Pirate Radio on CFCR

01/10/2025

01/09/2025

Here’s what we heard last night on my first episode of 2025…

-Rick White & The Sadies “Here in My Body”
-Jade Hairpin “In the Heat of the Sun”
-Movieland “Everything”
-Barry Allen “My Little Red Book”
-VoiVod “World War 3”
-Descendents “Get Out of My Life”
-Propagandhi “F**k You”
-Decontrol “Nuclear Winter”
-Split Lips “Heartbreaker of Rock n Roll”
-Straw Man Army “Extinction Burst”
-TV Freaks “Real Pain”
-Neutrals “Gary Borthwick Says”
-TAD “Sex God Missy”
-Wipers “Youth of America”
-Antenna “Don’t Cry”
-Mongrels “Contemplating the Wizard”
-Wendy & Bonnie “The Winter is Cold”
-Mae West “Shakin’ All Over”
-S.c.u.m. “So Much Hate”

Thanks for listening, tune in next week for another excellent episode with Jay Allen

12/29/2024

12/26/2024 Pirate Radio

Here’s what we heard Boxing Day Thursday night…

-Do Make Say Think “Dr. Hooch”
-Yoo Doo Right “Black Moth”
-Christmas “Blues on an Iceberg”
-Troyka “Natural”
-The Dark “Heartless”
-Thine Retail Simps “Barstool Blues”
-Disintegration “Hideaway”
-Citric Dummies “Trapped in a Parking Garage”
-Uranium Club “Viewers Like You”
-Feeling Figures “Space Burial”
-Dead Bob “I’m Going to Make You Cry”
-The Evaporators “Hump the Dog”
-Camper Van Beethoven “Wasted”
-Wayne McGhie “Fire (She Need Water)”
-Hal Lone Pine “Rattle Snakin’ Daddy”
-Spiny Normen “The Bell Park Loon”
-Nimrawd “Beating a Wave”
-David Peel & The Lower East Side “Girls Girls Girls”
-Betty Davis “They Say I’m Different”
-Girl Trouble “Gonna Find a Cave”
-Speed Plans “Out Cold”

Thanks for listening and supporting community radio. Tune in next week for another amazing show with Jay Allen
See ya in the new year!

12/20/2024

Here's what jingled all the way out of your radios on last night's Pirate Radio! But don't worry, there actually wasn't that much holiday music. Thanks to special guest co-host The Bennett of Spades for help picking some Ramones songs to start off the show!

1. Ramones - "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)"
2. Ramones - "I Wanna Live"
3. Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"
4. Ramones - "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg (My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down"
5. The Plastic People of the Universe - "Okolo Okna"
6. The Ugly Ducklings - "The Sage"
7. Bent Wind - "The Lions"
8. Gino Soccio - "The Visitors"
9. Crack of Dawn - "Board Walking"
10. Jackie Shane - "Comin' Down"
11. The Mynah Birds - "It's My Time"
12. Betrayers - "Love Rat"
13. Vanda King - "Rock & Rollin' School"
14. The Sonics - "Don't Believe In Christmas"
15. TEENAGE HEAD - "Ain't Got No Sense"
16. The Nils - "When Love Puts On A Sad Face"
17. The Carpettes - "Nothing Ever Changes"
18. Holy Void - "Too Close To The Sun"
19. Hot Garbage - "Erase My Mind"
20. Psychic Ills - "Run Rudolph Run" (Chuck Berry Cover)

Thanks for tuning in & checking out the playlist! Remember, if you missed the show, you can stream/download it for the next four weeks via CFCR's online ARCHIVE!

Just go to cfcr .ca/timetable/program/pirate-radio/ (and take out the space after "cfcr").

From everyone at Pirate Radio, I'd like to wish y'all a Happy Holiday Season! Thanks for listening to and supporting the show, and Community Radio in Saskatoon for yet another year! Chad will be back next Thursday for his Boxing Day program, and I'll return the first Thursday of 2025!

- The Jay (and Bennett) of Spades

Here's a little holiday short film you may not have watched yet this year... Enjoy!

