Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Always love - Nada Surf

To make a mountain of your life just a choice. But I never learned enough to listen to the voice that told me to always love....

June 26 Playlist for "Stumbling Upon Moksha" show on CKMS FM:

1. "Waking The Witch", Kate Bush, Hounds Of Love ©1985 (first 30 sec.)

2. "Unison", Björk, Vespertine ©2004 (6:45)

3. "Naked As We Came", Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days ©2004 (2:32)

4. "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing", Garbage, Version 2.0 ©1998 (4:11)

5. "Breathe", Télépopmusik, Breathe (Nouvelle Version) - Single ©2006 (3:28)

6. "Be Here Now", Ray LaMontagne, Till the Sun Turns Black, ©2006 (6:23)

7. "We Are Nowhere and It's Now", Bright Eyes, I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
©2005 (4:12)

8. "Dance Of The Vulnerable", Gregory Hoskins & The Stickpeople, Raids
On The Unspeakable ©1993 (4:20)

9. "Daybreak", The Stone Roses, Second Coming ©1994 (6:33)

10. "Midnight Rain", Wide Mouth Mason, Wide Mouth Mason ©1997 (3:47)

11. "#9 Dream", R.E.M., Instant Karma: The Amnesty International
Campaign to Save Darfur ©2007 (4:38)

12. "Imagine", Jack Johnson, Instant Karma: The Amnesty International
Campaign to Save Darfur ©2007 (3:39)

13. "Always", Love, Nada Surf, The Weight Is A Gift ©2005 (3:18)

14. "Truth", Neil Finn, Try Whistling This ©1998 (4:03)

15. "The Unavoidable Truth", Reid Jamieson, The Unavoidable Truth
©2004 (3:23)

16. "Low", Coldplay", X&Y ©2005 (5:32)

17. "I Wasn't Ready", Turn Off The Stars, Turn Off The Stars, ©2006 (4:28)

18. "Chicago (Acoustic Version)", Sufjan Stevens, The Avalanche:
Outtakes & Ext ©2006 (4:40)

19. "Futures", Zero 7, The Garden ©2006 (3:49)

20. "Isolation", Snow Patrol, Instant Karma: The Amnesty International
Campaign to Save Darfur ©2007 (2:36)

21." Instant Karma", U2, Instant Karma: The Amnesty International
Campaign to Save Darfur ©2007 (3:13)

22. "All Illusion", Major Maker, All Illusion ©2006 (3:58)

23. "Fade Into You", Mazzy Star, So Tonight That I Might See ©1993 (4:55)

24. "Dancin' In The Wind", Jenn Grant, Orchestra For The Moon ©2007 (3:23)

25. "More", Anxious Blue, Sunsets in the Morning ©2000 (2:56)

26. "Steep", Ohbijou, Swift Feet for Troubling Times ©2007 (4:21)

27. "Rememberance Day", A Northern Chorus, The Millions Too Many,
©2007 (4:35)

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Bright Eyes

A sweet take on a great song...

Playlist for June 19 "Stumbling Upon Moksha" show on CKMS FM:

1. "Waking The Witch", Kate Bush, Hounds Of Love ©1985 (first 30 seconds)

2. "How To Be Invisible", Kate Bush, Aerial: A Sea of Honey ©2005 (5:32)

3. "Awake Soon", Sarah Slean, Blue Parade ©1999 (2:48)

4. "Golzar", Niyaz, Niyaz ©2005 (5:00)

5. "Shiva (TC Remix)", ThieveryCorporation, Versions ©2006 (4:49)

6. "Ride", Cary Brothers, The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)m©2006 (3:12)

7. "My Favourite Game", The Cardigans, Gran Turismo© 1998 (3:40)

8. "Walk Unafraid", R.E.M. Up ©1998 (4:33)

9. "Dark", Kurt Swinghammer, Vostok 6 ©2000 (4:44)

10. "My Name", Lhasa De Sela, The Living Road ©2003 (4:17)

11. "War", Liam Titcomb, Peace Songs ©2003 (3:33)

12. "With You In Mind", Don Ross, Passion Session ©1999 (4:51)

13. "Window of Peace", Oliver Schroer, Camino 2 (5:23)

14. "Collapse the Light into Earth", Porcupine Tree, In Absentia ©2002 (5:52)

