December 14th

HEY FINKS! Just a regular ol' episode of The Surfphony of Derstruction! The Deadlies were kind enough to send us their album Meet The Deadlies which I debuted on this episode! The Deadlies are a couple of kool kats who know their way around a surf tune!

artist	song
urban surf kings	wigwam
the pagents	enchanted surf
the astronauts	surf's you right
the heyburners	bird walk
dick dale and bo troy and his hot-rods	slippery shillelagh
tabarnacos surfers	shot in the dark
the deadlies	mojave dry run
the deadlies	another nashville rash
huevos rancheros	gump worsley's lament
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	harlem by the sea
kenny & the sultans	with vigor
the nodeans	beach girl
the journeymen	surfer's rule
the bambi molestors	panic party
fifty foot combo	the legend of hanau eepe
the twin tones	buena suerte forastero

Here's a link to The Deadlies' myspace page.

Thanks again go out to The Deadlies for sending CJAM some SURF!

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NOW CAN YOU DIG THAT SUCKAA

YouTube - Wrestlemania 21-trailer pulp fiction- Eddie & Booker T

Featuring a little Miserlou knock-off! Way kool!

December 7th - Hudson Bay Surf Party!

Hey Finks! This week's episode of The Surfphony of Derstruction fell under SOCAN tracking period so I decided to make this episode an all Canadian one! I featured surf bands from all over Canada, old and new. I played a very special Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet track, "Autobahn", originally by Kraftwerk!

artist	song
the reverb syndicate	zis is KAOS!
the blue demons	empire santo
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	what I like about grease
the von drats	phantom chop
atomic 7	your ironic t-shirt
the squires	sultan
the reverb syndicate	the code is ********
the robots	ride the surf
mark malibu & the wasagas	wasaga run
v-necks	sand overdose
the robots	stinky juliens
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	autobahn
urban surf kings	man from adano
the reverb syndicate	martini cluster
the von drats	strachen steve
the burnin' sands	walkin' on burning sands
urban surf kings	go go island

There are three bands I played of particular importance. First, The Squires! The Squires was Neil Young's very first band, emulating the style of The Shadows and in the track we heard, Sultan, a very "Apache"-esque sound! Second, two bands from Toronto in the '80's, Mark Malibu & The Wasagas and V-Necks. The two tracks I played are all I have ever found of them, besides a couple of pictures on Flickr. Really neat songs!

I played a couple of contemporary surf bands. Check out their myspaces, dig?

The Robots - Oshawa's own!

The Von Drats - We heard a couple of tracks from their new album Dratsylvania, available through their very own website! Thanks to Dave Von Drat for the pack of tracks!

The Reverb Syndicate - They were very kind to send me their two albums, Operation: Jet Set! and Sputnik-A-Go-Go. Click Here for their official website.

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December 5th - Tacit Deraoke

hello

I did a fill-in show for Tacit Karaoke. It's different from my usual surf. It's very dark, spooky and atmospheric. check it out if it's your thing!

Here's a sample of the show I did:

new plays

artist	song
horchata	yard
horchata	hallway
haruki yamada	silent town
the caretaker	cloudy, since you went away
elbryan	command control
horchata	kitchen
haruki yamada	destroyed world
horchata	dining room
the caretaker	consigned to a yesterday
nash the slash	blind windows
the caretaker	malign forces of the occult
elbryan	toxic refinery
the caretaker	robins and roses
the future	cairo
jesse j smith	musical wars part I
nash the slash	pilgrim's lament
the caretaker	date with an angel
horchata	dining room
nash the slash	lost lenore
jesse j smith	musical wars part II
the caretaker	it's all forgotten now
horchata	basement
nash the slash	deep forest
elbryan	computer station
the caretaker	home
the moe greene specials	julia's waltz
wall of voodoo	there's nothing on this side
the caretaker	friends past re-united
human league	new pink floyd
nash the slash	reactor no. 2
the caretaker	a stairway to the stars
nash the slash	danger zone

Here's a link to the Tacit Karaoke page. You will find the podcast under December 5th.

November 30th - MIDNIGHT IN SALERNO

What a night, finks! The weather in Windsor was complete crap! It was dark and rainy as hell outside! The perfect weather for The Surfphony of Derstruction's FIRST-EVER theme show: MIDNIGHT IN SALERNO! We played all sorts of Nighttime Surf and it was good times! I had plenty of material to keep us goin', maybe even till midnight! Here's the playlist of what I did get to spin:

new plays

artist	song
urban surf kings	luger 3
the reverb syndicate	onto checkpoint bravo
the chesterfield kings	moon relay
the tempomen	midnight on pier 13
the bambi molesters	the kiss off
zz top	asleep in the desert
the debonaires	high wall
huevos rancheros	please pass the ketchup
deep note	sleeping with erik
atomic 7	seven stranded castanets
the ventures	music to watch girls by
mr gasser and the weirdos	midnight run
hula hoop	girls from ipanema
los straitjackets	della street
the reverb syndicate	m's lament

HUH?!?! ZZ TOP?! What is ZZ TOP doing on DA SURF?! First of all, ZZ TOP is ol' skool kool! Second, ZZ Top consists of amazing instrumentalists and the track Asleep in the Desert attests to that.

