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Live on CBC Radio 3: All Request with Luke Doucet, Tokyo Police Club

Posted by Grant Lawrence on Nov 17, 2008
Coming up today on Grant Lawrence Live, 3PM ET / noon PT on CBC Radio 3's web radio:

Today's guest: Luke Doucet, Tokyo Police Club

One is about to start a stadium tour with James Blunt, and the other just finished a stadium tour with Weezer. On today's show, Graham Wright from Tokyo Police Club, and Toronto twang-master Luke Doucet, taking YOUR questions.

If you have a burning query for either Luke or Graham, you have three ways to get them in...
:: post them on our blog

:: email feedback@cbcradio3.com

:: call in and leave a message at 1-877-955-6565

***If we ask your question on air, you'll win a piece of the CBC Radio 3 winter wardrobe!***
Also on today's show, we'll open up the CBC Radio 3 playlist to allow you to pick what you want to hear... Haven't heard an artist in ages? Love that band but never hear them? Wanna show the world what band you think is best? Really sick of that certain song we play too much? Then this is the show for you... the All Request Monday Madness is back... 

And since Graham Wright is releasing his first solo EP today, that brings us to our...

Poll Question of the Day:

WHAT SOLO ARTIST DO YOU WANT TO HEAR TODAY?

Post your requests and questions on our blog or email feedback@cbcradio3.com and we'll do our best to play the songs that get you through Monday.

Interview with Graham Wright on his solo project, Desperate Housewives, and Bucky nomination:



Interview with Luke Doucet who chats about the Buckys, losing his voice, and having one of his tracks listed as one of the best of the year by High Fidelity author, Nick Hornby...

Part #1



Part #2


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  1. AlexOfAnders
    01

    Question for Tokyo Police Club

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by AlexOfAnders
    After a long tour with such a big name as an opener and playing such huge venues are you guys looking forward to getting back to playing a more intimate venue as the headliner? How do the two compare?

    And Grant, I wouldn't mind hearing a little Time Breaks Down by Bend Sinister. Feels like I haven't listened to it for a while now.
  2. rdickie
    02

    Question for both

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by rdickie
    What's the best season to do touring in? I suppose it would be nice to hit some warmer destinations during the winter but i don't think anything could beat the canadian country in the summer.
  3. rdickie
    03

    request

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by rdickie
    forgot to do the request.

    hayloft by mother mother.
  4. AlexOfAnders
    04

    What's this about saturday?!

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by AlexOfAnders
    Damn, I'm slipping, how did I not hear about that Saturday night gig? Did I miss it on this site or was it not advertised?
  5. tb3
    05

    Re: Live on CBC Radio 3: All Request with Luke Doucet, Tokyo Police Club

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by tb3
    I think I'd really like to hear The Midway State song, "Change for you".

    To the best of my knowledge he didn't go solo, but the boy behind that band is pretty much it's genius I read.
  6. emsters
    06

    My Request

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by emsters
    Hey Grant... nice finally meeting you over the weekend... I would love to hear some Jason Collett.. Singin' You, maybe? :)
  7. ottawateeth
    07

    Re: Live on CBC Radio 3: All Request with Luke Doucet, Tokyo Police Club

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by ottawateeth
    Are you playing just the solo material or are you also taking requests for the artist's former band. If you're entertaining the idea of playing their older band then I'd like to hear some classic Thrush Hermit ...or some Blurtonia (Ian Blurton's post-Change of Heart solo project).

    thanks
  8. dakue
    08

    Advice

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by dakue
    It would be great to hear that song Strike by Polymaths....so catchy and fun!
  9. prosonik
    09

    request

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by prosonik
    Shooting the gift by Hip Club Groove. I haven't heard it in ages. As far as solo artist.. Amy Millan. One of my favorite albums of this decade. I suppose i could through a whole more suggestions up, Corb Lund, Sarah Harmer, Joel Plasket, all formally of great bands, that have great solo projects.
  10. frrrrresh
    10

    to GW

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by frrrrresh
    has anyone seen you on the street and recognized you as "that guy in Cold Spash!!!"?!

    i hope not.

    to GL: could you please play Sarah Harmer's "i am aglow"?
  11. ottawateeth
    11

    Re: Live on CBC Radio 3: All Request with Luke Doucet, Tokyo Police Club

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by ottawateeth
    oh. and there's a talented singer/songwriter from Ottawa named Gianna Lauren. Haven't heard her on CBC R 3 yet...but maybe that's because you guys don't have her album yet. Check her out.
  12. emsters
    12

    Jason Collett

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by emsters
    scratch that.... I'll Bring the sun... That is what i would love to hear.
  13. Justin Beach
    13

    Solo?