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12/13/2024

12/12/2024

Here’s what radiated out of your radio into the frozen evening, last night on Pirate Radio…

-The Collectors “What Love (suite)”
-The Submissives “Obsessed”
-Le Shok “Fade In Fade Out”
-Snake River “TV Light”
-Quicksilver Messenger Service “Gold & Silver”
-Troyka “Rolling Down the Back Road”
-SlaveCo “Hexpiration Date”
-Les Pomme de Lune “Le Plus Fort”
-Speed Plans “Lifestyle”
-Bonnie Dobson “Winters Going”
-Cowboy Junkies “Shining Moon”
-Disintegration “A Thousand Clouds of Static”
-Chad & Jeremy “Transatlantic Trauma 1966”
-Mind Explosion “Nothing Better to Do”
-Nasty On “Sometimes I Take Pills”

Have a Happy Holidays and tune in next week for another killer episode with Jay Allen, thanks for listening!

12/06/2024

Here are all the fizzlers and fuzzlers from last night's Pirate Radio!

1. Ramones - "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"
2. PURE HELL - "These Boots Are Made For Walking" (Nancy Sinatra (Lee Hazelwood) Cover)
3. The Mandates - "Tonight"
4. New Town Animals - "Radio Nation..."
5. Junior Pantherz - "Hated It" (Thrush Hermit Cover)
6. Eugenius - "Fake Digit"
7. The Pandoras - "Stop Pretending"
8. Roy Orbison - "Ride Away"
9. Louise & The Pawns - "If That's The Way You Want It"
10. Wes Dakus & The Rebels - "El Ringo"
11. Myrna Lorrie - "Tell Me Not To Go"
12. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - "Got My Eye On You"
13. Kukumbas - "Respect"
14. Christmas - "April Mountain"
15. Gil Evans Orchestra - "Sunken Treasure"
16. Eric Mercury - "I Can Smell That Funky Music"
17. Wayne McGhie - "So What"
18. Big Tones - "Don't Cry"

Thanks for listening and checking out the playlist! If you missed the live broadcast, head on over to the CFCR archive and stream/download it there:
https://cfcr .ca/timetable/program/pirate-radio/

Tune in next week for another great show with Chad!

- The Jay of Spades

from the album Wayne '76

11/29/2024

11/28/2024 Pirate Radio

Here’s what snowed out onto the frozen airwaves on last night’s episode of Pirate Radio!

Thanks for supporting your community radio station!

-Doughboys “The Forecast”
-Single Mothers “Winter Coats”
-Moonquake “This Winter”
-Popular Mechanix “Ice Box City”
-Humphrey & The Dumptrucks “Another Storm”
-Young Canadians “Hawaii”
-3 Inches of Blood “Balls of Ice”
-Willie & The Walkers “Poor Janie”
-Kool Keith “Extravagant Traveller”
-Epic “Thought Process”
-Roger Simard “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone”
-The Dark “Kill the Pain”
-Tower of Dudes “Make Your Own Culture”
-Le Shok “TV in my Eye”
-Citric Dummies “Driving a Piece of S**t”
-The Nils “Scratches & Needles”
-Puffer “Hard Way to Go”
-The Now Time Delegation “Laying on the Ground”
-The Government “Complications”
-Monks “Complication”
-Kim Deal “Crystal Breath”
-The Paupers “Yes I Know”
-Feeling Figures “Reality Strikes”
-Beyond Possession “Tell-Tale Heart”

Thanks for listening! Tune in next week for another great episode with Jay Allen!

11/22/2024

Here's what whistled past yr earz on last night's Pirate Radio!

