Sunday, November 2, 2008

This All Hallow's Even, 2008

Hello [UNDEAD] radio listeners!

It's Halloween! Can you say themed show?


Here's a little show we like to call


This Week in Braille or Only the Celts would try and placate evil spirits with bonfire barbecues and costume parties!


  • Benny Goodman; Sing, Sing, Sing (8:56) from Jazz Tribune No. 47: The Indespensible Benny Goodman, Vol. 3/4 (1936-1937)

  • Bob Wills; The Devil Ain't Lazy (2:38) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs
  • Duke Ellington; Haunted Nights (3:16) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs

  • Coleman Hawkins; I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (2:58) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs
  • Pee Wee King & his Golden West Cowboys; The Ghost and Honest Joe (2:38) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs

  • Rod Morris; The Ghost of Casey Jones (2:41) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs

  • The Spiders; Witchcraft (2:30) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs

  • Jelly Roll Morton; Dead Man Blues (3:15) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs
  • Louis Prima; Mr. Ghost Goes to Town (3:08) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs

  • Roy Newman & His Boys; The Devil with the Devil (2:33) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs

  • Cab Calloway; The Ghost of Smokey Joe (2:45) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs

  • Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra; The House is Haunted (2:42) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs
  • The Magics; Zombie Walk (2:38) from Doo Wop Halloween

  • The Nightmares; Headless Ghost (1:44) from Doo Wop Halloween

  • Denny & Lenny with the Hollywood Ghouls; Monster's Love (1:58) from Doo Wop Halloween

  • Nostalgia 77; Dirge (3:37) from Songs For My Funeral

  • Nina Simone; I Put A Spell On You (2:36) from Verve Jazz Essentials

  • Charles Gounod; Funeral March of a Marionette (performed by Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra) (3:38) from Chiller

  • AC/DC; Hells Bells (5:12) from Back in Black

  • The Kinks; Wicked Annabella (2:44) from The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society

  • The Coasters; Bad Blood (2:21) from The Ultimate Coasters

  • The Aggrolites; Grave Digger (3:49) from The Aggrolites

  • Mark Snow; X-Files Theme (Main Title) (3:25) from Songs in the Key of X

  • Edgar Allen Poe; The Raven (read by Christopher Walken) (8:30) from Closed On Account of Rabies

  • The Clash; Straight To Hell (5:32) from Combat Rock

  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast; Time Warp (3:19) from Rocky Horror Picturen Show Soundtrack

  • The Beatles; Helter Skelter (4:29) from The White Album

  • Beck; Devil's Haircut (3:14) from Odelay

  • The Beatles; Devil In Her Heart (2:28) With The Beatles

  • Blitzen Trapper; Devil's A-Go-Go (3:02) from Wild Mountain Nation

  • Ray Parker Jr.; Ghost Busters (5:28) from Ghosbusters Soundtrack

  • Squirrel Nut Zippers; Hell (3:13) from Hot

  • Michael Jackson; Thriller (5:58) Greatest Hits - History, Vol. 1

  • The Guess Who; Clap For The Wolfman (4:20) from Road Food

  • Edgar Allen Poe; The Tell-Tale Heart (read by Orson Welles) (16:45) from Japanese Audiobook Sessions

  • White Zombie; More Human Than Human (4:31) from Astro-Creep: 2000

  • Judas Priest; The Ripper (2:51) from Sad Wings of Destiny

  • King Khan & The Shrines; Land of the Freak (3:33) from The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines

  • King Khan & The Shrines; Shivers Down My Spine (5:00) from Smash Hits

  • The Sonics; Psycho (2:18) from Here Are the Sonics

  • The Who; Boris the Spider (2:30) from A Quick One

  • The Jazz Butcher; Zombie Love (3:56) from In Bath of Bacon

  • John Carpenter; Theme Song (3:03) from Halloween Soundtrack

  • Lambert, Hendricks & Ross; Halloween Spooks (2:19) from High Flying With The Isaacs Trio

  • Clint Mansell; Ghosts (1:22) from Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival; I Put A Spell On You (4:32) from Creedence Clearwater Revival

  • The Deadly Snakes; Graveyard Shake (3:34) from I'm Not Your Solider Anymore

  • The Doors; The Soft Parade (9:38) from The Soft Parade

  • Fela Kuti; Zombie (12:26) from The Best Of Africa

  • The Decemberists; Shankill Butchers (4:40) from The Crane Wife

  • Edgar Allan Poe; The Conqueror Worm (read by Ken Nordine) (3:01) from Closed On Account of Rabies

  • Wayne Raney; Jolie Blon's Ghost (2:31) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs

  • Cecilia Costello; The Grey Ghost (1:34) from Folk songs of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales: Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

  • Charlie Daniels Band; The Devil Went Down to Georgia (3:37) from THe BEst of Charlie Daniels

  • North American Hallowe'en Prevention, Inc. (NAHPI); Do They Know It's Halloween? (5:54) from Do They Know It's Halloween? single

  • Dead Kennedys; Halloween (3:35) from Plastic Surgery Disasters

  • Animals; I Put A Spell On You (2:57) from Inside Looking Out: The 1965-1966 Sessions

  • Blue Öyster Cult; (Don't Fear) The Reaper (5:10) from The Best of Blue Öyster Cult: Don't Fear the Reaper

  • CAKE; Satan Is My Motor (3:12) from Prolonging The Magic

  • Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers; Monster Mash (3:14) from The Original Monster Mash

  • Edgar Allan Poe; Annabel Lee (read by Marianne Faithfull) (2:25) from Closed On Account of Rabies

  • Marissa Nadler; Annabelle Lee (5:15) from Ballads of Living and Dying

  • Mrs. Texas Gladden; The Devil's Nine Questions (2:34) from 1930s & 1940s Halloween Songs

  • Moriarty; Jimmy (4:25) from Gee Whiz but this is a Lonesome Town

  • Moriarty; Motel (3:11) from Gee Whiz but this is a Lonesome Town

  • Bjork (with Thom Yorke); Chopin's Funeral March (9:14) from [The Interweb]
  • Edgar Allen Poe; The Raven (read by Garrison Keillor) (9:32) from Horrors! A Prairie Home Companion

As always, email your death letters, funerary incantations, gypsy curses, and all other diabolical machinations to thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com.

Hear you (from beyond the grave) next week!

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Saturday, November 1, 2008

This Twenty-Fourth of October, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

This week we're happy and extremely proud to announce that we have taken over the dormant Artistry in Jazz program on CKLU. The show (I believe!) is the longest running show on the station, and has been as big a part of Sudbury's auditory landscape as the smokestack is of the physical one. Adding to that already enormous pedigree, the show was hosted for over twenty years by the legendary Sigfried Bjorn. We will talk about 'Siggy' more at a later date, but for now all those interested in hearing more jazz can now tune in at 8pm for what we hope will continue to be some of the best jazz in Sudbury.

