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Volume, Contrast, Brilliance
Saturday June 18th, 2022 with Steve Kirkland
back in the saddle

This is the first episode of Volume, Contrast, Brilliance broadcast live from the CKCU On-Air studio since March 2020. Over a hundred home-recorded shows made it a too-long, often strange trip, and not a particularly enjoyable one. All behind us now...
Levitation
LET'S EAT GRANDMA - Two Ribbons - 2022, Transgressive New
X-Ray Robot
MICHAELE JORDANA - Romance at the Roxy - 1980, Attic Canadian
Sunday Driver
WEIRD NIGHTMARE - Weird Nightmare - 2022, Sub Pop Canadian New
Pain and Pleasure
JUDAS PRIEST - Screaming for Vengeance - 1982, Columbia
Shake (Sam Cooke cover)
The HAUNTED - The Haunted - 1967, Trans-World Canadian
Why I Hate the Sixties
JR. GONE WILD - Brave New Waves Session - 2017, CBC , recorded in 1988 Canadian
King of King
WOVENHAND - The Laughing Stock - 2012, Glitterhouse
Rock is My Life (Bachman Turner Overdrive cover)
HARDSHIP POST - 7-inch split w Randy Bachman - 1994, Cinammon Toast Canadian
That's O.K. (Hardship Post cover)
RANDY BACHMAN - 7-inch split w Hardship Post - 1994, Cinammon Toast Canadian
L’Univers de la Mer (Musical Bed)
DOMINIQUE GUIOT - L’Univers de la Mer - 1978, Chicago 2000
Judith
NO JOY - More Faithful - 2015, Kemado Canadian
Cross My Heart
MELODY's ECHO CHAMBER - Bon Voyage - 2018, Fat Possum
Orson Welles & His Ilk
POLITE SOCIETY - Polite Society - 2021, Spiral Void Canadian
Two Wives, One Axe
SHE/BEAST (Katje Nielsen) - Violent Tendencies - 2021 PNKSLM
Bishonen
MOMUS - Tender Pervert - 1988, Creation
Southern Comfortable
RUTHANN FRIEDMAN - Hurried Life - Lost Recordings 1965-1971 - 2021, Tompkins Square, recorded in 1969
Ojibway Star
DAVID CAMPBELL - Pretty Brown - 1977, Columbia Special Products Canadian
Sure Am Devilish
JOSEPHINE FOSTER - No Harm Done - 2020, Fire Records
This is a Photograph
KEVIN MORBY - This is a Photograph - 2022, Dead Oceans New
L’Univers de la Mer (Musical Bed)
DOMINIQUE GUIOT - L’Univers de la Mer - 1978, Chicago 2000
You're a Deep, Dark Hole
ELEVATOR - Darkness > Light - 2002, Blue Fog Canadian
Underneath
RICK WHITE - Where It's Fine - 2021, Blue Fog Canadian
Boogie
UFO - UFO 1 - 1970, Boogie
April Fool
ISIS - Isis - 1974, Buddah
I'm Gonna Knock You Out (12-inch mix)
LOVE DELEGATION - 12-inch A-side - 1986, Moving Target/Celluloid
Talkin' Book (Bob Marley cover)
ISHAN PEOPLE - Roots - 1976, GRT Canadian
Closed Groove
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Inflammable Material - 1979, Rough Trade
Interactive CKCU
Steve Kirkland (host)
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on touch... the Post Comment button... here live to chat

6:03 PM, June 18th, 2022
Benoît
G'day. Encourager of anthropophagy!

6:05 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Good Evening Benoît... fine young cannibals they (LEG)... is there a sub-strata of anthropophagy specific to grandparents?

6:09 PM, June 18th, 2022
B
I was sort of wondering that, when I wrote. <googles furiously>

6:12 PM, June 18th, 2022
Silentvoice
Toujours aussi bon que jeudi midi :)

6:14 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Allo Silentvoice! Glad you're tuning in

6:17 PM, June 18th, 2022
Heavy Ben
Hey Steve, now this sounds more like live radio! (glad you made it past the locked door)

6:17 PM, June 18th, 2022
Silentvoice
Glad I did!

6:21 PM, June 18th, 2022
Jeb
"You're only as good as your last record. " Truth.

6:33 PM, June 18th, 2022
IanJ
You: Playing live Me: Listening live!

6:34 PM, June 18th, 2022
Wally
Great to hear that you are back in the studio and thanks for keeping the show on the air for the last 2 years 👏👏👏

6:35 PM, June 18th, 2022
David Lewis
well I'm here - but because it is gone 11 PM in the UK and the headphones slot on my latop aint working - the Volume aspect of your show is diminished [sympathy for the neighbours] - but great to hear you live in the saddle - I miss Cinnamon Toast Records - I miss the nineties - the only good news is that vinyl is back - happy birthday sir paul - welcome back where you belong, Steve!

6:44 PM, June 18th, 2022
David Lewis
latop = laptop... my shit tap dance

6:46 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hey Ben! Well spotted, the evidence of live DJ... are you in live tonight (can't check messages)?

6:47 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Jeb, thanks for that Truth... I'm still waiting to make MY first record... not holding my breath on that

6:48 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hi Ian J! Glad on both counts! Cheers

6:48 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hi Wally! Thanks... for tuning in all along!

6:50 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
David Lewis (CKCU alum, a damn good radio programmer), how nice to hear from you. Thanks for staying up (and for sparing the neighbours) and for your kind words! Cheers

6:50 PM, June 18th, 2022
Heavy Ben
Sounding good, Steve. Heavy Friends is pre-recorded tonight, thanks for mentioning the upcoming Sir Paul tribute. Catch you back in the studio soon enough for a real time handoff...

7:06 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Cheers Ben!

7:11 PM, June 18th, 2022
hb
hillbilly lurkin' around da waves... happy u happy!

7:18 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Lurk to your heart's content... lurking live at last

7:22 PM, June 18th, 2022
Scott
Love that bed track! That's such a great album!

7:27 PM, June 18th, 2022
Mike P
coming in in real time on the stereo been going in and outside with the laptop always like that something is different too what I missed being alive? sonic stimulation for my aural receptors had this conversation before oh, all vinyl too come on ckcu!

7:30 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hi Scott... yeah I'm really glad I came upon he Dominique Guiot... love the cover art:

7:38 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Mike P, always glad to hear from you! Cheers

7:39 PM, June 18th, 2022
Jeb
Love Delegation gets the party started! Theoretically, anyway.

7:50 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Makes for a good debate, whether getting the party started works better theoretically or practically, Jeb

7:52 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Jeb, I just cracked open that LD 12-inch... pretty sure it was something I picked up on the trip to Great House of Guitars in Rochester in the very early 90s

7:54 PM, June 18th, 2022
Jeb
That was a fun trip.

7:57 PM, June 18th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Indeed. Enjoyed that. Looking forward to more of the same.

8:01 PM, June 18th, 2022