I was really excited about playing this song and talking about it on-air but I missed my chance! So here, check it out again!

Unfortunately, I cannot post as many youtube videos this week as a lot of the tracks I spun are troublesome to find on youtube.

In other news, I will be filling in for Martin Schiller of Tacit Karaoke this Sunday, December 5th. Tacit Karaoke is an all-instrumental program on CJAM 99.1 and I will adhere to the instrumentality! Not surf though, but something else... tune in to find out! THIS SUNDAY @6 PM on CJAM 99.1!

One more thing, SOCAN tracking period is coming up this weekend! December 5,6, and 7th! The Surfphony is on during this period so next week is an impromptu theme show! I will be spinning all Canadian surf bands in hopes that they are registered with SOCAN and get some money from the gov'! So, if you happen to be a Canadian surf band member reading this blog, Register for SOCAN and let me know that you want your tracks played!

Here's a Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet video to celebrate Canuck Surf!!

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November 23rd

LET IT BE KNOWN. THAT THIS WAS A GOOD SHOW! I enjoyed it and I hope that you all did too. We took a look at Eddie & The Showmen's rendition of Squad Car. Originally recorded by The Bel-Airs, Eddie Bertrand of The Bel-Airs formed Eddie & The Showmen, a more Dick Dale-esque, guitar oriented surf band. The Showmen's cover of Squad Car is the preferred basis for many modern surf bands that have recorded the song.

Here's the original Bel-Airs recording:

Eddie & The Showmen doin' Squad Car:

artist	song
the ebb tides	big noise from waimea
eddie & the showmen	squad car
the bel-airs	squirt
luau or die!	mojave chaser
the reverb syndicate	on to checkpoint bravo
huevos rancheros	cindy with an S
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	average weekend '78
the blue demons	squad car
ramblin' ambassadors	lungbucket
the fractals	mothra
the moons	gammera
the motivations	motivate
takeshi terauchi	squad car
duane eddy	waterskiing
the webs	lost (cricket in my ear)
the invaders	davey jones rocker

Here's a rare treat of some Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet! Here's the classic rock/heavy metal flavoured Having an Average Weekend '78. Tasty!

Tune in next week for MIDNIGHT IN SALERNO! The FIRST-EVER theme show on The Surfphony of Derstruction! Wanna know what's in store?

DIG IT!!

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Surfphony of Derstruction November 16th

Latest show, latest post baby!

Just a regular ol' surf show this week! A DAMN GOOD ONE at that!

I played a lot of obscure tracks from some surf comps. Comps such as Sleazy Surf! Vols. 1 & 2 and couple of tracks from Surfer's Mood.

We heard Dick Dale's Surf Beat

There's a neat little comment on the page of this video. Check it out for some serious nostalgia trippin'!

artist	song
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	honey, you're wasting ammo
the rattlesnakes	caravella
huevos rancheros	whiteout in wyoming
fifty foot combo	dimitrius
the reveltones	black lightning
the astronauts	surf's you right
the bedwells	karate again
bob vaught & the renegades	church key twist
rich clayton & the rumbles	flip side
the von drats	malaguena
dick dale and his del-tones	surf beat
urban surf kings	almeria
the el caminos	sumo wrestler
kenny & The Sultans	With Vigor
the fractals	quarter pounder

Tune in next week as we look at Eddie & The Showmen's Squad Car!

Too cool of a video to pass up! check out how the siren sound is made!

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Surfphony of Derstruction November 9th

HEY MY BAD! for not posting for so long, I keep forgetting to save the playlist for the past few shows and I am too embarrassed to make public my mistake! From here out, I'm going to make sure to post more playlists YEAAAAAAAAAH

For this week's show, we checked out the song APACHE originally by the Shadows in the early '60s. dig it:

we heard Los Straitjacket's Apache inspired Lonely Apache. Here is a live version of the song:

this week's special song was Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's Aunt's Invasion. Just a sweet tune, that's why I picked it!

new plays

artist	song
st. john & the cardinals	RAMPAGE
space cossacks	the defector
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	aunt's invasion
reverb syndicate	sputnik-a-go-go
takeshi terauchi	living doll
the moptops	moptop
the motions	big chief
the hot rodders	the creamer
atomic 7	theme from atomic 7
the blue demons	apache
the shadows	apache
the ventures	apache
fatboy slim	apache
los straitjackets	lonely apache

This coming week will kick some ass! LET IT BE KNOWN

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Surfphony of Derstruction October 19th

Just a regular ol' kick ass SURF SHOW BABY!!!

