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Emotional Support Canadian🇨🇦. My Radio Show 25 O’Clock airs Saturdays @ 11 pm EDT & repeats Mondays also @ 11 pm on canoefm.com. Other show Zero To Fifty - a celebration of music from 1900-1950 - airs every 1st, 3rd & 5th Saturday of each month @ 7 am EDT!
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Morning Song. With a lively little number guaranteed to flap yer jacks, here’s Bob Crosby And His Orchestra - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (10” 78 rpm, 1939). 🌞 youtu.be/5UQIxW_PAUk?...

#MusicChallenge #JuneGloom Day 30 - Inconsolable Grief - Ivan Kramskoy (1884) Paul McCartney - Little Willow (Flaming Pie, 1997). 💔🫶🏽 youtu.be/iQY1-f-X2NI?...

I grew up before the internet. (I’ll bet you can smell it too!)

Random Early Colour Films. Filmed in 1938 - a time sadly gone by - in gloriously washed-out Dufaycolor, here’s a touching look at UK farms in the film short English Harvest. youtu.be/rcyzAIkMwrg?...

Naked City (John Zorn, Bill Frissell, Fred Frith & friends) - Batman (Naked City, 1990). Bif! Bam! Pow! Nifty grainy experimental promo film: youtu.be/gc-7BHjwW1o?...

“Art is not made for anybody and is, at the same time, for everybody.” - Dutch painter, Art theorist & masking tape enthusiast Piet Mondrian (1872-1944).

#Random80sSongoftheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky “They say, stay away; don't want you home today. Keep away from our door; don't come 'round here no more.” A message sadly too commonly told to too many, here’s Madness - Embarrassment (#4 UK, Absolutely, 1980). youtu.be/P23Gqn6y8AI?...

#ColorTheMusic #MusicChallenge The Beautiful South - Old Red Eyes Is Back (#22 UK, 0898 Beautiful South, 1991). Release the pubcrawlers! youtu.be/ggJYJ9frSl0?...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings or Marvel.

Random Old Government Films. “Yer bets! Place yer bets!” Made for The Ministry Of Agriculture by The Ministry Of Information, here’s a very sexy 1942 expose’ on Hedging. Caution: May contain scenes of stonewalling: youtu.be/WoprVhpOKIk?...

Hot Sauce - I’ll Kill A Brick (About My Man) (7” 45 rpm, 1971). Deep-cut Aretha-worthy Soul/Funk number released by the legendary Memphis, TN Volt Records label, the finest sound East of the Pecos!! youtu.be/v6P6vdEM9j8?...

Random 45s In My Record Collection. Recorded at NYC’s Madison Square Gardens on Nov. 28 1974 & the B-Side to their US #1 hit single Philadelphia Freedom, here’s The Elton John Band feat. John Lennon - I Saw Her Standing There. Sad Fact: Lennon’s last concert performance. youtu.be/aGkqm2MkyF8?...

(June 28/25) Hey all - My weekly radio programme 25 O’Clock tiptoes across The Internets tonight at 11 p.m. EDT! I’ll be spinning trax by World Party, Bob Mould, Jane Siberry, Stevie Wonder an’ a bunch more great musical acts! Tune in to canoefm.com, have a listen & lemme know whatcha think!

#Random80sSongoftheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky The Cure - A Night Like This (The Head On The Door, 1985). Not released as a single, but an official video was created nonetheless. youtu.be/hkkO2uiOEUM?...

Sometimes the Little Guy wins! Iconic NYC Elizabeth Street Gardens saved from urban developers: www.6sqft.com/elizabeth-st...

#ColorTheMusic #MusicChallenge Neil Diamond - Something Blue (Melody Road, 2014). A wonderful late-career tune that could’ve been a hit fifty or sixty years ago! Official strummin’ & hummin’ video: youtu.be/_qjqysU36tw?...

Because of the ongoing & pointless battle between the US Government and Harvard University, International students enrolled at Harvard may have a Canadian education alternative should they not be able to return to the States. www.cbc.ca/news/harvard...

Random Early Popular Records. It's Fox Trot Time! With a little number that'll have your toes tappin' out toenail Morse wanting -- --- .-. . -.-.--, here's The Buffalodians - Here Comes Emaline (10" 78 rpm, 1926). youtu.be/rtoEnbqNmDc?...

Random Blues Records. Leadbelly - Grasshoppers In My Pillow (10' 78 rpm, 1947). Great echo! youtu.be/yXKGH8aSJCQ?...

Morning Song. Comprised of John Hiatt, Jim Keltner, Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe, here’s Little Village - Fool Who Knows (Little Village, 1992). An overlooked album here in Canada. ☹️ youtu.be/KWYBgyHGIFg?...

