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Attic Thoughts: All playlists

Date Host Highlight On Demand
Mar. 26, 2024 Dick Altavista Doug Sahm covers, Pop Rawk(new Dear Vandal) and Roots Rawk(new Slo’ Tom, James Leclaire, Amy Van Keeken & The Hello Darlins)
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Mar. 12, 2024 Dick Altavista Roots Rawk & Pop Rawk.
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Mar. 5, 2024 Dick Altavista Starting with Doug Sahm covers then Pop Rawk (including New GOOD2GO and Lefty McRighty & His Right Hand Band) then Roots Rawk (including New James Leclaire, Slo’ Tom And The Handsome Devils, the Hello Darlins and Shannon McNally
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Feb. 27, 2024 Dick Altavista Roots Rawk and Pop Rawk including new music from Becky Prokova, Kristine St. Pierre, Shannon McNally, Slo’ Tom, Lori Yates, The Hello Darlins, Lefty McRighty and GOOD2GO.
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Feb. 20, 2024 Dick Altavista Starting with Doug Sahm covers then onto Pop Rawk( including new GOOD2GO, Dear Vandal and Queens Park) then to roots Rawk(including new Lori Yates and Shannon McNally)
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Feb. 13, 2024 Dick Altavista Starting with Doug Sahm covers then Roots Rawk including new James Leclaire, Lori Yates, Shannon McNally and Johnny Johnson onto Pop Rawk including new Queens Park and High Waters.
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Feb. 6, 2024 Dick Altavista Starting with Doug Sahm Covers then Roots Rawk(new Lori Yates, Shannon McNally and Jacquie Daniels) then Pop Rawk(new Eastborough, Callum Gaudet, Clay Orange and Dear Vandal)
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Jan. 30, 2024 Dick Altavista Starting with covers of Doug Sahm moving to a Mary Weiss Tribute and finishing with Roots Rawk.
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Jan. 23, 2024 Dick Altavista Starting with covers of The Replacements moving to Roots Rawk and finishing with Pop Rawk
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Jan. 16, 2024 Dick Altavista Starting with some covers from Soul Asylum moving to Pop Rawk and finishing with Roots Rawk.
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Jan. 9, 2024 Dick Altavista Starting with covers of Tom Petty moving to Roots Rawk then finishing with some Pop Rawk.
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Jan. 2, 2024 Dick Altavista Starting with Grateful Dead covers then onto Pop Rawk and Finishing with Roots Rawk.
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Dec. 26, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with covers from Rickie Lee Jones moving to Roots Rawk then to Pop Rawk.
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Dec. 19, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Billy Joe Shaver covers then to Pop Rawk and finishing with Roots Rawk
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Dec. 12, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Peter Case covers then to Roots Rawk and finally some Pop Rawk.
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Dec. 5, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with covers of Bob Dylan moving on to Pop Rawk then Roots Rawk
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Nov. 28, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with covers of The Plimsouls followed by long sets of Roots Rawk then Pop Rawk
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Nov. 21, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with RAMONES Covers, new music from Royal Ottawa, Spencer Segelov, NOBRO, Jerry Leger, Martin Zellar, Jerry David DeCicca, Norma MacDonald, The Bushpilots, Son Volt, Lydia Loveless, Frankiie and 54-40.
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Nov. 14, 2023 Dick Altavista Covers from Garth Hudson featuring The Sadies and Neil Young then some Rawk tunes and Roots Rawk tunes and finishing with a little surf music
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Nov. 7, 2023 Dick Altavista Covers from Golden Seals, new music from NOBRO, Lydia Loveless, Spencer Segelov, Royal Ottawa, Norma MacDonald, The Bushpilots, Roy Moller, Jerry Leger, The Striped Bananas and Carla Olson.
