The epic six hundred and fifty seven song cycle on 6:57 to St. John's

Updated for week 18-24 Jan.

6:57 to St. John's has been on air at Vancouver Cooperative Radio since the early summer of 2011. In some ways it still feels like the show is just beginning. We predate the CFRO frequency swap from 102.7fm to our new place on the dial at 100.5fm. However the show is a mere baby compared to the likes of Redeye, or the Reggae Show.

Talking of reggae - we kick off at 7am or 6:57 following the Roots Reggae show hosted by Lynden and Rocky. Me, I've been a programmer at Coop Radio since 2005 having been involved with Redeye, The Rational, African Vibes, Last Call, Front Row Centre, Media Mornings and currently Sound Resistance and 6:57 to St. John's.

The 6:57 is a show playing new Canadian music releases. We play music from across the country. Listen to the most recent podcast of the show at coopradio dot org/station/archives/14077

Right now we are in the midst of our 657 song cycle. We are playing 657 songs and no repeats. There will be songs by the same artists but definitely not the same song.

All feedback on tracks played gratefully appreciated at garyjarvis@live.ca


We will update the list of the 657 songs each week.


Songs played
18.1
277 Love - Kendal Thompson
276 Body break - Mark Mills
275 Bad boy - Mikey Maybe
274 The clear blue sky from which the plane fell - Eternal Husbands
273 Mirador - Efterklang
272 Polygyne - Efterklang
271 Aventine - Agnes Obel
270 Dorian - Agnes Obel
269 Fuel to fire - Agnes Obel
268 Cul de sac - Les soeurs Boulay
267 At the end of the line - Leff Vollebekk
266 They want blood - Fevers
265 It could be sweet - Portishead
264 Aventine - Agnes Obel
263 Merchants - Twin Library
262 Abandon everyone - Twin Library
261 Broken axle - Wooden Sticks Wooden Sticks
260 Bad situation - B-17
259 Everyone is alone - Keep Me Safe
258 The war, the wars - Flow My Tears
257 I love King Selasie - Black Uhuru Band

11.1
256 I am the resurrection - The Stone Roses
255 A way with your words - Imaginary Cities
254 Body break - Mark Mills
253 How to land a hot air balloon - Keep Me Safe
252 Think you can make me? - Dynamo & Badnutbeats
251 Dating someone you actually like - Mikey Maybe
250 Hush - Mikey Maybe
249 A song about honesty - Hello Moth
248 Intro voice mail - Fritz Helder
247 A song about devotion - Hello Moth
246 An explosion - Eternal Husbands
245 Cherry girl - October
244 Celebrate - Decades
243 Lower flag - Twin Library
242 Don't decide - Dinosaur Bones
241 Lights so low - Stuck On Planet Earth
240 Past nostalgia - The City Streets
239 Diane - Wind Up Radio Sessions
238 Little bird - Wind Up Radio Sessions
237 Long dark car - The Pleasurists
236 I was only dreamin love - The Pleasurists
235 Local ghosts - The Raccoon Wedding
234 Coastal - Monomyth
233 A box of light - Ostrich Tuning
232 It goes right through - Ostrich Tuning
231 September - Wooden Sticks Wooden Sticks
230 Staser - Wooden Sticks Wooden Sticks
229 Hibernate - Wooden Sticks Wooden Sticks

4.1
228 I am the resurrection - The Stone Roses
227 Bluedays - Twin Library
226 The clear blue sky from which the plane fell - Eternal Husbands
225 16 - Eternal Husbands
224 An explosion - Eternal Husbands
223 Big bird - Animal Parts
222 Reborn man - Tim Moxam
221 Sooner or later - Imaginary Cities
220 Big heart - Juice
219 John Holt - Soatoa
218 The ballad of Emily - Corey Isenor
217 The hedonist - Papermaps
216 Don a veil - Entire Cities
215 Oh dear oh dear - Entire Cities
214 A coat of loup garou - Entire Cities
213 Nu beginnings - Congo Natty
212 Tubby at the controls - King Tubby
211 Greetings - East Van All Stars

28.12
no live show, 21.12 show rebroadcast

21.12
210 Diamond in the ruff - Elaine Shepherd
209 Minimum wage - Doug Hoyer
208 Chanson de route - Les Soeurs Boulay
207 The body of a healer - Esther Grey
206 My friend - Esther Grey
205 Where do people go when they go away - Little Suns
204 Alive - Stuck On Planet Earth
203 People in your neighbourhood - The Gertrudes
202 Without praise - The Gertrudes

Interview with Geoff Smith of Saskatoon band Gunner & Smith. This interview can be heard at radioisradio.wordpress.com It will be online within a few days.
Prior to the interview we played G & S songs 'Send Me Out' & 'Bears'. Following the interview we played 'Open Door'.

