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.

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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