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Oct. 31, 2023 Dick Altavista Funding Drive show #1 featuring The Dream Syndicate, The Three O’Clock, Carla Olson, Norma MacDonald, The Bushpilots, Lucinda Williams, Roy Moller, Spencer Segelov, Royal Ottawa, Jim Bryson, Sun Harmonic and Eli Boucher.
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Oct. 24, 2023 Dick Altavista Covers, roots rawk and pop Rawk featuring new tunes from Staig & Billings, Brooklyn Doran, Lynn Miles, Bushpilots, Roy Moller, John McCabe, Joan Smith & The Jane Does, The Atomicos and The Sun Harmonic
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Oct. 17, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with some Jr. Gone Wild Covers moving to roots Rawk, then garage rawk and finishing with some funky blues
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Oct. 10, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with covers from Mariel Buckley and Johnny Cash moving to some roots Rawk, garage Rawk and Pop with a little jazz to finish off.
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Oct. 3, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Kinky Friedman covers moving to Roots Rawk, Rawk and Pop from The Beautiful Music and winding to midnight with a little jazz.
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Sep. 26, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Covers of John Prine moving on to African Psychedelia then to spotlight artist The Inbreds and winding to midnight with jazz from Roy Hargrove Quintet, Angela Verbrugge and Sarah Osborne.
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Sep. 19, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Inbreds covers then to South American Psychedelia onto spotlight artist John Prine and winding to midnight with Roy Hargrove Quintet
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Sep. 12, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Shannon McNally moving to Asian Psychedelia then to spotlight artist Claire Coupland and finishing with Roy Hargrove Quintet
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Sep. 5, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Tom Petty covers moving to African psychedelia then to spotlight artist Deadly Snakes and winding to midnight with jazz from Roy Hargrove Quintet
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Aug. 29, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with covers from Syd Straw then to South American psychedelia onto spotlight artist Best Kissers In The World and winding to midnight with three tunes from The Roy Hargrove Quintet
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Aug. 22, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with covers from John Prine moving on to Asian Psychedelia then to spotlight artist Todd Snider and finishing with jazz from Roy Hargrove
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Aug. 15, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Kelly Willis covers moving to African Psychedelia then to spotlight artist Jerry Jeff Walker and finishing with chill jazz from The Roy Hargrove Quintet
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Aug. 8, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with covers from Todd Snider moving to South American Psychedelia then to spotlight artist Charlie Louvin and winding to midnight with Jazz from The Roy Hargrove Quintet
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Aug. 1, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Tom Waits covers moving to Asian Psychedelia then to spotlight artist GOOD2GO and winding to midnight with chill jazz from Roy Hargrove
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Jul. 25, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Tom Waits covers moving to African psychedelia then to tonight’s spotlight “Music introduced to me by Wally Salem finally winging our way to midnight with some chill jazz from Chrissie Hynde.
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Jul. 18, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Tom Waits covers venturing to South America psychedelia then to spotlight artist Chris Page and Buddy Rich takes you to midnight.
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Jul. 11, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with two Tom Waits covers, venturing to Asia for some Psychedelia then to spotlight artist NRBQ and Charlie Rich takes you to midnight
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Jul. 4, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Tom Waits covers venturing into African Psychedelia then to spotlight artist Jim Bryson and Terry Adams takes you to midnight with some jazz from his album Terrible
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Jun. 27, 2023 Dick Altavista Attic Thoughts from the mind of Dick Altavista starts with Tom Waits covers, ventures to South America onto spotlight artist Alejandro Escovedo and finishes with some Charlie Parker to take you to midnight
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Jun. 20, 2023 Dick Altavista Starting with Tom Waits covers moving on to Psychedelic music from Asia then to a spotlight on Andrew Vincent and finishing off with some Gene Krupa.
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Jun. 13, 2023 Dick Altavista Attic Thoughts from the mind of Dick Altavista starts with Tom Waits covers moves to African Psychedelia then to spotlight artist Terry Allen and finishes with some chill Buddy Rich to take you to midnight.
