Nothing in Particular : 2025-Oct-28

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Episode 16. Shades of Samhain, a gaggle of ghouls, a hail of hauntings – a Halloween edition. X Years Later returns with Bauhaus.

ArtistSongAlbumYear
YelloStalakdramaStella1985
Front Line AssemblyGhostsEchoes 2013
Lydia LunchGloomy SundayQueen of Siam1980
Lisa GermanoHauntedNo Elephants2013
Hannah GeorgasYour GhostThis Is Good2021
Skinny PuppyWorlockRabies1989
BauhausBela Lugosi’s Dead (Single)1979
BauhausZikirGo Away White2008
Fields Of The NephilimMoonchildThe Nephilim1988
Love & RocketsHaunted When The Minutes DragSeventh Dream of Teenage Heaven1985
Nash The SlashIn Search Of PreyAnd You Thought You Were Normal1982
Eat Static w/ Elaine FrostWhere Ghosts LayDead Planet2015
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Nothing in Particular: 2025-Oct-21

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Episode 15. Instrumental electronica drifting into…

Artist Song Album Year
Wen Time II Think Ephem:era 2018
Bedrock Beautiful Strange (Lost Desert remix) Bedrock Collection 2021 2021
Russell Mills / Undark Causes Cause Causes Pearl + Umbra 2000
Joni Void Non-Locality Everyday is the Song 2023
Tangerine Dream Roll The Seven Twice Quantum Gate 2017
Underworld Twist A Hundred Days Off 2002
Julia Spitale Undecided Dreams Good Again 2017
Madrigal Hurricane Elemental Grace 1999
Dolores O’Riordan October Are You Listening? 2007
Pony Girl Laff it Off Laff it Off 2023
Odds Eat My Brain Good Weird Feeling 1995
Chalk Circle Believe In Something The Great Lake 1986
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Harmony Corruption-Back at CHSR!-October 7th, 2025

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Hi Folks,

 

This week’s episode was done live from CHSR-FM! I had the chance to stop by CHSR last night and do my show live from the studio. Make sure to check out my show airing live weekly at Local FM in Saint John, NB!

Here’s the playlist for this week’s episode:

Roky Erickson-Bloody Hammer

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Nothing in Particular: 2025-Oct-14

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Episode 14. A quiet, sombre program this week. I’ve settled into a Fall mood…

ArtistSongAlbumYear
ConceptShakeCulture Clash2005
Single Gun TheoryI Am What I See (The New Delhi Remix)Possessed: Nettwerk Sound Sampler Vol. 41993
Spirit Of The WestTake It From The SourceLabour Day1988
The BoxRemnantsAll the Time, All the Time, All the Time…1985
Arih SKLoose ThreadHold it Together2023
WhitehorseEvangelinaLeave No Bridge Unburned2015
Angels & AgonyForeverEternity2006
Carbon Based LifeformsSet TheoryWorld Of Sleepers2006
Delerium w/ Katharine Blake and Mediaeval BaebesSister Sojourn GhostNuages du Monde2006
SeaboundOctober SongDouble-Crosser2006
Susumu YokotaFairy LinkThe Boy and The Tree2002
LooneyJetmanEastern Tides / RequiemDeep Blue2012
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Away From The Mire Episode 94 – Eugene!

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A fun cover set this week featuring Rush covers as well as new music from Geese and Jeff Tweedy. We finish it off with a novelty track written and produced by the recently departed Ace Frehley.

