Ruby Slippers Oct. 27 Halloween Show!

Hey everybody!!!!

Here we are, the weekend before the spookiest night of the year, when the veil is the thinnest between the worlds!   Lots of ghosts, monsters, spirits, spells and of course the afterlife!

Enjoy!

Drunk Love---Rebekah Higgs  ( also know as Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees)

Smells Like Teen Spirit--- Winter Gloves  (Nirvana cover)

Spellwork---Austra (Young Galaxy Remix)

Strange Vacation---Quest for Fire  (Canadian psych/prog)

Run and Don't Stop---The Rocket Summer

Ain't That Cute---Moonglasses  (Guelph natives)

Criminals---The Blue Stones

When I Get Back---Handsome Furs

Museum in the Woods (demo version)---Wool and Howl (more from Guelph)

Holding You---Katie Herzig

Niagara---Ohbijou

The Afterlife---YACHT

Ropes That Way---Dirty Ghosts

Son of Volare---Green Palm Radiation

Oisin, My Bastard Brother---The High Dials

Heroes and Villians---Brian Wilson

Monster Mash---Bobby "Boris Pickett and the Crypt Kickers

Be safe out there and thanks for listening.

Membership Drive Playlist Oct. 20 5-6 pm

Hey everybody!

It's the FALL MEMBERSHIP drive, and today you can make a difference to the station!
During the show you can call in and make a donation to CIUT, tax deductible, by the way, which will go toward keeping this show and the station on the air.

For donation information please go to www.ciut.fm and please show us some love!

As for the music this week....

Here goes!

Immigrant Song    Dread Zepplin  (from the album Un-Led-ed, get it? Hmmm?)
Theophile   Tape Deck Bros.   (Torontonians)
Movement and Location     Punch Brothers
Bag O' Miracles    Eagles of Death Metal
The Kids Were Wrong    Memoryhouse
Gimme Sympathy    Metric   (you'll know this one from the commercials)
Live Forever     Run With The Kittens
Don't Touch That Dial    Paper Lions
Tripping Horses    The Russian Futurists
Ungirthed    Purity Ring  (I have played this before, but what's not to love?)

And to close our show...

Over the Rainbow    Isreal  Kamakawiwo'ole

Many thanks to DJ Nico, Alex, Talia the phone volunteers, and of course you the listener.

See you next week!

Playlist for Oct. 13 5-6 pm

Hey everybody,

I know this is WAY in advance, but given that I am dashing out of the studio to make an appointment tomorrow, I thought I would post for tomorrow.  There may be some minor deviations, and I will correct them if needs be, but at the moment, this is how the show will line up.

Stillness Is The Move   Dirty Projectors
Smoke and Mirror Show   Young Galaxy
My Favorite Year   Destroyer
Vanessa Vacillating   Slow Children  (didn't actually get to this last week...)
Put Your Arms Around Me   The Hawk In Paris   (rather athemnic, but really pretty)
Say It Ain't So  Sarah Blackwood   (Weezer cover)
He Poos Clouds   Final Fantasy  (now known as Owen Pallet)
Beijing   Patrick Watson
Prophesy   Adam and the Amethysts
Weightless   City and Colour   (out of Alexisonfire)
Moonage Daydream    The Dirty Nil   (good Bowie cover)
Tough Love   Joel Plaskett Emergency
No Envy  Humble Wolf

Please remember to donate if you can to CIUT on behalf of this and other shows.
Just go to the website  www.ciut.fm and click on DONATE and the rest is easy.

Thanks for listening, see you next week for the Membership Drive Show Extravaganza!

Playlist for Oct. 6 5-6 pm

Hey everyone,

It's Thanksgiving weekend and we can feel the fall in the air.  Sadly today saw the passing of one of my dearest friends and companions, and it is to his memory that I dedicate this show.
I love you Murph.

Be kind to one another.  Be thankful for those around you, and never lose sight of life's little blessings.

The Sheriff    The Strumbellas
Against The wall   Young Empires
Outlaw Blues   Queens of the Stone Age
White Days    The Lighthouse and the Whale
Too Cold   Current Swell
Big Time Sensuality  (The Fluke Remix)  Bjork
Filthy/Gorgeous   Scissor Sisters
Dude You Feel Electrical  Shout Out Out Out
The Evening Redness in the West  Deer Park
Star  Cuff The Duke
12 John/I'm Only Dancing  YT/ST
Five Years   Born Ruffians
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue   Bad Religion
Cosmic Wheels   Donovan

Thanks for listening.

Ruby Slippers Playlist for Sept. 29

Hey everybody!

It's a spectacular day in the city and I have to admit, this playlist is the bomb, just the thing to get you all juiced up for Nuit Blanche!  So...while you get your zombie on, or fuel up with dinner and a nice glass of something in preparation for the all night party, enjoy the tunes!
As always, any comments or suggestions are welcome.

Someone Keeps Moving My Chair    They Might Be Giants   (played the hell out of this tape in the car)
We like To Rock    Bidiniband
Overbiter    Say Anything
Suffragette City   The Acorn    (if you haven't yet, download the covers album at Paperbag Records)
Hunting Season   Hands and Teeth
Cold & Alcohol   Army Girls
Do Not Feed The Radio   Fiction 20 Down
Snowflakes   Ivory Drive  (Lord, I hope not yet...)
This Is The Dream of Win and Regine   Cadence Weapon and Final Fantasy
Lindsay  Elliott Brood
Crash Years   The New Pornographers
Arrows   Rah Rah   (brand spankin' new)
We Were Born the Mutants....   Of Montreal  (and oddly, this band is NOT of Montreal)
There Goes Your Corpse Again   Deadly Snakes   (so sad, they are no more)


That's it, that's all.  Thanks for listening and be safe out there tonight!

Ruby Slippers Deal of the Week

Hey everybody,
I am busy getting the show ready for Saturday, but had to share this with you.
The Canadian record company, Paperbag records, has a special FREE download to commemorate the 30th anniversary of David Bowie's iconic album "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars".

The link to this amazing and very fun offer is here:
www.download.paperbagrecords.com/free/PaperBagRecordsvsZiggyStardust.zip

See you Saturday, and thanks for listening to CIUT 89.5 FM!

Playlist for September 22 5-6 pm

Hey everybody,

Thank you for listening to the first official episode of the show.  As promised here is the playlist, and although it's kind of all over the place, I guarantee you will find something that will stick with you.

Summersweat   Royal Canoe  ( off of their new EP)
She's The One    Caribou
Lie Awake    Angel Snow    (a singer to watch)
Young Mothers    Sebastian Grainger
Trailblazer    The Barmitzvah Brothers
Fwoooooooosh!   Starship Experience    (sadly, now defunct)
Grey Skies    Paperback  (Not to be confused with The Paperbacks from Canada)
Anirog D9   Squarepusher
Computer      Fun 100
How Do You Ruin Me?   Black Prairie   (from their new album)
The Killing Type      Amanda Palmer and company
How Fast Is Too Fast    Orange Glass
Small Stakes    Spoon
Something I Want To Tell You    Small Faces
Television Set    Joel Plaskett Emergency
I Love My Leather Jacket    The Chills
Lil' Devil    The Cult
Firebomb    Chrome

Join me again next week, same time, same station, CIUT 89.5 FM !