Here's a show we liked to call

This Week in Braille or Dark Halls and Old Flames

  • Django Reinhardt; Nuits de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (3:08) from Jazz in Paris: Nuits de Saint-Germain des-Prés
  • Count Basie Orchestra; It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (3:05) from Count Plays Duke
  • Count Basie Orchestra; Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (4:40) from Count Plays Duke
  • Count Basie Orchestra; The Star-Crossed Lovers (4:09) from Count Plays Duke
  • Cannonball Adderley; Love For Sale (7:07) from Somethin' Else
  • Cannonball Adderley; Alison's Uncle (5:05) from Somethin' Else
  • Cannonball Adderley; Spontaneous Combustion (10:09) from Presenting Cannonball
  • Cannonball Adderley; Caribbean Cutie (7:05) from Presenting Cannonball
  • Cannonball Adderley; Autumn Leaves (11:01) from Somethin' Else
  • Cannonball Adderley; Straight, No Chaser (8:23) from Verve Jazz Masters
  • Renaud Garcia-Fons; Rosario (5:16) from Entremundo
  • Grant Green; You and the Night and the Music (8:17) from Standards
  • Carmen McRae; Nice Work If You Can Get It (2:52) from Velvet Soul
  • Carmen McRae; It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling (3:50) from Velvet Soul
  • Carmen McRae; Hey John (3:26) from Velvet Soul
  • Carmen McRae; Straighten up & Fly Right (3:02) from Velvet Soul
  • Carmen McRae; Imagination (4:24) from Velvet Soul
  • Carmen McRae; All the Things You Are (4:03) from Velvet Soul
  • Carmen McRae; You And I (4:51) from Velvet Soul
  • Miles Davis (featuring Stan Getz); Out Of The Blue (5:46) from The Birdland Sessions
  • Peggy Lee; I've Got You Under My Skin (2:32) from Black Coffee
  • Funkadelic; Qualify & Satisfy (6:17) from Funkadelic
  • The Aggrolites; Prisoner Song (3:53) from The Aggrolites
  • The Aggrolites; Heavier Than Lead (3:28) from The Aggrolites
  • The Aggrolites; 5 Deadly Venoms (3:15) from The Aggrolites
  • The Beatles; Savoy Truffle (2:55) from The White Album
  • Bob Marley & the Wailers; Roots, Rock, Reggae (3:34) from Rastaman Vibration
  • Gogol Bordello; Not A Crime (4:31) from Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike
  • Gogol Bordello; Passport (4:22) from Voi-la Intruder
  • Limp Bizkit; Faith (2:27) from Three Dollar Bill, Y'All
  • Led Zeppelin; Whole Lotta Love (6:13) from BBC Sessions
  • The Electric Prunes; I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) (3:00) from Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968
  • Violent Femmes; New Generation (2:39) from Freak Magnet
  • B.B. King; Help The Poor (2:41) from His Definitive Greatest Hits
  • Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Sankofa Strings; Black-Eyed Blues (3:22) from Colored Aristocracy
  • Elliott Brood; Johnny Rooke (4:22) from Ambassador
  • Odetta; Bourgeois Blues (4:34) from The Best of the M.C. Records
  • Iron & Wine; Boy With a Coin (4:06) from The Shepherd's Dog
  • The Tragically Hip; Titanic Terrarium (4:34) from Day for Night
  • Cat Stevens; I See A Road (2:11) from Matthew & Son
  • Carla Bruni; Ballade At Thirty-Five (3:03) from No Promises
  • Amy Winehouse; Take the Box (3:20) from Frank
  • Sia; Get Me (3:14) from Healing Is Difficult
  • Kimya Dawson; My Heroes (3:13) from Hidden Vagenda
  • Elliott Smith; Big Decision (2:00) from New Moon
  • Arcade Fire; Old Flame (3:59) from Arcade Fire [EP]
  • Immaculate Machine; No Caution (3:13) from The View
  • Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin; Glue Girls 3:26 from Pershing
  • Metric; Between The Bars (2:16) from the Rolling Stone sessions
  • Au Revoir Simone; Dark Halls (3:27) from The Bird of Music
  • Peter, Bjorn and John; People They Know (3:33) from Peter Bjorn and John
  • Devendra Banhart; Heard Somebody Say (3:21) from Cripple Crow
  • Flight of the Conchords; Episode One (29: 40) from The Complete BBC Radio Series
  • The Mighty Boosh; Episode Four: Mutants (26:50) from The Complete BBC 4 Radio Series
  • Caribou; Melody Day (4:11) from Andorra
  • Caribou; Sandy (4:09) from Andorra
  • Caribou; After Hours (6:15) from Andorra
  • Caribou; She's the One (4:00) from Andorra
  • Caribou; Desiree (4:12) from Andorra
  • Caribou; Eli (3:05) from Andorra
  • Caribou; Irene (7:55) from Andorra
  • Caribou; Niobe (8:51) from Andorra
  • Beirut; Forks And Knives (La Fete) (2:22) from The Flying Club Cup
  • Beirut; A Sunday Smile (3:36) from The Flying Club Cup
  • Bell Orchestre; THROW IT ON A FIRE (4:47) from Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light
  • Bell Orchestre; Salvatore Amato (6:39) from Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light
  • Two Hours Traffic; Nighthawks (3:15) from Little Jabs
  • Two Hours Traffic; No Advances (3:17) from Little Jabs
  • Two Hours Traffic; Stuck For The Summer (3:08) from Little Jabs
  • Two Hours Traffic; Heroes Of The Sidewalk (3:19) from Little Jabs
  • Two Hours Traffic; Jezebel (3:28) from Little Jabs
  • Two Hours Traffic; Backseat Sweetheart (3:29) from Little Jabs
  • Basia Bulat; Before I Knew (1:13) from Oh, My Darling
  • Basia Bulat; I Was a Daughter (2:54) from Oh, My Darling
  • Basia Bulat; Little Waltz (2:53) from Oh, My Darling
  • Basia Bulat; December (2:50) from Oh, My Darling
  • Basia Bulat; Snakes and Ladders (3:09) from Oh, My Darling
  • Basia Bulat; Oh, My Darling (1:24) from Oh, My Darling
  • Nick Drake; Road (2:03) from Pink Moon
  • Bob Dylan; Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance (2:01) from Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
  • Bob Dylan; Dirt Road Blues (3:36) from Time Out Of Mind
  • Bob Dylan; North Country Blues (4:34) from The Times They Are A-Changin'

Email your song requests, questions, compliments, criticisms, and other written communiqués to thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com.

Hear you next week!

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This Seventeenth of October, 2008

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This Tenth of October, 2008

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This Third of October, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

Here's a little show we like to call

This Week in Braille or We All Lose One Another

  • Billie Holiday; It's Too Hot for Words (2:49) from Quintessential: Volume One
  • The White Stripes; There's No Home For You Here (3:44) from Elephant
  • Smog; Justice Aversion (4:50) from Dongs Of Sevotion
  • The Monks; Spotty Face (3:14) from Bad Habits
  • The Glass Family; House Of Glass (3:14) from Hallucinations
  • The Misty Wizards; It´s Love (2:10) from Hallucinations
  • Arcade Fire; (Antichrist Television Blues) (5:10) from Neon Bible
  • The Hives; Tick Tick Boom (3:25) from The Black and White Album
  • The Hives; You Dress Up for Armageddon (3:10) from The Black and White Album
  • The Hives; You Got It All...Wrong (2:42) from The Black and White Album
  • The Sonics; Hitch Hike (2:46) from Boom
  • The Sonics; The Hustler (2:12) from Boom
  • The Sonics; Psycho (2:18) from Here Are the Sonics
  • You Say Party! We Say Die!; He! She! You! Me! They! We! Us! OK! (2:30) from Hit The Floor!
  • Polysics; Plaster Caster (2:24) from Neu
  • Polysics; Baby BIAS (2:54) from Now is the Time!
  • Tenacious D; Cave Intro (0:46) from D Fun Pak
  • Tenacious D; Explosivo (5:02) from D Fun Pak
  • M.I.A.; Sunshowers (3:18) from Arular
  • The Mountain Goats; San Bernardino (3:19) from Heretic Pride
  • Frank Zappa; San Ber'dino (5:57) from Strictly Commercial
  • The Leaves; Hey Joe (2:51) from Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968
  • Flight of the Conchords; Bernard from EMI (2:13) from Flight of the Conchords BBC Series
  • Flight of the Conchords; Hotties (3:12) from Folk the World Tour
  • Fishbone; Shakey Ground (3:46) from Fishbone & the Familyhood Nextperience
  • Kings Of Leon; The Bucket (2:56) from Aha Shake Heartbreak
  • OutKast; Roses (6:10) from The Love Below
  • Jason Collett; We All Lose One Another (4:22) from Idols of Exile
  • The Tragically Hip; New Orleans Is Sinking (4:18) from Up To Here
  • Gordon Downie; Blackflies (3:58) from Coke Machine Glow
  • Sly and the Family Stone; Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) (4:43) from The Best Of Sly & The Family Stone
  • Feist; Flight #303 (2:49) from Monarch
  • Funkadelic; Can You Get To That (2:50) from Maggot Brain
  • The Jacksons; The Love You Save (3:05) from Motown's Greatest Hits 1969 - 1975
  • Torngat; Suite a) Steps to a Lively Dance (4:03) from You Could Be
  • Compay Segundo; Macusa (4:21) from Gracias Compay
  • The Coasters; Brazil (2:23) from a 7" Single
  • Henry Mancini; The Return Of The Pink Panther (Parts I & II) (5:10) from The Return of the Pink Panther Soundtrack
  • Eartha Kitt; Ain't Misbehavin' (3:30) from That Fabulous Eartha Kitt
  • The Doors; Roadhouse Blues (4:06) from Morrison Hotel
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival; I Heard It Through The Grapevine (11:06) from Cosmo's Factory
  • Gogol Bordello; Illumination (3:52) from Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike
  • Tegan & Sara; Relief Next To Me (3:00) from The Con
  • Fiona Apple; Paper Bag (3:41) from When The Pawn...
  • Bob Dylan; It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (4:09) from Highway 61 Revisited
  • David Bowie; TVC 15 (5:34) from Station To Station
  • Kings Of Leon; Slow Night, So Long (3:54) from Aha Shake Heartbreak
  • Outkast; B.O.B. (5:04) from Stankonia
  • The Streets; On the Edge of a Cliff (3:03) from Everything is Borrowed
  • Michael Jackson; Don't Stop Till You Get Enough (6:06) from Off the Wall
  • The Fembots; My Hands are a City (4:48) from Calling Out
  • Morcheeba; Over and Over (2:21) from Big Calm
  • James Brown; Maybe I'll Understand (3:17) from Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud
  • Bill Withers; The Same Love That Made Me Laugh (3:22) from Justments
  • Nick Drake; Free Ride (3:07) from Pink Moon
  • Sufjan Stevens; For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti (3:57) from Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State
  • Eleni Mandell; Just a Dream (3:13) from Afternoon
  • Nina Nastasia; Treehouse Song (2:17) from On Leaving
  • Beck; Lost Cause (4:10) from a bootlegged acoustic show, Tokyo 31.03.03
  • Iron & Wine; Bird Stealing Bread (4:21) from The Creek Drank the Cradle
  • Jens Lekman; Kanske Ar Jag Kar I Dig (4:44) from Night Falls Over Kortedala
  • Clint Mansell; Marion Barfs (2:22) from Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack
  • Odetta; You Gotta Know How (3:40) from The Best Of The M.C. Records 1999-2005
  • Neko Case; I Wish I Was The Moon (3:35) from Blacklisted
  • Bob Dylan; Buckets of Rain (3:22) from Blood on the Tracks
  • Bob Dylan; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (3:40) from Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

