The Friday Night Parkdale Special

The FNPS: Episode 118 - Madchester & Baggy (07-22-2022)

On tonight's show, as a nod to the passing of Paul Ryder (bassist of the Happy Mondays), we're diving into the Madchester sound and the baggy scene. 
James Brown - Funky Drummer, pts 1 & 2
The Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold (edit)
New Order - Fine Time
Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels
James - Come Home (Flood Mix)
808 State - Pacific State
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
World Of Twist - Sons of the Stage
New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Big (edit)
Northside - Take 5
Paris Angels - Perfume (Loved Up Mix)
The Farm - Groovy Train
Flowered Up - It's On
The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
The Honey Turtles - Don't You Know
Blur - There's No Other Way
Electronic - Get The Message
Primal Scream - Come Together (Terry Farley 7" Mix)
The Soup Dragons - I'm Free
Candyflip - Strawberry Fields Forever

The FNPS: Episode 117 - Dave Smith & The Prophets, pt. 3 (07-15-2022)

After last week's national internet outage, we're back with the final part on the life and impact of the work of Dave Smith, inventor of the Prophet synthesizer, and one of the fathers of MIDI.
Xiu Xiu - Crank Heart
M83 - Midnight City
((pressures)) - Casting Shadows
Angels & Airwaves - Surrender (remix)
Tegan & Sara - Closer
Bonobo - Don't Wait
Daft Punk - Contact
3TEETH - Nihil
Death Cab For Cutie - Black Sun
Deerhunter - Living My Life
Bon Iver - 21 Moon Water
Tigercide - Nightwing
Makeup and Vanity Set - Wavehymnal
Perturbator - She Moves Like A Knife
LCD Soundsystem - I Used To
Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better (Live)
The Crystal Method - Moment of Truth
CHVRCHES - Graves
Betamaxx ft. Vandal Moon - Never Sleep Again
Hotel Pools ft. oDDling - Parallel
BT ft. April Bender - Windows (Extended mix)
cEvin Key - Sorry, I'm Going To Think Positive
Modeling - Somewhere Before
 

The FNPS: Episode 116 - Dave Smith & The Prophets, pt. 2 (07-01-2022)

This week, we're continuing our look at the impact of Dave Smith's work on music. Tonight's focus is (broadly speaking) 80s pop. 
The Cars - Let’s Go
Devo - Girl U Want
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Japan - Ghosts
Hall & Oates - I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
Roxy Music - Avalon
Gary Numan - Music For Chameleons
Yazoo - Don’t Go
Thomas Dolby - Flying North
The Fixx - Red Skies
Steve Winwood - Valerie
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
The Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Art Of Falling Apart
Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter (live at Massey Hall)
Howard Jones - Specialty
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

The FNPS: Episode 115 - Dave Smith & The Prophets (06-24-2022)

This week, we finally begin our look at the impact that Dave Smith's work had on music. The first part of this series looks at the early days of the Prophet series synthesizers in experimental, ambient, jazz, R&B, and hip-hop.
Excerpt: Doctor Mix - Prophet-5's Famous Preset Sounds
Weather Report - Young and Fine
Bill Bruford - Forever Until Sunday
Rick Wakeman - Summertime
Giorgio Moroder - Night Drive
Yellow Magic Orchestra - 1000 Knives
Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man
PhD - I Won't Let You Down
Kraftwerk - Computer Love
John Carpenter - Escape From New York
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
Vangelis - Rachel's Song
Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out
Jean-Michel Jarre - Fishing Junks At Sunset
Grandmaster Flash - The Message (7" edit)
Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian - Forbidden Colours
Tangerine Dream - The Dream Is Always The Same
Ralph Towner - Blue Sun
Midnight Star - Operator (7" edit)
Brad Fiedel - Terminator Theme

The FNPS: Episode 114 - Music of The Cold War, pt.3 (06-17-2022)