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#MusicChallenge #JuneGloom Day 28 - Early Evening at Hradčany (1909) - Jakub Schikaneder “Though I'm going, going, I'll be coming home soon; long as I can see the light.” Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (Cosmo’s Factory, 1970). youtu.be/SFP5afPweVI?...

No Context Summer Movie Trailers. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) Dir. William Asher. Starring Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Buster Keaton, Donna Loren, Don Rickles, Paul Lynde, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck. Nominated for 27 Academy Awards, winning for best Von Zipper. youtu.be/E70gbSmM8m0?...

Good Rockin’ Tonite!! With a super-fun 1979 appearance on the UK TV programme The Kenny Everett Video Show, here’s Dave Edmunds & Rockpile - Trouble Boys. Sid Snot rules!! youtu.be/tHILFDCnc4Q?...

#Random80sSongoftheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Featuring a musical assist from Martha Ladly 🇨🇦 of Martha And The Muffins on keyboards and backing vocals, here’s Scottish legends The Associates - Club Country (#13 UK, Sulk, 1982). youtu.be/js3_etgSlgQ?...

Just a great track! 😁 With a little help from Chief of Security Gus Gustofferson and ruining the practice time of The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers, here’s America performing their 1982 hit Right Before Your Eyes in SCTV’s legendary Studio B! youtu.be/pi3CZilM36w?...

Just a great track! The first song to reach #1 on the US main music chart by a UK artist, here’s the lovely Vera Lynn - Auf Wiederseh’n, Sweetheart (7” 45 rpm, 1952). Fun Fact: The next female solo UK singer to have a US #1 hit would be Petula Clark in 1965 with Downtown. youtu.be/8WsuLH4sulA?...

*Depending on the style/brand, 10 1/2 or 11. 😁 youtu.be/RxbfYiiBuP0?...

#ColorTheMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Al Hirt - Green Hornet Theme (The Horn Meets The "Hornet", 1966). Simply buzz-worthy!! 🎺🦟 youtu.be/3zXx0ReqOOI?...

Random Early Big Band Records. Andy Kirk and His Clouds Of Joy - Fifty-Second Street (10” 78 rpm, 1936). Taxi!! youtu.be/Db4nOwgLDdY?...

Morning Song. Helen O’Connell - Be Anything (But Be Mine) (#27 US, 7” 45 rpm, 1952). Just lovely. 💘 youtu.be/aIVjiml2YmU?...

Hey Kids - Time for another No-Hit Wonder! From their 1968 debut, self-titled and only album, here’s NYC’s Autosalvage - Parahighway. Groovy The Who/Byrds-esque tune with accompanying vintage animated terrors of drug use short film clip! youtu.be/nCcu2CDun5k?...

Morning Song. A perfectly silly tune well suited for singing along to in a glass-enclosed shower for full effect, here’s the ever-lovely Margaret Whiting - Good Morning, Mr. Echo (10” 78 rpm, 1951). youtu.be/9VN-Vvbp5KU?...

#MusicChallenge #JuneGloom Day 26: The Vegetable Gardener - Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593). “The longing look you gave me, that longing look - more than enough to keep me fed all year.” XTC - Harvest Festival (Apple Venus Volume One, 1999). A bumper crop of love. 💗💗 youtu.be/_Zd351nRFN0?...

Just a great track! With a bass line anchored by the legendary Ron Carter, here’s the ever-wonderful Roberta Flack - Compared To What (First Take, 1969). Six minutes of musical perfection from one of the most underrated, stunning debut albums ever. youtu.be/wDUk9Lsy_yQ?...

No Context Movie Trailers. Oliver! (1968) Dir. Carol Reed. Starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, Mark Lester, Harry Secombe. Winner of 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture & Best Director. Release the scallywags!! youtu.be/U1-Q3nyMelc?...

Just a great Mod track! Jacqueline Taïeb - 7 heures du matin (Jacqueline Taïeb, 1967). Shades of The Who! Nifty vintage video: youtu.be/UKhZTzjFX_4?...

#MusicChallenge #JuneGloom #ColorTheMusic Day 25 - Skull Of A Skeleton With Burning Cigarette – Vincent Van Gogh (1885/86). Bruce Cockburn 🇨🇦 - People See Through You (#37 Canada, World Of Wonders, 1986). A Classic Canadian Song! Official Video: youtu.be/53JkTgdTKd0?...

#Random80sSongoftheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Frida - I Know There’s Something Going On (#13 US, Something’s Going On, 1982). Written by Russ Ballard. youtu.be/p98PjtSfNWo?...