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Bedtime Stories
Tuesday June 13th, 2023 with Chris Lyne
All The Fun Of The Fairground

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One Page Story (show theme)
Chris Lyne - Chapter 4 (2020) - Unreleased Canadian
Your Fairground
JP, Chrissie And The Fairground Boys - Fidelity (2010) - La Mina
On A Carousel
The Hollies - 7” single (1967) - Parlophone
Roller Coaster
13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators (1966) - International Artists
Ferris Wheel
Sylvan Esso - Free Love (2020) - Loma Vista
People Make The World Go Round
Barry Biggs - I've Got It Covered (2021) - Burning Sounds
Carousel
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peepshow (1988) - Polydor
Carousel (2019)
Silent Winters - - Soundcloud Canadian
Carousel
Andrea Rambolo - Quarantine Dream (2021) - Bandcamp Canadian
The Circle Game
Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon (1970) - Reprise Canadian
Roller Coaster By The Sea
Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Rock n Roll With The Modern Lovers (1977) - Beserkley Records
Percentage
Revib3d - E11even (2019) - Knock Em Out Boy Prod.
She Moves Through The Fair
Sandy Denny - The Notes And The Words: A Collection Of Demos And Rarities (2012) - Universal
Bad Monkey
Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior (2007) - Shout!Factory
Fairwell To The Fairground
White Lies - To Lose My Life (2009) - Fiction Records
Interactive CKCU
Chris Lyne (host)
Good evening everyone Take your seats ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the ride is about to begin... hold tight!

9:58 PM, June 13th, 2023
Shelley Ann Morris
Hi Chris, What an interesting show theme. Like you, I haven’t been to a fairground for a long time. Music has a really unique sound when you are on a ride—being very high up, spinning round and round or even being upside down gives old familiar tunes a whole different sound. Looking forward to tonight’s selection of tunes.

10:10 PM, June 13th, 2023
Chris Lyne (host)
Hi Shelley You're quite right, there's often music playing loudly and it adds to the sensory bombardment.... there aren't too many quiet fairground rides!

10:15 PM, June 13th, 2023
Shelley Ann Morris
Yes I think they are meant to be for the senses—and who can forget the food! We were allowed to eat goodies that were forbidden (or just not available) at any other time of the year.

10:20 PM, June 13th, 2023
Chris Lyne (host)
What was your favourite fairground treat to eat Shelley?

10:27 PM, June 13th, 2023
Shelley Ann Morris
I had lots of favourites but for quite awhile you would never see Tiny Tom Donuts anywhere else. They were mini donuts that were baked fresh and coated with cinnamon or powdered sugar—we wouldn’t give a thought to diabetes, heart disease etc. Those were the days……..

10:31 PM, June 13th, 2023
Shelley Ann Morris
Oh boo hoo—this Joni Mitchell song gets me every time.

10:34 PM, June 13th, 2023
Chris Lyne (host)
Tiny Toms :-) In the old days candy floss was usually only found at the fair. And those toffee apples, with their sticky sugary coating stuck to your teeth for the rest of the day! :-)

10:36 PM, June 13th, 2023
Shelley Ann Morris
Oh yeah, candy floss was what I imagine eating a cloud would be like. Candy apples would make little faces and hands (and hair, and clothes) hopelessly sticky! My poor mother!

10:40 PM, June 13th, 2023
gentlegypsie
the Carousel go 'round n 'round ... Constellatin' the heavenly Zodiac. ride your Signature Star Sign activate the Light Being, toi

10:41 PM, June 13th, 2023
Shelley Ann Morris
My grandmother was one for the games. She would spend hours playing them to win stuffed animals for us kids. I still have an orange-and-white striped fish that she won for me many moons ago.

10:42 PM, June 13th, 2023
Chris Lyne (host)
Welcome aboard, gypsie, thank you :-)

10:44 PM, June 13th, 2023
Chris Lyne (host)
Weren't the games fun: The lyrics of the Hollies' song we played include "she drops the present that she won before, pulling ducks out of the water, got the highest score". (Plastic ducks, that is). Never quite as easy as it looked :-)

10:50 PM, June 13th, 2023
Shelley Ann Morris
Great show as always Chris. Nice walk down memory lane, a great soundtrack for a nostalgic trip to the fairground.

10:54 PM, June 13th, 2023
Chris Lyne (host)
Thanks Shelley :-). The fair's staying in town for a bit longer, so we'll be back here for more thrills soon! :-) Night night everyone

10:57 PM, June 13th, 2023
AKA Frank
Listening -- and enjoying -- On Demand Thursday afternoon. Great theme -- having seen it on the (then empty) playlist Tuesday morning, I failed on all counts with my guesses as to tracks you might be playing.

3:14 PM, June 15th, 2023
AKA Frank
Piggybacking on Chris' and Shelley's exchange on fairground treats, growing up in Toronto, my mother, sisters and I made an annual pilgrimage to "The Ex". where a trip to the "Food Building" was a highlight... in the early days, some free samples, generous portions of otherwise inexpensive food and drink... my faves were quarts of Hires root beer in a waxed carton and hot-dogs-on-a-stick (long before I'd ever hear of a "pogo" or corndog").

3:36 PM, June 15th, 2023