Playlist for December 23, 2008

Martin Tielli - The River
Holy Cole - Baby It's Cold Outside
Richard Cheese - Christmas In Las Vegas
NQ Arbuckle - Christmas In Hell
The Great Shakes - Heat Miser
Mojo Nixon - Son of Santa
The Reverend Horton Heat - Santa On The Roof
The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
Tom Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
Platinum Blonde - Father Christmas
Blend - Another Christmas Song
The Flints - The Day After The Day After Christmas
The Spoons - Trade Winds/Smiling In Winter
Adam Sandler - The Chanukah Song
Bad News - Cashing In On Christmas
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
The Inflatable Men - We're A Couple of Misfits
On!Air!Library! - Snow Miser
Matt Dusk - Cool Yule

Playlist for December 16, 2008

Nouvelle Vague - Guns of Brixton
Raised by Swans - Imagined Life
Radiohead - House of Cards
The Verve - This Is Music
Tegan and Sara - City Girl
Ani Difranco - Alla This
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - Sing Tadzio: The Requiem
The Dears - Money Babies
Travis - Chinese Blues
The Macnificents - Time Goes By
The Macnificents - Burning Bridge
The Pack AD - Don't Have To
Sebastian Granger & The Mountains - By Cover of Night (Fire Fight)
Kaiser Chiefs - You Want History
The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far Kid
The Matadors - A Little Bit of Alcohol
Morphine - Honey White
Bloc Party - Banquet
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
Oasis - Ain't Got Nothin'

Playlist for December 2, 2008

Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - 45
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - Flash In The Pan
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - The Decline
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - Soldier's Waltz
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - Ballad of Lonely Bear
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - Kochana
Fraser - Rules
Ben Folds - Brainwascht
The Organ - Let The Bells Ring
Mother Mother - Miles
Oasis - Waiting For The Rapture
Oasis - The Shock of Lightning
Oasis - Hello
Oasis - She's Electric
Th Rakes - Work Work Work (Pub Club Sleep)
Arctic Monkeys - The View From The Afternoon
Iggy Pop - The Passeenger
Inspiral Carpets - Two Worlds Collide
Woodhands - Dancer

Playlist for December 2, 2008

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Rheostatics - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Billy Bragg - Levi Stubb's Tears
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - Warsaw Girl
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - Papillon
Dave Knill (The Soft Intellignce) - City In Flames
Hawksley Workman - You Have A Choice
Boxer The Horse - Boneyard
Fembots - The End of the Day
Mogwai - The Precipice
Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat
Bloc Party - Halo
13 Engines - Smoke and Ashes
Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia/My Reflection
The Cult - Nirvana
PJ Harvey - Down By The Water
Soft Cell - Hendrix Medley

Playlist for November 25, 2008

Gary Jules & Michael Andrews - Mad World
Astrid Williamson - Amarylis
Raised By Swans - Unrequited/Stolen Lakes
Wolf Parade - California Dreamer
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - Sing Tadzio: The Requiem
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - Flash In The Pan
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - Kochana
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - 45
Boxer The Horse - Rocknroll Band
Fembots - Get In The Van
Ben Folds (featuring Regina Spektor) - You Don't Know Me
Mogwai - Local Authority
Kings of Leon - Closer Crawl
Kaiser Chiefs -You Want History
Japanese Motors - Better Trends
Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart
The Killers - Shadowplay
Joy Division - Transmission
John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street

Playlist for November 18, 2008

The Ashgrove - Blue Sky I, II, III
The Ashgrove - Ceilings
The Ashgrove - Pretending
NQ Arbuckle - Postcard From Princess
Stompin' Tom - The Olympic Song
Swamparella - Chère ici, Chère là bas

Jace Everett - Bad Things
Bloc Party - Ares
Bloc Party - Mercury
Bloc Party - Halo
Kaiser Chiefs - Spanish Metal
Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat
Deerhunter - Cover Me (Slowly)
Deerhunter - Agoraphobia
The Dears - Money Babies
Psychedelic Furs - President Gas
The Smiths - Hand In Glove
The Smithereens - A Girl Like You
Gang of Four - I Love A Man In A Uniform
New Order - Blue Monday

Playlist for November 11, 2008

Dave Knill - City In Flames
The Organ - Oh What A Feeling
Quest For Fire - Bison Eyes
Oasis - Waiting For The Rapture
Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Offspring - Half Truism
The Matadors - A Little Bit of Alcohol
Travis - Chinese Blues
The Pack AD - Shiny Things
Burnin' Ethyl - How Was I To Know
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
Mother Mother - Body of Years
She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart
Kaiser Chiefs - Like It Too Much
Kaiser Chiefs - You Want History
Japanese Motors - Regrets A Paradise
The Iguanas - Her Red Fishnets
You Say Party We Say Die - You're Almost There
The Pursuit of Happiness - When Doves Cry
Chemical Brothers - Midnight Madness