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Jun. 6, 2023 Dick Altavista Attic Thoughts from the mind of Dick Altavista starts with two Tom Waits covers moves along to some Peruvian and Colombian sounds then to part 4 of my Gordon Lightfoot tribute and finishes with a classic Miles Davis cut.
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May. 30, 2023 Dick Altavista Attic Thoughts from the mind of Dick Altavista. Starting with Tom Waits covers moving to Asian Psychedelic sounds then to Part 3 of my Gordon Lightfoot tribute and finishing off with some Dizzy Gillespie to take you to midnight.
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May. 23, 2023 Dick Altavista Attic Thoughts
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May. 16, 2023 Dick Altavista Attic Thoughts from the mind of Dick Altavista. Tonight starting with some whacked out covers moving on to some South American sounds then to Part one of my four part tribute to Gordon Lightfoot and finishing things off with some chill jazz
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May. 9, 2023 Dick Altavista Asian Psych then a spotlight on Parliament and finishing with Oscar Peterson to take you to midnight.
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May. 2, 2023 Dick Altavista Attic Thoughts from the mind of Dick Altavista bounces from Psyche Rawk to African sounds to tonight’s spotlight on Eric’s Trip and Adjacent to some chill jazz to take you to midnight
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Apr. 25, 2023 Dick Altavista Attic Thoughts from the mind of Dick Altavista bouncing from Psyche Rawk to South American sounds to a spotlight on the ballad side of Tom Waits to some chill jazz to take you to midnight
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Apr. 18, 2023 Dick Altavista Dick Altavista presents Attic Thoughts bouncing from Psych Rawk to music from the African continent to tonight’s spotlight band Ottawa’s Furnaceface and then some chill jazz to take you to midnight.
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Apr. 11, 2023 Dick Altavista Dick Altavista presents Attic Thoughts bouncing from Psyche Rawk to music from Other Continents to tonight’s spotlight on The Rheostatics to chill jazz to take you to midnight.
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Apr. 4, 2023 Dick Altavista Attic Thoughts #4
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Mar. 28, 2023 Dick Altavista Dick Altavista presents some late night radio with Psychedelic Rawk,
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Mar. 21, 2023 Dick Altavista Attic Thoughts #2
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Mar. 14, 2023 Dick Altavista Attic Thoughts #1
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Oct. 18, 2022 mark Not loosely connected
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Oct. 11, 2022 mark Guitar-centric
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Oct. 4, 2022 mark First half fusion, second half not so much
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Sep. 27, 2022 mark Some jam, blues, R & B
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Sep. 20, 2022 mark Tracks from the 70's
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Sep. 13, 2022 mark Attic Thoughts Sept 13: A touch of space rock
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Sep. 6, 2022 mark musical ramblings from around the planet and a few Bill Laswell remixes
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Aug. 30, 2022 mark Crickets... Hot end of August (Replay of Episode 33)
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Aug. 23, 2022 mark Episode 84: Set sail for a Voyage
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Aug. 16, 2022 mark Attic Thoughts Episode 83: A Happy Birthday to Kevin Ayers and then musical journey from there
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Aug. 9, 2022 mark Episode No. 82 - While wishing birthday greetings to Golden Earing bassist Rinus Gerritsen the Wayback Machine gets stuck in park
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Aug. 2, 2022 mark Episode 81: With some new exotica ( Ìxtahuele, The Manakooras ) and new surf tunes (Hang-Ten Hangmen, The Babalooneys) it's time for another round of Mai Tai's til Midnight
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Jul. 26, 2022 mark Episode 80: All CDN July continues with Electronic /​ Ambient /​ Berlin School
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Jul. 19, 2022 mark Episode 79: All CDN July Continues. More popular than not.