As always, your requests, questions, and nominations for leadership of the Republican National Party can be sent to us at thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com.

Hear you next week!

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This Twenty-sixth of September, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

Here's a show we like to call

This Week in Braille or This Week in 1687: Bombast and Bluegrass Blew the Roof off the Parthenon

  • Nina Simone; Blues for Mama (3:56) from Nina Simone Sings the Blues
  • Morphine; You Look Like Rain (3:39) from Good
  • Cannonball Adderley; Au Privave [Alternate Take] (4:25) from Cannonball Adderley and the Poll Winners
  • The Souljazz Orchestra; Insurrection (3:40) from Freedom No Go Die
  • Meatloaf; Paradise By The Dashboard Light (8:28) from Bat out of Hell
  • Mel Tormé; Midnight Swinger (2:10) from Ultra Lounge, Volume 18
  • The Format; Dog Problems (4:11) from Dog Problems
  • Hayden; Stem (2:12) from Live At Convocation Hall
  • The White Stripes; Truth Doesn't Make A Noise (3:15) from De Stijl
  • Grant Green; Wives And Lovers (9:01) from Solid
  • Funkadelic; Wake Up (6:30) from America Eats Its Young
  • Tegan & Sara; Are You Ten Years Ago (3:18) from The Con
  • Phoenix; Courtesy Laughs (3:15) from It's Never Been Like That
  • Phil Woods; Greek Cooking (3:12) from Greek Cooking
  • Anita O'Day; Love Me or Leave Me (2:34) from Verve: The Diva Series
  • James Brown; Hell (5:08) from Hell
  • James Brown; What The World Needs Now Is Love (4:15) from The Godfather Returns
  • Morphine; Buena (3:20) from Cure For Pain
  • Feist; Past In Present (2:54) from The Reminder
  • Sven Libaek; Open Sea Theme (2:02) from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Soundtrack
  • Kobayashi; Shasta (6:43) from Strange Lights & Resolutions
  • Bill Withers; Ain't No Sunshine (2:06) from Just as I Am
  • The Tragically Hip; Goodnight Josephine (3:27) from In Between Evolution
  • The Pinker Tones; Piccolissima Descarga (0:32) from The Million Colour Revolution
  • Bessie Smith; He's Got Me Going (3:14) from Classic Blues
  • CAKE; Italian Leather Sofa (5:52) from Fashion Nugget
  • Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim; End Credits (5:06) from West Side Story
  • The Sonics; Boss Hoss (2:24) from Here Are the Sonics
  • Sufjan Stevens; All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace! (4:34) from Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State
  • The Be Good Tanyas; Reuben (4:24) from Chinatown
  • Neko Case; Lion's Jaws (2:28) from Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
  • Huddie "Lead Belly" Leadbetter; Rock Island Line (2:40) from Alabama Bound
  • M. Ward; Fuel for Fire (4:12) from Transistor Radio
  • Otis Redding; Nothing Can Change This Love (3:04) from The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
  • Miles Davis; Aos Pes Da Cruz (4:19) from Quiet Nights
  • Aretha Franklin; Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (3:14) from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
  • Son House; Louise McGhee (6:14) from The Original Delta Blues
  • Cuff the Duke; I Really Want to Help You (3:38) from Cuff the Duke
  • Elliott Brood; My Friend (3:07) from Ambassador
  • Iron & Wine; The Night Descending (3:14) from The Sea and the Rhythm
  • M. Ward; Paul´s Song (3:11) from Transistor Radio
  • Morphine; Whisper (3:31) from Yes
  • Nostalgia 77 Octet; The Cat (12:25) from Borderlands
  • Floratone; Floratone (5:10) from Floratone
  • Henry Mancini; A Shot in the Dark (2:34) from A Shot in the Dark Soundtrack
  • Quincy Jones; Charade (3:19) from Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini
  • Radiohead; Just (3:54) from The Bends
  • Neutral Milk Hotel; Oh Comely (8:18) from In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
  • The National; Fake Empire (3:27) from Boxer
  • The National; Start a War (3:18) from Boxer
  • Fats Waller; Everybody Loves My Baby (2:53) from Jazz Tribune No. 71: The Indespensible Fats Waller, Vol. 9/10 (1940-1943)
  • Fela Kuti; Mr. Follow Follow (5:53) from Underground Spiritual Game
  • Fela Kuti; Na Poi ( Part 1 & 2) 1976 Version (25:18) from Yellow Fever
  • The Old Crow Medicine Show; Rub Alcohol Blues (4:36) from Troubles Up and Down the Road
  • The Old Crow Medicine Show; Big Sciota (4:09) from Troubles Up and Down the Road
  • Carolina Chocolate Drops; Starry Crown (2:58) from Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind
  • Carolina Chocolate Drops; Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind (2:48) from Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind
  • Carolina Chocolate Drops; Georgie Buck (3:01) from Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind
  • New Buffalo; Cheer Me Up Thank You (3:13) from Somewhere, anywhere.
  • Bob Dylan; Ballad In Plain D (8:17) from Another Side Of Bob Dylan
  • Bob Dylan; Arthur McBride (6:22) from Good As I Been To You

Requests, comments, and all sea-to-land telegrams can be sent via thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com

Hear you next week!

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

This Nineteenth of September, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

This week I was joined in studio for the first half of the programme by my good friend, Mr. Nelson Lafreniere, who also happens to be one of the co-hosts of Non-Sequitor Radio. His show airs at CKLU on Monday nights from 10pm to 2am. With Marcus Aurelius still out-o'-commish, I brought in some vinyl and spun some of the ol' black gold, while Nelson kicked out his jams Steve Jobs-style. The conversation of music was both beautiful and ridiculous.

