CJAM FM 2024 Pledge Drive & Shows # 1065, 1064, 1063, 1062, 1061, 1060, 1059, 1057, 1056

From November 8th-November 17th, CJAM FM will be holding its annual pledge drive fundraiser. For over 40 years, CJAM FM has been serving the Windsor/Detroit community as a non-profit, campus/community-based radio station. It offers unique programming and music you won’t find anywhere else in the Windsor/Detroit area. As a non-profit organization we rely on our annual funding drive to support everyday essentials, equipment, and operations—ensuring our independence and ability to serve our community. In terms of content, whether it is obscure punk, hardcore tracks, indie rock, world music, jazz, soul, electronic music or everything in-between and beyond, CJAM has it and is highlighting it in some fashion. Last year, CJAM had a 40th anniversary party and celebrations and this year we also have many different events in the community coming up.

If you didn’t get a chance there’s still time to support CJAM FM. We offer some great incentives as a thank you for your support for non-profit, listener-supported radio. Whether you listen online through our archives, stream from our website or listen on the FM dial CJAM is here to provide with content you won’t hear anywhere else. Music, spoken word programming, exclusive interviews, a different perspective and more. Your contributions help us maintain our annual budget and ensure that we can continue to bring you diverse programming and local voices. Every donation makes a difference—let’s keep the spirit of community radio alive together!

WAYS TO DONATE:

Donation Incentives:

$5 - Shout out! 

Get your favourite host to shout you out on their show + play a song request!

$10 - TYSM <3

CJAM Mushy sticker

$15 - One Ring To Rule Them All 

CJAM Mushy keychain

$40 - T-Shirt Time! 

CJAM Mushy printed on a cotton tee. This year's design is by Maria Mediratta (@mariamediratta)

$50 - Totes 

CJAM Mushy printed on a natural canvas tote

$100 - Everything but the kitchen sink 

All of the above + CJAM’s love!

$50 - The Voice of the Underground 

A surprise pack of past CJAM Pledge merch, records, CDs and a copy of CJAM: Live Off The Floor & zine

Donation and merch site: cjam-merch.square.site or www.cjam.ca

Below you can find some playlists to recent episodes of Revolution Rock and an example of the type of programming that we offer.

Show 1065 (Originally Aired On November 9th, 2024)(CJAM 2024 Pledge Drive):

1. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange 
2. Itchy Self - B What You B 
3. Chris Burns & His Going Concerns - Perennial Doubts
4. The Routes - Digital 
5. Cult Babies - For Real 
6. Rooms - Hunting 
7. Chris-o-riffic - That’s What We Would Inherit 
8. Bibi Club - Parc De Beauvoir 
9. The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? 
10. The Smiths - Handsome Devil 
11. The Smiths - Girl Afraid 
12. The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want 
13. Tanz Der Youth - I’m Sorry, I’m Sorry (1978 Peel Session) 
14. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet (1978 Peel Session) 
15. Wire - Culture Vultures (1978 Peel Session) 
16. The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night (1978 Peel Session) 
17. The Cure - A Fragile Thing 
18. The Sparks - Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth 
19. The Sparks - Something for the Girl with Everything 
20. Amyl & The Sniffers - Bailing On Me 
21. Feeling Figures - We Are Not the You 
22. Skinny Dyck - And Then One Day 
23. Roswit - Oat’s Song
24. Double Vision - 12 Months 
25. Ancient Shapes - Public Hymns 

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the November 9 file to download/stream the episode.

Show 1064 (Originally Aired On November 2nd, 2024)(Mount Eerie, Brian Eno, The Ronetes, Horse Chops, Night Court):

1. Mount Eerie - I Saw Another Bird 
2. Mount Eerie - Broom of the Wind 
3. Knitting - Dig 
4. Heaven for Real - Bitting Down with Fangs 
5. Night Court - Mistakes Become You 
6. Movieland - I Relate 
7. Horse Chops - Mr. Headphones 
8. White Fence - Beat 
9. Crones - Pullin’ Saw 
10. Crachat - Pas De Compromis 
11. Brian Eno - The True Wheel 
12. Brian Eno - Third Uncle 
13. X - Surreal
14. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal 
15. Oblivians - Pinball King 
16. Jack Oblivian - Rat City
17. The Ronettes - What’d I Say 
18. The Ronettes - Be My Baby (Live) 
19. Tess Parks - Sunnyside 
20. PYPY - She’s Back 
21. Le Securite - Detour 
22. Paul Jacobs - Show Me Something 
23. Shadow Show - Baba Yaga 
24. Kraftwerk - Autobahn 

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the November 2 file to download/stream the episode.

Show 1063 (Originally Aired On October 26th, 2024)(2024 Halloween Episode):

1. The Bama-Lamas - Hungry Teenage Wolfman
2. Aki Along and The A’Kies - Haunted Piano
3. Mac DeMarco - Very Spooky
4. The Unicorns - Tuff Ghost
5. The Cords - Ghost Power
6. Being Dead - Godzilla Rises
7. The Kinks - King Kong
8. The 5.6.7.8.’s - Mothra
9. The Moons - Gammera
10. Ty Segall - Spiders
11. Wine Lips - Burn the Witch
12. Spider Bite - Spider Bite
13. Hot Garbage - X-Ray
14. Suckerpunch - Witch Doctor
15. PIxies - Chicken
16. The Fever Brakes - Zombie Swagger
17. Billy Taylor and the Tear Drops - Wombie Zombie
18. R.E.M. - I Walked with a Zombie
19. Cindy Lee - Dracula
20. The Garrys - Graveyard Curve
21. Tough Age - Ghost
22. Ghost Woman - Demons
23. Bloodshot Bill - Rusty Blade
24. Ichi-Bons - Snake Eyes
25. The Surfajettes - Banshee Bop
26. The Black Flamingos - Are You Afraid of the Dark
27. Dr. Surf - Theme from Zombies D’Lamoure
28. Messer Chups - Swamp Surfing
29. The Beat Happening - Hangman
30. The Ebb-Tides - Séance
31. The Lollipop Shoppe - You Must Be A Witch
32. Dead Moon - Evil Eye

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the October 26 file to download/stream the episode.

Show 1062 (Originally Aired On October 19th, 2024)(The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Japandroids, Ty Segall):

1. The Surfrajettes - Clam Chowder
2. Les Hay Babies - Some People
3. Roswit - Duke’s Song
4. Amyl and the Sniffers - Chewing Gum
5. Corridor - Jump Cut
6. Ducks LTD. - Grim Symmetry
7. Le Securite - Waiting for Kenny
8. Ron Gallo - Yucca Valley Marshalls
9. Osees - Zipper
10. Brainrust - Pacing
11. Bonnie Trash - Red Right Hand
12. Fan Club - I Was A Stray
13. The Chats - Drunk and Disorderly
14. Mick Futures - In Case We Learn
15. The Rolling Stones - Empty Heart 
16. The Rolling Stones - Under the Boardwalk
17. The Animals - The Story of Bo Diddley
18. The Animals - I’ve Been Around
19. Frankie and the Witch Fingers - i-Candy
20. Night Court - Captain Caveperson
21. Japandroids - A Gaslight Anthem
22. Nap Eyes - Dark Mystery Enigma Bird
23. Chad VanGaalen - Clown Town
24. The Routes - Transmission
25. The Clean - Billy Two
26. Ty Segall - Booksmarts
27. Ty Segall - Hand Glams
28. The Gories - Everything (That’s Mine)
29. Weird Nightmare - Dark Room

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the October 19 file to download/stream the episode.
 

