Thanks to all the generous donors an sponsors for making the Fall 2025 Fundraiser a success. Tune in on Monday the 17th at 8PM for the Wrap Up Show where we’ll draw for the gifts.
Synthetronic 80s – #38 – Sep 7, 2026Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, pop/rock, new wave, hi-NRG, and Italo-disco music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #38 – Sep 7, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:50 Modern Love David Bowie 05:33 Only In My Dreams Debbie Gibson 09:17 Turn It On Zappacosta 13:01 Life In … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #38 – Sep 7, 2026→
Synthetronic 80s – #37 – Aug 24, 2026Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, pop/rock, new wave, hi-NRG, and Italo-disco music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #37 – Aug 24, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:49 Victim Of Love Erasure 04:22 There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart) Eurythmics 08:56 Mirror In The … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #37 – Aug 24, 2026→
Synthetronic 80s – Episode #21 (Repeat) – Aug 17, 2026Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, pop/rock, new wave, hi-NRG, and Italo-disco music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – Episode #21 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:41 Moonbeam Men Without Hats 04:17 First-Last-For Everything (Club Mix) Endgames 08:52 Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter Schilling 12:57 The Wild Boys Duran … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – Episode #21 (Repeat) – Aug 17, 2026→
Synthetronic 80s – #36 – Aug 10, 2026Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and up-tempo pop/rock music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #36 – Aug 10, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:52 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters 05:15 Oh Sherrie Steve Perry 09:02 Tango Dalbello 13:05 Lovesong The Cure 16:32 Let … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #36 – Aug 10, 2026→
Synthetronic 80s – #35 – Aug 3, 2026Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and up-tempo pop/rock music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #35 – Aug 3, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:47 Why? Bronski Beat 04:41 Stand Back Stevie Nicks 09:30 Breakout Swing Out Sister 13:13 Manchild Neneh Cherry 17:05 Real Wild … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #35 – Aug 3, 2026→
Synthetronic 80s – #34 – Jul 27, 2026Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and up-tempo pop/rock music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #34 – Jul 27, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:43 Heart Pet Shop Boys 04:57 Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now Samantha Fox 08:39 Control Janet Jackson 12:06 The One I … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #34 – Jul 27, 2026→
Synthetronic 80s – #33 – Jul 20, 2026Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and up-tempo pop/rock music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #33 – Jul 20, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:48 Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper 04:37 Cruel Summer Bananarama 08:03 I Just Can’t Get Enough (Dub Mix) … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #33 – Jul 20, 2026→
Synthetronic 80s – #32 – Jul 13, 2026Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and up-tempo pop/rock music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #32 – Jul 13, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 01:02 Holding Out For A Hero Bonnie Tyler 06:38 Eat You Up (Just Desserts Mix Edit) Angie Gold 12:51 Just Can’t … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #32 – Jul 13, 2026→
This episode of Rethink Your Retirement tackles the critical shift from saving to spending. Host Kanwaljit (Sunny) Kochar provides a roadmap for Canadian retirees, focusing on advanced, tax-efficient decumulation strategies. Learn about Spousal RRSPs, pension income splitting, and the powerful “RRSP Meltdown” technique to create a balanced income stream, maximize your lifetime wealth, and avoid the Old Age Security (OAS) clawback. Gain the clarity and confidence to become the strategic financial manager of your retirement.
Listen to the radio recording here.
Your RRSP is a ‘Tax Time BOMB’. Here’s How to Defuse It.
