Corby's Orbit

Corby's Orbit
Listening in All the High Places illustration by John Kricfalusi

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

Today's chill cheery chummy Christmas show with Smoky Folk unwrapping live at noon and Greg Lawson's Reggae Stocking



We’re back on 13 January 2012 on Radio Regent, same cyber-locale.
Host Paul Corby, guests James McKie, Simon, Matt Elwood 
and Will Meadows of Smoky Folk, and Greg Lawson.
 ( brought to you by The Anti-Gizmo Shop, The Listening Instant and Thank-you Jesus)
11-2 p.m. online and at tunein.ca . Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.

11:00  I Spin A Dark Day Light
*Vancouver Chamber Choir – Bolivian Carol  - Milagros de Navidad
Ben + Vesper – Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella – Salvation Is Created
Young Mistro – The Resurrection – The Passion of Christmas
The Big Yard Family feat. Shaggy – All We Need Is Love

11:20  Dark of The Moon , Dark Of The Year
Cyndi Lauper – Blue Christmas
*Lindi Ortega – All I Want For Christmas is a Cowboy
*Chris Cuddy – Christmas on Skid Row
*Heather, Cookie and Raylene Rankin – Do You Hear What I Hear?
Chris Isaacs – The Last Month of the Year

11:40  Alternate Universal Tunings
John Fahey – O Holy Night
*Cara Luft - Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
*Anne Lederman – Tamarack’er Down  -  Fiddlesong
Martin Sexton – Let There Be Peace On Earth – Camp Holiday
12:00  Gizmo vs. Mistletoe
*Meaghan Smith – Christmas Kiss – It Snowed!
*Kathryn Calder – Leave a Light On – Bright and Vivid
The Pretenders – 2000 Miles

12:15   Tied Up With Strings
*Smoky Folk Live – Dark Hollows / Interview / Fisher’s Hornpipe / 
Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone? / Rebecca @ Castro’s every Wednesday

12:30  Bluetruth
*Sarah Greene – Toronto Blues @ The Garrison Mon., 26 Dec. & Tues. @ The Local
B.B. King – Blue Decorations
*David Gogo – I Found A Love – Soul-Bender
*Lee Harvey Osmond – Parkland - @Hugh’s Room Thurs., 29 December

12:45  Surprise Package – Greg Lawson’s Gift Selection
Rico – Surprise Package
Tommy Shakespear – Rolling Stone
Al Berry & The Aces
The Royals – Come Let’s Hold Hands
The Ethiopians – You Didn’t Answer
Keith & Tex – Tighten Up Your Gird
Slim Smith – We Must Be In Love / Version
The Wailers – Stir It Up (Rocksteady Cut)
The Termites – Miss Stella
Earl Lowe & The Fugitives – No More Trouble
Begona Bang-Matu – Smile In December
Lord Mouse & The Kalypso Kats – In The Jungle
Toronto Listings over Cyrus Chestnut – Christmas Time Is Here

1:40  Grande Finale & XLNT Omnes
*Keith Mullins & Thom Swift – What Would Life Be Like? – 
The Wood Buffalo Youth Song Project
*Anne Walker – Precious Friends - Labyrinth
Jerry Garcia – The Wheel

The Wheel
(Garcia/Hunter/Kreutzmann)


The wheel is turning and you can't slow down,
You can't let go and you can't hold on,
You can't go back and you can't stand still,
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.

Won't you try just a little bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
Won't you try just a little bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a little bit more?

Round, round robin run round, got to get back to where you belong,
Little bit harder, just a little bit more,
A little bit further than you gone before.

The wheel is turning and you can't slow down,
You can't let go and you can't hold on,
You can't go back and you can't stand still,
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.

Small wheel turn by the fire and rod,
Big wheel turn by the grace of God,
Every time that wheel turn 'round,
Bound to cover just a little more ground.

The wheel is turning and you can't slow down,
You can't let go and you can't hold on,
You can't go back and you can't stand still,
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will.

Won't you try just a little bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
Won't you try just a little bit harder,
Couldn't you try just a little bit more?


Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Playlist for Show of Friday, 16 Dec., 2011


Host Paul Corby ( brought to you by Silken Thrills, Improvised Apparitions and The Shine Shrine) .
Guests Grainne, Mike Field, Emilyn Stam, John David Williams, Charles James, and Ryan McAllister
11-2 p.m. online Fridays and at tunein.ca . Canadians in UPPERCASE RED.

