September 19, 2010: The Strombo Show Returns! Polaris Prize Finalists, Playlists & Goodies (& G12 Count Down)!

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The Strombo Show Playlist & G12 Count Down
Sept 19, 2010
[ G12 Pending Confirmation & *Mostly* Complete!
Rest of Playlist to come. ]


[ UPDATE: Sept 20, 2010; ~2:59am (posted 7:00am):

New-ish Feature: Table of Contents

G12 Count Down ~ Sept 19, 2010
Bob & G's Road Song/Mix-Tape Playlist (Full list pending!)
Ten O'Clock with Tom
Polaris Prize "Interview" w/ Steve Jordan & Top 10 Nominees/Finalists Short List Playlist (Partial details.. more to come!)
The "Big Lie-Down" (Full list pending & details to come!)



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[ UPDATE: Sept 21, 2010; 2:23am:
G12 Count Down's status is still the same.. up, with a few missing tracks.

But.. the Polaris Music Prize Playlist from Sunday night's show is up.. no interview summary or deets yet, but we wanted to get the songs up while we could still type... barely. ]

HERE WE GO...

We were able to tag or note *MOST* of the tracks while listening to the show on Sunday, Sept 19, 2010.

We did listen 2x, but the chat was busy, busy in AST/EST timezones and it was a hectic night w/our first real chat back in ~2 months.. and we are still missing about 7-8 of our regulars.. but had ~7-8 people hanging out chatting about the show!

We managed to record most of the songs in the PST timezone listen.. as the chat was really quiet then. So there will be as full & a complete list as we can rustle it up.. as in.. as soon as we can get it finished in the next couple days!

G12 Count Down is up & as close to complete as we could manage. The full playlist is still to come!

All tracks played on the show are in: Blue and Bold!
So they are easy to view/find/read on the page with all the other notes. Hope that helps! Feedback welcome!

Any Errors and/or Omissions are totally my fault!
IF.. you have any corrections or info that we're missing, please leave a comment on the blog (below), or ping me & we'll update the blog list!

Thanks. Enjoy.

[ AND.. as always.. Feedback, comments, notes, etc are ALWAYS welcome!

[ Also, we keep evolving this layout each week (but working on a template/regular format to stick with & make life easier & to get the playlist up sooner!).. 
So if you have any suggestions/ideas, please let us know by commenting somewhere on the blog. ]


The G12 is.. 12-1 like it is on the show (and in the full playlist) so it in the proper order of things. So far.. no one has complained, so we're going with it.
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G12 Count Down ~ Sept 19, 2010
[ My NOTEs in italics AND square [ ] brackets (usually) ]

[ UPDATE (Sept 20, 2010): As mentioned above confirmation of the G12 is pending!

We put a "?" question mark in front of the G12 until we confirm those tracks.

Last time we saw a G12 was the June 6th, 2010 show.. We believe.. So we put those as the "last weeks" G12 list and the prior week (May 30, 2010) as well.. since it was there and it has been THAT long! ]

[ Thanks to @wildworks, @ragzey_z, @Huskermould, @Barb_Wheeler.. and a few others we've missed b/c it's early in the AM.. (Sorry.. we'll complete the list later!) They were hanging out in the Skype chat on Sunday night at various times & helped me in catching the songs, band names & info! You guys & gals rock! ]

[ START of the G12 ]

?G12 - #12: Pulled Apart By Horses - High Five, Swan Dive, Nose Dive

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #12: Zeus - At The Risk Of Repeating
Prior week (May 30, 2010) #12: Kings Go Forth - I Don't Love You No More

[ What the wikipedia has to say about Pulled Apart By Horses.
First off they are an English band... Which is almost always a receipe for awesome right there..

But here is the Pulled Apart By Horses mySpace page.. so you can have a listen to some other tracks & decide for yourself! Sadly it appears they are only snippets of the songs so you don't get the full experience :( ]

?G12 - #11: M.I.A. - It Takes A Muscle

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #11: Club 8 - Western Hospitality
Prior week (May 30, 2010) #11: Voyager One – 1,000 Miles, 1,000 Deaths

[ Wow. You should have heard/see/read the total up-roar in
The Strombo Show Chat Skype "chat-room" once we all realized that we in the midst of the G12 and the jingles that intro each G12 song were missing in action! Aside from 1 vote not liking them.. everyone else was pretty sad :(((

As well.. you can't tell what song is what.. AND it adds something so VERY unique to the show.. that NO other countdowns do!
It's one of the reasons we personally *LOVE* the show.. it's about more than music, it's snippets of culture.. (from our "vintage" if we may borrow that phrase from George)
#BringBackTheCount! I/We ♥ it! ]

?G12 - #10: Homeboy Sandman - The Carpenter*

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #10: Gabriel Mintz - Desert Sky
Prior week (May 30, 2010) #10: Ten Bears - Braces
[ * we didn't personally catch the name/track here at all.. So we're not 100% we have the correct track. Thanks to @huskermould tho for help with this one.

And.. can't say we actually know really what AutoTune is (but that appears to be a good thing to be ignorant of from what we keep hearing..) We're pretty sure we haven't listened to any songs made/that use it.. that we are presently aware of.. ]

?G12 - #9: G9: Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #9: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Prior week (May 30, 2010) #9: Band of Horses - Dilly
[ This is a new-ish "Arcade Fire" song... more deets to come..
We just can't recall anything else right now. ]

?G12 - #8: G8: Brendan Flowers - Only The Young

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #8: Drake (Feat. Lil' Wayne) - Miss Me
Prior week (May 30, 2010) #8: Broken Social Scene - Texaco Bitches
[ This is off the solo album by Brendan Flowers lead singer of The Killers. Sounds like it could be a Killer's song for sure to me!