15. "Selling The Drama", Live, Throwing Copper ©1994 (3:26)

16. "Joey", Concrete Blonde, Bloodletting ©1990 (4:10)

17. "Born", Over the Rhine, Drunkard's Prayer ©2005 (6:13)

18. "On Every Street", Dire Straits, On Every Street ©1991 (5:04)

19. "If Everyone Was Listening", Supertramp, Crime Of The Century, ©1974 (4:05)

20. "The Wolf Covers Its Tracks", Billy Bragg, Peace Songs ©2003 (4:26)

21. "Wishful Thinking", Duncan Sheik, Great Expectations ©1997 (4:25)

22. "Katmandu, Béla Fleck, The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet ©1999 (4:23)

23. "First Day of My Life", Bright Eyes, I'm Wide Awake It's Morning ©2005 (3:08)

24. "The Beautiful Occupation", Travis, Peace Songs ©2003 (3:24)

25. "Perfect Thrill", Pilate, Caught by the Window, ©2003 (3:04)

26. "Everything Is Automatic", Matthew Good Band, Underdogs ©1997 (4:18)

27. "Clap Hands", Tom Waits, Rain Dogs ©1985 (3:48)

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Sigur Rós

This has to be one of the most haunting and compelling videos ever made.

Play list for June 12 "Stumbling Upon Moksha" show on CKMS FM:

1. "Waking The Witch", Kate Bush, Hounds Of Love ©1985 (first 30 seconds)

2. "This Is Life", Mike Alviano, Radiate ©2005 (3:47)

3. "Sine Wave", Sigur Rós, Sigur Rós ©2001 (6:38)

4. "Baby Britain", Elliott Smith, XO ©1998 (3:13)

5. "Vito's Ordination Song", Sufjan Stevens, Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State ©2003 (7:06)

6. "Crystalnight", Alpinestars, White Noise ©2006 (4:10)

7. "Brand New Day", Sting, Brand New Day ©2000 (6:20)

8. "Stolen Car", Beth Orton, Central Reservation ©1999 (5:25)

9. "Nightmares By The Sea", Jeff Buckley, Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk ©1998 (3:53)

10. "When The World Is Running Down", The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta ©1980 (3:38)

11. "All Illusion", Major Maker, All Illusion ©2006 (3:58)

12. "One", U2, Achtung Baby ©1991 (4:36)

13. "Bye Bye Blackbird", Martha Wainwright, Factory EP ©2002 (3:38)

14. "Black Swan", Thom Yorke, The Eraser ©2006 (4:49)

15. "Get Miles", Gomez, Bring It On ©1998 (5:15)

16. "Drive", Incubus, Make Yourself ©1999 (3:52)

17. "The Life Of The Party", Rob Szabo, A Battery Of Tests ©2003 (5:14)

18. "I Believe In Symmetry", Bright Eyes, Digital Ash In a Digital Urn ©2005 (5:24)

19. "Monty Got A Raw Deal", R.E.M., Automatic For The People ©1992 (3:17)

20. "This Year's Love", David Gray, White Ladder ©2000 (4:05)

21. "Clocks", Coldplay, A Rush Of Blood To The Head ©2002 (5:07)

22. "Into Your Hideout", Pilate, Caught by the Window ©2003 (3:57)

23. "More", J. Englishman, Poor 'lil Rock Star ©2000 (4:25)

24. "Trust Yourself", Blue Rodeo, Casino ©1987 (3:49)

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Be real, choose true and give everything you've got:

Consider for a moment, the place
Where idealism and realism meet,
Where our bold and shameless desire for the "good"
Is no longer separate from the realism
Of accepting what is immediately before us.

This place is now,
And now is the time to get real,
Choose true
And give everything we've got.

If we are only idealistic
And give no thought to what's real and possible here and now
Then we're only dreamers with our heads in the clouds.
But what's even worse is to abandon our ideals,
In the name of "getting real",
For this leaves us cynical, bitter, and reluctant to do anything.

Nowadays, it may seem cool to be cynical,
But this attitude ends up killing our passion and thus
Our power, to live freely and effect change in our world.
After all, our desire for goodness, wholeness, and truth
Is actually an evolutionary pull
Towards a fuller expression of what-is
Not a different one.

Accepting MORE of what-is
Is actually freedom itself,
The freedom to be fully, here and now.