So here's a little show we like to call

This Week in Braille or Wierd Fishes and Autumn Allegros


Luke said initially

  • Big Maybelle; Maybelle's Blues (3:10) from The Okeh Sessions
  • Feist; Lonely, Lonely (4:10) from Let it Die
  • Iron & Wine; Love and Some Verses (3:40) from Our Endless Numbered Days
  • Iron & Wine w/ Calexico; Sixteen, Maybe Less (4:49) from In the Reins
  • M. Ward; Eyes on the Prize (2:39) from Post-War
  • M. Ward; Magic Trick (1:45) from Post-War

To which Nelson replied

Incredulous at this gallant display, Luke retorted with

Yet, never one to accept the status quo, Nelson shouted

Intrigued by his compatriot's technique, Luke tapdanced

At this point, Nelson, faced with his growing fatigue, withdrew from the station so that he could dilligently begin work on what he liked to refer to as "Catching the Z Train to Dreamsville." Undeterred, Luke continued on, his heart heavy with longing for his old friend (yet buoyant with the knowledge that he'd be back to the station on Monday). After a deep sigh filled with both regret and hunger, Luke sang

The End (Unless, of course, you would like to email your questions, requests, and other correspondence to thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com).

Hear you next week!

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This Twelfth of September, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

Sad news this week! Our beloved co-host, Marcus "the iPod" Aurelius, has died. Our small stoic friend was the major guiding force in changing this show from a completely random and inconsistent show to the critical wonder - and indie darling - that it still is not today. So we pay homage to that little square of electronics who had more heart than half the population of Sudbury. Always good for a sad song when wallowing, or a lively danceable when in the mood for some hot-stepping, Marcus was a true original on CKLU. We thank him for his year of constant service, and all hope that when he is replaced, it is by a commodity that is no Commodus.

So here's a little show we like to call

This Week in Braille or “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

  • Ella Fitzgerald; Too Darn Hot (3:48) from The Very Best of Cole Porter
  • Sarah Vaughan; Hi-Fly (8:23) from In the City of Lights
  • Nostalgia 77 Octet; Changes (7:30) from Sevens & Eights
  • ReBirth Brass Band; You Move, Ya Lose (7:29) from Rollin'
  • New York Ska Jazz Ensemble; Prime Suspect (4:05) from Live in Europe
  • New York Ska Jazz Ensemble; Elegy (7:21) from Live in Europe
  • The Aggrolites; Thunder Fist (2:51) from The Aggrolites
  • The Aggrolites; Countryman Fiddle (3:50) from The Aggrolites
  • Los Campesinos; We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives (2:19) from Sticking Fingers into Sockets
  • Los Campesinos; It Started with a Mixx (1:20) from Sticking Fingers into Sockets
  • Beastie Boys; Suco de Tangerina (3:17) from The Mix-Up
  • Amy Winehouse; Rehab (3:35) from Back to Black
  • Amy Winehouse; You Know I'm No Good (4:17) from Back to Black
  • Vampire Weekend; Oxford Comma (3:24) from Vampire Weekend
  • Two Hours Traffic; No Advances (3:17) from Little Jabs
  • Vampire Weekend; The Kids Don't Stand a Chance (4:03) from Vampire Weekend
  • Two Hours Traffic; Backseat Sweetheart (3:29) from Little Jabs
  • Of Montreal; Art Snob Solutions (3:24) from The Sunlandic Twins Bonus EP
  • Of Montreal; Requiem for O.M.M. 2 (2:19) from The Sunlandic Twins
  • Of Montreal; Forecast Fascist Future (4:23) from The Sunlandic Twins
  • You Say Party! We Say Die!; Giant Hands (3:25) from Lose All Time
  • You Say Party! We Say Die!; Dancefloor Destroyer (3:15) from Lose All Time
  • Flight of the Conchords; Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous (ft. Rhymenocerous & Hiphopopotamus) (2:09) from Flight of the Conchords [SubPop]
  • Sia; Buttons (3:18) from Some People Have Real Problems
  • Fembots; Can I Be Your Mirror? (3:40) from Calling Out
  • Fembots; JL Recalls his Amazon Adventure from a Comfortable Chair in the Window of No. 5 the Kingsway (3:45) from Calling Out
  • Okkervil River; Lost Coastlines (5:31) from The Stand Ins
  • Okkervil River; Calling and Not Calling My Ex (4:21) from The Stand Ins
  • The Black Keys; Strange Times (3:10) from Attack & Release
  • The Black Keys; Psychotic Girl (4:10) from Attack & Release
  • Modest Mouse; Tiny Cities Made of Ashes (3:42) from The Moon and Antarctica
  • Sunset Rubdown; Up on Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days (4:47) from Random Spirit Lover
  • Sunset Rubdown; I'm Sorry I Sang on Your Hands that Have Been in the Grave (5:32) from Shut Up I Am Dreaming
  • Wax Mannequin; Everything Proper (3:23) from Orchard & Ire
  • Wax Mannequin; Tell the Doctor (3:55) from The Price
  • Monty Python; I'm So Worried (3:18) from Contractual Obligation Album
  • Iron & Wine; Boy with a Coin (4:06) from The Shepherd's Dog
  • Iron & Wine; The Devil Never Sleeps (2:07) from The Shepherd's Dog
  • Basia Bulat; I Was a Daughter (2:54) from Oh, My Darling
  • Basia Bulat; In the Night (2:58) from Oh, My Darling
  • Old Man Leudecke; In the Beginning (5:26) from Proof of Love
  • Tom Waits; Ice Cream Man (3:06) from Closing Time
  • The Weapons of Mass Seduction; Hey Hey Mama (2:53) from Weapons of Mass Seduction
  • The Weapons of Mass Seduction; Please, Please, Please (1:54) from Weapons of Mass Seduction
  • Sheesham and Lotus; Cutting at the Pines from Everytime!
  • Rupa & the April Fishes; La pêcheuse (5:39) from Extraordinary Rendition
  • Rupa & the April Fishes; Mal de mer (4:39) from Extraordinary Rendition
  • Rupa & the April Fishes; Les abeilles (5:40) from Extraordinary Rendition
  • Rupa & the April Fishes; Plus que moi (4:01) from Extraordinary Rendition
  • The Tragically Hip; Chagrin Falls (4:11) from Phantom Power
  • B.B. King; Never Make Your Move Too Soon (5:31) from His Definitive Greatest Hits
  • Elliott Smith; Independence Day (3:05) from XO
  • Elliott Smith; Thirteen (2:43) from New Moon
  • Beirut; The Canals of Our City (2:21) from Gulag Orkestar
  • Beirut; St. Apollonia (3:33) from The Flying Club Cup
  • Elliott Brood; Fingers and Tongues (5:05) from Mountain Meadows
  • Elliott Brood; Write It All Down for You (3:58) from Mountain Meadows
  • Elliott Brood; Without Again (3:25) from Mountain Meadows
  • Iron & Wine; Evening on the Ground (Lilith's Song) (3:05) from Woman King
  • Neko Case; Maybe Sparrow (2:38) from Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
  • Joanna Newsom; Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie (4:02) from Joanna Newsom and the Ys. Street Band
  • Nick Drake; Pink Moon (2:07) from Pink Moon
  • Bob Dylan; Arthur Mcbride (6:22) from As Good As I've Been To You

If you don't send your requests, questions, or comments to thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com, this blog cannot be legally held responsible for any calamities that may follow.

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

This Fifth of September, 2008

Hello Radio Listeners!

Grand news! CKLU, our beloved little university and community radio station has gone worldwide! That's right, you can now get a live audio broadcast stream from our glorious official website!

The web redesign was done by local artist and beard expert, Jeff Littlejohn, and the whole CKLU team of Directors and technical staff deserve a huge amount of credit! The station has also gone to a 24-hour schedule, so now you can listen to CKLU literally all the time! So tune your web browser over to CKLU.ca and give the station a try!


Here's a little show we like to call

This Week in Braille or You can find out more about the International Luddite Society by signing up for our Facebook Group today!

