CJAM's 2011 Pledge Drive: Stayin' Alive...

What we all want...

Thank you to everyone who has pledged to keep CJAM 99.1-fm alive for another glorious year of original broadcasting.

If you haven't made your yearly donation to the best campus-community radio station in the world yet, click on over to cjam.ca, where it couldn't be easier to contribute to this year's "drive to stay alive!"

Any amount that you can afford to contribute is genuinely appreciated, folks. Check out the incentives. The beer stein is the star of the pledge drive -- it's a first edition. I think it's the best-looking thank you gift we've ever had. No mere photo does justice to the beauty of this here stein.

Have a blast of good fun and support CJAM simultaneously by attending the DUBSTEP DANCE PARTY event on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 at The Room on 255 Ouellette, featuring a performance by Windsor's own dubstepper Dstruct.O!

As you can see from the poster our wonderful friend Martin Deck, a.k.a. DJ Zonk from CJAM's "Wake The Town" will be spinning tunes in a dubstep stylee before the show. He promises to play some massive Jamaican dub tracks and a bit of that digital too, and perhaps a side order of drum-n-bass. Anyway, he's got the roots of dubstep on tap, y'all! DJ Zonk is from the "college where you get your musical knowledge!" See?

Kero, yet another great CJAM DJ, has been added to the roster for this show. Step up, steppers!

All proceeds go to CJAM's Pledge Drive 2011.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Memory Screen -- TRAQQ -- Tunes For Baboons: Live Sessions From CJSW 90.9 fm (2011, CSJW)
Carl Hall -- MEAN IT BABY -- After Hours 3 (2005, Warners UK) [orig. 1967, Loma]
Dub Syndicate -- WADADA (MEANS LOVE) -- Stoned Immaculate (1991, ON-U Sound)
Ella Fitzgerald -- UNDECIDED -- Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings (1995, GRP) [orig. Decca]
Lindstrøm & Christabelle -- BABY CAN'T STOP -- Real Life Is No Cool (2009, Smalltown Supersound)
Hemsley Morris -- LITTLE THINGS -- Trojan Reggae Brothers Box Set (2003, Trojan) [orig. 1968?, Sun Shot]
Bob Wills & His Texas Playbosy -- BEAUMONT RAG -- Legends of Country Music (2006, Sony) [orig. 1938, Columbia]
Koola Lobitos -- OLOLUFE MI (My Lover) -- Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos  (2009, Strut) [orig. 1964]
Rise Ashen & Flying Down Thunder -- INADJIWOWIN (UNITY OF CULTURE) -- One Nation (2011, Balanced)
Del Barber -- COMING HOME WITH SUMMER -- Love Songs For The Last 20 (2010, Broken Ground)
Dstruct.O -- SOUL SEEKER -- Dstruct.O Drumstep E.P. (2011, Dstruct.O)

Thanks for listening and thanks especially for donating to CJAM's 2011 Pledge Drive!

"Keep The Basslines Round..."

