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Renny's Riot
Wednesday October 22nd, 2025 with Retiring Renny
Goodbye CKCU

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Bop Cat Stomp (instr)
King Charles - Whole Lotta Drinkin' On The Block - 1954 Folk-Star Records/1987 Charly Records
Renny's Riot (instr)
The Scarlet Drops - The Scarlet Drops 1984-1992 - 1989 What Wave/2021 Harriet Records Canadian
Blues Theme (instr)
Lost Patrol - Lost Patrol - 1988 Stop it Baby Records Canadian
Radiation (instr)
Evan Johns & The H-Bombs - Rollin' Through The Night - 1986 Alternative Tentacles
Rat Fink a Boo-Boo (instr)
The Nomads - Temptation Pays Double - 1984 Amigo, Closer
Acid Raindance (instr)
Mad Daddys - Music For Men - 1985 New Rose Records
Go For It (instr)
Stiff Little Fingers - Go For It - 1981 Chrysalis
March Of The Eligible Bachelors (instr)
The Monochrome Set - Eligible Bachelors - 1982 Cherry Red
Beer Store
The Scarlet Drops - The Scarlet Drops 1984-1992 - 1984 self-released/2021 Harriet Records Canadian
(Whatever Happened To The) Radio?
The Idolizers - Concretins - 2021 Rum Bar Records
Radio Riot
The Idolizers - Concretins - 2021 Rum Bar Records
Dead Horse
The Master Plan - Grand Cru - 2013 Rum Bar Records
Let's Shake
Teenage Head - Frantic City - 1980 Attic Canadian
Crankin' With Elvis
Supreme Bagg Team - Mister Garager's Neighbourhood - 1989 OG Music Canadian
Instro (instr)
The Black Cheers - The Cat, The Rat, The Bat, The Dog - 2013 self-released
Like 90
UIC - FM Hill - 2020 Like 90 Records Canadian
Take A Flying Fuck At A Rolling Doughnut
Simon & The Bar Sinisters - Break the Tension, Have a Peanut!!! - 2015 self-released
Television Child
The Restless Virgins - Television Child single - 1981 T.C.M. Records Canadian
Nothing but Contempt
Deadly Long Legs - Back to the Rock We Crawled From - 2009 self-released
Shut Your Mouth
Deadly Long Legs - Back to the Rock We Crawled From - 2009 self-released
Take a Hike and Leave
Deadly Long Legs - Back to the Rock We Crawled From - 2009 self-released
Move It
Tex & The Saddletramps - Intexicated! (from Tales From The Edge Volumes Five & Six: Sucked Dry In A Lake Of Lampreys!! "43 Texas Bands On The Rampage!!") - 1992 Reel George Productions/2012 Saustex Media
Je Fuckin T'Aime
The Saints - Imperious Delerium - 2007 Cadiz Recording Co..Wildflower Records
Are You Effing Kidding Me
The Tearaways - And For Our Next Trick - 2023 Dirty Water Records
I Cried For You
Al Perry & The Cattle - Cattle Crossing - 1985 Addled Records
Folsom Prison Blues
The Geezers - Rockabilly Psychosis & The Garage Disease - 1984 Big Beat Records
Hound Dog
Tales Of Terror - Tales Of Terror - 1984 CD Presents, Ltd.
Take This Job and Shove It
ONU (Order of Noble Undertakers) - Take This Job and Shove It single - 2021 unreleased
Adios, Farewell, Goodbye
Nine Pound Hammer - Hayseed Timebomb - 1994 Crypt Records
Goodbye
The Legendary Swagger - Broke & Broken - 2025 Rum Bar Records New
Goodbye So Long
The Inmates - Fast Forward - 1989 Sonet
So Long Baby Goodbye
The Blasters - The Blasters - 1981 Slash
Weary Blues, Goodbye
Bob Perry - Hillbilly Bop, Boogie & The Honky Tonk Blues Vol. 6 - 1959 Bandera/2014 Jasmine Records
Bye Bye (instr)
Larry Collins & Joe Maphis - The Collins Kids: Hop, Skip & Jump - 1958 Columbia/1991Bear Family Records
Goodbye Baby Here I Go
Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra - Buddy & Ella Johnson 1953-1964 - 1959 Mercury/1992 Bear Family Records
Goodbye
Meredith Howard with The Maxwell Davis Orchestra - Wailin' Daddy - 1951 Mercury/2011 Fantastic Voyage
Well Goodbye Baby
Frankie Lee Sims - Walking With Frankie - 1958 Vin/2016 Jasmine
She Likes To Boogie Real Low
Ray Condo & His Ricochets - Door To Door Maniac - 1997 Joaquin Records Canadian
The Dirty Rooster
Slim Gaillard - You've Got To Give Me Some Of It - unknown date of original recording/2015 Jasmine Records
Shithouse (Used To Do)
The Dogmatics - Everybody Does It - 1986 Homestead Records/2021 Rum Bar Records
Interactive CKCU
Renny G (host)
Or is it Ronin Renny?