Show 1061 (Originally Aired On October 12th, 2024)(Retail Simps, MJ Lenderman, Thee Headcoates, The Delmonas, Thee Headcoats, Cult Crime):

1. The Fall - 2X4
2. Bloodshot Bill - Stretcher
3. Lice - Mown in Circles
4. The Linda Lindas - No Obligation
5. Vypers - Sweet Change
6. Fake Fruit - See it That Way
7. Pressure Pin - Polyurethane
8. The Great Divides - Death of A Dog
9. Dog Day - Too Soon
10. Oh Telephone - Repo Man
11. Cult Crime - Gone Too Long
12. Shadow Show - Spy Balloon
13. The Delmonas - C.C Rider
14. Thee Headcoatees - Davey Crockett (Gabba Hey)
15. The Traditional Fools - Davey Crockett
16 .Thee Headcoats - Walk of the Lost
17. Skye Wallace - There is a Wall
18. MJ Lenderman - Wristwatch
19. Being Dead - Blanket of My Bone
20. The Smile - Eyes and Mouth
21. Geordie Greep - Blues
22. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Sun is a Hole Sun is Vapors
23. Richard Laviolette - Carter and Cash
24. Rick White and the Sadies - With or Without You
25. The Bobby Tenderloin Universe - Bad Boy Redemption Ranch
26. Skinny Dyck - Easygoing
27. The Fall - Craigness
28. Retail Simps - O.B. on the Move
29. Retail Simps - Prismic Dangle

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the October 12 file to download/stream the episode.

Show 1060 (Originally Aired On October 5th, 2024)(The Replacements Let It Be 40th Anniversary, The Kinks, Kris Kristofferson, Pack Rat):

1. Jose Contreras - Crackers and Ginger Ale 
2. Dany Placard - Promener Le Chien 
3. HotKid - All Time 
4. Mark Sultan - We’ll Meet Again 
5. The Replacements - I Will Dare (Live University of Wisconsin 1986) 
6. The Replacements - Favorite Thing 
7. The Replacements - We’re Comin’ Out 
8. The Replacements - Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out (Live at Maxwell’s 1986) 
9. The Replacements - Androgynous
10. The Replacements - Black Diamond (Live at Maxwell’s 1986) 
11. The Replacements - Unsatisfied (Live at Cabaret Metro 1986) 
12. The Replacements - Seen Your Video 
13. The Replacements - Gary’s Got a Boner (Live at Maxwell’s 1986) 
14. The Replacements - Sixteen Blue (Alt. Vocal) 
15. The Replacements - Answering Machine (Demo) 
16. Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make it Through the Night 
17. Kris Kristofferson - The Best of All Possible Worlds 
18. Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil and I 
19. The Kinks - Beautiful Delilah 
20. The Kinks - Stop Your Sobbing 
21. The Trampoline Delay - Little Lucy 
22. Roswit - Person’s Song 
23. Feeling Figures - Swimming 
24. Knitting - Green 
25. Teenage Art Scene - Paper Planes
26. Pack Rat - Can’t Stop 
27. Kiwi Jr. - Gold Star for Robot Boy 

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the October 5 file to download/stream the episode.

Show 1058 (Originally Aired On September 21st, 2024)(Talking heads, Robyn Hitchcock, Ween, Ron Gallo):

1. Talking Heads - Girlfriend is Better
2. Constantines - Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
3. Dana Gavanski - Ought to Feel
4. Spacecraft 7 - Ladybirds (Spider Attack)
5. Bad Hoo - …The Corn
6. Chad VanGaalen - Weird Love
7. Teenage Art Scene Slow - Pulse
8. The Animals - I’m in Love Again
9. Robyn Hitchcock - See Emily Play
10. Jane’s Addiction - My Time
11. The Secret Beach - Sucked into it
12. PYPY - Lonely Striped Sock
13. Dial Up - Killers on the Flower Moon
14. Cola - Pallor Tricks
15. The Fall - Psykick Dancehall
16. Ween - What Deaner Was Talkin’ About
17. Skinny Dyck - Out of Control
18. Tindersticks - New World
19. Thurston Moore - New in Town
20. Dion Lunadon - Hollywood Blues
21. The Anomayls - Flat Top
22. Ron Gallo - Poor Traits of the Artist
23. Tough Age - Cocaine Vouchers
24. Long Weekends - Show Your Face
25. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - The Smoke is the Ghost

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the September 21 file to download/stream the episode.

Show 1057 (Originally Aired On September 14th, 2024)(Richard Laviolette, The Hentchmen, Japandroids, The Gories, Built To Spill):

1. The Gories - Cry Girl
2. Knitting - Heaven
3. Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets - Went to a Party
4. Les Hay Babies - Soyez Fiers
5. Built To Spill - Dystopian Dream Girl
6. Built To Spill - Reasons
7. Richard Laviolette - Milkweed and Motherwort
8. Richard Laviolette - Don’t Quit On Me
9. Okmoniks - Ain’t Coming In
10. The Submissives - Obsessive
11. Pack Rat - I Know You Know
12. Jack White - That’s How I’m Feeling
13. The Hentchmen - Automatic
14. The Hentchmen - Flash Flood
15. Bloodshot Bill - Doomin’
16. Jesus Lizard - Alexis Feels Sick
17. Sham Family - Peroxide Boys
18. Japandroids - D&T
19. The Smile - Zero Sum
20. Kim Deal - Coast
21. The Painted October - Butterfly Eyes
22. Coal Moon - Steam Restoration Blues
23. Peawes - Plastic Bullets
24. The Standells - Ninety-Nine and a Half
25. Crisis Party - Warble
26. Osees - Drug City
27. Crack Cloud - The Ballad of Billy

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the September 17 file to download/stream the episode.

Show 1056 September 7th, 2024)(Deja Voodoo Tribute, New Enemies):

1. Cuff the Duke - Leaving it All Behind 
2. MJ Lenderman - Rudolph 
3. Fontaines D.C. - Here’s the Thing
4. Deja Voodoo - My Girlfriend
5. Deja Voodoo - Big Pile of Mud 
6. Deja Voodoo - Call Link Wray 
7. Deja Voodoo - (Some Things Just Don’t) Wash Off 
8. Deja Voodoo - Monsters in My Garage Got Married 
9. Deja Voodoo - Gonna Kill Somebody
10. Deja Voodoo - Stuff and Things 
11. Deja Voodoo - Brown Leather Jacket 
12. Deja Voodoo - A Million Pieces 
13. Deja Voodoo - Big Ending! 
14. Deja Voodoo - 48 Bucks 
15. The New Enemies - I Don’t Know 
16. The New Enemies - I Can’t Puke 
17. The New Enemies - Girl Off the Street 
18. The New Enemies - Shoot Yourself 
19. The Seatbelts - International 
20. The Enemies - 23 Men (1980 Basement Demo) 
21. The New Enemies - Mr. Monster 
22. The Dry Heaves - Portable 
23. The New Enemies - I’m Waiting For My Man
24. Lost Patrol - In Your Eyes 

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the September 7 file to download/stream the episode.

