The Friday Night Parkdale Special

The FNPS: Episode 20 - Motown, pt 2 (07-31-2020)

On this week's show, the second part of the history of Motown (1969-1978).
Jimmy Ruffin - It’s Wonderful (To Be Loved By You)
Edwin Starr - 25 Miles
The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache
The Originals - Baby, I’m For Real
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
The Temptations - Ball of Confusion
Edwin Starr - War
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Friendship Train
Jackson 5 - I’ll Be There
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears of a Clown
Diana Ross - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
The Temptations - Just My Imagination
Marvin Gaye - Mercy Me
Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
The Spinners - I’ll Be Around
Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
The Miracles & Billy Griffin - Love Machine
Thelma Houston - Don’t Leave Me This Way
Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up
Rick James - You And I

The FNPS: Episode 19 - MTV Unplugged (07-24-2020)

On this week's show, I take a look at some of the best performances from MTV's "Unplugged". 
Incubus - Drive
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Soul Asylum - Somebody to Shove
Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonnaise
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Pearl Jam - Black
Nirvana - All Apologies
Radiohead - Creep
Alice In Chains - Heaven Beside You
Chris Cornell - Black Hole Sun
The Cranberries - Linger
Duran Duran - Ordinary World
R.E.M. - Half A World Away
Annie Lennox - Little Bird
A-ha ft. Ingrid Helene Havik - The Sun Always Shines On TV
Korn ft. Amy Lee - Freak On A Leash
Placebo - Because I Want You
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
Oasis - Wonderwall

The FNPS: Episode 18 - Motown, pt 1 (07-17-2020)

On this week's show, the first part of the history of Motown.
Jackie Wilson - Your Love
Barrett Strong - Money (That’s What I Want)
The Miracles - Bad Girl
The Miracles - Shop Around
Debbie Dean - Don’t Let Him Shop Around
The Marvelettes - Mr. Postman
Marvin Gaye - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
Mary Wells  - You Beat Me To The Punch
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You Really Got A Hold on Me
Marvin Gaye - Hitch Hike
Martha & The Vandellas - Heatwave
The Miracles - Mickey’s Monkey
Stevie Wonder - Fingertips, pt 1
Marvin Gaye - Can I Get A Witness
The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do
Mary Wells - My Guy
Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Streets
The Supremes - Baby Where Did Our Love Go
The Temptations - My Girl
The Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin’ Something
The Supremes - Stop In The Name Of Love
The Miracles - Ooh Baby Baby
The Four Tops - I Can’t Help Myself
Jr Walker - Shake And Fingerpop
The Four Tops - Same Old Song
The Marvelettes - Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
The Supremes - You Can’t Hurry Love
Four Tops - Reach Out I’ll Be There
Marvin Gaye - Heard It Through The Grapevine
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Someday We’ll Be Together

The FNPS: Episode 17 - Rain, Rain, Rain (07-10-2020)

This week's show was inspired by the fact that, for days, it just.kept.raining. 
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Dusty Springfield - I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today
White Lies - A Place To Hide
Duran Duran - Hold Back The Rain
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again
a-ha - Here I Stand And Face The Rain
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who’ll Stop The Rain
Lykke Li - Hard Rain
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
Johnny Cash - Five Feet High And Rising
Electric Light Orchestra - Rain Is Falling
Roxy Music - Rain, Rain, Rain
Placebo - English Summer Rain
Pavement - It’s A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl
Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
The Killers - The Rising Tide
Yann Tiersen - The Drowned Girl
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
EDEN - drowning.
Alice In Chains - Rain When I Die
A Tribe Called Quest - Go Ahead In The Rain
Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
Smashing Pumpkins - Drown
Modest Mouse - Float On

The FNPS: Episode 16 - Our Home On Native Land (07-03-2020)

Having become more aware in the last year or so of the issues Indigenous people face, I decided that rather than doing a show of Canadian musicians, I would instead use this week's show to highlight Indigenous artists, choosing songs that focus on their experiences and the impact of colonialism on their lives.
Asani - O Canada
JB The First Lady - Spoken Word Reconciliation
Jerry Alfred - Residential School
Willie Dunn - I Pity The Country
Adrian Sutherland - Politician Man
Buffy Sainte Marie ft. Tanya Tagaq - You Got To Run (Spirit of the Wind)
Northern Cree - Fearless
Leonard Sumner - I Know You’re Sorry
Jah’toka, LB, Drezus, & Cleo Big Eagle - MMIW
War Party - Feelin' Reserved
Mob Bounce & Boogey the Beat - Vision Quest
Crook the Kid ft. Tiffany Ayalik - Locals Only
Eekwol - Waniska
Snotty Nose Rez Kids - The Warriors
Reddnation - Take A Stand
Boogey The Beat ft. Charlie, Wab Kinew, & Young Kidd - Idle No More
Tanya Tagaq - Retribution
Tribe Called Red ft. Boogey The Beat - Land Back
JB The First Lady - Still Here
The Dakhká Khwaán Dancers - Deconstruct/Reconstruct (DASH mix)
DJ Shub ft. Northern Cree Singers - Indomitable

