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Saturday June 6th, 2020 with Steve Kirkland
songs not from the bottom of the well

Next to You and the Sea
WOODS - Strange to Explain - 2020, Woodsist New
Designer
ALDOUS HARDING - Designer - 2019, 4AD
Flowin’ Robes
STEPHEN MALKMUS - Traditional Techniques - 2020, Matador New
Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel cover)
ELEVATOR - Darkness > Light - 2020, Rick White Archives, recording date unknown Canadian New
Strange Fruit (comp: Abel Meeropol, aka Lewis Allen)
RANEE LEE - Deep Song – a Tribute to Billie Holiday - 1989, Justin Time Canadian
Love Paste (instrumental)
SUNWATCHERS - Oh Yeah! - 2020, Trouble in Mind New
Go My Heart, Go to Heaven
SHABAKA & the ANCESTORS - We Are Sent Here By History - 2020, Impulse New
The Willing
TY (feat. Tony Allen dms) - Upwards - 2003, Big Dada Recordings
Dents de Fer
¡FLIST! - V.A.: Total Eclipse – Live on CKUT - 2015, CKUT Canadian
Steampunk Rickshaw (musical bed)
JESSE COOK - One World - 2015, eOne Music Canadian
Daylight in the Nocturnal House
MARK LANEGAN - Straight Songs of Sorrow - 2020, Heavenly New
All the Pretty Little Horses
CURRENT 93 - All the Pretty Little Horses - 1996, Durto
Firefly Refrain
ESPERS - V.A.: Comes With A Smile Vol. 15 - Gloved Hands In A Squeeze - 2005, Comes with a Smile Magazine
Something New
PARAGON CAUSE - What We Started - 2020, self-released Canadian New
Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones cover)
BRYAN FERRY - Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1974 - 2020, BMG, recorded, obviously, in 1974 New
Sweet Lady
ADAM & the AMETHYSTS - Amethyst Amulet - 2009, POM Canadian
Sweet Jane (comp: Lou Reed)
COWBOY JUNKIES - 200 More Miles (Live Performances 1985 - 1994) - 1995, RCA, recorded in 1993 Canadian
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes (Edison Lighthouse cover)
PAPERNUT CAMBRIDGE - Nutlets 1967-80 - 2015, Gare du Nord
Mark Zuckerberg
NAP EYES - Snapshot of a Beginner - 2020, Jagjaguwar Canadian New
Lord Richard
The CORNER LAUGHERS - Temescal Telegraph - 2020, Big Stir New
Steampunk Rickshaw (musical bed)
JESSE COOK - One World - 2015, eOne Music Canadian
Wakin’ Up
LUCINDA WILLIAMS - Good Souls Better Angels - 2020, Thirty Tigers New
Late Night Radio
FORTY-NINETEENS with TONY VALENTINO - Big Stir Digital Single A-side - 2020, Big Stir New
The Shevchenko Shuffle (instrumental)
UKRAINIA - Maiden - 2010, self-released Canadian
Goodbye Year Goodbye
X - Alphabetland - 2020, Fat Possum New
Hate the Police
MUDHONEY - Superfuzz Bigmuff plus Early Singles (compilation) - 1990, Sub Pop, originally a 1988 7-inch B-side
Return of the Farmer’s Son
THIN LIZZY - Thin Lizzy - 1971, Decca
Katie Says
TRIP WIRE - V.A.: Big Stir Singles – the Sixth Wave - 2020, Big Stir, Digital Single from April New
Sell or Be Sold
MINUTEMEN - What Makes a Man Star Fires - 1982, SST
Storm in My House (Minutemen cover)
HAZEL - V.A.: Our Band Could Be Your Life – a Tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen - 1994, Little Brother
Steampunk Rickshaw (musical bed)
JESSE COOK - One World - 2015, eOne Music Canadian
More Shopping
BRAN VAN 3000/MOMUS - Discosis - 2001, Virgin Canadian
Love is Lost (David Bowie cover)
MOMUS - Turpsycore (triple disc version) - 2015, American Patchwork
Blog Maggot
SLEAFORD MODS - All That Glue - 2020, Rough Trade New
Black Heart
KEITH HUDSON & SOUL SYNDICATE - Pick a Dub - 1974, Mamba
Interactive CKCU
Steve Kirkland (host)
Welcome, Welcome... join me for a suppertime musical repast... (virtual) conversation always welcome at my table

6:05 PM, June 6th, 2020
Jeb
Nachos at my table. You're welcome to some.

6:08 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
Mmmm, nachos... toppings?

6:08 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steff in Lowertown
D-Day today.

6:08 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hi Steff... today, actually, as I only just discovered looking it up...

6:10 PM, June 6th, 2020
Jeb
Yes, topped with roasted yellow pepper and roasted onions, salsa and meow that's hot fire kitty.

6:12 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
So you know, I miss benefitting from real time, and pre-home recorded radio... spontaneity optimizes context an d perspective

6:17 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
Jeb, love the pre-roasted approach, and love me (us) a meow that's hot sauce!

6:18 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
In miss the real-time luxury of being able to throw something into the mix responsive (or relative) to listener's interactive comments

6:26 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
Thanks, Steff, for pointing out today's significance historically... the web just informed me there are less than 1,000 surviving D-Day soldiers

6:35 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
Too-loud background music, but I wanted the snatches of bagpipes to register...

6:38 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
Aldous HARDING... sorry

6:40 PM, June 6th, 2020
Wally
Sorry, tuning in late this week but will catch up on the first part later and enjoying the tunes now as I have my supper.

6:54 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
The cover of Live for Today -- which I announced on last week's program, but, in fact, was not aired -- would have mixed well with Paragon Cause...

6:55 PM, June 6th, 2020
MikeP
kind of d day going on in this song, did you add it spontaneously? hey Steve. always love to be here.

7:00 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
Mike, love that you love to be here... nothing added, spontaneously or otherwise

7:04 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
Wally, Hi! Glad you're tuned in

7:13 PM, June 6th, 2020
MikeP
we can pretend you're in the studio for you if you like. Gladly and you are welcome.

7:21 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
Yay, way loud voice... meh

7:46 PM, June 6th, 2020
MikeP
thank you Steve! for the life affirming Mighty on a Saturday night to help blot out these rather glum times.

7:48 PM, June 6th, 2020
Steve Kirkland (host)
You are welcome, Mike! A lot needs blotting out these days...

7:50 PM, June 6th, 2020
Wally
Loving this dub to end your show, thanms Steve & keep on keeping on!

8:00 PM, June 6th, 2020