Hear ye, hear ye! Thar be a BCOL!

On the podcast today, I’ve played a song by a friend’s band The Hooby. Check them out here for more awesomeness: http://thehooby.com/

Today’s show also has a little production involved. A theme song in the form of the beginning to the Minders’ “Hooray for Tuesday”. This is first and foremost and awesome song. And also, hooray just happens to be one of my favourite words. Ever.

Let me know if it works and I’ll drop it if it doesn’t. I think it’s ok… but I’m a bit like a sheep.

Tomorrow I’ll be taping a spot on the CBC Radio 3 show, the R3:30. I’m really freakin’ pumped.

But this setlist shows some promise as well.

PROMISE!

Boom.

And in a flash, it’s back… and you never even noticed it was gone.

It’s been a while, friends, but here is a new edition of the BCOL and I will make no more grand gestures.

The Grammy’s were a couple days ago and hilarious. Also, other stuff happened. Most importantly?

The playlist.

Enjoy or we strangle this plant.

The Go! Team – Buy Nothing Day – Rolling Blackouts

British Sea Power – We Are Sound - Valhalla Dancehall
Girls Names – Tear Me Down – You Should Know By Now
The Beets – Watching T.V. – Stay Home
Pomegranates – Prouncer – One of Us
La Sera – Never Come Around - La Sera

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Heart In Your Heartbreak – Heart In Your Heartbreak
Tapes ‘n Tapes – One in the World – Outside
Cold War Kids – Louder Than Ever - Mine Is Yours
Tennis – Long Boat Pass – Cape Dory
Little Comets – One Night In October – In Search of Elusive Little Comets

The Decemberists – Don’t Carry it All – The King Is Dead
Hey Rosetta! – Seeds – Seeds
Creeping Weeds – Weekend at the Shore – See Through
Akron/Family – Silly Bears – S/T II: The Cosmic Burth and Journey of Shinju TNT
Iron & Wine – Walking Far From Home – Kiss Each Other Clean

Talib Kweli – Gutter Rainbows – Gutter Rainbows

REBIRTH!

The future sucks.

Well, the future in the form of iTunes crashing again and robbing me of my music sucks. So today, we go back… IN TIME!!!

The Brown Couch of Leisure started out as a radioshow on the now defunct college and community station CKMS in Waterloo. The original show was on Thursday at noon or something called Brunch with Karim, then moved to afternoons on Wendesdays for the Soft Rock Radio Show and finally, BCOL on Tuesdays from 2:30 – 5pm was born.

It was wonderful. Requests, people dropping by into the studio, a nice microphone or two… amazing… But I had to move to Toronto and that was that.

Now, I’m digging through the archives for some old copies of the log which I have on .mp3. I’ll start adding a few shows here and there to keep things interesting.

Today? Part 1 of October 21, 2003. Hilarious but wow, the music is still awesome! Don’t call in for requests but you can email me at karimawad@gmail.com or tweet at me @karimawad if you have anything you’d like to hear.

I have no track list…

I’m busy so here this is. I also had to fight stuff, so there’s that. I still got a show done so those giving me hastles can just enjoy the show and stop giving me hastles. I hate getting hastled because I take it personally. I’m a bit of a suck like that.

But here’s a really random and crazy show, which I need to listen to as much as anyone.

Starts with a “Blargh”…

Hot Panda – Pools – How Come I’m Dead

Belle & Sebastian – I’m Not Living In The Real World – Write About Love
Sondre Lerche – If Only – Heartbeat Radio
The Silent League – Yours Truly 2095 – … But You’ve Always Been the Caretaker
Telekinesis! – Tokyo – Telekinesis!
Givers – Ceiling of Plankton – Givers EP

Alcoholic Faith Mission – Closer to Dallas – Let This Be the Last Night We Care
The Silver Jews – Random Rules – American Water
The Good, The Bad & The Queen – Herculean – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Caledonia – The Plague – We Are America
Library Voices – Haunt This House - Denim On Denim

The Sound of Arrows – Winding Roads - Danger!
Sleigh Bells – Riot Rhythm – Treats
Four Tet – Hands – Rounds
Datarock – Princess - Datarock
Yeasayer – O.N.E. – Odd Blood

Stereolab – Miss Modular - Dots & Loops

Ends in a “w00t!”

No excuses… None. I missed another show. I don’t have to explain myself at all. Nope, not doing to do it.

I will say that time is fleeting and running and flowing and streaming very very quickly these days. It is completely relative, but I hate it. I have a lot going on right now, but nothing that I’m striving to get to in a hurry. I’m not some little kid waiting for their birthday or Christmas and wishing they could just skip ahead days or weeks. But skip ahead it does.

