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

May 9 2011 Playlist

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
Rob Szabo	A side of me	Rob Szabo
Eiyn Sof	In the garden	Bloodstreams
Kathryn Calder	Slip Away	Are you my mother?
Toronto Jazz Orchestra	The Call	The Path
Radiohead	Morning Mr. Magpie	The King of limb
Lauren Best	Soaked to the Soul	Sticker Collection
The Reckoners	Eye for an eye	And the sky opened up...
Jesse Cook	Tuesday	The Rumba Foundation
Samantha Robichaud	Desired	Collected
Niktex	Irrationalities	The Power of Yang
Klaxons	Valley of the calm trees	Surfing the void
Own City	Swimming in Miami	Of June
Paper Lions	Hands	Trophies
The New Pornographers	Your hands (together)	Together
Foals	Miami	Total life forever
Cygnets	Bleak Decades	Bleak Anthems
Alicia Hansen	Alcoholic	Fratography
MLCD (My little cheap dictaphone)	Piano Waltz	The tragic tale of a genius
Panic! At the Disco	Mona Lisa	Vices and Virtues
Lauren Best	Sex and Self-destruction	Sticker Collection
The Reckoners	Heartbreaker	And the sky opened up...
MLCD	A man with no soul	The tragic tale of a genius
Rob Szabo	Police Report	Rob Szabo
Eiyn Sof	Deer in a tiger's disguise	Bloodstreams

March 28 2011 Playlist

Cool shows coming up:

• Kai is playing at The Central on April 9th and at a CD release party at the El Mocambo on April 28th

• Winnipeg's Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers are performing on April 21st at the Silver Dollar Room

• Montreal's The Luyas are performing on April 7th at Lee's Palace

• Peripheral Vision are performing tonight March 28th at the Emmett Ray starting at 9pm

This week's playlist:

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
Mother Mother	Born in a flash	Eureka
Kai	I choose me	11:11:00
People Project	Ciudad	Natural
The Luyas	Canary	Too beautiful to work
Ballgag 'N' Chaingang	Unleash the beast	Ballgag 'N' Chaingang
Algernon	Broken Lady	Ghost Surveillance
Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People	The ballad of Vince and Wendy	The Sacred Prune of Remembrance
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Heads will roll	It's Blitz
Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers	Starlyng	Hans my lion
Fun.	All the pretty girls	Aim and Ignite
Ensemble	En Attendant L'Orage	Excerpts
Muscox	Humphries' Tide	5 Pieces
Madawanska Quartet	Fall by Mike Kane, Three short seasons for string quartet	Prefab
Cowboy Junkies	Flirted with you all my life	Demons: The Nomad Series Volume 2
ASK	Out in the distance	Future Communication
LCD Soundsystem	Daft punk is playing at my house	The London Sessions
Jay Crocker	Brain Freeze	Co-Stars
Akron/Family	Light emerges	The cosmic birth and journey of Shinju TNT
Keane	Back in time	Night Train
Jaron Freeman-Fox	Caboose	Two pieces and foreshadows
Peripheral Vision	Says you	Peripheral Vision
The Weepies	Hard to please	Be my thrill
Felix Obelix	Dead name	The tick of the clock, the beat in the chest
Mother Mother	The Stand	Eureka
Owen Pallett	A man with no ankles	A Swedish Love Story EP
Phono D'enfant	I was stung	The golden age of mexican cinema
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers	Odessa	And now we sing

March 21 2011 Playlist

This week we interviewed two great Toronto bands:

• Hands and Teeth who are doing a show on April 12th at the Horseshoe Tavern

• Teenage Kicks who are doing a show at the Horseshoe Tavern on April 29th 

This week's playlist:

