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

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  • Spring Senses

    This week on the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour; an hour of carefully selected tunes for your little earholes and pulsing brainmeats.

    It’s an hour of sonic ARTS,

    digestible

    through the vestibules

    of your gorgeous beating heart.

    (This is the file for your eyeballs first, and earholes second. Where it goes after that is up to you, sicko)

    Airing to 40 coastal communities around the Salish Sea via CHLY 101.7FM on Wednesday May 19th 2021.

    • Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, We The Common
    • My Bubba, Big Bad Good
    • Hurray for the Riff Raff, Blue Ridge Mountain
    • Malvina Reynolds, Little Boxes
    • Judy Henske, Till the Real Thing Comes Along
    • Adia Victoria, Stuck in the South
    • Molly Drake , Little Weaver Bird
    • Caroline Rose, Blood on Your Bootheels
    • The Drums, Money
    • Melody’s Echo Chamber, Some Time Alone Alone
    • Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Hunnybee
    • Molchat Doma, Судно
    • Her’s, Harvey
    • The Smiths, This Night Has Opened My Eyes
    • Cheekface, Dry Heat Nice Town
    • Rostam, Rudy
    • Jaeden Camstra, Open Window
    • Del The Funky Homosapien, Sunny Meadowz
    • Rick & Morty, Get Shwifty

  • May Beats

    This week of the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, non stop music.

    Here is the file

    • Tribe Called Quest J Cole Remix, Can I Kick It?
    • D’Angelo, Sugah Daddy
    • Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, T.R.O.Y.
    • Fugees Salaam Remix, Nappy Heads,
    • Guru and Baybe, Lifesaver
    • A Tribe Called Quest/Tim Latham/Tony Smalios, Oh My God Remix
    • A Tribe Called Quest/ Dan the Automator ,Lyrics to Go
    • Rakim, Once Upon a Rhyme (Nickleplate Remix)
    • Brand Nubian, All For One
    • Dirty Art Car, Sugar
    • Ratatat, Wildcat
    • El Michels Affair, Can It All Be So Simple
    • Lee Fields & The Expressions, Precious Love

  • Local Legends

    Local Legends

    It’s CANCON week here at the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, and we’re taking it one step closer to home with these tracks from artists who reside on this very island.

    Here is the MP3 for ya

    Pale Red, Today
    Pale Red, Never As Close
    Pale Red, Boy Kings Pt II
    Pale Red, Sun Sets in a Different Place
    Apollo Ghosts, Tiger Head (Aaron Read)
    Apollo Ghosts, Who Cares? (Nick Krgovich)
    Apollo Ghosts, Hands Free (WUT)
    Apollo Ghosts, Montreal Screwjob (KMVP)
    Wolf Parade, Fine Young Cannibals
    Wolf Parade, Solders Grin
    Wolf Parade, Lousy Pictures
    Carolyn Mark, Flaming Star
    Painted Fruits, Gender
    Painted Fruits, Mechanical Rhythm
    Great Speckled Fritillary – Polar Star
    Blue Moon Marquee, Shading Tree
    Blue Moon Marquee, Hard Time Hit Parade

  • Spring Funding Drive 2021

    Spring Funding Drive 2021

    • The Bad Lovers – Good Man/Love Shine
    • The Bad Lovers – Freaks
    • The Bad Lovers – Actin’ Strange
    • Sheer Mag – Fan the Flames
    • Sheer Mag – Button Up
    • Sheer Mag – Point Breeze
    • Betrayers – Love Rat
    • Vulfpeck – Outro
    • Mieke Maimi – In The Old Forest
    • John Wizards – Musizenberg
    • Radiation City – Juicy
    • Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Shakedown Stre
    • Vulfpeck – Back Pocket
    • Future Islands – Time on Her Side
    • Banzai Florist – Penguins
    • Babe Rainbow – Peace Blossom Boogy
    • Khruangbin – Evan Finds the Third Room
    • The Arsenic Lovers – Coma Town

    Here is the file

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    As a reward for your generous spirit, here is a photo of me relishing in the possibility of doing my show for another 9 years on CHLY 101.7FM

  • Associative Rap Functions

    Associative Rap Functions

    Our illustrious team of music-screeners worked around the clock to curate this special hour of break-beat, hip-hop, and downright funky jams to get down to. Just kidding. It’s only me and my kids. They do get down, but they get no say, and they sleep way more than I do.

    What!? Here’s the file!

    The tracks

    • Souleance, J’aime Marche
    • Greyboy, Mustangs Groove
    • Fort Knox Five/ Akil Dasan, Blowing up the Spot
    • St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Flow With It
    • Lettuce, Mt. Crushmore
    • Lettuce/ Flamingosis, Remember the Children
    • Greyboy/Quantic, Got to Be a Love – Paul Nice Remix
    • Orgone, The Vice Yard
    • Guts/Leron Thomas, Man Funk
    • Sharon Jones & The Dapkings, How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?
    • The Electric Peanut Butter Company, Damn Skippy
    • Khruangbun, Pelota
    • Altin Gun, Goca Dunya
    • Kitty Craft, Alright
    • Kitty Craft, When Fortune Smiles
    • Benny Sings, Big Brown Eyes

  • April Cools

    This week on the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour. Some Canadian content, and some favourite songs from Darryl Graham’s facebook friends. All of this flanked by four-song sets by artists I just could not get enough of. My favourite song this week is easily “I Am Steve” by Hey Steve. Holy so good.

    Here’s the file, airing live to 1.5 million human beans on the final Wednesday of March 2021 only on CHLY 101.7FM

    Das Trax

    • April March, Sugar
    • April March, Mon petit ami
    • April March, Garcon Glacon
    • April March, Mon petit cowboy
    • La Casa Azul, La Revolucion Sexual
    • Blinker the Star, We Draw Lines
    • Wanda Jackson and The Cramps, Funnel of Love
    • Marty Robbins, Big Iron
    • Greta Van Fleet, Always There
    • Carmanah, Best Interests
    • Ruby Waters, Rabbit Hole
    • Hey Steve, I Am Steve
    • Hey Steve, Creep on Me
    • Hey Steve, What Was That Question?
    • Hey Steve, LA is OK
    • Stop Light Obversations, 2young
    • The Happy Fits, Best Tears
    • Sesame Street, Captain Vegetable

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