Thursday, March 24, 2011

Behind the Beat with special guest Chuka Ejeckam


This week we had our friend and classmate (sort of) Chuka Ejeckam in the studio with us to liven up Behind the Beat.  Having put together the play list for these shows every week since about October, we decided to let Chuka chose all the music, to get a fresh taste in there.  Lucky for our listeners, he is a music genius (as well as an advertising genius) and brought in some great music.

PLAY LIST
J. Ralph - Kansas City Shuffle
Tom Waits - Wrong Side of the Bed
Kasabian - L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)
The Clash - Bank Robber
Tom Waits - The Piano Has Been Drinking
The Parlor Mob - Can't Keep No Good Boy Down
Kasabian - Thick as Thieves
Frank Sinatra - This Town
Tom Waits - Whistlin' Past The Graveyard

Tune in next week when Al and I will be doing our "guilty pleasures" edition.  It's gonna be so bad that it's good.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Off Topic: CreComm Quotables

This one is just for fun, 'cause why not.  Anyone who knows me personally knows that I spend a lot of time at school.  Partly because I need to get the assignments done, partly because there's always something ridiculous going on when CreComms are together in a group.  I've decided to share some of the more memorable moments to date, completely out of context to make them funnier.

"You're gonna wish I farted" - Al White

(walking into a quiet class room)
"No man, that's Juicy by Biggy!" - Mike Badejo (aka Black Mike)
"Well how the fuck am I supposed to know that?!" - Garth Hildebrand (aka 30-year-old white guy)

On the topic of Garth, his slow progression from face to heel during first semester was pretty awesome.

(after Ken Finkleman dropped the cunt-bomb while speaking to our class, we had a long conversation about whether it's offensive or not.)
"Well, it's all about the way you say it, right.  What if you were saying 'you have a nice...'...you know" - Evan Paterson (conversation over)

The time Evan gave Garth his cell-phone so he could read some dirty texts aloud to all of us as we ate lunch.

The IPP after-party.  Getting so drunk at 12 noon that Al and I sang "Because I Got High" by Afroman on the karaoke and dedicated it to Steve Vogelsang.

Seeing Matt "Downtown" Nicholson take off one GWAR hoodie to reveal another GWAR hoodie underneath.  And underneath that GWAR hoodie was a Kids in the Hall t-shirt!

GOOSE! (anyone who's been in Dani's class knows what's up)

Hearing Veronica go from speaking in a normal voice to doing a "Fargo" accent mid sentence.

Pretty much anything involving Adam Campbell.

Riding the elevator with several classmates, and two random people.  It began to smell like fart right before one of the randoms got off.  After he left I loudly remarked "that guy farted".  Immediately after, I realized the random dude who was still on the elevator with us was looking rather sheepish.  He was the one who farted.


There's plenty more, and I'm sure I'll post more on here at some point.  CreComms, leave me a comment with some of the most ridiculous shit you've heard.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Behind the Beat Gets Colourful


It would appear that I'm getting lazy with these posts, but really I'm just busy and haven't had time to post anything.  I have two major projects wrapping up next week, so then I'll have some time to write about some wicked bands.  For now, I'll just do this late post of Wednesday's show.

We had a humdinger of a show this week, with TWO WHOLE GUESTS!  Our good and often mentioned pal Sirissa and her buddy Sam joined us.  I can't spell Sirissa's last name, and I don't know Sam's, so they only get first names on here.  The video for this week is pretty awesome, because Al is in the other room, so you get ALL ME!  There was a downside to this arrangement, however.  Al was totally stunned to be in a room with just himself and two women, but he persevered and the show was a bunch of fun.  Also, my pal Dave Hollier was helping out with the phones a bit (strangely enough, we actually get callers sometimes!)  You may see his arm once or twice in the video.  Don't panic.

Our theme for this show was colours, so every band or song title had to have a colour in it somewhere.  For some reason, most of them turned out to be black.  Which, as any asshole will tell you, isn't technically a colour.

I apologize for having part of the intro cut off, but I didn't click record on Ustream in time.  Also, Al said the wrong band name for the first band, it's Supergroove.