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
Jim Bryson and the Weakerthans	Raised all wrong	The Falcon Lake Incident
Kim Churchill	Will Go Home	Kim Churchill
Adele	Rumour has it	21
Mother Mother	Chasing it down	Eureka
Afrocubism	Mali Cuba	Afrocubism
Alex Dean Quintet	Pat and Pat	At this point
Jenn Grant	Oh my heart	Honeymoon Punch
The Luyas	Too beautiful to work	Too beautiful to work
Jerry Leger	Wrong kind of girl	Traveling Grey
Ensemble	Les Saisons Viennent	Excerpts
Frank Roth Kamm	Zahra Fugue II	Zahra Fugues
Humans	Avec mes mecs	Avec mes mecs
Grey Kingdom	Woman of bad weather	Eulogy of her and her and her
Michael Louis Johnson and the Red Rhythm	Puttin' on the Riz	Saturday Matinee
Hands and Teeth	Race to the end	Enjoy your lifestyl
Quinsin Nachoff	Devil's Advocate	FOMO
Minor Empire	Yuksek Yuksek Tepeler	Second Nature
Teenage Kicks	I get what you give	Rational Anthems
Mother Mother	Oleander	Eureka
Coyote Grace	Little Tree	Ear to the ground
Danielson	Complementary Dismemberment Insurance	Best of Gloucester County
John Wolf Brennan	Ever for Never	The speed of dark
Teenage Kicks	Shook our bones	Rational Anthems

March 14 2011 Playlist

This week I spoke with Montreal based artist Charlotte Cornfield who performed at Canadian Music Week the week before.

This week's playlist:

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
Autumn Owls	Pavor	Insomnia Lodge EP
Autumn Owls	Submission	Insomnia Lodge EP
Charlotte Cornfield	Someday (to the birds)	Collage Light
Chet Singh	Recessionary Revolutionaries	Recessionary Revolutionaries
David Braid and Canadian Brass	Spirit Dance	Spirit Dance
Broken Bricks	Pop Song	Little Fugitives
Best Coast	Boyfriend	Crazy for you
Charlotte Cornfield	The pages	Collage Light
Charlotte Cornfield	North of the Superior	Collage Light
Tierra Negra and Muriel Anderson	White horses	New World Flamenco
The Kusum beat	Akampange	Sweet Talks
Toca Loca	Robot Ponies	POP
Corey Dargel	My voice is in your head	Other people's love songs
Barry Elmes Quintet	The reincarnation of ratboy	Redshift
Autumn Owls	Bad Blood	On the trail of disappearing
Alanna Cherote	Roses in my side	Paper Flower
Joanna Borromeo	Nothing to lose	Through the dark
Al Brant	Wide Open	Wide Open
Youth Crime	You'll change your mind	Youth Crime
Geoff Berner	The Victory Party	Victory Party
Miles Davis	Spanish Key	Bitches Brew
The Beladeans	Funeral Pants	The Beladeans
David Braid and the Canadian Brass	Wash Away	Spirit Dance

Feb 28 2011 Playlist

Last week was a repeat of Feb 14th's show as I was out traveling the snowy tundra of our country.

As for this week, L.O.M. was held at a special time from 1-2pm (normally 12noon-2pm). I had a great interview with Bruno Bouchard from L'Orchestre d'Hommes-Orchestres:

• They are doing shows March 2-5 2011 at 7:30pm at the Theatre Centre on 1087 Queen St. 

Another show to check out:

• Misteur Valaire performs March 10th at 9pm at the Phoenix as part of Canadian Music Week

This week's playlist:

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
The Wilderness of Manitoba	Dreamcathers	Hymns of love and spirits
Tystys	Busses	ILK #01
Greg Smith	The scene	The Northern Elation
Dr.Ew	I'm not mad	Gadzooks
The Good Lovelies	Crabbuckit	Let the rain fall
Sarah Burton	Gravity	Mayflower
The Liptonians	You know I did	Let's all march back into the sea
Lynn Rosenblood	For all that	Lynn Rosenblood
The Liptonians	Growing old in the city	Let's all march back into the sea
Rick Cutler	Debussy	First Melancholy then the night stretch
Christine Fellows	Dragonfly	Femmes de chez nous
Il Bastardo	Zirba pands	ILK #01
Dr. Ew	I'm getting fat	Gadzooks
The Wilderness of Manitoba	Evening	Hymns of love and spirits

Feb 14th 2011 Playlist

Today is Valentine's Day and Cinnamon Hearts are going to be on sale tomorrow!