Interesting Personal Note: The Killers were the band that helped one of our collective find "indie" music again in way..

"I remember listening to to the radio one fine day in the summer o'2004 as I was driving up the #2 Highway in Alberta.. heading from Edmonton to Calgary (a drive I used to make ~1x/month when I lived there).. and "Mr. Brightside" came on the radio.. and it blew my mind!

I wasn't sure what it was.. but as a dancer it spoke to me so deeply. And I also sat there convinced that it was some 80's-90's alternative band that I somehow just missed knowing about back then. I hadn't bought a CD in ages, but I promotely found the 1st record store I could (in my old stomping grounds in Calgary and picked up HOT FUSS (Wikipedia Link) so freaking fast your head would spin..

And years later when I moved to Vancouver & first learnt to spin fire.. it was one of their songs.. "Human" that was the first song that really allowed me to understand what I loved about fire spinning so much!

I *heart* The Killers.. Human! ]



[ Still in the middle o'G12 here: ]

?G12 - #7: Kings Of Leon - Radioactive

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #7: Megafaun - Volunteers
Prior week (May 30, 2010) #7: Zeus – (The) Renegade
[ New Album.. oh the pressure as G said! ]

?G12 - #6: Tokyo Police Club - Boots Of Danger (Wait Up)

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #6: Ten Bears - Braces
Prior week (May 30, 2010) #6: Gord Downie - The Hard Canadian


[ So.. IN case you've been under a rock for ~the last month or so.. you'll have heard that the show formally know as The Hour has transformed into George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight.

And yes.. George mentioned all the jokes here.

Well the obvious ones.. Haha.. GST.. HST.. etc. (Nice. More on this later..) we got the sense that he would prefer people call it GS Tonight for short. We're torn.. it's not an hour anymore.. but it's going to take some time for these long time fans to adjust here to not calling it The Hour.

We personally thinking they should have gone w/Strombo Tonight (TV) to match/pair up with The Strombo Show (radio)... that would have been better branding IMHO. But then again.. no one asked us.

More details to come.. but for now..

New ways on *How to contact G*!

(Hint look for the "white".. we know.. WTF?!)

New Website.. http://www.cbc.ca/strombo
The old Strombo Show Website Strombo.com re-directs to there now. With a new streamlined look.. it integrates:
1. The (old) Hour site into the new
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight,
2. The (old) Strombo Show site into well.. still The Strombo Show
3. (along with The Hour..) I mean..,
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight's YouTube Channel (last we checked it still said The Hour on there ;),
4. High-lites from G's Twitter feed, other Social Media links (Facebook only for now), & other goodies to come..

AND.. we have a gut instinct they are working on an iPhone/iPad/other mobile phone app? Maybe..
Now.. we don't know this for sure, BUT.. if anyone asks..
You heard/read it here FIRST!

(But we hope they keep the content on the old Strombo Show Facebook page somehow ~link to come to refresh your memories)..
SO MUCH GOOD INFO there!)

Facebook: New-ish "Integrated" George Stroumboulopoulos Facebook Page

George's Twitter: @Strombo

Email:
Via the new George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight website: http://www.cbc.ca/strombo (not exactly sure where this is yet...)
OR
Direct Email: George (@) strombo (.) com

Some other cool links to be aware of:
CBC Radio 2 Main Page: http://www.cbc.ca/radio2
CBC Radio 2 Latest Blog on New Strombo Shows/Launch ]
And more to come here as well.. or check the sidebar for related links (we're still in the process of updating them all to reflect these new changes!)
[ Back to the G12 here: ]

?G12 - #5: Interpol - Success

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #5: Shad - Lucky 1's
Prior week (May 30, 2010) #5: LCD Soundsystem - Somebody's Calling Me
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[ Bunch of other songs here.. including:

Bob picks Road Songs.. w/George to make their Ultimate Road Mix-tape..

~Criteria.. 5 categories...

1. Songs that make you speed/(songs that keep you awake/caffeine for your ears)
2. Songs that make you sing out loud regardless of whom is in the car w/you..
3. Songs that are "arm out the window".. banging.. (not that kinda banging ;) funk-mobile style
4. Songs that make you think of your ex.. (uh oh.. this outta be interesting)
5. Songs that represent "the wild card".. and explore, or inspire you to learn on the journey o'life!

G suggested.. a #6: songs that keep you awake & Bob merged that in w/songs that make you speed...
Caffeine for your ears! ]

[ NEW Neil Youg.. (or Uncle Neil as George calls him):
Alas.. not sure if we went back to finish off the rest o'the G12 here?]
Neil Youg - Walk With Me

[ Wicked guitar feedback effect here.. OMG!
Missed a song or a few (the rest of the G12?)..
First song after Neil Young.. FireBoys? ]

?G12 - #4: < Missing / >

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #4: Woods - Blood Dries Darker
Prior week (May 30, 2010) #4: The Chemical Brothers - Swoon
[ You can have a listen for the "previous" week track here at the Your Third Dear Blog and the Woods mySpace.
NOTE: "Blood Dries Darker" was not on the mySpace playlist when we last looked (June 6th), hence the other link. ]

?G12 - #3: < Missing / >

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #3: LCD Soundsystem: Dance Yrself Clean
Prior week (May 30, 2010) #3: Mark Ronson - Bang Bang Bang (Feat. Q-Tip & MDNR)
[ The LCD Soundsystem mySpace. we've posted this one before, but when last checked (June 6th) the previous G3 song is not one of the ones in the playlist there. Still looking for other links & DLs... ]

G12 - #2: < Missing / >

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #2: Earl Greyhound - Ghost And The Witness
Prior week (May 30, 2010) #2: #2: Shad - Rose Garden
[ Previous weeks info to keep you entertained until we confirm this weeks tracks:
The Earl Greyhound Website and Earl Greyhound mySpace
Ghost And The Witness was up on their mySpace when last checked.. June 6, 2010.. if you want to have a listen again. Love that guitar.