For those keeping track episode 1059 (which aired on September 28th) was a repeat of episode 1058. You can hear that episode playlist in this post.

CJAM 40th Anniversary Pledge Drive and Archive Compilation Album & Shows # 1013, 1011, 1010, 1009

This November CJAM geared up to celebrate its 40th anniversary with their annual pledge drive and some events! 40 years of broadcasting and making sonic connections in the Windsor/Detroit area. A lot has changed since 1983, but one thing that hasn’t changed is CJAM providing a voice and content for the community and public as a whole that wouldn’t otherwise be heard. Whether it is obscure punk, hardcore tracks, indie rock, world music, jazz, soul, electronic music or everything in-between and beyond that CJAM has it and is highlighting it in some fashion. To celebrate this event CJAM held several events in the community ending off the pledge drive on November 18th with a party featuring live performances and a live broadcast from Art Windsor Essex. 

But, if you didn’t get a chance there’s still time to support CJAM FM. We offer some great incentives as a thank you for your support for non-profit, listener-supported radio. Whether you listen online through our archives, stream from our website or listen on the FM dial CJAM is here to provide with content you won’t hear anywhere else. Music, spoken word programming, exclusive interviews, a different perspective and more.

WAYS TO DONATE!

DONATION INCENTIVES:

$5 – CJAM Sticker
Various designs including 2023 Pledge Drive “CJAM 40 Years on FM” sticker done by longtime CJAM collaborator Greg Maxwell (@theuglyvision)

$20 – Music Prize Pack
Receive great music & band merch from the CJAM prize room

$25 – CJAM Live off the Floor: 2006 to 2023 (Cassette w/ zine)
A selection of recordings made in CJAM studios from 2006 the present. PLUS a zine with pictures and write-ups from the featured artists. Designed by Rosina Riccardo

*Digital available via Bandcamp

$30 - CJAM Coffee Mug “40 Years on FM”
Design done by friend of CJAM Greg Maxwell (@theuglyvision)

$50 – 2023 CJAM T-Shirt
Restock of 2023 T-Shirts “The Jamming One” in black and maroon. Design by Kristina Bradt (@krizzlepie)

$100 incentive – Ultimate Gift Pack
2023 t-shirt, music prize pack AND coffee mug - also pick and choose! (Swap CJAM comp and two stickers for the coffee mug, for example)

PATREON (new this year!)
This year for pledge drive we've started a patreon for listeners who want to support the station monthly for some perks! Direct people to http://patreon.com/cjamfm

Donation and merch site: https://cjam-merch.square.site or www.cjam.ca

There will be an option to pick up their incentive OR have it shipped!

C JAM Live off the Floor II: 2006 to 2023

I also wanted to talk a bit the compilation that CJAM FM has available this year. We have a limited edition compilation featuring recordings made in the CJAM studios from the past 17 years covering the years 2006-2023. Currently available as a pre-order, these are one of a kind performances that were done specifically for the station and you won’t be able to get anywhere else. There are performances here from artists such as Danny Kroha (of The Gories), By Divine Right, Shotgun Jimmie, Psychic Void, Steph Copeland, What Seas What Shores, The Locusts Have No King, Raised By Weeds (an early band featuring musician Paul Jacobs), Barzin and more! Twenty different artists and if that isn’t enough it is coming out on limited edition cassette (w/download code) and a zine that features each artist commenting on the song and performance featured in this set.

You can get this with the zine for $25 (as mentioned above) and support CJAM FM in the process. It is also available digitally via bandcamp.

Listen to some tracks here and save on shipping by ordering from:

 https://cjam-merch.square.site

 https://cjam-merch.square.site

 https://cjam-merch.square.site

Show 1013 (Originally Aired On November 11th, 2023) (CJAM Pledge Drive Episode)

1.  Shotgun Jimmie - Hot Pots (Live at CJAM)

2.  The Bug Club - Only in Love

3.  Trophy Knife - Class Outside
4.  Olivia Jean - Orinoco Flow
5.  The Hives - The Way the Story Goes
6.  Brainrust - Pacing
7.  Corey Hanson - Housefly
8.  Ducks Ltd. - The Main Thing
9.  Elliott Brood - Stars Align
10. Mountain Goats - Murder at the 18th St. Garage
11. Marnie Stern - Oh They Are
12. The Who - Bell Boy
13. Roxy Music - Amazona
14. Bruce Springsteen - The E-Street Shuffle
15. The Zeros - Getting Nowhere Fast
16. The Cigarettes - Surrender
17. Autogramm - Plastic Punks
18. Teenage Art Scene - Crystal
19. Hotline TNT - Out of Town
20. Bog Moss - Doesn’t Matter
21. The Golden Shitters - In the Green
22. Psychic Void - Back 2 Reality

23. Huron Lines - Bad Idea 

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the November 11 file to download/stream the episode. 

Show 1011 (Originally Aired On October 28th, 2023) (Halloween Episode)

1.  Tony and the Monstrosities - Igor’s Party 
2.  Carlos Casel Jr. - Don’t Meet Mr. Frankenstein
3.  The Five Blobs - The Blob Theme 
4.  The Kac-Ties - Mr. Werewolf 
5.  Lord Luther - Teenage Creature 
6.  Bloodshot Bill - Dracula’s Castle 
7.  Bloodshot Bill - Horror Movies on TV 
8.  The Supraphonics! Ft. Bloodshot Bill - Le Monstre Mash 
9.  45 Grave - Surf Bat 
10. The Mummies - Red Cobra No. 9 
11. The Spaceshits - I’m Dead 
12. Forbidden Dimension - A Cold and Lonely Evil 
13. Shana Cleveland - Evil Eye 
14. Beck - Satan Gave Me A Taco 
15. The Deadly Snakes - Twice As Dead 
16. The Golden Shitters - Slaughter House Now
17. The Misfits - Night of the Living Dead 
18. Spider Bite - Hazmat Suit 
19. Mark Sultain - Black Magic 
20. White Lung - Down with the Monster 
21. The Dirty Nil - Zombie Eyed 
22. Psychic Void - Night Terrors 
23. The Cramps - Beautiful Gardens 
24. Suckerpunch - Lone Wolf Fever 
25. Atomic 7 - Devil’s Mittens 
26. Messer Chups - Crocotiger 
27. Gloin - Dark Moto 
28. Oh Sees - Cadaver Dog 
29. The North American Hallowe’en Prevention Initiative - Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en 
30. Titus Andronicus - Home Alone on Halloween 

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the November 4 file to download/stream the episode. 

