Got a quieter show tonight. If you fall asleep to this show, I promise I won’t mind; I’ve fallen asleep to a lot of this music myself. Migraine medicine and music for restless nights—something I’ve needed lately, and I know I’m not alone.
Intimate folk, classical piano, film scores, cool jazz, and more. Also talked a bit about getting into opera, with the help of Matthew Boyden’s Rough Guide to Opera pictured above.
Recording
Tracks played
The Books — “The Lemon of Pink” (2003)
Angelo Badalamenti — “Laurens Walking” (1999)
Bill Evans — “Alice in Wonderland” (1961)
Paul Simon — “Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War” (1983)
David Sylvian — “The Boy with the Gun” (1987)
Yasunori Mitsuda — “The Wind Calls to Shevat in the Blue Sky” (1998)
Vashti Bunyan — “If I Were” (2005)
Henry Purcell [perf. English Chamber Orchestra, Janet Baker; cond. Anthony Lewis] — “But Death, Alas! / When I Am Laid in Earth” (from Dido & Aeneas) (1689)
Alexander Scriabin [perf. Marc-André Hamelin] — “Andante” (from Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 ‘Sonata-Fantasie’) (1898)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra — “Silver Star of Bologna” (1993)
Bit of a scuffed show. Kept hitting the wrong button to unmute the mic for some reason. Ah well. One of these days I’ll do a show where everything goes smoothly.
I’ve rallying cries, beautifully restrained singing, spooky dance music, deep cuts and classics. Aside from the music, I chat a little bit about the KW Symphony and recent movie releases.
Image is from Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, in theatres now. One song from here features in there (I won’t say which). Highly highly recommend seeing the movie while it’s still in theatres. A superficially Canadian movie I’ve ever seen, but it’s also a deeply and earnestly Canadian movie in how it’s filmed and funded. It plays fast and loose with copyright law and features footage that seems frankly impossible to have filmed. If you’ve never seen the show… Well, neither have I. See the movie anyway—it’s great.
Recording
Tracks played
The Go! Team — “What D’You Say” (2015)
Round One — “I’m Your Brother (Club Mix)” (1994)
Origami Angel — “Doctor Whomst” (2019)
Fountains of Wayne — “Bright Future in Sales” (2003)
RAH Band — “Messages from the Stars” (1983)
Hikaru Utada — “Bad Mode” (2022)
Suzanne Vega — “Tombstone” (1996)
Herbert & Momoko — “Someone Like You” (2025)
Mbongwana Star — “Nganshé” (2015)
Jeff Mills — “Phase 4” (1992)
Justice — “Phantom” (2007)
Salem — “Frost” (2009)
Chet Baker — “But Not for Me” (1954)
Elis Regina & Antônio Carlos Jobim — “Águas de março” (1974)
I got LASIK last week! This is wizardry, man. My prescription wasn’t even that strong, but it’s still really bizarre to see like this without glasses after literal decades. Recovery is so fast, too; realistically, I could’ve done a show the day after if I wanted to.
I can wear sunglasses now. I mean I always could, but I could always deal enough that I just didn’t bother getting prescription sunglasses. Now I can just get whatever. Probably not this pair though.
This is my official first regularly scheduled show. For the uninitiated, this is a show where I play music that emulates the experience of listening to my library on shuffle.
I’ve got 12 songs from 12 countries this time—had to do one where everything was from a different country, and why not get it out of my system right away? (I guess I’ll have to do a show with songs from all different decades at some point, too.) Unintentionally, I’ve got a lot of warm countries to contrast with this cold, cold week we’ve had. Hopefully I can warm you up a little. Hopefully I can warm myself up a little.
The picture is of Rubén González in Wim Wenders’ documentary Buena Vista Social Club, which I watched last night. Loved this scene of all these children excitedly gathering around him playing piano in a sort of communal area. Music for the people.
Shuffle Time is a show where you get the experience of listening on shuffle without the chaos. I love listening to my library on shuffle. It gives me the chance to surprise myself with tracks I’d forgotten about, get more familiar with tracks I haven’t heard much, and spontaneously meet my old favourites again. Plus, I still get a kick from the whiplash of jumping from quiet folk to ecstatic dance music to abstract jazz. I won’t subject you to the complete disorder of shuffle, but I can give you a taste (with some of my own chatter on the side!). Expect music from any genre, any time period, anywhere in the world.
Shuffle Time is hosted by Aaron Cornies and airs on CKMS-FM alternate Saturdays from Midnight to 1:00am.
HYOS: Shuffle Time is a show where you get the experience of listening on shuffle without the chaos.
I love listening to my library on shuffle. It gives me the chance to surprise myself with tracks I’d forgotten about, get more familiar with tracks I haven’t heard much, and spontaneously meet my old favourites again. Plus, I still get a kick from the whiplash of jumping from quiet folk to ecstatic dance music to abstract jazz. I won’t subject you to the complete disorder of shuffle, but I can give you a taste (with some of my own chatter on the side!). Expect music from any genre, any time period, anywhere in the world.
Recording
Pardon some technical hiccups and such—first show, still figuring some things out. Altogether not a bad first show!
Tracks played
In true shuffle nature I recommend looking at this after listening, so you can be surprised by the music itself and check it out later. But it’s up to you!
The Sugarcubes — “Motorcrash” (1988)
Étoile de Dakar — “Thiely” (1978)
INXS — “New Sensation” (1987)
Power Trip — “Executioner’s Tax” (2017)
X — “Alphabetland” (2020)
Masashi Hamauzu — “Blitz Off!” (2000)
Jamie xx — “Sleep Sound” (2015)
Antonio Vivaldi (cond. Trevor Pinnock, perf. The English Concert) — “Presto” (from Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “Summer”) (1725)
Sonny Rollins — “Strode Rode” (1956)
Loona — “Loonatic” (2017)
Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment (feat. Jamila Woods) — “Sunday Candy” (2015)
William Finn (perf. Keith Byron Kirk, Malcolm Gets, and company) — “Heart and Music” (1995)
R. D. Burman (perf. Asha Bhosle) — “Teri Meri Yaari Badi Purani” (1974)
The Monroe Brothers — “My Long Journey Home” (1936)
Pete Townshend — “And I Moved” (1980)
John Lee Hooker — “Boom Boom” (1962)
Mamer — “Kargashai” (2009)
HYOS: Shuffle Time was hosted by Aaron Cornies and aired on CKMS-FM on Saturday 10 January 2025 from Midnight to 1:00am.
Shuffle Time
It gives me the chance to surprise myself with tracks I’d forgotten about, get more familiar with tracks I haven’t heard much, and spontaneously meet my old favourites again. Plus, I still get a kick from the whiplash of jumping from quiet folk to ecstatic dance music to abstract jazz. I won’t subject you to the complete disorder of shuffle, but I can give you a taste (with some of my own chatter on the side!). Expect music from any genre, any time period, anywhere in the world.