Time to Pay the Piper
Hey, the CKUT Funding Drive starts today! We'll be using the airwaves to ask for financial assistance from our dear listeners up until next Thursday May 1. Call the station at 514-907-9424 or use the online form to help us out! Check the previous post for a more detailed consideration... and listen to the Free Kick this Saturday from 9-11 pm eastern!

Hey folks, it's CKUT funding drive time again and Freekick is doing it's part. We're hosting our 2008 edition on Saturday, April 26, and there are over 1700 gifts for you to choose from! Take a look and see. You can choose from every possible kind of music. That's what we do every week. Dave and I volunteer our time to do Freekick because we love bringing the sound of music to our listeners. We're hoping that you'll help all of us at CKUT to continue bringing you quality programming in the future.

You may not know that CKUT is a campus-community radio station that is only partially funded by McGill University's students. The support of listeners is becoming increasingly important in these times of rising education costs and decreasing funding for students and institutions.

It costs $50 an hour to run the station. Of course, we will accept any donation; a donation of $25 will get you a CD as a gift. But for a donation of $50 or more, not only do you help support independent radio, you also get to choose gifts equal in value to your donation. You are also entered into the lucrative prize draws. If you pay before the end of the month, you are also eligible to win a special draw of promo CD mailouts, concert tickets, or festival passes from some of Montreal's top promoters and labels.

PLEASE DONATE NOW!

If that wasn't enough to convince you, consider CKUT's list of the ten best reason's to donate.

The variety of programming at CKUT is truly astonishing too. How could you not support it? Someone once compared CKUT to a TV station, where you needed to know the times of the programs you wanted to watch. Freekick, for instance, only airs bi-weekly on Saturday nights from 9-11. The beauty of our connected universe, is that you can now subscribe to your favorite programs on the net. Here is a selection of CKUT music shows that we here at Freekick think rule CKUT's waves. Listen in to some of them, we think you'll be convinced too.

Mondays
Roots Rock Reggae 1-4 am
Latin Music Mondays / Made in Brazil 9-11 am
World Skip the Beat 12-2 pm
New Shit 3-5 pm
Drastic Plastic 10-11 pm

Tuesdays
Victorious and Invincible 12-2 pm
Harvey Christ/ESL 11-12 pm

Wednesdays
Where's the Beat 9-11 am
Jazz Euphorium 8-10 pm
Roots Rock Rebel 10-12 pm

Thursdays
Folk Directions 9-11 am
Venus 12-2 pm
Positive Vibes 3-5 pm
Grey Matters 7-8 pm

Fridays
Pure Pop For Twisted People 1-4 am
Jazz Amuck 9-11 am

Saturdays

We Funk 12-2 am
Adventures in Music 6-7 am
Funky Revolutions 2-4 pm
Masters at Work 7-9 pm
Skewing the Waves 11-12 pm


Sundays
Stereo Phobic 12-2 am
The Hearing Trumpet 1-2 pm
The Goods 2-4 pm
Modular Systems 4-5 pm
Bhum Bhum Time 5-6 pm
Bollywood Dhamaka 6-7 pm


PLEASE DONATE NOW!

Our thanks to you our listeners for all of your support!

April 12, 2008 - Free Kick is Calling Again
But is anyone there to listen? When the competition is the Montreal Canadiens roaring into the playoffs against Boston, it's understandable that a merely musical show like Free Kick might lose a few listeners. But remember, folks: all our musical content is guaranteed 100% hockey-compatible. You can turn down those irritating commentators, turn up the radio and watch the Habs march wind their way to victory against a stylish sonic backdrop.

Of course last Saturday's Free Kick show went on well past the end of the game, right up till 11. This was ample time to cover a lot of musical ground, including selections from artists like:

Madvillain, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Funkadelic, Junie Morrison, Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band, Jackie Mittoo, Mikey Dangerous, Jorge Ben (pictured above), Victor Jara, Haruna Ishola and his Apala Group, Celestine Ukwu & His Philosophers National, Fire of Space, Asha Bhosle, Sun Ra, Poapa & Pameok, Shalabi Effect, Alexandre St-Onge, Nash the Slash, CPC Gangbangs, Jay Reatard, The Dirtbombs, Neu! and Johnnie Osbourne.

Want to go over that again without those other Saturday night distractions? You can use one of these links to download an mp3 of the show onto your computer:

• 64 kbps (about 55 MB)

Or just stream if from the CKUT archives: it's the show of Sat April 12 from 21:05 to 23:05.

OK, ciao for now. Shawn will be back in full force for our next show on April 26 from 9-11 pm eastern on CKUT 90.3 fm - the CKUT Funding Drive edition! More about that later.

Dave

OOPS, almost forgot the bonus material...

Ladies & Gentlemen, please do step into the

*#*#*#*# FREEKICK VIDEO LOUNGE #*#*#*#*

Indulge in the finest audio-visual delights semi-related to the contents of the show... Specially selected to satisfy the most demanding tastes!

• madvillain - all caps
• P-Funk (including Junie Morrison) - Aqua Boogie pt.1
• Victor Jara - El Cigarrito
• Asha Bhosle: Koi Aaya Aane Bhi De (R.D. Burman) from the film Kaala Sona
• Sun Ra - Space is the Place clip # 1 - Space is the Place clip # 2
• Nash the Slash - Swing Shift
  
• Jay Reatard - Hammer I Miss You
• Dirtbombs live in Philadelphia April 2008