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Yuletide is upon us yet again, so for this annual festive tradition, it's time to curl up around the fire and listen to Ryuichi Sakamoto's score to 1983's Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence.

Not so much on the informative chatter, but you did get a guest appearance from Val Cormier, hostess of the Folk Oasis (Wed 8-10pm on CITR.ca Pacific).

And for the rest of this Festivus:::

1. KITT the Amazing Car of Tomorrow: A Knightrider Christmas (A Knightrider Christmas 7", 1983) MCA
2. Wooden Shjips: O Tannenbaum (Wooden Shjips for the Holidays, 2009) self-released
3. The Beatles: 1964 (Another Beatles' Christmas Record, 1964) Lyntone
4. The Love Machine: The Lonely Hearts Club Christmas Party (The Lion Sleeps To-Night 7", 1968) Festival K
5. Can: Silent Night (Silent Night 7", 1976) Harvest
6. April March & Los Cincos: Last Train to Christmas (April March & Los Cincos, 1998) Sympathy for the Record Industry
7. The Bicycles: Snow (Santagold: Volume 2, 2008) self-released
8. Brian Whitman: Hail the Shining Star (A Singular Christmas, 2004) self-released
9. The Free Design: Close Your Mouth It's Christmas (You Could Be Born Again, 1968) Project 3
XMAS! Nicole Blackman: What I Want for Christmas (A Christmas Gift for You from Zero Hour Records, 1995) Zero Hour
11. The Ventures: Sleigh Ride (The Ventures' Christmas Album, 1965) Dolton/Liberty
12. Fucked Up: David Christmas (Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009, 2010) Matador
13. Adjective: Black Xmas (The Eggnog Experience, 2009) Mental Beast
14. John Fahey & Terry Robb: Medley - The Holly & The Ivy/The Cherry Tree Carol (Popular Songs of Christmas & New Year's, 1988) New Rounder/Varrick
15. Nick Krgovich & Rose Melberg: Coldest Night of the Year (The Eggnog Experience, 2009) Mental Beast
16. Emm Gryner: What Fighters Do [Here Comes Christmas] (Torrential, 2014) self-released
17. Mark Snow: Snow for Christmas (Ernest Saves Christmas OST [promo], 2002) self-released
18. The Border Brass: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (The Tijuana Brass Sound, 1967?) Design
19. Lauren Laverne: In the Bleak Midwinter (XFM: It's a Cool Cool Christmas, 2000) Jeepster
XXMAS! Kellarissa: Maa on niin kaunis (Lumihankala, 2005/2010) unreleased
21. Bleepus Christ: Stalker (Merry Christmas Jesus Christ, 2005) Amok
22. Aphex Twin: XMAS_EVET10 [Thanaton3 mix] (Syro, 2014) Warp
23. CFCF: Exercise 6 [December] (Exercises, 2012) Paper Bag
24. John Barry: Christmas Eve (Hanover Street OST, 1979) Varèse Sarabande
25. Angelo Badalamenti: Twin Peaks Christmas Greeting (Twin Peaks Archive, 2012) Davidlynch.com
26. John Oswald: White (Plunderphonic, 1988) Mystery Tap
27. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Ride, Ride, Ride [Celliers' Brother's Song] (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence OST, 1983) Virgin
28. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Before the War (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence OST, 1983) Virgin
29. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Father Christmas (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence OST, 1983) Virgin
XXXMAS! Ryuichi Sakamoto: A Brief Encounter (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence OST, 1983) Virgin
31. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Assembly (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence OST, 1983) Virgin
32. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Sowing the Seed (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence OST, 1983) Virgin
33. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence [solo piano] (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence OST, 1983) Virgin
34. Ryuichi Sakamoto & Cast: 23rd Psalm (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence OST, 1983) Virgin
35. Shigeru Umebayashi: The Christmas Song [fast] (2046 OST, 2004) EMI/Virgin
36. Sun Ra & The Qualities: It's Christmas Time (It's Christmas Time 7", 1955) Saturn

Season's eatings.

