The Friday Night Parkdale Special

The FNPS: Episode 40 - It's Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals (12-25-2020)

On this week's show, a variety of Christmas music from a number of genres, and the beginning of some issues with my streaming setup. (I had actually been planning to do a show on New Year's Day, but I couldn't get the problem resolved in time, and so I got an accidental bye week.)
Andy Williams - It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
Perry Como - It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Burl Ives - Holly Jolly Christmas
Louis Armstrong - Winter Wonderland
Dean Martin - Silver Bells
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride
Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (live)
John Denver - Christmas Eve 1913
The Carpenters - Silent Night
Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
St. Peter’s Choir - Angels We Have Heard On High
Boney M - Feliz Navidad
Mannheim Steamroller - Deck The Halls
Donna Summer - I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Unheilig - O Tannenbaum
Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis
Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin’
William Shatner - Good King Wenceslas
U2 - Baby Please Come Home
Alison Moyet - The Coventry Carol
The Pogues with Kirsty McColl - The Fairytale of New York
Billie Mae Richards & Paul Soales - We’re A Couple Of Misfits
Oscar The Grouch - I Hate Christmas
Pennywise - Christmas In Hell
The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight)
Dropkick Murphys - The Season Is Upon Us
Bad Religion - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Billy Idol - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Wham! - Last Christmas
Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
Bert & Ernie - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

The FNPS: Episode 39 - Funk (12-18-2020)

As the Fixx once sang, "One thing leads to another", and so it was with disco and funk. The more research I did on disco, the more I learned about funk, and I needed to go deeper (*insert "Inception" noise here)! This week's show is all about the funk.
James Brown - Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off That Sucker)
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
The Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay
Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
Curtis Mayfield - Right on For The Darkness
Labelle - Lady Marmalade
Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Brick - Dazz
Commodores - Brick House
Carl Carlton - She’s A Bad Mama Jama
The Gap Band - Outstanding
King Floyd - Groove Me
Rick James - Super Freak
Bootsy’s Rubber Band - Rubber Duckie
Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
George Clinton - Atomic Dog
Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce

The FNPS: Episode 38 - Disco (12-11-2020)

This is another genre that I had been meaning to get to for some time, but I wanted to make sure I gave myself enough time to do the research, because I had a feeling the history would be fascinating. And it was! If you want to get pedantic about it, disco traces its roots all the way back to Paris during the German occupation in WWII. Tune in to find out how! Additionally, this ended up being a birthday episode; this show aired on the birthday of the person I knew would love it the most.
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
CHIC - Le Freak
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
The Trammps - Disco Inferno
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing
Yvonne Elliman - If I Can’t Have you
Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye
Boys Town Gang - Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Patrick Cowley ft. Sylvester - Do You Wanna Funk
Cerrone - Supernature
Frantique - Strut Your Funky Stuff
MFSB - The Sound of Philadelphia
Madleen Kane - Rough Diamond
Eumir Deodato - Whistle Bump
Martin Circus - Disco Circus
Candido - Jingo

The FNPS: Episode 37 - New Jack Swing (12-04-2020)

On this week's show, I finally get to dive into a genre I have loved for a long time: New Jack Swing! It was one of those genres that had a brief window. So where did it come from? What defined it? Where did it go? Let's find out! Special thanks to Derek Rush for his contribution on some of the history in this episode.
Full Force - Alice! I Want You Just For Me
Janet Jackson - Nasty
Jody Watley - Looking For A New Love
Johnny Kemp - Just Got Paid
Guy - Teddy’s Jam
Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
New Edition - If It Isn’t Love
Al B. Sure! - Nite N Day
Karyn White - The Way You Love Me
Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff
Soul II Soul ft. Caron Wheeler
After 7 - Can’t Stop
Tony! Toni! Tone! - Feels Good
Johnny Gill - Rub You The Right Way
L.L. Cool J - Around The Way Girl
Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison
Keith Sweat - Keep it Comin’
Heavy D & The Boyz - Is It Good To You
Digital Underground - Kiss You Back
Blackstreet - No Diggity

The FNPS: Episode 36 - Power Ballads (11-27-2020)

Sometimes, one theme leads to another, and I can't help but chase the idea down whatever rabbit holes it leads me to. Last week's show about hair metal got me looking at power ballads, and I went exploring. What and when was the first power ballad? Ready yourself for some fromage!
Damn Yankees - High Enough
Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home
Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Cinderella - Don’t Know What You Got
Ozzy Osbourne - Mama I’m Coming Home
Skid Row - I Remember You
Slaughter - Fly To The Angels
Faster Pussycat - House of Pain
Kix - Don’t Close Your Eyes
Steelheart - I’ll Never Let You Go
Enuff Z’Nuff - Fly High Michelle
Def Leppard - Love Bites
Warrant - Heaven
Haywire - Man Enough
Queensryche - Silent Lucidity
Guns N’ Roses - November Rain