  • Bessie Smith; Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (2:58) from Classic Blues
  • James Brown; Top of the Stack (2:48) from It's a Mother
  • The Coasters; Three Cool Cats (2:11) from The Ultimate Coasters
  • James Brown; It's Too Funky in Here (3:59) from JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection
  • Funkadelic; Some More (2:59) from Free Your Mind...and Your Ass Will Follow
  • The White Stripes; Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine (3:18) from Elephant
  • The White Stripes; Seven Nation Army (3:52) from Elephant
  • The White Stripes; I'm Bound to Pack it Up (3:10) from De Stijl
  • The White Stripes; Hotel Yorba (2:10) from White Blood Cells
  • Bob Dylan; Outlaw Blues (3:07) from Bringing It All Back Home
  • Bob Dylan; I Can't Get You off of My Mind (2:57) from Timeless: A Tribute To Hank Williams
  • Bob Dylan; Honest With Me (5:49) from "Love and Theft"
  • Bob Dylan; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (4:38) from Blonde on Blonde
  • Smog; Song (4:57) from Rain On Lens
  • The Kinks; People Take Pictures of Each Other (2:26) from The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
  • Lily Allen; Not Big (3:17) from Alright, Still
  • Los Campesinos!; You! Me! Dancing! (6:14) from Sticking Fingers into Sockets
  • Throw Me the Statue; Lolita (3:38) from Moonbeams
  • MGMT; 4th Dimensional Transition (3:58) from Oracular Spectacular
  • Of Montreal; The Party's Crashing Us (4:53) from The Sunlandic Twins
  • Man Man; Top Drawer (3:28) from Rabbit Habits
  • Polysics; Electric Surfin' Go Go (3:40) from Karate House
  • OK Go; Do What You Want (3:06) from Oh No
  • The Streets; Fit But You Know It (4:14) from A Grand Don't Come For Free
  • Ludwig van Beethoven; X (0:41) from Eroica - Variationen op. 35
  • The Coasters; Brazil (2:23) from an old 7" Single
  • Miles Davis; Just Squeeze Me (7:29) from The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions
  • Adele; Best For Last (4:19) from 19
  • Cannonball Adderley; The Way You Look Tonight (4:28) from Verve Jazz Masters
  • Amy Winehouse; Me & Mr Jones (2:33) from Back to Black
  • Carmen McCrae; The Ballad of Thelonius Monk (3:29) from The Great American Songbook
  • Nouvelle Vague; Ever Fallen In Love? (3:20) from Bande a' Part
  • The Pinker Tones; Beyond Nostalgia (4:20) from The Million Colour Revolution
  • M.I.A.; Bucky Done Gone (3:48) from Arular
  • M.I.A.; Bamboo Banger (4:58) from Kala
  • The Dø; Tammie (3:16) from A Mouthful
  • Manu Chao; Peligro (3:09) from Radio Bemba Sound System
  • Hot Chip; Over and Over (5:46) from The Warning
  • Herbert; Something Isn't Right (3:45) from Scale
  • Phoenix; Second To None (3:25) from It's Never Been Like That
  • Death from Above 1979; Black History Month (3:48) from You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
  • The Doors; The Soft Parade (9:38) from The Soft Parade
  • Van Morrison (feat. Them); I Can Only Give You Everything (2:42) from Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond 1964-1969
  • The Who; The Seeker (3:11) from Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy
  • King Khan & The Shrines; Torture (3:08) from Smash Hits
  • King Khan & The Shrines; On a Brass Bed (in Paradise) (3:57) from Mr. Supernatural
  • James Brown; Maybe I'll Understand (3:17) from Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud
  • Devendra Banhart; I Feel Just Like A Child (4:46) from Cripple Crow
  • Devendra Banhart; Chinese Children (5:18) from Cripple Crow
  • Immaculate Machine; Jarhand (3:27) from Fables
  • The Dø; On My Shoulders (5:21) from A Mouthful
  • Yeasayer; Red Cave (4:59) from All Hour Cymbals
  • Panda Bear; Comfy in Nautica (4:05) from Person Pitch
  • Radiohead; Jigsaw Falling into Place (4:11) from In Rainbows
  • Elliott Smith; Almost Over (2:12) from New Moon
  • Modest Mouse; Fire It Up (4:37) from We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
  • Kimya Dawson; The Competition (2:50) from Remember That I Love You
  • Kimya Dawson; I Like Giants (2:39) from Remember That I Love You
  • Barry Louis Polisar; All I Want Is You (2:38) from Juno Soundtrack
  • Kimya Dawson; Chemistry (2:30) from My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess
  • Andrew Bird; Spare-Ohs (4:07) from Armchair Apocrypha
  • Basia Bulat; Oh, My Darling (1:24) from Oh, My Darling
  • Moriarty; Private Lily (3:53) from Gee Whiz but this is a Lonesome Town
  • Moriarty; Oshkosh Bend (3:13) from Gee Whiz but this is a Lonesome Town
  • Bob Dylan; Arthur McBride (6:22) from As Good As I Been To You
As always, your requests, questions, and offers of marriage can be sent to us at thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

This Twenty-Ninth of August, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

This Week's Featured Artist: King Khan and the Shrines
This Week's Featured Album: Songs for My Funeral by Nostalgia 77

Here's a little show we like to call

This Week in Braille or So Long Summer, You Really Weren't So Long

  • Peggy Lee; There's A Small Hotel (2:51) from Black Coffee
  • James Brown; Coldblooded (4:47) from Hell
  • King Khan & the Shrines; Le Fils De Jacques Dutronc (2:45) from What Is?!
  • King Khan & The Shrines; Land of the Freak (3:33) from The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines
  • Shadows of Knight; Oh Yeah (2:49) from Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968
  • The Kinks; Victoria (3:40) from Arthur (Or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
  • The Kinks; Brainwashed (2:35) from Arthur (Or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
  • The Clash; Atom Tan (2:30) from Combat Rock {warning: extremely trite and obvious video ahead}
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival; Born to Move (5:41) from Pendulum
  • Led Zeppelin; Travelling Riverside Blues (5:12) from BBC Sessions
  • The Dø; Tammie (3:16) from A Mouthful
  • The Dø; Queen Dot Kong (3:14) from A Mouthful
  • Nostalgia 77 Octet; Lotus Tree (9:04) from Borderlands
  • Adele; My Same (3:16) from 19
  • Duffy; Mercy (3:38) from Rockferry
  • Amy Winehouse; Help Yourself (5:01) from Frank
  • Eve; Let Me Blow Ya Mind (ft. Gwen Stefani) (3:50) from Scorpion
  • Fergie; Clumsy (4:01) from Fergilicious
  • Christina Aguilera; Makes Me Wanna Pray (4:10) from Back To Basics
  • Morphine; A Head With Wings (3:40) from Cure For Pain
  • Bill Callahan; Day (4:33) from Woke on a Whaleheart
  • Bill Callahan; A Man Needs a Woman or a Man to Be a Man (5:13) from Woke on a Whaleheart
  • Nina Simone; Backlash Blues (2:31) from Nina Simone Sings the Blues
  • Nina Simone; Buck (1:53) from Nina Simone Sings the Blues
  • Of Montreal; Keep Sending Me Black Fireworks (3:29) from The Sunlandic Twins EP
  • CAKE; Thrills (2:59) from B-Sides and Rarities
  • David Bowie; Andy Warhol (3:57) from Hunky Dory
  • The Mighty Boosh; Episode 6 : Hitcher (Part 4) (5:21) from The Complete BBC 4 Radio Series
  • The Doors; Riders On The Storm (7:15) from L.A. Woman
  • Refused; New Noise (5:08) from The Shape Of Punk To Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts
  • Refused; Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine (4:02) from The Shape Of Punk To Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts
  • King Khan & The Shrines; Destroyer (4:23) from The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines
  • King Khan & The Shrines; Burnin' Inside (3:09) from The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines
  • Nostalgia 77; Only Hush (4:40) from Songs for My Funeral
  • Nostalgia 77; Rain Walk (4:26) from Songs for My Funeral
  • Nostalgia 77; Dirge (3:37) from Songs for My Funeral
  • Nostalgia 77; The Beginning (5:39) from Songs for My Funeral
  • The Dø; At Last (4:10) from A Mouthful
  • Apostle of Hustle; Justine, Beckoning (4:55) from The National Anthem Of Nowhere
  • The Helio Sequence; You Can Come To Me (4:01) from Keep Your Eyes Ahead
  • Blitzen Trapper; Futures & Folly (2:14) from Wild Mountain Nation
  • Beirut; Nantes (3:50) from The Flying Club Cup
  • Bell Orchestre; Salvatore Amato (6:39) from Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light
  • Bat for Lashes; Sarah (3:57) from Fur and Gold
  • Final Fantasy; Arctic Circle (4:24) from He Poos Clouds
  • Junior Boys; FM (5:51) from So This Is Goodbye
  • Conor Oberst; Lenders in the Temple (4:35) from Conor Oberst
  • Bill Callahan; Night (3:04) from Woke On A Whaleheart
  • Carla Bruni; Lady Weeping At The Crossroads (3:38) from No Promises
  • Torngat; Celebrating New (4:51) from You Could Be
  • Andrew Bird; Scythian Empire (4:32) from Armchair Apocrypha
  • Leonard Cohen; The Old Revolution (4:47) from Songs from a Room
  • Marissa Nadler; Undertaker (2:17) from Ballads of Living and Dying
  • Marissa Nadler; Bird Song (3:08) from Ballads of Living and Dying
  • Bob Dylan; Isis (6:59) from Desire
  • Bob Dylan; Arthur McBride (6:22) from Good as I Been to You

Requests, cheques, marriage proposals, et cetera can be sent to thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com.