Show 1010 (Originally Aired On October 21st, 2023)

1.  Dion Lunadon - I Walk Away
2.  The Libertines - Run Run Run
3.  The Undertones - Wrong Way
4.  The Hives - Smoke & Mirrors
5.  Spider Bite - Smashed Glass
6.  Hot Garbage - Snooze You Lose
7.  Ghost Woman - Yoko
8.  The Strokes - 12:51
9.  The Strokes - The End Has No End
10. The Strokes - Meet Me in the Bathroom
11. The Unicorns - Tuff Ghost
12. The Unicorns - I Was Born (A Unicorn)
13. The Unicorns - The Clap
14. Modest Mouse - Tiny City Made of Ashe
15. Broken Social Scene - Looks Just Like the Sun
16. Paul Jacobs - Dancing with the Devil
17. Bikini Kill - Blood One
18. Bikini Kill - For Tammy Rae
19. Bikini Kill - Jigsaw Youth
20. The Linda Lindas - Rebel Girl
21. The Julie Ruin - Be Nice
22. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
23. Blue Oil - Unwind
24. Bry Webb - Outbound Only, No Return
25. The Ducks - Human Highway (Live)
26. The Ducks - I Am A Dreamer (Live)
27. Neil Young - Captain Kennedy
28. Kiwi Jr. - The Sound of Music
29. The Leather Uppers - You Know I Do

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the October 21 file to download/stream the episode. 

Show 1009 (Originally Aired On October 14th, 2023)

1.  Brainrust - Pacing
2.  Runs With Kittens - Look Who’s Knockin’ 
3.  Motorists - Forced Perspective (Live) 
4.  Tough Age - Rat Doctor 
5.  Casper & The Cookies - Sorry About That
6.  Husker Du - It’s Funny Not Anymore
7.  Husker Du - First of the Last Calls 
8.  Jawbox - Jackpot Plus! 
10. Nation of Ulysses - Spectra Sonic Sound 
11. Crocodiles - Refuse Angels
12. Phuture Memoriez - Some Open Handed Cues
13. Public Image Ltd. - Walls 
14. Ten Million Lights - Cherry Red
15. Berner Herzhog - Sometimes It’s Hard to Break Free
16. Mekons - Lost Highway
17. Mitski - When Memories Snow
18. Cots - Flowers (Fresh Cut)
19. Love Language - New Money 
20. Merin - Heat Death
21. Spencer Krug - Nostalgia is the Rose
22. Sparklehorse - It Will Never Stop 
23. Sparklehorse - Evening Star Supercharger 
24. The Goldstars - Leave Me Alone (A Halloween Song) 
25. Hooper Crescent - Late Night TV
26. A.Savage - Elvis in the Army 
27. Lightheaded - Mercury Girl 
28. Teenage Art - Scene Full of it 
29. Night Lunch - Flames of Love 
30. Horse Chops - Broken Leg 
31. Psychic Void - Brat Boy

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the October 14 file to download/stream the episode. 

For those keeping track, Show 1012, which aired on November 4th was a rerun of our 2023 Halloween episode. You can find that playlist and download/stream link to the episode in this post. Revolution Rock was pre-empted on November 18th for CJAM FM's 40th anniversary party which was broadcasting live from Art Windsor Essex that evening.

CJAM FM 2021 Fundraiser & Shows # 909 & 910

This past week marked CJAM FM’s annual funding drive. Once a year, CJAM does a week of programming devoted to raising funds for their funding drive. Being a non-profit campus and community based radio station CJAM FM’s fundraising looks to raise a $30,000 to maintain CJAM’s daily operations. As has been stated in the past, CJAM relies on listener and community support to continue broadcasting. For 38 years, CJAM FM has been offering music and spoken word programming unlike anywhere else in Windsor/Detroit and online through downloads/streaming and archives at www.cjam.ca.

In addition to broadcasting at 99.1 FM in Windsor/Detroit, CJAM has large online listenership. People listen from all over. Nowhere else will you hear this much independent, local, international, obscure, older, non-pop, non-commercial music. If you're sick of hearing the same 10 songs on mainstream radio, consider donating and thanking the hosts who dig each week to find the music you hear on CJAM. These funds go towards equipment, insurance, digital music storage space, staff salary, and other necessities that allow CJAM to operate day-to-day. CJAM is also looking to bring our operations further into our digital age with an updated website and a more user friendly mobile site. As mentioned, CJAM FM is a non-profit based radio station. You are not bombarded with ads and you don't have to pay a subscription fee. Whether listening online or on the FM dial, CJAM is something free for the community and by the community.

Revolution Rock in the last year and half has become syndicated across ten different campus/community stations in Canada being heard in more places than ever before. We curate a program weekly to offer a different side of independent music in the garage, 70s punk/new wave, indie, surf and alternative genres. We often feature exclusive interviews and branch out from these genres creating something different. Revolution Rock would not exist without CJAM, as would many of our great long running and new programs. CJAM offers a voice to artists of all genres and to different spoken word and language based programs that would not have a platform otherwise. That in itself is a great reason to support CJAM FM during this time.

CJAM also offer incentives as a thank you for your support.

$5 – CJAM Sticker
Various designs

$10-20 – Music Prize Pack
Allows donors to receive great music & band merch from the CJAM prize room

$20 – Classic CJAM T-Shirts
Allows donors to get a classic t-shirt from previous fundraising years – Sizes vary

$30 – 2021 CJAM Tote Bag
Limited edition canvas tote bag
Design by Julie Hall // @dooublevision on instagram

$50 – 2021 CJAM T-Shirt
Limited edition 2021 T-Shirts in various colours Design by Julie Hall @dooublevision on instagram

$100 incentive – Ultimate Gift Pack
2021 t-shirt, music prize pack AND vintage t-shirt

CJAM will be taking online donations through SQUARE this year! We’ve set up a new online store so you can make donations of any amount without receiving swag, browse & purchase previous t-shirt designs (limited sized available) and pre-order our new design. Illustrated by local artist Julia Hall, the 2021 design will be available on t- shirts AND tote bags this year!

Donation & merch site: https://cjam-merch.square.site/s/shop

Below you can find some playlists to recent episodes of Revolution Rock and an example of the type of programming that we offer.

Show 910 Playlist (Originally Aired On November 27th, 2021)(Alice Cooper's Killer, LAMF the Found 77 Masters, Snail Mail, La Luz, Idles):

1.  Idles - The Wheel
2.  L00ping - Honestly
3.  Visibly Choked - Too High
4.  Geese - Fantasies/Survival
5.  Manic Street Preachers - Under My Wheels
6.  Vibrating Egg - Be My Lover
7.  Alice Cooper - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
8.  Alice Cooper - Desperado
9.  Alice Cooper - You Drive Me Nervous
10. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Born To Lose
11. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - I Wanna Be Loved
12. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - One Track Mind
13. Julie Doirion - I Thought of You
14. Colleen Green - Posi Vibes
15. Snail Mail - Glory
16. The Garrys - Hwy-11 Tumbleweed
17. Steig - Saloon
18. Fraser Wayne - TY 4 The Times
19. North Lakes - After The Drifts
20. TeeTahs - Rat Babe
21. TeeTahs - Okee Dokee
22. La Luz - Goodbye Ghost
23. HJ & The Constellations - Swamp Beat
24. Huevos Rancheros - Rocket To Nowhere
25. Color Me Psycho - Sacred Valley Penetration
26. Thee Headcoats - I Wasn't Made For This World
27. Motorists - Latent Space
28. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Magnificent Hurt
29. Parquet Courts - Homo Sapien

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the November 27 file to download/stream the episode.

