Saturday, December 30, 2006

just a day late or a dollar short...

****edited post****

i'm
so busy i didn't get a chance to play random friday. so i played it this morning. :) i can't miss out on the last one of the year!

very alt/rock/punk this week i think.

1. did you see the world – animal collective
2. our science is tight – dillinger four
3. new radio – bikini kill
4. news of the day – greg (name withheld)
5. blue orchid – the white stripes
6. she's so high (live) – blur
7. all my life – foo fighters
8. be my valentine - les tabernacles
9. the devil in miss jones – mike ness
10. antilyrical - seaweed

i'm working my last shift in retail today. thank god. my wish today is for no customers to touch me.

i'm going to try and catch up with some writing tomorrow but i'm pretty heavily booked. i've scheduled in sleeping late and then an afternoon nap. :)

just in case i sleep all day tomorrow, have a great new years eve everyone and best wishes for 2007!

Friday, December 22, 2006

happy holidays...

in honor of the season, an all holiday random mix for friday.

1. sleigh ride - wynton marsalis
2. hey santa - royal crown revue
3. the little drummer boy - harry simone chorale
4. silver and gold – faith & disease
5. song for the girl with two of everything – carolyn mark
6. merry christmas darling – the jaguars
7. blue christmas – face to face
8. wonderful christmastime - martin sheen, john spencer & stockard channing
9. winter wonderland - tony bennett/vanessa williams
10. my christmas prayer - saint etienne

happy holidays to y'all!

ps... strombo show recap coming. i won't be listening sunday as i'm working, so if something interstesting is on, let me know. i'm assuming nothing much will happen as it's xmas eve. i think. :)

Friday, December 15, 2006

i've got the power....

this morning, i woke up 1/2 hour after i was supposed to start work. yep, no power for me. and as a special bonus, i got the morning off. yippee!

i was driving home from work tonight and some areas had power and some didn't. i passed lougheed mall and it was pitch black. i got to my neighbourhood, some houses had power, some didn't and pulled up to my street.. yah! power. i am happy.

here is my friday random top ten. it's kinda random, kinda chicky, kinda mellow, and contains one song that mentions bananas. :)

1. nightfall – sue garner
2. you wouldn't like me – tegan and sara
3. made me madman [live] – backyard babies
4. walking in the shade - the colorifics
5. new york, new york – ryan adams
6. enter the lists – mekons
7. dig me out - sleater-kinney
8. poison arrow – abc (hee hee!)
9. the ground beneath her feet – u2 with guest daniel lanois
10. you look like a gorilla – the mopes

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

just as soon as i belong, then it's time i disappear...

a little metallica for you.

to all my blogging/online pals, i know i owe some of you some posts, and i owe some of you some cds. and i owe all of you comments but i am working 24/7 right now and will be for the next two weeks. ok, not quite 24/7 but it sure feels like it. i will catch up with you all in a couple of weeks. and happy holidays if i don't talk to you until after christmas.

i will leave you with my latest pondering. i was driving to work yesterday and i see a courier car. right on the side of it, it says it is a driver training car. i look at the driver, and he is wearing a helmet. what are they training him for?

if the strombo show is live this week, i will be around online then.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

i'm bored, i'm the chairman of the bored . . .

so last week i mentioned that i would be missing the first hour or so of the strombo show as i had to work. i raced home after work, got my car stuck in the snow as someone had parked in my space and had to dig myself out. i finally got inside, only to realize that alex wasn’t on (apparently he was sick) and there would be no this week in bob. thanks to toccata and evelyne for offering to fill me in.

the players were strombo, bob, and hilary doyle. ‘nuff said. my next 'the hour' post will deal with ms. doyle.

normally, when i miss part of the show, i go back and read the myspace comments to fill in. i had no desire to do that this week. so this week, the recap only deals with the last hour.