Hear you next week!

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This Twenty-Second of August, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

Alright, so tonight the indomitable Jess Pope leaves Sudbury for a sojourn across the world, and to celebrate, I'm totally bailing on the show to spend it with her and her friends! If you know/knew Jess Pope, you will totally understand this, and if you don't, then you'll have to accept my good word that attending a send-off for Jess Pope is vastly superior than volunteering to host a 5-hour radio show that no one listens to!

Yet, I cannot be negligent in my duties (well, this week anyway), so I have prepared a playlist for your listening enjoyment. No talk, no commercials, no PSA's....nothing but sweet sweet music for your listening pleasure!

This set is dedicated to Jess Pope, although not particularly about her. Here's a little show we like to call

This Week in Braille or Jess Pope! We Hardly Knew Ye!

  • Billie Holiday; For Heaven's Sake (3:29) from Lady in Satin
  • Os Mutantes; Le premier bonheur du jour (3:36) from Os Mutantes
  • The Monks; Dear Jerry (4:29) from Bad Habits
  • Betty Davis; Talkin' Trash (4:49) from Nasty Gal
  • James Brown; Sayin and Doin' It (3:09) from Hell
  • B.B. King; Better Not Look Down (3:22) from His Definitive Greatest Hits
  • B.B. King; I'm Moving On (4:16) from His Definitive Greatest Hits
  • The Sonics; Cinderella (2:45) from Boom
  • Miles Davis; Straight, No Chaser (8:51) from Live at Newport
  • Henry Mancini; Bachelor in Paradise (2:34) from Our Man in Hollywood
  • Otis Redding; Satisfaction (2:48) from Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
  • Os Mutantes; A Minha Menina (4:42) from Os Mutantes
  • Pink Mountaintops; Can You Do That Dance? (3:35) from Pink Mountaintops
  • Funkadelic; Qualify and Satisfy (6:17) from Funkadelic
  • Funkadelic; I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody's Got A Thing (3:54) from Funkadelic
  • Funkadelic; Take Your Dead Ass Home! (Say Som'n Nasty) (7:19) from Tales of Kidd Funkadelic
  • Wilco; The Late Greats (2:31) from a ghost is born
  • The Mascots; Words Enough to Tell You (1:59) from Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond 1964-1969
  • Eartha Kitt; Take My Love (2:23) from That Fabulous Eartha Kitt
  • Donovan; Candy Man (3:29) from Fairytale
  • The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band; Doyne Istanbul (3:59) from Fire
  • The Choir Practice; Failsafe (1:55) from The Choir Practice
  • Morphine; I Had My Chance (3:04) from Yes
  • Morphine; Souvenir (4:42) from The Night
  • Wilco; Spiders (Kidsmoke) (10:47) from a ghost is born
  • The Gossip; Gone (2:41) from Movement
  • Cat Stevens; Maybe You're Right (3:26) from Mona Bone Jakon
  • Richie Havens; Missing Train (4:37) from Alarm Clock
  • Django Reinhardt; Keep Cool (3:06) from Jazz in Paris: Nuits de Saint-Germain des-Prés
  • Nostalgia 77 Octet; The District (4:57) from Weapons of Jazz Destruction
  • Throw Me the Statue; About to Walk (3:17) from Moonbeams
  • Rilo Kiley; Smoke Detector (2:58) from Under the Blacklight
  • Amy Millan; Headsfull (1:53) from Honey from the Tombs
  • Manu Chao; Promiscuity (1:45) from Radio Bemba Sound System
  • The Beatles; Girl (2:34) from Rubber Soul
  • Nouvelle Vague; Escape Myself (3:44) from Bande à Part
  • Big Brother & the Holding Company; Summertime (4:38) from Live at Winterland '68
  • Broken Social Scene; Superconnected (5:40) from Broken Social Scene
  • Metric; Empty (5:55) from Live it Out
  • The Format; A Mess to be Made (3:28) from Interventions and Lullabies
  • Kimya Dawson; Viva La Persistence (3:48) from Hidden Vagenda
  • Donovan; Epistle to Derroll (5:49) from A Gift from a Flower to a Garden
  • The Kinks; Mr. Churchill Says (4:44) from Arthur (Or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
  • Smashing Pumpkins; Beautiful (4:19) from Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness: Twilight To Starlight
  • Cat Stevens; Longer Boats (3:13) from Tea for the Tillerman
  • The Tragically Hip; Family Band (3:41) from World Container
  • Midlake; Bandits (4:05) from The Trials of Van Occupanther
  • The String Quartet Tribute to Tool; The Grudge (6:07) from Anatomica
  • Nostalgia 77; Rain Walk (4:26) from Songs for My Funeral
  • Joni Mitchell; Answer Me, My Love (3:24) from Both Sides Now
  • Sufjan Stevens; Chicago (6:05) from Come On, Feel the Illinoise
  • Donovan; Catch the Wind (2:56) from Universal Soldier
  • Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton; Sprig (4:00) from What is Free to a Good Home?
  • David Bowie; Quicksand (5:07) from Hunky Dory
  • Smog; Goldfish Bowl (1:59) from Wild Love
  • Murphy Gribble, John Lusk & Albert York; Eighth of January (4:16) from The Alan Lomax Collection:Deep River of Song: Black Appalachia: String Bands, Songsters and Hoedowns
  • [unknown artist]; Duckin' And Dodgin' (3:38) from Alan Lomax Collection: Negro Prison Blues and Songs
  • Lead Belly; You Can't Lose-a Me, Cholly (2:40) from Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1
  • Son House; Empire State Express (3:41) from Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Son House
  • Radiohead; You and Whose Army? (3:11) from Amnesiac
  • The Most Serene Republic; Humble Peasants (3:23) from Population
  • Lovage; Lies and Alibis (3:16) from Music to Make Love to your Old Lady By
  • Beirut; The Flying Club Cup (2:58) from The Flying Club Cup
  • Au Revoir Simone; Back in Time (5:19) from Verses of Comfort, Assurance & Salvation
  • Joanna Newsom; Only Skin (16:53) from Ys. {Video Part One; Video Part Two}
  • Anne Briggs; Willie O' Winesbury (5:32) from Anne Briggs
  • John Strachan; The Royal Forrester (2:46) from Alan Lomax Colelction: Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland, Volume 2
  • Moriarty; Animals Can't Laugh (3:39) from Gee Whiz but this is a Lonesome Town {Partial Clip}
  • M. Ward; Psalm (3:51) from End of Amnesia
  • Bob Dylan; Canadee-i-o (4:24) from Good As I Been To You
  • M. Ward; Oh Take Me Back (2:08) from Transistor Radio
  • Bob Dylan; Standing in the Doorway (7:43) from Time Out Of Mind
  • Bob Dylan; Arthur McBride (6:22) from Good As I Been To You

Email your song requests, questions, compliments, criticisms, and other written communiqués to thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com.

