This will air on the 39th premiere of Sesame Street on August 11th. I actually kindof want to watch it. My favourite part of it: the attempt to recreate the one-shot feel of the original video, and every Feist video for that matter. I've actually been on set for the shooting of Sesame Street before (in the Netherlands no less.. Big Bird is Blue there, it's creepy) and based on that my guess is this was ridiculously complicated to film. But it turned out not too badly.
I guess they cut out the "1 2 3 4 5 6 9 and 10" part so they wouldn't confuse the youngsters.
Oh and Neil Patrick Harris will be on the show as well. Pretty sure this is going to be a great season.
1. "Feedback in the Field" Plants and Animals 2. "Melody Day" Caribou 3. "Queens Will Play" Black Mountain 4. "Nighthawks" Two Hours Traffic 5. "La-Da-Da" Basia Bulat 6. "The Cheapest Key" Kathleen Edwards 7. "The Pulse" Holy Fuck 8. "The Old Prince Still Lives At Home" Shad 9. "The Night Starts Here" Stars 10. "In Our Bedroom, After the War" Stars 11. "Sun in an Empty Room" The Weakerthans 12. "Relative Surplus Value" The Weakerthans
2006 Polaris Prize Winner 13. "This Lamb Sells Condos" Final Fantasy
2007 Polaris Prize Winner 14. "Slip Into Your Skin" Patrick Watson
That's about it for the 2008 Polaris Prize Showcase on Mixed Frequencies. Be sure to check out the longlist here. And be listening in September for the winner!
15. "Working Together" Gonzales 16. "Like I Give a Care [RAC Mix]" You Say Party! We Say Die! 17. "Put on Your Specs Boy" Greengo 18. "There goes My Outfit" The Dears 19. "Country Houses" The Pickups 20. "Unless it Kicks" Okkervil River
Plants And Animals (Parc Avenue) Basia Bulat (Oh My Darling) Two Hours Traffic (Little Jabs) Stars (In Our Bedroom After the War) Shad (The Old Prince) Kathleen Edwards (Asking for Flowers) The Weakerthans (Reunion Tour) Caribou (Andorra) Black Mountain (In the Future) Holy F*ck (LP)
This weeks show will be dedicated to these artists and profile my pick for the winner. Email me with your suggestions of the best songs on these albums and your pick of who you think will win!
What's a Polaris Prize you say? Well... "The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label." Thanks Wikipedia.
So The show is back up on the air! It's exciting times over at CKMS you can hear the show just like how it was last season only finally not before the sun is up! I'm now on air at 10am until Noon! You should listen. It's easy, if you are in the KW you can just tune into 100.3 on the FM dial. If that doesn't work or if you live in say, Guelph or even Dubai just head on over to www.ckmsfm.ca and the good times will follow.
Email me your request at mfckms(at)gmail[dot]com or call in during the show at 519 884 CKMS
And if you are a local band, or just a great band, who is seeking some exposure, well why don't you send me an email as well? Let me know how your day was, and maybe just maybe tell me a bit about your band or something.. if you feel like it.
As always be sure to check out the myspace (because I know you are oh so hip) at www.myspace.com/mfckms and keep your eyes open in a few weeks for a complete relaunch of my show! New blog, new podcast, same great content.