PLAY LIST
Supergroove - Your White Shirt
Electric Six - When I Get To The Green Building
Gordon Lightfoot - Black Day In July
Easy Star All-Stars - Any Colour You Like
Why - Red
Red Fang - Wires
Galactic - The Green Minute
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
Blue Scholars - Blue School
The Black Keys - Black Door

Tune in next week when our good buddy Chuka Ejeckam will be joining us in studio.  Do I really need to tell you where and when?  Yes?  Okay, 8 p.m. on Wednesday.  92.9 KICK-FM or click here to visit our show page on Ustream.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Behind the Beat Goes Local

 

So I'm a few days late on this one, I know, but I've had a busy week.  Sort of.  This past week, Al and I did our local show, which took us a surprisingly long time to get to.  I feel like we got a pretty good variety in this show, but it's hard to really showcase all of the talent in Winnipeg in one hour.  My best advice is get out and see shows, there's always something good going on here.

PLAY LIST
River City Hum - Easy Jesus Casino
Lovechild Monarchy - The HIV Killed Rock N Roll
Flying Fox & The Hunter/Gatherers - Spring
Enjoy Your Pumas - Sister Rose
The Lytics - Checkin' On My Pumas
Will Bonness - Softly, As A Morning Sunrise
Hot Live Guys - Creamy Illusion
Amuse - Carte Blanche

Join us this Wednesday, same beat-time, same beat-channel, for our colours edition.  Every song/artist we play will have a colour in it somewhere, and it'll be cool and stuff.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Behind the Beat with special guest Joel Nickel




I realize it's been a while since I've done one of these posts, and there's a damn good reason; we haven't done a show for the past two weeks.  We missed the first one because all first-year CreComm students were at the Winnipeg Press Club that night, and Al was out of town last week, while I was off playing back-to-back indoor soccer games. 

We didn't have a theme this week, since we've been busy working on a radio drama series for our Creative Writing class.  We just came in and played a bunch of songs that we like.  And as you can see/hear in the show, our good friend Joel Nickel joined us in the studio tonight.  Way back when Behind the Beat was still just a brain-fart Al and I had after a few too many afternoon beers at The King's Head (initially called "The Superior Sound of Vinyl", which was scraped after we realized our vinyl resources were limited), Joel was kind enough to have us as guests on his own radio show, Guerrilla Ontology.  He brought us back when Behind the Beat became official so we would have a chance to promote the show before it started, and we really appreciated what he had done for us.  Having him as our guest was the least we could do.  And we specialize in doing the least we can do.  Check Joel out on Thursday evenings at 6 pm on 92.9 Kick-FM

PLAY LIST
Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
Ben Harper and Relentless7 - Shimmer & Shine
Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Gorrilaz - Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head (feat. Dennis Hopper)
Blakroc - Dollaz & Sense (feat.  RZA & Pharoahe Monch)
James Taylor - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine - Three Strikes
Robert Randolph and the Family Band - Ain't Nothing Wrong With That

Tune in next week, when we'll be doing our all local show.  If you are in a Winnipeg band, have good quality recordings, and want us to play them, leave a comment on here.  Or even if you just have a show you want to promote, or suggestions for bands to play or anything.

Is This Music? Vol. 2

Howdy internet people, and welcome to the second edition of Behind the Blog's Is This Music?

As you may recall, the first edition of ITM? featured Merzbow (click here to view), which I had deemed to NOT be music, and the only responder to the question agreed with me.  Now let me make something clear here, "is this music?" is not just a title, or rhetorical question.  I really want to know what you guys think, so leave a comment, give me your opinion, suggest future candidates for ITM? (this edition comes from a reader suggestion), post a picture of your new puppy or kitty, just do something!  I want some feedback, internet people!

This time, I bring you something which was brought to my attention in the comments on the inaugural ITM?.  Well, I guess I knew about it before, but I wasn't planning on using it for this purpose.  Thanks to mr_viking for the idea.

In 1952, an American composer named John Cage wrote 4'33", and experimental piece which was apparently written to be played on any instrument.  This kicker?  The musician plays nothing.  Nothing at all.  The piece has been performed worldwide by a variety of musicians, groups and orchestras.  Many people argue that this is just around four and a half minutes of silence (and I'm with them), but fans of the piece (see: rich artsy folks) say that's it's not the silence you should be hearing, but the sounds of the environment around you. 

My opinion?  It's a performance, but not music.

What do you think?