Hilary Hahn, violin, Academy of St. Martins in the Fields, Sir Neville Mariner, conductor
12:54
Claude Debussy
Nuit d’etoiles, CD2, L. 4
Natalie Dessay, soprano, Philippe Cassard, piano
16:02
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Two Oboes and Two Clarinets in C Major, RV 560: III. Allegro molto
The King’s Consort, Robert King, conductor
19:59
Ernest Shand
Legende, Op. 201
Alexandra Whittingham, guitar
22:53
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op 36: Variation 9. Adagio “Nimrod”
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor
26:31
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in A (WTK, Book II, No. 19), BWV 888: Prelude
Friedrich Gulda, piano
31:27
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale. Presto “Ode to Joy”
Sheila Armstrong, soprano, Anna Reynolds, contralto, Robert Tear, tenor, John Shirley-Quirk, bass, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Guilini, conductor
We met DJ Oasier via the KW Breakers, and I’m so thankful he came to the station last night! Find him @OASIEROFFICIAL & IG via @waterbendingmonk check this out:
What’s up, y’all? Before diving in, the Power Up Community Radio Fundraiser ends late tomorrow — if you want to get a last minute donation in, please consider doing so; we have hit our goal, but would love to double it, especially since the economy stinks right now!
Anyways, tonight’s show is the 76th All Things Considered. This one makes the case for Saukrates — with 31 years of experience in bridging the gap between Canadian Hip Hop and its outside influences, navigating the frustrations of the major label system, and exploring ways to diversify the boundaries of the genre, he has quietly cemented himself as a foundational voice, and so, it’s time to get familiar if you ain’t already.
Tracklist:
Intro
Season One
Deeper Cover (Redman, Icarus, & Saukrates)
Keep It Movin (feat. Xzibit)
Let’s Go (Redman & Saukrates)
Saukrates Season
Father Time (Remix)
The Professional
Vietnam
Fine Line
Season 2
A-Yo (Method Man & Redman feat. Saukrates)
My Pager Burnin Up (Easide of Thangs) [feat. Redman]
My Piece
Feels So Good (Kyprios & Saukrates)
Doorite (feat. Nickelus F & K-Os)
Say I (feat. OB O’Brien)
Joni Mitchellin’ Peelin’ Out (K-Os & Saukrates)
Kingdom Come #FYEO
Anything Goes (Classified, Skratch Bastid, & Saukrates)
Sometimes
Innovations (Pharoahe Monch & Saukrates)
Extraordinary
Iceberg
Hate Runs Deep (feat. Marvel)
Hate Runs Deep (2017 Version) [feat. Kardinal Offishall, Choclair, & Marvel)
Mini Me, Mini U
Play Dis (feat. Common)
Rollin (Remix) (feat. Masta Ace & O.C.)
P’s & Q’s
I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman (K-Os, Saukrates, & Nelly Furtado)
Fades Away (King Reign, Drake, & Saukrates)
What A Day
FRIENDS!! WE’RE FINALLY BACK!! After so many cold, dark months of wondering when oh when Through the Static might return, we have finally come back! Bringing you some tunes that I’ve discovered in the last few months, the happy, the sad, and the happy-sad.
What’s up, y’all? Before diving in, we hit our fundraising goal earlier today (I didn’t know until the show was already recorded, sorry about that)! That said, we are still fundraising until the end of the week; times are hard for everyone, your favorite radio station included, so please consider donating to help us power up the listening experience for you.
