Sad vs Happy

Franny and I had another radio battle yesterday morning. Sad songs vs Happy songs. It was a close match for almost the entire show, until she pulled ahead in the last half hour. Final tally - six sad saps to eight happy campers.

Franny’s blog - http://mondaywakeup.blogspot.com/

The Autumn That Never Was

This week's theme was Autumn, even though we sort of jumped right into winter. There's hope yet!

Special guest host Brett Suwinski helped out.

* denotes Canadian

1. Slow Down, Molasses* - Leaves and Lay (I'm An Old Believer)

2. Hawksley Workman* - Autumn's Here (Lover/Fighter)

3. Royal City* - In the Autumn (Royal City)

4. Joel Plaskett* - In The Blue Moonlight (Three)

5. Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves, 7" Version (Oh, You're So Silent, Jens)

6. Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One)

7. Buttless Chaps* - Migratory Birds (Mint Harvest Fall 2006 Sampler)

8. Of Montreal - October is Eternal (The Sunlandic Twins)

9. Jim Bryson* - All the Fallen Leaves on the Ground (Where the Bungalows Roam)

10. The Flaming Lips - My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (At War With the Mystics)

11. Del Barber* - Harvest (Where The City Ends)

There was also a super exclusive Del Barber phone interview. His first ever recorded phone radio interview! Mine too. It wasn't quite as awkward as you'd think.

A Train Trip Retrospective - a Playlist

Playlist for October 8th, 2009

Okay, so, I have admittedly not been the best at keeping this blog up to date. I cobbled together a string of posts from some notes I had lying around, but there are a couple of shows lost to the ages. Heard the way real radio is heard - live. Not read about on the internet, which is what we're doing here.

Not to say this isn't useful too! I mean, I wouldn't want to think I was wasting my time on this blog. No sir.

Anyway, I recently took a train trip out to the east coast and back. It was really, really awesome. I stopped in Winnipeg, Toronto, Halifax, Sackville, and Montreal, in that order. The show was an overview of some of the bands I managed to see live on the trip.

1. Del Barber* - Story That You Tell (Where The City Ends)

2. Novillero* - Life in Parentheses (A Little Tradition)

3. Oh My Darling* - Sail Away (Oh My Darling)

4. Brent Randall and his Pinecones* - Lion's Valley (We Were Strangers in Paddington Green

5. The Meligrove Band* - Grasshappers in Honey (Planets Conspire)

6. Deerhoof - Odyssey (Runner's Four)

7. Born Ruffians* - Barnacle Goose (Red, Yellow, and Blue)

8. Lars Ludvig Löfgren - We Always Knew (Heterchromia)

9. Ghost Trees* - Books In Your Hands (Feathers EP)

10. Paper Tiger - This Year (Everyone Here)

11. The Wind Whistles* - Judo (Animals Are People Too)

12. Tom Fun Orchestra* - Watchmaker (You Will Land With A Thud)

13. Sister Suvi* - Desolation (I Am Champion)