Photo by J. Selig
According to Boston blog Foundwaves (from whence this picture comes, and where you can find others should you click), my favourite Norwegian rock songstress will be spending a spell in NYC in the near future. Perhaps it’s time to plan a trip to the Big Apple? Dare I really wait until Canadian dates are more readily included on her tour schedule? Or maybe I should just go to Norway.
| Artists | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Joanna Newsom | Good Intentions Paving Company | Have One on Me |
| Kinnie Starr | Open Wounds | A Different Day |
| Elizabeth Shepherd | What Else | Heavy Falls the Night |
| Miss Emily Brown | Ten Years Older | In Technicolor |
| Basia Bulat | Go On | Heart of My Own |
| Keaton Henson | Sarah Minor | Demo |
| Joanna Newsom | Baby Birch | Have One on Me |
| Babel (feat. Martina Topley-Bird) | Heligoland | Massive Attack |
| Four Tet | Plastic People | There Is Love in You |
| Oldfolks Home | La Devuelve Lentamenta a Su Lugar | We Are the Feeding Line |
| Christine Fellows | Bright Blue Flame | 2 Little Birds |
| Hauschka | Chicago Morning | Room to Expand |
| Beach House | Zebra | Teen Dream |
| Years | Are You Unloved | Years |
| Library Voices | Hunting Ghosts | Hunting Ghosts (and other Collected Shorts) |
| Mark Templeton | I Cut Along Lines | Holden into Ryley |
| Joanna Newsom | Have One on Me | Have One on Me |
The Norwegian Olympic men's curling team, wearing the much-discussed checker pants, or "trousers."
| Artists | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Team Me | Weathervanes and Chemicals | |
| Owen Pallett | Lewis Takes Action | Heartland |
| Eloisa Lopez | Espiral | Por un Paisaje |
| Miss Emily BRown | World Traveller | In Technicolor |
| Basia Bulat | Sparrow | Heart of My Own |
| Sarah Jaffe | Clementine | Suburban Nature |
| Sufjan Stevens | Super Sexy Woman | A Sun Came |
| Toro Y Moi | Thanks Vision | Causers of This |
| Sunglasses | Whiplash | |
| Beach Fossils | Time | Woodsist 7″ |
| Caribou | Odessa | Swim |
| The xx | Islands | xx |
| JJ | Ecstasy | No. 2 |
| Kinnie Starr | Bonfires | A Different Day |
| You Say Party! We Say Die! | Heart of Gold | You Say Party! We Say Die! |
| Timber Timbre | Magic Arrow | Timber Timbre |
| The National Parcs | Twelve Word Song | Timbervision |
| Four Tet | Sing | There Is Love in You |
| The Postal Service | Brand New Colony | Give Up |
| CocoRosie | Black Poppies | The Adventures of Ghost Horse and Stillborn |
| Philip Glass | Metamorphposis 2 | Glass: Solo Piano |
| Colleen | I’ll Read You a Story | The Golden Morning Breaks |
| Mirah | Apples in the Trees (Pash Remix) | Joyride: Remixes |
| Electric President | Insomnia | Electric President |
Thank you to everyone who pleged to The Book of Right-On’s Fundrive show last week, or to any show during (or after!) Fundrive. The station reached our goal of $50,000 and we appreciate everyone who gave to help us get there.
Specific shout-outs to TBORO donors:
Brandee
Cheyenne
Corie
David
Eve
Heidi
Kirsti
Leslie
Melissa
Michael
Ruth
Sarah
Willow
Whitney
It’s Fundrive! The one week of the year where at CKUW, the campus radio station where I have been a volunteer for eight (8!) years, takes a break from regular programming to sweetly ask our listeners to give us their support in the form of moneys.I hand-pick each and every track for each show. Nothing is “playlisted” (that is, randomly selected from a bank of songs approved for airplay, as is done at other stations). I don’t just throw up an iTunes “genius” playlist and call it good enough. I use my ears and brain to put songs together in a way I think is interesting and surprising for me and for my listeners. This process of radio programming is something that is sadly going the way of the dodo — even at our beloved Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CKUW 95.9 FM allows me to share the products of my continual search for new music, a search that is driven by my voracious appetite for same.
The money we raise during Fundrive each year is vital to CKUW’s continued operation. Anyone who’s visited our very humble station knows we make a lot of radio with very little resources — your money will go a long way! The station’s goal for the seven-day pledge drive is $50,000. My show’s goal is a lofty $1400.