That’s all I have to say.

I don’t even think the above has anything to do with music, but there it is. Does this setlist ground you in a certain time or place? Nope… not all, but here it is.

Hey Time, chill bro…

Schwab – The Mole Man

Belle and Sebastian – Come On Sister – Write About Love
Spearmint – The Flaming Lips – A Different Lifetime
My Little Pony – Skipping Down the Street – Think Too Much
Camera Obscura – Number One Son – Underachievers Please Try Harder
The Gentle Waves – Flood – Swansong For You

Zeus – You Gotta Tell’er – Say Us
The Walkmen – Angela Surf City – Angela Surf City
Hot Hot Heat – Goddess On The Prairie - Future Breeds
Moondoggies – Tidelands – Tidelands
Julian Casablancas – Tourist - Phrazes for the Young

The Broken Family Band – Salivating – Please And Thank You
Names of Stars – Middle of the Night – Names of Stars
The Ghost is Dancing – Stick Together - Battles On
The Dandy Warhols – You Were The Last High – Welcome To The Monkey House
The Apples in Stereo – Allright / Not Quite – The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Dawn – Strung Out In Heaven

The songs chosen for today’s show are great. That’s nothing new. However, when I look at the playlist, it includes bands that I really don’t know that well or that I know very few songs of.

Weird.

Used to be a time when I would devour a new album and listen and listen and listen and listen and listen and read up on and listen. Now? Can’t do it… Too much music. Too much stuff on the go and frankly, not enough time. I blame the internet and the year 2000. I lost focus after the old millennium was done. But also? The internet has deluged me with music. It’s a good thing and I have a lot of love to spread around to new bands and new music, but I don’t have that devotion that I used to have.

All of this is pointless because this setlist is awesome. Enjoy.

The Mountain Goats – Riches and Wonders – All Hail West Texas

Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Blank Generation – Blank Generation
The Feelies – Raised Eyebrows - Crazy Rhythms
White Rabbits – While We Go Dancing – Fort Nightly
Field Music – Effortlessly – Measure
The Walkmen – The Rat – Bows and Arrows

The School – Valentine – Loveless Unbeliever
Magic Kids – Summer – Memphis
Library Voices – Bookish – Denim on Denim
The Field Mice – Coach Station Reunion – For Keeps
Math and Physics Club – You’re So Good To Me – Movie Ending Romance

Said The Whale – Camillo (The Magician) – Islands Disappear
Seabear – Softship – We Built a Fire
Electric President – Safe and Sound – The Violent Blue
The Shortwave Set – House of Lies - Replica Sun Machine
M. Ward – To Go Home – Post War

The Sadies – Shake Some Action – Live at the Jane Bond

Bootlegging is wrong. Argh…

Oh the weather outside is weather…

Today’s selection of music was brought to you by some other listeners (Thanks Kerry, Melissa and Sal) and also by random, the weather and nostalgia. These elements put together a pretty great show today. Plus also, less work for me. Which is great. Cause I’m a busy and important person. To myself.

Spread the word and get some more requests in, not just to give me a break but also because I’m always looking for new music. Honestly, everyone should be looking for new music because really, it’s awesome.

And to that, I say…. setlist.

King Missile – What If – King Missile

Yeasayer – Ambling Alps – Odd Blood
Matt and Kim – Cameras – Coming soon…
Yves Klein Blue – Make Up Your Mind – Ragged & Ecstatic
Harlem Shakes – Strictly Game - Technicolor Health
Maximum Balloon – Groove Me – Maximum Balloon

Clinic – I’m Aware – Bubblegum
Ra Ra Riot – Too Dramatic - The Orchard
Owen Pallett – A Man With No Ankles - A Swedish Love Story
The Figurines – Ghost Towns – Skeleton
They Might Be Giants – The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) – Apollo 18

Lost in the Trees – Walk Around The Lake – All Alone in an Empty House
Dust Covered Carpet – Pretty Things Happen – A Cloud, Pushed and Squeezed
Great Lake Swimmers – Still – Lost Channels
Tallest Man on Earth – Troubles Will Be Gone – The Wild Hunt
The Flying Tourbilon Orchestra – Strings – Escapements

Elliott Smith – King’s Crossing – From a Basement on the Hill

Rain! Indeed.

Wow… it’s been a long time!

But live and stuff and whatever… that’s not what you want to hear. You want music! Also, here’s some complaining about iTunes 10. It sucks. Trying to rebuild my library of music is taking a long long long long long time. So most of the songs today are from A-C in the ol’ library with a few bonus, poorly named albums put in!

As well, the last song is NSFW… it has a lot of swearing but if you don’t mind the F* word it is amazing… F’n amazing. It’s so good, it doesn’t sound like swearing at all.