Playlist for October 28, 2008

The Lotus Theory - Lonely Road
Ron Sexsmith - Ghost of a Chance
The Soft Intelligence - Say It's Broke
The Stills - Snow in California
Sebastian Granger - American Names
Fembots - My Hands Are a City
Mother Mother - Body of Yours
The Pack AD - Don't Have To
Pink Cadillac Scat Cats - Nervous Breakdown
The Matadors - Devil's Elbow Bridge
Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust
Killing Joke - Eighties
Love & Rockets - Haunted (When The Minutes Drag)

Playlist for October 21, 2008

The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads
Wolf Parade - Language City
Wolf Parade - California Dreamer
The Lotus Theory - Lost and Found
The Lotus Theory - Losing Myself
The Lotus Theory - Waterfall
Joseph Arthur - Temporary People
Joseph Arthur - Faith
Olenka - Iron Pump
Olenka - Soldier's Waltz
Neil Diamond - One More Bite of The Apple
Neil Diamond - Forgotten
Johnny Cash - Solitary Man
Johnny Cash - When The Man Comes Around
Burnin' Ethyl - Kittens With Lipstick
Burnin' Ethyl - How Was I To Know

Playlist for October 14, 2008

Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead
Arcadia - Election Day
Monty Python - Election Special
Radiohead - Electioneering
Alice Cooper - Elected
Simply Saucer - Exit Plexit
Quest For Fire - Bison Eyes
The Pack A.D. - Blackout
Oasis - The Shock of Lightning
The New Odds - Write It In Lightning
Primal Scream - Beautiful Future
The Verve - Love Is Noise
Chad Van Gaalen - Inside The Molecules
Sebastian Granger & The Mountains - Love Can Be So Mean
Sloan - Cheap Champagne
Friendly Rich - Fatwa
Little Daggers - Get On With It
Snow Patrol - Make This Go On Forever

Playlist for October 7, 2008

Lamb - Gorecki
Thom Yorke - Black Swan
Final Fantasy - Crush Love Crush
Bob Wiseman - Bhopal
Bob Wiseman - Married Woman
Bob Wiseman - Rock & Tree
The Soft Intelligence - Say It's Broke
Dave Knill - Hello (live in studio)
Dave Knill - City in Flames (live in studio)
The Soft Intelligence - Rocktopus
The Doughboys - Shine
Michael Doris - Superstar
The Fratellis - Flathead
The Pretenders - Mystery Achievement
The Dictators - Cars and Girls
The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Splodgenessabounds - Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please

Playlist for September 23, 2008

Alexandra Krakus - Badge of Honour
Olenka - Hardwood Floor
Laura Barrett - Ferryland
Off The International Radar - E Bowl of Iris
Holy Fuck - The Pulse
Wolf Parade - California Dreamer
Wolf Parade - Fine Young Cannibals
Wolf Parade - Kissing The Beehive
Bob Wiseman - Married Woman
Mother Mother - O My Heart
Quest For Fire - Bison Eyes
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Stop
Raised By Swans - Sandcastles
Radiohead - The Reckoner
Louie Austen - One Night In Rio

Playlist for September 16, 2008

Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen
Off The International Radar - Deploy The Plot Ending Device
Bocce - Mature Trees
Tin - Standing
Tin - Growing
Laura Barrett - Chidiya
Olenka - Warsaw Girl
Olenka - 45 (live in studio)
Olenka - Hushush (live in studio)
The Stills - Snow In California
Wolf Parade - Language City
Sloan - Believe In Me
Pink Floyd - Great Gig In The Sky
Pink Floyd - Any Colour You Like

LOLA Preview - September 2, 2008

Olenka - Soldier's Waltz
Laura Barrett - Deception Island
Tin - Growing
Bocce - Again Again Again Again
Hylozoists - The Fifty Minute Hour
Hylozoists - New Realms of Vibration Transition
Off The International Radar - E-Bowl of Iris
Off The International Radar - Critical Mass
Sandro Perri - The Draw
Sandro Perri - Shy Histoire
Do Make Say Think - The Universe
Do Make Say Think - A Tender History In Rust
Feuermusik - Doppelspiel
We Are Wolves - Fight & Kiss
Woodhands - Dancer

Playlist for September 2, 2008

Oasis - Hello
Oasis - The Shock of Lightning
Oasis - She's Electric
The Verve - Love Is Noise
The Verve - Rather Be
The Verve - Judas
Rob Szabo - No One
Brendan Canning - Something For All Of Us
The Stills - Roobios/Palm Wine Drunkard
Dandy Wahols - Mis Amigos
Wolf Parade - California Dreamer
Stereophonics - Bank Holiday Monday
Rob Dickinson - Bathe Away
Duke Sedan & The HiTones - Black Cat
Gunsmoke - Tortured Soul
NQ Arbuckle - Postcard From Princess
Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love (Touched by the Hand of Ofra Haza)