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Man I'm jet lagged. Manila is far away fun but busy.

Godspeed, Gregory Gan & 4'33". You brought a lot of otherwise unheard music on air.

1. Astro Screamer: Escapes (Astro Screamer EP, 2014) self-released
2. Sun Ra: Intergalactic Motion (Outer Spaceways Incorporated, 1968) Black Lion
3. Sonar Quartett: Marc Sabat's Euler Lattice Spiral Scenery for String Quartet [Movements 1 & 2] (The Theory of Happiness OST, 2010) self-released
4. Busta Rhymes: Turn It Up/Fire It Up [remix, instrumental] (Turn It Up/Fire It Up single, 1998) Flipmode/Elektra
5. Stu Phillips & Glen A. Larson: Theme from Knight Rider (Knight Rider: The Stu Phillips Scores, 1982) Film Score Monthly
6. Patrick Macnee & Stu Phillips: Opening Narration/Main Title From "Battlestar Galactica" (Battlestar Galactica OST, 1978) MCA
7. Mike Post: Theme from Magnum PI [LP version] (Television Theme Songs, 1982) Elektra
8. Norsola Johnson: For Ezra (Howl Live, 2014) Howl! Arts
9. Tom Waits: 16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six (Swordfishtrombones, 1983) Island
10. Kathleen Edwards: Change the Sheets (Voyageur, 2012) MapleMusic/Zoë
11. Gypsophilia: Anything (Sa-ba-da-OW!, 2009) self-released
12. The Poppy Family: Beyond the Clouds (Which Way You Goin' Billy, 1969) London
13. Sing Leaf: Lonely Star (Lonely Star, 2014) self-released
14. Sun Ra & His Myth Science Arkestra: When Angels Speak of Love (When Angels Speak of Love, 1966) Saturn
15. Herbie Hancock & Mwandishi Band: Rain Dance (Sextant, 1973) Columbia
16. Yo La Tengo: Nuclear War [version 2] (Nuclear War EP, 2002) Matador
17. Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Velvet (Jazz In Silhouette, 1959) El Saturn Research
18. Sun Ra & Myth Science Arkestra: Rocket #9 Takes Off for the Planet Venus (Interstellar Low Ways, 1960) Saturn/Evidence
19. Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra: Love in Outer Space (The Night of the Purple Moon, 1970/1972) Thoth Intergalactic/El Saturn Research
20. Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra: The Cosmos (The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra: Volume 1, 1965) ESP-Disk/Fontana
21. Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra: I Am the Alter-Destiny (Space is the Place OST, 1972) Evidence
22. Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra: The Overseer (Space is the Place OST, 1972) Evidence
23. Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra: Watusa (Space is the Place OST, 1972) Evidence
24. Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra: Calling Planet Earth (Space is the Place OST, 1972) Evidence
25. Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra: Space Aura (Secrets of the Sun, 1965) Saturn/Atavistic
26. The Horace Silver Quintet: Jungle Juice (Serenade to a Soul Sister, 1968) Blue Note

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Hopefully this show can appear. Next week: XHM will be pre-empted for 24 Hours of Student Power.

Folk Oasis airs 8-10pm Pacific Wednesday nights on CITR: 101.9 FM in Vancouver or http://www.citr.ca
Follow Val: http://twitter.com/folkoasis

The songs, so I was eventually told by the DJ Land robot:

Hotdog - Manila (Greatest Hits)
Seelenluft feat. Michael Smith - Manila (Ewan Pearson remix)
Mongo Santamaria - Manila (Our Man In Havana)
Boz Scaggs - Mixed Up Shook Up Girl (Memphis)
Mark Knopfler - The Cliffs of Insanity (The Princess Bride: Music By Mark Knopfler)
Mark Knopfler - The Fireswamp and The Rodents of Unusual Size (The Princess Bride: Music By Mark Knopfler)
Willy DeVille - Storybook Love (The Princess Bride: Music By Mark Knopfler)
Mark Knopfler - The Swordfight (The Princess Bride: Music By Mark Knopfler)
Mark Knopfler - Revenge (The Princess Bride: Music By Mark Knopfler)
Alea Rae - Files (Files & Lancaster)
Poles - Merman (Merman/Pest 7")
Scotty P & The Virgins - Natural Selection (single)
Thomas Newman - American Beauty (American Beauty Soundtrack)
John Otman - The Usual Suspects theme (The Usual Suspects Soundtrack)
Rich Hope - My Baby Likes to Boogaloo (Rich Hope Is Gonna Whip It On Ya)
Carolyn Mark and the Room-Mates - Chumpville (Terrible Hostess)
Colleen Rennison - Whiskey, Whiskey (See The Sky About To Rain)
Close Talker - Slow Weather (Slow Weather)