If you sign up for their mailing list, you get a FREE song. We did it. And apparently you can also get another song if you follow them on Twitter: @earlgreyhound. Which we still have to do, we think.

And another FREE track download is available we've heard.. if you follow them on Facebook (we'll find that one later if you don't first..). ]

G12 - #1: < Missing / >

Last week (June 6th, 2010) #1: Neon Indian - Sleep Paralysist Prior week (May 30, 2010) #1: The Black Keys - Everlasting Light

[ The Neon Indian Wikipedia and Neon Indian mySpace
And over at Stereogum.com there is this "article": Neon Indian – "Sleep Paralysist". Wow. Is he cute or what!?! Was the female collective consensus.]


[ END of the G12 ]

[ NOTE: That's the best we've got ATM on the missing tracks. Please comment if you have anything we've missed! TIA.

We'll have a chance hopefully sometime in the next few days to have a go @ figuring out the missing tracks to get the rest of the correct info up.

Unless "The mother ship".. we mean..
The *NEW* Integrated Strombo Website has posted the full playlist, so we can confirmed what we are missing from them
(only ~3-4 songs from the G12 list actually... so not too bad, if we might say so)! ]
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[ Ten o'Clock (I mean 9:37pm) w/Tom:
Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen)
Well.. Sigh.. that was so nice.. ok.. We've possibly recovered from Beyonce finally now..

We'll explain later if you missed that part of the show. We *wish* we were joking here. But Beyonce WAS played on the Strombo Show. More on that later.. in the Highlights & Excerpts section to come, as we have LOTS to say on this.. lots o'interesting stuff ;)

Anyway.. back to Ten o'Clock w/Tom.
Some notes from the chat.. Someone mentioned that their MOM LOVES TOM since listening to him on the Strombo Show & had to buy two CDS for her of Tom songs! How awesome is that!? ]

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Polaris Prize "Interview" Segment:

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[ This took us to the start of the Polaris Prize "Interview" with Polaris Founder
Steve Jordan & some seriously wicked awesome music information..

Follow Polaris Prize on Twitter: @PolarisPrize and the #PolarisPrize HashTag for info or posts (yah, yah.. "tweets") today on events (if you're in TO there is a free fan "event".. )

Oh yah.. and of course, info about the 2010 WINNER!

We'll get this up as soon as we can.. we have ALL the tracks, etc..we'd just like to sleep now!

They were played in "Alpha Order".. so no favortism!

Here are the tracks played on the show.. all the goodies & info & deets that we recall from the interview, etc.. later. We just wanted to get the actual "playlist" up. ]

Polaris Prize Top 10 Nominees/Finalist Short List #1:
The Besnard Lakes - Albatross

Polaris Prize Top 10 Nominees/Finalist Short List #2:
Broken Social Scene - World Sick

Polaris Prize Top 10 Nominees/Finalist Short List #3:
Caribou - Found Out

Polaris Prize Top 10 Nominees/Finalist Short List #4:
Karkwa - Marie Tu Pleures

Polaris Prize Top 10 Nominees/Finalist Short List #5:
Dan Mangan - Robots
Polaris Prize Top 10 Nominees/Finalist Short List #6:
Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Action

Polaris Prize Top 10 Nominees/Finalist Short List #7:
Radio Radio - Dekshoo

Polaris Prize Top 10 Nominees/Finalist Short List #8:
The Sadies - The Quiet One

Polaris Prize Top 10 Nominees/Finalist Short List #9:
Shad - Yaa I Get It

Polaris Prize Top 10 Nominees/Finalist Short List #10:
Tegan And Sara - Alligator

Previous years winners:

The 2006 Polaris Music Prize Winner - Final Fantasy
The 2007 Polaris Music Prize Winner - Patrick Watson
The 2008 Polaris Music Prize Winner - Caribou
The 2009 Polaris Music Prize Winner - Fucked Up

AND... the 2010 Polaris Music Prize Winner – Karkwa

[ If you missed any of the artists in the list.. they are over at the Polaris Prize page below w/their bios, links to iTunes to buy music, & super CBC Radio 3 playlists.. so you can listen to what you want to hear before you buy! How awesome is that!

Go there.. and we won't put all the separate links since you can get it all in one fancy/awesome place!

Polaris Music Prize Short List (2010) Direct Link: http://polarismusicprize.ca/2010shortlist ]

This was a long segment.. it went from
~9:42 Start! To..11:15-ish Finish!

So NO Album Side tonight.
And there was a Big (Massive) ~45 mins Lie-Down if it started right after the Polaris Prize Segment.. as it appears to have been the case.. those tracks later too.

Night.. Morning? Enjoy!



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Thanks for your patience as always as we get the list up! And for reading. Enjoy!