Playlist for August 26, 2008

Women - Black Rice
Azedo Booth - In Red
Stereolab - Three Women
Wolf Parade - Language City
Stereophonics - Pass The Buck
Dandy Warhols - The World Come On
The Stills - Snakecharming For The Masses
Sloan - Cheap Champagne
Tokyo Police Club - Your English Is Good
The Soft Intelligence - City In Flames
Rob Dickinson - My Name Is Love
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
Morphine - Honey White
The Sugarcubes - Delicious Demon
XTC - Dear God
New Order - Temptation
The Rakes - Work Work Work (Pub Club Sleep)
Arctic Monkeys - The View From The Afternoon
The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold

Playlist for August 19, 2008

Radiohead - 15 Step
Radiohead - The Reckoner
Snow Patrol - Make This Go On Forever
Duke Special - Free Wheel
Driving By Night - Fears of Men
The Stills - Don't Talk Down
Constantines - Trans Canada
Kevin Drew - Love 5
Wolf Parade - Fine Young Cannibals
Olenka - Soldier's Waltz
Bob Wiseman - Kissproof
Tokyo Police Club - In A Cave
Islands - Pieces of You
Square Root of Margaret - Hollywood Will Find A Way
Wombats - Moving To New York
Dandy Warhols - The World Come On
Razorlight - Back To The Start
The Diodes - Tired of Waking Up Tired
Jesus & Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas

History of Us - August 19, 2008

The The - Giant
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
The Stranglers - Always The Sun
Psychedelic Furs - President Gas
Talk Talk - It's My Life
REM - Driver 8
Pukka Orchestra - Cherry Beach Express
Prefab Sprout - Appetite
Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down
The Call - Everywhere I Go
Blue Peter - Radio Silence
Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust
Bauhaus - Bela Legosi's Dead
MOEV - The Wanting
Killing Joke - Eighties
Breeding Ground - Reunion
Chameleons UK - Swamp Thing
Rational Youth - Holiday In Bangkok
Adam Ant - Desperate But Not Serious
Images In Vogue - In The House
Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless
Iggy Pop - Instinct
The Pretenders - Mystery Achievement
The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love (Touched By The Hand of Ofra Haza)

Playlist for August 12, 2008

Radiohead - Creep
Radiohead - Anyone Can Play Guitar
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead - Lucky
Radiohead - Karma Police
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
Radiohead - Pyramid Song
Radiohead - 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)
Radiohead - House of Cards
Radiohead - Down Is The New Up
Talking Heads - Radio Head
Grizzly Bear - Shift
39 Steps - Slip Into The Crowd
Tokyo Police Club - Your English Is Good
Hot Hot Heat - Soldier In A Box
The Verve - This Is Music
Gunsmoke - Now and Then
Matadors - Devil's Elbow Bridge
Raised By Swans - A Cipher In A Foreign Sky
Raised By Swans - Violet Light
Raised By Swans - There Is No Escape

History of Us - August 12, 2008

Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
The Smiths - Hand In Glove
New Order - True Faith
Joy Division - Transmission
Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere In Summertime
Simple Minds - Waterfront
New Model Army - Whitecoats
Vital Sines - Collage
Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
Sheep Look Up - Rapture
The Cult - Big Neon Glitter
Bauhaus - Telegram Sam
Vis A Vis - Shadow Play
Concrete Blonde - Still In Hollywood
Platinum Blonde - No Regrets
The Dead Milkmen - Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance To Anything)
Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song
Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire
Psychedelic Furs - Alice's House
Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Passenger
Gang of Four - I Love A Man In A Uniform
Hoodoo Gurus - What's My Scene
The Diodes - Catwalker
Viloent Femmes - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
Soft Cell - It's A Mug's Game

Playlist for August 5, 2008

Off The International Radar - Critical Mass
Do Make Say Think - The Universe
Bocce - Again Again Again Again
Olenka - Warsaw Girl
Alexandra Krakus - Badge of Honour
Josh Geddis - Death Row Window
The Stills - Don't Talk Down
Spiritualized - I Gotta Fire
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
The Virgins - Rich Girls
Kasabian - Club Foot
The Ting Tings - Great DJ
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Love Burns
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Berlin
Iggy & The Stooges - No Fun
Iggy & The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
Osterborg - Psycho Babble Sonic Rabble