This week is the third and final part of our look at music from the Cold War era, 1945-1991. Technical issues with the stream last night (ostensibly caused by local high winds) meant that some bits had to be re-recorded, so you may hear variations in the audio. Mea culpa :)
Resources for the excerpted footage, should you want to see/hear more: The tearing down of the Berlin Wall, The Berlin Freedom Concert, Gorbachev's remarks prior to the Malta Summit, and Bush's remarks at the close of the Malta Summit.
Bananarama - White Train
Avion - Berlin Wall
John Denver & Alexander Gradsky - Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)
Genesis - Land of Confusion
Podvigov Nurkena - Strange Drunken Boy
Impakt - Def Con
Johnny Clegg and Savuka - Berlin Wall
The Box - Ordinary People
R.E.M. - It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Antis - Kada Kada
Anonuumne Ak - Mis Vahid
Living Colour - Cult Of Personality
J.M.K.E. - Hello Perestroika
Eva - Clap Your Hands For Mikhael Gorbachev
Billy Joel - We Didn’t Start The Fire
Fishbone - Party At Ground Zero
Jugo-Zapad - Walking On Broken Bottles
Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One
Scorpions - Wind Of Change
(excerpt: news footage from the Berlin Wall, Nov. 10, 1989)
Marc Seaberg - Looking For Freedom
(excerpt: news footage from Malta, Dec. 2, 1989)
(excerpt: news footage from Malta, Dec. 3, 1989)
(excerpt: Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven’s 9th; Freedom Concert, Dec 25, 1989)
Pink Floyd & Company - The Trial (Live from the Berlin Wall, July 21, 1990)
Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now

The FNPS: Episode 113 - Music of The Cold War, pt 2 (06-10-2022)

"Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
This is so very late, but sometimes life happens. Regardless, here's part two of music of the Cold War era - this episode covers 1982 through 1985.
Midnight Oil - US Forces
Rational Youth - Dancing On The Berlin Wall
Falco - Der Kommissar
The Fixx - Stand or Fall
Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself)
Dox Sinistra - Soviet Invasion
U2 - Seconds
Men At Work - It's A Mistake
Namenlos ft. Kein Talent - Links Zwo Drei Vier
Depeche Mode - Two Minute Warning
Zoopark - Suburban Blues
Kino - Anarchy
The Human League - The Lebanon
Alphaville - Forever Young
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
Iron Maiden - Two Minutes To Midnight
Queen - Hammer To Fall
Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
SS Til - Efek
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Bruce Cockburn - If I Had a Rocket Launcher
Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
Killing Joke - Eighties
Sting - Russians
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

The FNPS: Episode 112 - Music of The Cold War, pt 1 (06-03-2022)

Get ready to get your history on! We're talking about the Cold War this week--what led up to it, the events through the decades, and the music that was a part of the time. (Except the Vietnam war for the most part, because that's much more common knowledge.) If you'd like to learn more beyond what I touch on in these episodes, check out this documentary, and view the entire Cold War timeline in greater detail. And don't forget to check out the Atomic Platters compilation for more early deep cuts!
Slim Gaillard Quartet - Atomic Cocktail
Floyd Tillman - This Cold War With You
Dick "Two-Ton" Baker - Bert The Turtle (The Duck And Cover Song)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Dig Myself A Hole
The Louvin Brothers - The Great Atomic Power
Jim Eanes - They Locked God Outside The Iron Curtain
Ray Anderson - Stalin Kicked The Bucket
The Crown City Four - Watch World War Three (On Pay TV)
Mike & Bernie Winters - Fallout Shelter
Sonny Russel - Fifty Megatons
Louisiana Red - Red's Dream
Bob Dylan - Masters of War
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
Donovan - Universal Soldier
Jan & Dean - Universal Coward
Tom Lehrer - So Long Mom (A Song For World War Three)
Marty Robbins - Ain't I Right
Creedence Clearwater Revival - It Came Out Of The Sky
The Dubliners - The Button Pusher
Edwin Starr - Stop The War Now
David Bowie - Weeping Wall
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns, & Money
Kate Bush - Breathing
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
Gillan - MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)
Prince - Ronnie, Talk To Russia

The FNPS: Episode 111 - HBD - Clowns & Happy Hardcore (05-27-2022)