8:08 AM, October 22nd, 2025
Neil & Dance
A sad day, Renny. I will miss you enormously, man. We all will !!! A joyous day because we will hear your voice and comments Today! BTW. I just tried to donate on the Renny's Riot page in Canada Helps Donation Page, but your show is missing in the dropdown along with quite a few other shows. I placed a request to have this updated. So to insure that you know of my appreciation and support, I am posting a $50 donation to Renny's Riot in co-celebration of The 50th Anniversary of The Mighty as part of my "Fitty For Fitty" appreciation. YOU ARE THE BEST !!!!! Thanks for the music, for always being joyful and enthusiastic on air, for your sincerity in all things; and for me, being the first and constant supporter and friend to Drake, The Dancing Labrador. You made us feel welcome every week. Good luck in all things in life, my friend !

11:32 AM, October 22nd, 2025
Benoît
ditto

11:33 AM, October 22nd, 2025
Satellite Birdhouse
We'll miss you!! Happy to be tuning in to catch your last show today. 🤩

1:32 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Benoît
sigh...

1:33 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Greetings, Commissioner Renny and fellow Rioteers. The musical carousel has come around for the ultimate Riot, the final one. The legend will live on.

1:36 PM, October 22nd, 2025
whatwave dave
Listening in London ON.....end of an era and will be sadly missed in this household. Thanks for playing so much fantastic music and introducing me to so many artists that I never would have heard otherwise. Your show is like going into the record shop pre -internet and learning from the music playing and the people at the store. I miss those days and will miss this show. Keep on Rockin' best!!

1:37 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Dance & Dad
That is so freakin' cool !!! The theme in it's entirety . Tres tres bon !!

1:37 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Jeff H
Sad to see you go... Wednesdays won't be the same without the Riot!!!

1:40 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Dance & Dad
Said well to absolute perfection, whatwave dave ! Learning at the record store brings back great memories; going to hear what's new and picking up the latest copy of Trans FM for even deeper knowledge with great columnists.

1:41 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
Thank you all for listening and commenting. I love my listeners.

1:53 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Don't forget the Riot is available on demand, dating back to May, 2018. That's over 7 years of recorded Riots. My first time listening was July 7, 2021.

1:56 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
You guys can write me at rennysriot@gmail.com. I also have a Renny's Riot Facebook page and I'm going to start writing about music and a month or so I want to start a monthly podcast of Renny's Riot but I don't know where yet. Stay in touch! Please!

1:59 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Renny's time as host of Roots and Rhythms, also available on demand, dates back to Nov 2015.

1:59 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
That means you Frankie!

1:59 PM, October 22nd, 2025
hendooo5
Last one eh, what a shame. Always enjoyed the show whenever I managed to tune in. All the Best to you!

1:59 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
You've got talent as a writer my friend, trust me.

2:01 PM, October 22nd, 2025
tic
Never heard that story of you riding bikes through the tunnels. Cool.

2:01 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Johnny Loan
R.I.P. to my favourite show (sob). Thanks for being a part of my world for the last several years and interacting with us listeners. Riot to the crypt!

2:04 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
After funding drive I'm going to be writing some station memories on the Renny's Riot Facebook page, "Confessions Of A College Deejay". I will recount my years at CKCU, in all it's miserable, drug filled glory.