Playlist for July 29, 2008

The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Woman
Iggy Pop - Bang Bang
Specimen - Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Jim Caroll - People Who Died
Wolf Parade - Language City
Olenka - Soldier's Waltz
Brendan Canning - Something For All Of Us
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
Weezer - Pork and Beans
Urban Surf Kings - Johnny Ronco's Last Stand
Hawaiian Bibles - Close To You
Gunsmoke - Now and Then
Matadors - We Are Legion
Bob Wiseman - Buster
Bob Wiseman - Maureen
Bob Wiseman - Kissproof
Bob Wiseman - Search The World
Bob Wiseman - Goodbye

Playlist for July 22, 2008

Olenka - Soldier's Waltz
Kaya Fraser - Tremor and Slip
Jon Brooks - The Curve of The Earth
Luke Doucet & The White Falcon - Long Haul Driver
The Soft Intelligence - Say It's Broke
The Soft Intelligence - City In Flames
Bob Wiseman - Kissproof
Death Cab For Cutie - Long Division
Brendan Canning - Chameleon
Constantines - Million Star Hotel
Duchess Says - Ccut
Matadors - Hellblazin'
The Clash - Guns of Brixton
The Diodes - Tired of Waking Up Tired
The Dictators - (I Live For) Cars and Girls
Splodgenessabounds - Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
The Jam - Going Underground
Adam Ant - Desperate But Not Serious
The Sex Pistols - EMI
Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless
Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Playlist for July 15, 2008

Bob Wiseman - Buster
The Smiths - Paint A Vulgar Picture
Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Portishead - We Carry On
Olenka - Iron Pump
Alexandra Krakus - Badge of Honour
Wolf Parade - Fine Young Cannibals
Tears Run Rings - How Will The Others Survive
Brendan Canning - Something For All of Us
Brendan Canning - Chameleon
Brendan Canning - Hit The Wall
Sloan - Believe In Me
Tokyo Police Club - In A Cave
Vancougar - Philadelphia
Stereophonics - Bank Holiday Monday
Muse - Hysteria
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Muse - Map of the Problematique

Playlist for July 8, 2008

The Ashgrove - Don't Argue
The Ashgrove - 1000 Summers
The Ashgrove - Without You
Razorlight - In The Morning
Razorlight - Before I Fall To Pieces
Wolf Parade - The Grey Estates
Stereophonics - Pass The Buck
Muse - Time Is Running Out
Radiohead - Karma Police
Tokyo Police Club - Juno
Weezer - Pork and Beans
Teenage Head - Top Down
The Marble Index - Here I Come For Dead
Little Miss Moffat - Who Cooks For You
Jale - Nebulous
Inspiral Carpets - Two Worlds Collide
The Mission - Tower of Strength
Morrissey - Hairdresser on Fire
Raised By Swans - A Cipher In A Foreign Sky
Raised By Swans - Violet Light

Playlist for July 1 - Canada Day - 2008

Sarah Slean - Euphoria
Olenka - Iron Pump
Rob Szabo - No One
Wolf Parade - Language City
Tokyo Police Club - In A Cave
Bob Wiseman - Kissproof
Hawaiian Bibles - Experiments With Oxygen
The Matadors - Hellblazin'
NQ Arbuckle - Happy Birthday
The Arcade Fire - Laika
Stars - Take Me To The Riot
Square Root of Margaret - Hollywood Will Find a Way
Ginger - Solid Ground
Rheostatics - Horses
Doughboys - Shine
Zen Bungalow - This Could Very Well Be True
Grapes of Wrath - Misunderstanding
The Diodes - Catwalker
Teenage Head - Brand New Cadillac
Platinum Blonde - Hey Hey You
Lazo - Children of the Palm Race

To honour and celebrate Canada's 141st birthday, the above playlist is all Canadian. We have so much great music in our country, I could have easily produced a three or four hour show.

Playlist for June 24, 2008

The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
Teenage Head w/ Marky Ramone - Top Down
The Clash - Brand New Cadillac
Olenka (live in studio) - Papillon
Olenka (
live in studio) - Warsaw Girl
Olenka (
live in studio) - Blue
Olenka - Soldier's Waltz
Bob Geldof - The Great Song of Indifference
Primaries - Broken Heart Love
Nouvelle Vague - Guns of Brixton
Michael Doris - Superstar
The Chameleons UK - Swamp Thing
Portishead - We Carry On
Walter Meego - Wanna Be A Star
Radiohead - House of Cards
Rheostatics - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Playlist for June 17, 2008

Catherine Wheel - I Want To Touch You
Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic
Catherine Wheel - Spirit of Radio
Rob Dickinson - My Name Is Love
Rob Dickinson - The Storm
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Stop
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
Simply Saucer - Almost Ready Betty
Primaries - Broken Heart Love
Islands - We Swim
Olenka - Soldier's Waltz
Olenka - Badge of Honour
Rob Szabo - No One
Morrissey - Firts of the Gang to Die
Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart
Portishead - We Carry On