I played The Space Plan, a local Windsor surf band from around 2000. The liner notes of their CD said that they won the Best Local Band jammie from CJAM that year. Pretty sweet to see some surf appreciation almost a decade ago!

SONG OF THE FUNKIN' WEEK!!

geeze, it's this song!

I was barely able to squeeze this song in cause I had to play it like no other! goddamn i said GODDAMN! it reminds me of this song from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

yeaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

since the Surfphony is suiting up for Halloween, I gave listeners a little taste of the Halloweenies show coming up next week! I played The Ghastly Ones' Banshee Beach from their album Unearthed, a collection of re-recordings of The Ghastly Ones' favorite tunes from their earlier albums.

This is off the halloween compilation Halloween Hootenanny

Here is the playlist for Oct. 19

the space plan	tread lightly
the eradicators	friends & enemies
the volcanos	deora
huevos rancheros	endsville
the ghastly ones	banshee beach
the chesterfield kings	land beyond the moon
the reverb syndicate	bolshevik boogie
kenny & the fiends	moon shot
the aqua velvets	aqua nova
the crunchendoes	butterfingers
the sharks	BIG SURF
the ramblers	hangin' one
blue jeans	yogiri no nagisa
the twin tones	capello de mariachi
the von drats	instant soup just add soup

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Stay tuned to CJAM 99.1 whether you're on the dial or on the computer! The Surfphony of Derstruction will be presenting Halloweenies! a funkin' Halloween show DIG IT

Surfphony of Derstruction October 12th

Hello there!

What was once The Symphony of Derstruction is now The SURFphony of Derstruction. I am doing a new program focusing on Surf music on Tuesdays at 7 PM.

click here to see the program page and podcast list

This week (Oct 12) we had the usual surfin' time with a special look at the famous surf tune, Misirlou. I discussed the origins of Misirlou, how it came to prominence in Surf music and the song's cult status along with covers and reinterpretations of Misirlou.

Dick Dale's Misirlou:

Takeshi Terauchi (The Surfphony's favorite international surf guitarist) and his interpretation of Misirlou:

Also heard on the Surfphony this week were Canadian surf ensembles The Reverb Syndicate and Luau or Die!

Check out The Reverb Syndicate's website and myspace

Check out Luau or Die's myspace and facebook page

If you're in the London area, you can see Luau or Die play with Rockabilly-Swing band The Hi-Tones at the London Music Club on November 23rd! Dig it!

Next week there will be lots of Surf! I will also start posting playlists next week.

Symphony of Derstruction Sampler Vol. 1

I've put together this compilation full of music that I have played on the Symphony of Derstruction, whether it's an artist or a song. I hope to put out more of these over time, possibly with different themes and more obscure stuff!



http://www.mediafire.com/?j4mjjnykf3e


here's a link to download the album. Enjoy and thank you for downloading!

Tracklist

The Boomtown Rats - Nothing Happened Today
Bluenose B - Forever Passing Trains
New Models - Strangers in Disguise
Units - iNight
Wall of Voodoo - Spy World
DEVO - Be Stiff
Trek With Quintronic - Zolian Space
Chrisma - Black Silk Stocking
Nash The Slash - Stalker
Men Without Hats - Ideas For Walls
Martha and The Muffins - Indecision
Drinking Electricity - Good Times
Blue Peter - Chinese Graffiti
999 - Crime Part 1 & 2
The Diodes - We're Ripped
Moev - 90 Minutes
Rough Trade - Crimes of Passion
The Fabulous Poodles - Tit Photographer's Blues
The Suicide Twins - What a Price to Pay

