I admit that I'm not hip to what's "in" these days when it comes to airbrushing your van. But I do know that if I were going to do it, I'd have a muscled guy on a horse, some jaggedy mountains and a couple of Dobermans on the hood looking like they're talking. Suhweeeeet!
And I know that I would love that van. Yes, fundamentally love it. Oh, maybe not as much as our
Long Range Request this week.
Nigel sends a
New Pornographers song to his van and his girlfriend,
Nikki. They're galivanting all over
New Zealand while Nigel's back in
Vancouver. Our
Wheel of Freedom pitch is from
Sarah in
Montreal who pitches a song that takes direct aim at
Toronto's indie scene. There's a
History of the Chart Question about the fastest rising song ever on
The R3-30, and we announce the
WINNER of our
Name Them Handclaps Contest.
There are three
CHARTBREAKERS and we'll hop into the time machine and travel back 9 years for a
Thrush Hermit WayBackTrack! Maybe while I'm back there I can sell my Nortel stocks a little earlier than I did.
And *re-airbrush my van.
*not a euphemismThe chart, good people
The R3-30
Week Ending: February 21, 2008
1. The Evaporators - "Gassy Jack" Gassy Jack and Other Tales
2. The Summerlad - "City Of Noise" City Of Noise
3. Sunparlour Players - "If The Creeks Don't Rise" Hymns For The Happy
4. Shad - "The Old Prince Still Lives At Home" The Old Prince
5. Le husky - "Mourir Comme Un Chien" Chanson Moderne pour Cyniques Romantiques
6. Corb Lund - "Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier" Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier
7. Major Maker - "I'm In Love" People Carrier
8. Shotgun Jimmie - "Bedhead" The Onlys
9. Boats! - "Scenic Gorges" Intercontinental Champion!!
10. Plants And Animals - "Lola Who?" With/Avec EP
11. Bionic - "Black Blood" Black Blood
12. Meatdraw - "The Devil In Our Bones" S/T
13. Tricot Machine - "L'ours"
14. Hayden - "Where And When" In Field & Town
15. Christine Fellows - "Spinsters Almanac" Nevertheless
16. Wendy McNeill - "Such A Common Bird" The Wonder Show
17. Hawksley Workman - "Piano Blink" Between The Beautifuls
18. Magic Weapon - "Sand Storms" Residue Hymns
19. Black Mountain - "Stormy High" In The Future
20. The Cansecos - "Raised By Wolves" Juices
21. Blood Meridian - "The Burning River Of Guilt" Liquidate Paris
22. Jane Vain and The Dark Matter - "C'mon Baby Say Bang Bang" Love Is Where the Smoke Is
23. Cuff The Duke - "If I Live Or if I Die" Sidelines of the City
24. The Tom Fun Orchestra - "Watchmaker"
25. Sandro Perri - "Family Tree" Tiny Mirrors
26. The Diableros - "Telepathic Love" The Diableros Aren't Ready For The Country
27. Fancey - "Lost Twilight" Schmancey
28. Revival Dear - "Ol's In The Water" S/T
29. The Wheat Pool - "Geographic Centre of Canada" Township
30. Junior Bloomsday - "Swans To Greet You" Nervous Habitats