So be real, choose true and to give fully
From this truth NOW.
This is what creativity is all about.
It's also what life is all about
Should we choose to live it consciously.

~Katie
Playlist for June 5, 2006 "Stumbling Upon Moksha" show on CKMS FM:


1. "Waking The Witch", Kate Bush, Hounds Of Love ©1985 (4:18)

2. "Triennale", Brian Eno, Plus From Us ©1992 (4:00)

3. "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead (Final Fantasy Mix), Stars, Do You Trust Your Friends ©2007 (4:50)

4. "You Don't Know Jesus", Sigur Rós, Sigur Rós ©2001 (9:57)

5. "Siren", Tori Amos, Great Expectations ©1998 (4:02)

6. "War", Liam Titcomb, Peace Songs ©2003 (3:33)

7. "Seagull", Kurt Swinghammer, Vostok 6 ©2000 (4:42)

8. "Katmandu", Béla Fleck, The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet Vol. II ©1999 (4:23)

9. "Oh Well, Okay", Elliott Smith, XO ©1998 (2:33)

10. "Do It Again", Steely Dan, A Decade Of Steely Dan ©1972 (5:55)

11. "Something Of Your Grace", Harry Manx, West Eats Meet ©2004 (3:35)

12. "No Pride At All", Jesse Winchester, Gentleman Of Leisure, ©1999 (4:30)

13. "Nobody", Five For Fighting, The Battle For Everything ©2004 (5:11)

14. "Dont Forget (Dreams)", Reid Jamieson, UnreleasedDemos Feb2007 (4:42)

15. "Wake Up", Holmes, Stop Go ©2007 (3:23)

16. "Ahead By A Century", The Tragically Hip, Trouble At The Henhouse ©1996 (3:43)

17. "Hold You In My Arms", Ray LaMontagne, The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), ©2006 (5:05)

18. "No Direction Home", I Am Kloot, Gods And Monsters ©2005 (2:34)

19. "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here", Porcupine Tree, Deadwing ©2005 (12:02)

20. "Title And Registration", Death Cab For Cutie, Transatlanticism ©2003 (3:39)

21. "Truth Hits Everybody", The Police, Outlandos d'Amour ©1978 (2:54)

22. "Over It", Major Maker, All Illusion ©2006 (2:19)

23. "Diner", Martin Sexton, Black Sheep ©2000 (3:05)

24. "Another Minute", Dave Ward Trio, unreleased myspace demos 3:13

25. "Don't", Dave Ward Trio, unreleased myspace demos (3:08)

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Play list for May 29 "Stumbling Upon Moksha" show on CKMS:

1. "Waking The Witch", Kate Bush, Hounds Of Love ©1985 (first 57 seconds or so)

2. "Private Investigations", Dire Straits, Love Over Gold ©1982 (6:47)

3. "The Engraver", In The Nursery, Duality ©1992 (3:26)

4. "Dancin' In The Wind", Jenn Grant, Orchestra For The Moon ©2007 (3:23)

5. "Wild World", Cat Stevens, Greatest Hits ©1971 (3:19)

6. "Saor(Free) / News from Nowhere", Afro Celt Sound System, Volume 1: Sound Magic ©1998 (8:21)

7. "Everything Means Nothing to Me", Elliott Smith, Figure 8 ©2000 (2:24)

8. "Dark", Kurt Swinghammer, Vostok 6 ©2000 (4:44)

9. "The Drop", Peter Gabriel, Up ©2002 (2:59)

10. "Square One", Coldplay, X&Y ©2005 (4:47)

11. "Sæglópur", Sigur Rós, Takk... ©2005 (7:39)

12. "The Unavoidable Truth", Reid Jamieson, The Unavoidable Truth ©2004 (3:23)

13. "We Are Nowhere and It's Now", Bright Eyes, I'm Wide Awake It's Morning ©2005 (4:12)

14. "I Wave Bye Bye", Jesse Winchester, Gentleman Of Leisure ©1999 (3:54)

15/ "Bodhisattva", Steely Dan, A Decade Of Steely Dan ©1973 (5:19)

16. "Bedouin Blues", Tricycle, Emerge and See ©2004 (4:06)

17. "Block", Dawud Wharnsby, Vacuous Waxing ©2003 (3:28)

18. "Farewell Ride", Beck, Guero ©2005 (4:18)