You can see the awesome videos for the NSFW song – HERE is the text version and HERE is the actoring version … so worth it!

Enjoy Kids… it’s good to be home.

A.C. Newman – There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve – Get Guilty

Belle and Sebastian – Write About Love – Write About Love
Beulah – A Good Man Is Easy To Kill – The Coast Is Never Clear
The Posies – I May Hate You Sometimes – Children Of Nuggets
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Over and Over Again – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Built To Spill – Conventional Wisdom – You In Reverse

Alec Ounsworth – Me and You, Watson – Mo Beauty
Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele – Howard
Best Coast – The End – Crazy For You
The Pica Beats – Beating Back The Claws Of The Cold – Beating Back The Claws Of The Cold
A Fine Frenzy – What I Wouldn’t Do – Bomb in a Birdcage

Chitlin’ Fooks – How Many Times – Chitlin’ Fooks
Communist Daughter – The Lady Is An Arsonist – Soundtrack To The End
Crooked Fingers – Bring On The Snake – Bring On The Snakes
Old 97′s – Valentine – Fight Songs
The Radio Dept. – This Time Around – Clinging To A Scheme

Cee Lo Green – F* You - The Lady Killer

Nice.

Well, this summer vacation at the Brown Couch has been relatively extended but oh so memorable in real life.

Moving, working, things and other activities have meant that I haven’t been making shows. Luckily, Jared keeps it so freakin’ real with his show that STRadio rocks it out all the times.

But, to clarify, this is a new show and well, folks, it’s a good one. Loads of new music and lots of stuff to play. Bands I barely know but now DO know. It’s the miracles of life. Welcome.

And here it is…

Arcade Fire – The Suburbs – The Suburbs (forthcoming)

Best Coast – The End – Crazy For You
Dirty Projectors + Bjork – When the World Comes to an End – Mount Wittenberg Orca
Ceo – Illuminata - White Magic
The Postelles – White Night - White Night
Pineapple – It’s A Gonna Be Good – Pineapple

The Boat People – Antidote – Dear Darkly
Cats and Cats and Cats – Little Blimps – If I’d Had An Atlas
The Guggenheim Grotto – Wings And Feathers – The Universe is Laughing
Los Campesinos! – Straight In At 101/It’s Never Enough – EP
Magic Kids – Summer - Memphis (forthcoming)

The Coral – Walking In The Winter – Butterfly House
Bombay Bicycle Club – Ivy & Gold - Flaws
I Am Kloot – Fingerprints – Sky At Knight
Deer Tick – The Great Smoke Off – The Great Smoke Off
Correatown – Everything, All At Once – Correatown EP

The Chemical Brothers – Swoon – Swoon

The SUN!

Oh man, oh my…
I’ve been away for a while. It’s good to be back, but this last month was a portent (heck yes) of things to come. It’s been a crazy time in my life with weekly trips to Toronto, moving, graduations, work, and a little something called the WORLD CUP! I’ve been getting a lot of work done, but also watching all the matches. And I couldn’t be happier.

Vuvuzelas, those horns a lot of fans are blowing, are causing quite a stir. They sound like a drone of angry bees and have been mocked, ridiculed and spat upon all over. Calls to ban them have been silenced and to that I say, fantastic. I don’t like the sound. It’s annoying and takes away from other crowd sounds I appreciate, like chanting, singing etc. However, they have been a tradition in South African Football for years and this isn’t a surprise to the FIFA team. Plus, if you listen long enough, you just get used to them! Tradition wins out and for that, hurrah!

But this is about music, and here is an awesome setlist. Enjoy…

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Sleigh Bells – Rill Rill – Treats

Stars – Dead Hearts – The Five Ghosts
Beach Fossils – Vacation – Youth
Wild Nothing – Drifter - Gemini
The Radio Dept. – Heaven’s On Fire – Clinging To A Scheme
Wild Moccasins – It’s Health & My Own – Skin Collision Past

Sufjan Stevens – He Woke Me Up Again – Seven Swans
Blitzen Trapper – Love and Hate – Destroyer of the Void
Maps & Atlases – Solid Ground – Solid Ground
The Tallest Man on Earth – Burden Of Tomorrow – The Wild Hunt
Devandra Banhart – This Is The Way – Rejoicing In The Hands

The Drums – Best Friend – The Drums
Here We Go Magic – Collector – Pigeons
Tapes ‘n Tapes – Cowbell - The Loon
Bombay Bicycle Club – How Are We – How Are We
Pete and the Pirates – Mr. Understanding – Little Death

The Jesus and Mary Chain – Catchfire – Honey’s Dead

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