11:00  Speculative Friction
Jazzanova – Another New Day (Moonstar Remix)
New Deal – Deep Sun – Going Out Of Business Show @ The Opera House Saturday
Andrea Parker – The Unknown

11:20  Finding The Sunshine
Grainne -  Colour of Love / Interview / Not Enough Love @ Cameron House Wed.,12 Dec. for the Daily Bread Food Bank benefit, People Still Gots Ta Eat

11:40  Infield Fly
Mike Field – Ashes / Interview / The Upstanding Translator @ Harlem Saturday

12:00   Rootically Groovesque
The Black Keys  -  Little Black Submarines
New Country Rehab  - The Houses In This Town Are All Falling Down @ The Horseshoe, 5 Jan. 2012
Ox – Silent Night
The Whites – Sandy Land

12:20  Temporary Resonances
The Boxcar Boys – Paco Jr.
Emilyn Stam – Handprints
Emilyn Stam, John David Williams, Charles James – Improvisation / Interview / Smithers Weather
                          ensemble@ Gallery 345 Saturday

12:45  Goodness and Lights
Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors – Downtown
Neon Indian – Heart : Attack
Ryan McAllister – 3 Songs and Interview @ Cameron House Wed.,12 Dec. for the Daily Bread Food Bank benefit, People Still Gots Ta Eat
Kith and Kin – Bright Morning Stars
The Chieftains – The Arrival of The Wren Boys / The Dingle Set

1:20 R.I.P. Philip Fattis Burrell, (producer for Sizzla Kalonji, Luciano, Pinchers, Thriller U, Sanchez
Beres Hammond, Frankie Paul, Gregory Isaacs, Charlie Chaplin, Capelton, Cocoa Tea, Gentleman and Ini Kamoze.)

Luciano – Where There Is Life (There Is Hope)
Toronto Mass Choir – Do You Hear What I Hear?
Roosevelt Sykes – Just Smile



1:40 Portents and Tidings
Jerome Godboo -  Spin Cycle @ The Rex Saturday
The Rizdales – One Year Down @ The Cadillac Lounge Saturday
Toronto Listings over: Ernesto Cervini – On Being Grand / Seven Claps @ The Emmett Ray Bar Mon., 19 Dec.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Vaclav Havel, still a hero for today


                  Vaclav Havel, a hero for today
It was his love of rock and roll as much as his moral outrage at the Communist system that brought him to prominence.
He co-wrote the influential Charter 77 anti-Communist declaration in protest at the arrest of a Czechoslovak rock band, the Plastic People of the Universe.
A perennial contender for the Nobel Peace Prize, Havel never won, but remained active in anti-Communist causes from Cuba to China until his death.
He urged Chinese authorities to release dissident Liu Xiaobo, whose Charter 08 call for greater political freedom in China was inspired by Czechoslovakia's Charter 77.

Havel was a lifelong Zappa fan, particularly the early work with the Mothers of Invention. It's not hard to think of Sixties Czech youth hearing "Trouble Every Day" and finding a kindred spirit therein. "Plastic People" from Absolutely Free was a key track; lyrics like "Watch the Nazis run your town/Then go home/And check yourself" must have struck a chord as a young person in a repressive government. (Never mind that its original inspiration seems to have been the fashion clones the Mothers encountered on the Sunset strip.) In 1990, Havel asked Zappa to be a consultant for his new government on trade, cultural matters and tourism. This was scuttled by the U.S. Administration, who probably had less than fond memories of Zappa's opposition to the PMRC. So he ended up serving as an unofficial cultural attache, and in fact played his last concert in Prague.
In his classic call for everyday citizens to recognize their power to change their world, Havel uses the example of a Soviet-era grocer placing a state-sponsored sign in his store window with the slogan: "Workers of the world, unite!"
"If the greengrocer had been instructed to display the slogan 'I am afraid and therefore unquestioningly obedient;' he would not be nearly as indifferent to its semantics, even though the statement would reflect the truth," Havel wrote.
So why does he do it? "The sign helps the greengrocer to conceal from himself the low foundations of his obedience, at the same time concealing the low foundations of power. It hides them behind the facade of something high. And that something is ideology," Havel wrote. "Ideology offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while making it easier for them to part with them."

"I would be glad if it was felt that I have done something generally useful," he said. "I don't care much about personal fame or popularity. I would be satisfied with the feeling that I had a chance to help with something in general, something good. That history gave me that chance."