Business as usual, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:
King of Foxes
Hall of Shame
Rock
CanCon
Jonathan Bauer
We Need To Do Better – Single
Jazz
CanCon
Personality
Smoke Alarms – Single
Punk
No
Miss Emily
The Medicine
Folk
CanCon
Greg Carroll
Writing on the Wall
Country
CanCon
Whitney Ross-Barris
Curtains of Light
Jazz
CanCon
Juliet Ruin
Regime
Metal
CanCon
Liminal Spirit
Unwell
Metal
No
Born Divided
Chronicle of a Shipwreck
Metal
CanCon
Merfolk
Sundaland
Metal
CanCon
Phaeton
Neurogenesis
Metal
CanCon
Softlung
Midnight Mountains – Single
Alternative
CanCon
Eddie Bullen
Show Us The Way – Single
Reggae
CanCon
Cedar Roots
Notes of Honey – Single
Folk
CanCon
Lorrie Matheson
Mission to Inglewood
Rock
CanCon
Jennarie
Never Been Small
Pop
CanCon
Joseph Schertz
Weird Heart – single
Rock
No
Duke & Goldie
Romance and Ramblin’
Country
CanCon
Rosewater Park
Reckoning – Single
Rock
CanCon
Celine Rudolphe, Henrique Gomide, & Joao Luis Nogueira
Amare
Jazz
No
Erick Leuthauser
Quality Time in NYC
Jazz
No
George Kontomichalis
First Flight
Jazz
No
Blessing Tangban
God Of… – Single
Religious
CanCon
No Breaks Jake
Trouble – Single
Rock
CanCon
JEEN
For the Romance
Alternative
CanCon
Arkells
What Good – Single
Rock
CanCon
Pennan Brae
Paint
Rock
CanCon
The Gold Needles
MOOD ELEVATOR
Rock
No
Under the Bus
How It’s Goin – Single
Rock
CanCon
Amir ElSaffar
New Quartet Live at Pierre Boulez Saal
Jazz
No
Tara Leavey & Amanda Jean
Line of Fire – Single
Folk
CanCon
JMMR
Resistance is Fertile
World
No
Deer Fang
So Surreal – Single
Rock
CanCon
Guest Room Status
Eventually? – EP
Rock
No
Iyan Bruvold
Little Miss Takes
Country
CanCon
Liona Boyd
This Thing Called Love
Pop
CanCon
Monotronic
Illusions – Single
Electronic
No
Martyrs
Delta Rain – Single
Rock
No
Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Jonathan Bauer – We Need to Do Better
Whitney Ross-Barris – Midwinter Blue
Amir ElSaffar – For the Victims of Genocide (Alternate Take)
Pierre Dorge – Wish You Sunshine
Celine Rudolphe, Henrique Gomide, & Joao Luis Nogueira – Toca de Arara
JMMR – Climate Wars
Cloud Tangle – Desire Path
Miss Emily – Smith’s Bay Drowning
Cedar Roots – Notes of Honey
Tara Leavey & Amanda Jean – Line of Fire
Iyan Bruvold – S****y Car
Johnny Beachit – I’m Sufferin From Rumnesia
Personality – Smoke Alarms
Deer Fang – So Surreal
Guest Room Status – How We Hold On
Under the Bus – How It’s Goin
Pennan Brae – It Ain’t Perfect But It’s Free
Rosewater Park – Reckoning
JEEN – For the Romance
King of Foxes – FMLU
Joseph Schertz – Weird Heart (feat. Delilah Steenberg)
Softlung – Midnight Mountains
Overnight – Strong and Good
0Stella – Died In Your Arms Tonight
Juliet Ruin – The Art of Being Wise
Born Divided – Subterranean Corridors
Merfolk – The Plowing Sea
The Mendozaz – The Bell Tower Killer
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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — a discussion of the recent Billboard chart headlines that have been making the rounds. Also, the Power Up Community Radio Fundraiser is still going, please consider donating!
Shad – Intro
Shad & Raz Fresco – Look Pt 1
Saba & FELIX! – TicTacToe
Michael Christmas & Mathilde MX – move
Wynne – The British Are Coming
Atmosphere – Caddy
Aesop Rock – Poly Cotton Blend
Westside Gunn – Tiffany Blue
Curren$y – Rush Hour
Lloyd Banks – Book of Records
Mcenroe – No A No I
Nickelus F – Max Frequencies
Mobb Deep – Against the World
Miguel – The Killing
ThorHighHeels – Preview of the Noose
50 Cent – Damn
Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, & Young Buck – You Already Know
Bruiser Wolf, ZeelooperZ, & Harry Fraud – The Spaniard
R.A.P Ferreira, ELDON, & Kenny Segal – blood quantum
The RH Factor & D’Angelo – Bullshit
Not for Radio – Back To You
2 Chainz & The Isley Brothers – The ATL Experience
Hit-Boy, Havoc, & The Alchemist – Celebration Moments
Jay Worthy & Conway – Bellagio
Jay Worthy – Worthy vs Getty
Obed Padilla – Fuerza Freestyle
Charles Hamilton – The Perfect Suicide
Kent Jamz – affirmation
Heems & Lee Ranaldo – Nothing Good Is Easy
The RH Factor & D’Angelo – I’ll Stay
War – Four Cornered Room
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Waterloo – Becoming the first Canadian to hold the role, Waterloo NDP MPP Catherine Fife was elected to lead the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) at the organization’s conference in early October. Fife becomes the 8th chairperson in the organization’s history.
