WildWorks on CKCU 93.1 FM – On Wednesdays

Time:  Wednesday morning
Where to listen: 93.1 FM in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. http://www.ckcufm.com/ for online live mp3 streaming internationally.
Note: If you’re interested in wanting to be a guest on Wednesday morning, just email me at either wildworks@rogers.com or wildworks@bell.blackberry.net.
It is a general music show and there is a feature on interviews with musicians and bands that come to Ottawa and also from the local scene. The first hour of the show is a top 10 countdown on the newest Canadian tracks. The second hour is more on the various kinds of music being played along with the feature interviews and concert listings.

The opening theme for the show is “All I Ever Wanted To Be” by Lily Frost. It’s also the opening theme song to CBC’s Being Erica.

If you are an up and coming band or artist from Ottawa or around Canada, let me know ahead of time that you want to play your music for the radio show.

You can check the countdown blog at this link. This part of the blog is no longer updated but is used as a reference point for contacting.

The Playlists

The new playlist is now shifted to CKCU’s website at http://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/193/index.html.
The past playlist is at http://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/47/index.html.

ASR/WildWorks Holiday Edition #5 – December 30, 2009

* – Canadian content

Audio Sensory Resuscitation
1. the Love Song – K-os *
2. Dragostea Dintei [DJ Ross Remix]
3. Hey Hey Hey (My Little Beauties) – Hawksley Workman *
4. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Serena Ryder *
5. Vagabond – Hey Ocean featuring Shad *
6. Paper Planes – The Da Vincis (cover)
7. When? (Demo?) – Stars (A Lot of Little Lies for the Sake of One Big Truth)
8. Hurt Feelings – Flight of the Conchords (I Told You I Was Freaky)
9. Shpadoinkle – Cannibal: The Musical
10. Out to Get Me – The Kickdrums
11 & 12. Jig & Les Poissions – The Little Mermaid soundtrack

The WildWorks Show – Best of 2009 Edition
13. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson

My 2009 Picks – Canadian Indie Music Left Off My Top 10 of 2009
14. Ghost Fever – The Balconies (The Balconies) *
15. Sovereignty – Japandroids (Post Nothing) *
16. Sailing By Starships – Jenn Grant (Echoes) *
17. Nothing 2 Step 2 – Thunderheist (Thunderheist) *
18. Pulling On A Line – Great Lake Swimmers (Lost Channels) *

My 2009 Picks – Mainstream Music
19. The Fear – Lily Allen (It’s Not Me, It’s You)
20. Bulletproof – La Roux (La Roux)
21. French Navy – Camera Obsura (My Maudlin Career)
22. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyoncé (I Am… Sasha Fierce)
23. Just Dance – Lady GaGa featuring Colby O’Donis (The Fame)
24. Right Round – Flo Rida & Ke$ha (R.O.O.T.S.)
25. Boom Boom Pow – The Black Eyed Peas (The E.N.D.)
26. Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys (The Blueprint 3)
27. Live Your Life – T.I. featuring Rihanna (Paper Trail)
28. Halo – Beyoncé (I Am… Sasha Fierce)
29. Zero – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (It’s Blitz)

Remembering Anita Mui (1963-2003)
30. 夕陽之歌 – Anita Mui

ASR/WildWorks Holiday Edition #4 – December 23, 2009

* – Canadian content

1. 12 Days of Christmas – Bob & Doug McKenzie
2. Christmas Time Is Here – The Awkward Stage (A Peanuts Christmas: 2009 Zunior Holiday Album) [used for intro]*
3. Was I – Madeleine Peyroux (Dreamland)
4. Who’d Have Known  – Lily Allen (It’s Not Me, It’s You)
5. Jingle Bell Rock – The Muppets (Muppet Family Christmas)
6. Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer Theme from the classic TV special.
7. All For Love – Serena Ryder (Is It OK)*
8. Jingle Bell Rock – Randy Travis
9. Imagine – Jack Johnson
10. Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town – Cake (B-Sides & Rarity)
11. Wanting Like Veruca – Said The Whale (Westcoast Christmas EP 2009)*
12. Have Yourself a Merry Christmas – Sesame Street (Merry Christmas Sesame Street)
13. Fairytale of New York – In-Flight Safety & Jenn Grant *
14. Book of Love – Library Voices *
15. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Theme
16. Battle Royale – The Balconies (The Balconies) [used during the background] *
17. Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney
18. 300 Pages – The Balconies (The Balconies) [used during the background] *
19. 2000 Miles – The Pretenders (Learning to Crawl)
20. I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas – Gayla Peevey
21. Christmas In Hollis – Run-DMC (A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 1)