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Mahubay. I'm in Manila. This playlist looks awesome.

Gregory Gan's 4'33" - Experiments in Happiness is regularly heard before my show on CITR: Mondays 6-7pm Pacific. His show is on Twitter: @CITR_433, along with the website: http://www.theoryofhappiness.com/p/433.html

Michael Nyman - Opening Theme (The Man with the Movie Camera (soundtrack))
RZA - Opening Theme (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (soundtrack))
Alain Goraguer (La Planete Sauvage) - Deshominisation (The Fantastic Planet (soundtrack))
Nick Storring - Dewclaws (Endless Conjecture)
Pierre Boulez - Symphonie Mechanique (Archival Series - Musique Concrete Soundtracks to Experimental Short Films 1956-1978 - Vol. 1)
Alfred Schnittke - I. Moderato (Cello Concerto No. 2)
Jim Kweskin's Jug Band - Notes on the Circus (Jonas Mekas - Walden - Diaries Notes and Sketches, Reel 2)
The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (Jackie Brown - Music from the Motion Picture)
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi (Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance)
Carlos D'Alessio - Closing Credits (Delicatessen)
Goran Bregovic - Mesecina (Underground (Soundtrack))
Olga Sergeeva - Kumushki (Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (Soundtrack))
Angelo Badalamenti & Jimmy Scott - Sycamore Trees (Fire, Walk with Me (Soundtrack))
Rebecca del Rio - Llorando (Mulholland Drive (Soundtrack))
Howard Shore - Crash (Crash (Soundtrack))
Osvaldo Golijov - Kronos Quartet - Without a Word (The Man Who Cried Soundtrack)
Mychael Danna - Thin Ice (The Sweet Hereafter (Soundtrac))
Esprit Orchestra - Last Night (Closing Credits)
Adam Basanta - They don't always tell the truth (N/A)

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Happy Remembrance Day! We'll have fill-ins until I'm back from Manila but podcasting will continue.

T-minus 5, 4, 3, 2:

1. Mutwawa: Lamashtu Pazuzu (Lamashtu Pazuzu, 2012) Chaotic Noise Productions
2. Dan Galway: Latest Triumphs (Human Feelings CD-R, 2012) self-released
3. Vinyl Williams: Higher Worlds (Lemniscate, 2012) No Pain In Pop/Salonislam
4. Maria Minerva: Galaxy (Histrionic, 2014) Not Not Fun
5. Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: Galaxy Fall Out (Warp Back to Earth 66/99, 1998) Bungalow
6. Moon: Apollo (Old and Weird split, 2014) Bruised Tongue
7. Panda Bear: This Side of Paradise (Mr Noah EP, 2014) Domino
8. Sarah Davachi: Alms Vert [excerpt] (The Untuning of the Sky, 2014) Full Spectrum
9. The Ettes: Don't Bring Me Down (Wicked Will, 2011) Krian Music Group/Fond Object
10. Fist City: Demon Birds (Hunting You, 2013) Dead Beat/Shake! ** Shake! Sampler, 2014
11. James Ferraro: Solar Panel Smile (Far Side Virtual, 2011) Hippos in Tanks
12. Triangle & Seed: NovemberVybz (Calgary EP, 2013) self-released
13. Mu: My Hunter My Forest (My Hunter My Forest, 2014) self-released
14. Kara Lease: A 476 (A 480, 2014) GATE
15. Chvrches: The Mother We Share (The Bones of What You Believe, 2012) Virgin/Goodbye
16. Tops: Outside (Picture You Staring, 2014) Arbutus
17. Trans Am: Reevaluations (Volume X, 2014) Thrill Jockey
18. Sean Nicholas Savage: Some Things Never Die (Bermuda Waterfall, 2014) Arbutus
19. Yo La Tengo: I'll Be Around (Fade, 2013) Matador
20. Flying Lotus: flotus (Ideas+drafts+loops mixtape, 2013) Brainfeeder
21. Flying Lotus: Never Catch Me [w.Kendrick Lamar] (You're Dead!, 2014) Warp
22. Flying Lotus: Dance of the Pseudo Nymph (Cosmogramma, 2010) Warp
23. Para Palabras: You're Everyone Around Me (Merch March EP, 2013) self-released
24. Rustie: Attak [w.Danny Brown] (Green Language, 2014) Warp
25. Run the Jewels: Lie, Cheat, Steal (Run the Jewels 2, 2014) Mass Appeal/Sony RED
26. Mort Garson: Good Morning Starshine (Electronic Hair Pieces, 1969) A&M
27. Rachel Zeffira: Break the Spell (The Deserters, 2012) Paper Bag/RAF
28. Bill Conti: Mach I (The Right Stuff OST, 1983) Warner Bros
29. Bill Conti: The Right Stuff [single] (The Right Stuff OST, 1983) Warner Bros
30. Bill Conti: Light This Candle (The Right Stuff OST, 1983) Warner Bros
31. Bill Conti: Glenn's Flight (The Right Stuff OST, 1983) Warner Bros
32. Bill Conti: Yeager's Triumph (The Right Stuff OST, 1983) Warner Bros
33. Angela Inglis: Autumn Song (Echo, 2014) self-released

We have liftoff.

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Life is surface noise. Aloha.

1. The Big Ben Hawaiian Band: Honolulu (On the Beach at Waikiki, 1963) Fiesta/Columbia
2. The Big Ben Hawaiian Band: Paradise (On the Beach at Waikiki, 1963) Fiesta/Columbia
3. The Big Ben Hawaiian Band: On the Beach at Waikiki (On the Beach at Waikiki, 1963) Fiesta/Columbia
4. Ladies K: Waikiki (Punch-Drunk Love OST, 2002) Nonesuch
5. Masha Qrella: Hawaii (Analogies, 2012) Morr Music
6. Alien Porno Midgets: Waikiki Beach 0 (The High Altitude Porno Waikiki Beach Alien Midgets, 2001) V/Vm Test
7. Shackleton: Vor und Zurück (Deliverance Series: No. 1, 2014) Woe to the Septic Heart
8. Plaid: Scoobs (Peel Sessions EP, 1998) Nothing
9. Fuck Buttons: Stalker (Slow Focus, 2013) ATP
10. Mort Garson: You Don't Have to Walk a Begonia (Mother Earth's Plantasia, 1976) Homewood
11. The Bug: Function (Void 12", 2014) Ninja Tune
12. Sophie: Lemonade (Lemonade single, 2014) Numbers
13. Borealis: Love (Volume 1: Memory Waves, 2014) Tipping Hand
14. Electric Youth: Without You (Innerworld, 2014) Last Gang
15. Electric Youth: A Real Hero [w.College] (Drive OST, 2011) Lakeshore
16. Arbutus: Gold Plaque (Bedroom Safari, 2014) Vague
17. Slowdive: Morningrise (Blue Day, 1992) Creation
18. Nils Frahm: Familiar (Felt, 2011) Erased Tapes
19. Nils Frahm: Si [Plasma Rüby remix] (Screws Remixed, 2012) self-released
20. Delia Derbyshire & Brian Hodgson: John Peel's Voice (John Peel Presents Top Gear, 1969) BBC
21. Alien Porno Midgets: Hula Sand S./2 (The High Altitude Porno Waikiki Beach Alien Midgets, 2001) V/Vm Test
22. The Fall: Mr Pharmacist (Bend Sinister, 1986) Beggars Banquet
23. Slits: Love and Romance [John Peel Session 1977] (Cut: Deluxe Edition, 2009) Island
24. Tor: Lux (Drum Therapy, 2012) Loci
25. Kensington Gore: Conn's Theme #2 (Kensington Gore, 2013) Tinker
26. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Telepathetic (Peel Session, 1993) BBC [unreleased]
27. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: They Used to Pay Him to Watch the Trains (Peel Session, 1993) BBC [unreleased]
28. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: The Jehrney (Peel Session, 1993) BBC [unreleased]
29. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: The Last of My Hiccups (Peel Session, 1993) BBC [unreleased]
30. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Sixteen Encores (Peel Session, 1993) BBC [unreleased]
31. Potatohead People: Seaweed (Mellowtunes EP, 2012) Jellyfish
32. The Big Ben Hawaiian Album: Goodbye Hawaii (On the Beach at Waikiki, 1963) Fiesta/Columbia
33. KOP Choir: You'll Never Walk Alone (FabricLive.07: John Peel, 2002) Fabric
34. The Undertones: Teenage Kicks (Teenage Kicks 7", 1978) Good Vibrations/Sire

