SpinTime DJ on CBC

I got to join Matt Rainnie this week on the CBC Radio Mainstreet program for the SpinTime DJ segment. I got to choose three songs, which is harder than it sounds. First, I had to get over myself and realize I didn’t have to take it as seriously as those who assembled the Voyager Golden Record. I then looked for three great songs that someone listening on the way home from work on Friday might not have otherwise heard, but might enjoy.

This is me in my 40-year-old dad/Web-designer costume
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First, I selected Coax Me by Sloan from their 1994 album Twice Removed. I was 16 years old when this came out and this song and video are burned into my brain. It’s up there with Everything You’ve Done Wrong as my favourite Sloan songs.

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Next, I selected A Lot to Be Loved by Mardeen from the 2008 album Read Less Minds. Some CBC listeners might know from Mo Kenney’s cover of their song Telephones from the same album. This is a great, simple, pop/rock song.

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Finally, I chose Wordwide by Adam Again from the 1992 album Dig. This is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. If you consider the ratio of how great a song is compared to how likely people are to have actually heard it, this becomes an even more extraordinary gem.

The segment airs this afternoon some time between 4-6PM on Mainstreet on CBC Radio One, Charlottetown. It aired on Friday, September 20th, and is now available online: Mainstreet PEI with Matt Rainnie – Sep. 20, 2019: Spin Time – Steven Garrity

Thanks to Matt for having me in – he’s truly gifted at the art of conversation for the radio.

 

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