Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Gentlemen Chill Out at Bar



Hey folks, thanks again for tuning into another edition of The Great Banana Hoax. What began as a brief mention and subsequent spinning of the Cambodian Psych-Out record I borrowed from my friend Ava, quickly turned into an entire set of Cambodian and Asian psychedelia. Ahhh, the unpredictability of radio.

Jordan and I both went to the Dustin Bentall gig at Queen Alex hall this past Friday. So did Tom Gilbert, Kyle 'hot rod' Brodziak and everyone's favourite post-game interview, Jason Strudwick. Ha! Small town Edmonton strikes again!

After a Sid Cros/Alex O. goal-scoring clinic yesterday, the Caps have taken a 2-0 series lead. My Pens are floundering. The temperature-controlled conditions of their igloo will be a welcoming sight.

And if you're at all interested in tragic hockey/life stories, please read up on Brian "Spinner" Spencer. Atom Egoyan even made a TV movie about it! ATOM EGOYAN!

A number of outta-sight psychedelic compilations are available on the Northern Star Records website.

Here are most of the songs we played, in no particular order (artist, song, album):

1. *Black Mountain - "Don't Run Our Hearts Around" - Black Mountain
2. Sin Sisamouth/Srei Sothear - "Month After Month Always Busy, Can't Go Out" - Cambodian Psych-Out
3. Sin Sisamouth/Srei Sothear - "Gentlemen Chill Out at Bar" - Cambodian Psych-Out
4. *Simple Simon & The Piemen - "People of Tyme" - Nightmares From the Underworld (Disc 1)
5. Brian Jonestown Massacre - "Oh Lord" - A Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective
6. Awesome Color - "Step Up" - Electric Aborigines
7. Michael Yonkers - "Sand Castle" - Grimwood
8. **The Mitts - "Love Inside the Glove" - Possible EP Cover
9. **Wicked Awesomes - "Death Sunglasses" - Myspace
10. **White Summer - "Train" - Myspace
11. **Gold Rush - "Electric Lettuce" - Myspace
12. The Lovetones - "Journeyman" - Myspace
13. Bavarian Druglords - "Alpine Assassin" - TBD
14. Wooden Shjips - "Motorbike" - Dos

*denotes Canadian artist
**denotes local artist

We're going to take a break over the May Long weekend. The next broadcast will be on May 31. After that, another hiatus while I trapse around the southern United States en route to Bonnaroo!