Green Eggs and Ham: Drink To Moving On

There is so much good music out there; this week is no different. Some grand and brand new tracks from Cellphone, Kestrels, King Tuff, Weed and We Were Lovers graced the airwaves, Tenacious D returned only to end up as the slice of cheese, and I paid tribute to the fact that I'm moving today with a few semi-related jams. Here's the playlist


Soft Mirage - "Courtyards of Atlantis"
David Simard - "The Knife"
Parlovr - "Now That You're Gone"
Kestrels - "The Field Where I Died"
King Tuff - "Anthem"
The Sadies & Andre Williams - "One Eyed Jack"
Drive-By Truckers - "Dancin' Ricky"
Japandroids - "Fire's Highway"
Weed - "Ben's Tour"
Wintersleep - "In Came The Flood"
Grand National - "Drink To Moving On"
The National - "Apartment Story"
Billy Joel - "Movin' Out"
We Were Lovers - "Islands"
Young Galaxy - "B.S.E."
Blood Diamonds - "Phone Sex" (ft. Grimes)
Lower - "Craver"
Fist City - "Buried"
Cellphone - "One Last Shot"
Tenacious D - "Rize of the Fenix"**
Zeus - "Strong Mind"
Rah Rah - "Little Poems"
Monomyth - "Sacred Hand"
Army Girls - "T W I C E"
PS I Love You - "How Do You"


**This week's Slice of Cheese

Green Eggs and Ham: Time Flies

I love it when a plan comes together. Or, in the case of this morning's show, disparate items cohere into a unit that strongly resembles a plan. Take the opening "Shine A Light" themed set: not planned; the finishing "girls" themed set: not at all planned; The Nick Lowe / Elvis Costello book-tune 1-2 punch: decided in 5 minutes in advance. I also couldn't have planned for somebody requesting a song by Mariachi El Bronx, a band I'm still not sure I enjoy. It all worked out, though. Here's the playlist:

Adam Franklin - "Shine A Light"
Constantines - "Tiger & Crane"
Rolling Stones - "Shine A Light"
Arkells - "Coffee"
Joel Plaskett Emergency - "Time Flies"
Nick Lowe - "When I Write The Book"
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - "Everyday I Write The Book"
White Ash Falls - "Your Song"
Cold Specks - "When the City Lights Dim"
John Southworth - "So Glad It's Finally Spring"
Houses - "Endless Spring"
Alice Cooper - "Sun Arise"
Lemonade - "Softkiss"
Girl Unit - "Wut"
Baauer - "Harlem Shake"
Mariachi El Bronx - "Revolution Girl"
Actual Water - "Brighton"
Chad Vangaalen - "Burning Photographs"
The Jam - "I've Changed My Address"
Will Smith - "Men In Black"**
Metric - "Speed the Collapse"
In-Flight Safety - "I Could Love You More"
The Dudes - "American Girl"
Best Coast - "Better Girl"
The Mohawk Lodge - "Wicked Nights (Canadian Girl)"
M83 - "Graveyard Girl"


**This week's Slice Of Cheese

Green Eggs and Ham: Point Of Return

I don't really have much commentary. Y'know the usual mix of certified "hitz" and brand spanking new "hitz in the makin'". Oh yeah, and The Carpenters doing a song about sausage. The usual. Here's the playlist:

Wolf Parade - "Shine A Light"
Mike O'Neill - "Calgary"
Krief - "Tell Yourself"
Fang Island - "Asunder"
Zeus - "Messenger's Way"
Brasstronaut - "Francisco"
Ohbijou - "Sligo"
Beach House - "The Hours"
The Intelligence - "(They found me in the back of) The Galaxy"
Apollo Ghosts - "Landmark"
OFF! - "Cracked"
d'Eon - "Al-Qiyamah"
Lazer Sword - "Point Of Return"
Napolian - "False Memories"
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan - "Queens"
Crocodiles - "Endless Flowers"
The Carpenters - "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)"**
Light Asylum - "Pope Will Roll"
Wild Nothing - "Nowhere"
Young Benjamins - "To Stay Here"
The Tallest Man On Earth - "1904"

**this week's Slice Of Cheese

Green Eggs and Ham: Swingin' Party

I think the playlist speaks for itself. Plenty of über-new selections, a little bit of this, a bit of that; my mediocre attempt at a tribute to the late, extremely great Adam Yauch; some rock, some disco, some R & B; oh yeah, and then there was Aerosmith. I think I played about 3/4 of the song before gettin' out of Dodge. Here's the aforementioned playlist:

Kalle Mattson - "Water Falls"
Big Star - "Ballad of El Goodo"
The Schomberg Fair - "Black Train"
Yukon Blonde - "Breathing Tigers"
The Murmaids - "Popsicles And Icicles"
Ty Segall & White Fence - "Easy Ryder"
The Cribs - "Come On, Be a No-One"
Hot Sweet Noise - "Gypsy Love"
Mode Moderne - "Nightly Youths"
Spoons - "Conventional Beliefs"
Geist - "Fissures"
Beastie Boys - "Sure Shot"
Tomas Barfod - "November Skies"
Lone - "Lying in the Reeds"
Jimmy Edgar - "U Need Luv"
Heavenly Beat - "Messiah"
Doug Hoyer - "Little Things"
Jessica Jalbert - "Swingin' Party"
Aerosmith - "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing"
     *This week's Slice of Cheese
Brazilian Money - "Can't Make Up Your Mind"
Cannon Bros. - "String Lights"
Teenage Kicks - "I Get What You Give"
Ice Choir - "Teletrips"
DIIV - "How Long Have You Known"
Lower Dens - "Alphabet Song"

Green Eggs and Ham: Little House of Savages

Lots of new songs this week, with Metric, Doctor Ew, Twin Shadow, Kuhrye-oo, Eternal Summers and Mr. Oizo tracks all released this week alone. There were a couple of trips into the back catalog, a look at The Watchmen in 2004 and now, and a trio of songs by artists added today to the list of those playing MoSo Fest (Ian Blurton, Bonjay and Slow Down, Molasses). Local flavour throughout, too, with some innovative stuff from Poler Bear and Form. Enough outta me. Here's the playlist:

Doctor Ew - "You Can't Mistreat Me"
Eternal Summers - "Millions"
Les Jupes - "If This is the Light"
A. David MacKinnon - "One Hundred Fires"
Poler Bear - "5am"
Dirty Projectors - "You Against The Larger World"
The Walkmen - "Heaven"
The Walkmen - "Little House of Savages"
Van Morrison - "Moonshine Whiskey"
Kathleen Edwards - "Mint"
Dope Body - "Weird Mirror"
Mr. Oizo - "Textes"
Dent May - "Best Friend" (Prins Thomas Remix)
Form - "ZZYZZYXX"
Kuhrye-oo - "Give In (For The Fame)"

PS I Love You - "Saskatoon"
Disappears - "Hibernation Sickness"
Sleepy Sun - "Open Eyes"
Tina Turner - "Steel Claw"
     *this week's Slice Of Cheese
Slow Down, Molasses - "Sometimes We All Fall Apart"
Bonjay - "Stumble"
C'mon - "Cut Me Down"
Metric - "Youth Without Youth"
Twin Shadow - "Five Seconds"