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Thursday May 2nd, 2013 with Chris Sharp
Mother's Day,sun and rain in spring and Comicon

Tonight's show:Mother's Day,sun/rain balance of spring,Comicon
First set celebrates Mother's Day(May 12)with tracks for and about mothers-with a little advice from Queen.
Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune
Ellen McIlwaine - We The People(1973)
Mother No Head
Group 1850 - The Rubble Collection(2003)
One Mother
Jack Karouac/Steve Allen - Poetry For The Beat Generation(1958)
Cosmic Slop
Funkadelic - The Best of The early Years Vol 1(1974)
Crazy Mama
J. J. Cale - Naturally(1972)
Mama Don't Allow No Parking
Brownsville Station - The Best of Brownsville Station(1993)
The Loser In The End
Queen - Queen 2(1974)
With the arrival of spring things are finally warming up so here's some tracks celebrating the sun.
Sunshine Sunshine
Tom Rush - The Circle Game(1968)
Sun Is Shining
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya(1977)
Sun Fun Song
Dion Dimucci - Dion(1968)
A Place In The Sun
Jason Crest - Collected Works(1967-1969)
Some more sunny tracks.
Turn On The Sun
Invaders - There's A Light,There's A Way(1970)
Although The Sun Is Shining
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On(1969)
Sunny Day People
The Sundowners - Captain Nemo(1968)
The Sun Hasn't Set On This Boy Yet
Nils Lofgren - Nils Lofgren(1975)
The Sun Shines
Gary Walker And The Rain - Album No. 1(1968)
All that sun and heat will dry things out so an attempt at natural balance must be made with some tracks focusing on rain.
Looks Like Rain
Dog Soldier - Dog Soldier(1975)
Looks Like It's Going To Rain
Ken Nordine - Word Jazz(1957)
Rainmaker
The Dillards - Copperfields(1970)
Buckets Of Rain
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks(1975)
Crying In The Rain
Everly Brothers - The Very Best Of The Everly Brothers(1964)
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Willie Nelson - His Very Best(1980)
Some harder rocking rain tracks must fall.
Rain
Status Quo - Greatest Hits(1997)
Hard Rain Fallin'
Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come(1970)
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Bryan Ferry - Roxy Music Street Life:Twenty Great Hits(1989)
Standing In The Rain
James Gang - Bang!(1973)
Last set focuses on Comicon-in Ottawa from May 10-12.
To The Batmobile
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra - Batman:Original Television Soundtrack Album(1966/1989)
Batpoem
The Liverpool Scene - The Amazing Adventures of The Liverpool Scene(1968)
Batman Thaws Mr. Freeze
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra - Batman:Original television Soundtrack Album
The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins
Leonard Nimoy - Spaced Out:The Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner(1997)
Horror Movie
Sky Hooks - Ego Is Not A Dirty Word(1975)
Thank you for listening.Happy Mother's Day.
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missing comments from flotsum

9:42 AM, May 11th, 2013
farron
listened to this one at dinner with the whole crew. Fingers tapped away as we wolfed down roast beef and baked beans. Much enjoyed by all! Looking forward to tonights show

10:43 AM, May 15th, 2013
Chris
Good to hear from you tree planters of the west

10:45 AM, May 15th, 2013
farron
we'll probably listen by the fire for a bit tonight, if I can get the stream to come through

10:50 AM, May 15th, 2013
Chris Sharp (host)
let me know if your listening

11:23 AM, May 15th, 2013
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