 

Jordana, TV Girl – Summer’s Over
Tebby and the Heavy – Razzle Dazzle
Jeff Tweedy – Forever Never Ends
Local H – 2112 Overture / Temple Of Syrinx
Billy Talent – Passage To Bangkok
Richard Cheese – The Trees
Geese – Long Island City Here I Come
This Is Lorelei – A Song That Sings About You
Les Claypool – Call Me The Breeze
BA Johnston – Hanging On By A Thread
Secret Machines – Dreaming of Dreaming
Crazy Joe and the Variable Speed Band – Eugene

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Indie Whimsy Episode 53 (October 21 2025)

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hiya hello! in this episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear:

  1. death cab for cutie – army corps of architects (you can play these songs with chords; 1997)
  2. broken social scene – halfway home (hug of thunder; 2017)
  3. belle and sebastian – ease your feet in the sea (the boy with the arab strap; 1998)
  4. amy millan – finish line (masters of the burial; 2009)
  5. belle and sebastian – the blues are still blue (the life pursuit; 2006)
  6. the dears – all the hail marys (times infinity volume 2; 2017)
  7. belle and sebastian – to be myself completely (the life pursuit; 2006)
  8. arcade fire – you already know (reflektor; 2013)
  9. death cab for cutie – bend to squares (something about airplanes; 1998)
  10. amy millan – he brings out the whiskey in me (honey from the tombs; 2006)
  11. popguns – someone you love (eugenie; 1990)
  12. the orchids – apologies (who needs tomorrow; 1983)
  13. the high water marks – some like it lukewarm (ecstasy rhymes; 2020)
  14. cherry twister – don’t forget your man (at home with cherry twister; 2000)
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Testing For Echo – Episode 88 – Read Some Literature – Orig. Air Date Oct. 25, 2025

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Hello again everyone. Thank you very much for tuning in today. This is Testing For Echo Episode 88 in Fredericton and around the world.

I do have a pretty large stack of songs to squeeze into our show today so let’s get this started.

Tim

“The World of Music, One Song at a Time”

Episode Song List

  1. Episode Song List
    1. Envy of None – Look Inside
    2. Book Club – She Was my Spring
    3. Genesis – Match of the Day
    4. Jason Anderson – Cinnamon Hearts
    5. Yes- Singles 1973 The Remembering
    6. Poem – Weakness
    7. SAGA – Take a Chance
    8. New Musik – Missing Persons
    9. RUSH – Marathon
    10. Not Now – All The Things I Do
    11. Dan Mangan – All the Things I Do
    12. The Who – Eminence Front (Marvel Years Remix)
    13. Nash The Slash – 19th Nervous Breakdown

 

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People Need Music: October 23, 2025

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Playlist:

Old Man Luedecke, Bahamas – My Status is the Baddest ::

Bahamas – The Bridge ::

William Prince – The Spark ::

Brandi Carlile, Lucius – You and Me on the Rock ::

Les louanges – Pigeons ::

Radio Radio – Tellement dope ::

Absolute Loser – In The Crowd ::

The Barr Brothers – Let it Hiss ::

Alexisonfire – Fully Completely ::

Dan Mangan – Cold in the Summer ::

Wyatt C. Louis – Dancing with Sue ::

Claude Munson – Get It While It’s Good ::

Boy Golden – Mountain Road ::

Dominique Fils-Aime – Cheers to New Beginnings

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Indie Whimsy Episode 52 (October 14th, 2025)

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heya! in this episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear:

1) they might be giants – the cap’m (the else; 2007)

2) arcade fire – the suburbs (continued) (the suburbs; 2010)

3) the shins – the past and pending (oh, inverted world; 2001)

4) amy millan – bury this (masters of the burial; 2009)

5) transmittens – too right to sigh (we disappear; 2010)

6) the dears – taking it to the grave (times infinity volume 2; 2017)

7) belle and sebastian – the evening star (late developers; 2023)

8) arcade fire – normal person (reflektor; 2013)

9) belle and sebastian – perfect couples (girls in peacetime want to dance; 2015)

10) amy millan – all the miles (honey from the tombs; 2006)

11) r.e.m. – fall on me (life’s rich pageant; 1986)

12) northern picture library – catholic easter colours (alaska; 1993)

13) death cab for cutie – champagne from a paper cup (something about airplanes; 1998)

14) action painting! – alice power (edie mullen radio session) (trial cuts; 2018)

 

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The Lunchbox Interview: Andrew Maclean (Backyard History Book 4)

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The Maritimes is full of history and odd occurrences that make great stories.