I suggest you call in (774-6877) to pledge during my show this Thursday (3-5 p.m. CT). As always, there are some special treats to sweeten the deal for you, the pledger. The standard CKUW incentive levels are:
$30 - CKUW Friends discount card
$60 - limited edition Fundrive t-shirt (+card)
$90 - Toque (+cards +shirt)
$150 - Zip hoodie (+toque +shirt +cards)
If you pledge to MY show, The Book of Right-On, at the $60 level or higher, you are eligible to win some unique prizes, including:
-CD prize packs (vetted by me - no filler!)
-a knit hat, handmade by me
-the traditional Book of Right-On Fundrive Pillow, designed, sewn, quilted and embroidered by me! (Also featuring my trademark “hand-typed” fabric, emblazoned with both stream-of-consciousness rambling and Arcade Fire lyrics!) (See attached photo)
$60 gets you in the draw, and each additonal $30 gets you another ticket in the draw!
Plus! EVERY SINGLE PLEDGER who gives $30 will receive the special edition BOOK OF RIGHT-ON FUNDRIVE MIX, complete with full-colour folded paper case!
Thank you for reading this. You get a gold star for that alone! But think of how much more you can get if you take the leap and support truly independent music programming. You can take ownership in another year of The Book of Right-On!
Love,
Jenny
| Artists | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Ian La Rue and the Condor | And It All Comes Down to This | A History of Layers |
| Miss Emily Brown | Septuagesima | In Technicolor |
| Joanna Newsom | ‘81 | Have One on Me |
| Kinnie Starr | Some Sun | A Different Day |
| Four Tet | Love Cry | There Is Love in You |
| The Bicycles | I’ll Wait for You | Oh No, It’s Love |
| Al Green | Lay It Down (feat. Anthony Hamilton) | Lay It Down |
| The Dears | Dream Job | Missles |
| Basia Bulat | Go On | Heart of My Own |
| Christine Fellows | What Makes the Cherry Red | Nevertheless |
| Hauschka | La Dilletant | Room to Expand |
| Rickie Lee Jones | Gethsemane | The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard |
| Ohbijou | Cliff Jumps | Beacons |
| Jaymay | Sea Green, Sea Blue | Sea Green, Sea Blue |
| The Phonemes | Snowshoes | There’s Something We’ve Been Meaning to Do |
| Timber Timbre | Until the Night is Over | Timber Timbre |
| The Wind Whistles | The Quietest Voice | Animals Are People Too |
| Years | 44 | Years |
| Yo La Tengo | Black Flowers | I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass |
| YACHT | I Believe in You | I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real |
| Lali Puna | Faking the Books (Dntel Remix) | I Thought I Was Over That |
| Milosh | Wrapped Round My Ways | III |
| The Books | Tokyo | The Lemon of Pink |
| Adem | Launch Yourself | Love & Other Planets |
| Artists | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Estelle feat. Kanye West | American Boy | American Boy |
| High Places | Head Spins | Ancient Almanac |
| Nobody | The Coast Is Clear (For Fireworks) | And Everything Else |
| Iori’s Eyes | Anchor | And Everything Fits in the Yellow Whale |
| The Crayon Fields | Choir of Tiny Boys | Animal Bells |
| Wolf Parade | Soldier’s Grin | At Mount Zoomer |
| So Percussion | June | Amid the Noise |
| DJ Numark and Pomo | Bad Luck Blues | Blend Crafters |
| Rise Ashen and Blissom | Sharoyal | Something Wicket |
| Amy Millan | Old Perfume | Masters of the Burial |
| Amos the Transparent | I’m on Trial | Everything I’ve Forgotten to Forget |
| Rah Rah | I’ve Got Faith | Going Steady |
| Basia Bulat | The Shore | Heart of My Own |
| Owen Pallett | What Do You Think Will Happen Now? | Heartland |
| The Bicycles | Two Girls from Montreal | The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly |
| Oh No! Oh My! | The Party Punch | Between the Devil and the Sea |
| Bob Wiseman | Born to Love You | It’s True |
| The Arcade Fire | A Nos Amours | Funeral |
| Grand Analog | I’ll Walk Alone | Calligraffiti |
| Feu Therese | A Nos Amours | Ca Va Conger |
| Ryan Dahle | Windmilling | Irrational Anthems |
| Ian La Rue and the Condor | Only Bad Guys Wear Ties (feat. Poor Tree) | A History of Layers |
| Milosh | Remember the Good Things | III |
| Azeda Booth | Kensington | In Flesh Tones |
| Stars | The Ghost of Genova Heights | In Our Bedroom After the War |
| Inhabitants | The Long Wait | Inhabitants |
My colleague and friend Taylor was kind enough to fill in for me on the show last week, and in doing so, did much to save my sanity and health in that harried seven-day period. Thank you, Taylor. (If you are intrigued by the playlist created by this young man, do check out the spot where he blogs his adventures: Do the Dada.)
