The last episode of Moody Morning Music

I'm in the mood for this #28




Today, July 21st, 2009, is the day I finish my radio show on CKDU. I have been doing Moody Morning Music for over five years now and have pretty much loved every second of it. But because of scheduling conflicts, I can no longer continue.

I'd like to thank the guests who have come on the show (Jose Gonzalez, Joel Gibb of the Hidden Cameras, Paul Hammond, Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees to name a few) as well as team CKDU and all of those who exposed me to new music. Thank you.

You can find past playlists here and you can download the last episode here. The playlist is encoded into the mp3.

Thank you.

Final Fantasy returns to Halifax

The Halifax Pop Explosion has started cock-teasing us with some of the acts which will be playing this year at the annual music fest which blows into town every October.

According to some info I found on a local messageboard, this year's crew looks as good as ever, especially since one Owen Pallett, aka Final Fantasy will be playing.



Image by Paul Hammond

According to a press release,

The Halifax Pop Explosion announces Final Fantasy, Japandroids, Japanther, The Acorn, Ohbijou & Julie Doiron with Herman Dune for 2009 line-up

...early bird passes on sale Friday, July 10 / showcase submissions deadline is July 20

(Halifax, NS) - The Halifax Pop Explosion announces Final Fantasy, Japandroids, Japanther, The Acorn, Ohbijou and Julie Doiron with Herman Dune as the initial acts confirmed for its 2009 line-up. Early bird passes for the festival go on sale Friday, July 10.

Presented by Rogers, The Halifax Pop Explosion is a five day music festival and conference that takes place from October 20 to 24 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Founded in 1993, the festival is one the country's premiere showcases of emerging music, art and culture from Halifax, Canada, and around the world.

Initial acts confirmed for the festival include: Kanye West endorsed, Fleet Foxes tour mates, The Acorn; Polaris Prize winning Arcade Fire & Beirut collaborator, Final Fantasy; critically adored noise-pop act, Japandroids; New York based punk rockers, Japanther; genre spanning legend, Julie Doiron, who will perform with renowned French folk act, Herman Dune; and Last Gang recording artists, Ohbijou.



I had heard rumblings that he would be playing with Symphony Nova Scotia.

Let's just say I hope there is more than one show. If there is, I will be going to both.

Italo.

Disco is not a dirty word #12

I found this today.



It's a short article by Serge Santiago about his love of Italo and twenty of the most fundamental Italo records ever made.

MP3 and crate digging, here I come.

More disco

Disco is not a dirty word #11

I can't help it. I'm obsessed.

I will be posting more about the wonderful world of disco.

In the meantime, enjoy this track which has been stuck in my head for the past few weeks.

A heavy cross to bear

Watch this #6
New releases #9

Major label. A career that has humble roots in blues-tinged rawk. A recent flirt with disco and electronics.

Holy shit, I love the Gossip.

Let's get busy with Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees

Let's get busy #2


Photo by Robin Hart Hiltz

Halifax has never been better for dancing since this little foursome decided to drop in to town. Recently featured in Billboard magazine, Halifax's Ruby Jean & The Thoughtul Bees have done a lot in such a small time since their inception a little under two years ago. What began as a bit of a side project for these musicians (Rebekah Higgs, an acoustically based singer songwriter, who recently opened for Jose Gonzales), Jason Vautour (Alright Already, Jon Epworth & The Improvements as well as man-about-town with a guitar), Colin Crowell (Jon McKiel, DJing about town) and Sean MacGillivray (ex-Burdock, currently playing with Jenn Grant and with Jason on Alright Already) has collectively led them to touring non-stop and recording and releasing an album out on Youth Club Records.

I sat down with these four and we talked about their new album, the vagaries of touring (swingers conventions, staying in shitty motels) and what it's like to be four musicians who are known about town for putting on a wicked show.

Tune in

Let's get busy

Let's get busy #1

I've been doing Moody Morning Music for over four years now. In the past few months, I have had the opportunity to interview various people such as Jose Gonzales, Chr!s Sm!th and Paul Rodeo to talk about their relationship with music. I enjoyed doing these interviews, but I wanted to go a little more local. I also wanted to give these people the opportunity to do what I do, which is play some of their favorite records on the air.

So to start things off easy, I went with some of the crew here at I wanna listen to this and gathered up Loukas and Jonathan to talk about their careers in halifax as DJs, promoters, band mates, record store employees, graphic artists and more. Then we got down to the nitty gritty and played some records.

Coming up on the show (and on this site!) are interviews with The Stolen Minks, The Maynards, Dubious (aka Jon Dacey) and many more. Stay tuned and plugged in!


My guests (and myself, hidden behind them) as they do their stuff at a party we held called "Slumtown Turntable Dance Party", held at The Bus Stop, here in Halifax.

Listen up!