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new plays

artist	song
units	cowboy
the human league	once upon a time in the west
glomag	red pixel dust
transparent illusion	sections
body 11	hearts
visage	moon over moscow
tim blake	lighthouse
michael garrison	to the other side of the sky
rough trade	crimes of passion
trans-x	message on the radio
blue peter	don't walk past
54-40	long goodbye
the hippies	how you gonna live
wall of voodoo	back in flesh
government	id rather be a real computer
metal boys	carnival
the stranglers	nuclear device
trees	no stranger
fabulous poodles	mr mike
fingerprintz	bulletproof heart
the diodes	tired of waking up tired
the pogues	boys from the county hell
chrisma	thank you

artist song units cowboy the human league once upon a time in the west glomag red pixel dust transparent illusion sections body 11 hearts visage moon over moscow tim blake lighthouse michael garrison to the other side of the sky rough trade crimes of passion trans-x message on the radio blue peter don't walk past 54-40 long goodbye the hippies how you gonna live wall of voodoo back in flesh government id rather be a real computer metal boys carnival the stranglers nuclear device trees no stranger fabulous poodles mr mike fingerprintz bulletproof heart the diodes tired of waking up tired the pogues boys from the county hell chrisma thank you

Trans-X - Living On Video Official Video

Hey, I'm finally getting around to posting some videos! Here's a video of Trans-X, a synth band from Canada!

Ric Flair Fridays

alright alright alright! The Symphony of Derstruction is finishing it's second season soon. I want to get this blog going and doing stuff with it. For now, I'm just going to post some videos throughout the week pertaining to 80's alternative. I'll post videos, interviews, live shows, or anything else i can find out there. Also, because I feel like it, I'm going to post wrestling videos too. Starting with RIC FLAIR FRIDAYS, hahaha! I'm going to try and post Ric Flair videos every Friday.

Here's a classic Flair promo to start it off.




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april 18th

new plays

artist	song
the phones	cities
love and rockets	haunted (when the minutes drag)
trees	midnight in america
the diodes	headache
panoramas	sinbad the sailor
noh mask	empire of the signs
perfect strangers	run to you
the twins	synthetic world
voice	lime
absolute body control	is there an exit?
drinking electricity	news peak
a certain ratio	day one
junco run	his story
invisible limits	no doubts
nash the slash	RSVP
government	white
kinetic ideals	structures
rockets	sci fi boogie
vocoder	monopolis
rough trade	territorial

April 11th 2010

artist	song
the monks	dear jerry
dexys midnight runners	celtic soul brothers
fabulous poodles	think pink
circuit 7	beat tonight
futurisk	poison ivy
silvia	ich bin nicht die
suburban lawns	protection
boys brigade	anger (the hunter)
south of no north	anabelle lee
president reagan is clever	lock stock and barrell
b. troop	just because
laserdance	mars invaders
gino soccio	the visitors
mark shreeve	legion
black mountain	queens will play
nash the slash	searching for prey
nash the slash	born to be wild
karen cooper complex	we saw waves
v-necks	sand overdose
deja voodoo	too cool to live, too smart to die
synthetic products	nuclear age
eight seconds	commissioner st.
exhibit a	platform 6
bugger west	water

MArch 28

artist	song
chrisma	so you don't
vocoder	monopolis
causey way	ana caelo
beem	ducker
moloko +	in meinen taschen
nash the slash	in a glass eye
kuruki	crocodile tears
men without hats	telepathy
moebius	video soldier in a radio war
portion control	across the fence
iko	military service
deux	game & performance
martha and the muffins	paint by number heart
diodes	time damage
big crimes	dragonfly #2
the fall	hotel bloedel
patrick cowley	megatron man
family fodder	debbie harry
blondie	youth nabbed as sniper
A Paba	Wizards of DOS

march 14th

artist	song
linear movement	the game
circuit 7	video boys
trek with quintronic	zolian space
laserdance	shotgun (remix)
droids	be happy (part 1)
droids	be happy (part 2)
mark shreeve	icon
body falling downstairs	politics of ecstacy
units	cannibals
temper! Temper	the switch
xynn	isolated brain
the ramblin' ambassadors	hup two three four
the blue demons	moondawg
burnin' sands	return of the surfin' mummy
54-40	contagious
junco run	unseen hands
fingerprintz	hide and seek
talking heads	heaven
the chameleons uk	swamp thing
scatterbrain	arguments in vain
invisible limits	power to survive
neil young	computer age
moev	kim says

march 7th 2010

artist	song
patrick cowley	teen planet
futurisk	split second
vaktorrnet	billy idle
v.o.k	nukes of terra
missing presumed dead	my little sister's turning into duane eddie
chrisma	lola
rational youth	saturdays in silesia
voice	wake up dreaming
martha and the muffins	boys in bushes
drinking electricity	discord dance
the blue demons	the sweeper
khmer rouge	new assassins
revenge	bleachman
trees	come back
shout out out out out	procrastinator's fight song
calculated X	four windows
primary colours	notorious
pas de deux	take a cigarette
government	exit line
moev	coccoon
svart klovn	a-hhhh
end of data	if I'm not a killer
yellow magic orchestra	computer game
yellow magic orchestra	firecracker
ohama	my time