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George Stroumboulopoulos Tonightthis week Happy 2014! The 7 pm shows are all preempted but the 11:30 shows are there for you! There is a very special New Years Eve episode with surprise guests and a count down.
Monday Dec 30 Vanilla Ice goes Amish... revisited.
Tuesday Dec 31 2013
Poet and author Dr. Maya Angelou is the special New Years Eve guest. George heads to her hometown to talk to her.
Wednesday Jan 01 2014
Another look at the Canadian comedian who helped kick of the season Russell Peters
Wednesday Dec 25 (check local times)
The Christmas Eve Music Special will be repeated in Toronto and BC on Christmas Day!
Musical guests include Commander Hadfield, Blue Rodeo, Blind Boys of Alabama, Charles Bradley, Nikki Yanofsk and a lot more. Thursday Dec 26 11:30 only
Tonight on The Strombo Show! The Flatliners join George in the Broom Closet to discuss and perform songs from their recently released album "Dead Language".
Tonight's Nod To The Gods will be a look at Dionne Warwicke's 1974 release "Then Came You" featuring The Spinners ...
It wouldn't be The Strombo Show without The Magnificent Seven, the top seven tunes of the week ...
.. Ten O'Clock With Tom (Waits) ..
.. and lastly, the Big Lie-Down or the Collective Horizontal, where George tucks you in to bed with the mellowest of tunes.
You can hear The Strombo Show on CBC Radio 2 on Sunday nights, from 8 to 11 pm.
It was January 23rd, 1981.
Sitting in the nosebleed section at the Montreal Forum, we watched
excitedly as the rocker in the blue t-shirt with the rolled up
sleeves walked out onto the stage. Followed by his band, he threw
his guitar onto his shoulder and stepped up to the mike. After a few
seconds, the house lights dropped, the spots came on, and the
Montreal Forum exploded with the magic of the Asbury Park, New Jersey
band. When he finally left us that night, after a set list twenty
seven songs long , and another four for an encore, we were almost as
exhausted as he must have been. We were, however, anything but
disappointed. This .. this is why he was known as The Boss.
It is now 32 years later, and Bruce
Springsteen is set to release his 18th studio album. He
will be accompanied on the album by the E Street band, including
tracks recorded by Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici before their deaths, as well as featuring Tom Morello on
guitar. The album is scheduled to be released on January 14th.
The first single, High Hopes, was released on November 24th. Tonight, Darby Wheeler returns to the show and will be chatting
with George in the broom closet about Bruce Springsteen and the upcoming
album. Welcome back Darby!
One of my favourite albums of 2012 was
an album called 12 bit blues by Vancouver DJ Kid Koala. Kid Koala
just happens to have joined up with producer Dan the
Automater, and Del the Funky Homo Sapien to form supergroup Deltron
3030. They will also be joining G for a chat in the broom closet
tonight to talk about their second album, Event II.
It wouldn't be the Strombo Show without a weekly nod to the Gods of Rock and Roll. On the 33rd anniversary of his death at the hands of an assassin, the life and music of John Lennon is celebrated.
... The Magnificent Seven, the top seven tunes of the week ...
.. Ten O'Clock With Tom (Waits) ..
.. and lastly, the Big Lie-Down or the Collective Horizontal, where George tucks you in to bed with the mellowest of tunes.
You can hear The Strombo Show on CBC Radio 2 on Sunday nights, from 8 to 11 pm.
Tonight on the Strombo Show .. Best Of The Strombo Show
Queens Of The Stone Age QOTSA
are currently on tour promoting their latest album, ... Like Clockwork,
released June 4th in North America. This is the sixth studio album for
the band, which was recorded and produced after a tumultuous time in
their personal and professional lives. According to Homme, Like Clockwork is an album "documenting the journey of moving forward ... It was a tough
time and I thought, 'I can run away from this, or I can run into it.'"
In
2010, routine knee surgery left Homme hospitalized for fourteen days,
and completely bedridden for four months. Awakening from the surgery, he
was told "Shit .. we lost you". The experience led him into a period
of deep depression. Bandmates Fertita, Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar),
Michael Shuman (bass) and Joey Castillo (drums) convinced Homme to begin
work with them on the album. It was a difficult but healing time for
the band, which also saw the release of long time drummer Castillo who
was replaced by none other than Dave Grohl. Both drummers are featured
on different tracks on the album. The album was released to widespread
critical acclaim, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 Music Chart, and
at #2 on The Canadian Albums Chart. It sold 91,000 in the US and 11,000
in Canada in its first week alone. Stop in this week to hear more of
the story, as well as the trials and tribulations Homme has encountered
on the road this time around.
This
week, the Nod To The Gods goes to Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones
for their 1972 classic hit, Happy. Recorded in one afternoon while the
Stones were holed up in Keef's own villa in France to avoid taxes, the
tune has become Richards' own signature tune. Busy cutting tracks with
Bobby Keys for Exile On Main Street, Richards decided then and there to
lay down the guitar tracks with Keys on baritone sax. Producer Jimmy
Miller later laid down drum tracks, and the horns were dubbed in later.
The tune ended up being on the record. Says Richards of the song: It's
"a strange song, because if you play it you actually become happy, even
in the worst of circumstances. It has a little magical bounce about
it." "Happy" was the first song featuring Richards on vocals to chart.
Oh, and that line "I need a love to make me happy" is actually a play
on "Anita's love will keep me happy", referring to Anita Pallenberg,
Keef's lady love at the time. This is a song that definitely deserve a
nod. Just go ahead and listen to it without getting happy. ;)
Also featured will`be "The Magnificent 7" the top seven tracks of the week,
"Ten O'Clock With Tom" (Waits), the weekly tribute to the gravel-voiced troubadour,
and
finally winding down with G tucking us all into bed to the soothing
sounds of "The Big Lie Down", or The Collective Horizontal.
You can hear The Strombo Show on CBC Radio 2 on Sunday nights, from 8 to 11 pm. See you there. ;)