The WildWorks Show Holiday Edition #3 – December 21, 2009. With Special Guest, Ben Welland, of Sadie Hell

The Christmas #1 Song in UK for 2009
Killing In The Name – Rage Against The Machine

Christmas Songs By Canadian Independent Artists
This Christmas – Jill Barber
Winter Wonderland – Oh No Forest Fire
Stocking Stuffer – Chris Page
The Red & Green Blues – Olenka and Simon
Ho Ho Ho – Lightning Dust
The Weight of the Season – Said The Whale

Now & Then Christmas Songs
Do They Know It’s Christmas x 3 – Band Aid (1984), Band Aid 20 (2004) and F’ed Up (2009)

More Christmas Songs to Play
Lenny’s pick: Christmas In Hollis – Run DMC
Ben’s picks
Christmas Time For My Penis – The Vandals
Fairytale of New York – No Use For A Name
Do You Heart What I Hear? – Bob Dylan

Sadie Hell Premiere
Onward, Hop!
The Queen of Babylon

Final Christmas Songs
Lenny’s pick, well it was a Christmas request: We Three Kings – Wintersleep
Ben’s pick: Santa Clause Go Straight To The Ghetto – James Brown

The WildWorks Show Holiday Edition #2 – December 16, 2009

Christmas Songs Continuing
1. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – FYI – Utada (This is the One)
2. Christmas Touch – Hannah Georgas
3. The Power of Love – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4. Last Christmas – Ohbijou

Past Christmas #1 Songs in the UK
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles (Love)
6. Only You – Flying Pickets (The Best of Flying Pickets)
7. Always On My Mind – Pet Shop Boys (Pop Art: Pop)
8. Stay Another Day – East 17
9. Goodbye (Radio Edit) – Spice Girls (Goodbye)
10. Sound of the Underground – Girls Aloud (The Sound of Girls Aloud)
11. Hallelujah – Alexandra Burke

My Top 10 Canadian Albums of 2009
1. Three by Joel Plaskett (Played Through & Through & Through)
2. Fantasies by Metric (Played Gimme Sympathy)
3. XXXX by You Say Party! We Say Die! (Played Laura Palmer’s Prom)
4. Islands Disappear by Said The Whale (Played Camilo (The Magician))
5. Silver Starling by Silver Staring (Played Ghosts)
6. Nice, Nice, Very Nice by Dan Mangan (Played Robots)
7. Beacons by Ohbijou (Played New Years)
8. High On Jackson Hill by Immaculate Machine (Played Sound The Alarms)
9. Invisible Republic by Young Galaxy (Played Destroyer)
10. Family by Think About Life (Played Sweet Sixteen)

The WildWorks and Horses Spilled Milk Holiday Show – December 14, 2009

1. Silent Night – Adaline

Now & Then Christmas Songs
2. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home – U2 (A Very Special Christmas Vol. 1)
3. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home – Darlene Love (A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector)

4. All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah’s New Dance Mix Edit) – Mariah Carey (All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah’s New Dance Mixes) [Remixed by Low Sunday] – EP)
5. What’s This? – Danny Elfman (OST: The Nightmare Before Christmas)
6. Last Christmas – WHAM!
7. Carol of the Bells – Barenaked Ladies (Barenaked for the Holidays)

Then & Now Christmas Songs
8. Fairytale of New York – The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
9. Fairytale of New York – Stars

10. The Chanukah Song – Adam Sandler
11. Snowman – Mavis Fan

The WildWorks Show (filling in for ASR) – December 2, 2009

The Day After World AIDS Day (Dec. 1)
1. What’s Going On? [Dupri Original Mix]- All Star Tribute (What’s Going On?)
2. Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart – Alicia Keys (The Element of Freedom)