Playlist for June 10, 2008

Oasis - Hello
Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol
Oasis - She's Electric
Olenka - Warsaw Girl
Olenka - Iron Pump
Primaries - Broken Heart Love
Muse - Intro/Knights of Cydonia
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig
Islands - Pieces of You
Simply Saucer - Now's The Time For The Party
Tokyo Police Club - In A Cave
Born Ruffians - Kurt Vonnegut
Teenage Head with Marky Ramone - Picture My Face
The Cure - The Only One
The The - Perfect
Marianne Faithful - Broken English
Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire
The Arcade Fire - Intervention
The Arcade Fire - Black Wave/Bad Vibrations

Playlist for June 3, 2008

Scottie's Cut and Paste Project - Limited Fequency Range
Scottie's Cut and Paste Project - Jane Roberts vs. Seth
Scottie's Cut and Paste Project - The Splice of Enlightenment
Scottie's Cut and Paste Project - Jonathan Livingston Seagul Part One
Radiohead - Nude
Radiohead - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Lamb - Gorecki
Dead Can Dance - I Can See Now
Dead Can Dance - American Dreaming
Delerium w/Matthew Sweet - Daylight
Portishead - Machine Gun
Aaron Allen & The Small City Saints - Rattlesnake
Olenka - Warsaw Girl
Olenka - Iron Pump
Billy Bragg - I Almost Killed You
Joe Jackson - Invisible Man
Spiritualized - You Lie You Cheat
Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha Man
Supergrass - Bad Blood
Stompin' Tom Connors - The Hockey Song
Jughead - Hockey Song
The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold

Playlist for May 27, 2008

The Smiths - This Charming Man
Curiosity Shop - Mister Unreliable
Curiosity Shop - Her Hazel Reflection
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Portishead - We Carry On
Rob Szabo - Good Son
Olenka - Iron Pump
Olenka - Soldier's Waltz
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Today's Lesson
Play Radio Play - I'm A Pirate, You're A Princess
Islands - Pieces of You
Joy Division - Shadow Play
The Mahones - Drunken Lazy Bastard
Michael Doris - Superstar
XTC - Dear God
Nouvelle Vague - I Melt With You
Raised By Swans - Phantom Limb/Divided By Night

Playlist for May 13, 2008

Johnny Cash - The Devil's Right Hand
Fred Eaglesmith - 105
Fred Eaglesmith - Mighty Big Car
Stratochief - Freight Train
Olenka - Warsaw Girl
Olenka - Iron Pump
Olenka - Soldier's Waltz
Rob Szabo - Watchin' A Movie
Rob Szabo - One More For The Road
Rob Szabo - I'm So Exciting
Billy Bragg - Sing Their Souls Back Home
Billy Bragg - Take Down The Union Jack
Young Knives - Counters
We Were The States - Girl, You're Not A Thief
Michael Doris - Superstar
Trash Can Sinatras - Obscurity Knocks
New Order - World In Motion
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make
The Chameleons - Swamp Thing
The Chameleons - Moonage Daydream
Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

Playlist for May 6, 2008

Cake - Rock 'N' Roll Lifestyle
Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless
The Pretenders - Mystery Achievement
39 Steps - Slip Into The Crowd
Constantines - Hard Feelings
Constantines - Million Star Hotel
Constantines - Trans Canada
Johnny Terrien & The Bad Lieutenants - El Camino Warrior
Terminal Wallys - The New Old School
Teenage Head with Marky Ramone - Top Down
Teenage Head with Marky Ramone - Let's Shake
T-Rex - Telegram Sam
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
Public Image Ltd - Acid Drops
Young Knives - Fit 4 U
We Were The States - Till Morning Comes
The Clash - Clampdown
Olenka - Soldier's Waltz
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Today's Lesson
Snow Patrol - Run

Playlist for April 29, 2008

Gary Jules with Michael Andrews - Mad World
Astrid Williamson - Amarylis
Bob Geldof - The Great Song of Indifference
The Visitors - Save Me
Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart
Billy Bragg - I Almost Killed You
Michael Doris - Superstar
The Verve - Lucky Man
Portishead - Machine Gun
Olenka - Hardwood Floor
Olenka - Papillon
Olenka (live in studio) - Warsaw Girl
Olenka (live in studio) - Iron Pump
Olenka (live in studio) - Kochana
Kaya Fraser - Late
City and Colour - Forgive Me

Big thanks to Olenka for coming into the studios and bringing us her new EP Warsaw Girl and her acoustic guitar to perform live.