According to the group’s website, the CWP is the network of women members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Parliaments and Legislatures and is a means of” building the capacity of women elected to Parliament to be more effective in their roles”. Fife notes that it is a “huge responsibility” but adds that “this is the kind of work that also gives me energy”.
MPP Fife says she hopes to focus her efforts around access to education, democratic engagement, human rights and climate change.
The CWP over 3,000 Women Parliamentarians, in over 180 Commonwealth national and sub-national Parliaments, .
This show features an interview with MPP Fife, who is excited to take on the role which she says is “a great opportunity to learn, and take things to the next level.”
What’s up, y’all? The Power Up Community Radio fundraiser has begun — if you like what we do here at CKMS 102.7 FM, please consider hitting the donate button to your left!
As always, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:
The Goods
Don’t Spoil the Fun
Rock
No
Kasei
Come Tell Me – Single
Country
No
Land Heart Song
You Belong Here – Single
Children’s Music
CanCon
Skip Waiters
chanGES – Single
Hip Hop
Instrumental, radio edit versions available
CanCon
celltowers
west (caterpillar) – Single
Rock
No
Scardenelli & Sophie
It’s All In Your Head! – Single
Folk
No
Simon Scardenelli
Underneath the Singing Tree
Folk
No
Good Loser
Going Nowhere – Single
Rock
No
Sean Bienhaus & Colider
Drown Me Out/Distaste – Single
Alternative
CanCon
Robbie Harte
My Mama’s Daughter – Single
Country
CanCon
D.Rangers
Sketch
Folk
1 NSFR Track
CanCon
Mike Younger
The Enemy Within – Single
Rock
CanCon
Periscopi Invertit
Amelia
Jazz
No
Nicholas Campbell
People Like to Talk – Single
Rock
CanCon
kpec3 arrival
fear anchors – Single
Religious
No
Ryan Stevenson
All I See – Single
Pop
CanCon
CAR287
Looking Through The Lens
Rock
CanCon
Overnight
Strong & Good – Single
Rock
CanCon
Tara Shannon
Cover Story
Country
CanCon
Gold Foil Hum
Character Flaw
Alternative
CanCon
Dre Dupuis
Dre Dupuis
Rock
CanCon
Elli Hart
Don’t Be the Victim – Single
Rock
CanCon
DahL
High Tide – Single
Rock
CanCon
BBQ Pope
UNFURL
Rock
CanCon
Keegan Powell
Drown – Single
Rock
CanCon
Emmett Jerome
It Ain’t Me – EP
Rock
CanCon
Chrome Daphne
Stuck (On You) – Single
Pop
CanCon
ARK IDENTITY
Deluxe Nightmare
Pop
CanCon
Julian Taylor
Don’t Let ‘Em (Get Inside Your Head) – Single
Folk
CanCon
The Strumbellas
Burning Bridges Into Dust – EP
Rock
CanCon
Big Wreck
Rest of the Story
Rock
CanCon
Lauren Minear
Boxing Day
Pop
No
Terra Lightfoot
Home Front
Rock
CanCon
Mark Fenster
Heavenly Bliss – Single
New Age
CanCon
Brodie Christ
Big Feelings
Rock
CanCon
NERIMA
All My Mistakes
Rock
CanCon
Steve Holliday
Looking Into the Hourglass – Single
Rock
CanCon
Cloud Tangle
Desire Path – Single
Pop
No
Bill Leslie
Paradise
New Age
No
0Stella
Died In Your Arms Tonight – Single
Rock
CanCon
Josh Rager
Heart’s Pace
Jazz
CanCon
The Will Barnes Quartet
Outside the Light
Jazz
No
Jennifer King
Peter-Anthony Togni: Nocturne – Single
Classical
CanCon
Colider
For the Space Age
Punk
CanCon
Colider
Birmingham – Single
Punk
CanCon
Taegen Domstad
Amelia – Single
Folk
CanCon
Rick Sparks
A Time to Heal – Single
New Age
No
Drop Dead Georges
I’ve Come Here To Die – Single
Rock
CanCon
Sarah Brix
Who We Used To Be – Single
Folk
Elora
CanCon
Rebekka Bakken
Nord
Folk
No
Mike Gilbar
Reflections
Folk
No
The Whythouse
Crossroads (feat. Mista Murray) – Single
Country
NSFR
CanCon/KWCon
Lennox C.B.