Show 909 Playlist (Originally Aired On November 20th, 2021)(CJAM Pledge Drive 2021):

1.  Psychic Void - City of Waste
2.  Cellos - Blight
3.  Orphan Choir - Cross Your Fingers
4.  Orphan Choir - 1983
5.  Trophy Knife - America's Favourite Pastime (Live Off The Floor At CJAM)
6.  The Monsters - Smell My Tongue
7.  James Sullivan - Getaway
8.  Talking Violet - Indigo
9.  Paul Jacobs - Most Delicious Drink
10. Sly & The Family Stone - (You Caught Me) Smilin'
11. Iggy Pop - Family Affair
12. The Raincoats - Running Away
13. Gil-Scott Heron - Inner City Blues
14. The Strokes - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
15. Marvin Gaye - What's Happening Brother? 
16. The Lounge Lizards - Sharks Can't Sleep
17. The Lounge Lizards - She Drove Me Mad
18. The Lounge Lizards - The Pedestrians
19. The John Lurie National Orchestra - Flutter
20. Rollins Bands - Four Sticks
21. The Replacements - Misty Mountain Hop
22. Jerry Lee Lewis - Rock and Roll
23. Suckerpunch - Ten Thousand Reasons
24. The Sadies - Stop and Start
25. The Space Plan - Tread Lightly
26. The Lost Patrol - Blues Theme
27. What Seas What Shores - Texas

To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and click the November 20 file to download/stream the episode.

CJAM FM Pledge Drive 2015 & Show # 584

Every year CJAM FM, a non-profit based campus/community radio station in the Windsor/Detroit area holds an annual pledge drive. One week during the year CJAM asks for support from the communities in which it serves on a daily basis. Over the most recent years due in part to help from the Windsor/Detroit communities, CJAM FM managed to secure a new frequency as 99.1 FM under protected status, something that during its run when it was on 91.5 on the FM dial it never had. Most recently the station increased their wattage from 500 watts to 2, 084 watts, reaching more people and branching out further than it ever has before.

The content that CJAM FM provides is an alternative to the mainstream. Artists local and independent find a voice throughout the station’s variety of programs and content. Musically, local and independent bands get exposure that they otherwise wouldn’t and CJAM’s spoken word programming provides differing points of view to issues amongst the Windsor/Detroit communities that would not get coverage if it were not for campus/community radio stations like CJAM. Weekly, DJs and volunteers put in their time to provide programs and content that is unique, different and provides the listener with something different from what you might find in the mainstream media. On many occasions, artists have been discovered through CJAM first and their DJs, volunteers and staff dig deep to provide valuable content. In a world that has streaming and the Internet at your fingertips, CJAM FM (which was one of the first stations to offer a live stream of its radio feed in 1996 and still does so online) continues to provide content that is relevant regardless of musical genre or background.

If you have ever tuned into the station, whether online or on 99.1 FM in the Windsor/Detroit area and have heard something that interested you or lead you to discovering something new, that is a great reason to show your support to CJAM FM. If you would like to support the station and help CJAM continue to grow, there are many options available and a variety of incentives available as a thank you for your support. This can be done by calling 519-971-3630 (in Windsor) or 1-855-344-2526 (in Detroit/out of town) or by donating online at www.cjam.ca or at https://grouprev.com/cjam-revolution-rock

Since this year's program fell on Halloween, all of the songs in my playlist this week were Halloween themed. You can view the play list below.

Saturday Night Playlist:

1. The Moontrekkers - Night Of The Vampire
2. Deja Voodoo - Skeleton At My Party
3. 3-D Invisibles - Jump Off The Screen
4. Kip Tyler - She's My Witch
5. X-Ray Cat Trio - Wolf Cop
6. Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages - She’s Fallen In Love With A Monster Man
7. The Spooks - Now I'm Gonna Steal Your Soul
8. The Ordinaires - Virgo Intactica
9. The Bambi Molesters - Beach Murder Mystery
10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jack The Ripper
11. Indian Wars - Comanche Killer
12. The Brains - Train
13. Pow Wows - Car Cemetery
14. Bob Hafner - Surf Creature
15. The Deadly Ones - It’s Monster Surfing Time
16. The Mummies - The Fly
17. Los Salcos - (Fugitvo De) Alcatraz
18. The Misfits - Return Of The Fly
19. The Cramps - Sunglasses After Dark
20. The Stolen Minks - Black Widow
21. King Khan & BBQ Show - Killing The Wolfman
22. The Sonics - The Witch

To download this weeks program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and download the file for October 31. Or subscribe to Revolution Rock as a Podcast.

Joe Strummer Day 2011

As part of CJAM FM's second annual Joe Strummer Day marathon, where we confront issues related to poverty in the Windsor/Detroit area and surround it with the music of Joe Strummer as a back drop, I contributed two programs this year. Both of them were very different and both of them were two hours each. 

Joe Strummer Day Part One:  Rarities Show

The first program aired at 1 AM - 3 AM on CJAM following this years Joe Strummer Day kick off program by programmer Vern Smith of CJAM's Jazz Hacienda. This program was two hours of rare and for the most part harder to find material from the music of Joe Strummer, and the related groups he has been associated with. The program featured live recordings, demos, and songs from a variety of soundtracks from The Clash, The Mescaleros, Latino Rockabilly War, The 101ers and Joe Strummer solo.
 

Rarities Show - Joe Strummer Day Play List One:

1. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Johnny Appleseed (Live Acton Town Hall 2002)
2. Joe Strummer – Slant Six (Earthquake Weather 1989)
3. Joe Strummer – King of the Bayou (Earthquake Weather 1989)
4. Joe Strummer – Punk Rock Blues (Gangsterville EP 1989)
5. The Clash – You Can’t Judge A Book By Looking at the Cover (London Calling Rehearsal Demo)
6. The Clash – Louie Louie (Sandinista! Outtake)
7. The Clash – Jimmy Jazz (From Here To Eternity II)
8. The Clash – London’s Burning (1976 Mickey Foote Demos)
9. The Clash – Career Opportunities (1976 Mickey Foote Demos)
10. The Clash – Janie Jones (1976 Polydor Demo)
11. The Clash – Deadly Serious (Live 1976)
12. Latino Rockabilly War - Theme From Permanent Record (Permanent Record Original Soundtrack 1988)
13. Joe Strummer – Mystery At Ambush Rock (Straight To Hell Original Soundtrack 1987)
14. Latino Rockabilly War – Trash City (Permanent Record Original Soundtrack 1988)
15. Joe Strummer & The Pogues – London Calling Live (The Pogues Boxset 2008)
16. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros– Time and Tide (Yalla Yalla EP 1999)
17. Joe Strummer – Phantom County Fair (When Pigs Fly Soundtrack 1993)
18. The Clash – In The Pouring Rain (Live) (The Future Is Unwritten Soundtrack 2007)
19. The Clash – Know Your Rights (Alt Version) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)
20. The Clash – Good Times Roll (Rude Boy: The Directors Cut 1980)
21. The Clash – House of the Ju Ju Queen (Demo)
22. The Clash – Safe European Home (Give'Em Enough Rope Outtake Version)
23. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – London Is Burning (Burning Streets) (Alternate Version)
24. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Blitzkreig Bop (Live) (Coma Girl Single 2003)
25. Joe Strummer & Long Beach Dub Allstars – The Harder They Come (Free The West Memphis 3 2000)
26. The Clash – Long Time Jerk (7 Inch Version) (Rock The Casbah Single 1982)
27. 101ers – Sweety of the St. Moritz (Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited 2005)
28. The Clash -  Where You Gonna Go (Soweto) (Vanilla Tapes Demo) (London Calling: 25^th Anniversary Legacy Edition 2004)
29. The Clash – The Man In Me (Vanilla Tapes Demo) (London Calling: 25^th Anniversary Legacy Edition 2004)
30. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – (Whiteman) In Hammersmith Palais (Live at The 100 Club – July 2000)

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Joe Strummer Day Part Two:  Sandinista Now!

