The final episode of RENegade aired in November 2009. The show blog will remain with all of the archived playlists and news, and will resume updating if/when I am hosting a radio show again! Thanks for listening!


RENegade Episode 24: Oh, The Places You'll Go!

The playlist from tonight's musical mishmash (September 29th) will appear below.

First hour, upcoming local music events happening from tomorrow night straight on into October. (OCTOBER, people! Can you believe it?!) Second hour, your requests and THEME TIME - Oh, The Places You'll Go.

Songs about places, if that needed further introduction! And yes, yes, yes, of course "Vienna Calling" will make an appearance again. That's why we made up this theme, isn't it?

EPISODE 24 : OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO : SEPT 29/09
  • Hey Ocean! - Thank You Very Much (Black Sheep, Oct 2)
  • Politique - She Makes My Mind Smile (Black Sheep, Oct 2)
  • The Coathangers - Where The Hell Were You (Mavericks, Oct 3)
  • Japandroids - I Quit Girls (Mavericks, Oct 3)
  • The White Wires - You're No Good For Me (Babylon, Oct 3)
  • Hot Panda - Gold Star Swimmer (Black Sheep, Oct 4)
  • The Love Machine - Sundays (Mavericks, Sept 30)
  • We Were Lovers - Mirror, Mirror (September 30th @ Mavericks and Oct 5th @ Zaphods)
  • Andrew Vincent - Diane (Raw Sugar Café, Sept 30)
  • Paper Beat Scissors - Back Out (Raw Sugar Café, Oct 1)

    THEME TIME!
  • Falco - Vienna Calling
  • Rush - Lakeside Park
  • Moby feat. Debbie Harry - New York, New York
  • Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
  • Counting Crows - On A Tuesday In Amsterdam Long Ago
  • Suzanne Vega - In Liverpool
  • Tori Amos - China
  • Elliott Brood - Oh, Alberta
  • Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel #2
  • Leif Vollebekk - Quebec
  • Sharon Shannon & Mundy - The Galway Girl
  • Weezer - Beverly Hills
  • They Might Be Giants - Istanbul
  • Countdown Singers - One Night In Bangkok
  • Smoking Popes - You'll Never Walk Alone

Happy 75th, Leonard Cohen!

Thank goodness - Leonard Cohen is OK after his brief collapse during his concert in Valencia, Spain last Friday. Luckily, the cause of his fainting was not too serious: suspected food poisoning, from which he has now recovered.

Apparently, he actually wanted to go on with the show and return to the stage on Friday after he fainted, but they wouldn't let him. After resting over the weekend, he was well and scheduled to go on with his planned concert in Barcelona tonight, September 21st, taking the stage in a sold out venue on his 75th birthday.

What a legend :)

RENegade Episode 23: Wunderbar

The playlist from tonight's TOTALLY AWESOME musical mishmash (September 15th) appears below.

First hour, a look at what the rest of September has in store on the live music scene in Ottawa & surrounding area. Second hour, theme time as we check out your requests for some one hit wonders... and their other material.

And don't forget a special extended edition of the Leonard Cohen Minute - it's Leonard's 75th birthday this week! Listen live worldwide at ckcufm.com or tune your radio dial to 93.1 in Ottawa.

EPISODE 23 : WUNDERBAR : SEPT 15/09
 Happy 75th Birthday, Leonard Cohen!
September 21st, 2009
  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Avalanche (Nick Cave will be at Ottawa Writers Festival on September 17th!)
  • Sirenia - First We Take Manhattan
  • k.d. lang - Bird On A Wire
  • Leonard Cohen - Jazz Police
CHECK THIS OUT: RECORD CLUB - SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN

THEME TIME!
"Hey, y'know that band that had that one song?" Where are they now? What the heck else did they ever do? Many foreign artists had just one or two hits in North America while actually enjoying great chart success in other countries. Some had other hits that we seem to have collectively forgotten. And some, well... yeah, they just had the one. Next up is some other material by your favourite wonders, as requested by you :)
  • Right Said Fred - Don't Talk Just Kiss
  • Taco - I Should Care
  • Nena - Let Me Be Your Pirate
  • Marcy Playground - A Cloak of Elvenkind
  • Divinyls - Bless My Soul (It's Rock'n'Roll)
  • Falco - Vienna Calling
  • Chumbawamba - Add Me
  • Haddaway - Yeah

  • The Wembley Legends - You'll Never Walk Alone (Three Lions Mix)

RENegade Episode 22: Songs For A Bad Day

On the menu as you welcome your Wednesday: First hour, our usual round-up of live music events happening locally in and around Ottawa; second hour, THEME TIME!

Another very popular theme tonight...y'all love the bitter and depressing ones I must say! Two weeks ago, I asked you to request the songs you listen to when you're grouchy, and tonight I'm going to play them!

So if you're morose about going back to school, if you're mad that it's only Wednesday morning and you have three more days of work left, or if you're just generally a grouch, you'll love tonight's mix.

THE PLAYLIST FROM TONIGHT'S MUSICAL MISHMASH (SEPTEMBER 1st) WILL APPEAR BELOW TOMORROW MORNING.

I won't be live-blogging the show tonight, but here are some links to a few of the musicians and events from tonight's RENegade episode:
The full playlist from tonight's episode and all the dates for the live music shows will appear at the bottom of this post tomorrow morning, and live-blogging will resume on the next episode! :)

EPISODE 22 : SONGS FOR A BAD DAY : SEPT 1/09
  • Young Galaxy - Long Live the Fallen World (Zaphod's, Sept. 9)
  • Orienteers - The Drumming Traffic (Zaphod's, Sept. 9)
    Orienteers' debut EP is available for free via the link on their Myspace!
  • Dirty Beloved - Star Requiem (Elmdale Tavern, Sept. 4)
  • Andrea Simms-Karp - Running Shoes (Raw Sugar, Sept. 4)
    Opening of photo show @ Raw Sugar, with Astronaut Love Triangle
  • Plants and Animals - Good Friend (Black Sheep Inn, Sept. 6)
  • The Balconies - The Slo (Black Sheep Inn, Sept. 12)
    CD/Vinyl Release with Surprise Special Guests
  • The Flaps - Mysterious Game
  • Evil Farm Children - Hangover
  • Ninety Pounds of Ugly - Call Your Mama
    Evil Farm Children, The Flaps & Ninety Pounds of Ugly are all performing at Barnstorm 10.
  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - All Tomorrow’s Parties
    Nick Cave will be reading from his new novel at Ottawa Writers Festival, Sept. 17th

    THEME TIME!
  • The Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
  • Imogen Heap - Angry Angel
  • Razorlight - Leave Me Alone
  • Leonard Cohen - Diamonds in the Mine
  • Manic Street Preachers - Yes
  • NIN - Somewhat Damaged
  • Star Wars Soundtrack - The Imperial March
  • Poe - Control
  • Fiona Apple - Limp
  • Veruca Salt - Officially Dead
  • Thurl Ravenscroft - You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
  • The Adicts - You’ll Never Walk Alone
Finally, here's a little video from Ottawa's own The Balconies, whose CD/vinyl release party is going down on September 12th at the Black Sheep Inn.