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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Sunday May 08, 2022
Sunday May 08, 2022
The leak of the draft Supreme Court judgement overturning Roe v Wade in the US sparked this week's show, along with a ton of research about the history of the initial decision and how things got to where they are now. Sorry it's a bit late - my streaming host is now a giant question mark, and my arm is still bugging me.
For more information regarding the history of Roe v Wade, check out We The People's episode on the 14th amendment, The Daily's episodes on Jane Roe and the culture wars that came as a result of it, as well as the legal vulnerability of Roe v Wade. Behind The Bastards also has some great episodes on how the rich became entangled with the religious right, as well as Jerry Falwell (both of which are two-parters).
Peggy Seeger - Nine Month Blues
Judy Small - Backyard Abortion Waltz
Dead Kennedys - Moral Majority
Kim Wallach - Freedom To Choose
Bad Religion - Operation Rescue
Nuclear Assault - Hypocrisy
Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me
Digable Planets - La Femme Fetal
David Byrne - Lilies Of The Valley
Consolidated - Butyric Acid
Lunachicks - Fallopian Rhapsody
Neil Young - Song X
Mudhoney - F.D.K. (Fearless Doctor Killers)
Ben Folds Five - Brick
Portobello Bones - Jailed For Having An Abortion
Anti-Flag - No Apology
A Global Threat - Cause For Abortion
Tilt - Die Of Shame
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2AM)
Oi Polloi - The Right To Choose
Roy Zimmerman - Kill A Doctor For Christ
Eskit - Roe v Wade
Kristin Lems - Days Of The Theocracy
PJ Harvey - When Under Ether
Kendl Winter - Dr. Tiller
Mommy Long Legs - Abortion
Deli Girls - Abortion
Thank God For Abortion - Thank God For Abortion Anthem
Evie Joy - The Right (A Pro-Choice Anthem)
Petrol Girls - Baby, I Had An Abortion
Saturday Apr 30, 2022
Saturday Apr 30, 2022
My arm is still messed up, but I wanted to do a show on Klaus Schulze, formerly of Tangerine Dream, who passed away on April 26th.
Tangerine Dream - Cold Smoke
Ash Ra Tempel - Traummaschine (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze - Satz: Gewitter Energy Rise Energy Collapse
Stomu Yamashta’s Go - Space Requiem
Richard Wahnfried - Grandma’s Clockwork
Klaus Schulze - The Looper Isn’t a Hooker
Klaus Schulze - Spielglocken (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze & Rainer Bloss - Racing
Alphaville - Romeos
Richard Wahnfried - Intrance
Klaus Schulze & Pete Namlook ft. Bill Laswell - Psychedelic Brunch v8
Ash Ra Tempel - Reunion (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze - And She Is Kind and Gentle (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze & Lisa Gerrard - Liquid Coincidence 4 (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze - Silhouettes (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze - Osiris, pt. 1
Saturday Apr 16, 2022
Saturday Apr 16, 2022
On this week's show, we're taking a listen to vaporwave from 2010 to 2021, and touching briefly on a few of the offshoots. The documentary by Wolfenstein OSX I mention in the show can be viewed here, at archive.org. This timeline of vaporwave put together by a group of Redditors was also an excellent resource.
Chuck Person - She’s Waiting
Vektroid - Nobody Here
Skeleton 骷 - Fountain
James Ferraro - Palm Trees, Wi-Fi, and Dream Sushi
Oneohtrix Point Never - Power of Persuasion
USER32 - y o u ' r e h a l f a w o r l d a w a y
Macintosh Plus - Lisa Frank 420 Modern Computing
Blank Banshee - Wavestep
Saint Pepsi - Enjoy Yourself
Infinity Frequencies - Lotus Bloom
ECO VIRTUAL - Cumulus Fractus
Macross 82-99 - マあなた The Night In Tokyo
Disconscious - Lunar Food Court
Infinite Quazar - HachiRoku
BBRAINZ - DATA TOUCH DELUXE
bittertv - combat home electronics
18 Carat Affair - Lonely Eyes
NMESH - 滞在 STΛY4ΞVΞR
PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises - If I Ever
Mensa Group International - Lord Byron At The End Of The World
Hong Kong Express - Traces Of Tears
Golden Living Room - Flying In Your Sleep
Vaperror - 808 Dreams
猫 シ Corp. - Hiraeth I
§E▲ ▓F D▓G§ - NO FEAR
ghosting - tonight
Phoenix #2772 - Miami Love
2 8 1 4 - 遠くの愛好家 Distant Lovers
Renjā - Girl
ECO VIRTUAL - Ultraviolet
New Dreams Ltd. - I Can Still Feel It
Lola Disco ☀ - Feelin'
Windows 96 - Languages
Pad Chennington - Your Apartment Can't Really Be That Small
Death's Dynamic Shroud.wmv - Just To Be Needed
Saturday Apr 09, 2022
Saturday Apr 09, 2022
On this week's show, we're finally getting into Japanese City Pop, a genre that has a lot of similarities to Yacht Rock, which we covered in Episode 86. If after listening to this show, you want to learn more about City Pop, I highly recommend this episode of Switched On Pop, in which they sit down with Cat Zhang of Pitchfork.