1. Ramones - "Rock 'N' Roll High School" (Ed Stasium Mix)
2. MC5 - "High School"
3. Tricky Woo - "Fell From A Cloud"
4. Ugly Ducklings - "Nothin'"
5. Big Town Boys - "August 32nd"
6. The Animals - "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"
7. Yol Aularong - "Yuvajon Kouge Jet" (Broken Hearted Man)
8. The Wild Ones - "Quand Je Te Demand"
9. Golden Smoke - "Miami"
10. Awesome Color - "See You Hear You"
11. Wayne Country & The Electric Chairs - "Night Time"
12. Willie Dunn - "Pontiac"
13. Sylvia Tyson - "Honey Hair"
14. The Forgotten Rebels - "Hello Hello (I'm Back Again)"
15. The Dishrags - "Love Is S**t (It's Goodbye)"
16. UIC - "Our Garage"
17. Zellots - "Blades"
18. Holy Void - "Dead"
19. feral children - "Free Fantasy"
20. Jo Jo Gunne - "Run Run Run"
21. Runway - "Mailman"

Thanks for tuning in, check out the CFCR Archive if you missed it! cfcr .ca/timetable/program/pirate-radio (just take out the space after "cfcr" when you copy-paste into your browser). Chad will be back for another great show next Thursday!!

- The Jay of Spades

WAYNE COUNTY & THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS - Blatantly Offensive EP, 1978. Safari Records, New York City, New York.

11/22/2024

I realized I beefed it and didn't post the playlist from a couple weeks ago. Inquiring minds need to know, so here it is!

Thurs, Nov, 7

1. Ramones - "Something To Believe In"
2. Fictions - "I Let Go"
3. Trwynau Coch - "Beth sy’n dod rhyngom ni?"
4. Miracle Workers - "Lies Lies"
5. The Monoxides - "Sky Cruiser"
6. Black Thunder - "The Black Rag"
7. Spationauts - "I'll Do It If You Do It"
8. Lammping - "Better Know Better"
9. Penza Penza - "Pterodactyl"
10. Badge Epoch Ensemble - "Air, Light & Harmony"
11. BADBADNOTGOOD - "Audacia"
12. Brenda Lee - "Is It True"
13. Frank Motley & His Motley Crew ft. Calvin Ruffin - "Cryin' Cryin'"
14. Harrison Kennedy - "You Hurt Your Mother Again"
15. Simply Saucer - "I Take It"
16. The Mothers Of Invention - "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here"
17. Captain Beefheart - "Sun Zoom Spark"
18. It’s All Meat - "Astology"
19. Iron Maiden - "Running Free" (RIP Paul Di'Anno)
20. Kris Kristofferson - "Billy Dee" (RIP)
21. The Grateful Dead - "Pride of Cucamonga" (RIP Phil Lesh)
22. Quincy Jones - "The Dude" (RIP)

Thanks for checking out the playlist for this show, I'll be posting the one from last night's episode momentarily!

- The Jay of Spades

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupThe Dude · Quincy JonesThe Dude℗ An A&M Records Release; ℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.Released on: 1981-03-28Produc...

11/15/2024

11/14/2024 Pirate Radio

Here’s what we heard on last night’s episode of Pirate Radio!

Thanks for supporting your community radio station!

-Tha Retail Simps “Reality Rights”
-The Diodes “Rocket Over & Under”
-Dial Up “The Thaw”
-Puzzlehead “Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’”
-Wire “The 15th”
-Forbidden Dimension “Don’t Talk to Me”
-Quivers “Communication Vessel”
-Angry Samoans “Lights Out”
-Judas Priest “Sinner (Live)”
-The Celibate Rifles “24 Hours (SOS)”
-D.O.A. “Bombs Away”
-Wordburglar “The Other Shop”
-King Herbert & The Knights “Sissy Strut”
-Witness “So Come With Me”
-Johnny Kannis “King of the Surf”
-Saint Etienne “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”
-Joey Gregorash “Down By the River”
-Ween “Buckingham Green”
-Citric Dummies “Look Out World (I’m Eatin’ at Arby’s)”
- Wolf Willow “Hold Onto the Holy S**t Handle”
-The Great Society “Grimly Forming”
-Motorists “Call Control”

Tune in next week to hear more great music with Jay Allen

11/01/2024

10/31/2024 Pirate Radio

Here’s what we heard on last night’s Halloween episode of Pirate Radio!

Thanks for supporting your community radio station!