And please contribute if you have questions, comments, feedback, links, band or song info, etc.. Please comment on the blog.. it's nice to know you are out there enjoying the music, the show, the chats, and the info above as much as we are. Thanks!


Yours in musical awesome-ness,
~(now former) StromboShowChat Collective
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June 27, 2010: The Strombo Show Playlist - Special Repeat Inteview/Take-Over Show (*NO* G12 Count Down)

The Strombo Show Playlist (no G12 Count Down this week):
June 27, 2010


[ UPDATE: June 29, 2010; 1:57am:

Managed to get some of the playlist from June 27th up..  will flesh things out a bit later more w/additional links, commentary & pics, etc..

But we wanted to at least get something up here & a quick "place-holder post (with some deets) while working on getting the full playlist up! ]

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~ The Strombo Show Playlist [ "inComplete", & "unConfirmed" (NO G12 again this week) ]: June 27, 2010

~ Ten O'Clock with Tom
~ The "Big Lie-Down"


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[ AND.. while you're here visiting & reading the playlist, etc..
go VOTE in our polls here first (and then come back):
Polls on Strombo Show Chat Blog.

Yes.. that means you.. it won't take more than a minute or two (if the flipping things are working correctly :).

Help be a part of the direction & future of The Strombo Show Chat/Fan Blog.. and please comment on that posting if we missed anything in the polls, if you have any questions, or if you have any suggestions for any other future polls.

Thanks muchly! ]

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We were able to tag or note pretty much *ALL* of the tracks while listening to the show on Sunday, June 27th.. yes.. a geeky 2x. There are perks to PST ;)

The show was a little bit different again this week, as it was a re-hash/re-mix of two interviews/show take-overs that George had "bands" do in the past ~2 months.

We had Gord Downie return to the show, as well as the illustrious Band of Horses (wow.. the chat was crazy that night I tell you)!

The Gord Downie interview segment originally aired on May 23rd.. and as you *may* note.. that is one of the rare missing playlists that we haven't put up yet.

Reason being.. that was the week that George and The Hour were out here in Vancouver, and so.. we were a bit (ok MEGA) distracted and all and didn't have any time to do it. We hope/guess we'll get that segment down at least this time for this playlist and we'll back-track later & finish up the May 23rd one sometime soon(-ish).

The other interview that was featured on Sunday, June 27.. on our "end of season" and highlights show we guess you could call it.. was Band of Horses.

Now Band of Horses stopped by back on May 16, 2010... which wasn't ALL that long ago, but it was an enjoyable 'lil' interview/chat. AND.. good news, that playlist is up over here at: May 16, 2010: The Strombo Show Playlist (& G12 Count Down), so since we'll be stealing from ourselves to port it on over here.. hence, what we tried to get up first was some of the other tracks played this past Sunday.. since you can go look there for their segment. Sound like a plan?

And also.. keep in mind.. there was NO G12 Count Down again this night!

We had sorta thought we heard (we being us & the Strombo Show Chat Crew) that it was going to return this week.. but instead it appears that this show may have been the last of the few blood for a while.

We know.. we know.. we're in new music withdrawal too.. guess we have to find some time to #tapAvein & go read some new music blogs.. we'll see what we can post here if we are into repeats, as we might be able to get some old... OLD.. playlists up.. *gasp* and well.. go to the beach on Sunday afternoons instead of hosting the chat! Novel idea.. huh! (Thanks George.. that's really sweet of you to think of that... haha.)

We're still going to see if we can get some sneak peeks or hints for us.. but we have to find some time to email the boys.. and then.. they actually have to email us back.. oh wait.. sorry.. we're laughing.. LAUGHING as that is not likely.. Darby, George.. bucky.. how about it eh? ;)

So, as we mentioned..the show on Sunday, June 27, 2010 was a montage of interviews, some new stuff, but also.. NO Bob or Rich... But we did see a bell chime at the Ten o'Clock Hour with Mr. Tom Waits.. and a few tracks that used to be in the G12 were floating around in the playlist.

[ As for the rest of the updates... stay tuned...

We may still do a "Highlights & Excerpts section" but will see how it goes w/all the repeat-ish stuff in here. ]

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All tracks played on the show are in: Blue and Bold!
So they are easy to view/find/read on the page with all the other notes. Hope that helps! Feedback welcome!

Any Errors and/or Omissions are totally our fault!
IF.. you have any corrections or info that we're missing, please comment or ping me & we'll update the blog list!
Thanks.
Enjoy.

AND.. as always.. Feedback, comments, notes, etc are ALWAYS welcome!
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*** And please note.. while there has been a few mini-updates posted over at The Strombo Show Website.... but George is now down in LA (or as we call it Lala-land) on vacation and apparently working on some other "projects".

Darby the main producer/God (or at least we think he is.. the main producer of the Strombo Show.. not God.. yeesh.) for the Strombo Show is also off & away for the summer, so we're guessing it's unlikely that they'll get much in the way of updates etc, while the boyz are on "summer break"!

And it doesn't look like they took us up on our offer to update if for them if they like maybe gave us the passwords & FTP access to the site(s) & oh PAY us.. LOL.
Ha.. ya right eh?!

Hmmmm.. here's a theory.. it could be why those shows aren't up on the website.. as we'll be hearing them again. Crossing our fingers that they do get up after a round two showing tho, as there are a few shows in our lovin' it list.