19. "Help Me", Harry Manx, West Eats Meet ©2004 (3:11)

20. "Make No Sound", Gomez, Bring It On ©1998 (3:26)

21. "Cloud", Major Maker, All Illusion ©2006 (2:53)

22. "No Direction Home", I Am Kloot, Gods And Monsters ©2005 (2:34)

23 "If I Could Do It All Again", Rob Szabo, A Battery Of Tests ©2003 (3:14)

24. "Within You", Ray LaMontagne, Till the Sun Turns Black ©2006 (5:43)

25. "Leave", R.E.M. New Adventures In Hi-Fi ©1996(7:17)

26. "Don't Panic", Coldplay Parachutes ©2000 (2:17)

27. "Night Vision", Suzanne Vega, Solitude Standing ©1987 (2:48)

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Play list for May 22 "Stumbling Upon Moksha" show on CKMS:

1. "Waking The Witch", Kate Bush, Hounds Of Love ©1985 (4:18)

2. "Bye:, Elliott Smith, Figure 8 ©2000 (1:53)

3. "Best Friend, Paranoia", William Orbit, Plus From Us ©1993 (4:23)

4. "Silence (remix)", Manu Katché, Plus From Us ©1991 (5:24)

5. "How To Disappear Completely", Radiohead, Kid A ©2000 (5:56)

6. "So Many Times", Major Maker, All Illusion ©2006 (3:24)

7. "Andvari", Sigur Rós Takk... ©2005 (6:40)

8. "Dance Of The Vulnerable", Gregory Hoskins & The Stickpeople, Raids On The Unspeakable ©1993 (4:20)

9. "Bone Of Contention", Spirit Of The West, Faithlift ©1993 (5:38)

10. "Mad Man Moon", Genesis, A Trick Of The Tail ©1976 (7:34)

11. "Firelight", Scott Deneau, Satellite ©1998 (4:11)

12. Lilac Wine, Jeff Buckley, Grace ©1994 (4:32)

13. "Building", Unbelievable Truth, Almost Here ©1997 (5:04)

14. "Worn Out Blues", Gotye, Like Drawing Blood ©2006 (0:38)

15. "Unique New York", Jenn Grant, Orchestra For The Moon ©2007 (4:21)

16. "A Lack Of Color", Death Cab For Cutie, Transatlanticism ©2003 (3:36)

17. "Impossible Germany", Wilco, Recordings ©2007, 5:52

18. "Annie And Martin", Don Ross, Passion Session ©1999 (4:56)

19. "Soul Of A Man", Bruce Cockburn, Nothing But A Burning Light ©1991 (3:52)

20. "Better Man's Waltz", Harry Manx And Kevin Breit, In Good We Trust ©2007 (3:01)

21. "Like Every Other Morning", Stephen Fearing, Yellowjacket ©2006 (4:35)

22. "Wander My Way Home", Jesse Winchester Gentleman Of Leisure ©1999 (2:53

23. "Voices Inside My Head", The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta ©1980 (3:53)

24. "Lebanese Blonde", Thievery Corporation, Garden State Soundtrack, ©2004 (4:46)

25. "Diamonds And Gold", Tom Waits, Rain Dogs ©1985 (2:33)

26. "Earthquake Weather", Beck, Guero ©2005 (4:26)

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Playlist for May 15 Stumbling Upon Moksha on CKMS FM:

Today was a SOCAN audit so with the exception of the intro music by Kate Bush, the entire show was Canadian Content. And a lot of it talent from my own backyard!

1. "Waking The Witch", Kate Bush Hounds Of Love ©1985 (4:18)

2. "13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round The Side Of Your Bed", A Silver Mt. Zion, He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms ©2000 (7:22)

3. "Saraswati" Autorickshaw, Four Higher ©2004 (7:23)

4. "Death Have Mercy", Harry Manx And Kevin Breit, In Good We Trust ©2007 (4:44)

5. "Music For Depicting Fight Scenes, Riots, Etc.", Chuck Baker A Little Piece Of Heaven, ©2006 (3:57)

6. "Yellow Jacket", Stephen Fearing, Yellowjacket ©2006 (5:13)

7. "Love Strong", Dawud Wharnsby, Vacuous Waxing ©2003, (4:21)

8. "Everything", Scott Deneau, Big Hearted ©2005 (3:32)