Cool show worth checking out:

• Scottish band Biffy Clyro is performing on Wed Feb 16th at the Garrison at 8pm

Today's Playlist:

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
Hannah Georgas	Bang, bang you're dead	This is good
Hannah Georgas	Lovesick	This is good
Dub Monkey	The drum n bass	Sitar Experience
Wintersleep	Experience the jewel	New inheritors
J'envoie	Rudesse	La vitesse des chats sauvages
Colleen and Paul	Mermaids and Surfer Girls	Colleen and Paul
The Zolas	Cad Driver	Tic Toc Tic
Brad Goode	Tight like this	Tight like this
Bibi Tanga and the Selenites	The Moon	Dunya
Eux Autres	Jamais	Broken Bow
Five Alarm Funk	Infernal Monologue	Anything is possible
Delhli2Dublin	SOS	Planet Electric
Spoon	Got nuffin'	Got nuffin' EP
Beautiful Nubia and the Roots Renaissance	Monkey wear shoe	Sun No Day Sleep
Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica	Andalucia	Unforgettable sounds of esquivel
Scott Amendola Trio	Blues for Istanbul	Lift
Elvyn	Those were the days	The Decline
The Olympic Symphonium	State of the Union Address	The city won't have time to fight
The Bloody Five	Just Joking	Bedroom Music
Courier News	Lovers	Fixtures EP
Sherman Downey	Five little fingers	Honey for bees
Davita G	Silences	100 bus tickets
Chairs	Photographic Memories	The Anthems
Delerium	Silences feat. Sarah McLachlan	Voice-an acoustic collection
Delhi2Dublin	Tommy	Planet Electric
Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica	Take the A train	Unforgettable sounds of esquivel
The Zolas	You're too cool	Tic Toc Tic
The Zolas	The great collapse	Tic Toc Tic
Hannah Georgas	Thick Skin	This is good
Colleen and Paul	Crepe Suzette	Colleen and Paul

Feb 7 2011 Playlist

Here is some information on the concerts I was talking about during my show:

• The Fast Romantics: They are doing shows on Feb 12th (Horseshoe Tavern), 19th (The Rivoli) and 26th (Mod Club). If you sign up to be on the guest list via their website, you can receive either FREE admission to a show or a FREE advance copy of their KidCutterEP. 
• Today I gave away tickets to CirQlar presents: "I love you!" featuring MiM0SA and Squid Lid at the Revival (783 College St.) February 11th at 9pm.

I did an interview with the lovely Ryan Johnson from local band Shortwave. Here are some interesting facts:

• They released their album "The skyline verses" on itunes on Tuesday Feb 8th 2011
• They're performing in Toronto on March 12th at the Garrison (1197 Dundas St W) at 9pm
• They've got some cool videos like Stereo (which has them dressed as  spacemen and this track was featured on Season 4 Ep. 11 of Ghost Whisperer) and The Sublime (featured on MuchMusic)

Favourite youtube videos of the week:

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Heads Will Roll"
• Beirut "Nantes" (Take Away Show version)
• Of Montreal "Id Engager"

Here is the February 7th Playlist:

ARTIST	TRACK	ALBUM
Bibi Tanga & the Selenites	Swing Swing	Dunya
Sweater Weather	Sweater Weather	The Love Machine
Rouge Ciel	Imbroglio	Bryologie
Madawaska String Quartet	String Quartet no.3 II Agitato-Schnittke	Prefab
Rob Moir	A town with no heart	This is the lie
Monta at odds	Fuoco Infernale	Fuoco Infernale
MiM0SA	Another Day	Hostilis
The Decemberists	Rox in the box	The kind is dead
Jenn Grant	The Snowshoer's	Honeymoon Punch
Bibi Tanga & the Selenites	The Moon	Dunya
Joe Lovano	Donna Lee	Bird Songs
Chikita Violenta	Roni	Tre3s
The Fast Romantics	Denim Tuxedo	Kidcutter EP
The Malarkeys	Work is the curse	Bloody Brilliant
Rouge Ciel	Sous le vent	Bryologie
The Foreign Exchange	Laughing at your plans	Authenticity
Chief	Wait for you	Modern Rituals
The Decemberists	This is why we fight	The king is dead
Tom Leighton	My love's beside me	Leighton Tendencies
Shortwave	The Sublime	The Skyline Verses
Shortwave	Louis L'amour	The Skyline Verses
Joane Hetu	Jamais froid	Recits de neige
Land of Talk	Swift coin	Cloak & Cipher