mr. stroumboulopoulos mentions evelyne and the goat and how he met her and her mom in montreal. i believe he said he loved her as well. :)

new segment this week in animals. the only story i followed was hunter, the black lab who saved his family, only to be put up for adoption. mr. stroumboulopoulos called them a bunch of asses. however, it didn’t seem as black and white as that when i read the story.

dittytalk.com, a myspace for christians is discussed. apparently instead of tom as your first friend, it’s jesus. bob thinks it should then be hisspace.com

things they liked.

mr. stroumboulopoulos is going to like dec. 6th as this is the day of the special olympics gala fundraiser.

bob likes bob karlin from the daily show. he was at the onion.com, then space ghost and now the daily show. he’s now leaving the daily show and bob wants to send a shout out. he wants his life.

bob has no heroes as he is to busy resenting other people’s success.

bob thinks show me the money with william shatner is the best show on tv. he highly recommends it. mr. stroumboulopoulos says you don’t like this show. you told me it was a crap show but you can’t stop watching it. bob says he likes crap.

overall, i didn't really enjoy the show that much this week. and the feedback i got from people, well, they felt the same way. let's hope alex is better tonight!

Friday, December 08, 2006

i'll keep it in a hidden place...

i'm getting gas at the station on the way home from work, and there is a huge lineup at the car wash. at 10pm at nite! weird.

anyways, here is my friday random top ten. and it's very random this week.

1. power - aduck (oddly the last song i heard the night before)
2. iou - metric
3. wonderful life - nick cave & the bad seeds
4. white chocolate space egg - liz phair
5. hidden place - björk
6. lions in my own garden (exit someone) -prefab sprout
7. rock-n-roll records (ain't sellin' this year) - supersuckers
8. a matter of minutes - shawn colvin
9. black shuck - the darkness
10. goin' against your mind - built to spill

for those about to rock...

as requested, here is the track listing for my xmas cd from last year. i should mention that i do have a couple of rules when i make my tape/cd.

1. a song can only be represented once on the tape/cd. (ie.. only one version of "jingle bells' per year)
2. only one appearance per artist is usually allowed. short spoken messages are not included so the artist can also have a song on as well as a message.
3. once a track has made an appearance, it gets retired and doesn't appear again.

since last year was the first year for the cd, all songs were ruled eligible.

each year tape/cd has a different good/bad name.

trad side.

1. jingle bells (greetings from esquivel!) - esquivel!
2. baby, it's cold outside - dean martin
3. sugar rum cherry (dance of the sugar plum fairy) - duke ellington
4. mambo santa mambo - the enchanters
5. a party for santa claus - lord nelson
6. rudolph the red-nosed reindeer - the cadillacs
7. linus and lucy - vince guaraldi trio
8. you're a mean one, mr. grinch - thurl ravenscroft
9. here comes santa claus - elvis presley
10. rockin' around the christmas tree - partridge family
11. winter wonderland - aretha franklin
12. have yourself a merry little christmas - ella fitzgerald
13. go tell it on the mountain - mahalia jackson
14. who took the merry out of christmas? - staple sisters
15. we wanna see santa do the mambo - bill darnell & the smith brothers
16. christmas kisses - ray anthony
17. papa noel - brenda lee
18. santa looked a lot like daddy - buck owens
19. santa's beard - the beach boys
20. christmas time's a-coming - emmylou harris
21. i won't decorate your christmas tree - loretta lynn
22. it's beginning to look a lot like christmas - bing crosby
23. mistletoe and holly - frank sinatra
24. o little town of bethlehem - willie nelson
25. joy to the world - patty loveless (duet with jon randall)
26. god rest ye merry, gentlemen - t-bone burnett
27. what are you doing new years eve? - mary margaret o'hara
28. blue christmas - johnny cash
29. silver bells - merle haggard
30. christmas is a-comin' (may god bless you) - lorne greene

