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Saturday February 22nd, 2014 with Bill
High School : A Study in Awkward

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Examining angst over high school reunions - make a request in real-time with Interactive CKCU!!
Rock n Roll Highschool (1980)
The Ramones - Greatest Hits - Rhino (2006)
Teenage Kicks
Thee Headcoatees - Punk Girls - Sympathy For the Record Industry (1997)
Screwdriver High
The Von Zippers - Dead End Canada 7" - Mag Wheel (2000) Canadian
Don't Hide Your Face
The Forgotten Rebels - This Aint Hollywood - Star Records (1980) Canadian
Reid's Situation (music bed)
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham - Cargo (1991) Canadian
Set Break

Next Up: some of the good that came from my time in secondary school (I of course had nothing to do with the actual making of any of this). And I do realize that the dates of the releases make it look as if I spent over a decade in high school.
Something's Wrong
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy - Blanco Y Negro (1985)
These Days
Joy Division - Substance - Factory (1988)
Dark Ages
Nomeansno - Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed - Alternative Tentacles (1988) Canadian
Lovelife
Lush - Split - 4AD (1994)
Cow Cud is a Twin
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do - Warp (1995)
Smothered Hope
Skinny Puppy - Singles Collect - Nettwerk (1999) Canadian
Reid's Situation (music bed)
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham - Cargo (1991) Canadian
Set Break

And now - a few tracks of historical significance - can you guess what they refer to?
A Raga Called Pat, Part II
John Fahey - The Voice of the Turtle - 4 Men With Beards (orig 1968)
The Silent Sun
Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation - Decca (1968)
What Goes On
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground - 4 Men With Beards (orig 1969)
Nothing is Easy
Jethro Tull - Stand Up - Reprise (1969)
The Ballad of Roy Batty
Grumbling Fur - Glynnaestra - Thrill Jockey (2013)
Reid's Situation (music bed)
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham - Cargo (1991) Canadian
Set Break. Here are the answers:
John Fahey: died Feb 22 2001
Genesis: First single "The Silent Sun" released Feb 22 1968
Andy Warhol (connected to the Velvet Underground): died Feb 22 1987
Jethro Tull: Beat out Metallica for the first ever Grammy for Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Performance on Feb 22, 1989.
On Feb 22 1997, scientists at the University of Edinburgh announced the successful cloning of Dolly the Sheep, thus "The Ballad of Roy Batty". Yeah, I know, it's a bit of a stretch.
Zero the Hero
Gong - Gong Est Mort, Vive Gong - Celluloid (orig 1977)
Reid's Situation (music bed)
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham - Cargo (1991) Canadian
(Neptune)
Our Solar System - Our Solar System - Beyond Beyond is Beyond (2013)
Interactive CKCU
Murk Mucknmire
first.

8:14 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Bill Guerrero (host)
Damn. Almost got it. Second isn't too bad, though, unless you're in the olympics.

8:15 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Murk Mucknmire
at least you get your photo taken less.

8:17 PM, February 22nd, 2014
B-Roy
Thanks Bill for your most dignified account of the ailment that prevents me from appearing on this week's show. If you were Jian "Alan Partridge" Ghomeshi, you'd have been tirelessly asking "but what about that groin injury?"

8:22 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Alan Partridge
Smell my cheese, you mother!

8:25 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Murk Mucknmire
Bit of No Means No for the kids?

8:26 PM, February 22nd, 2014
JVI
Like the prophet says: "do not accept 666, and most definitely do not attend your high school reunion."

8:34 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Bill Guerrero (host)
NMN coming up. B-Roy: any time. I'm no sportscaster.

8:44 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Heraclitus
You can never step in the same river twice, Bill.

9:00 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Murk Mucknmire
going to the pub. instead of the reunion, you should go to the pub.

9:01 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Heraclitus
You can never step in the same pub twice, Murk.

9:04 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Bill Guerrero (host)
Sure you can! The pub, I mean. Done it a bunch. At least I think it was the same one...

9:11 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Bill Guerrero (host)
Try your hand at guessing the significance to this date in history for these next few songs - the John Fahey one doesn't count.

9:14 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Heraclitus
Look closely and you will see that, like the river, it wasn't really the same pub that you were in. That said, the road up and the road down from the pub is one and the same.

9:18 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Bill Guerrero (host)
Oh, it was the OTHER Royal Oak, then.

9:26 PM, February 22nd, 2014
B-Roy
Losing the debut heavy metal Grammy to Jethro Tull couldn't have happened to a better bunch of fellows.

9:38 PM, February 22nd, 2014
Bill Guerrero (host)
Amen.

9:50 PM, February 22nd, 2014
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