The second program that I did focused on the album Sandinista! Airing from 1 PM – 3 PM, the show featured discussions on the album, its mystery and why some people like it and some people dislike it. Joining me on the program was Vern Smith (of Jazz Hacienda), Martin Deck (Wake The Town), and Mike Konstantino a local musician and Clash fan.  A lot was discussed on air, download the program below to hear it all, but first a quick blurb about Sandinista!

Sandinista! is an often misunderstood piece of music in The Clash catalogue. Originally released as a triple LP in 1980, the album is known for featuring a variety of genres and styles and having a lot of material ranging from Reggae Dub and Rockabilly, to Jazz, Folk and Gospel. Clocking in at about two and a half hours, the album followed the bands third full length LP London Calling, which was a double album. When it was initially released the album was sold for the price of a single LP, despite having six sides of music on it. As part of a deal with CBS, the band forfeited a large number of royalties (rumoured to be the first 200,000 copies) in order to have the album released as a triple.

Many Clash fans argue that if it were a single or double album, it would have been a stronger release, but the way it is now is seen by some as a flawed masterpiece. When Sandinista! was released in 1980, it should also be noted that a more streamlined version of the album was sent out to radio stations and the press for promotional purposes, it was titled Sandinista Now!  The track listing of this release was “Police On My Back”, “Somebody Got Murdered”, “The Call Up”, “Washington Bullets”, “Ivan Meets G.I. Joe” and “Hitsville UK” on one side followed by “Up In Heaven (Not Only Here)”, “The Magnificent Seven”, “The Leader”, “Junco Partner”, “One More Time” and “The Sound of the Sinners” .  This only adds further debate to the single/double album Sandinista! discussion, but listen for yourself to decide, Sandinista! love it or hate it is a musical statement from a band that was referred to as the only band that matters and one that people can still return to and discover something new.

Sandinista Now! - Joe Strummer Day Play List Two:

1. The Clash – The Magnificent Dance (Super Black Market Clash 2000)
2. The Clash – The Leader (Sandinista! 1980)
3. The Clash -  Somebody Got Murdered (Sandinista! 1980)
4. The Clash -  The Sound of the Sinners (Sandinista! 1980)
5. The Clash -  Police On My Back (Sandinista! 1980)
6. The Clash -  The Equalizer (Sandinista! 1980)
7. The Clash -  The Call Up (Sandinista! 1980)
8. The Clash -  Washington Bullets (Sandinista! 1980)
9. The Clash -  Broadway (Sandinista! 1980)
10. The Clash -  Rebel Waltz (Sandinista! 1980)
11. The Clash -  Lose The Skin (Sandinista! 1980)
12. The Clash -  Charlie Don’t Surf (Sandinista! 1980)
13. The Clash -  One More Time (Sandinista! 1980)
14. The Clash – The Street Parade (Sandinista! 1980)
15. The Clash -  Silicon On Sapphire (Sandinista! 1980)
16. The Clash -  Hitsville UK (Sandinista! 1980)

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Letsagetabitarockin'....The Joe Strummer Story & Joe Strummer Day CJAM Special

The years 1986 until 1999 are commonly referred to as The Wilderness Years in regards to former Clash front man Joe Strummers artistic output, musically and in film. In 1986, Joe Strummer contributed two songs to the soundtrack for the movie Sid & Nancy. The two songs featured on the soundtrack were “Love Kills” and “Dum Dum Club”. While these two songs were labelled under Joe Strummer he contributed further music to the project under a different name due to the fact that he was limited contractually for two songs only on the soundtrack album. The film was made by director Alex Cox, who met Strummer after part of Sid & Nancy had been filmed (the London scenes). This encounter would lead Joe Strummer to further soundtrack work and acting roles. In the same year Joe reconnected with former Clash band mate Mick Jones producing and co-writing several tracks on the Big Audio Dynamite album No.10 Upping Street, Jones’ post-Clash band. When 1987 hit, Joe Strummer had a small acting role as “Faucet” in the Alex Cox film Walker, he also wrote and performed the score/soundtrack to the film. The movie Straight to Hell was made in the very same year by Alex Cox. Joe played a character named “Simms”, the movie also featured members of The Pogues. Soundtrack work to this Western, which has often been called bizarre was done by Joe Strummer with contributions by The Pogues. Around this time The Pogues needed a fill in for their 1987/1988 tour. Joe filled that role bringing him back into the realm of touring with a band.

A band was put together in 1988 known as The Latino Rockabilly War. Consisting of Zander Schloss, Lonnie Marshall, Jack Irons and Willie MacNeil, this group contributed five songs (“Trash City”, “Theme From Permanent Record”, “Nothin’ Bout Nothin”, “Baby The Trans” and “Nefertiti Rock") to the soundtrack for the film Permanent Record, which featured Keanu Reeves. A full length album was also recorded in 1989. The album featured The Latino Rockabilly War as Joe’s backing band and was entitled Earthquake Weather. The album was a passionate fourteen track collection of songs drawing on a variety of influences such as Folk, World Music, Dub, Rock and there are even hints of Spanish guitar. The album featured songs such as “Gangsterville” and “King of the Bayou” which are quick Rock songs containing Dub elements. There are standout tracks such as the tropical charm of “Island Hopping”, and the soulful “Sleepwalk” which ends the album. Earthquake Weather was an eclectic mix of styles falling within the Rock realm that was a very unique artistic statement and still is. At the time of its release it was panned by critics. The album did not sell well and as a result Joe Strummer was dropped from his contract with Sony records.

In 1989, Joe Strummer played a character named Johnny, alongside Steve Bushemi in the Jim Jarmusch film Mystery Train. The album Hell’s Ditch by The Pogues (which would be released in 1990) was produced by Strummer in the same year. In 1990, Joe Strummer had a small part in a movie by Aki Kaurismäki entitled I Hired A Contract Killer. In the film Joe plays a guitarist performing two songs in a pub. The two songs (“Burning Lights” and “Afro-Cuban Bebop”) were released on a promotional seven inch single. The songs are credited to Joe Strummer & The Astro Physicians, which were actually The Pogues. In 1991, Joe Strummer temporarily replaced Shawn McGowan (singer of The Pogues) for their tour that year. Doubling as vocalist and rhythm guitarist, the band played several Clash songs on that tour. One night of the tour was recorded professionally and three of the tracks (“London Calling”, “I Fought the Law”, and “Turkish Song of the Damned”) can be found on The Pogues 2008 box set. For much of the early years of the 90’s Joe Strummer went under the radar not really doing anything musically. In 1993, Joe Strummer wrote material for the film When Pigs Fly. He scored the entire film, but had issues with distribution resulting in the film and soundtrack being unreleased. He returned in 1994 to live music for a benefit concert known as “Rock For Refugees” for people that were left displaced by war in Bosnia. Taking place in Prague, Joe played a live set backed with Dirty Pictures, a Czech American band that featured many Clash songs that he had not played in a decade. In 1995, Joe Strummer played piano on the song “Just The One” by the UK band The Levellers and then made an appearance on the 1996 Black Grape single “England’s Ire”. Around this time a dispute occurred with Epic Records which lasted almost eight years. The label finally agreed to let Strummer record solo material with another label, but if The Clash were to reunite, they would have to record for Sony. In 1998, Joe Strummer contributed a song entitled “It’s A Rockin’ World” to Chef Aid: The South Park Album. This positive Rock song featured Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nick Hexum of 311, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, DJ Bonebreak and Benmont Tench.

