pheloniusfriar | Spotlight on Baba (beatbox/didgeridoo)...

Here's the playlist, etc. for my TENTH show (Apr. 11, 2011)... which also went for a double shift because there is apparently no host for "Mid-Day Mind Control" which runs after "The Dollar Bin" (and who am I to turn down an hour of "play whatever I bloody feel like or even pull CDs at random from the library" radio?!?!). As a reminder, my show is broadcast live and prone to mind-altering chaos every second Monday (until April 25th, then it will be going WEEKLY, woot!) from 2PM to 3PM (Eastern Time) on 93.1FM in Ottawa or streaming audio on http://www.ckcufm.com/. You can always go here to find out when the next show will be (or read my playlists). Of this show, I wrote:

As is often the case, many of the bands that end up in the dollar bin only recorded the one commercial album and then disappeared, we certainly had more than our fair share of it this time around. Not bad, but singular. Conversely, there was no excuse for Lucas to release the crap he did (his first album was kinda fun). Show had two primary sets... one "alt rock" and the other was funk. Just 'cause. Ended with some angry music... 'cause I'm angry at politics these days.

One fun thing that happened is a couple of the "kids" who were working at cataloguing new CDs and adding them to the library came into the booth while BKS was playing and said it sounded really cool, and asked what it was. Definitely a good track of that album (not quite so formulaic techno as much of the rest of it). And that about sums it all up, so here is the playlist for The Dollar Bin:

Baba, Mind Music, "Why (Part I)"
BKS, Astroplane, "Kenya Chill"
Baba, Mind Music, "Why (Part II)"
Groovenics, Groovenics, "Chopsticks"
Baby Animals, Shaved And Dangerous, "Backbone"
Mad At Gravity, Resonance, "Run For Cover"
Amazing Device, The Quiet Room, "Secret (feat. Ian Watkins)"
Lucas, To Rap My World Around You, "Storm Warning"
Folkswaggin', Psychefolkadelic, "Simple Things"
Baba, Mind Music, "X-Perience"
Galactic, Vintage Reserve, "Doublewide"
Baba, Mind Music, "Why (Part III)"
Found Dead Hanging, Dulling Occam's Razor, "A .45 Calibre Defribulator: A Prototype Of Sorts"

As you can see, I interspersed the "spotlight" with other tracks throughout the show. The "Why (Part ?)" were spoken word and beatboxing with didgeridoo and flute. Not typical hip-hop/rap, pretty cool stuff. "X-Perience" was a full music track by Baba. A review of Baba by Michael Gowan stated: "This is not gangsta rap or hip-hop-hurray rap; this is philosopher rap. Similar to the styles of De La Soul and Black Eyed Peas, Baba is more likely to wax poetic about the promise of the examined life than glorify misogyny or drug pushing. The NYC-based rapper shows how exposure and openness to a wide range of musical influences can meld into one complex style." Definitely the case, and I'm keeping my eye out for other albums by this guy! So that was The Dollar Bin... this was my spontaneous set for "Mid-Day Mind Control" (of which I stated, Loud and angry to aetherial and beautiful. Fasten your mindbelts for the ride):

Rage Against The Machine, The Matrix Soundtrack, "Wake Up"
My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult, Kooler Than Jesus, "The Devil Does Drugs"
Nash The Slash, Children Of The Night, "Wolf"
Bjork, Post, "Army Of Me"
Filter, Short Bus, "Hey Man Nice Shot"
Propellerheads, The Matrix Soundtrack, "Spybreak"
Goldfrapp, Black Cherry, "Hairy Trees"
Goldfrapp, Supernature, "You Never Know"
Baba, Mind Music, "Beatbox Logic"

Heh, couldn't help but play "Beatbox Logic", such a good track! Kicked off things with Rage... still in a political mood: WAKE UP!!! Sheesh, never has it been truer that "people get the government they deserve"... the Conservatives formed the government (twice) since the last election with less than 20% support from eligible voters... mostly because the winner in the last election was "I don't fucking care about my future or the future of my fellow citizens enough to get off my pimply lard ass and go to the polls to vote once every couple of years". And for everyone who is whining that having another election this year is a waste of money, that's the way democracy is supposed to work: a government with such a low percentage of popular support that doesn't give a rats ass about working with the other parties is supposed to fall. BTW, if you don't vote, don't talk to me until next election about how badly thing suck in Canada, that's the one privilege your vote will get you. Hmmm... apparently I'm opinionated on a particular topic ;). I did tell people to vote on the show, but made no partisan declarations on the air (frankly, if the Conservatives get in because a large enough number of Canadians want them, I'll accept that, but that clearly hasn't been the case). So, back to the music... one other thing of note was that I played Björk's "Army Of Me", which was part of the soundtrack of the movie "Sucker Punch"... a film that I liked quite a bit (and which the women I saw it with said they found empowering, not oppressive). And a movie that is certainly divisive. I asked for people to call in and state their opinion of it on the air, but nobody did (is anyone ever listening? lol), so I invite you to state your opinion of the movie here... but only if you've seen it. The strongest criticism I've heard has come from people who have based their opinion on a couple of reviews and a trailer or two... and I have a problem with that. P.S. If you are going to see it, Imax makes a big difference to the film (where it doesn't for many others I find)!

So, here's my favourite of the TV trailers for "Sucker Punch" (that I thought best captured the spirit of the film, the rest really irritated me):

And here's a mind-blowing (seriously, it'll fry your noodle) video for "The Devil Does Drugs" using scenes from the absolutely amazing animated film "Paprika" (which I would recommend if you haven't seen it yet... opening sequence is here, wow):