"Perhaps it's possible that John can form some kind of nightmarish career out of his enthusiasm for unlistenable records and his delight in writing long and facetious essays."
-- R. H. J. Brooke, Shrewsbury School housemaster regarding John Peel.

Mahalo.

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All work and no play; that's me. And a reminder: the numbers don't always add up.

Here's Johnny!

1. Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind: Main Title from The Shining (The Shining OST, 1980) Warner Bros
2X Wizard of: Face I (Face/Skeleton, 2014) Digitalis
3X Gold Zebra: Love, French, Better (Gold Zebra, 2014) Visage Musique
4. Cosmetics: Soft Skin (Olympia... Plus, 2013) Captured Tracks
5. Castle If: Intro (Zwei Hande: Part 1, 2012) self-released
6. Willa: Stay the Night (Stay the Night, 2014) Nettwerk
7X Vogue Dots: Skinny Thing (Toska EP, 2014) Indica
8. Arbutus: Blood Memories (Bedroom Safari, 2014) Vague
9. The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer: Black and Blue (A Real Fine Mess, 2014) Tonic
.X Slowdive: Cello (Pygmalion, 1995) Creation
11. Gustavo Santaolalla: The Quarantine Zone, 20 Years Later (The Last of Us VGST, 2013) Sony
12. Darkside: Gone Too Soon (What They Say single, 2014) self-released
13. Gary Numan: M.E. (The Pleasure Principle, 1979) Atco/Beggars Banquet
14. Boards of Canada: Semena Mertvykh (Tomorrow's Harvest, 2013) Warp
15. Orbital: Where Is It Going? (Wonky, 2012) ACP
16. LFO: Snot (Sheath, 2003) Warp
17. Mike Simonetti: The Magician (After Dark 2, 2013) Italians Do It Better
18. Sigur Rós: Avalon (Ágætis Byrjun, 1999) PIAS/Fat Cat/Smekkleysa
19. Eric Holm: Stave (Andøya, 2014) Subtext/Brainwashed
20. No UFO's: Unreliable Narrator (MPC Tracks: Volume II, 2014) Nice Up International
21. The Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra [conductor: Gillian B Anderson]: Thema 1 (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, 1995) BMG
22. The Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra [conductor: Gillian B Anderson]: Nosferatu Greift An (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, 1995) BMG
23. Tangerine Dream: Awakening (Tangerine Tree: Volume 54 - The Keep, 2004) CD-R
24. Mark Ayres: The Shining (The Shining OST, 1980) Warner Bros
25. Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind: Rocky Mountains (The Shining OST, 1980) Warner Bros
26. The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra [conductor: Andrzej Markowski]: Krzysztof Penderecki's Utrenja [excerpt] (The Shining OST, 1980) Warner Bros
27. Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson: Recourse to Eagles (Room 237 OST, 2013) Milan/Death Waltz
28. Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson: Minotaur (Room 237 OST, 2013) Milan/Death Waltz
29. Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson: Suite 3 (Room 237 OST, 2013) Milan/Death Waltz
30. Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson: This Deeper Story (Room 237 OST, 2013) Milan/Death Waltz
31. Dan Galway: Latest Triumphs (Human Feelings CD-R, 2012) self-released
32. Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson: Dies Irae (Room 237 OST, 2013) Milan/Death Waltz

...red rum...