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Jul. 12, 2022 mark Episode 78: All Cdn July continues with more fusion than not
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Jul. 5, 2022 mark Episode 77: Tunes from across the land
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Jun. 28, 2022 Mark Episode 76: Ottawa Jazz Fest: In another band. Some of the artists appearing at this year's Ottawa Jazz in other projects
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Jun. 21, 2022 mark Episode 75: Recipe for a playlist. Start with a leftover moon track from last week, then morph into a few covers, then morph into related covers.
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Jun. 14, 2022 mark Episode 74: Strawberry Moon
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Jun. 7, 2022 mark Episode 73: A few tracks with worldly influence to help pass the time from today until tomorrow
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May. 31, 2022 mark Episode 72: Another random playlist to while away the evening
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May. 24, 2022 mark Episode 71: "What Hath God Wrought" the official first Morse code message transmitted in the US on May 24, 1844
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May. 17, 2022 mark Episode Sytti: Syttende Mai in Norway. Tunes from Norway, parades, dancing, and of course more lutefisk *
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May. 10, 2022 mark Episode 69: Another mix of late evening tunes to entertain and enlighten
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May. 3, 2022 mark Episode 68: Sun Day. Some Solar Music
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Apr. 26, 2022 mark Episode 67: Night of the Mexican Goat Sucker and other things that go bump in the night
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Apr. 19, 2022 mark Episode 66: Mai Tais 'til Midnight: Another round
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Apr. 12, 2022 mark Episode 65: PSA: National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Dog Songs
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Apr. 5, 2022 mark Episode 64: Second Fiddle : More violin tunage
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Mar. 29, 2022 mark Episode 63: Yet another playlist with no discernable direction
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Mar. 22, 2022 mark Episode 62: Random thoughts reap random playlists
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Mar. 15, 2022 mark Episode 61: There is no difference between a fiddle and a violin, but "Just violinin' around" just doesn't sound right...
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Mar. 8, 2022 mark Episode 60: Intl. Women's Day, Cdn. Edition
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Mar. 1, 2022 Mark Episode 59: Mardi Gras... it could get funky
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Feb. 22, 2022 mark Episode 58: Late night FM radio compulsory extra long spacey track episode
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Feb. 15, 2022 mark Episode 57: More Fusion than not...
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Feb. 8, 2022 mark Episode 56: February, why don't we pronounce the first "r"
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Feb. 1, 2022 mark Episode 55: it was cold, now it's cold and noisy...
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Jan. 25, 2022 mark Episode 54: chilled 'n Chillin'
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Jan. 18, 2022 mark Episode 53: Waybackmachineishardtorestartinthesnowat-30. Pullstartropefrozen. Stuckinthepast.
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Jan. 11, 2022 mark Episode 52: Anniversary Show: Year of the Bloated Goat and more happy tunes
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Jan. 4, 2022 mark Episode 51: A new year, but older tunes An Emerald City, In Solastalgia, EitherWay, The Future Kings of England, Porcupine Tree, The Government, and more
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Dec. 28, 2021 mark Attic Thoughts Episode 50: A 50th Birthday track and a musical journey from there.
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Dec. 21, 2021 mark Episode 49: Ice, snow, winter, ice cream...
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Dec. 14, 2021 mark Episode 48: More mostly electronic late evening into early morning tunes
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Dec. 7, 2021 mark Episode 47: tonight's musical journey certainly starts heading east ...
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Nov. 30, 2021 mark Episode 46: Mai Tais 'til Midnight - Some Exotica
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Nov. 23, 2021 mark Episode 45: Fusion Fest
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Nov. 16, 2021 mark Episode 44: Thanks to all who donated to CKCU
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Nov. 9, 2021 mark Episode 43 - Funding drive week Part 2: The Cook's tour of CKCU programs continues - Please Donate: https:/​​/​​cod.ckcufm.com/​​pledge/​​
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Nov. 2, 2021 mark Funding Drive Week 1 : A tour of a few CKCU programs - Please Donate: https:/​/​cod.ckcufm.com/​pledge/​
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Oct. 26, 2021 mark Episode 41: Not loosely connected
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Oct. 19, 2021 mark Episode 40: This week a few world music and world music collaborations.