rad side

1. holiday message - johnny cash
2. feliz navi-nada - el vez
3. captain morgan's rum - ddt
4. don't believe in christmas - the sonics
5. back door santa - jet
6. christmas (baby, please come home) - new bomb turks
7. i did it for the toys - dance hall crashers
8. santa's got a gto - ramonas
9. twelve days - the dino martinis
10. clint frostwood - chillaz
11. little drummer boy - dandy warhols
12. fairytale of new york - the pogues
13. christmas - the posies
14. silent night - the dickies
15. father christmas - the kinks
16. stepping into christmas - the wedding present
17. always after christmas, boring - the sixth great lake
18. first snow of the year - hawksley workman
19. kidnap the sandy claus - paul reubens, catherine o'hara, and danny elfman
20. santa's pissed off - andy dick and the bitches of the century
21. merry christmas (i don't want to fight tonight) - ramones
22. the christmas song - the raveonettes
23. hooray for santa claus (theme from "santa claus conquers the martians") - sloppy seconds
24. run, run rudolph - humpers
25. xmas eve (she got up and left me) - rancid
26. homeless for christmas - black halos
27. auld lang syne (adios from esquivel!) - esquivel!

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

i collect christmas music. the good, the bad and the ugly. i don't discriminate. and for years now, i have made a crazy ass christmas tape for my friends. and until last year, it was a tape. not a cd.

i finally made the switch to cd last year. the reason i held off for so long was because i really enjoyed working with the format of the tape. two sides. the tape evolved early on into a good/bad side. the good side, was guarenteed to be family friendly. you could play it with kids or grandparents present. the bad side, well, you took your chances. plus a lot of my cool xmas tunes are actually on vinyl. and i am not sure how to convert vinyl into mp3's.

since last year was the first on cd, i made a two cd set. a kind of best of you could say. one good, one bad. however, that was a one shot deal. i am still strugging with how i will do the break down on one cd. but that is this weekend's project.

i'm feeling festive so if anyone is interested in this project, let me know.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

at the car wash...

ok, to the middle aged blonde white trash woman driving the chevy truck (licence plate 684 K*R). the next time you cut me off, i am going to ram my car into your damn truck!

picture this. an extremely busy intersection ( lougheed and willingdon). me, at the traffic light, waiting for the light to turn green. a different truck beside me. the light turns green. the truck beside me speeds on thru the intersection. i start to go, and a truck tries to sneak into the intersection to make a right turn. i pause, the truck stops. silly me, i think because you have stopped and i have a freakin' green light, i should be able to continue on thru. but nooooo, you wait until i have sped up, and then you enter the intersection. and then freakin' stop 1/2 thru your turn. blocking my entire lane! in the middle of rush hour. where the hell did you want me to go lady?! it's not like going into the lane next to me was an option. hi, lots of cars there. so i slam on my brakes, and wait for you to figure out how to straighten out your truck in order to complete the turn. grrrrrrr.

the above happened right after something else happened. i hate squeegee kids. with a passion. they always have the dirtiest water and after they are done, my windshield is worse than before. plus i feel it is extremely danagerous as well. so i was sitting at the light, and this squeegee kid jumps out of nowhere and starts washing my windshield. i'm like.. nooo, noo. but she keeps doing it, and i am surprised because she had good water and soap and did this awesome job. and then smiled and walked away when i shook my head. i felt bad. but do i give money for a good job when it is something i feel is wrong? it's not like i don't give money in other situations. and i've bought food for people as well. i am so conflicted.

Friday, December 01, 2006

loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream ...

ok, i have to remember to turn in early for the strombo show. i like to hear him and the pastor talking. this week mr. stroumboulopoulos plugged the upcoming show with whether or not you should date your friend’s sister. the pastor said no. but then mr. stroumboulopoulos countered with, but what if she’s really hot. laughter all around. the pastor seems really cool. i remember liking him when he was on 'the hour'.

this week’s excuse for any inaccuracies. i had a lot on my mind. we will get back to that later.

and now the strombo show. the triumvirate returns.

