neil & Dance. Hope Dancer saved me some sweet pea pods!

8:52 AM, August 13th, 2026
Neil & Dancer
Real breezy summer music. Reving me up for a busy garden day transplanting lettuce. Way to go Dave !!!!

8:53 AM, August 13th, 2026
N&D Dancing in the Garden
100% SUMMER GOLD, boys !!!!! Thanks for the morning ride down Memory Lane !

8:57 AM, August 13th, 2026
Satellite Birdhouse
Capital Fair on Saturday sounds fun 🤩

9:02 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Your request is coming up before 9:30 Neil. FYI

9:03 AM, August 13th, 2026
Tag
very little sleep in my place with all the sheets of rain and the lightning and power outages! glad I could tune in, fun show this morning

9:07 AM, August 13th, 2026
Satellite Birdhouse
Been crazy weather lately!

9:09 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Thanks TAG

9:09 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
I blame The Lady In The Moon

9:11 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Sorry for the audio... my computer messed up the file

9:13 AM, August 13th, 2026
Satellite Birdhouse
🤣

9:13 AM, August 13th, 2026
Satellite Birdhouse
Was just moving my antenna all over trying to fix it 😅

9:14 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Sorry Miss McLeod. I will fix the song for the On-Demand listeners

9:15 AM, August 13th, 2026
Robert
Thank you for reminiscing about those breakthrough years down in Toronto when Canadian music was really being propelled to the fore. I had the chance to see the “Guess Who” as the closing act for “Bluesfest” last month. Great summertime vibes all around 🤘🏻! Thursday the 20th is fine for the fair too, 👍🏻.

9:19 AM, August 13th, 2026
Satellite Birdhouse
The Guess Who at Bluesfest was amazing!! Canadian icons 🤩

9:21 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Happy to provide the tunes to re-ignite those memories Robert.

9:22 AM, August 13th, 2026
Robert
Sorry for the repeat, but didn’t those old LP’s get stuck sometimes too? My first 45 rpm was a birthday gift-“Lighthouse” with “Sunny Days”. I still have it!

9:24 AM, August 13th, 2026
Murray
Thanks for the Dave Wright segment. Got home from the groceries and listened to doctor music from 1972. Said to my wife "I know this one! Do you remember it?" After giving me a confused look, the years (and the cobwebs) disappeared. Big smiles all around. Even my dog Daisy Mae

10:23 AM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Hi Folks. The audio issues in the last half hour, especially for the Miss McLeod interview have been corrected in the On Demand file. So, if you turned off the live FM broadcast, I am hoping you see this comment, or the highlight at the top of the show page, and give it one more listen "On Demand" Thank you.

8:04 PM, August 13th, 2026
Jeff Larocque (host)
Thanks for your note Murray. I missed it as I was closing up my work online to make way for Ryan's show when you comment came in.

8:06 PM, August 13th, 2026