Friday, December 16, 2011

Go Listen Now! Best of 2011 within the orbital purview



My 50 Most Adored and Played Albums of 2011 in Orbital Non-linear Rotational Order, with all due respect to Paul Simon and Drake…
Canadians in RED
Fleet Foxes    Helplessness Blues
Lindi Ortega       Little Red Boots
Steve Bell    Kindness
Genticorum              Nagez Rameurs
Aline Morales             Flores Tambores e Amores

Alicia Hansen              Fractography
Jeff Talmadge             Kind of Everything
Sarah MacDougall      The Greatest Ones Alive
Abigail Lapell               Great Survivor
Steven Ambrose          Love Is Breaking Out

Rebekah Higgs           Odd Fellowship
The Modern Grass Quartet  The Modern Grass Quartet
Library Voices      Summer of Lust
The DoneFors     Award Winning Album
Braids              Native Speaker

The Paint Movement       The Paint Movement
Minor Empire            Second Nature
Layah Jane     Honey
Alanna Cherote  Paper Flower
Ry Cooder   Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down


The Weather Station     All Of It Was Mine
Kim Stockwood      Back To The Water
Kate Bush  Director’s Cut
Superheavy  Superheavy
Pura Fe Trio  Live

Asa    Beautiful Imperfection 
Selah Sue  Selah Sue    
The Barr Brothers The Barr Brothers
Kathryn Calder   Bright and Vivid
Rich Aucoin   
We’re All Dying To Live

Bjork    Biophilia
Keith Mullins and Thom Swift    
   The Wood Buffalo Youth Song Project
Laura Repo   Get Yourself Home
Working For A Nuclear Free City  
Jojo Burger Tempest


James Farm   James Farm
New Country Rehab    
   New Country Rehab
Lou Reed & Metallica  Lulu
David Gogo      Soul Bender
Lehera   Heart Sky

Kiran Ahluwalia  aam zameen : 
   Common Ground
Ernesto Cervini Quartet   There
L.U.S.T.   Best of L.U.S.T.
The Civil Wars  Barton Hollow
Ronley Teper’s Lipliners    Alive

Ron Hawkins Straitjacket Love
Young Galaxy  Young Galaxy
Feist                  Metals
The Weeknd    House of Balloons
Zoon van Snook   The Nutty Tree






Mad Delights of the Myst'r'ous Christmas Season

Live on Today's show at Noon:
Mike Field Jazzing tonight at Harlem

Live at 12:30 on today's show, interlocking musical trio will play Tetris with your ear-bones

 On until dawn, classic Toronto Beat Bandits wrap up a thriller career with a final statement of Rhythmical Fact, this weekend.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Playlist for Corby’s Orbit on CKLN.FM , Show of Friday, 9 Dec., 2011



Host Paul Corby ( brought to you by Positivity Base, The Ringing Sounds, and The Mortality Edits: John, Hubert, Preacha)
11-2 p.m. online and at tunein.com . Canadians in UPPERCASE RED.

11:00  Optimal Allusions
GREG LAWLESS – SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
JENNY WHITELY – EVERY MINUTE THAT YOU’RE IN IT @ HUGH’S ROOM  MON.,12 DEC.
DAVID BAXTER – STEP LIGHTLY AS YOU GO  @ LULA LOUNGE TUES. 13 DEC.

11:20  Spiritual Convections
K-OS – THE AVIATOR (LEO AFROSAXON REMIX) @ THE SOUNS ACADEMY TONIGHT
Gerald Alston & Shanice Wilson – Christmas Presence – Motown Christmas
Cristina – Things Fall Apart – A Christmas Record
KATE AND JANELLE IN THE P.C.V.S. STAIRWELL – neko case's STAR WITNESS

11:40 Big up Preacha…Bruce Robinson R.I.P.
Tenor Saw – Roll Call
SATTALITES – GOD BLESS (Remix)
Sugar Minott – Dread Upon Your Head
HAWKSLEY WORKMAN – DEVASTATING @ SONY CENTER all weekend



12:00  Wintrily Wondrous
BRUCE COCKBURN – SHEPHERDS
Tom Rush – One Day I Walk
Scott Weiland – Silent Night
Carmen Miranda – Wild About Harry
Dr. John – Il Est Ne, Le Devin Enfant
PAUL JAMES – HEY ROSITA @ THE DOMINION ON QUEEN TONIGHT

12:30  Soul Proprietors
B.F. SOUL – TROUBLE IN TOWN @ CLOAK & DAGGER SUNDAY, 12 DEC.
Ryan Adams – Burning Photographs @ The Winter Garden, Saturday
Dobie Gray – The In Crowd



12:40  Tablas and Cheers, and I’m Not The Only One
LEHERA – INTO THE BLUE
Tabla Beat Science – Secret Channel – Mondo Beat 2
TARANA – VINAYAK
The Beatles – Yes It Is (Take 1) / Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1)
AVRIL LAVIGNE – IMAGINE

1:00 The Gold Top – R.I.P. Hubert Sumlin
Howlin’ Wolf – Do The Do
Hubert Sumlin – Don’t You Forget
Howlin’ Wolf – Wang Dang Doodle
B.B. King – See That My Grave Is Kept Clean


1:20 Combo Platters
Bobby Hutcherson – Theme from M*A*S*H*
PERIPHERAL VISION – THE ADULTS @ THE REX for A Paul Motian Tribute, Tuesday, 13 Dec.

