Lunchtime in Luxembourg

Playlists are hard...

2007-05-24T13:18:00.000-07:00

..so we've decided to take a break from the playlists, but please, continue to enjoy the amazing title of the blog, I guess... Also, call that number on the side and leave a comment about the show. Thanx for listening.

January 24th. No more guests for us...

2007-01-26T19:37:00.000-08:00

..untill we get Jack Layton on the show. Oh yes, it will happen. You can leave a comment about the show for us with our new service. We may even put you on air, so try and be nice! The number is: 1-641-985-7800, code is *3080333.

Playlist:

Josh Ritter - Kathleen (he's playing at the Powerplant on Feb 19)
Metric - Monster Hospital
Sepalot - Highway to Hell

Adriana Calcanhoto - Nada ficou no lugar
Juanes & Nelly Furtado - Fotografia
Adriana Calcanhoto, Ana Carolina, Marisa Montes - Alguem me disse

Die Aerzte - Mondo Bondage
Die Toten Hosen - Streichholzmann
Die Fantastischen 4 - M.F.G.

Five O'clock Fast Fact:

Jan 17. And we had guests!

2007-01-22T19:07:00.000-08:00

Somebody actually got up and came in for our 4am show. Unbelievable. Thanx to Barrett and Brent, from All else fails. These probably aren't in order.

Bikini Kill - Carnival
Dead Milkmen - If you love someone, set them on fire
The Descendants - 'merican
The Februarys - Invisibility as a Disability
Cake - Friend is a four letter word
Six finger satellite - Home for the holy day
Radiohead - No Surprises
Dandy Warhols - Bohemian like you
The souls - girl on my couch
Somebody still loves you, Boris Yeltsin - Organ girl
After the fall - Will you be there?
Video Dead - I love it when a plan comes together
All else Fails - Fallen
CPM 22 - Tarde de Outubro
Charlie Brown Jr. - Proibida pra mim
Capital Inicial - Chove
Firebrands - Revenge will be mine
Threat Signal - Rational Eyes
All else fails - seven
Kyuss - White water
Party Pals - Nine Blind Mice
Aretha Franklin - Chain of fools
From Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z

Five O'clock fast fact: Remich is the centre of Luxembourg's wine industry. Producing sparkling wines, they still claim that they turn the bottles by hand, although some in the industry claim that is impossible.

In the spirit of 2007..

2007-01-15T16:02:00.000-08:00

...we are still ridiculously late posting, but at least we broke our new year's resolution in the first week, and didn't try for 6 months and then break it. For January 9 (actually 10th in the morning), the playlist was:

Terra Samba - Deus e brasileiro
Anne Dudley - The Lunchbox has landed
Arrogant worms - Log into you
Undermined - It's kinda like a bodybag
Millencolin - 22
The God Awfuls - Watch it Fall
Daniel Letterle - I sing for you
David Gray - Faster, sooner, now
Die Aerzte - Meine Freunde
Derek Sherinian feat. Billy Idol and Slash - In the Summertime
Scream Elliot - 9 a 5
The Cottars - Bodran/Fiddle Melody
Violent Femmes - I can change
Pucks - Mr & Mrs. Neighbour
Blues Brothers - Minnie the Moocher
Abandin all Hope - Naptime
Wednesday Night Heroes - Don't Tread on me
Le Marchand des couleurs - Ré-hey-volution
Fantastischen 4 - Geboren
Fucking Ocean - It's true
Ray Charles - Hit the road jack
Joey & the Instapunks - Skinny Dippin'
Blame-its - Kitchen Party
Party Pals - Rock Around the Clock
Lefty mcRighty and the boxcar cadavers - Rollin'
Matt Masters - Centennial Swell
B.A. Johnston - Chud Love
All Else Fails - Confession
The Vertical Struts - Look Out
Drastics - Warp Time
South Park OST - What would Brian Boitano do
Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet.