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Justin Beach
    Can you define solo for the purposes of this blog? I mean solo as in Hayden, Kate Maki and Dan Mangan or solo as in the Hidden Cameras, Awkward Stage and Caribou (all of which are really one person and whoever they can round up for live shows)?
  14. marcellehasgout
    14

    question!

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by marcellehasgout
    for both Graham Wright and Luke Doucet:

    What/who is your favourite band/artist to play with other than your usual bandmates?
    and who is your favourite CBCr3 personality?
  15. 2planker
    15

    Request:

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by 2planker
    I'm stuck at LAX with my Jijou puppet trying to get home a little bit of Zeus would treat me right. I saw those guys a little while back. I had no idea how much of a treat I was in for.

    Thanks. Ricardo
  16. Grant Lawrence
    16

    solo definition...

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Grant Lawrence
    Justin, you don't really think Hidden Cameras are a solo project do you? or the Awkward Stage? I think those BANDS would beg to differ!
  17. marcellehasgout
    17

    request!!!

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by marcellehasgout
    Please please play Soon Enough from the utterly underrated Constantines album, Tournament of Hearts!

    Thanks!
  18. sessions 420
    18

    Request

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by sessions 420
    Hey Hey
    I would love to hear some Justin Vernon/Bon Ivor (whatever he goes by these days!). Great musician!
  19. chIsland
    19

    request!

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by chIsland
    Hoping you will play For Old Times' Sake by John Connolly from Charlottetown. An old soul and beautiful songwriter.

    Keep up the good work!
  20. 2planker
    20

    Zeus.

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by 2planker
    Wow. That was quick. thanks.
  21. AlexOfAnders
    21

    Ouch Grant

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by AlexOfAnders
    Reveling in it a little much eh Grant? Haha, I guess it's karma. At least there was still the two hours traffic show on Friday for you though.

    Maybe we should both work to help each other out. I'll start as a show of good faith. Apparently Woodhands is playing the Gallery on Dec 3rd (tickets should be at Zulu or the Outpost in the SUB at UBC)
  22. suckamc
    22

    Re: Live on CBC Radio 3: All Request with Luke Doucet, Tokyo Police Club

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by suckamc
    I'd love to hear some Matthew Barber, a super enjoyable solo act!

    Let's see, questions.

    Graham, now that you're super famous, when can we expect the reality tv show? ;)

    Luke, I can't think of a question, congrats on the besy lyric Bucky Nomination, I've always loved that line!

    Martin
  23. rdickie
    23

    the gallery again?

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by rdickie
    what there's tickets this time? This time I'll have advance notice.. should get my friend from new-zealand to show up. Woodhands.. will be there!
  24. Justin Beach
    24

    Beg to Differ?

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Justin Beach
    They might, or they might not. What would those bands say if you asked "What would happen to the Hidden Cameras if Joel Gibb left?" or "...the Awkward stage if Shane Nelken decided to go?" I don't know what the Awkward Stage would say, but I don't think anyone in the Hidden Cameras would even pretend that it wasn't Joel Gibb's thing - or that they could even play a single show as the Hidden Cameras without Gibb.

  25. AlexOfAnders
    25

    @rdickie and Peanut Gallery?

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by AlexOfAnders
    Yeah, I did some poking around the internets and found this site http://amseventsubc.com/site/index.cfm?go=site.calendar on the ams website.

    and where is the peanut gallery downtown? I don't remember ever being to it...
    Maybe I'm not as cool as my mom said I am
  26. MoniSki
    26

    Re: Live on CBC Radio 3: All Request with Luke Doucet, Tokyo Police Club

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by MoniSki
    would it be possible to hear some Craig Cardiff, and more specially the song Radio #9, or any other song by him in case you don't have that one.
    If you don't have that available, than would it be cool to play some old matt barber like 'we're gonna play".

    btw... i got my cool CBC scarf in the mail and all the kids at school are jealous... hehe thanks!
  27. Grant Lawrence
    27

    @Justin

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Grant Lawrence
    ... it might be Joel Gibb's "thing" but I still wouldn't call the Hidden Cameras a solo project... Holy Fuck wouldn't continue without Brian Borcherdt but I wouldn't call that a solo project either.
  28. TheRadioHead
    28

    Not so much a solo, but a side project

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by TheRadioHead
    Mr. Hurricane, by Beast, featuring Betty Bonifassi of DJ Champion and the G-Strings?
  29. lindsey.who
    29

    today:

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by lindsey.who
    I'd really like to hear some Christine Fellows. I never get sick of hearing her.
  30. Justin Beach
    30

    Solo

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Justin Beach
    Ok, just getting your definition: Personally I think that Hidden Cameras, Sunparlour Players etc., are kindof solo projects (as opposed to solo perfomers) - they don't play alone but there is one person who writes the music, decides how it should sound and be played.

