Michael Showalter contest.

Yesterday on the show, we ran an interview with The State + Wet Hot American Summer star Michael Showalter, about his new book, Mr. Funnypants.

If you'd like to win a copy, email us at chris.berube@gmail.com, with the subject line 'Mr. Funnypants'. Contest closes Sunday, April 24th at 11:59pm EST - open only to residents of the GTA.

Good luck!

Thank you!

Just a quick note to say thank you so much to everybody who donated to the Spring Friends of 89.5 Membership Drive! We were able to raise over $600 from our show alone to keep CIUT 89.5fm operational.

If you haven't donated yet, you still can, and will be entered into our grand prize draw, at http://ciut.fm. Web donations can be made by PayPal or credit card.

Also, a big, big thanks to everyone who helped with the live show Friday, including our surprise special guest Dan Mangan (pictured above)! Couldn't have done it without you.

Thanks for your ongoing support everybody!

Chris

Playlist - April 8, 2011 - Braids, Sharon Van Etten

This week: Chris interviews Taylor from Montreal buzz band Braids, and we replay a conversation with the lovely Brooklyn singer Sharon van Etten.

Playlist
Braids - Lemonade (from Native Speaker)
Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin' On
Bill Callahan - Baby's Breath (from Apocalypse)
Wye Oak - Civilian (from Civilian)
Christine Fellows - Dragonfly (from Femmes De Chez Nous)
PJ Harvey - The Last Living Rose (from Let England Shake)
Sharon Van Etten - Give In (from Daytrotter Sessions)
Lower Dens - I Get Nervous (from Twin-Hand Movement)
Sharon Van Etten - Don't Do It (from Epic)
The Mountain Goats - Estate Sale Sign (from All Eternals Deck)
Cryptacize - Track Ten (from Mythomania)
The Luyas - Cold Canada (from Too Beautiful to Work)
Code Pie - Muddy Shoes (from Love Meets Rage)
Ringo Deathstarr - Imagine Hearts (from Colour Trip)
Javelin - Cowpoke (from Canyon Candy)
Toro Y Moi - Still Sound (from Underneath the Pine)
Young Galaxy - We Have Everything (Cotton Mouth Remix)
Thao & Mirah, featuring Tune-Yards - Eleven (Unreleased)
Braids - Plath Heart (from Native Speaker)
Colin Stetson - Fear of the Unknown and the Blazing Sun (from New History Warfare, Volume II)
Tim Hecker - The Piano Drop (from Ravedeath, 1972)

Next week: fundraising! If you love CIUT, please donate today at http://ciut.fm

Playlist - April 1, 2011 - April Fool's, w. Wildlife

This week: to celebrate April 1st, Chris takes on a co-host...from the world of commercial radio. Plus, Toronto's Wildlife stop by to join in the fun. To hear all of this week's special April Fool's episode, go here!

Playlist
Entire Cities - Coffee (from Deep River)
Destroyer - Poor in Love (from Kaputt)
Wavves - King of the Beach (from King of the Beach)
Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp (from Departing)
The New Pornographers - Miss Teen Wordpower (from Electric Version)
Superchunk - Digging for Something (from Majesty Shredding)
Dum Dum Girls - He Gets me High (from He Gets me High EP)
The Decemberists - Down by the Water (from The King is Dead)
PS I Love You - Facelove (from Meet me at the Muster Station)
Socalled - (These are) The Good Old Days (from Ghettoblaster)
AC Newman - Take on Me (A-Ha cover)
Wildlife - Stand in the Water (from Strike Hard, Young Diamond)
Wildlife - Sea Dreamer (from Strike Hard, Young Diamond)
Wildlife - Drunken Heart (from Strike Hard, Young Diamond)
C'Mon - Safer When (from Beyond the Pale Horse)
The xx - VCR (Matthew Dear remix)
Woodhands - Electric Avenue (Eddie Money cover)
The Unicorns - Jellybones (single version)
Suicide - The Be-Bop Kid (from Suicide)
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist (from Since I Left You)

Next week: things go back to normal, with Chris interviewing Taylor from Montreal band Braids; and Brooklyn's Sharon Van Etten.

Playlist - March 25, 2011 - Kristian Pedersen + Rob Duffy fill in.

This week: Chris is doing the R3-30 again for CBC Radio 3, so Kristian Pedersen + Eye Weekly's Rob Duffy are here to fill in (and discuss the Junos). With an interview by Chris with Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene.

Playlist
Smith Westerns - Weekend (from Dye it Blonde)
Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness (from Angles)
Strokes - Under Control (from Room on Fire)
Heartbeat Hotel - Windowsill 1 (from Fetus Dreams)
Gay - Asbestos (from 3D in 3D)
Foxes In Fiction - Bathurst (from Foxes in Fiction)
James Blake - CMYK (from CMYK)
Austra - Beat and the Pulse (from Feel it Break)
Ghettosocks featuring Apt - Lemonade (from Treat of the Day)
Caribou - Odessa (from Swim)
Basia Bulat - Snakes and Ladders (from Oh, My Darling)
Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (from Bright Lights)
MGMT - Song for Dan Treacy (from Congratulations)
Wolf Parade - Grounds for Divorce (from Apologies to the Queen Mary)
Broken Social Scene - Art House Director (from Forgiveness Rock Record)
Sonic Youth - Shadow of a Doubt (from Evol)
Bishop Morocco - Townies (from Bishop Morocco)
Warren G Feat Nate Dogg - Regulate (from Regulate G Funk Era)

Next week: Chris returns for an interview with Toronto's Wildlife.

Playlist - March 18, 2011 - Laura-Louise Tobin fills in.

This week: Chris is away hosting the R3-30 on CBC Radio 3, so Laura-Louise Tobin fills in! Featuring Laura-Louise's interview with New York Times' columnist Randy Cohen ("the Ethicist"), and Chris's interview with film critic Adam Nayman.

Playlist
Kurt Vile - I Know I Got Religion
Austra - The Beat and the Pulse
Surfer Blood - Swim
Abner Jay - Cocaine
Fur Amel - Pink Eyes
Connon Moccasin - It's Choade my Dear
Nancy Dupree- James Brown
Alanna Johnston - Say Yes
Lykke Li - Sadness is a Blessin
Destroyer - Kaputt
Destroyer - This Night
Black Mountain - Rollercoaster
Caribou - Found Out
Land of Talk - Quarry Hymn
Little Scream - The Heron and the Fox
The Raindrops - That boy is Messing up my Mind
The Barbaras - Day at the Shrine
Tonetta - Drugs drugs drugs
Brutal Knights - Take Breaks
The Dutchess & the Duke - Let it Die