My guest today is Andrew Maclean, author, historian and storyteller. The latest book in his Backyard History series arrived this year. He joins me to tell about what sorts of tales we can expect in Backyard History: Mysterious Stories from Atlantic Canada’s Past.

Look for Andrew at farmer’s markets and Christmas markets near you, or order his books through his website, backyardhistory.ca .

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The Lunchbox: Peter Hicks on “Roughing It”

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Stories arise from a combination of inspiration, persistence and wandering.

My guest today is Peter Hicks, well-known as songwriter and performer for Sleepy Driver and My Black Ram, but joining me today as an author (under the pseudonym “Andi Ellis”) of the romantic comedy novel Roughing It. He joins me to talk about his lifelong love of storytelling in many forms, his decision to put out a romantic comedy novel, where his inspiration came from, and upcoming writing projects.

Roughing It is set to be released in digital and paperback form on October 23, 2025. You can pre-order the digital book at Amazon, or look for it in local bookstores.

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Testing For Echo – Episode 87 – Just a Little Nostalgia In Here. Heatwave! – Orig. Air Date Oct. 11, 2025

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On the day of recording this episode it’s the 45th anniversary of Heatwave Festival in Bowmanville Ontario.

There will be more on that later. There’s a few Heatwave references. I was there. I can speak to it. 🙂

And great music! Check these out!

Episode Song List

  1. Talking Heads – I Zimbra
  2. Miss Krystal – Say To Me
  3. YES – Long Distance Runaround
  4. Tyler Ellis – Down By The Don
  5. Envy of None – Never Said I Love You
  6. Gentle Hen – Sit on Roofs
  7. SAGA – Scratching the Surface
  8. Avralize – Close to You
  9. King Crimson – Lament
  10. RUSH – Subdivisions
  11. Polyphia – Ego Death
  12. Teenage Head – Picture My Face

.Tim

“The World of Music, One Song at a Time”

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Indie Whimsy Episode 51 (October 7th 2025)

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hiya! on this episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear …

  1. the mountain goats – pure heat (protein source of the future … now!; 1998)
  2. arcade fire – sprawl ii (mountains beyond mountains) (the suburbs; 2010)
  3. gumption – stop not red (ultramaroon; 2000)
  4. amy millan – day to day (masters of the burial; 2009)
  5. my bloody valentine – you made me realise (you made me realise; 1988)
  6. broken social scene – romance to the grave (forgiveness rock record; 2010)
  7. the rondelles – drag strip race (fiction romance fast machines; 1998)
  8. arcade fire – here comes the night time (reflektor; 2013)
  9. belle and sebastian – act of the apostle ii (the life pursuit; 2006)
  10. amy millan – come home loaded roadie (honey from the tombs; 2006)
  11. mage tears – fairy seeds (cats in the cold; 2022)
  12. belle and sebastian – a space boy dream (the boy with the arab strap; 1998)
  13. language of flowers – you’re the one (the kids at the club: an indiepop compilation; 2006)
  14. the laughing chimes – country eidolism (whispers in the speech machine; 2025)
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The Lunchbox Interview: Peter Hicks [Sleepy Driver]

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My guest today was Peter Hicks, well-known front-man for Fredericton bands Sleepy Driver and My Black Ram. He joined me live in studio to talk about the changes in Sleepy Driver over the years, and the next steps he’s looking forward to, including changing perspective from studio to live performance-oriented music. Peter also shared one of the new songs he’s working on, called Gasoline.

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Nothing in Particular: 2025-Oct-07

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Episode 13. A belated National Day for Truth and Reconciliation show, with a number of songs from on native Canadian artists.