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Boo!

Indiana Jones! Going back to 1981 for John Williams' score to the 1st film in the series: Raiders of the Lost Ark. We also profile newish music-related films, bands playing in Vancouver and the start of Shindig!

1. Paul Revere & the Raiders: I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Midnight Ride, 1966) Columbia
2. Jeff Healey: Indiana (Adventures in Jazzland, 2004) Stony Plain/Healeyophonic
3. Dada Plan: Long May the Enemy Run (A Dada Plan is Here, 2014) self-released
4, Crystal Castles: Birds (II, 2010) Fiction/Last Gang/Universal Motown
5. LFO: Quijard (LFO Remix 12", 1990) Warp/Outer Rhythm
6. LFO: Mokeylips (Sheath, 2003) Warp
7. Björk: I See Who You Are [Mark Bell mix] (Volta [bonus track], 2007) One Little Indian
8. John Williams: Plowing (War Horse OST, 2011) Sony Masterworks
9. Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory: Sadie's Room (My Summer of Love OST, 2005) Milan
10. Goldfrapp: Pilots (Felt Mountain, 2000) Mute
11. Angelo Badalamenti: New Shoes (Twin Peaks: Season Two Music and More, 2007) David Lynch Music Company/Absurda
12. Angelo Badalamenti: Laura Palmer's Theme [dark synth] (Twin Peaks Archive, 2011) Davidlynch.com
13. EMA: Satellites (The Future's Void, 2014) Matador/City Slang
14. John Williams: The Southern Delegation and the Dream (Lincoln OST, 2012) Sony Classical
15. Bruce McCulloch: Daddy's on the Drink (Shame-Based Man, 1995) Atlantic
16. Plunderphonic: Brown (Plunderphonic, 1989) Mystery Tap
17. Clark: Unfurla (Clark, 2014) Warp
18. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wings Off Flies (From Her to Eternity, 1984) Mute
19. The Vaporettos: Emily Razorblade (The Vaporettos EP, 2014) self-released
20. John Williams: The Departure of Max (The Book Thief OST, 2013) Sony Classical
21. Fundamentally Sound: Brownian Motion (Black in Backpfeifengesicht demo, 2014) self-released
22. Pale Red: I am the Meter (The White Mink EP, 2014) self-released
23. Clint Mansell: Blossoming (Stoker OST, 2013) Milan
24. Diamond Mind: Swimsuit Scene (Fake Tape EP, 2014) self-released
25. TOPS: Blind Faze (Picture You Staring, 2014) Arbutus
26. Bonobo: Jets (The North Borders, 2013) Ninja Tune
27. Jennifer Castle: Sparta (Pink City, 2014) No Quarter/Idée Fixe
28. Neil Young: If You Could Read My Mind (A Letter Home, 2014) Third Man/Reprise
29. Sam Spence & John Facenda: The Raiders (The Power and the Glory: Music & Voices of NFL Films, 1998) Tommy Boy
30. Tennis: It All Feels the Same (Young & Old, 2012) Fat Possum
31. John Williams & London Symphony Orchestra: Main Title - South America, 1936 (Raiders of the Lost Ark OST: Expanded Edition, 1981) Columbia/DCC Compact Classics
32. John Williams & London Symphony Orchestra: The Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark OST: Expanded Edition, 1981) Columbia/DCC Compact Classics
33. John Williams & London Symphony Orchestra: Journey to Nepal (Raiders of the Lost Ark OST: Expanded Edition, 1981) Columbia/DCC Compact Classics
34. John Williams & London Symphony Orchestra: The Map Room - Dawn (Raiders of the Lost Ark OST: Expanded Edition, 1981) Columbia/DCC Compact Classics
35. John Williams & London Symphony Orchestra: End Credits (Raiders of the Lost Ark OST: Expanded Edition, 1981) Columbia/DCC Compact Classics
36. John Williams & London Symphony Orchestra: Marion's Theme (Raiders of the Lost Ark OST: Expanded Edition, 1981) Columbia/DCC Compact Classics

Why did it have to be snakes?

