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Saturday April 9th, 2022 with Steve Kirkland
a lot of things... a lot of really good things

I Say a Lot of Things
The BOO RADLEYS - Keep On with Falling - 2022, BooSTR Records New
Why Are We Sleeping? (Soft Machine cover)
GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI - Llanfwrog 10-inch ep - 1995, Angst
The Last Of The Who Heads
EXPANDA FUZZ - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - 2018, self-released Canadian
See You Suffer
PARAGON CAUSE - What We Started - 2020, self-released Canadian
Taking My Time
The PASSAGE - About Time 7” ep - 1979, Object Music
Seventeen Seconds (The Cure cover)
COWBOY JUNKIES - Songs Of The Recollection - 2022, Proper Records Canadian New
Mark of the Beast
MINT TATTOO - Mint Tattoo - 1969, Dot
Fly at Night (Chilliwack cover)
JR. GONE WILD - Still Got the Jacket - 2021, Stony Plain Canadian New
Happy Tuesday
LIFE-SIZE MEN - Up Yours… a Lot! - 2015, self-released Canadian
Orange Clouds (Musical Bed)
PLANKTON WAT - Spirits - 2012, Thrill Jockey
Nervous Breakdown
PINK MOUNTAINTOPS - Peacock - 2022, ATO Records Canadian New
Punk Rock Guilt
BRANT BJORK - Punk Rock Guilt - 2008, Low Desert Punk
Tin Foil Soldier
The HELLACOPTERS - Eyes of Oblivion - 2022, Nuclear Blast New
My Baby Said
SPONGE - Wax Ecstatic - 1996, Columbia
The Silence, The Silence, The Silence
‘68 - Give One, Take One - 2021, Cooking Vinyl
Vindaloo (instrumental)
SHIG & BUZZ - Double Diamonds - 1995, Mai Tai
Lenore
GREEN LYTE SUNDAY - Green Lyte Sunday - 1970, RCA Victor
Star Cascade (instrumental)
BEN CHASNY - The Intimate Landscape - 2021, Drag City
Johnny Remember Me (John Leyton cover)
Dr. JOHN COOPER CLARKE, HUGH CORNWELL - This Time It’s Personal - 2015, Sony
Armagideon Time
WILLIE WILLIAMS - 7-inch A-side - 1979, Studio One
Guilty Dub
HONEY BANE - 7-inch B-side - 1980, Honey Bane Records
Violence Grows
FATAL MICROBES - 7-inch A-side - 1979, Small Microbe Records
In Me
TANYA TAGAQ - Tongues - 2022, Six Shooter Canadian New
Orange Clouds (Musical Bed)
PLANKTON WAT - Spirits - 2012, Thrill Jockey
After Dark
PAUL JACOBS - Digital Single - 2022, self-released Canadian New
In Every Dreamhome a Heartache (Roxy Music cover)
BUCK 65 - Vertex - 1999, Metaforensics Canadian
I Get Nervous
LOWER DENS - Twin Hand Movement - 2010, Gnomonsong
To All You Racists
WOOG RIOTS - Cut-up and Paste - 2019, From Lo-Fi to Disco
Lawnmower Woman
The WACKY GARDENERS - V.A.: Dreams To Fill The Vacuum - The Sound Of Sheffield 1977-1988 - 2019, Cherry Red, recorded in 1985
V12 Cadillac
FARM - The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun (sdtk) - 1970, Rebel
Here Comes Your Man (Pixies cover)
MEAGHAN SMITH - V.A.: (500) Days of Summer (sdtk) - 2009, Sire Canadian
Sleepyhead
DUSTER - Together - 2022, Numero Group New
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Smiths cover)
SHE & HIM - V.A.: (500) Days of Summer (sdtk) - 2009, Sire
Piece of Shit
WET LEG - Wet Leg - 2022, Domino New
Graves Of Deluxe Green
ALTERNATIVE TV - Vibing Up The Senile Man (Part One) - 1979, Deptford Fun City Records
Orange Clouds (Musical Bed)
PLANKTON WAT - Spirits - 2012, Thrill Jockey
(All You Do Is) Roll Your Eyes
ASEXUALS - Brave New Wave Sessions - 2017, Artoffact, recorded in 1988 Canadian
On Demand-only Bonus Track
Mayday
MODERN NATURE - Annual - 2020, Bella Union
Interactive CKCU
Steve Kirkland (host)
But for the misfortune of factors beyond anyone's control, I'd be en route to Montreal to see Mogwai right now. No worries, I'm in a good place, hopefully putting you in a better one...

6:05 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
... and Nina Nastasia is opening, more's the shame... ah, well, thankful for mercies, small or otherwise

6:12 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steffi in Lowertown
Oh no!!! Sorry you missed out on Nina Nastasia. Fantastic music. Did you get to see her and her band at Bluesfest?

6:20 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Yes, Steffi, Birdman Stage (Thanks Val)... although remembering details from that far back is a challenge for me these days

6:22 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steffi in Lowertown
I hear you well. Some details that used to seem recent are fading. Birdman Stage: will never forget seeing Mr. Airplane Man, Dead Moon (!), and Howe Gelbe/Giant Sand (sort of... good thing Howe brought his c.d. player with him). All good times.

6:28 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steffi in Lowertown
Anyone thinking of going to the Pink Mountaintops show at the Rainbow next month?

6:33 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Steffi, you're psychic, clearly... think I'll make the effort to be there

6:39 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hey, Man, can you play "Dream On"? Uh... no

6:53 PM, April 9th, 2022
Benoît
Play *Stairway to Hotel California*!

7:00 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Playlist is creeping past the Comments... feel free to help the appropriate imbalance return...

7:01 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Benoît, I'm humming it while I fill out the playlist... will that do?

7:10 PM, April 9th, 2022
B
That's probably too much...

7:11 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
I admire your sense of restraint, B

7:12 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
I neglected to mention the Ben Chasny tune, the instrumental that aired at the end of the first hour...

7:20 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Sounds like I also forgot to mention Shig & Buzz as well... sorry twice over

7:21 PM, April 9th, 2022
PeterB
Tanya Tagaq scares *&#@ outa me ... in all the right ways! 'Tongues' is massive!!! Any chance to see her live, DO NOT MISS IT! Will likely get a full play next Sunday for 'This Island Earth.'...

7:24 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
... S&B gave us Vindaloo, the surf instrumental with an obvious Indian bent...

7:24 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
(may the Radio Gods save me SOON from the albatross that is home recording)

7:25 PM, April 9th, 2022
Wally
Sorry I missed most of the show as we have family over but will be catching up later tonight

7:30 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
No worries, Wally, you're tuning in in a timely manner, as it were...

7:36 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
... and On Demand nets you a bonus track to boot

7:37 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Howdy, Peter B... saw Tanya at the jazzfest with Mari Boine... mesmerizing... and, yes, scary

7:40 PM, April 9th, 2022
Wally
Thanks Steve as always for the work that goes into these shows 👏👏👏 and the on demand is great for catching up - looking forward to it

7:42 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Cheers Wally

7:45 PM, April 9th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
... yet another miss in the rap/wrap-up... neglected to acknowledge the Alternative TV track... apologies (again)

7:56 PM, April 9th, 2022