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Oct. 12, 2021 Mark Keill Episode 39: more late night tunes travelling from improv to surf
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Oct. 5, 2021 mark Episode 38: More here and there. First half fusion, second half not so much. No half-time show
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Sep. 28, 2021 mark Episode 37: More late evening tunes... from power pop to Zeuhl
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Sep. 21, 2021 mark Episode 36: Where we go into space, but just for a limited time
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Sep. 14, 2021 mark Episode 35: This weeks musical ramblings travel the planet and include a few Bill Laswell remixes
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Sep. 7, 2021 mark Episode 34: 7th day... 7th month... 23rd hour.. More random tunes
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Aug. 31, 2021 mark Episode 33: Hot August Night...
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Aug. 24, 2021 mark Episode 32: Stuck in a 70's rut
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Aug. 17, 2021 mark Episode 31: Tomorrow never knows....
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Aug. 10, 2021 mark Episode 30: The Lost Both Kinds of Music fill-in program: Hulabilly with an incredibly short history lesson of Hawaiian steel guitar.
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Aug. 3, 2021 mark Episode 29 - Live tracks
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Jul. 27, 2021 mark Episode 28: Mid-summer tunes
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Jul. 20, 2021 mark Episode 27: Happy world Chess Day
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Jul. 13, 2021 mark Episode 26: why does every episode end up being a guitar show again..
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Jul. 6, 2021 mark Episode 25: Late night FM radio electronic music.
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Jun. 29, 2021 mark Attic Thoughts Episode 24: why does every show end up being a guitar show?
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Jun. 22, 2021 mk Episode 23: Start of summer tunes...
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Jun. 15, 2021 mark Attic Thoughts Episode 22: more evening tunes to transition into tomorrow from today including a small Nordic musical voyage
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Jun. 8, 2021 mark Hot spring night .... --- -
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Jun. 1, 2021 mark More German than not.... Birth Control, Faust, Embryo, Bröselmaschine, Faust, and then more..
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May. 25, 2021 mark Episode 19: a bit of a fusion-y world tour with artists from New Zealand, UK, Mexico, Finland, and a few from right here.
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May. 18, 2021 mark Episode 18: A bit of a world music influenced show to start....
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May. 11, 2021 mark Episode 17 gets a little darker... with Hawkwind, Circle, Annot Rhül, Völur, and more
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May. 4, 2021 mark Episode 16: .. looking outside and watching snowflakes blow sideways by my window in May kind of a show
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Apr. 27, 2021 mark Episode 15: Is it still snowing? Can I come out yet?
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Apr. 20, 2021 mark Happy 4: 20
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Apr. 13, 2021 mark Episode 13: More daylight, more stay at home, more tunes for the transition from today to tomorrow
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Apr. 6, 2021 mark Episode 12: The Golden Hours - Some late evening fare to while away the hour from late evening into early morning...
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Mar. 30, 2021 mark End of March...
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Mar. 23, 2021 mark When the going gets tough, the tough get spacey
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Mar. 16, 2021 mark Episode number 9.. Some older tracks paving the way to not so old.
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Mar. 9, 2021 mark An ambient evening of haunting music featuring female vocalists from around the world and around the corner
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Mar. 2, 2021 mark Episode starts off with a few retro tunes and then winds its way to some old school electronic
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Feb. 23, 2021 mark Jam garage...
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Feb. 16, 2021 mark Mardi Gras... Laissez les bons temps rouler..
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Feb. 9, 2021 mark A journey from open-air western to dream-pop
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Feb. 2, 2021 mark Shuffling through ideas finds that Episode No. 3. turns out to be more of a jam, blues, R & B, funk hour
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Jan. 26, 2021 mark Another week of musical thoughts from everywhere
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Jan. 19, 2021 mark Attic Thoughts - Episode 1
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Earlier playlists (if any) pre-date online listings