9. "Crown Of Love" The Arcade Fire, Funeral ©2004 (4:42)

10. "I Wasn't Ready", Turn Off The Stars, Turn Off The Stars ©2006 (4:28)

11. "Posters", Peter Katz, Split ©2005 (3:13)

12. "This Is Life", Mike Alviano, Radiate ©2005 (3:47)

13. "Incandescent", Rob Szabo, Like a Metaphor ©2006 (4:54)

14. "Hey Hey Hey (My Little Beauties)", Hawksley Workman, Treeful of Starling ©2006 (3:08)

15. "Ghosts", Paul MacLeod, Close And Play ©2001 (3:48)

16. "The Unavoidable Truth" Reid Jamieson, The Unavoidable Truth ©2004 (3:23)

17. "Tripwires" J. Englishman, Poor 'lil Rock Star ©2000 (3:11)

18. "Dancin' In The Wind", Jenn Grant, Orchestra For The Moon ©2007 (3:23)

19. "High" Sarah Slean, Blue Parade ©1999 (3:34)

20. "Steep" Ohbijou, Swift Feet for Troubling Times, ©2007 (4:21)

21. "Trust Yourself", Blue Rodeo, Casino ©1987 (3:49)

22. "What Buddy Was", 54-40, Smilin' Buddha Cabaret ©1994 (4:27)

23. "Busy Bee", King Cobb Steelie, Destroy All Codes ©2004 (2:21)

24. "All Illusion" Major Maker, All Illusion ©2006 (3:58)

25. "Untitled" Major Maker, All Illusion ©2006 (3:07)

26. "Something More From Me", Anxious Blue, Limits Push Themselves ©2001 (3:40)

27. "Rememberance Day" A Northern Chorus, The Millions Too Many, ©2007 (4:35)

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Krishnamurti speaks with Dr.Anderson 1974 1c

We are the world and the world is us....

or as Ed Kowalczyk of Live writes: "The world is not my problem. I AM the world."

Monday, May 07, 2007

Playlist for May 8, 2007, Stumbling Upon Moksha on CKMS FM:

1. “Waking The Witch”, Kate Bush, Hounds Of Love ©1985 played simultaneously with “Prelude”, Kate Bush,
Aerial: A Sky of Honey ©2005 (1:26)

2. “A Thousand Years”, Sting, Brand New Day ©2000 (5:58)

3.” Tunnel Of Trees”, Go Van Gogh, Gogh Van Go ©1997 (4:41)

4. “Dancin' In The Wind”, Jenn Grant, Orchestra For The Moon ©2007 (3:23)

5. “As I Wander”, Ours, Distorted Lullabies ©2001 (3:57)

6. “So Many Times”, Major Maker, All Illusion ©2006 (3:24)

7. “New Year's Prayer”, Jeff Buckley, Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk (Disc 1) ©1998 (4:40)

8. “Any Day Now”, Elbow, Asleep In The Back ©2001 (6:18)

9. “Perfect Thrill”, Pilate, Caught by the Window ©2003 (3:04)

10. “One Nerve”, Clayhill, Q: Mellow Gold ©2006 (4:49)

11. “Lightning Crashes”, Live, Throwing Copper ©1994 (5:25)

12. “Nobody”, Five For Fighting, The Battle For Everything ©2004, 5:11

13. “Weight”, Sarah Slean, Night Bugs ©2002 (3:15)

14. “Fire On Babylon”, Sinéad O'Connor, Universal Mother ©1994 (5:11)

15. “Swallow Me”, Esthero, Breath From Another ©1998 (5:46)

16. “Lady Toronto”, King Cobb Steelie, Mayday ©2000 (4:19)

17. “Black Tambourine”, Beck, Guero ©2005 (2:47)

18. “Higher”, 54-40, Smilin' Buddha Cabaret ©1994 (2:34)

19. “The Preacherman's Song”, Wide Mouth Mason, Wide Mouth Mason, ©1997 (3:04)

20. “Brighter Than Sunshine”, Aqualung, A Lot Like Love ©2005 (4:01)

21. “Everything In Its Right Place”, Radiohead, Kid A ©2000 (4:11)

22. “Lift Me Up”, Moby, Hotel ©2005 (3:21)

23. “You're A Treasure”, Colour, Between Earth & Sky ©2007 (3:04)