Bones for the Boatman
Alternative
CanCon
Elyssa Plaza
East Side – Single
R&B
CanCon
Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Jennifer King – Peter-Anthony Togni: Nocturne
Bill Leslie – Fiordland
Josh Rager – I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face
Periscopi Invertit – Stella Splendens
Gary Bartz – Uncle Bubba
The Whythouse – Crossroads (feat. Mista Murray)
Skip Waiters – chanGES
Kid DET & Sad Classes – In This Bed
Rejean Lau – Blue Jays Way 2025
Chrome Daphne – Stuck (On You)
Elyssa Plaza – East Side
Sandra Lamb – You Keep On Blessing Me
Norman Brule – Such a Lovely Dream
Kpec3 arrival – fear anchors
Drea Lake – Bird In Your Window
Sarah Brix – Who We Used To Be
Mike Gilbar – Song for a Sunday Morning
D. Rangers – Can’t Outlast My Bills
Scardanelli & Sophie – It’s All In Your Head! (Radio Edit)
Taegan Domstad – Amelia
Robbie Harte – My Mama’s Daughter
Tara Shannon – Blue Motel Room
CAR287 – Road Rage Leady
BBQ Pope – Pool Hall
Colider – Drown Me Out
celltowers – west (caterpillar)
Signee Florence – Better Like That
Steve Holliday – Looking Into the Hourglass
Good Loser – Going Nowhere
Mike Younger – The Enemy Within
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Michael Bell, who performs as David Bowie in The Bowie Lives talks to Bob Jonkman about the show, the fans, the band, performing on Hallowe’en, seeing David Bowie live, how young people didn’t know about David Bowie, why the name is The Bowie Lives, and some of the other work Michael does.
Michael Bell gives some background of The Bowie Lives. True Bowie fans hate the idea of a Bowie impersonator, so Michael doesn’t pretend to be David Bowie; he’s a sound-alike. But the fans come around, even the hard-core fans. There’s a great band, and it’s challenging material, from folk tunes to industrial metal. Michael covers some of all the Bowie periods. It’s about celebrating the genius of Bowie.
11m20s
Michael introduces the band. The shows were booked a year ahead, so the band members can do their own gigs. The band is of a calibre that they don’t have to rehearse, maybe one paid rehearsal in the spring. If they’re adding a new song they can rehearse it during a sound check.
18m28s
Bob asks if the show on October 31st is a Hallowe’en show. Michael says there’s no better show for Hallowe’en than a Bowie show, there are endless costumes people can wear. It’s the first time he’s playing a legion hall, but he’s fond of playing a small stage. Michael tells Bob of Bowie Fest at the Toronto club Ground Control.
25m02s
Michael calls the show “A Bowie Spectacular”. It’s an all-encompassing experience, bringing in the audience. It’s art. Michael saw David Bowie perform live when he was coming off the road in the 1980s when he was running an entertainment magazine, The Wire Megazine. It was a hardcopy magazine then (and still availble online today), and Michael was reviewing shows. He was able to get in the pit and photograph David Bowie. That show was opened by Nine Inch Nails and many younger people left after NIN, they weren’t familiar with David Bowie. In The Bowie Lives Michael performs some material that was popular in the UK, but not here. It’s a two-hour show, Michael needs to shave seconds off some songs in order to squeeze in another. It’s a set repertoire, so that the segues are smooth and the show is tight.