2:04 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
Is it okay if I "friend" you on Facebook, Johnny?

2:05 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Neil & Dance
I will be waiting for the column and the podcast. I wrote music columns many, many years ago for a short time, but I did not have the knowledge you do Renny and I gave it up. I will be a regular reader of your column !!!!

2:08 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
I have biked to the station, I have walked, I have skated, I have cross-country skied, I have canoed, I have kayaked. Coming home I usually crawled.

2:09 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Yes, that's it isn't it? You chose the perfect Teenage Head song for the occasion.

2:10 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
Are you on Facebook Frankie?

2:11 PM, October 22nd, 2025
tic
Think podcast.

2:11 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Johnny Loan
Damn only 12 minutes in and this episode is already so sick. Looking to be one of the ultimate classic episodes! i'm bookmarking this one.

2:13 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
It won't be at CKCU, tic.

2:13 PM, October 22nd, 2025
N&D
Gonna miss the Rioteers who I only see commenting on Renny's Riot. You are a rockin' possee if I ever rode with one !!! Hats off to every one of you; smart as a whip, quick to the quips and entertaining as all heck !!!! It has been a wild ride; not as wild as racing through the Carleton U. tunnels on a bike at high speed, no doubt ! lmao

2:14 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Wow, canoed and kayaked that takes it to whole other level.

2:14 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
My parents lived near the Hogsback locks, I used to carry the canoe to there and then paddle to the station. I don't think security appreciated it when I'd lock the canoe to the bike racks.

2:17 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Not any more Renny, I'll get back on if needed to access your podcast

2:18 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Candace
Renny! Thank you for everything you have contributed to CKCU and our listeners. We are better because of you! Keep on Rockin'!!

2:18 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
I first volunteered at the station offering to run Hogsback rapids from the falls to the train bridge at Carleton, an idea that the Funding Drive Coordinator thought was too risky. She suggested that I volunteer in Closed Circuit instead. Janis Lockwood. That's why I am here today.

2:19 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Beautiful area there, close to the Rideau canoe club.

2:20 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Wow Renny, is it possible to canoe through those Hogsback rapids?

2:22 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
No, we lived closer to Debra Ave. No where as nice as around the Canoe Club.

2:22 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
No Frankie. I'd whitewater kayak through them. I actually spent my youth running those rapids on innertubes and air mattresses, without a helmet or lifejacket.

2:26 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
No lifejacket, yikes. I remember reading that those Hogsback rapids were a portage point for the early voyageurs.

2:30 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
So I've put my email address up, Frankie. Make sure you write me.

2:31 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
How's Dance doing Neil? Being a good puppy? Or chewing on everything?

2:34 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
I will Renny. Also, I can still check facebook through my a friend's account.

2:36 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
And Benoit, I appreciate an email from you too. And hilbilly if he's around.

2:45 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
Does anybody know how Bobby Calzone is doing?

2:46 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Benoît
I don't know your email addy, Renny. Mine's fn957@ncf.ca I've also 'followed' Renny's Riot on the FB, just now.

2:54 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Ha yes, a Paycheck cover, very good. Actually written by David Allan Coe, but made famous by Johnny Paycheck.

2:54 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Ha yes, a Paycheck cover, very good. Actually written by David Allan Coe, but made famous by Johnny Paycheck.

2:54 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
Benoît, it's rennysriot@gmail.com

2:54 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Final gremlin.

2:55 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
That's why I want to stay in touch, Frankie. You sir, are a resource!

2:55 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
You're bound to get an echo in a cubicle, Frankie.

2:56 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Benoît
Renny: noted, thanks.

2:57 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
Have you ever heard Johnny Paycheck's early recordings, Frankie? They are so good. I prefer him to George Jones.

2:58 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Ha yes, just like in jail.

2:58 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
Thanks for listening and catching my horrid spelling mistakes, Benoît. You are the Rock & Roll version of Spellcheck.

2:59 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
No Renny, I'll check that out.

2:59 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Ok, we're in the final home stretch now. God bless you all.

