October 24, 2010 - Loaded by Lunchtime
Listeners were plied with an intoxicating treat on this week's Free Kick show: a live session from members of Montreal's Velvet Underground tribute, Loaded! Patrick, Jordi and Allan (pictured here) regaled us with some of VU's best-loved tunes in a stripped-down acoustic format, generating much needed white light/white heat to power this first of our CKUT 2010 Funding Drive shows.

If this inspired you to call in some support, thank you very much! If you haven't done so yet - why not make a pledge right now using the web form? There are many cool gifts available as tokens of our appreciation....

And don't forget, the full Loaded electric freak-out extravaganza will be performing at Barfly (4062 St-Laurent) on Saturday Oct. 30. Go and check them out, you won't be disappointed! Here's some video taken at a previous show to give you a taste of what to expect...

The full list of artists featured on this Sunday's show included:

The Slits (Ari Up RIP!), Roland Kirk, Chris Kenner, Lynn Collins (The Female Preacher), Studio One/Dub Specialist, Young Tiger, P.R.O. (People Rock Outfit), Don Drummond, The Nutley Brass, Screamin'Jay Hawkins, The Tigers feat. Kenny Carr, Jaipur Kawa Brass Band, Gangbe Brass Band, The Beau Brummels, John Cale, Sun City Girls, Loaded (live in the studio), Edmund Welles, Tuomari Nurmio & Alamaailman Vasarat, Storsveit Nix Nolte, Buscemi Vs. Koçani Orkestar and Intercom.

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Freekick will be back next Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm on CKUT 90.3 fm... for another round of funding drive tomfoolery! Don't forget to phone the pledge line at 514 907 9424, or just pledge online now now now!

Dave

Experience the Exploding Freekick Inevitable!
Tune in to Free Kick's first of two FUNDING DRIVE shows on Sunday (Oct. 24) from 11 am to 1 pm and hear special guests from Montreal’s all-star Velvet Underground tribute *Loaded* - pictured here in a photo by Sandra Lyn Belanger - perform your VU favourites live in the studio!
(Consider this a warm-up for their live show at Barfly on Sat Dec. 30)

PLEDGE NOW ONLINE (PLEASE!):

OR PLEDGE NOW BY PHONE (O PRETTY PLEASE!): 514-907-9424

Please think about pledging in your support during the funding drive shows, or just do it right now on the web. Besides the satisfaction of helping your independent campus-community station stay on the air, you will get dibs on some great special gift CDs etc as well as (depending on your pledge) the chance to win some impressive prizes in the draw. So how about it?

• Find out more about why CKUT needs your support
• Check out THE SWAG
• Survey the GIFTS U CAN GET 4 YOUR DONATION

October 17, 2010 - Saucerful of Free Kicks
Tasty nuggets galore were to be found on the Free Kick platter this past Sunday. Did you get a taste? The menu included:

General Johnson (RIP), Roland Kirk, Betty Harris, Solomon Burke (RIP - pictured here), Neil Young, Marc Ribot, Oosoga, Mohammad Nouri, The Son of P.M., Bich Loan and CBC Band, The Smoke, Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, Mutantes, Alpay, The Moles, Európa Kiadó, Achim Reichel, Nick Drake, Arnaldo Antunes, Kool Ade Acid Test, The Pinker Tones, They Might Be Giants, Juana Molina & Alejandro Franov and LSC!

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Freekick returns next Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm on CKUT 90.3 fm... for FUNDING DRIVE!

Yes, you read correctly, the next two shows will be devoted to soliciting donations to CKUT - your overflowing radio Horn of Plenty. We really can't do it without you! Please think about calling in your support during the funding drive shows (at 514-907-9424), or just do it right now on the web. Besides the satisfaction of helping your independent campus-community station stay on the air, you will get dibs on some great special gift CDs etc as well as (depending on your pledge) the chance to win some impressive prizes in the draw. So how about it?

Dave

Oh yeah - Of course I wouldn't leave you without setting the reels rolling in the Freekick Video Lounge!

• Solomon Burke - Ohne Filter 1987 - What Am I Living For/See See Rider
• Chairmen of the Board - You Got Me Dangling on a String
• Európa Kiadó búcsú 11. Bétaville
• ACHIM REICHEL "Eisenpferde" '74
• Arnaldo Antunes - Cabelo
  

October 10, 2010 - Freekick's Got Shoes

This weekend's Freekick show flew from radios and stomped all over Montreal. Dave took a walk, so Swan flew free, swooped low over apartments, dived at moving cars, and built a few musical nests using choice tracks from artists such as:

Gino Washington, Nathaniel Mayer, Roland Kirk, Ruth Brown, Hannibal Marvin Peterson with the Sunrise Orchestra, Walter Franco, Frank Zappa, The Four Lads with Norman Leyden & His Orchestra, Mei Feng with Tony and the Polar Bear Five, Mutantes, Will Oldham, Ween, Remora, John Scofield Band, Hannibal, Blodwyn Pig, Mahogany Rush, GTOs, Captain Beefheart, Nutsak, Genesis P-Orridge & Astrid Monroe, and The User.

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Freekick, as per usual, returns next Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm on CKUT 90.3 fm. We hope you will too!

swan

Don't leave yet! It's time for the Freekick Video Lounge!

• RUTH BROWN - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
• BEISTELLTISCHE - BILLY THE MOUNTAIN (German a capella version) - Part 1 - Part 2
• Os Mutantes - "A Minha Menina" (Live at Amoeba)
• Ween - Little Birdy - Seattle, WA 11-13-07

October 3, 2010 - Freekickable You

Yes, this weekend's Free Kick show was most affectionately dedicated to you, dear listeners... please be assured of our deepest gratitude for your willingness to go with our often meandering flow. Hopefully, we maintain enough forward momentum to get us to the goal every once in a while...

During this particular musical freeboot, we checked in with artists such as the Swan Silvertones, Roland Kirk, The Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, The Eternals, Dub Specialist, Earl Chinna Smith, Som Imaginario, Momma mint Dendenni & Seddoum ould Bowba Jiddou (pictured), Linton Kwesi Johnson, The Clash, The Fall, Tom Ze, Sam Spence, Drustvo Prisjecavalaca Boljih Dana, Plastic People of the Universe, Alexandre St-Onge, The Homosexuals, Jards Macalé, John Bender, Momus, King Crimson, and Intercom.

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Freekick will be dribbling determinedly forward again next Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm on CKUT 90.3 fm ... we hope you'll be there on the receiving end!

ciao,
Dave

and now, time to rub your eyes and squint quizzically at the wonders on offer at...

~~~~~~ The Free Kick Video Lounge ~~~~~~

• wilson pickett - funky broadway
• Cornell Campbell - Queen of the Minstrel
  
• Linton Kwesi Johnson: The Great Insurrection
• Tom Ze - Programa Ensaio - "Um Ah e um Oh"
• Plastic People of the Universe - Podivuhodný mandarin - live
• King Crimson - Starless - live 1974