-Ramones “I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement”
-SNFU “Gravedigger”
-The Kill Rats “All the Graveyards are Empty Tonight”
-Misfits “Halloween”
-Roky Erickson “Burn the Flames”
-NoMeansNo “Dead Souls”
-The New Jacobin Club “Soul Eater”
-Witness Inc. “I Put a Spell On You”
-Nash the Slash “Moon Curse”
-Throbbing Gristle “Hamburger Lady”
-Bu****le Surfers “Creep in the Cellar”
-Buck 65 “Zombie Delight”
-Forbidden Dimension “Vampire’s Dream”
-Personality Crisis “Creatures For Awhile”
-Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet “Zombie Compromise”
-The Ventures “Twilight Zone”
-Gun Club “Ghost on the Highway”
-Eddie Noack “Psycho”
-Irvin Freese “Shell Lake Disaster”
-Ron McLeod “Suicide”
-Violent Femmes “Country Death Song”
-Iron Maiden “Phantom of the Opera”
-Death Sentence “Nightmare”
-The Cramps “TV Set”

Tune in next week for another stellar show with Jay Allen

10/25/2024

Here's what creaked out of your speakers last night on Pirate Radio!

1. Ramones - "Chain Saw"
2. Pale Lips - "I'm A Witch"
3. The Gruesomes - "The Witch" (Sonics Cover)
4. Dead Ghosts - "Haunted House"
5. Goblin - "Suspiria"
6. Joy Division - "Dead Souls"
7. The Fall - "There's A Ghost In My House"
8. Jim Burgett - "The Living Dead"
9. Deja Voodoo - "Cemetery"
10. Forbidden Dimension - "Big Black Hearse"
11. D.O.A. - "Where Evil Grows" (Poppy Family Cover)
12. Salem's Bend - "There's No Blood In Bone" (Poppy Family Cover)
13. T.Rex - "Planet Queen"
14. Ervinna & The Stylers - "Witch Queen of New Orleans" (Redbone Cover)
15. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - "A Nightmare on My Street"
16. W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend To Cause Havoc) - "October Night"
17. Mark Sultan - "Coffin Nails"
18. The King Khan and BBQ Show - "Killing The Wolfman"
19. The Sadies - "Lucifer Sam" (Pink Floyd Cover)
20. The Deadly Snakes - "Graveyard Shake"
21. Screaming Lord Sutch - "Dracula's Daughter"

Thanks for tuning in & checking out the One-Week-Till-Halloween playlist! If you missed listening to the episode, you can check it out now at

www.cfcr .ca/timetable/program/pirate-radio/

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Tune in next Thursday for Chad's It's-Actually-HALLOWEEN-Today episode!

- The Jay of Spades

D.O.A. recorded a benefit single to fight the pollution and contamination of the Howe Sound by the pulp mills in British Columbia. Featuring Terry Jacks of t...

10/25/2024

Tonight on Pirate Radio, just because Halloween is a week away, doesn’t mean it’s not a great time to hear some spooky-themed tunes!

Tune in from 7:30-9pm MDT to fill yr candy sack.

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*take out the space to find salvation…

10/18/2024

10/17/2024 Pirate Radio

Here’s what we heard last night on Pirate Radio!

Thanks for supporting your community radio station!

-Yoo Doo Right “Eager Glacier”
-Puppet Wipes “Mr. Dry Cleaner”
-N8NOFACE “Put Me Back Together”
-Plastic Cloud “Civilization Machine”
- Pi**ed Jeans “Anti-Sapio”
-Rupa “East West Shuffle”
-Mos Def “UMI Says”
-Fifty Foot Hose “Rose”
-Da Slyme “Radio Junkie”
-Dead Bob “Just Breathe”
-Mark Lanegan “Hit the City”
-Chris Burns & His Going Concerns “My Monkey’s On Fire”
-Ken Sauverwald “A Million Miles to Go”
-The Kill Rats “Waco Burger”
-Black Flag “Thirsty & Miserable”
-The Submissives “Force”
-OBGMs “Buffalo”
-MILK “Mindset”
-Itchy Self “Reprobate”
-Indelible Inc. “Thank You”

Remember there is still time to donate to our annual fundraising campaign at CFCRdotCA/donate.

Tune in next week for another fantastic show with Jay Allen!

10/04/2024

10/03/2024 Pirate Radio

Here’s what we heard last night on Pirate Radio!
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Thanks to all who have donated!