Ohbijou Interview
3. Wildfires – Ohbijou (Beacons)
Songs used in the interview – Black Ice, Jailbird Blues, and St. Francis

Cadence Weapon Being on CBC’s Canada Reads 2010 and Last New Song Before the Holiday Themed Show
5. Real Estate – Cadence Weapon (Afterparty Babies)
6. Gold Rush – Basia Bulat (Gold Rush – Single)

Coast to Coast in Canada
7. Pine, Pine, Pine – Joel Plaskett (Three) – Maritimes (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
8. Noisemaker – Two Hours Traffic (Territory) – Maritimes (PEI)
9. Sick Muse (Adam Freeland Remix) – Metric (Sick Muse) – Montreal/Toronto
10. Antonia Jane – Lightning Dust (Infinite Light) – British Columbia
11. Laura Palmer’s Prom – You Say Party! We Say Die! (XXXX) – British Columbia
12. The Gift of a Black Heart – Said The Whale (Islands Disappear) – British Columbia
13. The National – Hannah Georgas (The Beat Stuff) – British Columbia
14. Fish – Hey Ocean! (It’s Easier To Be Somebody Else) – British Columbia

The 3 Band Connection
15. Blind – Silver Starling (Silver Starling)
16. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead – Stars (Your Ex-Lover Is Dead)
17. Neighborhood #2 (Laika) – Arcade Fire (Funeral)

Christmas Song – Played Sleigh Ride
18. Lonely Christmas – Eason Chan

The WildWorks Show – November 30, 2009

1. Empire State of Mind (Part II) – Alicia Keys (The Element of Freedom)

The Best of November
2. Without Again – Elliott Brood (Mountain Meadows)
3. Caught In You Glow – Silver Starling
4. Jailbird Blues – Ohbijou (Beacons)
5. The Old Forever New Things – The Most Serene Republic (…And The Ever Expanding Universe)
6. Sweet Sixteen – Think About Life (Family)
7. There Is XXXX (Within My Heart) – You Say Party! We Say Die!
8. Roaming Through The Capital – Bravestation
9. Gold – Jill Zmud (As We Quietly Drive By)

The Immaculate Machine Interview
Songs used in the interview were Neighbours Don’t Mind, “You Destroyer, and Sound The Alarms (played after the interview) from High On Jackson Hill. Wo Xiang Tanbai (Dear Confessor Mandarin Version) from the Mint Records sampler.

Lady GaGa in Ottawa Discussion
10. Bad Romance – Lady GaGa (The Fame Monster)

2.30-3pm Extra Time
Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Sick Muse – Metric (Fantasies)
Black Day in December – Said The Whale (Islands Disappear)

The WildWorks Show – November 16, 2009

1. Run With Us – Lisa Lougheed
2. Maps – Julie Fader (Outside In)

The Weekend Craziness
3. Don’t Haunt This Place – The Rural Alberta Advantage (Hometowns)
4. Heavens To Purgatory – The Most Serene Republic (… And The Ever Expanding Universe)
5. Sweet Sixteen – Think About Life (Family)
6. There Is XXXX (Within My Heart) – You Say Party! We Say Die! (XXXX)

CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards – Best Song
7. Robots – Dan Mangan (Nice, Nice, Very Nice)
8. Camilo (The Magician) – Said The Whale (Islands Disappear)
9. Pulling On a Line – Great Lake Swimmers (Lost Channels)
10. Gimme Sympathy – Metric (Fantasies)
11. Through & Through & Through – Joel Plaskett (Three)

Guest Host on ASR – Remembrance Day Edition, November 11, 2009

1. One – U2 (Achtung Baby)
2. Ghosts – Silver Starling
3. Destroyer – Young Galaxy (Invisible Republic)
4. Oh, The Boss Is Coming! – The Arkells (Jackson Square)
5. Back To Me – Kathleen Edwards (Back To Me)
6. Blue Morning – Kate Maki (On High)
7. Dear Confessor – Immaculate Machine (Fables)
8. St. Francis – Ohbijou (Swift Feet for Troubling Times)
9. Why So Looking Back – The Most Serene Republic (Population)
10. Make XXXX – You Say Party! We Say Die! (XXXX)
11. Sweet Sixteen – Think About Life (Family)
12. Write It All Down For You – Elliott Brood (Mountain Meadows)
13. Money (King Britt Mix) – Zaki Ibrahim (Eclectica)

