The Friday Night Parkdale Special
A weekly show that examines the connections over time between various genres, political movements, and historical events. For more info and social media links, visit www.theFNPS.com.
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Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
This episode wraps up our look at some of the musicians we lost during 2022, as well as 2022 as a whole.
Nazareth - Love Hurts
The Delfonics - Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Q Lazzarus - Transformation (Demo)
The Impressions - People Get Ready
The Seekers - Georgy Girl
Teenage Head - Those Things You Do
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu
The Pogues - Love You Til The End
Mable John - Your Good Thing Is About To End
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner’s Daughter
The Sadies - Another Year Again
Dead Kennedys - Let’s Lynch The Landlord
Migos - Coolin’
Aaron Carter - Aaron’s Party
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
Low - Slide
Hurricane G - Neva Give Up
The Boomtown Rats - Lookin’ After Number One
The Clash - Rudie Can’t Fail
Irene Cara - Fame
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird
The Stranglers - Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead
Angelo Badalamenti - Mulholland Drive Love Theme
The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack
The Specials - Ghost Town
Faithless - Insomnia (The Monster Mix)
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Post on last night's show is going to be delayed as I prepare for tonight's gig, but I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of you who've tuned in this year. As always, you make this work worth doing. Here's to 2023; may it be better than 2022.
Music: Cosmic Baby - Fantasia
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
As we come to the end of 2022, we're going to take this time to reflect on some of the musicians who we've lost this year. (Unrelated: I'll be DJing on Twitch on New Year's Eve, and you can find out all the details here: https://fb.me/e/38OBzsmnA)
Force MDs - Tender Love
Parliament - Flashlight
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
Five Satins - To The Aisle
The Detroit Cobras - You'll Never Change
The Ventures - Walk Don't Run
Anthrax - Belly of The Beast
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different
Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale
Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly
The Marcels - Blue Moon
Hi-Five - I Like The Way
The Judds - Why Not Me
Black Dahlia Murder - That Which Erodes The Most Tender Of Things
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
Yes - Turn of the Century
Ronnie Hawkins - Who Do You Love
Trouble, Mike WiLL Made-It, & Drake - Bring It Back
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
Seals & Crofts - We May Never Pass This Way Again
Julee Cruise - Questions In A World Of Blue
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
As the year comes to a close, there's lots of stuff going on with the day job, so I'm doing one final week of the café. As a sidebar, I'll be DJing on Twitch on New Year's Eve with the Retread crew, so if you want to check it out, here's the Facebook page: https://fb.me/e/38OBzsmnA
Blondie - Call Me
ZZ Top - Sharp-Dressed Man
Smithereens - Girl Like You
Elastica - Stutter
Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
Gary Numan - Haunted
National Velvet - Flesh Under Skin
Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well
The B52s - Love Shack
Jesus Jones - Bring It On Down
Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins - It’s Like That
LL Cool J - Goin Back To Cali
Malcom McLaren - Madam Butterfly
Crowded House - World Where You Live
Spandau Ballet - True
Stephen “Tin Tin” Duffy - Kiss Me
The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
The The - This Is The Day
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Secret
The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
T’Pau - Heart And Soul
The Glove - Like An Animal
Toronto - Your Daddy Don’t Know
The Screaming Blue Messiahs - I Wanna Be A Flintstone
Right Said Fred - I’m Too Sexy
Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
Digital Underground - Doowutchyalike (extended version)
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
This week continues the throwback to the café days of the mid-aughts.
Arcadia - The Promise (7”)
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly
Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey
Corey Hart - Boy In The Box
Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?
The Communards - Don’t Leave Me This Way
Erasure - Oh L’Amour
General Public - Tenderness
George Michael - Freedom! ‘90
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (7”)
Public Enemy - Welcome To The Terrordome
The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love
Beastie Boys - Jimmy James
DNA ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
New Order - 1963
Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices
Talk Talk - Life’s What You Make It
Strange Advance - We Run
Rush - Time Stand Still
Gowan - Keep Up The Fight
Sinead O’Connor - Mandinka
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
This week, I'm continuing my dive into the crates and playing stuff I used to spin when I was doing a weekly in my house. MOAR 80s! With a fair bit of Canadian and even Torontonian nostalgia.
Information Society - What’s On Your Mind
Animotion - Obsession
Pigbag - Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
The Shuffle Demons - Spadina Bus
The Art Of Noise - Peter Gunn
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
Yello - Oh Yeah
M\A\R\R\S - Pump Up The Volume
Trio - Da Da Da
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Pat Benetar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Alexei Sayle - Didn’t You Kill My Brother
The Monks - Drugs In My Pocket
The Northern Pikes - Things I Do For Money
The Pursuit Of Happiness - I’m An Adult Now
Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It?
Split Enz - Nobody Takes Me Seriously
Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing
The Cure - Shake Dog Shake
Love And Rockets - So Alive
Chalk Circle - 20th Century Boy
Madness - Our House
XTC - Senses Working Overtime
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
The Power Station - Get It On
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Years ago, I used to host a weekly out of my house for friends. I found myself thinking of it this week, and decided to go digging through the crates so I could play a selection of the tunes I would have played then. This week and next, you can expect a fair bit of 80s new wave and pop.