If we get around to it and have some time we may also get some other goodies up here other than playlists for y'all.. but you have to be really nice to us and like feed us cookies and things if you want that ;)

So.. we "may" share some tidbits from George's road-trip later if we find time to put together another post in the next few weeks.. but you can always check out his Twitter (see the sidebar here for a block w/his Twitter updates) & TweetPhotos, etc.. as we would just steal stuff (with credit of course) from there anyway.

[ We keep evolving this layout each week (but creating a template/regular format to stick with & make our lives easier & to get the playlist up sooner is hard when George keeps changing the freaking show format on us!).. 

Of course, as mentioned above, this week is unique in that there isn't a G12, and no Bob OR Rich from CBC Radio 2!

If you have any suggestions/ideas, please let us know by commenting here, or somewhere on the blog. ]


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The Strombo Show Playlist [ Mostly "inComplete", & "unConfirmed" (NO G12 again this week) ]: June 27, 2010

[ BTW. ChatShowCollective comments are in [ "Italics" ]. In case it isn't obvious. ]

[ We've opened up with the following songs... lots more to comment on later! ]

Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon

The Libertines - What Became of the Likely Lads (Album Version)

Love Is Not A Contest - Sebastien Grainger

The Mynabirds - Numbers Don't Lie

David Bowie - Uncle Arthur
[ Might be the (The Original Stereo Album Mix)? ]

LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrslef Clean

[ Former G12-er here (and the next one too).. and one of our personal favorites.. dance, dance.. damn long song too!
Search for LCD Soundsystem in the blog, there are links & precious things somewhere in here... ]

Neon Indian - Sleep Paralysist

[ And We *almost* thought we missed this song.. or one song in here.. but we think since we remembered the "Don't Sleep" part of the song.. that we didn't. We hope. Also search the blog for it.. as we know we put some links up last time when it was in the G12. ]

TV On The Radio - Playhouses

[ Album is Return to Cookie Mountain! Is is odd that we want to bake cookies, right now.. at ~2am. Hmmm... ]

The Cure - Pictures of You

[ Might we say.. we were in SUCH HEAVEN getting to hear this song on the radio.. Oh my. OH MY! The 2nd time 'round was just as good too ;) Thank you.. thank-you.. THANK-YOU... G! ♥♥♥! ]

Otis Redding - I've Got Dreams To Remember

[ And here.. these 2 songs in a row.. so why we freaking ♥HEART♥ the Strombo Show.. The Cure into Otis Redding! Hot damn. We got so distracted just listening.. here.. we completely forgot to note down the songs.. so we think it went straight into the Gord Downie tune & interview segment after this.. ]

Gord Downie - The East Wind

[ And those tracks should take us into Gord Downie interview/takeover... which we will not have up right now.
Sorry. But soon!

Links about Gord.. and tracks played to come.. ]

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~ Ten O'Clock with Tom: Tom Waits - All The World Is Green

Let's Wrestle - I Want To Be In Husker Du

Husker Du - Turn On The News

The Hold Steady - The Sweet Part of the City

[ **Missed one here? The Coppertone - we think that was the song missed.. ]

Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years?

Jack White - Fly Farm Blues

[ Bit of a gap here and missing songs in the list.. BUT we will get them up in a bit.. just need to do some editing.. but it was an interesting segment! ]
[ We then drove head first into the Band of Horse interview and songs.. which you can go see here for the full listing: May 16, 2010: The Strombo Show Playlist (& G12 Count Down). We listed just the first couple of songs for the moment until I can port it all over here nice & neat. ]
Band of Horses - The Funeral

Band of Horses - Laredo

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[ And of course about here we hit the end of the night with a very short & sweet sorta, kinda "Big Lie-Down", but no Album Side. Background Music is "Pink Floyd" of course.. but not one that is usually played.. a different one.. ]
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 1)


[ But the "Big Lie-Down" starts here.. ]
Pink Floyd - Pigs On The Wing

[ We think this was Part 2?/Side 2?. We'll check later.. it's late.. well actually early.. And we *may* have missed a song or two in here.. We're not really sure... Something animals? ]

Sparklehorse - Sunshine


[ And we may have missed another song here.. at the end. But I think "Crystalised" was the last one of the night. ]

The xx - Crystalised
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[ NOTE: That's the best we've got ATM. Please comment if you have anything we've missed! TIA. ]


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Thanks for your patience as always as we get the list up! And for reading. Enjoy!

Please contribute if you have questions, comments, feedback, links, band or song info, etc..

And.. Please comment on the blog.. it's nice to know you are out there enjoying the music, the show, the chats, and the info above as much as I am. Thanks!


Yours in musical awesome-ness, ~(now former) StromboShowChat Collective
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May 30, 2010: The Strombo Show Playlist (& G12 Count Down)

The Strombo Show Playlist
[ Highlights & Excerpts section done. Full Playlist still to come! ] & G12 Count Down [ Complete.. & confirmed! ]:
May 30, 2010


[ UPDATE: June 03, 2010; 2:05am:
The Highlights & Excerpts section is up.. more or less. I haven't edited/reviewed it as well as I normally do, so hopefully there aren't any major glaring mistakes anywhere.

UPDATE: May 31, 2010; 10:06pm:
I managed to screw up and not click the right setting again and lost of bunch of hidden code. Blah. I'm kinda thinking that should be a universal setting for ALL posts. #JustSaying. This may take some time to re-do. Working on a template to make my life easier overall, but these things take time..

So.. the Highlights & Excerpts section may take a bit to complete. Damn.