Here’s the music he played! Good choices!
| Artists | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| broken social scene | stars and sons | you forgot it in people |
| band of horses | the funeral | everything all the time |
| pavement | stop breathing | crooked rain, crooked rain |
| devendra banhart | baby | what will be |
| final fantasy | keep the dog quiet | heartland |
| final fantasy | red sun no. 5 | heartland |
| memoryhouse | lately (deuxieme) | the years e.p. |
| azeda booth | in red | in flesh tones |
| j.r. hill | giant cabbage courtyard | with figurine |
| cfcf | invitation to love | continent |
| taken by trees | anna | east of eden |
| little girls | youth tunes | concepts |
| think about life | havin’ my baby | family |
| shotgun jimmie | louis depson | still jimmie |
| yacht | the afterlife | see mystery lights |
| the big pink | velvet | a brief history of love |
| the vivian girls | can’t get over you | everything goes wrong |
| the pains of being pure at heart | higher than the stars | higher than the stars |
| the vivian girls | tension | everything goes wrong |
| titus andronicus | upon viewing brueghel’s landscape with the fall of icarus | the airing of grievances |
| bloodshot bill | shick shack | git high tonite! |
| angry dragons | got to be you | s/t |
| do make say think | think | other truths |
| Artists | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Basia Bulat | The Shore | Heart of My own |
| The Acorn | The Acorn | Glory Hope Mountain |
| Bruce Peninsula | Shutters | A Mountain is a Mouth |
| Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) | Tryst with Mephistopheles | Heartland |
| The Hidden Cameras | In the Union of Wine | Mississauga Goddam |
| The Paperbacks | Regrettable Tattoos | Lit from Within |
| Hanne Hukkelberg | Cheater’s Armoury | Rykestrasse 68 |
| Jens Lekman | The Opposite of Hallelujah | Night Falls Over Kortedala |
| Hot Chip | One Pure Thought | Made in the Dark |
| Melissa Laveaux | Koudlo | Camphor and Copper |
| Alela Diane | Pieces of String | The Pirate’s Gospel |
| Juana Molina | Quiero | Segundo |
| Joanna Newsom | Only Skin | Ys |
| Julianna Barwick | Dancing with Friends | Sanguine |
| Colleen | The Heart Harmonicon | The Golden Morning Breaks |
| Hauschka | Rode Null | Ferndorf |
| Adem | Love & Other Planets | Love & Other Planets |
| Alazka in Winter | Close Your Eyes - We Are Blind | Dance Party in the Balkans |
| Aloe Blacc | Gente Ordinaria | Shine Through |
| Grand Analog | I’m on Fire | Metropolis is Burning |
| Artists | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Laura Veirs | July Flame | July Flame |
| Basia Bulat | Gold Rush | Heart of My Own |
| The Paperbacks | It Will Take Courage, My Love | Lit from Within |
| Owen Pallett | Keep the Dog Quiet | Heartland |
| Owen Pallett | Mount Alpentine | Heartland |
| Owen Pallett | Red Sun No. 5 | Heartland |
| Pacific Ocean Fire | Coal Black Hearts | Hibernation Songs |
| Mockey | Somehow Someway | Saskamodie |
| Idiot Glee | Ain’t No Sunshine | Idiot Glee |
| Ohbijou | Wildfires | Beacons |
| Amelia Curran | The Dozens | Hunter Hunter |
| Eleni Mandell | Needle & Thread | Artificial Fire |
| Freelance Whales | We Could Be Friends | Freelance Whales |
| Gentleman Reg | To Some It Comes Easy | Jet Black |
| Inara George | Can’t Say No | Accidental Experimental |
| John K. Samson | Grace General | City Route 85 |
| Julie Doiron | Heavy Snow | I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day |
| Lhasa | Is Anything Wrong | Lhasa |
| The New Pornographers | The Bleeding Heart Show | Twin Cinema |
| The Be Good Tanya | The Littlest Birds | Blue Horse |
| Lali Puna | People I Know | Faking the Books |
| Blunderspublik | A Positive Approach | You Are the Best Ever |
| The Books | It Never Changes to Stop | Lost and Safe |
| Tune-Yards | Fiya | Bird-Brains |
| Vampire Weekend | Horchata | Contra |
| Charles Spearin | Mr. Gowrie | The Happiness Project |