-Feeling Figures “Social Anatomy”
-Wallace Collection “Peru”
-Mock Duck “My Time”
-Lucy’s Seduction“What a Way to Die”
-The Government “Acute Angle”
- The Routes “What Do I Get?”
-Shadowy Men On a Shadowy Planet “Tired of Waking Up Tired”
-The Ventures “Summertime Blues”
- Quintron and Miss Pussycat “God of Thunder”
-The Allan Sisters “Drummer Man”
-Ben McPeek “Ashes to Ashes”
-Minutemen “Tony Gets Wasted in Pedro”
-Underworld “Strange Experiment of Dr. Jarrod”
-Willie Dunn “I Pity the Country”
- Wolf Willow “Dusty Vinyl”
-Bill Callahan “The MacKenzies”
- STIFF RICHARDS “GFC”
-Bloodrock “Whiskey Vengeance”
-Handsome Boy Modelling School “The Truth”
-The Checkerlads “Behind Ev’ry Man”

Remember there is still time to donate to our annual fundraising campaign at CFCRdotCA/donate.

Tune in next week for another wicked show with Jay Allen

09/27/2024

Here are all the music coins that dropped in the radio fountain last night on Pirate Radio!

1. Ramones - "Eat That Rat"
2. The Kids - "Money Is All I Need"
3. Pop Levi - "Dollar Bill Rock"
4. Sloan - "Money City Maniacs"
5. Peaches & Herb - "I Pledge My Love"
6. Jackie Shane - "Money (That's What I Want)"
7. Shingoose - "Silver River"
8. Neil Young - "Silver & Gold"
9. Monty Python - "Money Song"
10. Spinal Tap - "Gimme Some Money"
11. The Majestics - "Pot 'O Gold"
12. Bob & Wisdom - "I Believe In Music"
13. XTC - "Radios In Motion"
14. Telex - "Radio-Radio"
15. Flaming Lips - "Race For The Prize"
16. Doughboys - "You're Related"
17. ELVIS PRESLEY - "Pledging My Love"
18. Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - "Thanks A Lot"

Thanks to everyone who has donated to CFCR's FM-Phasis Funding Drive (and to my half of Pirate Radio specifically)! There's still lots of time to donate, so please consider doing so!

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If you donate $75 to my side of the show, you can get a special Pirate Radio t-shirt, in addition to all the amazing station swag & prizes! Just message me here to confirm your donation amount and shirt size!

- The Jay of Spades

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtR0Wq9TDRc

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09/27/2024

Pirate Radio FM-Phasis WEEK 2 Edition is comin’ at’cha from 7:30-9pm MDT with The Jay of Spades! Tune in, rock out, and DONATE!!

Anyone who donates $75 or more to Pirate Radio (Host: Jay of Spades) will get a Pirate Radio t-shirt in addition to all the station swag and prizes!! Just message here to confirm your donation and arrange your size!

Check out the CFCR linktree, and the top two links are to DONATE and LISTEN LIVE!

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09/20/2024

09/19/2024 Pirate Radio

Here’s what we heard last night on an FM-Phasis 2024 episode of Pirate Radio!
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-Lorri Zimmerman “Song For an Imaginary Western”
- Wolf Willow “Hold On To The Holy S**t Handle”
- Art Bergmann “Christo-Fascists”
-Bob Bryden “Grandma’s House (Inundation Day)”
-The Wackers “Hey Lawdy Lawdy”
-Expedition to Earth “Expedition to Earth”
-Condello “Dr. Tarr Professor Fether”
-British North-American Act “Don’t Run A Way”
-Algara “Tedio Eterno”
-No Problem “Your World”
-Hank Wood & The Hammerheads “Hard On The Street”
-Matt Lucas “I’m Movin’ On”
-Sister Double Happiness “Sister Double Happiness”
-Poppy Family “Beyond the Clouds”
-Black Dresses “Creep U”
-The Paper Dream “She’s No Good”
-Wasted Lives “Wirehead”
-César Et Les Romains “Elle Le Sait”

Please help support CFCR during our annual fundraising campaign! Tune next week for another smokin’ show and more FM-Phasis with Jay Allen!