Eiichi Ohtaki - Yubikiri
Bread & Butter - Pink Shadow
Sugar Babe - Downtown
Tatsuro Yamashita - Circus Town
Taeko Onuki - Machi
Taeko Onuki - One's Love
Kimiko Kasai - Vibration (Love Celebration)
Nanako Sato - Subterranean Futari Bocci
Junko Ohashi & Minoya Central Station - Rainy Saturday & Coffee Break
Tomoko Soryo - I Say Who
Sadistics - The Tokyo Taste
Haruomi Hosono - Coral Reef
Taeko Onuki - Umi To Syounen
Tazumi Toyoshima - Machibouke
Miki Matsubara - Stay With Me
Eiichi Ohtaki - Velvet Motel
Anri - Last Summer Whisper
Tatsuro Yamashita - Loveland, Island
Hiroshi Sato - Say Goodbye
Kunio Muramatsu - Katharina
Yumi Murata - Kanpoo
Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
Tetsuji Hayashi - Hidarimune No Seiza
Yasuko Agawa - L.A. Nights
Tatsuro Yamashita - Never Grow Old
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
In honor of April Fools' Day, we're going to be listening to a bunch of songs that reference fools across time and genres. And you have my word, no Rickrolls ;)
A Tribe Called Quest - Description Of A Fool
DMX - Party Up
Muddy Waters - Still A Fool
The Manish Boys - I Pity The Fool
Joe Cocker - Chain of Fools
Ray Charles - A Fool For You
Aretha Franklin - Maybe I'm A Fool
Nat King Cole - A Fool Was I
Tony Bennett - Once There Lived A Fool
Frank Sinatra - I'm A Fool To Want You
George Michael - Kissing A Fool
Sam Cooke - My Foolish Heart
Wendy Rene - Young And Foolish
LaBelle - Running Out Of Fools/If You Gotta Make A Fool Out Of Someone
Dionne Warwick - The April Fools
The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry
Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
Culture Club - Maybe I'm A Fool
Prince - There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving
Def Leppard - Foolin'
Cinderella - Nobody's Fool
Erasure - Ship Of Fools
Chalk Circle - April Fool
Stone Roses - Fool's Gold (Jarod Preston Mix)
Anteros - Fool Moon
The Strokes - Taken For A Fool
The Cranberries - Linger (acoustic version)
Patti Smith - April Fool
Saturday Mar 26, 2022
Saturday Mar 26, 2022
On this week's show, we're talking about the history of hidden tracks. They're less common with digital albums these days, but the resurgence of vinyl and cassettes among collectors and fans means that the window of opportunity hasn't closed entirely!
The Beatles - A Day In The Life (sample)
Pink Floyd - Jugband Blues
The Beatles - Her Majesty
The Ramones - Carbona Not Glue
The Clash - Train In Vain
Nine Inch Nails - Physical
Nirvana - Verse Chorus Verse (AKA Sappy)
Cracker - Eurotrash Girl (album edit)
World Party - Kuwait City
Green Day - All By Myself
Alanis Morissette - Your House (a capella)
Ash - Jack Names The Planets
Deftones - Damone
Dropkick Murphys - Rebel (You’re A)
Lauryn Hill - Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Q-Tip - Do It, Be It, See It
VNV Nation - [untitled hidden track from “Praise The Fallen”]
Papa Roach - Tightrope
Placebo - Black Market Blood
Daniel Ash - Lights Out
ZZ Top - As Time Goes By
TV On The Radio - Mr. Grieves
Bloc Party - Every Time Is The Last TIme
P!nk - I Have Seen The Rain
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Reading My Dreams
Prince - Laydown
Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Poor Song
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Oh good, you turned the page! Welcome to part 2 of our second anniversary episode, the bonus recut version with Even More Tunes (tm)!
The Tea Party - The River
I Mother Earth - Rain Will Fall
Eric's Trip - May 11th
Superconductor - Nobody's Cutie
The Inbreds - Tell The Truth
Chicken Milk - Sink
Phallocracy - Inbetween Days
The Killjoys - Today I Hate Everyone
Doughboys - Shine
Bif Naked - Never Alone
The Gandharvas - First Day of Spring
The Rheostatics - Dez's Lament/Claire
Moist - Into Everything
Thrush Hermit - All Dressed Up
Punchbuggy - Tell Me
King Cobb Steelie - Slump
Digital Poodle - Division!
