Playlist for my first show...

Here's the playlist from my inaugural show of "The Dollar Bin". It will be broadcast live every second Monday (starting December 6th) from 2PM to 3PM on 93.1FM in Ottawa or streaming at www.ckcufm.com on the Internet. You can always get this and other playlists from the program entry on the CKCU web site (mentioned above). From the short description I wrote:

I’m here to bring you my latest and greatest finds from diving in the dollar bins at record shops from here to the Florida panhandle and everything in between. I'll play music from hardcore to folk, ambient to noise, from high falutin' to gutter trash, profound to moronic, fast and slow, from here and from there. The rules are simple: it’s gotta be for sale in a retail store I walk into, it’s gotta be $3 or less but it can't be free (and it can't be given/sold to me specifically to play, it has to be a random find on my part), and it doesn’t make it to the air on this show unless it stands out from the crowd. A little edgy, a little unique, and a little fun!

Feel free to call for requests, but since I only come to the show girded for airplay with a bagful of the random stuff I've found, I usually won't be able to play specific bands or songs (unless you've heard it on the show before, and even then only if I happen to have it on me) — but what I can do is head in the direction of a musical style or maybe spin it on the following show if I can't wedge it into the mix right away. Feedback is always welcome, and you can reach me at dafriar23@gmail.com.

Of this particular show I wrote:

All the albums I played on this show were picked up in record stores in Charlotte or Winston-Salem (wonder what they make there?), North Carolina. The show had a mini-spotlight on the electro-bugglegum band Hyperbubble. Promise there'll be more "can con" in coming shows!

And here's the playlist (Note: if you want copies of the audio after the fact, send me a private message here or at the email address I give in the show description):

Magnapop, Rubbing Doesn't Help, "Come On Inside"
Gloritone, Cup Runneth Over, "Halfway"
Groovenics, Groovenics, "She's A Freak"
Earatik Statik, Feelin' Earatik, "Smile Poem (f. Denise Ruiz)"
Elastica, Elastica, "Waking Up"
Monostar, The Airport, "Under Disco Lights"
Flight 16, Flight 16, "It's A Shame"
Vallejo, Vallejo, "Boogieman"
Matt Malloy, Pyloric Waves, "Traffic Lights Cause Accidents"
Hyperbubble, Airbrushed Alibis, "Rollerboogie Babydoll"
Hyperbubble, Airbrushed Alibis, "Non-Biodegradable Hazardous Waste Disposal"
Letters To Cleo, Wholesale Meats and Fish, "Demon Rock"
Toxic Popsicle, Pyloric Waves, "American Dream"
Mad At Gravity, Resonance, "Burn"

All in all, I fell flat on my face a couple of times, but was pleased with the fact I was able to stumble back onto my feet fairly well and keep moving. Could have been better, but could have been a lot worse! I am actually looking forward to my next show and have started sifting through the debris for more valuables to put on the air :).

P.S. Did I mention they gave me a mofo radio show?!?!?! OMGWTF!!! :)

Okay... back to work (just got up after pulling an "all nighter" to finish an assignment)! Studying for exams: a 4th year CompSci course on parallel programming (multi-core CPU, networked computing clusters, and GPU chips) tomorrow at 9AM (14 hours away as I post), and my 2nd year physics on special relativity and intro to quantum physics Friday at 2PM (43 hours away). And no, I'm not prepared properly for either XP.

Stereo serenades your mind with Candy Apple Daydreams (swoon... electro-bubblegum pop... my guilty pleasure). Mmmmm...