Guest Host on Audio Sensory Resucititation – November 4, 2009

1. Melody Day – Caribou (Andorra)
2. Inside and Out – Feist (Let It Die)

The You Say Party! We Say Die! Interview
3. Laura Palmer’s Prom – You Say Party! We Say Die! (XXXX)
4. Like I Give A Care (Live) – You Say Party! We Say Die! (from the CBC Radio 3 Live Sessions Podcast)

5. Ghost Fever – The Balconies

Triple Play of Yeah Yeah Yeahs Goodness
6. Maps (Studio version) – Arcade Fire
7. Gold Lion – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Show Your Bones)
8. All Is Love – Karen O. and The Kids (All Is Love – Single)

9. I Knew – Lightning Dust (Infinite Light)

Long List Nominess for CBC Radio 3′s 2009 Bucky Awards
10. Robots – Dan Mangan (Nice, Nice, Very Nice)
11. La Vie Est Aileurs – Coeur de Pirate (Coeur de Pirate)
12. Danse Danse Resolution – Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees
13. Gimme Sympathy – Metric (Fantasies)
14. Let’s Talk – Hannah Georgas (The Beat Stuff)
15. Emerald Lake, AB – Said The Whale (Islands Disappear)

16. La Isla Bonita – Madonna (The Immaculate Collection)

Funding Drive Show Redux – November 2, 2009 Playlist:
1. Wake Up – The Arcade Fire (Funeral)
2. Nighthawks – Two Hours Traffic (Little Jabs)
3. There Is XXXX (Within My Heart) – You Say Party! We Say Die! (XXXX)
4. Rehab – Amy Winehouse (Back To Black)
5. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – FYI – Utada (This Is The One)
6. Antonia Jane – Lightning Dust (Infinite Light)
7. The Second Time – Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle (Let’s Just Stay Here)
8. Deny, Deny, Deny – Joel Plaskett (Three)
9. Honey Honey – Feist (The Reminder)
10. Bye, Bye, Bye – Plants & Animals (Parc Avenue)

The Short WildWorks Shows – October 26, 2009 Playlist:
1. Goodnight Moon – Said The Whale (Islands Disappear)

The Spiral Beach Interview
2. Made of Stone – Spiral Beach (Ball)

An Almost Start to Halloween Because of The Song… Well, The Music Video, But It’s a Remix.
3. Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Heads Will Roll)

Will Be Checking Out Library Voices at LiVE Lounge for Friday, October 30, 2009.
4. Step Off the Map & Float – Library Voices (Hunting Ghosts & Other Collected Shorts

An Ode to Host of The New Midnight Jamz on Saturdays on CKCU
5. Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys (The Blueprint 3)

A Classic Sammi Cheng song at #6 for My Cantopop Fix

Can’t Stop Loving Basia Bulat
7. My Heart Is a Warning – Basia Bulat (Friends In Bellwoods 2)

Counting down to Halloween With…
8. Thriller – Michael Jackson (Number Ones)

Debut Regular Show – October 19, 2009 Playlist:
1. Sick Muse – Metric (Fantasies) – At Civic Centre tonight with The Stills.

This Past Weekend Shows and Interview with Said The Whale
2. Territory – Two Hours Traffic (Territory)
3. Domino – Spiral Beach (The Only Really Thing)
4. The Beat Stuff – Hannah Georgas (The Beat Stuff)
5. Camilo (The Magician) – Said The Whale (Islands Disappear)

Long Songs Segment
6. Tyrants – Black Mountain (In The Future)
7. Bay of Pigs – Destroyer (Bay of Pigs)
8. On & On & On – Joel Plaskett (Three)
9. Lover’s Spit – Feist (One Evening)
10. 豉舞飛揚 – Various Hong Kong Singers