Leroy Sibbles, Toronto, 1980.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Casiokids -- HUN ER MIN VENSTRE HÅND -- Top stemning på lokal bar (2010, Polyvinyl)
Anna Atkinson -- INTERMISSION -- Mooniture (2011, Anna Atkinson)
Noiseshaper -- DUNK (Adrian Sherwood remix) -- King Size Dub, Volume 15 (2011, Echo Beach)
James Brown -- LICKING STICK - LICKING STICK (live) -- Foundations Of Funk: A Brand New Bag, 1964-69 (1996, Polydor)
The Myelin Sheaths -- HALFWIT -- Get On Your Nerves (2010, Southpaw)
Opopo -- LEMME WALK -- Light Work (2011, Urbnet)
Ocote Soul Sounds -- PRIMAVERA -- Taurus (2011, ESL Music)
Movitz! feat. Olle Nyman-- PÅ DRIFT, NORRBOTTEN -- Out Of My Head (2011, Slimstyle)
Battles -- DOMINICAN FADE -- Gloss Drop (2011, Warp)
Miriam Makeba -- PATA PATA -- The Jerry Ragovoy Story: Time Is On My Side, 1953-2003 (2008, Ace) [orig. 1967]
Crissi Cochrane -- COMING HOME -- Darling, Darling (2010, Crissi Cochrane)
Aline Morales -- MUSA -- Flores, Tambores, E Amores (2011, Aline Morales)
Roy Shirley -- I AM THE WINNER -- Trojan Reggae Brothers Box (2003, Trojan)
Scritti Politti -- UMM -- Anomie & Bonhomie (1999, Rough Trade)
Brian Eno -- SOUNDS ALIEN -- Drums Between The Bells (2011, Warp)
Da Cruz -- CHEGA -- Sistema Subversiva (2011, 6 Degrees Records)
Roots Manuva vs. Wrongtom -- DUPPY WRITER (skit) -- Duppy Writer (2010, Big Dada)
Count Sticky & His Calypsonians -- CHICO CHICO -- Soundman Shots: The Caribou & Downbeat 78s Story (2009, Complete Roots/Snapper) [orig. 1960, Caribou]
Beastie Boys -- NONSTOP DISCO POWERPACK -- Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (2011, Capitol)
Leroy Sibbles -- I'VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL -- Now (1980, Generation)
Extra Happy Ghost -- PITIFUL -- Modern Horses (2011, Saved By Radio)
Animal Farm, feat. Abstract Rude -- MUSIC FOR IDIOTS -- Culture Shock (2011, Focused Noise)
U-J3RK5 -- U-J3RK5 WORK FOR POLICE -- Vancouver Complication (1979, Sudden Death)
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 -- AFRICAN SOLDIER -- From Africa With Fury: Rise (2011, Knitting Factory)

Thanks for listening!

And huge thanks (yet again) to Martin from CJAM's Wake The Town for taking over Snark spinning duties, hopefully for the last time! Should be back next week, crutches and all! Argh!

"Try To Think Again About Tuesday Maybe..."

A panel from Great Pop Things by Colin B. Morton & Chuck Death,
Penguin Books, 1992.

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 -- FOR THEM EYE -- From Africa With Fury: Rise (2011, Knitting Factory)
Brian Eno -- SEEDPODS -- Drums Between The Bells (2011, Warp)
DJ Dolores, Eugene Hutz, Otto, Fred 04, & Isaar -- A CIDADE -- Red Hot + Rio 2 (2011, Eone)
Sidney Pinchback -- SOUL STROKES -- Mojo Presents: Heavy Soul (2010, Mojo) [orig. 1969]
Vivian Jackson & the Ralph Brothers -- CONQUERING LION -- Yabby You: Jesus Dread (1997, Blood & Fire) [orig. 1972]
New Country Rehab -- MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS -- New Country Rehab (2010, NCR)
Extra Happy Ghost -- SO AT ONE -- Modern Horses (2011, Saved By Radio)
Field Assembly -- OUT OF THE ARMS -- Broadsides & Ephemera (2009, Field Assembly)
Marlena Shaw -- CALIFORNIA SOUL -- The Spice Of Life (1969, Cadet)
Scritti Politti -- PETROCOCADOLLAR -- White Bread, Black Beer (2006, Rough Trade)
Cyndi Lauper -- SHATTERED DREAMS -- Memphis Blues (2010, Downtown)
Afrocubismo -- DAKAN -- Afrocubismo (2010, World Curcuit)
FM Belfast -- MONDAYS -- Don't Want To Sleep (2011, Morr Music)
Johnny West -- SURVIVAL OF THE LEAST FIT -- An Absence Of Sway (2009, Tosteetostas)
Ambition -- TRUE GRAND IMPERIAL -- Just For Kicks (2011, Backburner)
Marinda + Solari -- IL FAUT LE TEMPS -- Motif (2010, LuaSol)
Dudley Sibley & Peter Austin -- HOLE IN YOUR SOUL -- Rock Steady Scorchers (a 2006 virtual compilation) [orig. 1968, Studio One]
The Wave Pictures -- LITTLE SURPRISE -- Beer In The Breakers (2011, Moshi Moshi)
aKido -- PAPER CHASE -- Gamechanger (2010, Nordique)
Allison Brown -- UNCLOUDY DAY~ EVENING TRAIN -- Viper At The Virgin's Feet (2010, Allison Brown)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers -- PING PONG -- Original Jazz Classics Remasters Sampler (2011, Concord) [orig. 1961]

Thanks for listening!

