The future?
No, nothing quite like that. At least not yet. Come Sunday I pack up my things and move out east, never again to call this island my home. Or so the plan goes. Of all the people and things I will miss about Victoria, so much comes from my time at CFUV. Among the many lovely people, I'd like to thank Andrea Wong, Andrea Weber, Randy Gelling, Dana Corrigan, Pat McKenna, Justin Lanoue, Christine Comrie, Ashly Kissman, Geneviève Dale, Johnnie Regalado, Donald Kennedy, Troy Lemberg, Tyler Pantella, Ken Tin Lok Wong, Louis Yu, Ryan Ferko, and Blake Enemark for being such wonderful characters. For a taste of what it was like to "work" with these people, this recording will suffice. It was a pleasure rambling into the void alongside you all.
"Christ, a blog." This thing traces what I reckon to be most of my on-air travails, a capsule of much of the sounds that amused and inspired me over the last three years. Mostly just Gainsbourg and Jarvis and whatever else.
Oh, and I misfiled that Plone album after I did that first show back in 2007. I have no idea where it is. And it's out of print. But I don't think anyone else cares. I also contemplated stealing that Hot Chip/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 7", but lost my nerve after announcing my intentions on-air.
Today's show is a selection of good new stuff alongside my favorite songs of farewell. Tailored to my situation. New York and jurisprudence beckons, you know.
Songs:
- Cat Stevens - "Tea for the Tillerman" - Tea for the Tillerman
- Jarvis Cocker and Kid Loco - "I Just Came to Tell You That I'm Going" - Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited
- Serge Gainsbourg - "Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais" - Vu de l'extérieur
- Gil Scott-Heron - "New York Is Killing Me" - I'm New Here
- News - "New York City" - Hot Off the Press
- Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - "Departure" - NYC
- Baths - "Departure" - Cerulean
- Bill Cosby - "Hofstra" - Why Is There Air?
- Manic Street Preachers - "Marlon J.D." - Journal for Plague Lovers
- The Who - "A Legal Matter" - The Who Sings My Generation
- MGMT - "The Youth" - Oracular Spectacular
- M.I.A. - "Story to Be Told" - Maya
- David Bowie - "A New Career in a New Town" - Low
- Belle and Sebastian - "To Be Myself Completely" - The Life Pursuit
- Mike Patton - "Senza Fine" - Mondo Cane
- Johnnie Regalado - "On the Couch" [a poem]
- Beck - "Lost Cause" - Sea Change
- Paul Kimble & Andy Mackay - "Bitters End" - Velvet Goldmine [OST]
- The Kinks - "End of the Season" - Something Else by the Kinks
- Scott Walker - "Rhymes of Goodbye" - Scott 4
- Television - "Marquee Moon" - Marquee Moon
- Jarvis Cocker - "You're in My Eyes (Discosong)" - Further Complications
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Goodbye Randy's homoerotic Matmos poster.
Goodbye "Mind Your Scents" messages.
Goodbye late-entry lamp (that can so easily be turned into a strobe light).
Goodbye (undeserved) guest-list spots.
Goodbye, my safety blanket. My friend. My waste bin.
Goodbye 104.3 on cable.
Goodbye Randy's homoerotic Matmos poster.
Goodbye "Mind Your Scents" messages.
Goodbye late-entry lamp (that can so easily be turned into a strobe light).
Goodbye (undeserved) guest-list spots.
Goodbye, my safety blanket. My friend. My waste bin.
Goodbye 104.3 on cable.
Bye.