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This Fifteenth of August, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

Here's a little show we like to call

This Week in Braille or You Bring the Sun; I'll Bring the Popcorn

  • Ella Fitzgerald; 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) (3:04) from The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald
  • CAKE; Wheels (3:18) from Pressure Chief
  • Kings of Leon; Pistol of Fire (2:21) from Aha Shake Heartbreak
  • Radiohead; I Might Be Wrong (4:54) from Amnesiac
  • David Bowie; Queen Bitch (3:18) from Hunky Dory
  • Nouvelle Vague; Too Drunk to Fuck (2:16) from Nouvelle Vague
  • Smith; Baby It's You (3:23) from Death Proof Soundtrack
  • Parliament; What Comes Funky (2:26) from Chocolate City
  • The Jacksons; Dancing Machine (2:38) from The Very Best of The Jacksons
  • The Pinker Tones; Welcome to Tmcr (3:37) from The Million Colour Revolution
  • Gogol Bordello; Ultimate (3:29) from Super Taranta!
  • James Brown; Mother Popcorn (Part 1) (3:16) from It's A Mother
  • James Brown; Mother Popcorn (Part 2) (3:01) from It's A Mother
  • Grant Green; I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself) (5:55) from Blue Funk
  • The Doors; The WASP (4:16) from L.A. Woman
  • Bob Dylan; Summer Days (4:53) from Love and Theft
  • Jason Collett; I'll Bring the Sun (3:34) from Idols of Exile
  • M. Ward; Magic Trick (1:45) from Post-War
  • Duffy; Warwick Avenue (3:46) from Rockferry
  • Amy Winehouse; Amy Amy Amy (13:16) from Frank
  • Sarah Vaughan; Peter Gunn (1:53) from Sings the Mancini Songbook
  • Syd Dale; Cuban Presto (1:55) from Accents on Percussion
  • Mark Mothersbaugh; Ping Island / Lightning Strike Rescue Op (4:16) from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Soundtrack
  • Beck; Devil's Haircut (3:14) from Odelay
  • Fiona Apple; Across the Universe (5:02) from Pleasantville Soundtrack
  • Cat Stevens; Peace Train (4:04) from Teaser and the Firecat
  • Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin; Oceanographer (4:45) from Pershing
  • Morcheeba; The Sea (5:48) from Big Calm
  • Morphine; Let's Take a Trip Together (3:00) from Cure for Pain
  • Nancy Sinatra; Sorry 'Bout That (3:00) from How Does That Grab You?
  • Bob Dylan; Brownsville Girl (11:03) from Knocked Out Loaded
  • Nina Simone; I Love My Baby (4:07) from Verve Jazz Essentials
  • Sarah Vaughan; It Had Better Be Tonight (1:44) from Sings the Mancini Songbook
  • Cannonball Adderley; Autumn Leaves (11:01) from Somethin' Else
  • Otis Redding & Carla Thomas; When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (2:51) from King & Queen
  • Regina Spektor; Bon Idee (4:12) from Songs
  • The Most Serene Republic; Content Was Always My Favorite Colour (4:16) from Underwater Cinematographer
  • Rogue Wave; Postage Stamp World (3:20) from Out of the Shadow
  • My Project: Blue; Consume (6:54) from My Project: Blue EP
  • Modest Mouse; Paper Thin Walls (3:01) from The Moon and Antarctica
  • Midlake; We Gathered in Spring (3:33) from The Trials Of Van Occupanther
  • M83; Midnight Souls Remain (11:11) from Saturdays=Youth
  • Beck; Sleepless Nights (3:33) from Bootlegged Acoustic Show, Tokyo 31.03.03
  • Bob Dylan; One More Cup of Coffee (3:46) from Desire
  • Ryan Adams; My Blue Manhattan (2:24) from Love is Hell, Pt. 2
  • The Tragically Hip; Last of the Unplucked Gems (2:04) from Road Apples
  • Bob Dylan; Can't Wait (5:48) from Time Out of Mind
  • Sarah Vaughan; My Funny Valentine (8:31) from In the City of Lights
  • Cat Stevens; Father and Son (3:42) from Back to Earth
  • Iron and Wine; Calm on the Valley (4:13) from Unreleased Early Recordings
  • Clint Mansell; Summer Overture (2:35) from Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack
  • Final Fantasy; The Sea (Tenderizer) (3:07) from Young Canadian Mothers 7"
  • Odetta; Long Time Gone (3:45) from Odetta Sings Dylan
  • Marissa Nadler; Undertaker (2:17) from Ballads of Living and Dying
  • Marissa Nadler; Photographs (1:37) from The Saga of Mayflower May
  • Marissa Nadler; Yellow Lights (2:59) from The Saga of Mayflower May
  • Bob Dylan; Arthur McBride (6:22) from Good as I Been to You

As always, applications to replace Luke as the host of the show can be sent, with all other requests, comments and correspondence to thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com .

Hear you next week!

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This Eighth of August, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

My apologies music fans, but I missed the show this week while I attended a semi-annual meeting of the Ontario contingent of the Canadian Federation of Students . Your intrepid host even had the opportunity of grilling Premiere Dalton McGuinty's new Climate Change Secretariat about his mandate and about the Liberal push for Nuclear Energy as a "green" (read, "radioactive green") alternative to coal plants.

The gov set up a new website, http://additupontario.ca/ . Which is curiously focused entirely on what people can do to prevent climate change. The website is very poorly laid out, and the web designer seems to have gone off on a mastabatory display of his scripting prowess, which really only serves to bog the site down. The worst part, one supposes, is that in truth the information isn't particularly useful or easy to find when it is. If you want to see what the government is doing (aside from placing the responsibility on citizens instead of industry) then you can check out the Ontario Ministry of the Environment's website at http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/. It is appropriatelty vague and non-commital.

If you'd like to send your thoughts or concerns to the new Secretariat, well you actually can't as there is currently no public listing for the man who is supposed to save our province. So, go fuck yourself Liberal Party of Ontario.

My name is Luke Norton, and I fucking approve of this message.
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This First of August, 2008

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This Twenty-Fifth of July, 2008

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This Eighteenth of July, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

I don't seem to have a log sheet for this show, nor do I remember doing anything else that would cause my absence at the show, so we'll chalk this miss up to an alien abduction.

Yes, that wraps that up nicely.

Hear you next week!
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This Eleventh of July, 2008

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This Fourth of July, 2008

Coming as soon as I can find what I did with the log sheet!
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Monday, September 1, 2008

This Twenty-Seventh of June, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

Continuing our series of guest co-hosts, this week we invited fellow CKLU host Kayla Turpin (A Shot in the Dark, 10pm to Midnight, every Thursday night) to swing by the show and serve up some of her musical knowledge for us.

Here's a little show we like to call

This Week In Braille or You'll Always Be My Turpin Hero

  • Aretha Franklin; Do Right Woman, Do Right Man from Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings

  • Otis Redding; Nobody Knows You (When you're Down and Out) from The Soul Album

  • Bessie Smith; Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out) from Classic Blues

  • Elliot Smith; Waltz #2 from XO

  • Yeasayer; Sunrise from All Hour Cymbals

  • Rubén González; Prestame la bicicleta from Momentos

  • Bob Dylan; Arthur McBride from As Good As I've Been To You

  • Ludwig van Beethoven; XIV-XV from Eroica - Variationen Op. 35

  • John Prine; Saddle in the Rain from Anthology: Great Days

  • Funkadelic; I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing from Funkadelic

  • Oscar Peterson; Younger than Spring Time from The Will to Swing

  • Ben Folds Five; Army from The Unauthorized Biography

  • Ted Leo and the Pharmacists; Biomusicology from The Tyranny of Distance

  • Adam and the Ants; Apoll 9 from The Very Best of

  • Ryan Adams; So Alive from Rock 'N Roll

  • Leonard Bernstein; I Feel Pretty from West Side Story Soundtrack

  • Leonard Bernstein; Gee Officer Krumpke from West Side Story Soundtrack

  • The Weakerthans; Plea From a Cat named Virtue from Reconstruction Site

  • The Weakerthans; Bad Time to be Poor from Rheostatics Tribute: The Secret Sessions

  • The Weakerthans; Virtue the Cat Explains Her Departure from Reunion Tour

  • Rocky Horror Show Original Cast; Time Warp from Rocky Horror Show Soundtrack

  • The Hives; Inspection Wise 1999 from Veni Vidi Vicious

  • The Format; Dog Problems from Dog Problems

  • The Apples in Stereo; She's Telling Lies (Bryce's Mix) from Velocity of Sound

  • Dusty Springfield; Bring it Back from Where Am I Going?

  • Dusty Springfield; Come Back to Me from Where Am I Going?