The FNPS: Episode 35 - Hair Metal (11-20-2020)

On this week's show, I do a deep dive on hair metal: its origins and development, how and where it exploded, and its denouement. A big surprise? David Bowie's contribution to the genre.
Van Halen - Running With The Devil
Y&T - Mean Streak
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Hanoi Rocks - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Motley Crue - Smokin’ In The Boys’ Room
Ratt - Round and Round
Dokken - Into The Fire
Britny Fox - Girlschool
Autograph - Turn Up The Radio
Cinderella - Shake Me
White Lion - Hungry
Def Leppard - Animal
Guns N’ Roses - Paradise City
Vixen - I Want You To Rock Me
Kix - Cold Blood
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
Faster Pussycat - Poison Ivy
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
Bulletboys - Smooth Up In Ya
Dangerous Toys - Teas’n Pleas’n
L.A. Guns - Rip and Tear
Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild
Slaughter - Up All Night

The FNPS: Episode 34 - The Ides of November (11-13-2020)

This week's show is another that focuses on a seasonal shift. Mid-March isn't the only ides to beware!
Tom Waits - November
Ashbury Heights - November Corrosion
Jenny March - November Nights
Akaal - November
Tomas Barfod ft. Nina Kinert - November Skies
CHVRN - November
NOVACUB - November
Chris Leibing ft. Ralf Hildenbeutel - Novembergrey
Jones Meadow - November 13th
Stimming - November Morning
August - November 13th
Trentemøller - November
Mythos - November
DYATHON - November
Stolen Jars - Another November
The Wilderness of Manitoba - November
Stornoway - November Song
The Dead Tongues - Pale November Dew
Matt Heckler - Old November
Tim Barry - This November
Skydiggers - November in Ontario
Jimi Hendrix - Suddenly November Morning

The FNPS: Episode 33 - A Birthday Episode (11-11-2020)

This show is actually a double-birthday episode for two siblings whose birthdays are days apart: my youngest listener, Isaac, and his oldest sister, Bas!
Disparition - The Ballad of Fiedler & Mundt (Opening of "Night Vale")
Coil - Red Queen
Harry Callaghan & The Stupendium - Android Hell Blues
AWOL Nation - Sail
Lizz - Noche
Battles - Atlas
Primus - Too Many Puppies
Mr. Bungle - Ars Moriendi
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
Jonathan Coulton - RE: Your Brains
Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
The Original Caste - One Tin Soldier
Alice In Chains - Nutshell
Coil - The Dreamer Is Still Asleep
Radiohead - Reckoner
Les Filles de Illighadad - Imigradan

The FNPS: Episode 32 - Killer Tunes (10-30-2020)

The Hallowe'en show! This episode, I take a look at songs that held meaning for serial killers and other murderers. Be warned, I talk about the murders, and while I don't go into graphic detail, it might be triggering for some, particularly the cases where sexual violence was involved. It was a heavy show to put together, so it might be a heavy listen, too.
Ken Thorne - The Legion's Last Patrol (theme)
The Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein
REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The Eurythmics - Better To Have Loved And Lost
AC/DC - Night Prowler
Live - I Alone
New Order - True Faith
Natalie Merchant - Carnival
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
Clint Mansell - Lux Aeterna
U2 - Exit
Slayer - Raining Blood
The Mikado - Tit Willow
Clarence Williams’ Blue Seven - Baby Won’t You Please Come Home

The FNPS: Episode 31 - An Auditory Smorgasbord (10-23-2020)

After a week of headaches, I was running short on time to do a proper episode, so this week's show is an amalgam of a few personal playlists I had on the go.
Frightened Rabbit - Woke Up Hurting
Xiu Xiu - Wondering
Bear’s Den & Paul Frith - When You Break (Fragments)
Peeping Tom ft. Rahzel & Dan The Automator - Mojo
Super Massive - Get Me Out Of My Head
JUNKSISTA - Trust No Bitch
Jay Robinson ft. Idris Elba - Know Yourself
Faderhead - Night Physics
UNKLE ft. Mick Jones - Kubrick
HEALTH ft. Xiu Xiu - DELICIOUS APE
La Roux - Bulletproof
The Knocks ft. Muna - Bodies (Tycho Remix)
CHVRCHES - Down Side Of Me
The Lumineers - Gale Song
Bahamas - Lost In The Light
Prinze George - Upswing
Editors - A Ton Of Love
Kate Rusby - Hunter Moon
The National - I Am Easy To Find
James - Oh My Heart