Ashta Made You A Mixtape – A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY

Category: Radio

  • It’s Corn

    This week on the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, the single greatest audio achievement I’ve ever created; a montage of my favourite renditions of the Corn Kid (young man named Tariq) that blew up on TikTok. What a beautiful world it is when we can collectively marvel at the cuteness of one child enjoying his…

  • Ween Week

    Iā€™m dedicating the entire hour to the iconic band WEEN! Ween has been releasing music since before I was born, and has maintained a cult following since the early nineties. Their sound (over sixteen album releases) ranges from heavy metal to twangy country, to experimental drone, to cheesy love ballad to full-on screamo – sometimes…

  • Favourite Weirdo

    Sweet and Sour Variety Hour gets kind of funky (in a good way). This hour develops into a up-tempo celebration of nutjob tunes. Get over it! Here’s the file JHAS, Pain au Chocolat Connor, Marseille Brockbeats, Tic Tac Remi Wolf/Polo and Pan, Hello Hello Hello Remix Sylvan Esso/Robert Glasper/Terrace Martin, Ferris Wheel King Gizzard &…

  • Brainsters

    This week on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, I’ve compiled an hour of music that every 35 year-old could sing along to. How fun! The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour is a radio program airing live to 40 coastal communities via CHLY 101.7FM from Nanaimo, BC. You can keep this independent media endeavor healthy…

  • Marionberry Sweet and Sour

    All over the map on today’s Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, CHLY’s best music selections between the hours of 8 and 9 every Wednesday for the past ten years. here’s the file Ricca Razor Sharp, Bohemian Rap City David Byrne & Brian Eno, Strange Overtones Zack Mexico, Suzuki The Kinks, Apeman Khruangbin, The Number 4…

  • Thimble Berry Sweet and Sour

    Every Wednesday morning on CHLY 101.7FM at 8. Here’s an hour of amazing music minus the english language. the file Brigitte Fontaine, Le goudron Brigitte Bardot, La madrague Lijadu Sisters, Come on Home Lily Chao, Picking Tea Leaves and Catching Butterflies Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra, Yip Roc Heresy Gillian Hills, Tut tut tut The…