Delerium - Flowers Become Screens
hHead - Flower
Our Lady Peace - Starseed
Glueleg - Heroic Doses
Rusty - Wake Me
Gob - Custer's Last One Night Stand
Econoline Crush - Affliction
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Happy birthday to us! On this week's show, we're checking out Canadian alternative music from 1990-1995. And although it's our anniversary, you're the ones getting a gift: a bonus episode!
National Velvet - Shine On
Moev - Head Down
Skydiggers - I Will Give You Everything
Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson
Five Foot Nothing - In A Dream
Odds - Love Is The Subject
Me, Mom & Morgentaler - Spittle On My Chin
Dayglo Abortions - Two Dogs F*cking
The Lowest Of The Low - Subversives
Blue Rodeo - Trust Yourself
The Grapes Of Wrath - You May Be Right
Sarah McLachlan - Into The Fire
Meryn Cadell - The Sweater
Sloan - Underwhelmed
Change Of Heart - Yeah, It Matters
The Walk - Annalisa
Rymes With Orange - Itchycoo Park
Furnaceface - She Thinks She's Fat
Corky & The Juice Pigs - Rok Stedy
The Waltons - The Naked Rain
13 Engines - Perpetual Motion Machine
The Watchmen - Must To Be Free
Pure - Spiritual Pollution
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Holy cannoli, we made it to a hundred episodes! For such a landmark, I decided to choose something that's currently pretty important: Ukraine. I was hoping that the Russian invasion would stop or be stopped before I had a chance to address the theme, but that was not to be so.
I've really only skimmed the surface here, but I tried to choose selections from a number of different genres, some of which are more lighthearted than others. There's a brief discussion of fascism in black metal, which is unpleasant but important because fascism isn't always as obvious as you might think, especially if the context is unfamiliar.
As always, I'm not multilingual so I've tried my best, and apologies for where I've mucked up translations or pronunciations, or missed bits of information. Many of these artists can be found on Bandcamp, Instagram, Facebook, and other social media platforms, so make sure to support them where you can, especially now.
MARUV - Focus On Me
Alina Pash - Oinagori (On The Mountain)
Dzidzio ft. Іван Попович (Ivan Popyovich) - Василина (Vasilina)
Boosin - Nomer Odin (Number One)
The Maneken - Mary
Laud - У цю ніч (That Night)
TOF ft Білий Бо (White Bo) - До світанку (Until Dawn)
MamaRika - Xxdd (Boys Go To Girls)
Alyona Alyona - Велика й смiшна (Big and Funny)
KAZKA - Літаки (Aircraft)
Grebz (Shrooms) - Поп Пайф (Pop Pajf)
U:Lav - Де ж Тут Жити? (Where To Live Here?)
Макс Пташник (Max Ptashnik) - Поки ніхто не бачить (So Far No-one Sees)
Sad Novelist - Божевільний (Crazy)
ТНМК (Танок на майдані Конґо) (Dance On The Congo Square) - Проїхали (We Drove)
Kozak System - Brat za Brata (Brother To Brother)
TAPTAK (Tartak) - Я не хочу (I Do Not Want)
Go_A (How, Hey) - Жальменiна (Zhalmenina)
TAPTAK (Tartak)- Голос крові (The Voice Of Blood)
Svrm - Vtrata (Loss)
Тарас Чубай (Taras Chubay) - Водограй (Fountain)
ТИМПАЧЕ (ESPECIALLY) - Чорна гора (Montenegro)
Zgard - Koloslovo (Colossus)
Khors - Beneath The Keen Edge Of Time
Ieschure - Through The Chaos Of Voices
Тина Кароль (Tina Karol) - Намалюю тобi зорі (I Draw You Stars)
Bahroma - Назавжди-Навсегда (Forever, Forever)
Sad Novelist ft. SadSvit - Тління (Decay)
TikTu - Korol' Ptahiv (King of Birds)
Saturday Mar 05, 2022
Saturday Mar 05, 2022
On tonight's show we pay tribute to Henry Lavelle, a pioneer in music packaging and brother to UNKLE. This episode focuses primarily on the later part of his career, so we may come back to this theme down the road.
Gabriel Lavelle - Where The Praties Grow
Handel-Beecham - The Gods Go A-Begging (Musette)
The Dubliners - Jar Of Porter (Live)
Aidan Lavelle - Issues
UNKLE ft. Gavin Clark - Keys To The Kingdom
Underworld - Always Loved A Film
Faithless - Sun To Me
Sigur Rós - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
Lamb - Butterfly Effect
Muse - Madness
The Boxer Rebellion - Always
Glasvegas - Later...When The TV Turns To Static
Stereophonics - We Share The Same Sun
Timber Timbre - Resurrection Drive, Part II
Smoke Fairies - Waiting For Something To Begin
Bombay Bicycle Club - Whenever, Wherever
Mumford And Sons - Wilder Mind
8:58 ft. Cillian Murphy - 8:58
Elbow - Montparnasse
Radiohead - True Love Waits
White Lies - Take It Out On Me
Black Honey - Summer '92