33m44s
Why The Bowie Lives, why not David Bowie Lives? Michael was inspired by an Elvis sign, “Elvis Lives” on someone’s rooftop. Bowie was a performer whose music will never die, proved by younger people who are now coming out to the shows. “The Bowie” is a state of mind. Some people pronounce it as “the lives of Bowie”, which Michael thinks works too. Bob thought there might have been intellectual property rights over the name. No-one has challenged them about the use of David Bowie’s name and stage presence. Elvis impersonators have had copyright issues, but The Bowie Lives is flying under the radar.
42m43s
Is there a The Bowie Lives album in the works? No, but Michael has considered releasing a DVD of a performance. Michael doesn’t think there’ll be an album.
Bob is impressed by Michael’s accurate rendition of Heroes. Michael says that was recorded during the Covid shutdown. He talks about the devastating effects of the Covid shutdown on performance musicians — session and studio musicians weren’t as badly affected. Music is Michael’s full-time job, although he does some other work such as consulting on festivals, and writing for his magazine.
51m15s
Bob asks about Michael’s political career. Michael was a federal Green Party candidate, and is very involved in his community. Happily, most Bowie fans lean in the same political direction as Michael. But that’s not necessarily the case for other shows that he works on. Bob and Michael talk international politics for a while.
55m20s
Michael recaps the details for the show on 31 October 2025 in Cambridge, and Bob gives the end credits.
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
What’s up, y’all? Tonight’s All Things Considered is web-exclusive so that DJ Carmelo can do his thing — the show makes the case for The Gumshoe Strut, a true DIY one-man-band-man who’s been doing his thing for a long time. Time to get familiar!
Up Down Left Right
No Time 2 Die
My Secret Identity
Stairaway
Broke Off Rap
BEATS! (feat. Pip Skid & Yy)
That Counts
How Many Times (feat. Gruf)
Throw Down Tonight
On the Move
A Coset To Be The Boss (feat. Pip Skid)
Live From the Underground
Worse in the World (TTG Version)
Whirlwind
Traffic
It’s All About… (feat. Grubbs)
Redrum
Point of Combustion
So Confused (feat. MC Homeless)
Break Me Off (Interlude)
Pick Up The Piece(s)
Clock/Works
The Haunted Painting
Wants Might Get (feat. Birdapres)
Too Long In The Tooth
People So Cold (No Hellos)
Sun Down
Do Dad S**t (feat. Nolto, StapleMouth, Id Obelus, Capaciti, & Yy)
I Was There Once
Heard You Were Dead (feat. Azrael)
Cheers
Love 40
Felt
Honestly
Indifference
In Bed At Dawn
Wide Awake
The Real Sacrifice
Bus Stop Joe
Bad Apple
Humble Abody
Goodnight
Speakin’ My Mind
CKMS station friends at hepcatswing.com are back with us with material for one of our fill in time slots. This new content are the playlists of the volunteer DJ’s at their Monday weekly community dance.
dan kellar Kitchener, ON – A proposed development 1700 Strasburg Road in Kitchener’s ward 5 received preliminary approval at the planning committee meeting on October 27th. Saying “the people we hire and create these reports are experts… and no offense to any of the delegates, but we are not all experts… we didn’t all go to school for this” ward 3 councilor Jason Denault supported the decision.
The project would see a nearly 40 acre plot of land which abuts the Huron Natural Area (HNA), transformed into a 10 unit industrial space. The proposal will next be considered for approval at the city council meeting on November 10th.
Representatives of the grassroots environmental groupProtect Huron Natural Area delegated at the meeting, alongside other concerned residents, and the project proponent’s consultants. City staff recommended the approval of the project
This show features interviews with Ray Angod and Yvonne Fernandes Protect Huron Natural Area. CKMS News asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests about the inconsistencies between the survey information and the report, but did not receive a response.
p, dance-pop, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and up-tempo pop/rock music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks.