1:30 Road Burns and Remedies
OX – CHRISTMAS WITH THE BAND / ROCK AND ROLL @ THE CAMERON TUES. 13 DEC.
RON HAWKINS – THE PRODIGAL SUN  @ GRAFFITI’S TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
CLARA ENGEL – THE BEAUTY OF YOUR DESIGN @ ASPETTA CAFÉ SATURDAY, 10 DEC.
GRAINNE – Under This Blanket @ The Red Dog Peterborough tomorrow, and @The Cameron for “People Still Gots Ta Eat” Wed., 21 Dec.
Toronto Listings over Neil Swainson’s “Don’t Hurt Yourself” @ The Old Mill tomorrow, 7:30
Mahalia Jackson – He’s My Light




Monday, December 5, 2011

Kate and Janelle - Star Witness by Neko Case (in P.C.V.S. stairwell)

In September 2011, the Administrative Review Committee (ARC) of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (KPRDSB) voted to close P.C.V.S. One of the oldest high schools in Canada and the only downtown school in Peterborough, P.C.V.S. is a vital part of the downtown core. It is impossible to quantify the devastating impact the closure of this unique arts focused high school could have on generations of future students in Peterborough. Please join the hundreds of community members and voices that truly believe Peterborough needs P.C.V.S. 

http://peterboroughneedspcvs.com/

Performed by Kate Macdonald & Janelle Blanchard 
http://www.youtube.com/user/brownmeadowbird

Saturday, December 3, 2011

The Murf

Playlist for December 2, 2011


Host Paul Corby; guests James Robertson and Roman Tome of New Country Rehab and Kiran Ahluwalia.
 ( brought to you by Snap to Ascension, The Indomitable Nominees and It's Gladdie's Day)
11-2 p.m. online and at tunein.ca . Canadians in UPPERCASE RED.


11:00  Rhythm Shone
Greg Ellis / Vas -  Ceremony of Passage – Mondo Beat 2
Muchatera Mujuru – Nyamaropa Vana Vava Mushonga –Zimbabwe The Soul of Mbira
Frankie Paul – Dem A Go Feel It – George Phang vol. 3
Elmer Fudd – The Fool On The Hill – Bugs and Friends Sing The Beatles

11:20 Snow Flowers
Neko Case – Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis – New Coat of Paint / Tribute to Tom Waits
The National – Conversation 16 – High Violet @ A.C.C  Thursday, Dec. 8 with Neko Case
LAURA REPO – PRETTY SHOES – @ The Gladstone, Sat. 3 Dec.
KATE WEEKES AND GRANT SIMPSON – RED LANTERN – BENEATH THE YUKON MOON
MEAGHAN SMITH – IT SNOWED @ The Rivoli Wed. 7 Dec.

11:40  Boundaries Unbound
NEW COUNTRY REHAB – ANGEL OF DEATH / BURY ME / INTERVIEW / CAMEO / RAMBLIN MAN CFMA’s @ Isabel Bader Theatre Sun. 4 Dec.
JOHN SHOWMAN – WAGON WHEEL - Showman
STEVEN TSITSOS - SPAGHETTI VARIATIONS – INTO THE WEST

12:20  The Ear Always Translates CFMA WORLD MUSIC NOMINEES @ Isabel Bader Theatre Sun. 4 Dec.
Sheila Chandra – Roots and Wings (Original Madras Mix)
LENKA LICHTENBERG – EYBIK -
KIRAN AHLUWALIA – MUSTT MUSTT / INTERVIEW / RABBA RU/ SAFFAR
MINOR EMPIRE – YUKSEK YUKSEK TEPELER

1:00   Paradise Shift
Working For A Nuclear Free City – A Black Square With Four Yellow Stars – Jojo Burger Tempest
TANYA TAGAQ – FOX TIRIGANIAK
Barry Adamson – The Adamson Family - Soul Murder
Fertile Ground – Take Me Higher
THE BOOMERS – IMAGINARY LINES  -  IAN TAMBLYN @ HUGH’S ROOM TUES. 6 DEC.
Los Campesinos! – The Black Bird, The Dark Slope - Hello Sadness

1:30  Muscular Heraldry
GRAINNE – BREATHE IT IN - @ The Red Dog ( Peterborough) Sat. 10 Dec.
GINGER ST. JAMES – BOOM BOOM ROOM @ The Cadillac Lounge Tonight
Dave van Ronk – Yas, Yas ,Yas
Toronto Listings Over “The Jojo Burger Tempest” by Working For A Nuclear Free City
MEGAN BONNELL – SOUTH KOREA @The Drake Underground Sat., 3 Dec.