201 Two gun blues - Gunner & Smith
200 Light, I'll call your name out darkness - Grey Kingdom
199 Blue bird - Grey Kingdom
198 Go free - Dinosaur Bones
197 Loveless - Shoot The Image
196 Reservation girl - Federal Lights
195 Reve - Eternal Husbands
194 Sawdust & Rum - The City Streets
193 Into the place of dead songs - The City Streets
192 PBC - Falklands
191 Lonely soul - Falklands
190 Their helicopters sing - Godspeed You Black Emperor

Correction, rewind the count by one to 189, we have played The Liar twice as part of the 657 song cycle, so back to 189,

14.12
190 The Slo - The Balconies
189 The Liar - The Gertrudes
188 Jesus, she's a good girl - Andy Shauf
187 Antenna - Old Reliable
186 Do it in the dark - The Balconies
185 Nobody gets it - The Papermaps

Stuck On Planet Earth special focus. This part of show featured an interview with SOPE band member Al Capo. More information to follow at radioisradio.wordpress.com
184 Stay Away - Stuck On Planet Earth
183 Honestly Speaking - Stuck On Planet Earth
182 Better - Stuck On Planet Earth
181 Gone - Stuck On Planet Earth

Interview with Al Capo and playing of Fast Forward

180 Happiness kills - Young Manics
179 Honestly speaking - Stuck On Planet Earth
178 Open door - Gunner & Smith
177 My best plaid - The City Streets
176 The deer - The City Streets
175 The quiet dark - The Pleasurists
174 My friends are learning - Paper Lions
173 Vision - Monomyth
172 Kathy's waltz - Old Reliable
171 East Hastings - Godspeed You Black Emperor

7.12
170 Break the chain - Tena Clark
169 The liar - The Gertrudes
168 Walking down the street with Lola - The Gertrudes
167 Don't let me go - Jimmy Hunt
166 All give thanks to the banks of America - The Gertrudes
165 Quietly awake - Boreal Sons
164 Wildwood - Code Pie
163 Triste comme ta robe - Bravofunken
162 Emma Dee remix - Dynamo & Badnutbeats
161 Cut the loss - Dynamo & Badnutbeats
160 Until the darkness - Flow My Tears
159 Emma Dee - Dynamo & Badnutbeats
158 Knitting - Keep Me Safe
157 God help us all - Animal Parts
156 In sequins - Decades
155 Cobra - Federal Lights
154 I see love - Federal Lights
153 Dull lights - Eric Chenaux
152 Memory loss - Mary Cobham
151 Sawdust - Boreal Sons
150 Coldest winter - The British Columbians
149 The shiver - The City Streets
148 Wanna know your name - The Beaches
147 Les enfants de Japet - The Record Holder
146 Spins in circles - Dinosaur Bones

30.11
145 Floor - Ostrich Tuning
144 Apocalypse surfin - Revolvers
143 My kin - Army Girls
142 Another nocturnal day - B17
141 Jenny jitters - The Stance
140 Fortified - Shoot The Image
139 Forever now - Doug Hoyer
138 Well dressed man - The Gertrudes
137 Bloom - Boreal Sons
136 Papillon d'amour - Keep Me Safe
135 Kiss Me When I come - Keep Me Safe
134 Kiss Me When I come - Keep Me Safe with Sarah Harmer
133 Doris Day - Sleuth
132 Victoria - F & M
131 Live in the bedroom - Tim Moxam
130 The fire burns strong - Great Bloomers
129 Fire - Pat Lepoidevin
128 Lola en confiture - Les Soeurs Boulay
127 All the time - Imaginary Cities
126 Gondola - Random Recipe
125 Ambergris - Snowblink
124 Antilope - Jimmy Hunt
123 My friends - Paper Lions
122 Sandcastles - Paper Lions
121 Immunized - Young Manics
120 Solidarity song - Young Manics
119 Time - Sons of Revelry