24. “Can't You Hear It Call”, Colour, Between Earth & Sky ©2007 (3:24)

25. "A Good Start,"Maria Taylor,Lynn Teeter Flower ©2007 (4:13)

26. “All This Time”, Sting, Soul Cages ©1991 (4:54)

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Playlist for May 1, 2007 "Stumbling Upon Moksha" on CKMS FM:

1. "Treefingers", Radiohead, Kid A ©2000 (3:42)

2. "Pittsburgh 1901 (Theme From Mrs. Soffel)", Mark Isham, The First Ten Years ©1984 (3:22)

3. "John The 23rd", Sarah Slean, Sarah Slean EP ©2001 (4:30)

4. "Eden", Hooverphonic Blue Wonder Power Milk, ©1998 (3:33)

5. "Sleepy Maggie", Ashley MacIsaac, Hi How Are You Today? ©1995 (5:27)

6. "Whirl-Y Reel 2 (Folk Police Mix)", Afro Celt Sound System Vol. 1: Sound Magic ©1998 (5:28)

7. "Dice", Finley Quaye & William Orbit Dice - Layo and Bushwacka! ©2004 (8:24)

8. "Rememberance Day", A Northern Chorus, The Millions Too Many ©2007 (4:35)

9. "Tijuana", Harry Manx, Mantras for Madmen ©2005 (3:59)

10. "Make No Sound", Gomez, Bring It On ©1998 (3:26)

11. "Gypsy", Kan' Nal, Dreamwalker ©2005 (6:02)

12. "First Day of My Life", Bright Eyes, I'm Wide Awake It's Morning ©2005 (3:08)

13. "Monty Got A Raw Deal", R.E.M. Automatic For The People 1992 (3:17)

14. "Decara A La Pased", Lhasa De Sela La Llorona ©1998 4:15

15. "Heart's A Mess", Gotye, Like Drawing Blood ©2006 (6:06) (check out posted video)

16. "The Only Way" Gotye, Like Drawing Blood, ©2006 (4:49)

17. "My Chronic Affair With Miss Fortune", Acrobat's The Unbelievable Truth ©2006 (3:32)

18. "Ocean Pearl", 54-40, Smilin' Buddha Cabaret ©1994 (3:27)

19. "She'll Never Know", Major Maker, All Illusion, 2006 (3:21)

20. "Baby Britain", Elliott Smith, XO ©1998 (3:13)

21. "Wake Up", Holmes, Stop Go, ©2007 (3:23)

22. "If Life Was A Movie (Pigs Would Fly)", Scott Deneau Electrolux (Sampler) ©1995 (3:44)

23. "Night Vision", Suzanne Vega, Solitude Standing ©1987 (2:48)

24. "Impossible Germany", Wilco, Recordings ©2007 (5:52)

25. "Brother Down", Sam Roberts, The Inhuman Condition ©2002 (4:24)


Gotye's AMAZING "Heart's A Mess" video:

For those interested, there is actually better presentation of the video of his website. Not only is the sound better but it's got a wider screen. Plus you can buy his CD directly off the site and be among the first here in North America to have a copy. Visit www.gotye.com

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Playlist for April 24, 2007 "Stumbling Upon Moksha" on CKMS FM

1. "Magnolia", Jacob Moon, Eventide ©2006 (3:46)

2. "3 Circles", Patrick O'Hearn, Trust ©1995 (5:57)

3. "Space Maker", Air , Pocket Symphony ©2007 (4:02)

4. "Mayfair Song", Air, Pocket Symphony ©2007 (4:18)

5. "Somewhere Between Waking And Sleeping", Air, Pocket Symphony ©2007, 3:36

6. "Nocturn", Kate Bush, Aerial: A Sky of Honey ©2005 (8:34)

7. "Breathe", Télépopmusik, Breathe (Nouvelle Version) - Single ©2006 (3:28)

8. "Golzar, Niyaz", Niyaz ©2005 (5:00)

9. "Remembrance (Fires Remix)", Bombay Dub Orchestra, Bombay Dub Orchestra ©2006 (5:39)

10. "Svo Hljótt", Sigur Rós, Takk... ©2005 (7:24)

11. "A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons", Sufjan Stevens, Come On Feel The Illinoise! ©2005 (0:47)