bob talks about the jerk of an indie record store guy at rotate this. total jack black from high fidelity. these people do exist. (and i can vouch for that!) bob called them up, doing research for the hour and wanted to know about canadian new releases. the guy said ‘yah, umm, we don’t really do that. why don’t you call somebody else? bob talked about them not wanting to sell records and mr. stroumboulopoulos said they want to sell records, just not to you. bob does not go to these kind of stores. he says go to hmv. mr. stroumboulopoulos says they don’t have what he needs. alex never had that experience and why do i care what they think.

mr. stroumboulopoulos has a facebook account.

bob is growing weird facial hair.

mr. stroumboulopoulos was driving up to the radio station today. he likes to drive fast. it was a gorgeous day in toronto and he had the window down, and was dancing and singing to system of a down. he looked over at the car next to him and a girl was filming him on her cell phone. part of him wanted to run them off the road. he was thinking what did i say, what did i do? once you are famous, if you do something wrong, someone will see it. alex suggests that perhaps the girl was filming him because he was an idiot, not because he was famous. mr. stroumboulopoulos says that he doesn’t view himself as famous. and that the girl said his name. alex says that if you don’t want to be filmed being a jackass in public, don’t be a jackass.

donnie was out a couple of weeks ago at the opening of the new james bond movie. it was packed and there were no seats available. the couple in front of them were making out like crazy. mr. stroumboulopoulos asked if that was all they were doing. donnie says yes, it was gross and they didn’t stop when the movie started. alex wants to know how graphic it was. donnie says it was pretty bad. mr. stroumboulopoulos wants to know if you could see four hands. donnie says three. mr. stroumboulopoulos says it is ok to make out in movie theatres, but not sold out ones. sit in the back. he was an usher for seven years. mr. stroumboulopoulos says it is not ok in family movies, but james bond is ok. bob is totally fine with it. it’s not in the best taste when the lights are on. but it’s love, you gotta let it go. in paris, people make out in the subway. i’m with george, it’s more tasteful when the theatre is (and i have no idea what the next word is). mr. stroumboulopoulos has seen it in theatres as a usher. when he was 15, got to see man on man action in one. ok, so that’s what that looks likes. bob issues out some make out challenge, it has to be love, not vulgar. (thought – wasn’t donnie who told the story about the cab driver not liking his pda’s?)

mr. stroumboulopoulos was definitely driving over the speed limit during his dancing episode. bob wants no loud music, no cell phones when driving.

hannah sung is on. plugging her work with care canada.

the discussion turns to karma. bob wants to define it. payback in this world. bob wants to know in this life? mr. stroumboulopoulos says i don’t care what happens when you die. bob tells a story about a not so cool girl in school that had a crush on him. 15 years later in a bar, a super model looks at bob and says.. bobby is that you? same girl from from grade seven. she’s super model gorgeous. she makes aphrodite looks like a mute. she says that bob was always so sweet to her. and she thought what a good guy. she’s going to med school and is bartending to pay bills. bob ends up asking her out and she turns him down.

the n.s – sloan (which is weird, because it was in my random top ten this week).

so lonely – the police. currently mr. stroumboulopoulos’ favourite police track (as previously mentioned, i remember because i love this song as well.)

there are a lot of callers about karma. alex feels things are more random. and then someone named cindy from toronto calls in and is so mean to bob. because she says maybe bob looks like a loser and that is why the girl didn’t go out with him. alex says oh my god, that was so mean. (i could not agree any more).

someone sends in a message about karma and about some bar where mr. stroumboulopoulos worked. some girl he hit on got hit by a car. it then goes into a conversation about whether or not women like being hit on or being hit on by mr. stroumboulopoulos. or something like that. and shouldn’t mr. stroumboulopoulos have been hit by the car, if it was karma related. (but i only now understood that point that the original person meant was that because she turned him down, she got hit by the car. at least i am assuming that is what they meant)

a cab driver calls in. his mom loves mr. stroumboulopoulos.