23.11
118 Lights so low - Stuck On Planet Earth
117 At the end of the line - Leif Vollebekk
116 Mary - Pat Lepoidevin
115 Mappemonde - Les Soeurs Boulay
114 Par le Chignon du cou - Les Soeurs Boulay
113 Go love yourself - Mark Mills
112 Electric toys - Dynamo & Badnutbeats
111 By my side - Mark Mills
110 So lonely - Paperlions
109 Death rattle - The Hang Ten Hangmen
108 Kopter - Toy (English)
107 Bodies in the winter - Paperlions
106 Drama - Jimmy Hunt
105 Segue - Geist
104 Nina - Shoot The Image
103 The war, the wars - Flow My Tears
102 My heart skips a beat - Toy
101 The memory song - The Papermaps
100 Voodoo crack - Monomyth
99 High heels/cheap thrills - October
98 Left of the dial - Young Manics
97 You love me now - Decades
96 Fast forward - Stuck On Planet Earth
95 Step specialist - Process Rebel
94 Local ghost - The Racoon Wedding
93 Softer bones - Twin Library
92 El Dorado - The Racoon Wedding

16.11
91 Mladic - Godspeed You Black Emperor
90 Whole hole - Babysitter
89 38 stories - Indoor Voices
88 Indigo - Juice
87 When will we be lovers? Flow My Tears
86 18 - Eternal Husbands
85 17 - Eternal Husbands
84 Six jars - The Gertrudes
83 June 30, 2011 - The Utilities
82 One pair of shoes - Mike O'Neill
81 Seveneight - Panos
80 One night - Stuck On Planet Earth
79 6 volts - Fred Eaglesmith
78 Psycho kids - Ostrich Tuning
77 One by one - The Papermaps
76 Theme 002 - Maintenance Request Form
75 Une premier domino - Bravofunken
74 16 in April - Keep Me Safe
73 One worthless wish - Hello Moth
72 One for me - Doug Hoyer
71 Two brothers - Juice

9.11
show covered by Marc Lindy. Thanks Marc

2.11
70 16 - Eternal Husbands
69 Rain and snow - Hello Moth
68 Southern United States - Leif Vollebekk
67 Rhubarb pie - The Gertrudes
66 Cul de sac - Les Soeurs Boulay
65 Too rude blues - Stone Iris
64 We were found in this fog - Federal Lights
63 Two thousand too fast - Twin Library
62 Wartime lovesong - The Nautical Miles
61 Shadow theatre - The Papermaps
60 Austin pop song - Animal Parts
59 Overnite flite - Little Suns
58 Sunboat - Little Suns
57 Absolutely nothing - The Beaches
56 Jasper, AB - Young Benjamins
55 The edge of Chinatown - The Papermaps
54 Berlin wall - The Town Heroes
53 Santa Rosa - Pickwick
52 Kingston's grey, my sweetheart - Amanda Balysys
51 Cairo blues - Leif Vollebekk
50 Philadelphia - Paperlions
49 All the dollar bills sing Hallejuah - The Gertrudes
48 Government worker - Maintenance Request Form
47 Code fusion - Process Rebel

26.10
46 I am not the one - Lima
45 Garland's moving to Vancouver - Old Folks Home
44 White noise - The City Streets
43 Easier - Make Haste
42 Reykjavik - Shoot The Image
41 Dream map - Dorothy Paas
40 Fine for you - Amy vanKeeken
39 Bear - Gunner & Smith
38 Bigh dreams - The Backhomes
37 Changing me - The Backhomes
36 Thought of gold - The Northern Empties
35 You missed it all - Alice Kos
34 Send me out - Gunner & Smith
33 Something on Sherbrooke - The Breezes
32 Days of war - Seth Anderson
31 Breathe in/breathe out - October
30 Acoustic brain - Masters Of Love And Sound
29 Oakville to the end of the line - Ostrich Tuning
28 Gender trouble (part four) - Ostrich Tuning
27 Fire eyed boy - Broken Social Scene
26 Absalom - Hinindar
25 Hibernation - Pugs & Crows
24 Gimme a ride - Entire Cities

19.10
23 Lady in the streets - Elaine Shepherd
22 Un peau au nord et sans distortion - Ferriswheel
21 Bells of Cologne - Imaginary Cities
20 Mazda Mazda - Mikey Maybe
19 Big girl - Random Recipe
18 Denise - Jimmy Hunt
17 Fulton Road - Bernard Adamus
16 Firesong - Mary Cobham
15 Buttermilk - Esther Grey
14 Karen Silkwood - Boxer The Horse
13 Tonight again - Decades
12 Heart's the target - Milk & Rectangles
11 10,000 - Monomyth
10 Circle man - The Telepathic Butterflies
9 Learn from the fallen - Keep Me Safe
8 In another country - Couples
7 Wake me up - Juice
6 Prequel - Gang Signs
5 Not news - The Danks
4 To fall in love - Doug Hoyer
3 Wendall Walker - Andy Shauf
2 It's over - Panos
1 What once ran wild - Wild Domestic