  • Parliament; Ride On from Chocolate City

  • MGMT; The Youth from Oracular Spectacular

  • Spoon; Something To Look Forward To from Kill the Moonlight

  • OK GO; Antmusic from Pink EP

  • Elliott Brood; Second Son from Ambassador

  • Elliott Brood; Wolfgang from Ambassador

  • Elliott Brood; Oh, Alberta from Tin Type

  • Tegan and Sara; Dancing in the Dark from Songs for Christoff

  • Colin Meloy; Turpin Hero from Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins

  • Rogue Wave; Everyday from Stubbs the Zombie Soundtrack

  • Of Montreal; Jimmy from

  • Arcade Fire; This Must Be the Place from

  • Matthew Sweet; Magnet & Steel from Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Album

  • Jimmy Clift; The Harder They Come from The Harder They Come Soundtrack

  • Esthero (ft. Sean Lennon); Everyday is a Holiday (With You) from Wikked Lil' Grrrls

  • Anita O'Day; Señor Blues from Verve: The Diva Series

  • Amy Winehouse; Stronger Than Me from Frank

  • Modest Mouse; Tiny Cities Made of Ashes from The Moon and Antarctica

  • Weezer; Pink Triangle from Pinkerton

  • Leona Naess; Charm Attack from Comatised

  • The Dodos; Walking from Visiter

  • Beirut; Elephant Gun from Lon Gisland

  • Matt Pond PA; Measure 3 from The Green Fury

  • Ed Harcourt; Shadowbozing from The Beautiful Lie

  • Ryan Adams; Amy from Heartbreaker

  • Bright Eyes; The First Day of My Life from KEXP Radio Seattle Sessions

  • Feist; The Park from The Reminder

  • Gordon Downie; Trick Rider from Coke Machine Glow

  • Gordon Downie; Chancellor from Coke Machine Glow

  • She & Him; I Was Made For You from Volume One

  • She & Him; You Really Got a Hold On Me from Volume One

  • Nancy Sinatra; In My Room from Boots

  • Peter Sarstedt; Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? from The Darjeeling Limited Soundtrack

  • The Divine Comedy; A Lady of a Certain Age from Victory for the Comic Muse

  • Joni Mitchell; Cactus Tree from Song to a Seagull

  • Rebekah Higgs; Parables from Rebekah Higgs

  • Janis Joplin; Kozmic Blues from I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again, Mama

  • Jeff Buckley; Lilac Wine from Grace

  • Bob Dylan; Arthur McBride from As Good as I've Been to You

Murderous threats, suits of libel, and all other inquiries can be sent to thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com


Hear you next week!

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

This Twentieth of June, 2008

Hello radio listeners!

This week, to celebrate the close of a wonderful little outdoor version of ol' Bill's A Midsummer Night's Dream, we had a special guest in the studio by the name of Jason Simac. Now Jay played Bottom, and I the mischievious Robin Goodfellow, and together we were bound to make an interesting pair! I was determined to get as much Nina Simone and Henry Mancini at him as I could, and he in turn threw everything under the sun at me! Bonus points for you if you pick which were Jay's choices and which were mine!

Here's a little show we like to call:

This Week in Braille or Bottom Gets His Groove Back

  1. Kirk Hunter; Opening Titles from Final Approach Soundtrack
  2. Future Sound of London (FSOL); We Have Explosives (6:19) from Dead Cities
  3. Fluke; Atom Bomb (5:45) from Risotto
  4. Junkie XL; Crusher (5:28) from Radio JXL - A Broadcast From The Computerhell Cabin
  5. Manic Street Preachers; Everything Must Go (Chemical Brothers Remix) (6:33) from the Everything Must Go [SINGLE] {and a shade of nostalgia}
  6. Nina Simone; Satin Doll (3:37) from Nina Simone Sings Duke Ellington
  7. Henry Mancini; Chicken Little Was Right from The Party Soundtrack
  8. Henry Mancini; A Shot in the Dark from the A Shot in the Dark Soundtrack
  9. Modern Jazz Quartet; Baden Baden (4:03) from Coffee and Cigarettes Soundtrack
  10. The Ventures; James Bond Theme (3:51) from 60's Rock Instrumental Collection, Vol. 3
  11. Forgotten Rebels; England Keep Yer Stars from This Ain't hollywood...
  12. Distillers; Gypsy Rose Lee (3:54) from Distillers
  13. McLusky; Forget About Him, I'm Mint from The Difference Between Me and You
  14. Sonic Youth; Dirty Boots (5:00) from Goo
  15. Jack Off Jill; I Touch Myself (3:18) from <INTERWEB!>
  16. Dick Hyman; The Minotaur from Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman
  17. The Tragically Hip; Boots or Hearts (3:44) from Up to Here
  18. The Doors; The Soft Parade (9:38) from The Soft Parade
  19. CAKE; You Part the Waters (2:50) from Motorcade of Generosity
  20. The Beatles; Hey Jude (4:21) from Anthology 3
  21. Nina Simone; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (2:42) from Pastel Blues
  22. James Brown; Sportin' Life (3:51) from Black Caesar Soundtrack
  23. Vampire Weekend; Oxford Comma (3:15) from Vampire Weekend
  24. The Cramps; I Was a Teenage Werewolf (3:05) from Songs the Lord Taught Us
  25. Warren Zevon; Werewolves of London (3:27) from Excitable Boy
  26. The Cramps; The Surfin' Dead (4:12) from Return of the Living Dead Soundtrack
  27. Stray Cats; Rock this Town (3:24) from Greatest Hits
  28. Stray Cats; Stray Cat Strut (3:15) from Greatest Hits
  29. Peerless Four; Trouble in My Way (6:44) from Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey Volume 08: Velvet Voices
  30. Mississippi John Hurt; Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) (2:52) from Avalon Blues: The 1928 Okeh Sessions
  31. Mississippi John Hurt; Candy Man Blues (2:47) from Avalon Blues: The 1928 Okeh Sessions
  32. Roy Orbinson; In Dreams (2:50) from Blue Velvet Soundtrack
  33. Lead Belly; Pick a Bale O' Cotton (2:59) from Midnight Special
  34. Liz Phair; Divorce Song (3:20) from Exile in Guyville
  35. Dusty Springfield; Oh No! Not My Baby! (2:53) from Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
  36. Nina Simone; Ain't No Use (3:05) from Pastel Blues
  37. Syd Dale; Come One, Come All (2:44) from Ready Steady Boogaloo
  38. Sparks; Bon Voyage from Propaganda
  39. Stump; Charlton Heston from A Fierce Pancake
  40. Talking Heads; Wild Wild Life (3:40) from True Stories
  41. Camper Van Beethoven; Take the Skinheads Bowling from Telephone Free Landslide Victory
  42. Don Azpiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra; El Manisero/Me Odias from Don Azpiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra
  43. The Cat Empire; The Rhythm from On the Attack
  44. Julie London; Come on-a' My House (2:57) from The Magic of Julie London
  45. Henry Mancini; Something for Sellers (2:47) from The Pink Panther Soundtrack
  46. CAKE; Mahna, mahna (2:54) from B-Sides and Rarities {Why? You ask? Why not? is my reply!}
  47. Barry Louis Polisar; All I Want is You (2:38) from Juno Soundtrack
  48. Basia Bulat; Little Waltz (2:53) from Oh, My Darling
  49. Basia Bulat; La-da-da (3:19) from Oh, My Darling
  50. Adele; Right as Rain (3:17) from 19
  51. Billie Holiday; I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (and Throw Away the Key) (2:11) from Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah!
  52. Nils Landgren; Dancing Queen from Funky Abba
  53. Dinah Washington; Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby (Rae and Christian remix) from Verve Remixed
  54. Nina Simone; See-Line Woman (Masters at Work remix) (10:06) from Verve Remixed
  55. CAKE; War Pigs (3:54) from B-Sides and Rarities
  56. She & Him; I Should Have Known Better (3:39) from Volume One
  57. Jens Lekman; Into Eternity (3:45) from Night Falls Over Kortedala
  58. Joanna Newsom; Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie (4:02) from Joanna Newsom and the Ys. Street Band
  59. Nina Simone; Be My Husband (3:25) from Pastel Blues
  60. Miles Davis; Saeta (5:08) from Sketches of Spain
  61. Peter Gabriel; Solsbury Hill (4:21) from Car
  62. Janis Joplin; Kozmic Blues (4:24) from I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!

As always, let us know what you think at thisweekinbraille@hotmail.com !

Hear you next week!

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