Ok.. maybe sooner than expected.. I had bad insomnia and did a bit of ~1-2am coding.. just need to clean-up and edit, and make all pretty and such.. and it'll be up.. hopefully later on Tuesday-ish. (Make that Wed-ish, I need sleep!) I DO accept both hugs & kisses as thanks! And money.. but kisses are best ;)

Looks like the G12 Count Down is complete though. Someone sent me the one track I was missing.

And we now have official confirmation from The Strombo Show Website. It was updated on Tuesday morning-ish.. right after a visit was paid to this blog from someone at cbc.ca... Hmmmm...?! ;)

Thanks to everyone who has contributed & helped!

Enjoy! ]

NOTE: Yes, I am aware that I didn't do any post(s) from last week.
I did start one, several in fact, but never got any up and no playlist, etc. I'll see if I can remedy that this week, but the one thing I decided in doing this blog, etc.. is that it has to be fun for me, since it is just me doing it.. and I kinda don't get paid to do it... so I just do what I can, when I can!

Actually, I re-arranged my schedule A LOT for the week The Hour was here.. so I didn't have as much time this past week. If you don't like it.. you can offer to help. Or just live with it. So there. ;)


I was able to tag or note *MOST* of the tracks while listening to the show on Sunday, May 30th. I did listen 2 times this time 'round.. surprising as I had a mega headache at the start of things & going in to start hosting the chat session, etc and was not sure I'd last at all.

Also.. since I was hosting the chat session & we had a few new people stop by, I may have missed a few tracks there.. and I was majorly distracted by (and LMAO at) Darby & George's chat (#ThankGodForTheLeftNipple!) which seriously took me off into some tangents today.. (wonderful and awesome.. but still tangents). LOL.

And I was was deeply entranced listening to the great Rob Zombie interview that I think I may have missed some stuff there too. But as I said above, there will be as full/complete list as soon as I can get it up!

Since no one has complained.. and well.. since I'm in charge here...
I'm sticking with the color-coding of all tracks played on the show in:
Blue and Bold!
They sure seem easy to view/find/read on the page with all the other notes. Hope that helps! Feedback welcome!

Any Errors and/or Omissions are as always.. totally my fault!
IF.. you have any corrections or info that I'm missing, please comment (or ping me) & I'll update the blog list!

Commenting here is the best way if you have any suggestions, corrections, or track listing info for the playlist or the blog!
Thanks. Enjoy.

Feedback, comments, notes, etc are ALWAYS welcome!


And please note.. the G12 Count Down is now posted up on
The Strombo Show Website. Just about mid-week-ish, like I always say! Although.. they haven't numbered the tracks they put up.. but they match what I have here, so I think we're safe.

However, I was told by one of the producer types of the show that they are updating the website/server. That was kinda ages (read weeks) ago, so I'm hoping they can get it up to date soon.. and a month ++'s worth of the show's streaming "web-casts" would be awesome too (hint, hint)..

I'm going to try and continue putting the previous weeks (May 23, 2010 in this case) G12 in-line at the song's last position on the chart (not in a different color, yet) for comparison.. but I'll see if I have that list complete somewhere first, since I'm missing my own post from last week that I usually steal from!

And.. I decided that the list being 1-12 here instead of 12-1 like it is on the show and in the full playlist hurts my head, so I'm changing it to the proper order of things. Hope that's ok with everyone?!

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G12 Count Down ~ May 30, 2010
[ My NOTEs in italics ]

G12 - #12: Kings Go Forth - I Don't Love You No More
Last week #12: Love Is All - Bigger Bolder
[ What a lovely and funky start to the show & to the G12 Countdown this week.
Kings Go Forth mySpace: http://www.myspace.com/kingsgoforth, but the track "I Don't Love You No More" is not up there.. (at least when I last looked).
However, there is also an excellent review over at our friends Pitchfork.com: Album Review - Kings Go Forth - The Outsiders Are Back ]

G12 - #11: Voyager One – 1,000 Miles, 1,000 Deaths
Last week #11: Roky Erickson (feat. Okkervil River) - Goodbye Sweet Dreams

[ Bunch of other songs here.. ]

[ NOTE: BTW... George, Darby.. Yah.. Again. Mega thanks from The Strombo Show Chat Fan Crew for keeping #10 countdown track intro w/The Count! We SO ♥ it. ]

[ George you were pretty hesitant to collect your thank-you hug for this at the show Wed night in Van. I can't imagine you were actually scared of me... I don't bite. Ok.. well.. maybe I do... BUT only if you ask VERY nicely.. and it's fully consensual.. and I don't leave marks where anyone can see them.. as I prefer the same ;) Haha.. Sigh.
I am kidding.. well.. mostly. But we are all very thankful for The Count.. Personally he kinda makes my Sunday night! ]

G12 - #10: Ten Bears - Braces
Last week #10: The National - Lemonworld

[ Bunch of other songs here.. ]

G12 - #9: Band of Horses - Dilly
Last week #9: Kele - Rise Up

G12 - #8: Broken Social Scene - Texaco Bitches
Last week #8: The Flatliners - Carry The Banner

G12 - #7: Zeus – (The) Renegade
Last week #7: Cocorosie - Lemonade
[ I hunted about only a wee bit and couldn't find much for Zeus in a cursory look, but I did find this, so you can at least have a listen if you liked them. Last.FM: Zeus – The Renegade ]

G12 - #6: Gord Downie - The Hard Canadian
Last week #6: Plants & Animals - Tom Cruz

