Dear everyone (musicians, friends, listeners, managers, technicians...anyone who's in some way been a part of Life on Mars):

The twists of fate have gone in my favour and against it. I have gotten a full time job and can no longer commit to the noon-2pm slot on Mondays. As of this moment LOM will be on hiatus indefinitely until further notice. The status of the show will be determined sometime in the coming month.

Thanks to everyone for being supportive of the show and hopefully the show will be able to continue and will be seen in a new time slot for the fall. Until then, peace out!

Sorry for the lack of posting, it's been a busy summer and lots of changes are happening to Life on Mars. Stay tuned for details! For now enjoy some of these great videos:

                              Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)

                                     Mother Mother "The Stand"

June 27 2011 Playlist

Today's show I mentioned how you can be a part of a music video for the Papermaps. More information to come on that, so stayed tuned!

Today's playlist:

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
Sloan	Follow the leader	The double cross
The Paperbacks	Good Lives	Lit from within
Priscilla Ahn	When you grow up	When you grow up
Adverteyes	Help yourself	Myopia
David Woll	Berlin Ghost	Ghost Transit
Boogieman and Jazz smokes	No axe to grind	Boogieman and Jazz smokes
Francois Bourassa Quartet	Frank Muller	Idiosyncrasie
Oneleft	Fare thee well my true love	This land I love
The cynics	Circles, arcs and swirls	Spinning Wheel Motel
Cult of youth	The dead sea	Cult of youth
Dangerous Ponies	On a line pt.1	Dangerous Ponies
Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Bicycle	Unknown Mortal Orchestra
7 Worlds Collide	Little by little	The Sun came out
The Felice Brothers	Container Ship	Celebration Florida
Turtleboy	Inner space	Smart Matter
Cat's Eyes	I'm not stupid	Cat's Eyes
Cloud City Classic	Brand New Kicks	Brand New Kicks
Faded maps and winding ways	Faded maps and winding ways	Faded maps and winding ways
Sloan	The answer was you	The double cross
Metronomy	She wants	The English Riviera
Priscilla Ahn	One day I will	When you grow up
David and the Woods	Track #2	The Peace den
Various Artists	Kathleen Lake	National Parks Project
Cat's Eyes	Face in the crowd	Cat's Eyes
Turtleboy	Arms wide open	Smart Matter
Cat's Eyes	Bandit	Cat's Eyes
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts	Light in the Horizon
Dangerous Ponies	On a line pt. 2	Dangerous Ponies
Cult of youth	Lorelai	Cult of youth
Oneleft	The River Life	This Land I love
Metronomy	The bay	The English Riviera

June 20 2011 Playlist

This week on the show I spoke to:

• Tiger Suit who are playing a show on August 13th at El Mocambo.

• Hey Ocean who did a show on June 25th at the Horseshoe.

Here is today's playlist:

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
Tiger Suit	Glitter Boy	Tiger Suit
Tiger Suit	Lost in thought	Tiger Suit
Mother Mother	Baby don't dance	Eureka
Jess Hill	Orchard	Ochard
Yael Naim	Come home	She was a boy
Yael Naim	My dreams	She was a boy
MEB	Le directeur de la fanfare	Dehors
Ninja Funk Orchestra	Must keep moving	Ninja Funk Orchestra
Los Explosivos	Lo que me exita...!!!	Sonidos Rocanrol!
Los Explosivos	Ya me cause de ganar!!!	Sonidos Rocanrol!
Los Explosivos	Bailanda!	Sonidos Rocanrol!
Grey kingdom	Woman of bad weather	Eulogy of her and her and her
Ambisonic	#2	ARP
The Dyeing Merhcants	All in the all	The Dyeing Merchants
One Hundred Dollars	Everybody wins	Songs of man
Fujiya and Miyagi	Ventriloquizzing	Ventriloquizzing
Fujiya and Mijagi	Universe	Ventriloquizzing
The Decemberists	Don't carry it all	The kind is dead
Maria in the shower	She rises	The hidden sayings of Maria in the shower

May 30 2011 Playlist

Today's show featured interviews with so many amazing and talented musicians!