Fast fact: Luxembourg's prosperity was formerly based on steel manufacturing. With the decline of that industry, Luxembourg diversified and is best known for its status as a tax haven and banking centre.

Weeks 7 and 8, we are lazy.

2006-12-30T16:51:00.000-08:00

Well, well. It looks like the holidays brings the best out in us all. And by the best, I mean laziness. Here is a partial week 7 list, and a more-or-less accurate list of week 8, and my sincere apologies for sleeping for 14 hours a day. Although it was totally worth it.

Week 7

Nina Simone - Feelin' Good
Decemberists - July, July
Nizlopi - JCB Song

Charlie Brown Jr. - Papo Reto
CPM 22 - A Velha Historia
Gogol Bordello - Mala Vida

Die Aerzte - Hurra
Die Toten Hosen - Hier Kommt Alex
Trio - Da da da

Elephant Island - Criminal

Fucked up - David comes to life

Week 8

Dread Zeppelin - Ramble on
Sleeping Girl - Por una suma de voz
The Monkees - Daydream believer
Bent - Cylons in love
Metric - Succexy
Richard Hawley - Darlin'
The Sundays - Wild Horses
Thievery Corporation - Lebanese Blond
Gillian Welch, Allison Krauss, Emmylou Harris - Didn't leave nobody but the baby
Ella Fitzgerald - If I were a bell
Teitur - I was just thinking
Boy George - Bow down mister
Die Toten Hosen - Kauf mich
Farin Urlaub - Sumisu
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Ewan Mcgregor - El Tango roxanne
Deerfoot - Marshall Bomb
Spymachine Sixteen - for the jocks who scream from cars
Strap-on Tools - I wish my lawn was emo (so it would cut itself)
bonfires of Sao Joao - Indios do Norte
DJ Format - Ill culinary behaviour

Luxembourg fast fact: The recorded history of Luxembourg begins with the construction of Luxembourg castle in the year 963 CE.

Week number 6, pick up sticks!

2006-12-13T22:33:00.000-08:00

Heather, sexily eating a mandarin. (Edit by Heather: Don, it's a Mandarin orange).

Well, hopefully almost as soon as promised, our playlist from dec the 13th. Enjoy with eggnog.

Cake - Stick shifts and safety belts
The Pucks - I want you to want me
The February's - Meant for each other
Viva Death - Trust Me
Union 13 - Symptoms of Humanity
Oneofthesedays - Billy the Bully
Syd Vinicius - No meio de tudo
Wanda Sa - Adriana
CPM 22 - Anteontem
Stiff Little Fingers - Guitar and Drum
Lower Class Brats - Just Like Clockwork
Pistol Grip - Black Heart
Ich + Ich - Ich + Ich
Die Kleine Tierschau - Schunder song
Chainsaw Hollies - Cry for love
Nural - Tension
Mike Park - Blue Marble
Pulley - Stomach Ache
Joni Mitchell - Carey
Frankie Laine - Ghost Riders in the sky
Sergio Mendes - Batucada
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Midnight Snack
Ween - Beacon Light
Voodoo Glow Skulls - Here Comes the Sun
Manau - Dafunkamanau
Patrick Watson - Giver
Anthem Red - Cry out loud (because we loved them last week)
The Curtains - Green Water
3 Piece Suit - Opus 1
Party Pals - House of the Rising Sun
The City Streets - Romeo Dallaire vs. The Failure of Humanity
Chingon - Malaguena Salerosa

Luxembourg Five O'Clock fast fact = The official languages of Luxembourg are French, German, and sexy sexy Luxembourgish (sp?). Love it.

Week5: We love Russian hockey players!

2006-12-09T15:15:00.000-08:00

Don works his magic!