The FNPS: Episode 15 - A Birthday Episode (06-26-2020)

This birthday episode is for my mom, who would have turned 70 four days after this episode aired. 
Gordon Lightfoot - Pussywillows, Cattails
Teresa Anne - I Need You To Turn To
Bruce Cockburn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher
Sting - They Dance Alone
Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
Don Henley - The End of The Innocence
Eurythmics ft. Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves
Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life
The Beatles - You Won’t See Me
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Peter Gabriel - That Voice Again
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
The Cure - Homesick
Primordial Urges - Courageous (vox update)
Alice In Chains - Would
Nine Inch Nails - I Do Not Want This
Genesis - Mama

The FNPS: Episode 14 - Last Day On Earth (06-19-2020)

On this week's show, thanks to the Mayan calendar's end-of-the-world prognostication, I play with the idea of what I would do if this really was my last week on earth.
De/Vision - No Tomorrow
The Cure - One More Time
Depeche Mode - Insight
Mike Oldfield - Let There Be Light
808 State -  Europa
CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue
The Delays - Nearer Than Heaven
Underworld - Always Loved A Film
Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk
UNKLE - Heaven ft. Gavin Clark
Jane’s Addiction - Summertime Rolls
Peter Gabriel - Heroes (Wildebeest Mix)
Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
REM - Sweetness Follows
Faderheart - My Heart Is Safe
Small Black - Free At Dawn
James - Leviathan
Orbital - One Perfect Sunrise (radio edit)
VNV Nation - Where There Is Light

The FNPS: Episode 13 - A Birthday Episode (06-12-2020)

This week's show is dedicated to my dad, whose birthday was several days before this aired. These are all artists he introduced me to.
The Blues Brothers - Rubber Biscuit
Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
Alice Cooper - Dead Babies
Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
Billy Joel - It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me
Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart of Rock & Roll
Doug & The Slugs - Making It Work
Jackson Browne - Daddy’s Tune
Judy Collins - Daddy You’ve Been On My Mind
Alan Parsons Project - Don’t Let It Show 
James Taylor - Fire & Rain
Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway
Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
The Cars - You Might Think
REO Speedwagon - Live Every Moment
Jim Croce - You Don’t Mess Around With Jim
Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
Cat Stevens - Father And Son
The Flying Pickets - Only You
Ry Cooder - I Think It’s Going To Work Out Fine

The FNPS: Episode 12 - Black Lives Matter (06-05-2020)

On this week's show, songs of black experience and black empowerment. This episode is dedicated to the memories of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the far too many other Black people whose lives were cut short by the malice of white supremacy.
Nina Simone - Strange Fruit
Lead Belly - Jim Crow Blues
Mavis Staples - We Shall Not Be Moved
Gil Scott-Heron - Who’ll Pay Reparations On My Soul
Syl Johnson - Is It Because I’m Black
Tech N9ne - What If It Was Me
TI ft. Quavo, Meek Mill & RaRa - Black Man
SAULT - Foot on Necks
Common ft. Stevie Wonder - Black America Again
Kenneth Whalum ft. Big KRIT - Might Not Be OK
Usher ft. Nas & Bibi Bourelly - Chains
The Game ft. Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, Diddy, Fabolos, Wale, DJ Khaled, Swizz Beatz - Don’t Shoot
Vic Mensa - 16 Shots
Childish Gambino - This Is America
Public Enemy - Prophets of Rage
Rage Against the Machine - Take The Power Back
James Brown - Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)
Mahalia Jackson - We Shall Overcome
Beyonce - Freedom

The FNPS: Episode 11 - Pride (05-29-2020)

On this week's show, in honour of the beginning of Pride Month, I take a look at the history of trans and non-binary folks in music. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Tony "The Tiger" McDade, a Black trans man who was shot and killed by police in Florida.
Billy Tipton - These Foolish Things
Willmer "Little Ax" Broadnax - You Are My Sunshine
Jackie Shane - Any Other Way
Wendy Carlos - Clockwork Orange Theme
Marie France - Daisy
Psychic TV - New Sexuality
Romy Haag - Memories Are Made Of
Life of Agony - River Runs Red
Tribe 8 - Wrong Bathroom
1.8.7. - Worlds Apart
Against Me! - The Ocean
Coyote Grace - Daughterson
Bell Nuntita - It Gets Better
Katastrophe - Wake Me If I'm Dreaming
Shawnee - Mirror Me
Anhoni & J Ralph - Manta Ray
Sophie - Lemonade
Jake Edwards - Second Puberty
KC Ortiz - Shut Up
Shea Diamond - I Am Her
Ryan Cassata - Daughter