Playlist for April 22, 2008

Bloc Party - Price of Gas
Iggy Pop - I Wanna Be Your Dog
Black Mountain - Stormy High
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - We Call Upon The Author
Radiohead - Nude
Portishead - We Carry On
Raised By Swans - There Is No Escape
Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Tokyo Police Club - In A Cave
Tokyo Police Club - Graves
Tokyo Police Club - Juno
Teenage Head with Marky Ramone - Picture My Face
Teenage Head with Marky Ramone - Some Kinda Fun
Johnny Terrien & The Bad Lieutenants - The Happy Wanderer
Terminal Wallys - East End
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Hot Hot Heat - Soldier In A Box
The Rakes - 22 Grand Job
Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco
Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love (Touched By The Hand of Ofra Haza)

Playlist for April 15, 2008

Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - Something On My Mind
Teenage Head - Disgusteen
Teenage Head - Picture My Face
Teenage Head - Some Kinda Fun
The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
The Damned - New Rose
Richard Hell - Blank Generation
The Stooges - No Fun
Patti Smith - Gloria
The Diodes - Tired Of Waking Up Tired
The Inmates - Dirty Water
The Clash - London Calling
Duke Sedan & The Hi Tones - Black Cat
Johnny Terrien & The Bad Lieutenants - El Camino Warrior
Teenage Head with Marky Ramone - Top Down
Teenage Head with Marky Ramone - Let's Shake
Teenage Head with Marky Ramone - You're Tearin' Me Apart
Billy Bragg - I Almost Killed You
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
The B-52's - Hot Corner
The B-52's - Ultraviolet

Playlist for April 8, 2008

New Order - World In Motion
Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
Louis XIV - Stalker
Arcade Fire - Intervention
Feist - Sealion
Blue Rodeo - Blue House
Blue Rodeo - Diamond Mine
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Today's Lesson
Kula Shaker - Die For Love
Raveonettes - Aly, Walk With Me
The Marble Index - I Believe
Radiohead - 15 Step
Radiohead - Bodysnatchers
Sarah Slean - Euphoria
The Cult - Edie (Ciao Baby)

Playlist for April 1, 2008

Inspiral Carpets - Two Worlds Collide
Kula Shaker - Out On The Highway
Louis XIV - Misguided Sheep
Alexandra Krakus - Badge of Honour
City and Colour - Forgive Me
Jason Collet - Roll On Oblivion
Kaya Fraser - The Thing Is
Chucky Danger - The Sheriff
Nouvelle Vague - Teenage Kicks
Nouvelle Vague - Psyche
Louis Austen - One Night In Rio
The Pursuit of Happiness - When Doves Cry
Teenage Head - Total Love
The Diodes - Catwalker
39 Steps - Slip Into The Crowd
The Jam - Going Underground
Thin Line - Burning Leaves
Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
New Order - Everything's Gone Green

Thanks to Rob who filled in for me on March 25 so I could attend the radio documentary workshop put on by 94.9 CHRW.

Playlist for March 18, 2008

Sinead O'Connor - Troy
Sinead O'Connor - I Am Stretched On Your Grave
Mike Scott - City Full of Ghosts (Dublin)
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
Basia Bulat - The Pilgrimming Vine
Amos The Transparent - Title Track
Hayden - Lonely Security Guard
City and Colour - The Death of Me
The Breeders - Spark
Matthew Barber - And You Give
Bob Mould - Stupid Now
Cuff The Duke - If I Live Or If I Die
Louis XIV - Stalker
Kula Shaker - Second Sight
The Marble Index - Everyone Else
The Doughboys - Shine
Muse - Starlight
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Radiohead - Bangers and Mash

Playlist for March 11, 2008

NQ Arbuckle - Happy Birthday
The Ashgrove - Don't Argue
The Ashgrove - 1000 Summers
The Ashgrove - Without You
The Gandharvas - The First Day of Spring
Bauhaus - International Bulletproof Talent
Controller Controller - History
Louis XIV - Misguided Sheep
Kula Shaker - Great Dictator (Of The Free World)
Radiohead - Up On The Ladder
Dave Gahan - Kingdom
Major Maker - In Love With You
Chucky Danger - Queen Charlotte of the Hyenas
Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever
The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
The Pogues - Whiskey You're The Devil
The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Bob Geldof - I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
The Arcade Fire - Black Mirror
The Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running

Playlist for March 4, 2008

Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
The Jam – That’s Entertainment
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Kill Your Television
Kraftwerk – The Model
Crash Vegas – Red Earth
The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
Ellen Page & Michael Cera – Anyone Else But You
Feist – 1234
Hawksley Workman – Alone Here (Ballad of Bunches of Things)
Los Campesinos – You! Me! Dancing!
Raised By Swans – Sandcastles
The Two Minute Miracles – Bee Hell
The Knaves – White Cars
The Stranglers – Always The Sun
Sigur Ros – Salka
Radiohead – Last Flowers To the Hospital
The Cure – Charlotte Sometimes
The Cranes – Adoration

