Sunday, October 30, 2011

Katharsis Oct. 30 '11


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The tracks: A Winged Victory for the Sullen - We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced for the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year, Lüüp - Cream Sky, Raleigh - Savant, Infinite Light Ltd. - Vision of God in a Cowbarn, Charalambides - Wanted to Talk, Jefre Sei Getsu Ledesma - Untitled II, Lawrence English - The Peregrine Side B (January 30 - Grey Lunar Sea, Febraury 10 - the Roar Ceasing, March 16 - Heavy Breath of Silence, April 4 - And He Sleeps), Dark Captain - Fade, Tim Hecker - Sketch 1, My Cat is an Alien - Untitled 3, Atlas Sound - Praying Man, Charles-Eric Charrier - 21 Echoes Short, 16 Horsepower - American Wheeze (Radio session recording from 1995, originally appeared on V/A - Radio Asylum Vol. 1, deleted), Barn Owl - Midnight Tide, Evan Caminiti - Reflections in Puddles, Jacaszek - Goldengrove, Ben Frost & Daniel Bjarnason - Simulacra II, Benoît Honoré Pioulard - Calder, and Christina Vantzou - Adversary.

Sorry about the glitchyness in the streams lately. Hopefully we can get it sorted out.

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Friday, October 21, 2011

CJSW 2011 Funding Drive


It's here again; my annual funding drive show is Sunday October 23 from 8pm-midnight and the funding drive only goes until Friday. The theme this year is cjsw 90.9fm Call of the Dial! (with artwork by Dirty Donny)


For one week every year we take a break from being the best radio station anywhere, and ask you, our listeners, to help us out.

All the money raised during our annual Funding Drive campaign goes towards our capital budget (like it always does), paying for everything from upgrading our web servers (we're really trying to keep ahead of the exponential growth in the number of people trying to listen online), to maintaining our 4000 watt fm broadcast tower, to our CD players (commercial grade cd players and parts are becoming harder to source), our headphones, and all the other costs associated with running a radio station. For more info on the why's of funding drive please read this.

Operators are standing by to take your calls. If you would like to donate on my show but won't be able to listen (too busy, on the other side of the world, etc.), we'd be happy to accept your pledge online.

As in previous years, there is a great variety of pledge incentives. I have compiled some virtual (downloadable) funding drive compilations. For each paid $25 pledge amount you a get an emailed link to the zip file (ex. $25 = one zip file of your choice, $100 = all 4). I will be able to offer some additional cd's, LP's, or other goodies as incentives for pledges over $75. I have set a bunch of great cd's and vinyl records aside (at least I think they're great... for example Experimedia was very generous to us this year). For those of you outside of Calgary, the station will mail your pledge incentives to you.

Feel free to donate early and donate often; it all goes to the same worthy cause: keeping cjsw in good financial shape and on the air for another year. Certain incentives do tend to go fast (ex. women's t-shirts) so if you want to ensure the best selection feel free not to wait for my show on Sunday.

Thanks very much for your support!

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Katharsis for Hedgehogs Oct. 16, 2011


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A wonderful showfill tonight from Timothy Heck. Be sure to listen next week for the annual funding drive show. Timothy will be helping me out.

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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Katharsis Oct. 9 '11


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The tracks: Apparat - Ash/Black Veil, I Break Horses - Hearts, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Beautiful Thunderbolt (Moon Gazing in Your Skull), Nils Frahm - More, Lanterns on the Lake, Keep on Trying, Idaho - Reminder, Federico Durand - Mi pequeño mundo de papel, Contact (performing Jordan Nobles) - Stasis, Anja Garbarek - The Diver, Clogs - Ukifune, Unkle - Chaos (ft. Atlantique Khan vocals and Mark Hollis piano), James Yorkston - Us Late Travellers, Fennesz + Sakamoto - 0328, Allinson Brown - Piano (ft. Mark Hollis piano), Miles Davis - In a Silent Way, Talk Talk - Eden, Chihei Hatakeyama - Alchemy, Zelienople - Moss Man, Sleeping Dog - He Loved to See the World Through His Camera, and Clouds Echo in Blue - The Sound at the End of the World.

As mentioned, much of this show was inspired by the news that Ba Da Bing records is re-releasing Talk Talk's "Spirit of Eden" and Mark Hollis' self-titled solo record on 180g vinyl. Read more about it here, and learn more about the incredible story of Talk Talk/Hollis' last recordings here.

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Katharsis Oct. 2 '11


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The tracks: Wilco - I Might, Disappears - Free As I Want, Wooden Shjips - Black Smoke Rise, Moon Duo - Fallout, Swervedriver - Son of Mustang Ford (1989 Demo), Mohammad - Tectónica, Daniel Thomas Freeman - Staring Into Black Water, Daniel Thomas Freeman - Staring Into the Light, Ambrose Field & John Potter - Je vous pri, Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 2, Steinbrüchel - N-Variations-05, Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose - Introduction, Clem Leek - Home Outside, and Julia Kent - Missed.

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