12. Jacksonville, Sufjan Stevens , Come On Feel The Illinoise! ©2005 (5:24)

13. "Time Waits For No One", Roger Hodgson, Rites Of Passage [Live] © 1997 (9:07)
14. "Don't Wait For Tomorrow", Acrobat's, The Unbelievable Truth ©2006 (5:22)

15. "All This Time", Sting , Soul Cages ©1991 (4:54)

16. Soul Meets Body, Death Cab For Cutie, Plans (Bonus Video Version) ©2005 (3:50)

17." Into Your Hideout", Pilate, Caught by the Window ©2003 (3:57)

18. "Cloud", Major Maker, All Illusion ©2006 (2:53)

19. "I Might Be Wrong", Radiohead, Amnesiac ©2001 (4:53)

20. "Everything This Could Be", Anxious Blue, Limits Push Themselves ©2001 (3:40)

21. "Hello Everything ", King Cobb Steelie, Destroy All Codes ©2004 (2:38)

22. "California", Sarah Slean, Day One ©2004 (5:49)

23. "12 Bellevue", Kathleen Edwards, Failer ©2003 (3:43)

24. "Nice Dream", Radiohead, The Bends ©1995(3:53)

25. "Independence Day", Elliott Smith, XO ©1998 (3:04)

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Playlist for April 17, 2007 "Stumbling Upon Moksha" on CKMS FM

1. "Stumble Then Rise On Some Awkward Morning", A Silver Mt. Zion, He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of LightSometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms © 2000 (6:04)

2. "Better Man Blues", Harry Manx & Kevin Breit, In Good We Trust, © 2007 (3:04)

3 "Death Have Mercy", Harry Manx & Kevin Breit, In Good We Trust ©2007 (3:43)

4. "Prefix to Un-Fix", Sean Clarke, Love-Ninja Verses: (Promo) ©2006 (2:24)

5. "Erase Your Number", Sean Clarke , Love-Ninja Verses: (Promo) © 2006 (4:01)

6. "Higher than Reason", Unbelievable Truth, Almost Here, ©1997 (4:01)

7. "Transatlanticism", Death Cab For Cutie, Transatlanticism ©2003 (7:55)

8. "There's A Rhythm ", Ron Sexsmith, Ron Sexsmith ©1995 (3:11)

9. "Morning Break", Jenn Grant, Orchestra for the Moon ©2007 (3:45)

10. "Dreamer", Jenn Grant , Orchestra for the Moon ©2007 (4:00)

11. "Opium", Dalton Grant, Opium ©2004 (3:57)

12. "Evergreen", Echo And The Bunnymen Evergreen, Evergreen ©2005 (4:09)

13. "In the Waiting Line", Zero 7, Garden State (Soundtrack) ©2004 (4:31)

14. The Seer's Tower , Sufjan Stevens , Come On Feel The Illinoise ©2005 (3:54)

15. "Green (Nevermore Instrumental)", Afro Celt Sound System, Seed ©2003 (5:57)

16. "Moksha", Vas, Feast of Silence ©2004 (4:59)

17. "Extreme Ways", Moby , 18 ©2002 (3:57)

19. "Hell Yes", Beck, Guero ©2005 (3:17)

20. "Emotionless", Acrobat's, The Unbelievable Truth ©2006 (3:45)

21. "Window", Major Maker, All Illusion ©2006 (3:10)

22. "Naked As We Came", Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days ©2004 (2:32)

23. "Remembrance Day", A Northern Chorus, Remembrance of the Day ©2007 (4:34)

25. "Twin Moon ", Sarah Slean, Sarah Slean EP ©2001, (5:04)

26. "All Things Change", Kan' Nal, Dreamwalker © 2005 (4:36)

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Playlist for April 10, 2007 "Stumbling Upon Moksha" on CKMS FM

1. "Wake Up", Sarah Slean ©2004, Day One, (3:42)

NEW DOUBLE PLAY FEATURE: Turn Off The Stars:
2. "Usual To Me", Turn Off The Stars ©2006, Turn Off The Stars (3:36)

3. "30 Days", Turn Off The Star ©2006, Turn Off The Stars (3:53)

4. "Good Morning", The Dandy Warhols ©1997,Come Down (5:00)

5. "Belle Epoque", In The Nursery © 1992, Duality (5:37)

6. "Ride", Cary Brothers ©2006 The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (3:12)