3:02 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Dance & Dad
Should have named Dancer "Jaws" hahaha. He is taking teething to new altitudes. I got Drake at 6 weeks, Dance at 11 weeks.........Drake teethed but not like Dance aka Jaws. I'm lucky to still have 2 legs lmfao. He has another couple of weeks before his last round of shots before I can take him out around folks and any animals. But hs is a fast learner; very sharp. And easily 4 times the size Drake was (he was the runt in the litter). Dance will be one of the biggest Labrador Retrievers I have known I think. You would love him bud.

3:05 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
My Lab, Booker T-Bone would pick up the most ungodly things while I was walking him. We got him in Toronto and he'd find used condoms, syringes, wire, razors......Once he stole a crab, that's when I lived in Chinatown.

3:09 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
Worried Blues and Bye Bye were for you, Frankie.

3:10 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
Weary Blues, Goodbye, not Worried Blues, Oops.

3:11 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Dance & Dad
BTW Nobody in my lifetime has introduced me to as many awesome bands that I had never heart of, as you have brought into my musical journeys, Renny. I thank you in spades for that gift !God broke the mold after making you.

3:13 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
Means a lot to me Neil. I am so grateful to all those people who introduced me to music that I didn't know of. What Wave Dave, back in the day. Ian Jeans, my Sonic Sensei, Bill Grant who turned me on to Western Swing and Hillbilly Boogie, Monique Lanois for turning me on to Lester Bowie, David Lewis for the Harlem Hamfats, etc.

3:18 PM, October 22nd, 2025
hillbilly
Thanks! Much! ( what can I say...Thanks again. Go forth in happines)🎵🎶🍺 ✊️

3:19 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Dance & Dad
hahaha....yup. Dance loves rocks and stones and pens and electrical cords. Gotta stay on your toes 24/7 and sleep with one eye open ! hahaha. Wish I had met your boy.......coolest name ever, man ! I luv it.....Booker T-Bone...did he abscond with musical instruments too.... lmfao . This is one of your greatest shows on record, Mr. DJ !! Going out LARGE, baby !

3:19 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
You Rioteers don't know how lonely I'll be when I'm no longer doing the Riot.

3:19 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
hillbilly. I played a shitload of harp numbers for you last week. I hope you heard them.

3:20 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
And email me ya hillbilly. At rennysriot@gmail.com

3:21 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Steve Kirkland
All good things come to an end, so the cliché goes. At times even happens to great things, like The Riot... no clichés there... I wish you good things ahead Renny. Cheers

3:21 PM, October 22nd, 2025
B
"ain't nobody here but us chickens..."

3:23 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
Thanks Steve. Another thanks to you coming up.

3:24 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Frankie
Thanks for all the great music over the years, Renny. Best of luck in your future endeavors.

3:26 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Satellite Birdhouse
Cheers Renny!!!!

3:27 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Dance & Dad
THE REAL DEAL IS LEAVING THE BUILDING FOLKS

3:29 PM, October 22nd, 2025
B
Adios!

3:29 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Dave Aardvark (host)
Thanks for all the great RAWK Renny. We will miss you!

3:29 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny G (host)
I don't play RAWK, Dave. I never have. I play rock. I'm not ashamed to admit it. Calling rock "RAWK" is like calling punk, "New Wave". It's just wrong.

3:49 PM, October 22nd, 2025
johnny Loan
i'll cry if i want to!

3:53 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Renny
"It was my party....."😢

4:02 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Johnny Loan
It feels full circle...I first discovered the show during a Halloween funding drive episode. And now saying goodbye around the same time. Bless you Renny. Hope to see you around town.

4:07 PM, October 22nd, 2025
PaulS
Obv, i will follow your music writing. And, damn, radio listeners are gonna miss your passion and taste.

9:28 PM, October 22nd, 2025
PaulS
And you kicked off with Bop Cat Stomp!! Mybold theme tune from tge Sunday Night Stomp show back in the mid 90s!

9:32 PM, October 22nd, 2025
Dave Aardvark (host)
Thanks for mansplaining that haha! :p

10:50 AM, October 23rd, 2025






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