Sunday, September 26, 2010

African Vibes set list 26 Sept 2010

Set list for the 26 Sept show

Intro Africa - Bisso Na Bisso
Shuffering & Shmiling - Dead Prez, Jorge BEn Jor, Talib Kweli, Bilal and Positive Force
Think Africa - Seun Kuti
Diaraby Magni - Vieux Farka Toure
Don't stop - Stone Roses
How to kill a radio consultant - Public Enemy
Driving - Kaboom
Masiyeni - Black Umfolosi
Soobax - K'naan
State of Emergency - Amampondo
Kotto - Hijas Del Sol
Ri oko - Hijas Del Sol
Sara - Alpha Yaya Diallo
Stop the taser - Lazare S Halk
Immigration - Alpha Yaya Diallo
I'm sorry - Lazare S Halk
I speak Fula - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Narrow dub - King Tubby
Three winds of dubwood - Dubin Hood
Slow Jam - Vieux Farka Toure
Six love - The Luge Sessions
Joy and pain - Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock

Front Row Centre 24 Sept 2010

Set list for the Front Row Centre radio show on www.coopradio.org

Dream in peace - Elaine Ryan
Champagne supernova - Oasis
Rubber ring - The Smiths
Rolling blackouts - The Paperbacks
Do you realize? - The Flaming Lips
Celebrate - Jack Harlan
Free now - Ben Sigston
Give peace a chance - John Lennon
New Moon - Pine Tarts
Modern lovin - Pine Tarts
Too much eye makeup - Old World Vulture
Benny - Old World Vulture
Do you know the way to San Jose - Dionne Warwick

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Last Call set list 22 Sept 2010

After an English holiday

Here's Last Call

Time - Supergrass
London calling - The Clash
Zoo station - U2
Little by little - Oasis
Happy shopper - 60 ft Dolls
Staying out for the summer - Dodgy
Then - The Charlatans
The end of everything - The Charlatans
Tonight's Today - Jack PeÑate
Learning lines - Jack PeÑate
Riddim I like - Asian Dub Foundation
45:33 - LCD Soundsystem
I feel better - Hot Chip
Blue monday - New Order
I feel better - Hot Chip (yes twice)
Radioactivity - Kraftwerk
Thieves in the night - Hot Chip

Rendition - Manic Street Preachers
La Tristesse Durera - Manic Street Preachers
My little empire - Manic Street Preachers

Solitude sometimes is - Manic Street Preachers
Send away the tigers - Manic Street Preachers
This joke sport severed - Manic Street Preachers
Journal for plague lovers - Manic Street Preachers

Benny - Old World Vulture

You can listen to Last Call every Tuesday night at midnight on Vancouver Cooperative Radio 102.7FM or www.coopradio.org

see you again
Gary

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Day 21 on the road - Lancashire la la la!

Libraries rock! Writing this blog post from Carnforth Library, Lancashire. Funny that I have been in four branch libraries since I left Vancouver.

Sheerness Library, Kent
Minster Library, Kent
Burnt Oak Library, London
and here.

I arrived back in Carnforth from Ambleside in the Lake District yesterday evening. I was in the Lake District for two days proper, but have been hiking since I arrived in Carnforth last week.

Last Friday hiked to the Lion and the Lamb, on Helm Crag. On Monday I hiked to Fairfield Crag and also St Sunday Crag, the latter by mistake after I missed the path. With lots of daylight and beautiful sunny weather I had time to relax and sit down to admire the views at various points in the day.

The Lake District is superb. Lots of access points. No real wildlife concerns - i.e bears. Yesterday though had to wait for 15 mins to get through part of a field that would have taken 30 seconds were it not for cattle and young calves. Swam in part of Lake Windermere briefly, almost glacial cold, chased by curious rather than attacking swans. Sat on a bench dedicated to the memory of Sarah Faulkner in the beautiful graveyard of Holy Trinity Brathay. At the church itself a woman made me coffee and served up homemade cakes and biscuits. Northern hospitality!

Back to London tomorrow en route to Kent and Faversham beer fest Sunday.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Rocks, fossils and CD burns

That has been pretty much my focus this week. I have been walking on the beach between Minster and Leysdown every day for the last three days.

I have found some great rocks. The beach is characterized by erosion. Fortunately the long hot summer, not now, that England has had means the mud, so dangerous in winter is completely dry and safe to walk on. I am still treading carefully though.
Yesterday had to turn back as the tide turned.

It is great watching the subtle but powerful forces of nature. The combination of the sea, the wind, rain and sun continue to tear down the cliff. As they do the London Clay soil releases fossils. No buildings are currently at risk but a post office building had to be abandoned as did an ice cream shop. And way back in the past was an abbey. Now perhaps a mile out to sea. I don't know if the building was taken down prior to slipping, but the site is a mile out.

At the shore's edge is the second world war lookout towers. You can scramble down onto them but it's a dicey scramble.

Sheerness library is affording me the opportunity to burn CDs.

That's all for now.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Day 2 On The Road, Seattle

Yes folks I'm in the U S of A!

Took the short bus trip from Vancouver to Seattle yesterday morning. Arrived feeling groggy after two nights of little sleep. Don't worry or perhaps you should, I've been a "good" boy. Blog rocking Radio is Radio, and editing in Adobe kept me up late.

Dad gave me my early morning wake up call and then it was off I went. A walk through the DTES, my hood to the bus depot where I chilled, literally, for an hour. I was then ready for basting and the ride to Seattle. I like it here, nice city.

I am at the YHA. Spent yesterday with a guy from Conneticut and we ended up hanging out most of the day, random walked aroud town talking about wives, girlfriends, work, life, travel. We finally found a place to eat close to the Hostel in and then realised that it was the Chinese restaurant attached to the Hostel. The Onion pancake the chef made triggered the fire alarm and the hostel was evacuated.

Fire trucks turned up and a party including twelve pre-teen school girls had their photo taken with the firefighters. Heroes!

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Last Call set list 11 August

Last Call set list for 11 August show

note Pine Tarts' Modern Lovin played near end of set, not able to edit in Blogspot right now, for some extraordinary mad reason!

Time - Supergrass
Do you wanna - The Kooks
The only one I know - The Charlatans
Laid - James
Then - The Charlatans
Vondelpark - 1990s
Everybody please relax - 1990s
Jenny jitters - The Stance
Untitled - Interpol
Modern drift - Efterklang
Kissing is easy - Magneta Lane
Regrettable tattoos - The Paperbacks
Babies - Pulp
Turkey mambo momma - Pulp
Please don't worry - Pulp
Pink glove - Pulp
Do you remember the first time? - Pulp
You're a nightmare - Pulp
A rush and a push and the land is ours - The Smiths
I started something - The Smiths
All is vanity - Manic Street Preachers
Benny - Old World Vulture
Sweet malady - The Book of Lists
I'm so bored with the USA - The Clash