Platinum Blonde - Doesn’t Really Matter
The Cars - Hello Again
Faith No More - The Morning After
Cyndi Lauper - She Bop
Psychedelic Furs - Here Come Cowboys
Duran Duran - The Wild Boys
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (The Can Am Mix)
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
Alphaville - Big In Japan
INXS - Mystify
Tears For Fears - Mothers Talk (7” Single)
The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Laura Branigan - Self Control
Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us (7” Mix)
Level 42 - Lessons In Love
Blue Peter - Don’t Walk Past
The Glove - Mr. Alphabet Says
Kate Bush - Experiment IV
The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
Bryan Ferry - Don’t Stop The Dance
Moev - Yeah Whatever
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger
Gino Vannelli - Black Cars
The Spoons - Romantic Traffic
David Bowie - China Girl
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
After a week off to let my back injury heal, I'm back - no pun intended! This week, we're wrapping up our look at the work of Patrick Cowley, intended to coincide with the anniversary of his passing on November 12, 1982. Don't forget to check out all of Dark Entries' posthumous Cowley releases on Bandcamp, including last Saturday's brand-new release, Malebox! As well, here's the Mixmag article about Cowley's remix of "I Feel Love".
Lipps Inc. - Funkytown (Patrick Cowley Remix)
Hot Posse - An American Dream (12” Mix)
LTD - (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again
Passengers - Hot Leather (Patrick Cowley Remix)
Sarah Dash - Lucky Tonight
Sylvester - Stars
Carl Carlton - Baby I Need Your Loving
Jeanie Tracy - Time Bomb (Patrick Cowley Extended Mix)
Two Tons O’ Fun - I Got The Feeling
Sylvester - Dance (Disco Heat)
Tantra - The Hills Of Katmandu (Patrick Cowley Underground Remix)
Fever - Standing In The Shadows Of Love
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Bootleg Megamix)
Patrick Cowley - If You Feel It
Saturday Nov 05, 2022
Saturday Nov 05, 2022
In honour of what would have been Morricone's 94th birthday next week, we're diving into a look at some of his work. This episode's focus is on his work in spaghetti westerns. To take a look at the entire top 20 list, visit the Spaghetti Western database.
With Duccio Tussari:
Una Pistola Per Ringo (A Pistol For Ringo), 1965
Main title (instrumental)
Angel Face (vocal)
Il Ritorno Di Ringo (The Return Of Ringo), 1965
Main title (vocal)
Peace Comes Back in Mimbres
With Sergio Sollima:
La resa dei conti (The Big Gundown), 1966
Main title, second chase
Dopo la Condanna (After Sentencing)
Faccia a Faccia (Face To Face), 1967
Main title
Interlude
Corri, uomo, corri (Run, Man, Run), 1968
Main title
Viaggo (Voyage)
With Sergio Corbucci:
Navajo Joe, 1966
Main title
A Silhouette of Doom
Raw Hides And Dead Hides
Il Grande Silenzio (The Great Silence), 1968
Main title (Restless)
Barbara E Tagliente (Barbara and Sharp)
Invito All'Amore (Silent Love)
Il Mercenario (The Mercenary), 1968
Main title
Libertà (Free)
Vamos A Matar Compañeros (Let's Kill, Comrades), 1970
Main title
La Loro Patria #3 (Their Homeland)
Che C'entriamo Noi Con La Rivoluzione? (What Am I Doing In The Middle Of A Revolution?), 1972
Main title
With Sergio Lione:
A Fistful Of Dollars, 1964
Main title
Quasi Morto (Almost Dead)
The Chase
For A Few Dollars More, 1965
Main title
Carillon
Il Colpo (The Blow)
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, 1966
Main title
The Story Of A Soldier, #2 (film version)
Death Of A Soldier
The Ecstasy of Gold
Once Upon A Time In The West, 1968
Main title
Man With A Harmonica
Final Duel
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
This year for Hallowe'en, I decided against doing another installment of Killer Tunes, and instead went digging for some less-common Hallowe'en music, with a sprinkling of some old-pal faves. It's ghoulishly good! /dadjoke
Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween
Sippie Wallace - Devil Dance Blues
Salty Holmes - The Ghost Song
Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra - Spooks
Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line
Lord Kitchener - Love In The Cemetery
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
The Ghouls - Be True To Your Ghoul
The Diamonds - Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, or Dracula
Chuck Berry - Trick Or Treat
Jackie Morningstar - Rockin' In The Graveyard
Jack and Jim - Midnight Monsters Hop
Bobby Bare - Voodoo Woman
Tarantula Goul - Graveyard Rock
Bily Snel - Queen of Halloween
Kip Tyler - She's My Witch
The Frantics - Werewolf (Don't Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk)
The Ventures - One Step Beyond (Fear) The Twilight Zone
Eartha Kitt - I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch
The Burns (ザ・バーンズ) - Strange Brew
Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
Donovan - Season Of The Witch
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone (7")
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
Queens Of The Stone Age - Burn The Witch (UNKLE Remix)
Lady Gaga - Monster
Rihanna - Disturbia
Ghost - Dance Macabre
Muse - You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween
Ministry - Every Day Is Halloween (Retro Electro Mix)