PLAYSHEET - April 11, 2009 (Cinnamon and Gravy...again)

NOTABLES:

The most notable aspect of this week's show was the return of former host/extreme bukkae-er Jesse Blondin. Jesse's last appearance on the show was marred by my inability to professionaly manipulate my coordination and digestive system. With the past firmly behind us (and smeared on the side of a garbage can), we tried once again to re-ignite the magic of yore. When all was said and done, the only thing that was truly ignited was the better part of CJAM's studio. Regardless, it was certainly a show not to be missed.

ARTIST/SONG/ALBUM

• Drums and Wires: Fragments (Drums and Wires)
• Spoon: Well Alright (Dark Was The Night)
• Wavves: No Hope Kids (Wavvves)
• Drummer: Diamonds to Shake
• M. Ward: Rave On, To Save Me (Hold Time)
• Superchunk: Learned to Surf (Leaves In The Gutter)
• Michachu: Vulture
• Black Lips: Drugs, Short Fuse (200 Million Thousand)
• Arcade Fire: Lenin (Dark Was The Night)
• El Goodo: Esperanto (S/T), Feel So Fine (Coyote)
• Papercuts: Dead Love (You Can Have What You Want)
• Coconut Records: Wires (Davy)
• Beck: Pay No Mind (Snoozer) (Mellow Gold)
• Modest Mouse: Doin' the Cockroach (The Lonesome Crowded West)
• Nirvava: Negative Creep (Bleach)

Guests: Jesse Blondin and Francois Jacques

PLAYSHEET - April 4, 2009

NOTABLES:

• PICK OF THE WEEK: Black Lips - Trapped in a Basement (Not sure how to peg this one as anything other than unique. Their sound isn't anything new but it should say something that I'm still listening to it days later)



• SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Covers (Collection of covers of notable Merge artists as done by contemporary counter-parts or some straight out of left field. Apples in Stereo's cover of Neutral Milk Hotel and Times New Viking cover of Arcade Fire are more interesting than they are enjoyable. Like hearing the song for the second-first time)

ARTIST/SONG/ALBUM

• Still Flyin: Following the Itenerary, Forever Dudes (Never Gonna Touch the Ground)
• Peter Bjorn & John: It Don't Move, Lay It Down (Living Thing)
• Apples in Stereo: King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 3 (SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Covers)
• Times New Viking: Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) (SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Covers)
• The Soft Pack: Right and Wrong, Future Rock (The Muslims EP)
• The Boy Least Likely Too: Saddle Up, When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade (The Law of the Playground)
• Papercuts: A Doctor's Lament, The Machine Will Tell Us So (You Can Have What You Want)
• Black Lips: Trapped in a Basement (200 Million Thousand)
• Condofucks: What'cha Gonna Do About It (Fuckbook)
• Surf City: Free the City (Surf City EP)
• The National: So Far Around the Bend (Dark Was The Night)
• Husker Du: The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill (New Day Rising)
• Buzzcocks: Walking Distance (Operators Manual)
• The Ponys: Small Talk (Turn the Lights Out)
  

Guests: Francois Jacques and Paul Ibrahim

PLAYSHEET - March 28, 2009

NOTABLES:

• PICK OF THE WEEK: Drummer - Diamonds to Shake (Side project of Patrick Carney, drummer for the Black Keys, which is comprised of other drummers from bands around Ohio. Carney plays bass on the track and it is one of the best songs I've heard this year. Indie rock/Shoegaze combination makes for a very mellow yet impressive debut for the band. Check out the song on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/drummertheband
• Wavves - No Hope Kids (Solo project from a 22-year old San Dieogan who is making quite a stir on a lot of the music websites around the web. Drawing comparisons to No Age and Sonic Youth among others, it is a bit of noise, a bit of lo-fi, a bit of rock, a bit of everything and then some.)
• Spanish Armada - Hotel by the Sea (Sweeping song that starts off slow building to a prolonged but not too long ending. Elements of Grandaddy, The Annuals and other rock/ambient bands of the past 5 or so years.)

ARTIST/SONG

• Greater California: All the Colors, Them the Downs
• Meatdraw: The Old World, The Afterlife
• Wavves: No Hope Kids, Weed Demon
• His Mischief: Freaks Up Front
• Drummer: Diamonds to Shake
• Telekenisis: Coast of Carolina
• The Spanish Armada: Hotel by the Sea, Hotel Corners
• Venice is Sinking: Okay
• Freddie King: Goin' Down (Theme from Eastbound & Down)
• Condo Fucks: So Easy Baby
• The Antlers: Atrophy
• Grand Archives: Torn Foam Blue Couch
• The Rosebuds: Blue Bird

voice of the voiceless. (JAMMIES).

CJAM's annual parade of talent known as the JAMMIES is just around the corner. Like the People's Choice Awards, it is up to the listeners to determine who is voted top of the pops. Unlike the People's Choice Awards, more than 4 people will actually care about the results...and I won't have the primal urge to squish my genitals between two bricks after each winner is announced.

If you're so inclined visit http://jammies09.cjam.ca/index.php?sid=29.

Vote for your favourite show in a variety of categories, as well as submit your own nominee for best live venue, best local band and best program commercial.

I'd campaign for your vote but I don't believe in bribery.

Wait. No. I DO believe in bribery. I DON'T believe in the vote for women.
I always get those two mixed up.

the times they are-a-changin.

Courtesy of CJAM's official website...

Today the CRTC approved the application for CJAM FM to move its broadcasting undertaking from 91.5FM to 99.1FM. With this move CJAM will be officially designated as a Full Power “Class A” radio station, with “protected status”. This designation is critical for community radio stations like CJAM as it prevents other broadcasters from applying for its signal. This past fall CJAM faced this very threat when the CBC applied to move CBC Radio One to the FM dial at 91.5. The application was eventually withdrawn, but an American applicant for 91.5 was approved by the FCC, necessitating the move to a new frequency. This is an historic day for CJAM and for the legacy of community radio in Windsor and Detroit, as CJAM will finally gain the long-term security it has deserved for so long. Thanks to the Commission for upholding the Broadcasting Act of Canada, and thanks to CJAM’s community of listeners, programmers and volunteers for sending letters to the CRTC in support of the application. CJAM is now proceeding with technical changes necessary for the change in signal. More details on when CJAM will be changing frequencies will be made available soon.

This is good news for all involved. Whatever ensures that Note to Self will continue to corrupt the moral fabric of each one of 7 listeners is a positive thing.