In 1999, Joe Strummer began working with a trio for some short movie soundtracks, for Tunnel of Love and Question of Honor. These other musicians were Pablo Cook and Richard Norris which would lead Strummer to Antony Genn. Strummer would then begin recording a new album at the insistence of Genn, this album would become Rock Art and The X-Ray Style, the first album by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. The original band line up consisted of Joe Strummer on guitar/lead vocals, Scott Shields on bass, Antony Genn on guitar, Martin Slattery on keyboards, additional guitar/various instruments, Pablo Cook on percussion and Steve Banard on drums. Produced by Antony Genn and Richard Norris with Richard Flack doing some engineering and other effects in the studio, Rock Art and The X-Ray Style was Joe Strummer first full length album since 1989’s Earthquake Weather. The album mixed a variety of styles, but also this time adding in a various electronic elements. The album opens with the song “Tony Adams” a powerful song with reggae styled guitar riffs and saxophones that lyrically deals with a catastrophe hitting New York. The song was also named after English Football (or Soccer in the US) player Tony Adams, who Strummer thought should have been the captain of the England Football team. The song doesn’t necessarily deal with Adams directly, but its title can be seen as being more of a dedication to the athlete. There are also songs such as “Sandpaper Blues” which delves into African beats, “The Road to Rock and Roll” which features almost Hip Hop styled drumming and “Techno D-day” a high energy Rock song with electronic elements. The album also features the song “Yalla Yalla, a song that was actually written prior to the recording of Rock Art and the X-Ray Style. The song is richly layered and features synths, guitars, bass, and drums as well as sustain provided by an e-bow. The song was once described by Strummer himself as “An ancient British Folk song … written in the year 1999”. The album ends off with “Willesden to Cricklewood” a song that poignantly looks back at someone who is growing up. The song touches on London, being home, and watching your children grow.

Following the release of Rock Art and the X-Ray Style, Joe Strummer toured across Europe, England, and North America, the bands live sets featured many Clash fan favourites. In 2001, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros signed to the California Punk label Hellcat Records. The bands follow up to Rock Art was Global A Go-Go, which was released in 2001. This album had contained more of the genre bending flavours that Joe had been experimenting with on the bands previous efforts. Notable influences are apparent on this album. There is a big World Music influence along with Folk, and other exotic rhythmic elements found here. Dominated by mostly acoustic guitars, Global A Go-Go is like no other album in Strummers catalogue. The album opens with Folk Rock of “Johnny Appleseed”. The song takes on an apparent Bob Dylan influence featuring thought provoking lyrics such as “If you’re after getting honey/then don’t go killing all the bees”, which can be read on many levels, relating to workers rights and ideas within the social contexts of the freedoms of society. The song is easily one of the strongest in Strummer’s catalogue and was used as the theme song to the HBO television series John from Cincinnati. Other interesting tracks include “Cool ‘n Out’, which has prominent electric guitar, the Folk and World Music mix of “Global A Go-Go”, “Mega Bottle Ride”, and “Mondo Bongo”. The album also features the almost eighteen minute epic track “Minstrel Boy”, which reflects an Irish Celtic Folk influence. While these are just some of the nuggets found on this album, there are some other facts that are worth mentioning in regards to Global A Go-Go. The album features guest vocals from Who front man Roger Daltrey, and fiddler Tymon Dogg, who was involved in The Clash’s album Sandinista!, and who has musical connections back to Joe Strummers 101’ers days. On Global A Go-Go Joe Strummer re-invented himself separate from his Clash past. While Joe had been experimenting with his unique blend of Folk and World Music from as far back as 1989’s Earthquake Weather, this album easily stood out from the rest and garnered Strummer with new recognition from his peers, fans and critics alike.

The Mescaleros embarked on a 21 date tour in support of Global A Go-Go, touring in North America, England and Ireland. The bands live set usually featured Clash material (as did his previous Mescaleros tour), along with a mix of covers such as “A Message To You Rudy”, “They Harder They Come”, and “Blitzkrieg Bop”. Around this point The Mesaleros were on their Bringing it All Back Home Tour, which was an extensive tour of the UK. It was also around this time where rumours of a Clash reunion started to take place. It was announced that The Clash were being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in January 2003 and the band were talking again. Nothing was ever confirmed, but when Clash guitarist Mick Jones joined Joe Strummer on stage on November 15th, 2002 for a few live Clash songs at a Mescaleros show, hopes were raised high. Mick joined the Mescaleros for three Clash numbers on stage during that show (“Bankrobber”, “White Riot”, and “London’s Burning”), which was the first time that Mick Jones played on stage with Joe Strummer since 1983. The performance was unplanned. Afterwards Jones was quoted as saying that he felt compelled to join Joe on stage. This was one of the last gigs that Joe Strummer played with the Mescaleros, on December 22, 2002 Joe Strummer passed away due to an unknown congenial heart defect at the age of 50.

In 2003, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros released Streetcore posthumously. The ten track album was a combination of the final studio sessions that Joe Strummer had done with the Mescaleros prior to his death. The album was critically acclaimed at the time of its release being called an album as accessible as some of Joe’s previous Clash efforts. Many of the songs on Streetcore feature a return to Rock basics that had not been found to a large degree on previous Mescaleros albums. At the time of the first recording session for the album, in February 2002 The Mescaleros band line up included Martin Slattery (guitar, keyboards, sax), Scott Shields (guitar, percussion), Luke Bullen (drums) and Simon Stafford on bass. While the band recorded several songs in preparation for the album, many of the songs did not have vocals recorded. One can’t be known for sure, but it has been said that vocals were never recorded for “Dakar Meantime”, and “Guitar Slingerman”, two songs that quickly began to be integrated in the Mescaleros live sets prior to Joe’s passing. Overall the album mixes elements of Folk, Blues, Reggae, Dub and Rock. The album kicks off with the almost Garage Rock “Coma Girl”, a song that has been said to have been the last studio recording to feature Joe Strummer on guitar. The second song on the album is the soulful Reggae Rock hybrid of “Get Down’ Moses”. Other high energy songs on the album include “All in a Day”, and “Arms Aloft”. In addition to the rocked up Mescaleros tracks there are also some ballads that can’t help but remind the listener of The Clash and influences. “Burning Streets” especially emphasizes this point, it seems to draw on a previous Clash based work ethic and at the same time step forward in a new direction with The Mescaleros. "Ramshackle Day Parade”, is the other ballad provided here. The song was recorded for the movie The Diving Bell and Butterfly. “Midnight Jam” is a song that has no lyrics, instead clips of Joe Strummer talking from his London Calling BBC radio show (which ran from 1998-2001) are inter-spliced between the notes of this moving piece.