I'd like to thank Martin for spinning the music variety for me again this week. Twice in a row! Yikes!

If you want to hear great reggae, dub, dubstep, and mento, look no further than CJAM's Wake The Town. His July 1st (Canada Day) show was particularly good: "Canada Calling" featured two hours of superb reggae and dub tunes all of which mention Canadian places in the lyrics or title. Really cool concept and dedicated listening by Martin.

Click here to listen to Martin's faux-Snark... (The previous programme overlaps into Snark-time for about a minute and seventeen seconds of extreme heaviness, but then after the station id and a psa, the music variety begins.)

"Take Heed..."

Prince Far I: vocals everlasting...

The Snark playlist for TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011.
(Artist/SONG/Album, etc.)

Edd Henry -- YOUR REPLACEMENT IS HERE -- Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label (2006, Numero) [orig. 1961]
Scritti Politti -- THE WORD GIRL -- Absolute (2011, Virgin) [orig. 1985]
Scritti Politti feat. Ranking Ann -- FLESH & BLOOD -- Cupid & Psyche '85 reissue (2001, Virgin) [orig. 1985, cassette only?!]
Rökkurró -- SÓLIN MUN SKÍNA -- Made In Iceland IV (2011, Iceland Music)
Tussle -- ELEPHANTS -- Telescope Mind (2006, Smalltown Supersound)
African Head Charge -- TAKE HEED... AND SMOKE UP YOUR COLLYWEED -- Voodoo Of The Godsent (2011, On-U Sound)
Hidden Fortress feat. Kaigen -- SLANGSHOT -- All That Is (2010)
Afuche -- PABLO LEON -- Highly Publicized Digital Boxing Match (2011, Cuneiform)
Graham Townsend -- ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL -- Championship Fiddle Favourites (1960s?, London) {Thanks to Lonesome Lefty's Scratchy Attic}
Orchestre Poly Rythmo -- GBETI MADJRO -- Cotonou Club (2011, Analog Africa)
LiLiPUT/Kleenex -- HIS HEAD ALL RED -- LiLiPUT: The Complete Recordings, 1978-83 (2001, Kill Rock Stars)
Graham Wright -- NO HARD FEELINGS -- Shirts vs. Skins (2011, Graham Wright)
Juan Amalbert's Latin Jazz Quintet -- SUMMERTIME -- From Latin to Jazz Dance, Volume 1 (2003, Rare Groove Recordings) [orig. early 60s?]
Tehimana Kerr -- FOR A WHILE -- Defamation of Character (2008, Capital)
Ken Parker -- RUN COME -- Rock Steady Scorchers (a 2006 virtual compilation?) [orig. 1967? single, Studio One] {Thanks to V-Rocket blog}
Anna Atkinson -- E MINOR WALTZ -- Mooniture (2011, Anna Atkinson)
Bonjay -- SMALL HOURS -- Broughtupsy (2010, Mysteries of Trade)
Johnny West -- STUTTER STEPS -- Gift For A Spider (2011, Tosteetostas)
k.d. lang & The Siss Boom Bang -- A SLEEP WITH NO DREAMING -- Sing It Loud (2011, Nonesuch)
DA CRUZ -- WARM LEATHERETTE -- Sistema Subversviva (2011, Six Degrees)
The Slits -- IN THE BEGINNING -- Peel Sessions (1998, Strange Fruit) [orig. 1981]

Thanks for listening!

And mighty big thanks to Martin of CJAM's Wake The Town for substitute deejaying for me!  His most excellent show is heard every Friday night from 10 p.m. until midnight, broadcasting the very best dub, roots reggae, dubstep, and mento music to the Windsor-Detroit area!

You can listen to Martin's faux-Snark by clicking here!