As usual, we're disgustingly late with posting the setlist.
Dec. 6th:

Compromise - For You
Death by Stereo - Holding 60 Dollars on a Burning Bridge
The Dillinger Four - Maximum Piss & Vinegar
Ben Lee - Cigarettes will kill you
Cake - Never There
Five O'clock Charlie - Metaphors, Mythology
Alkaline Trio - The Poison
Anti-Flag - Turncoat
Madcap - Bright Lights, Big City
Stairwell - Ancient Ruins
Decemberists - Eli, the barrow boy
Go Find - Bleeding Heart
Chris Thomas King - Hard time killing floor blues
Michael Andrews - Liquid Spear Waltz
The Eyeliners - I Could Never Hate You
Kaddisfly - For the Ejection of Rest; They'll Dance
Five O'Clock Charlie - Replacement Parts
The Faint - Agenda Suicide
Die Aerzte - Der Misanthop
Subway to Sally - Auf der Reise
Die Aerzte - Langweilig
Stolen Babies - Spill!
Lions and Tigers and Bears - NASCAR
Anonymus - Suffer the Consequences
The Nightstalkers - Tombstone Hop
Sweet Home Wreckers - Sweet casualty
Anthem Red - Ollie
Million Dollar Marxists - Zero culture
Reality Sandwich - Dejeuner, S'il vous plait
Manu Chao - Homens

Luxembourg Five O'Clock Fast Fact: Let's talk telephones! There are 255 500 land lines in use and 720 000 cell phones in use in Luxembourg, as per a 2005 estimate.

Week 4: The Somewhat Disasterous Cover Show!

2006-12-03T00:35:00.000-08:00

Look, we have a picture!
We were kinda low energy this week, but it'll be much better next time around.

A Thorn for Every Heart - Dead Man's Party (originally done by Oingo Boingo)
Off by One - Torn (originally done by Natalie Imbruglia)
Slick Shoes - Candy
Capital Inicial - Sou passageiro ("the passenger" by Iggy pop)
Emerson Nogueira - Forever young (the alphaville one, not the rod stewart one)
Seu Jorge - Life on Mars (Bowie)
The Simpsons - Homer's take on The Flinstones Theme
The Simpsons - Bart turns Iron Butterfly into Church Music
So They Say - Forever Young (originally done by Rod Stewart)
Blues Brothers - Soul man (A sam & dave tune)
K's Choice ft. Anouk - I alone (song by Live)
Rajaton - Lady Madonna (from the Beatles)
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes - Don't Let the Sun go Down on me (originally done by Elton John)
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes - Only the Good Die Young (originally done by Billy Joel
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes - On the Road Again
Richard Cheese - Sunday bloody sunday (U2 cover)
Richard Cheese - Somebody told me (the killers)
Richard Cheese - Enter Sandman (metallica)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (originally done by Nine Inch Nails)
William Shatner - Common People (originally by Pulp)
Social Distortion - Ring of Fire (originally done by Johnny Cash)
Dread Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin tune)
Caesars - Don't fear the reaper (from blue oyster cult. no cowbell in this version, though)
Dread Zeppelin - Immigrant song (Led)
Hayseed Dixie - Highway to Hell (originally done by AC/DC)
Hayseed Dixie - Cat Scratch Fever (originally done by Ted Nugent)
Hayseed Dixie - I Believe in a Thing Called Love (originally done by The Darkness)
Orishas - 537 CUBA (cover of Chan chan from the buena vista social club)
Outlaws - Ghost riders in the sky (from Frankie Lane, I believe)

Luxembourg Five O'Clock Fast Fact: Luxembourg's population is 474 413! How awesome!

Week 3 and still going strong.

2006-11-22T22:15:00.000-08:00

Our playlist. Maybe our single caller will see it. Enjoy!