G12 - #5: LCD Soundsystem - Somebody's Calling Me
[ Maybe it's just me.. but I'm not really feeling the whole LCD Soundsystem latest.. ]
Last week #5: NAS & Damian Marley - The Promised Land

G12 - #4: The Chemical Brothers - Swoon
Last week #4: Mike Snow - Billy Holiday

[ Bunch of other songs here.. ]

G12 - #3: Mark Ronson - Bang Bang Bang (Feat. Q-Tip & MDNR)
[Mark Ronson mySpace: http://www.myspace.com/markronson ]
Last week #3: The Hold Steady - The Sweet Part Of The City

G12 - #2: Shad - Rose Garden
Last week #2: M.I.A. - XXXO

G12 - #1: The Black Keys - Everlasting Light
Last week #1: Midnight Masses - Walk On Water

[ Updated! Correct now. I hope.
Thanks to @kelgura on Twitter for identifying "Mark Ronson - Bang Bang Bang" as the G3 for me. Not sure what I heard, but it was not that.. (I heard Q-tip or something, which seriously could not have even been close) and I listened to the track in his mySpace (listed above) and I don't recall it at all.. so as usual the Final G12 Countdown is pending confirmation from the mother ship.. I mean.. The Strombo Show Website :)

Oh. My. Gods. I was right... I did hear Q-Tip. How seriously weird is that. There's some rap artist, or should I say... "arTisT" dude named Q-Tip. LMAO. Really? Really?! Hmmm... I must investigate. Rap is not my zone.. but this.. this is EFFing funny. ]


[ NOTE: That's the best I've got ATM on the missing tracks. Please comment if you have anything I missed! TIA (That means "Thanks In Advance".. in case you're not on up on your acronyms).

I'll have a chance hopefully sometime in the next few days to have a listen to the missing tracks to get the rest of the correct info up. ]


[ Interesting notes on the G12 Countdown...

I was looking back at old playlists for various reasons.. (actually finding minor mistakes & correcting them.. as I'm particular that way ;) and I noticed a few things...

1. What the hell happened to NAS & Damian Marley's song(s).. they just vanished out of the blue from the count down?

2. Where on earth did this weeks #1 come from? Don't get me wrong.. I like "The Black Keys - Everlasting Light" and all.. but it came in from outta thin air.. as did last weeks.. "Midnight Masses - Walk On Water". Just wondering.

3. Roky Erickson (feat. Okkervil River) - Goodbye Sweet Dreams was #11 back on May something (getting the date later) and then vanished from the countdown.. unless my records are wrong.. then re-appeared. George.. I know you don't do drugs.. but have your sound engineers been hot-boxing you w/out you knowing it or something?

4. There are a whole bunch more G12 anomalies I noticed.. but I have to go look at those old playlists again for comparison.. and it's late (well early morning) and I should try that sleeping thing here. ]
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See above in UPDATE section.


But apparently I lost my code again. More sighing. So.. I'll get it up when I can.. since it seems I'll be re-doing a WHOLE bunch of work..

But I'm actually doing a template now & back to coding in Notepad like a good old school coder that I am, so that should remedy any further code "accidents".

I'll get: The Strombo Show Playlist: May 30, 2010 (Highlights & Excerpts) section up as soon as I can!

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Ok.. the (Highlights & Excerpts) sections is done!

The Strombo Show Playlist: May 30, 2010 (Highlights & Excerpts)

~ I'm still working on the rest of the FULL playlist/"Embedded" layout like I did before...

But I really liked this section for more of the comments, etc. So I'm keeping it.

I've decided that it will be on-going.. (since it's a nice way to do the list up in 3 different "posts"/updates/phases as well..)
1. Get the G12 up likely Sunday night/Monday morning.
2. Update with: The Strombo Show Playlist: (Highlights & Excerpts) section.
3. Update with: The Strombo Show Playlist Complete w/G12 "Embedded"
Hope you like this format too.. comments are welcome!

[ There are actually a ton more comments, links, etc that I had either in here before when I lost that code or wanted to include, but I also decided to just get up what I had and add it in later if I can.. there is always more to share! ]

We had the following snippets from Sunday..

~ NO Bob Mackowycz this past Sunday. :(
[ We had no Bob segment on the show this week again.
I believe he was away sick or something, so best wishes in getting well and hope to see him back over the next few shows. ]

Metallica - Master of Puppets
[ This is one of the reasons I so ♥ The Strombo Show.. hearing old Metallica on the radio.

It takes me back my teens where I'd stay up late listening to MegaWatt Mayhem on CJSW! (Links to come!) ]

[ A whole big block of G12 Tracks were here.. like 6 in a row. I only mention it because it was a bit odd to have so many grouped together. Just when I think I have George's "system" figured out, he changed it on me. If I didn't know better, I swear he does it to drive me crazy ;) ]
G12 - #9: Band of Horses - Dilly
G12 - #8: Broken Social Scene - Texaco Bitches
G12 - #7: Zeus – (The) Renegade
G12 - #6: Gord Downie - The Hard Canadian
G12 - #5: LCD Soundsystem - Somebody's Calling Me
G12 - #4: The Chemical Brothers - Swoon

David Bowie - The Jean Genie
INXS - Don't Change
[ INXS on The Strombo Show. One word. Awesome! ]
Pavement - Date With IKEA
Nightwatchman - The Road I Must Travel

[ Ten o'Clock With Tom: Was actually more like 9:44pm with Tom.. but who's keeping track ;) ]

~ Ten O'Clock with Tom: Tom Waits - Come On Up To The House

[ And what better time to fit in a little good old real country in than here.. ]
Merle Haggard - More Than My Old Guitar
[ George talks a bit with Rich shortly after this about how he is such a city boy, but how growing up in the country changes your connection and experience of country muisc..

