Show #122 (I think) Playlist, etc.

Imogen Heap

Sometimes stress gets the better of you. It’s a weird thing, but sometimes we all feel like we just can’t help but worry about something. When you look at the root of every problem, there is usually no reason to get worked up.

Think of it this way:

– There is something causing me stress.
– I can do something about it. / I can’t do anything about it.
– There is no reason to worry.

This is not to be confused with substitution. We all ought to know that giving up and having another drink isn’t helpful. If something is out of your control, it doesn’t mean defeat, self-loathing, etc. It means all you can do is hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

On the other hand, that doesn’t make it wrong to have a drink, but I’m not going to lecture you on limits.

The bottom line is: we need to realize that stress is okay. Acknowledge it. Even thank it, since it serves as a type of warning to your system that you are reaching a limit. Without that warning, things could get a lot worse. Once you’ve thanked your warning system, move on. There is no need to make things worse by realizing you’re stressed out only to be more stressed out about being stressed out.

Sit back. Relax. If you can do something about it, calmly get to work knowing that you are in control. If you can’t do anything about it, sit back. Relax.

Personally, I prescribe music for whatever ails you. The right music will help you work when you need to work. It will also help you calm down when you need that.

Hopefully your week is going well already and music will only make it better. But if your week isn’t going as smoothly as you would like, make sure you have the right music in your life to make things better. Not only feel better (although it is that, too), but make better.

Tune in from 4:00 to 6:00 and relax. :-]

Show #87 (I think) Playlist, etc.

The Bad Plus

So much time off in the last little while! I feel like I haven’t been to the station in months! I miss it. I’ll admit it.

This week, I’m going into Old-School What Planet mode. Tonight is going to sound a little more like how the show sounded when I first started. Back in the old days, I couldn’t quite decide what I was doing; now I just can’t decide what to play to get back into it. So, I’m doing it all! A few more unusual sounds than the recent past. I’ve gotten lazy – playing a bunch of really good jazz and skipping out on really good other stuff. That doesn’t mean I’m skimping out on the jazz, of course. I’m just going to play more of the other stuff!

Tune in tonight from 4:00 – 6:00 for What Planet Is This?!, the way it was meant to sound!

Show #62 (I think) Playlist, etc.

Holy smokes! I can’t wait to sit down in the control room tonight and play enough good music to make this past week disappear! What a gong show! Just way too busy.

I’m bringing out the big guns tonight – a bunch of my new and old favourites to put me at ease and hopefully do the same for you.

Show #43 (I think) Playlist, etc.

Wha? Two hours again? Mwahahaha!

Tune in tonight at the regular time (8:00 PM CST) for TWO HOURS of great music. After doing an all-vinyl show last week, I think I might do no-vinyl tonight. Those suckers are heavy! We’ll see.

I’ve got about 30 artists on the list for tonight right now, including some favourites and some never played before on the show. You’ll have to tune in to hear it all, but just to drop a few names: Don Byas, Ravi Coltrane, Van Morrison, Great Uncles of the Revolution, Radiohead, Caribou, and even Metric are on the list.

Update:

This is what I am typing for the first hour:
1. Goldfrapp – Hairy Trees
2. Björk – Innocence
3. gutbucket – I Am a Jelly Doughnut (Or a Commentary on U.S. German Relations Post WWII)
4. Metric – Grow Up And Blow Away
5. Divine Brown – Lay It On The Line
6. Major Lazer feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore – Cash Flow
7. Toots and the Maytals feat. Ben Harper – Love Gonna Walk Out On Me
8. Feist – L’amour ne dure pas toujours
9. Caribou – Irene
10. Radiohead – Where Bluebirds Fly
11. Iron & Wine – The Trapeze Swinger
12. Lalo Shifrin – Intersections

This is what I am typing for the second hour:
13. King Crimson – Red
14. Gentle Giant – Raconteur Troubadour
15. Joni Mitchell – Comes Love
16. Molly Johnson – Northern Star
17. Caribbean Jazz Project – Masacoteando
18. Oscar Peterson & Michel Legrand – Lonesome Prairie
19. Great Uncles of the Revolution – Muchacho
20. Silverchair – Emotion Sickness
21. Van Morrison – Into The Mystic
22. Jon and Roy – Thanks for That
23. Andrew Bird – The Water Jet Cilice
24. The Album Leaf – September Song
25. Bob Dylan – Nettie Moore

Man! That’s quite a list. I forgot what it was like to do a two-hour show! Hope you liked it. Thanks for listening. Catch me next week for more great music.

Show #6 (I think) Playlist

Thanks again to everyone for listening – and thanks again to Mandy, this time, for picking me up.

Here’s what was played this time around… Sorry for no links. It’s late, I’m tired. I sleep soon:

Kyrie Kristmanson – Symmetry
Metric – Hustle Rose
Alanis Morissette – Head Over Feet
Sarah Harmer – Will He Be Waiting For Me
Joni Mitchell – This Flight Tonight
K.D. Lang – Help Me
Basia Bulat – Snakes and Ladders
Holly McNarland – Twisty Mirror
Megan Lane – Walking Alone
Jakalope – Don’t Cry
Holly McNarland – Numb
Sarah Slean – Awake Soon
Diana Krall – Departure Bay