Artist Song Album Year
Chanal & Villuis October (Radio edit) (Single) 2007
Shpongle Brain in a Fish Tank Museum of Consciousness 2013
Riit Kina Riit (EP) 2017
Holly McNarland Beautiful Blue Home Is Where My Feet Are 2002
Morgan Toney Ko’jua First Flight 2021
Aysanabee w/ Raye Zaragoza Come Out (Single) 2024
Genevieve Jaide Begging You Why Am I Like This 2024
Chapterhouse We Are The Beautiful Blood Music 1993
Ribbon Skirt Wrong Planet Bite Down 2025
Rubber Rodeo Before I Go Away Scenic Views 1984
Quantum Tangle w/ Lydia Képinski Signal (Single) 2019
Dave Gahan Kingdom Hourglass 2007
Sunnsetter Try Again Heaven Hang Over Me 2024
Tamikrest Itous Chatma 2013
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People Need Music: October 9, 2025

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Mike Bern has just released a new single called, Into The River, which reflecting on the dynamic and ever-flowing nature of love. Tonya chats with Mike about his new music, potential visits to Fredericton and artistic influences on Tobique First Nation.

www.mikebern.ca

Playlist

Mike Bern – Reverberations ::

Mike Bern – Into The River ::

Mike Bern – Ancestors ::

Mike Bern – no words for goodbye ::

The Barr Brothers, LaForce – Naturally ::

Qwinn – Congratulations ::

Burry – Pillow Princess ::

Whitehorse – Sweet Disaster ::

William Prince – Damn ::

The East Pointers – Landing Day ::

Bahamas – The Bridge

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Lunchbox Interview: TUNB Presents “Stag and Doe”

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My guests today are all involved in the next upcoming Theatre UNB production, Stag and Doe: Maham Raza (Director); Brianna Hawkes (Technical Director); Kabilan Shanmugaraja (Stage Manager). Since I have several behind-the-scenes people with me today, we get a chance to talk in depth about setting up the location of this play, the magic of live, fake cooking, and how each of them stepped into their roles.

Stag and Doe opens at Memorial Hall at UNB on October 23 at 7:30pm, and runs nightly through October 25.

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Away From The Mire Episode 93

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New music this week from Wednesday, Sloan and Absolute Losers and I also take a look back at a couple of albums released on Oct 6th in previous years. Check it out!

 

Absolute Losers – Kiss Of Death
The Luvmenauts – Brothers of Metal
Local H – Lucky Time
Lammping, Bloodshot Bill – Never Never
Stephen Malkmus – Jenny and the Ess-Dog
Soul Asylum – Black Gold
Sloan – No Damn Fears
Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta
Cake – Sheep Go To Heaven
Shockwire – Name Three Songs
The Ramones – Chinese Rock
MJ Lenderman – SUV
Wednesday – Phish Pepsi
Songs:Ohia – Farewell Transmission
Neil Young – See The Sky About To Rain

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The Lunchbox: TNB’s The Greatest Play…

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My guests today are Natasha MacLellan (TNB Artistic Director) and Dean Fleming (Director) who are behind the staging of The Greatest Play in the History of the World by Ian Kershaw, a curious new production coming to the Open Space stage.

We discuss the origins of this play, Dean’s experience staging it with his wife, and some of the unusual things to watch for in this play.

The Greatest Play in the History of the World opens on the Open Space stage on October 16 in Fredericton, and runs nightly until October 18 at 7:30pm with a matinee at 2:00pm on October 19. It heads out on tour across the province before coming back to Fredericton on October 26.

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People Need Music: October 2, 2025

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This week’s edition of People Need Music featured St. Stephen based singer/songwriter, Jacob Rose. Jacob has a great new track out called “We Keep Trying (To Make Something New)” check it out! We also chatted about songwriting and life events.

www.jacobrosemusic.com

Playlist

The Hello Crows – Crow Teaching ::

Marian – Astral Plane ::

Jacob Rose – Hold Your Head Up ::

Jacob Rose – We Keep Trying (To Make Something New) ::

Jacob Rose – Wharfbound (Jacob’s Version) ::

Julie Stella – La tempête ::

Lou-Adriane Cassidy – Cours, Cora, Cours ::

Yves Jarvis – Gold Filigree ::

Ria Mae – The Ring (Damn!) ::

LaForce – October ::

Zach Pelletier – Bones