7. "Staring At The Sun", U2 ©1997, Pop (4:36)

8. "Staring At The Sun", J. Englishman ©Poor 'lil Rock Star (4:22)

9. "Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh", Bright Eyes ©2000, Fevers and Mirrors (4:43)

10. "Eden", Hooverphonic ©1998, Blue Wonder Power Milk (3:32)

11. "Waltz #1", Elliott Smith ©1998, XO (3:22)

12. "My Sword Hand's Anger", Apostle of Hustle ©2007, National Anthem of Nowhere (3:14)

13 "White Shadows", Coldplay ©2005, X&Y (5:28)

14. "My Oh My", David Gray ©2000, White Ladder (4:37)

15. "It's a Long Life to Always Be Longing", Hawksley Workman ©2006, Treeful of Starling (Limited Edition) (4:40)

16. "Oh Well", Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon ©2005, Sixty Six Steps (3:22)

17. "Get Miles", Gomez ©1998, Bring It On (5:15)

18. "Be Here Now", Ray LaMontagne ©2006, Till the Sun Turns Black (6:23)

19. "The Perfect Crime 2", The Decemberists © 2006 , The Crane Wife (5:33)

20. "Barcelona", Scott Deneau ©2005, Big Hearted (3:31)

21. "Bliss", Lindy ©2001, The Humourous Years (3:53)

22. "Ghosts", Paul MacLeod © 2001, Close And Play (3:48)

23. "Posters", Peter Katz ©2005, Split (3:13)

24. "Steep", Ohbijou ©2007, Swift Feet for Troubling Times (4:21)

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Personal Introduction: Coming Out "Integral"

Seeing as my "E-blogger" profile needs to be contained to 1200 characters or less, I thought I would indulge myself by posting the expanded form as a blog.

I am the owner/manager of a Kitchener based recording studio and media replication house called Studio A-Mirador. I am also a new host a community radio program on CKMS FM 100.3 in Waterloo called "Stumbling Upon Moksha". For me, it's become an exciting extension of something I have always loved to do: share the music I love and celebrate its powers to inspire and transform people's lives. It never ceases to amaze me how many people use music to dislodge themselves from the patterns of their workaday mind and surrender to something deeper, something personal, but also transpersonal; and therein, lies music's real power, I feel anyway.

In the mid eighties, I began my undergraduate studies at the University of Waterloo and was lucky enough to be able to study music within a context of other arts disciplines, including my other passions: philosophy, psychology and religious studies. In my final year I was introduced to music expression theory and later went on to study it more deeply through a graduate program in Music Criticism at McMaster. My thesis topic was-- get this-- was "A Critical Examination of Expressive Content in Mahler's Ninth Symphony." Yes... I was one of those intense sorts that would groove to Mahler for hours at a time, searching for ways to explain how profound his music was to me, especially his ninth symphony. To me it pointed to a reconciliation of life amidst the inevitably death, not surprising words about a composer described in the 20th Century as the first musical existentialist. (A-hem.... Did I mention I was intense?)

Unfortunately, the longer I chased my understanding of these truths academically, the more the magic began to allude me. I mean, the mere fact that I had to propose an actual defense of expressive content points to how deprived the Humanities in the early 90s were of a way to inter-relate the inner and outer dimensions of any discipline. Music was just one of them.

Fortunately, about a decade later, I stumbled upon the work of Ken Wilber whose "Integral" model does just that: it proposes a way to reconcile the interior dimensions of being with their exterior or manifest counterparts. It also addresses other seemingly opposing perspectives (like singular versus plural), along with the often neglected perspectives of first, second and third person. In a nutshell, Wilber provides us with the first truly integral model of reality-- in other words, a really good map of the manifest world. And think about it: if you want to explore reality, or escape from its prison, what you first need is a really good map.

So I encourage everyone to explore his work and his Integral model as deeply as they can. But don't worry; the pursuit need not remain purely theoretical. In fact, things get particularly exciting when Integral thinking is applied to expressive and practical disciplines, like culture and politics. There's no limit to where an intelligent, purposeful study of reality will take us. All I know is you don't have to believe anything. Just check it out and try it on first hand. You'll know the truth when you feel it and your beliefs will be little more than temporary containers for your fading doubts.

~Katie

Awareness brings choice; choice brings Freedom