This I know.. this I can relate to very well..having grown up in a very rural setting until just before I was a teenager. However, the "country" music I grew up listening to on a ranch.. that my parents played.. you didn't think of it as country music.. it just was music.. like the Merle Haggard tune here.. it just was.. and I remember it well. ]
Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart


~ Rich's Picks:
[ Yah for Rich's picks.. #GoodTimes! ]

Rich's Pick #1: Fred McDowell - Bull Dog Blues
[ Ohhhh.. Delta Blues make my night, day, whatever.. so glad to hear them. There are so many amazing artists out there.. and they are still churning out strong from the south. ]
Rich's Pick #2: Marty Robbins - The Master's Call
[ Loving that Marty Robbins keeps getting played here.. Although I do wish I had a record player so I could play my Marty Robbins record. ]
Rich's Pick #3: Marlene Dietrich - Look Me Over Closely
[ There were a few interesting comments made in the chat session on Sunday night..
1. Someone initially thought that it was George playing these songs, not Rich, and made a comment that there might be hope for George yet. Lol. Whatever that means.. but then again, not everyone has such diverse musical tastes. I.e. I like *almost* everything played, but there are few places where I shake my head. But even if I don't "like" it per se, I can deal with it and/or appreciate it.
The 2nd. comment was also something that I saw someone make on one of the FB postings.. is that they were wondering if sometimes Rich is just f*cking with us.. with his song choice(s). I say no. He really is just that diverse, and strange, and awesome. Kinda like George is. Thanks boys. ]

[ I actually accidently tagged the #3 opening song.. it's a real song!
I didn't know this.. cool.. But note.. it's not a part of the actual song listing for the day.. even thought it's in blue.. ]
Bob Dorough - Three Is The Magic Number

[ The G12 Tracks in the middle of things.. ]
G12 - #3 - Mark Ronson - Bang Bang Bang (Feat. Q-Tip & MDNR)
G12 - #2: Shad - Rose Garden
G12 - #1: The Black Keys - Everlasting Light


~ Rob Zombie Inteview:
(& Takeover.. sorta? Well, not really.. but there were a few requests played)

[ BTW... there are those 2 "posts" up on
The Strombo Show Website (or was it on the FB page.. I'll have to double-check later) but for sure over at CBC Radio 2 Strombo Program Section:
Your Strombo Take Over Playlist? (by Li Robbins).

Check them out.. make a comment, etc.. Like I said.. I think there is also a place on the Strombo FB page (link to come) as well to make comments.

Personally.. I'm finding it a bit too much.. too many places for such things. Just pick one.. or get your website updated already George to handle such things, in one central place! But.. that's just my opinion.. ]


[ George started off playing a few tracks from Rob Zombie to get us in the mood... ]

1st Song: Rob Zombie - Mars Needs Women
2nd Song: Rob Zombie - Sick Bubblegum
3rd Song: Rob Zombie - Thunderkiss 65

[ Sadly... George did not play my favorite Rob Zombie song.
Oh wait.. how could he know.. Actually.. he could as I'm quite sure I've emailed a litany of requests some time ago including this one.
In case he missed any of those emails.. I'll say it here. "Dragula" would be nice sometime, or any of the other requests I've made.. :) ]

Rob Zombie picks - #1: The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
Rob Zombie picks - #2: Elvis Presley - Burning Love
[ Gotta love that you can hear Elvis on The Strombo Show.. and not just any Elvis.. deep burning love Elvis.. ]

Slipknot - Spit It Out
[ George played a song from Slipknot (for Slipknot?), with their sad, sad recent loss. ]

~ "Album Side": The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street


[ Last song on side 3 first.. ]
The Rolling Stones - Let It Loose

[ Then Side 4. ]
Album Side #1: The Rolling Stones - All Down The Line
Album Side #2: The Rolling Stones - Stop Breaking Down
(Robert Johnson)
Album Side #3: The Rolling Stones - Shine A Light
Album Side #4: The Rolling Stones - Soul Survivor
[ The end.. of the "Album Side". ]

~ The "Big Lie-Down"

[ As far I can recall.. we went straight from the "Album Side" into the "Big-Lie Down".

Actually.. George went right to the midnight hour AGAIN this time.. barely squeezing in the last 3-5 tracks of the show. ]


From the "Big Lie-Down" segment of the show:

[ Intro/Background Music (taking us to the collective horizontal) ]

Spiritualized - I Didn't Mean To Hurt You

[ And Spiritualized was sorta part of The Big Lie-Down. I think.
It was hard to tell since the Pink Floyd (intro) music played again here. ]

Song #1 (The Big Lie-Down): Mogwai - R U Still In 2 It
[ I would LOVE to hear the interview George was talking about with regards to Mogwai. ]

Song #2 (The Big Lie-Down): Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child
[ Oh.. Billie Holiday.. not my favorite song by her.. but hearing her just makes my heart open up a little bit more every time! So Beautiful. ]
Song #3 (The Big Lie-Down): Metric - Love Is A Place
Song #4 (The Big Lie-Down): Thursday - i1100
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[ That's all for now.. lots more to come to finish filling the final playlist out. Hopefully I can get it done before the end of the week! ]



Thanks for your patience all!
Enjoy.

Yours in musical awesome-ness,

~(now former) StromboShowChat Collective