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Along with some longform electronica, Prairie punk & visiting acts, this episode will give you a taste of ham between the ears for your mind to enjoy.

1. Mas Ysa: Why (Worth EP, 2014) Downtown
2. Machinedrum: Rise N Fall (Vapor City, 2013) Ninja Tune
3. 22:22: Tap Dance (Travel Music EP, 2012) East Van Digital
4. Eli Muro: Dreamtime Hunter (Dreamtime Hunter EP, 2014) Jellyfish
5. Mind Dynamics: Praise Hi (Precision Instruments, 2013) 1080p
6. Perfume Advert: Lampers (Tulpa, 2013) 1080p
7. Cloudface: Devonian Garden (Devonian Garden, 2013) Mood Hut
8. Babel: Heurter.02 (Heurter, 2013) Arachnidiscs
9. Hiro Kone: Days of Being Wild (Fallen Angels, 2014) Geographic North
10. Caribou: Silver (Our Love, 2014) City Slang/Merge
11. James Ferraro: Adventures in Green Foot Printing (Far Side Virtual, 2011) Hippos in Tanks
12. Tanya Tagaq: Flight (Animism, 2014) Six Shooter
13. Björk: Ancestors [w.Tanya Tagaq] (Medúlla, 2004) One Little Indian/Polydor/Atlantic
14. John Scott: Questions (Menace, 1978) Bruton
15. Alt-J: Tessellate (An Awesome Wave, 2012) Infectious
16. The Horrors: Falling Star (Luminous, 2014) XL
17. Francis Monkman: Live Action (Tempus Fugit, 1978) Bruton
18. Sloan: Cleopatra (Commonwealth, 2014) Murderecords/Yep Roc
19. Quaker Parents: When I Am You, Pt 2 (Rubber Match cassette, 2013) Craft Singles
20. Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett: Driving Force (Synthesizer & Percussion, 1974) Themes International
21. The Ex-Boyfriends: Pushing the Darkness (Painless Bleeding, 2003) Shake!
22. The Finchers: Yer Future (Yer Future single, 2014) self-released
23. The Beverleys: Bad Company (The Beverleys EP, 2014) Buzz
24. The Albertans: Invisible Fortress (Dangerous Anything, 2013) Kingfisher Bluez
25. Mi'ens: Tweenage Tweeter (Experimentalsparklenoisepop, 2014) self-released
26. The Holy Mountain Analog Band: Return to Lonely Mountain (The Return to Lonely Mountain, 2013) self-released
27. Role Mach: Via Delle Zite (Travels in the Interior Districts, 2014) self-released
28. Frank Sidebottom: Indie Medley [Love Will Tear Us Apart/How I Wrote Elastic Man/Take the Skinheads Bowling/Bigmouth Strikes Again] (ABC & D: The Best of Frank Sidebottom, 1987) Cherry Red
29. Stephen Rennicks: Welcome to Vetno/Work Begins in Earnest (Frank OST, 2014) Silva Screen
30. Domhnall Gleeson: Jon Shares His Songs (Frank OST, 2014) Silva Screen
31. The Soronprfbs & Stephen Rennicks: Ginger Crouton (Frank OST, 2014) Silva Screen
32. Michael Fassbender & Stephen Rennicks: Lone Standing Tuft (Frank OST, 2014) Silva Screen
33. Michael Fassbender & Stephen Rennicks: Frank's Most Likeable Song... Ever (Frank OST, 2014) Silva Screen
34. Michael Fassbender, Carla Azar & Stephen Rennicks: I Love You All [credits] (Frank OST, 2014) Silva Screen
35. Stephen Rennicks: Just Like 'Paris Texas' (Frank OST, 2014) Silva Screen
36. Stephen Rennicks & the Karl Ronan Orchestra: Viking Funeral (Frank OST, 2014) Silva Screen
37. Bill Henderson & the Horace Silver Quintet: Señor Blues (Señor Blues 7", 1958) Blue Note

Gobble gobble.