Playlist for February 26, 2008

Nine Inch Nails – Sanctified
Nine Inch Nails – Something I Can Never Have

Catherine Wheel – I Want To Touch You

Catherine Wheel – Black Metallic

Kevin Drew – TBTF

Radiohead – Down Is The New Up

Hayden – Did I Wake Up Beside You

Jason Collett – Nothing To Lose

Cuff The Duke – By Winter’s End

The Sadies – What’s Left Behind

Born Ruffians – Hummingbird

Major Maker – In Love With You

Kula Shaker – Die For Love

Chucky Danger – Queen Charlotte of the Hyenas

The Knaves – White Cars

Louis XIV – Misguided Sheep

Raveonettes – Aly Walk With Me

Vampire Weekend –Oxford Comma

Sheep Look Up – Spaghetti Western

Iggy Pop – I Wanna Be Your Dog

Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead

Vital Sines – Collage

Sisters of Mercy – This Corrosion

New Order – Everything’s Gone Green

The Mission UK – Tower of Strength

Public Image Ltd. – This Is Not A Love Song

Soft Cell – It’s A Mugg’s Game

Siouxsie & The Banshees – The Passenger

Gang of Four – I Love A Man In A Uniform

The Church – Aura

Delerium – Metaphor

Raised By Swans – Still Inside You

Playlist for February 19, 2008

Radiohead – Last Flowers To The Hospital
Radiohead – Up On The Ladder
Raised By Swans – Drag The Morning
NQ Arbuckle – Punk Rocker
James Cummins – Bloom
The Rizdales – High Heeled Homewrecker
The Two Minute Miracles – The Minus Bell
Sonic Youth – Superstar
The Knaves – Fashion Police
The Joel Plaskett Emergency – Fashionable People
The Ashgrove – Beauty Myth
Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Door
The Hives – You Dress Up For Armegeddon
The Clash – Guns of Brixton
Sigur Ros – Hjômalind
The Arcade Fire – No Cars Go
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (recorded at Live 8)
Pink Floyd – Brain Damage

Playlist for February 12, 2008

Raised by Swans – Capable of Cruelty
Raised by Swans – Still Inside You
Raised by Swans – Phantom Limb/Divided by Night
Nouvelle Vague – Guns of Brixton
Nouvelle Vague – This Is Not A Love Song
Portishead – Cowboys
Radiohead – House of Cards
Bob Mould – Who Needs To Dream
Louis XIV – Misguided Sheep
Constantines – Easy Money
Clothes Make The Man – WMD
Cuff the Duke – If I Live or If I Die
Blue Rodeo – Blue House
Blue Rodeo – Joker’s Wild
Duke Sedan & The Hi Tones – Rockabilly Boogie
Rattlehounds – Christopher Walken
Peter Murphy – Fun Time
Iggy Pop – The Passenger
Morphine - Sharks


Note: The Parallel Universe was preempted on January 29 for station training and on February 5 for a live sports broadcast.

Playlist for January 22, 2008

Astrid Williamson - Reach
Astrid Williamson - Amarylis
Belle & Sebastian - The Act of The Apostle
Ballboy - You Can't Spend Your Life Hanging Around With Arseholes
Hayden - Take
Hayden - In Field & Town
Hayden - More Than Alive
Hayden - Damn This Feeling
Basia Bulat - Snakes & Ladders
Cuff The Duke - By Winter's End
The Sadies - What's Left Behind
The Foreign Films - Goodnight Kiss
Radiohead - Bangers & Mash
Radiohead - 4 Minute Warning
The Good, The Bad, and The Queen - Northern Whale
Editors - Munich
Editors - Bones
Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
The Cinematics - Break
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains
The Proclaimers - Throw The 'R' Away
The Proclaimers - Over and Done With

Playlist for January 15, 2008

The Smiths - Paint A Vulgar Picture
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
The Sex Pistols - EMI
Radiohead - House of Cards
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Radiohead - Videotape
Chucky Danger - Can You Feel It
Major Maker - In Love With You
The Stills - Still In Love Song
The Knaves - White Cars
Square Root of Margaret - Hollywood Will Find A Way
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - The Shows About To Begin
Tegan & Sara - Walking With A Ghost
Renann - Sick and Tired
The Ashgrove - Sleepwalking
The Ashgrove - Beauty Myth
Generation X - Kiss Me Deadly
The The - Giant

Playlist for January 8, 2008

Sara Craig - I Thrive / Liar
Delerium - Duende
Arcade Fire - The Well and The Lighthouse
Radiohead - Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
Radiohead - MK1/Down Is The New Up
XTC - Dear God
Cuff The Duke - If I Live Or If I Die
The Sadies - My Heart of Wood
The Rizdales - Made You Look
Blue Rodeo - Blue House
Raised by Swans - Violet Light
The Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma
The Libertines - Time For Heroes
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - The Likes of You
Bauhaus - Telelgram Sam
The Clash - Brand New Cadillac
The English Beat - Whine and Grind / Stand Down Margaret