Another birthday show! This week's episode, by request of the birthday celebrant, focuses on clowns and happy hardcore - and I am more than happy to oblige :D
Insane Clown Posse - Clown Love
Clown Core - Diarrhea Inferno Welfare Burrito
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
Placebo - Pierrot The Clown
The Murlocs - Lonely Clown
Mike Emilio - Clown
Jolly Roger - Co Co's March
Fade & Excess - Ready To Fly (DJ Stompy Mix)
Scott Brown - Now Is The Time
Billy Bunter, D-Zyne, and Rob Vanden - Let Yourself Go
Druid & Sharkey - Rocket To The Moon
DJ Brisk - Airhead (Slipmatt Mix)
Bang! - Sail Away (Trixxy Remix)
Jimmy J & Cru-L-T - Hand of Destiny (DJ Evil & Cru-L-T Remix)
Justin Time - Sweet In Pocket (Force & The Evolution Mix)
Ramos, Supreme & The Sunset Regime - Gotta Believe (Force & Styles Mix)
DJ Demo - I've Got A Feeling (Ham & Brisk Remix)
Helix ft. Marlon & Becks - U R Everything
Illogik & DNA - Kick Your Legs In The Air
DJ Ham, DJ Demo & Justin Time ft. Becks - Here I Am
Brisk & Trixxy - Eyeopener
Scott Brown vs. Ultrabeat - Elysium (I Go Crazy) (Scott Brown Remix)
Bang! - Cloudy Daze (Ham Remix)
Dune - I Can't Stop Raving

The FNPS: Episode 110 - Happy Birthday, Sabs! (05-20-2022)

This week, it's a birthday show featuring antifascist, anti-capitalist, and pro-union music!
Woody Guthrie & Sonny Terry - All You Fascists Bound To Lose
Pete Seeger - Talking Union Blues
Faith Petric - Ain't Done Nothing If You Ain't Been Called A Red
Phil Ochs - Love Me, I'm A Liberal
Leon Rosselson - Song Of The Old Communist
Bob Dylan - Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
Bartees Strange - Tear These Fascists Down
Billy Bragg - Never Cross A Picket Line
Tom Morello - Solidarity Forever
Grace Petrie - Maggie Thatcher's Dream
The Mountain Goats - There Is Power In A Union
Greg Spiridopolous - No. 12, This Trombone Kills Fascists
The Clash - Clampdown
Reagan Youth - Jesus Was A Communist
Rejected Youth - Antifascista
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off
Propaghandi - The Only Good Fascist Is A Very Dead Fascist
Los Fastidios - Antifa Hooligans
Pidzama Porno - Antifa
Wizo - Antifa
The Oppressed - Nazi Skinhead (Go Away And Die)
The Ramones - My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)
Suicidal Tendencies - Fascist Pig
F.F.D. - C'mon Kids
Elvis Costello - Night Rally
Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing
Chumbawamba & Credit To The Nation - Enough Is Enough
Ana Tijoux - Antifa Dance
Rauliki DJ & 3vol Soundsystem - Decolonisation Intravenus Obschina
The Prophecy23 - Intergalactic Anti-Capitalism
Lazzee The Cynic - Jesus Was An Anti-Capitalist Metaphor
Steve Aoki & Marnik - Bella Ciao
Skip & Die - Anti-Capitalista
Frente Popular - A las Barricadas

The FNPS: Episode 109 - Chillwave, Chillsynth, & Synthwave (05-13-2022)

Keeping it low-key this week with some chill and synth pieces while my arm heals up.
- Northbridge/Southbridge
Timecop1983 - On The Run
Unfound - Without
Hotel Pools - Nightshade
Shikimo ft. Fractal Man - Ghost Trigger
b o d y l i n e - Castles In The Air
C418 - Beton
Davz - Golden Igloo
John Dunder - Vega
Forhill - Odyssey  
A.L.I.S.O.N - Nightride (Revisited)
bl00dwave - Fake Reality
Zane Alexander - Air
A K A N E I N T O K I O ft. - P E N T I U M 2 - ダニ - 本当に愛して (ｌｏｖｅ) 
Don Dellpiero - Tougher Than Ice
Retröxx -  The Pact
Pontiac At Night - Call Me After Midnight
The Midnight - Wave (Instrumental)
Emil Rottmayer - Limit
Glass Apple Bonzai - Beyond The Twilight v2
Chungking Mansions - Flash Special
Memorex Memories - Pictures Of Purple Skies
HOME - Headfirst 
Wolf & Raven - On The Run