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The punctuation that represents my mind state during this monitoring/reporting episode is the interrobang. Other punctuation marks may also represent the creative words dispensed at the various computers responsible for certain logging functions.

OH BOY! RADIO SHOP TALK! TELL ME MORE ABOUT SOCAN!

0. {SOMETHING THE AUTO DJ WANTED TO PLAY FROM BIRDY NAM NAM!? WHY??}
1. Thom Yorke: A Brain in a Bottle (Tomorrow's Modern Boxes, 2014) self-released
2. Kensington Gore: Brother Raymond (Kensington Gore, 2013) Tinker
3. Kode9 & The Spaceape: Kyron [w.Flying Lotus] (Black Sun, 2011) Hyperdub
4. Junior Boys: Double Shadow [Kode9 remix w.The Spaceape] (The Dead Horse EP, 2007) Domino USA
5. Mort Garson: Mellow Mood for Maidenhair (Mother Earth's Plantasia, 1976) Homewood
6. PS I Love You: Limestone Radio (For Those Who Stay, 2014) Paper Bag
7. Black Mountain: Old Fangs (Wilderness Heart, 2010) Jagjaguwar
8. Alan Hawkshaw: Sheer Elegance (Bon Appetit, 1980) Bruton
9. King Khan & the Gris Gris: Discrete Disguise (Garage Swim, 2013) Williams Street
10. Shimmering Stars: Shadow Visions (Bedrooms of the Nation, 2014) Shitty Bike/Almost Musique
11. The Party Upstairs: Languid Laughing Infinity (Cartoon Universe, 2013) self-released
12. The Foggy Notions: One Comes Out Alive (Sussed, 2013) Velocet
13. Louise Burns: Heaven (The Midnight Mass, 2013) Light Organ
14. The Cyrillic Typewriter: Descent (Custodian OST, 2013) JAZ
15. The Cyrillic Typewriter: Lament 4 (Custodian OST, 2013) JAZ
16. We Are the City: Friends Hurt (Violent, 2013) Hidden Pony
17. Kode9 & The Spaceape: Devil is a Liar (Killing Season EP, 2014) Hyperdub
18. Potatohead People: Carry On (Mellowtunes EP, 2012) Jellyfish
19. Cristina: Mama Mia (Cristina, 1980) ZE/Island
20. Hooray for Earth: No Love (True Loves, 2011) Dovecote
21. Angelo Badalamenti: Freshly Squeezed [instrumental] (Soundtrack from Twin Peaks, 1990) Warner Bros
22. Unmade Bed: Go the Whole Way (Unmade Bed, 2013)
23. Owen Pallett: Infernal Fantasy [w.Brian Eno] (In Conflict, 2014) Domino/Tomlabs/Blocks
24. The Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett: Loneliness #3 "Night Talking" (Her OST, 2013) unreleased
25. The Constantines: Young Offenders (The Constantines, 2001) Three Gut/Sub Pop
26. The Constantines: Working Fulltime (Tournament of Hearts, 2005) Three Gut/Sub Pop
27. Arbutus: Free Radicals (Bedroom Safari, 2014) Vague
28. Cool TV: Weird Buzz (Best New Music EP, 2014) self-released
29. AC Newman: Just Walking to the Dress Shop (The F Word OST, 2014) Milan
30. AC Newman: At the Movies, In the Changing Room (The F Word OST, 2014) Milan
31. AC Newman: Hospital Happiness (The F Word OST, 2014) Milan
32. AC Newman: Beach Bummer (The F Word OST, 2014) Milan
33. AC Newman: Chantry's Ticket (The F Word OST, 2014) Milan
34. AC Newman: Booking It Back (The F Word OST, 2014) Milan
35. The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers (Brill Bruisers, 2014) Matador/Last Gang

RIP The Spaceape.

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