Misery Signals - The Year that Summer Ended in June
The Briggs - Bored Teenager
Teenage Surf Invasion - North Saskatchewan Surf
The Street Dogs - In Defense of Dorchester
Detonautas - Quando o sol se for
Raimundos - Mulher de fases
Chico Buarque - Valsinha
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Chemical, Chemical
Shawn Hewitt & the National Strike - Dr. Yes
The Cottars - Ready for the Storm
Tenacious D - Karate Schnitzel, Karate
Dana Lyons - Cows with guns
Toploader - Achilles Heel
The Constantines - Hyacinth Blues
Osker - Strangled
Piebald - Part of your Body is made of Rock
Manu Chao - Me gustas tu
Manau - La tribu de Dana
Mana - El perro enlouquecido
Butt Cleavage - Juliet and Felatio
Forward Russia - Nine
Goatwhore - Bloodletting on the Cloven Hoof
Die Fantastischen 4 - Troy
Freundeskreis - One love schoener tag (ft. Patrice)
Johannes & Stephan - Auftritt Mike
Sixer - Hero
Operation Ivy - Here we go Again
One Man Army - Victoria
Lefty Mcrighty and the Boxcar Cadavers - Big Nipples

This will also be known as the week that Heather discovered CJSR's cassette collection. Oh Yeah, baby!

Five O'Clock Fast Fact: Luxembourg is the world's only sovereign grand duchy!

Playlist: Nov. 15!

2006-11-17T15:21:00.000-08:00

Greetings! We think that our second show went much better than the first. Are we right?

Here's the list of wonderful songs that we played on Wednesday:

Josh Ritter - Snow is Gone
Oomph - Augen auf
Tito & the Tarantulas - After Dark
88 Fingers Louie - 100 Proof
Alkaline Trio - Warbrain
The Wednesday Night Heroes - Don't Tread on Me
Jota Quest - Facil
Capital Inicial - Primeiros Erros
Charlie Brown Jr. - Fogo na Bomba
Bikini Kill - False Start
Anniversary - Sweet Marie
Bombs Over Providence - Walkerton, Workfare and the Wusses who Watched
Corb Lund Band - Truck got stuck
Richard Cheese - Rape me
Postal Service - District Sleeps alone tonight
Bloodshot Bill - I'll Know
Amy Seeley - The Trees Want you back
Snakes Say Hiss - Talk
Buena Vista Social Club (ft. Celia Cruz) - Guantanamera
Mana - Rayando el sol
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
Common Rider - Where the Waves are Highest
Mad Bomber Society - Oao
Strung Out - Jackie O.
Against All Authority - All fall Down
All Else Fails - Confession
All Else Fails - This World in Flames
Lost Action Heroes - Canadian Badass
Five O'Clock Charlie - Everyone in Tune
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Tamacun

Luxembourg Five O'Clock Fast Fact for this week: Luxemmbourg was one of the original founding members of the European Economic Community, which is know today as the European Union!

Our First show...

2006-11-09T00:02:00.000-08:00

Well, I think we are still recovering from our train wreck of a first show, but here is the playlist from wednesday morn, nov 8.

Regina Let's go by CPM 22
So por uma noite by Charlie Brown Jr.
Velha Infancia by Os Tribalistas
Their Venom by 7 and 7 is
The King is Dead by A Wilhelm Scream
Army of Zombies by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
Small Time Blues by Pete Droge
Coalmine by Danny Michel
.end you. by Sleeping Girl
Static on Through by Division and Wellesley
Those Anarcho Punks are Mysterious by Against Me!
Bring 'em in Billy by Ever We Fall
Pushed Again by Die Toten Hosen
Emmanuela by Fettes Brot
Gekommen um zu bleiben by Wir Sind Helden
Bike Riders by Lucero
Break out! Break out! by All Time Low
Jesus is Alive and Well (and living in Mexico) by Audio Karate
La camisa negra by Juanes
La Partida by Gustavo Santaloalla
Tenha do by Los Hermanos
Almighty Love by Emm Gryner
Synthesized by The Epoxies
Sign in the Window by The Swingin' Utters
Fear Most by Klaus Flouride
favourite fantasy by The Pucks
Only thing keeping me sane by Michael Rault
Making Love to the Greycup by Ivan Hrvatska
Vampire Cats by The Deadcats
Yankee Bayonet by The Decemberists

This week's Luxembourg Five O'Clock Fast Fact: Luxembourg officially became an independent country in 1867!