There are also several acoustic songs on the album one of them being “Long Shadow”. This passionate acoustic number was recorded by Rick Rubin in consideration for Johnny Cash, but wasn’t recorded by Cash. It was recorded by Ruben with Strummer and Smokey Hormel on guitar. Another acoustic song recorded by Rubin was “Redemption Song”. This cover of a song originally done by Bob Marley features Joe’s passionate vocals and a lone acoustic guitar, it was also recorded as a duet with Johnny Cash on vocals (it can be found on Cash’s Unearthed Box Set). The final track on the album is a joyous cover of the Bobby Charles song “Before I Grow Too Old”, renamed “Silver and Gold” on Streetcore. With lyrics emphasizing that one should live their life before they’re too old and it’s too late, leaves Streetcore to end the album on a rather poignant note.

Joe Strummer left behind detailed notes about Streetcore and how it should be organized prior to his passing. The cover art can be best described by strummer himself as: "A distillation thru the mind bending coil..." created by Joe himself, the album is juxtaposed with a bright orange background and on the back features a picture of Strummer sitting cross-legged playing his trademark Telecaster. While the album was released posthumously, it is unknown what was originally intended for the album and what was left out off this album due to Joe’s untimely passing. The album stands as a strong document of his musical efforts, regardless of whether or not it was the bands last album. In 2007 a documentary was made about Joe Strummer entitled The Future is Unwritten by Julian Temple, which further documented the music of Joe Strummer, alongside the Dick Rude documentary Let’s Rock Again!, and Don Letts’ Westway to The World. The music created by Joe Strummer, both in his Clash days and his post-Clash days has gone on to influence and inspire many people to create music that is passionate, meaningful and full of feeling.

If you liked this post check out my Joe Strummer 2011 special, where I did two programs, one program focusing on harder to find recordings from Joe Strummer & The Clash and a second program I did on the album Sandinista!

Joe Strummer Day Play List:

1. Joe Strummer - It's A Rockin' World (Chef Aid: The South Park Album 1998)
2. Joe Strummer – Gangsterville (Earthquake Weather 1989)
3. The Clash - Tommy Gun (Give ‘Em Enough Rope 1978)
4. The Clash - Clash City Rockers (Original Version) (Essential Clash 2003)
5. 101'ers - Letsagetabitarockin' (Elgin Avenue Revisited 2005)
6. 101'ers - Keys To Your Heart (Version 2) (Elgin Avenue Revisited 2005)
7. Joe Strummer - Love Kills (Sid & Nancy Soundtrack 1986)
8. Joe Strummer - Dum Dum Club (Sid & Nancy Soundtrack 1986)
9. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Global A Go-Go (Global A Go-Go 2001)
10. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Bhindi Bhagee (Global A Go-Go 2001)
11. Joe Strummer - Island Hopping (Earthquake Weather 1989)
12. Joe Strummer - Sleepwalk (Earthquake Weather 1989)
13. Joe Strummer - Tennessee Rain (Walker 1987)
14. Joe Strummer - Pouring Rain (When Pigs Fly 1993)
15. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Yalla Yalla (Rock Art & The X-Ray Style 1999)
16. The Clash - The Leader (Sandinista! 1980)
17. The Clash - Jimmy Jazz (London Calling 1979)
19. The Clash - (Whiteman) In Hammersmith Palais (The Clash (US Version) 1979)
20. The Clash - Hateful (London Calling 1979)
21. The Clash - London Calling (Live Amsterdam 1981)
22. The Clash - Bankrobber (From Here to Eternity II)
23. The Clash - This Is England (Cut the Crap 1985)
24. Joe Strummer & The Pogues - Turkish Song of the Damned (Live (Pogues Box Set 2008)
25. Joe Strummer & The Astro Physicians - Burning Lights (I Hired A Contract Killer 1990)
26. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Road to Rock and Roll (Rock Art & The X-Ray Style 1999)
27. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Techno D-Day (Rock Art & The X-Ray Style 1999)
28. Joe Strummer - Passport To Detroit (Earthquake Weather 1989)
29. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Cool 'n' Out (Global A Go-Go 2001)
30. The Clash - Safe European Home (Give ‘Em Enough Rope 1978)
31. The Clash - Rock The Casbah (Live at the US Festival 1983)
32. The Clash - Police & Thieves/Blitzkrieg Bop (Rockers Galore Promo 1999)
33. The Clash - Garageland (Demo) (Rude Boy: The Directors Cut 1980)
34. The Clash - White Riot (The Clash (US Version) 1979)
35. The Clash - Know Your Rights (Combat Rock 1982)
36. The Clash – Magnificent Seven (Live From Here to Eternity 1999)
37. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Johnny Appleseed (Global A Go-Go 2001)
38. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Coma Girl (Streetcore 2003)
39. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Get Down Moses (Streetcore 2003)
40. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Dakar Meantime (Live Streetcore Outtake 2002)
41. Latino Rockabilly War - Trash City (Permanent Record Original Soundtrack 1988)
42. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Long Shadow (Streetcore 2003)
43. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Redemption Song (Streetcore 2003)

To download this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Joe Strummer Day and download the files for 12 AM & 3 AM.

CJAM Redefined....Show # 269

CJAM is now 99.1 FM. That being said, Revolution Rock aired for the first time on 99.1 FM this Tuesday October 13th. The show has been on CJAM since 2004 and this week marked my 269th program. If you are a visitor of this blog, it is a good idea to check out the new CJAM website. You can subscribe to individual programs and even subscribe to an RSS Podcast by going to the programs section.

The downloads from CJAM's site are now a bit different, but are easier to get. To download the show you can visit the Revolution Rock page , all of the files will be listed in this link if you'd like to download a particular show from a particular week. Also if you click the Podcast RSS button, you will be able to subscribe to Revolution Rock as a Podcast.

99.1 FM Play List:

1. Almighty Defenders - All My Loving
2. BBQ - Outta My Mind
3. BBQ - I Wanna Be the Only One
4. Black Lips - Boomerang
5. The Scruffs - This Thursday
6. The Real Kids - Rave On
7. The Poles - CN Tower
8. The Reaction - The Kids Arrived
9. Spiral Beach - After Midnite
10. Rick White - Belief
11. Speaking Tongues - Run To My Door
12. Nirvana - School
13. Tank - Storm Trooper
14. Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
15. Devo - Mongoloid
16. Peace - I Forget
17. Turbo Fruits - Trouble!
18. Generation X - Anna Smiles
19. XTC - Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down
20. Gang of Four - Love Like Anthrax
20. The Saints - This Perfect Day (Single Version)
22. Undertones - I Don't Wanna See You Again/I Told You So
23. Modernettes - Barbra
24. Pearl Jam - Gonna See My Friend
25. Buzzcocks - Operator's Manual

To download this weeks program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and download the file for October 13th. Or subscribe to Revolution Rock as a Podcast.