Synthetronic 80s – Episode #23 (Repeat) – Sep 14, 2026 Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, pop/rock, new wave, hi-NRG, and Italo-disco music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – Episode #23 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:45 Love In The First Degree (Eurobeat Style) (Edit) Bananarama 06:15 Respectable Mel & Kim 09:30 The Promise When In Rome 13:07 Double … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – Episode #23 (Repeat) – Sep 14, 2026 
Synthetronic 80s – #38 – Sep 7, 2026 Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, pop/rock, new wave, hi-NRG, and Italo-disco music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #38 – Sep 7, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:50 Modern Love David Bowie 05:33 Only In My Dreams Debbie Gibson 09:17 Turn It On Zappacosta 13:01 Life In … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #38 – Sep 7, 2026 
Synthetronic 80s – Episode #22 (Repeat) – Aug 31, 2026 Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, pop/rock, new wave, hi-NRG, and Italo-disco music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – Episode #22 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:43 Self Control Laura Branigan 04:38 Echo Beach Martha And The Muffins 08:09 Hello Again The Cars 11:56 Sincere (I Shall Return) Eight … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – Episode #22 (Repeat) – Aug 31, 2026 
Synthetronic 80s – #37 – Aug 24, 2026 Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, pop/rock, new wave, hi-NRG, and Italo-disco music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #37 – Aug 24, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:49 Victim Of Love Erasure 04:22 There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart) Eurythmics 08:56 Mirror In The … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #37 – Aug 24, 2026 
Synthetronic 80s – Episode #21 (Repeat) – Aug 17, 2026 Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, pop/rock, new wave, hi-NRG, and Italo-disco music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – Episode #21 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:41 Moonbeam Men Without Hats 04:17 First-Last-For Everything (Club Mix) Endgames 08:52 Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter Schilling 12:57 The Wild Boys Duran … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – Episode #21 (Repeat) – Aug 17, 2026 
Synthetronic 80s – #36 – Aug 10, 2026 Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and up-tempo pop/rock music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #36 – Aug 10, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:52 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters 05:15 Oh Sherrie Steve Perry 09:02 Tango Dalbello 13:05 Lovesong The Cure 16:32 Let … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #36 – Aug 10, 2026 
Synthetronic 80s – #35 – Aug 3, 2026 Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and up-tempo pop/rock music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #35 – Aug 3, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:47 Why? Bronski Beat 04:41 Stand Back Stevie Nicks 09:30 Breakout Swing Out Sister 13:13 Manchild Neneh Cherry 17:05 Real Wild … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #35 – Aug 3, 2026 
Synthetronic 80s – #34 – Jul 27, 2026 Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and up-tempo pop/rock music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #34 – Jul 27, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:43 Heart Pet Shop Boys 04:57 Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now Samantha Fox 08:39 Control Janet Jackson 12:06 The One I … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #34 – Jul 27, 2026 
Synthetronic 80s – #33 – Jul 20, 2026 Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and up-tempo pop/rock music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #33 – Jul 20, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 00:48 Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper 04:37 Cruel Summer Bananarama 08:03 I Just Can’t Get Enough (Dub Mix) … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #33 – Jul 20, 2026 
Synthetronic 80s – #32 – Jul 13, 2026 Synthetronic 80s plays 1980s synth-pop, dance-pop, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and up-tempo pop/rock music. A mix of mainstream and lesser-known tracks. Download: Synthetronic 80s – #32 – Jul 13, 2026 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s) TIME TITLE ARTIST 01:02 Holding Out For A Hero Bonnie Tyler 06:38 Eat You Up (Just Desserts Mix Edit) Angie Gold 12:51 Just Can’t … Continue reading Synthetronic 80s – #32 – Jul 13, 2026 
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CKMS station friends at hepcatswing.com are back with us with material for one of our fill in time slots. This new content are the playlists of the volunteer DJ’s at their Monday weekly community dance.