bob grew his facial hair because he had a limited amount of shaving cream. he was mortified. the last thing he wanted was a goatee. but since then, a woman stopped him in the hall at work with ‘you’re looking good’. he can not stressed how often that does not happen. it’s probably the first time. and he got some really nice sweater comments on a sweater he has worn plenty times before. the next day, a group of girls were like.. hey come party with us. alex thinks bob is making all of this up.

and now, it’s time for this week in bob with our host, alex! (clap clap)

sunday – they are at the radio station. bob is very angry because he hasn’t eaten. he is even angrier because the pizza man is 40 minutes late. bob gets angry at the pizza people on the phone. alex has to leave the room. bob devours the pizza and then he gets someone to go get him a sandwich because he wants to eat again. alex has to watch him wolf down a hoagie.

monday – bob is wearing what is pratically a jogging suit. alex thinks he has given up. this is a uniform of one who has given up.

tuesday/wednesday/thursday – bob is in a bad mood these days. stay away from him. do not pay attention to him. alex does not want to get involved in his life.

friday – on the way out from work. alex is working on the computer and bob starts rubbing his shoulders. it’s awkward, but not in a gay way. bob then leaves. he doesn’t say anything. what does it mean?

peels of laughter around the room. teaser for next week. bob grows facial hair. it looks like his has been eating chocolate and has gotten it around his mouth.

mr. stroumboulopoulos doesn’t think bob was mean to the pizza guy. he thinks he showed restraint as they blew the order. but everything else was right.

some song plays and bob says mr. stroumboulopoulos is jogging, running up and down like a gothic olivia newton john. alex says it’s the most exercise he ever got. mr. stroumboulopoulos says he is going to barf. bob asks about the music. after he doesn't reallly get the information, alex says bob gets dissed again for asking about new music.

someone on myspace accuses alex of stalking bob. bob to alex – you stalk me and you don’t even like me. alex – i sit right across from you!

advice time. at some point hilary doyle comes on. i think that is the last i will mention of her

someone needs help getting motivated for writing their masters thesis. it’s about uranium and bacteria. mr stroumboulopoulos suggests thinking about how it is something that is worthwhile to do.. ie good for the community. bob compares it to a reality tv show. ie.. big brother but with uranium. alex says turn off the radio, concentrate on your homework. nobody gets anything done listening to bob. bob doesn’t get anything done listening to bob. bob also suggests to start smoking and grilled cheese sandwiches in the middle of the night.

podcasts are discussed. bob says people should contact the station if they want podcasts.

a 23 year old female virgin calls in asking if she’s weird. mr. stroumboulopoulos says not weird at all.

ok, after this i have no notes until things they like segment. this is because i asked for advice and didn’t take any notes after that. i will blog about that separately.

bob likes unironic moustaches. he can’t stand ironic moustanches.

bob’s careless whisper moment is he likes deal or no deal. mr. stroumboulopoulos has never seen it. alex thinks it is the stupidest show ever. do not waste your time. it reminds bob of italian variety shows.

alex is not feeling this segment. yesterday he went to some restaurant in niagra on the lake and it was yummy. mr. stroumboulopoulos comments that alex always goes to niagara on the lake. alex says it’s the first time this year!

mr. stroumboulopoulos likes the new penelope cruz movie.

special bonus feature this week. mr. stroumboulopoulos at the geminis.

no recap next week. or at least not for the first hour or so. it all depends on when i get home from work. :(

hearts that are torn between what's wrong and ain't...

friday random top ten, better late than never.

play here, post here.

overall, the mood was melancholy this week.

1. overture – movie cast (it's a wonderful life)
2. ciega, sordomuda – shakira (ok, you know i never cheat if i leave this one. i really need to clean out my player.)
3. hope there's someone - antony and the johnsons
4. what a wonderful world - nick cave & shane macgowan
5. halos and horns – dolly parton
6. saving grace – tom petty
7. bittersweet symphony – the verve
8. intro - eminem
9. temporary loan – edith frost
10. lil' hoss – mount shasta