• Alejandra Ribera came on and performed as well as talked to me about all of the shows she's doing this summer:
• Thursday June 2nd "Funny Girls and Dynamic Divas" at the Jane Mallett Theatre at 7:30pm
• Friday June 24th at 8pm at the Art Gallery of Hamilton
• Tuesday June 28th 12pm at the Outdoor Stage at Metro Square

• Papermaps :
• May 31st, Horseshoe Tavern  (Nu Music Nite — 10PM, Free)
• June 18th, Rivoli (NXNE, 12AM, $10 cover or Tickets/Wristbands available through NXNE)

This is a photo taken of my interview with Dean and Todd of Papermaps

• Freeman Dre (and the Kitchen Party) came in to the studio to talk about upcoming shows:
• Sun June 5th Free Times Cafe
• Sat June 18th Sunrise Records
• Sat June 18th Mitzi's Sister
• June 23rd at the Dakota Tavern

• Honhee Honhee :
• June 18th at El Mocambo as part of NXNE

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
The Decemberists	Rox in the box	The king is dead
The Decemberists	January	The king is dead
Papermaps	Coddled	Papermaps
Hannah Georgas	Chit Chat	This is Good
Dr. Ew	I'm getting Fat	Gadzooks
Adele	Rolling in the deep	21
Canadian Jazz Quartet	Don't quote	Brazilian Reflections
Jay Crocker	Super disease	Co-starts
Hey Rosetta!	Seeds	Seeds
Paperlions	Hands	Trophies
Austra	Darker her horse	Feel it break
We Were Lovers	People Talk	We were lovers EP
Land of Talk	Sixteen Asterisk	Fun and Laughter EP
An horse	Dressed Sharply	Walls
David Bowie	Life on Mars?	Best of Bowie
Autumn Owls	Submission serenade	Insomnia Lodge EP
Wildlife	When I get home	Strike Hard, young diamond
Neil Young	One of these days	Dreamin' Man Live

May 23 2011 Playlist

Today's show featured interviews with:

• Gordon Hyland from Ninja Funk Orchestra spoke to me today about the band and their upcoming concerts:

• May 27th Horseshoe Tavern 11pm
• June 3rd at the Rainbow Bistro in Ottawa 
• July 21st - July 23rd at the Beaches Jazz Festival (Street Fest)

• Sway from Freedom or Death who talked to me while in Montreal about their music and upcoming shows:

• June 9th Drake Underground
• June 17 NXNE TMKO Showcase Rivoli Cabaret
• June 18th 367 King St. W. "Vinyl" NXNE Showcase

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers	Hans my lion 1	Hans my lion
Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers	Loneliness	Hans my lion
Louise Burns	Chinook (sing from the alley of doubt)	Mellow Drama
Shortwave	Sublime	The Skyline Verses
Voodounmoi	Montlhly lullaby	Voodounmoi
Jess Hill	A common bird	Orchard
Sister Gray	Close the night	Close the night
Sarah Slean	Black Flowers	Black Flowers
Sarah Slean	I'll never tear you apart	Black Flowers
Yael Naim and David Donatien	She was a boy	She was a boy
An Horse	100 Whales	Walls
NéGar	One minute	NéGar
Ninja Funk Orchestra	Fist	Ninja Funk Orchestra
Ninja Funk Orchestra	Shadow	Ninja Funk Orchestra
Ninja Funk Orchestra	10,000 snakes	Ninja Funk Orchestra
Karli Ikonen and Karikko	Kolme meduusaa	Jazz from Finland 2011
Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers	Starlyng	Hans my lion
Priscilla Ahn	When you grow up	When you grow up

May 16 2011 Playlist

Today's show featured interviews with:

• Australian duo An Horse who recently released their latest album Walls

• Jaron Freeman-Fox

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
Teenage Kicks	Brooklyn Bridge	Rational Anthems
Barry Elmes Quintet	The Reincarnation of Ratboy	Red Shift
Adele	Someone like you	21
Bellevue	Those robots	What you want
An Horse	100 Whales	Walls
An Horse	Brain on a table	Walls
Marinda and Solari	Il faut le temps	Motif
Quisin Nachoff	Three Trees	FOMO
Jaron Freeman-Fox	Caboose	Manic Almanac: Slow Mobius
The Albertans	Jackpot	New Age
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra	In the hall of the mountain king	Hooked up classics
Stanley Schumacher and the Music Now Ensemble	Membrillo	Jive at 5:05
Snowblink	Membrillo	Long Live
Sloan	Beverley Terrace	The Double Cross
The Blue Seeds	Ghost Song	Best of Venus
Jaron Freeman-Fox	Hunter S. Thompson's Polka Pt.1	Manic Almanac: Slow Mobius
Jaron Freeman-Fox	Hunter S. Thompson's Polka	Manic Almanac: Slow Mobius
Mark Berube	Above the ground	June in Siberia
Adele	Turn the tables	21
Jaron Freeman-Fox	Rainwood	Manic Almanac: Slow Mobius
Bellevue	My only chinese friend	What you want