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Saturday January 15th, 2022 with Steve Kirkland
auditory absurdity made easy

Singing the Blues
TRICKY - Angels with Dirty Faces - 1998, Island
The Sleeping Sharks
ELECTRIC EYE - Horizons - 2021, Fuzz Club Records New
Mary Had
SOUL MERCHANTS - Before the Gates (cassette only) - 1986, Iron Gaze
Remember a Dream
The SMALL BREED - The Fifth Season - 2021, Bickerton Records New
It’s Catching On
JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY - Twenty Years Gone: Joel Plaskett Emergency Revisits Down at the Khyber - 2021, Sheri Jones Entertainment Canadian New
What Do You Do at Night?
CRASH KILLS FIVE - 7-inch A-side - 1980, self-released Canadian
Turn to You
JEREMY - Live for Today - 2021, JAM Records New
Hey Moondog (See the Son of Odin Come)
The LIQUID SCENE - Revolution - 2015, Ziglain Records
Trip Easy
CORNERSHOP - Lock, Stock & Double-Barrel 10-inch(ep) - 1993, Wiiija Records
Frontier (Musical Bed)
FLY PAN AM - Frontera - 2021, Constellation Canadian New
Stranded
BUDGIE - Squawk - 1972, MCA
Tough Nuts
WARPIG - Warpig - 1970, Fonthill Canadian
AVC
SEXTILE - Albeit Living - 2017, Felte
Smedley’s Melody (instrumental)
SQUAREPUSHER - Feed Me Weird Things - 1996, Rephlex
Rubble Ren
COLD BEAT - War Garden - 2021, self-released New
Even the Birds Stop to Listen (instrumental)
ALEXANDER HAWKINS - Mirror Canon – Break a Vase - 2021, Intakt New
Petrichor
MICHAEL WOODMAN - Psithurism - 2021, Believer’s Roast New
Bye Bye Baby (comp: Joey Ramone)
RONNIE SPECTOR (w Joey Ramone) - She Talks to Rainbows (ep) - 1999, Kill Rock Stars
Don’t It Make You Feel Like
The BAMBI SLAM - Don’t It make You Feel Like… (ep) - 1987, Product Inc.
Graveyard Rock
The FORGOTTEN REBELS - The Pride and Disgrace - 1986, Other People’s Music Canadian
Can’t Stand My Baby
The REZILLOS - Can’t Stand the Rezillos - 1978, Sire
Frontier (Musical Bed)
FLY PAN AM - Frontera - 2021, Constellation Canadian New
Rock Star, Rock Star
ARMSTRONG - Happy Graffiti - 2022, the beautiful music/Country Mile Records New
January
AMOEBA TEEN - Digital Single - 2022, Big Stir New
Alone in My Room (Dwight Twilley cover)
The FLASHCUBES - Digital Single - 2022, Big Stir New
We’re Going Downtown
CHRIS CHURCH - Darling Please - 2022, Big Stir, recorded in 2011 New
Brushed
QUICKSAND - Distant Population - 2021, Epitaph New
Dark Street
RALPH WILLIAMS and the WRIGHT BROTHERS - 7-inch A-side - 1972, Hour Glass
War Zone (demo)
The VIBRATORS - The Demos 1976-1978 - 2021, Cleopatra
Mars Casino
The VIBRATORS & CHRIS SPEDDING - Mars Casino - 2020, Cleopatra
I Walk on Gilded Splinters (Dr. John cover)
CHER - 3614 Jackson Highway - 1969, Atco
Kingdom Come
LeE HARVeY OsMOND - Mohawk - 2019, Latent Recordings Canadian
Frontier (Musical Bed)
FLY PAN AM - Frontera - 2021, Constellation Canadian New
Strangelands
FROZEN PLANET…. 1969 - Not from 1969 - 2022, Pepper Shakler Records
On Demand-only Bonus Track
Dead and Gone to Heaven
The ROSE CHRONICLES - The Rose Chronicles (ep) - 1993, Nettwek Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Steve Kirkland (host)
this is a public forum... be polite

6:01 PM, January 15th, 2022
Oliver & Hannah
Hey Steve, Happy new year! Just tuning in. Kool tune!!

6:04 PM, January 15th, 2022
Oliver & Hannah
*Sir

6:05 PM, January 15th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hey Oliver, Hey Hannah... Happy New Year to both of you. Thanks for tuning in!

6:09 PM, January 15th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
CKF predated SMOASP

6:20 PM, January 15th, 2022
Wally
Oh no, I missed the 1st half hour but tuned in now - Hello Steve & everyone else tuned in

6:39 PM, January 15th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hi Wally, what you missed can be caught On Demand ... soon

6:43 PM, January 15th, 2022
Scott
Warpig! I'm pulling that one for a full album listen. Cheers Steve!

6:53 PM, January 15th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hey Scott! That's the spirit!

6:56 PM, January 15th, 2022
Wally
Bye Bye Baby is such a great song 👌

7:02 PM, January 15th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Wally, a great song for and from a real gone duo... no pun or disrespect intended

7:05 PM, January 15th, 2022
Wally
I was just thinking you should play some Forgotten Rebels after that song and voila 👏

7:08 PM, January 15th, 2022
Wally
And then some Pointed Sticks & Hot Nasties

7:10 PM, January 15th, 2022
Wally
The Rezillos will do fine 👌👏 - that's a band I wish I had seen live

7:11 PM, January 15th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
There but for the absence of the spontaneity and flexibility that broadcasting live in the studio will one day again bring, Wally... can't wait to recover that!

7:12 PM, January 15th, 2022
mike p
only girl mick and Keith apparently both tried to pull at the same time, oh on an early tour with the ronnettes Phil watching like a hawk bye bye baby to Ronnie where I been since the first? outside a lot for sure Happy New Year to all who love this show to the mighty, and the Steve!!

7:16 PM, January 15th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Cheers and all the best to you in '22 mike p! Was outside today, enjoying the very sunny very cold day... stay warm out there and bear up for the HEAVY snow Monday

7:18 PM, January 15th, 2022
Wally
Hello Mike P

7:25 PM, January 15th, 2022
Wally
Steve, A thank you from Julian in Wales UK, a few minutes ago on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Armstrong_Wales/status/1482508318027534338?t=AsTauGKbFazbL3F5EHqZ0A&s=19 It must be the middle of the night over there

7:27 PM, January 15th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Thanks Wally, grateful for Julian's tweet!

7:29 PM, January 15th, 2022
mike p
thanks guys, only about twice as warm at home, here

7:42 PM, January 15th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Thanks for tuning in... Cheers

7:56 PM, January 15th, 2022
Oliver & Hannah
Great show Steve! Thank you for the tunes!

8:04 PM, January 15th, 2022
Benoît
Even the Birds Stop to Listen was really interesting!

9:55 PM, January 15th, 2022
Benoît
*Brushed* I liked a lot

10:27 PM, January 15th, 2022
Benoît
And Kingdom Come by LHO sounds very JJ Cale-ish!

10:39 PM, January 15th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Cheers Benoît

10:53 AM, January 16th, 2022