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  • Wide Eyed Album, DJ RbnMng

    Wide Eyed Album, DJ RbnMng

    8am every Wednesday! It’s that time on the radio when Ashta plays radio segments made by random people.

    The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, our contented little  program made up of segments produced by community members.
    Submit your piece! Unleash the tethered radio artist  within you. Now accepting segments as long as 45 minutes.

    You can subscribe to the podcast by searching  Sweet and Sour Variety Hour

    Airing live to a  million people in Coast Salish Territory on the west coast, this program  can be heard on 101.7FM CHLY at  8am PST Wednesday, September 20th, 2017. I was the sole contributing community member

    HERE IS THE .MP3 FILE

    Beginning with a cut of the brand new release from Wide Eyed (Nanaimo).  Listen to the whole album here. They’re having an Album Release and Tour Kick Off at the Vault on Saturday.

    Moving then into this mix put together of lovable songs, including the entire weird song that played at the end of that latest Rick & Morty. Courtesy of friend of a friend, RbnMng (Regina).

     

  • Buena Vista Dad, Hunter S. Thompsons Assistant

    This week on the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour.
    Bunch of stuff.
    This is the file.
    I’m really happy with how this turned out.

    Haitus Kaiyote- Nakamarra
    Ibeyi – River
    SOngexploder – Ibeyi (20 Mins)
    Haitus Kaiyote – Molasses
    Fleet Foxes – Fools Errand
    The Moth Storytelling: Gonzo Girl by Cheryl Della Pietra (10 Mins)
    Marty Robbins – Big Iron
    Jimmy Dean – Big Bad John
    Little Jimmy Dickens – Salty Boogie

    On another note: Did you see the meaty shiner on THE POPE this week?!

  • Beats and Babes

    Beats and Babes

    Mostly an hour of music, including a sweet-arse mix from Little People (thank you, Graeme.)

    Amy Goodman and Naomi Klein yell at the obsurdities for the final 10 minutes.  Tomppabeats presiding.

    It’s the mothaflippin file right here.

     

     

     

  • Stories and Music

    Airing live at 8am PST on Wednesday,  August 30th.  Lots of music, and  some talking, but I’d bet you’d find it interesting!

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    Here’s the tracklist:
    Kinobe – Slip into Something More Comfortable
    Author Michael Pollan talks about food (20 minutes)
    Royksopp – So Easy
    Christine and the Queens – It
    Former Vogue Editor, Joan Juliet Buck tells the story of her haunted apartment in Paris (15 minutes)
    Big Dee Irwin – Swing on a Star
    Mel Torme – Coming Home
    Juana Molina – Cosoco
    About MAPS and Psychedelic Therapy (4 minutes)

  • Coming to a venue near us!

    This week on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour features music from artists who have upcoming shows in the CHLY broadcast range!

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    Tracks:

    Twin Bandit –  Everything Under the Sun
    1st Annual Gabriola Music Festival September 2-3

    Bonobo – Cirrus
    Bonobo – Kong
    Malkin Bowl Vancouver, September 15

    Phantogram – Turn it Off
    Arcade Fire – Mountains Beyond Mountains
    Both bands play at the Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, October 14th

    Beck – Scarecrow
    Orpheum Vancouver, August 24th (today!)

    D.D. Dumbo – Walrus
    Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, September 16

    Born Ruffians – Badonkadonkey
    Born Ruffians – Sole Brother
    Sugar in Victoria, September 28th

    The B52’s- Dirty Back Road
    PNE Amphetheatre Vancouver, August 30th

    The New Pornographers – Mass Romantic
    Sugar in Victoria, September 28th

    Reverend Horton Heat – Victory Lap
    Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, September 7th

    The Devil Makes Three – Hand Back Down
    Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, November 12th

  • Sprinkled with Ween

    Aired live on CHLY 101.7fm at 8am PST on Wednesday August 16th, 2017
    This week has a few different genres represented, with a generous sprinkling of Ween throughout.
    I’ve been listening to a lot of Ween lately…

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    Here is the tracklist:
    Hortense Ellis – I’ve Got a Secret
    Ween- Pandy Fackler
    Vulfpeck – Fugue State
    Beck – Modern Guilt
    Ween – Sweetheart
    Meat Puppets – Aurora Borealis
    Deerhunter – T.H.M
    The Olympians – Apollo’s Mood
    Ween – I Fell In Love Today
    Bobby Oroza – This Love, Pt 1
    Charles Bradley – You Think I Dont Know
    Lee Fields & The Expressions – Precious Love
    Mocky – How It Goes
    Mocky – Put It In a Song
    Lee Fields & The Expressions – Never Be Another You
    Vince Guaraldi Trio – Little Birdie

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