Top 10 Albums of 2007

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. The Good, The Bad, and The Queen - Self Titled
4. Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
5. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
6. Modest Mouse - We Were Done Before The Ship Even Sank
7. White Stripes - Icky Thump
8. Editors - An End Has A Start
9. Interpol - Our Love To Admire
10. She Wants Revenge - This Is Forever

Honourable Mentions To:
Art Brut - It's A Bit Complicated
Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell
Bright Eyes - Casadaga
The Donnas - Bitchin'
The Knaves - The Knaves

History of Us - January 1, 2008

The Cure - The Kiss
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
Psychedelic Furs - President Gas
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Joy Division - Shadowplay
Joy Division - Transmission
New Order - True Faith
Waterwalk - Turn Your Face Away
The Grapes of Wrath - Misunderstanding
The Lucy Show - A Million Things
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make
Hoodoo Gurus - Come Anytime
Hoodoo Gurus - What's My Scene
The Dead Milkmen - Instant Club Hit
Teenage Head - Let's Go To Hawaii
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
Marianne Faithful - Broken English
Marianne Faithful - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan
T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer
Images In Vogue - Call It Love
Images In Vogue - Lust For Love
Marc Almond - Tears Run Rings
Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless
Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love (Touched by the Hand of Ofra Haza)

History of Us takes a retrospective look at music from a CHRW perspective and is heard every Tuesday from 1:30-3:30 pm with host Steve Kopp.

Playlist for December 24, 2007

Radiohead: In Rainbows, Disc Two Preview
MK1
Down Is The New Up
Go Slowly
MK2
Last Flowers To The Hospital
Up On The Ladder
Bangers and Mash
4 Minute Warning

A Twist of Christmas
Martin Tielli - The River
Crash Test Dummies - The First Noel
Barenaked Ladies (with Sarah McLachlan) - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Sookie Mei & Friends - Christmas In London (And Nobody Cares)
Blend - Another Christmas Song
The Flints - The Day After The Day After Christmas
Boris Karloff - Tomorrow Is Christmas, It's Practically Here
The Great Shakes - Heat Miser
The Inflatable Men - We're A Couple of Misfits
Richard Cheese - Christmas In Las Vegas
The Bobs - Santa's Got A Brand New Bag
Bad News - Cashing In On Christmas
Matt Dusk - Cool Yule
The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
Adam Sandler - The Chanukah Song
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Joel Kopischke - Christmas in the Sun
Automatics - Come On Santa
Thurle Ravenscroft - You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch
On Air Library - Snow Miser
Tom Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
NQ Arbuckle - Christmas In Hell
Mojo Nixon - Son of Santa
The Reverend Horton Heat - Santa on the Roof
'63 Monroe - Run Run Rudolph
Joel Kopischke - Shopping Mall of Broken Dreams
Ingris Lucia - Zat You Santa Claus
Henry Rollins - 'Twas The Night Before Christmas

Since I was not able to host my show on Christmas Day, I offered to fill in this time slot (3:30-6:00 pm) so I could spin my personal brand of seasonal selections. Then, four days before, I received the Radiohead In Rainbows discbox in the mail and I just had to preview the songs on Disc Two.

Playlist for December 18, 2007

Dead Can Dance - I Can See Now
Dead Can Dance - American Dreaming
The Most Serene Republic - Humble Peasants
Cub - Motel 6
The Hives - Try It Again
The Libertines - Up The Bracket
The Knaves - White Cars
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
Travis - Sing
Chucky Danger - I'm On Fire
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
The Foreign Films - Another World Behind The Sun
Tricky - Black Steel
Dillinger Escape Plan - Black Bubblegum
Muse - Supermasive Black Holes
One Free Fall - Heaven To Bed
Arcade Fire - Black Mirror
Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
The Marble Index - Everyone Else

Playlist for December 11, 2007

Radiohead - Nude
Raised By Swans - Scent
Arcade Fire - Ocean of Noise
Chucky Danger - Queen Charlotte of the Hyenas
The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
Stars - Take Me To The Riot
She Wants Revenge - True Romance
Hoodoo Gurus - Come Anytime
The Style Council - My Ever Changing Mood
New Model Army - White Coats
Square Root of Margaret - Hollywood Will Find A Way
Tom Waits - Goin' Out West
Art Bergman - Faithlessly Yours
PJ Harvey - Turn Up The Radio
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Ani Difranco - Cradle and All
The Donnas - Don't Wait Up For Me
Juliette & The Licks - You're Speaking My Language
Crash Vegas - I Gave You My Heart
Zen Bungalow - This Could Very Well Be True

The Parallel Universe returns to a regular time slot on
94.9 CHRW after an 18 month hiatus.