August 15, 2009 - Heat Waving Not Drowning
It's been a memorable week here in weather-obsessed Montreal: after not-so-stoically enduring a damp & chilly June/July, we finally got our summer heatwave in mid-August. But even with temps that "feel like" over 40 degrees, I'm not hearing many complaints - perhaps we need a little heat- and humidity-induced discomfort to really feel we've had a true experience of summer, before heading back into the abyss?

Don't be misled, however: the ultra-modern CKUT production studios are strictly climate-controlled using the latest technology, with the comfort of programmers always the prime consideration. During last Saturday's show, this allowed Swan and myself to keep our heads above water & bring you a quality musical variety program featuring the likes of:

Doom, Roland Kirk, Stevie Wonder, James Black, Hortense Ellis, Otis Rush, Shell Street Orchestra, The Models, The Ravens (The Kinks), The Soulful Strings, Voice Of The Seven Woods/ Supreme Vagabond Craftsman, Cidadão Instigado, Datetenryu, Cseh Tamás (RIP!), Robert Charlebois, Deerhoof, Kathy Kennedy, Bernard Bonnier, Comus, Tinariwen, Les Paul, Joe Meek & The Blue Men,Raymond Scott, White Noise (featuring Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop/Unit Delta Productions, whose studio is pictured here), Black Mold, & Sixtoo!

What? You say you didn't even think about turning on the radio that night? No problem, just donwload the show as an mp3 and then listen back over & over again:

• 64 kbps (about 55 MB)

Or, stream the show from the CKUT archives page: ask for Sat Aug 15 from 21:03 to 23:03.

There you go... we advise you to keep cool and maintain your level vibes until the Free Kick comes at you again, on Saturday evening August 29 from 9-11 pm eastern on CKUT 90.3 fm in Montreal.

Dave

PS And now, the ***Freekick Video Lounge***.

• Stevie Wonder - Superstition live on Sesame Street
• Otis Rush - Double Trouble
• les paul in studio "lover"
• CIDADÃO INSTIGADO - EL CABRONE O CAÇADOR DE ZÉ DOINDINS
• DATETENRYU LIVE IN KOBE 2003
• The Strange Story of Joe Meek: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6
• Cseh Tamás Tangó
• Robert Charlebois - Entre deux joints '74
• Tinariwen - Taragalte Festival - 'Chet Boghassa'