    But - if you're after solo perfomers, how about 'To Please' by Kate Maki - that's a fun song.
  31. Bidzy
    31

    2nd Best Bassist

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Bidzy
    Speaking of great Canadian musicians... how about play 'Ass Ravaged Beets' by Run Chico Run, featuring Matt Skillings (my vote for best drummer in Canada)!!

    OK, Andrew Scott isn't too bad either.
  32. MusicSoop
    32

    REe:Live on CBC Radio 3: All Request with Luke Doucet, Tokyo Police Club

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by MusicSoop
    I saw Luke Doucet play here in Hollywood a few months ago and it was one of the best shows I've seen all year. I kind of got addicted to watching the video for "Broken One" after that show, and then I found a fantastic video on Youtube of Luke playing the song acoustic at Indie 103. So I have a guitar-nerd question which is what is the acoustic guitar in that video (Actually I think it's in both videos)? And how did he write a song as amazing as "Cleveland"? Oh and one more... when's he coming back to LA? I mean wait till the smoke from the fires dies down, but I hope it's not a year or something.
  33. MoniSki
    33

    Re: Live on CBC Radio 3: All Request with Luke Doucet, Tokyo Police Club

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by MoniSki
    hey grant, did you ever find that Jenny Omichord song "what happens to animals"?
  34. Justin Beach
    34

    Just a few

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Justin Beach
    Without spending to much time on the list.

    Play More:
    Hot Panda
    Kyrie Kristmanson
    Spiral Beach
    Burning Hell
    Hooded Fang
    Dinosaur Bones
    Sunparlour Players
    Grand Analog
    Jenni Omnichord
    Consumer Goods
    Diskettes
    Pack A.D.
    Elbow Beach Surf Club

    Play Less:
    Gonzales
    Martha Wainwright
  35. winky
    35

    songbook

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by winky
    the nick hornby book he's talking 'bout
  36. K80
    36

    Nick Hornby's...

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by K80
    Songbook I believe is the name of his non-fiction book about Lists etc. (worked in a bookstore for 5 years) I haven't read it myself yet but I do love the book high fidelity.
  37. Justin Beach
    37

    Wikipedia

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Justin Beach
    "31 Songs (published in the United States of America as Songbook) is a 2002 collection of 26 essays by English writer Nick Hornby about songs and (more often) the particular emotional resonance they carry for him. "

    There are 31 songs, but only 26 essays; in a few instances, multiple songs are discussed within a single piece.
    Teenage Fanclub - "Your Love Is the Place Where I Come From"
    Bruce Springsteen - "Thunder Road"
    Nelly Furtado - "I'm Like a Bird"
    Led Zeppelin - "Heartbreaker"
    Rufus Wainwright - "One Man Guy"
    Santana - "Samba Pa Ti"
    Rod Stewart - "Mama, You Been on My Mind"
    Bob Dylan - "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" / The Beatles - "Rain"
    Ani DiFranco - "You Had Time" / Aimee Mann - "I've Had It"
    Paul Westerberg - "Born for Me"
    Suicide - "Frankie Teardrop" / Teenage Fanclub - "Ain't That Enough"
    The J. Geils Band - "First I Look at the Purse"
    Ben Folds Five - "Smoke"
    Badly Drawn Boy - "A Minor Incident" (from the About a Boy movie soundtrack)
    The Bible - "Glorybound"
    Van Morrison - "Caravan"
    Butch Hancock and Marce LaCouture - "So I'll Run"
    Gregory Isaacs - "Puff, the Magic Dragon"
    Ian Dury and the Blockheads - "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" / Richard and Linda Thompson - "Calvary Cross"
    Jackson Browne - "Late for the Sky"
    Mark Mulcahy - "Hey Self-Defeater"
    The Velvelettes - "Needle in a Haystack"
    O.V. Wright - "Let's Straighten It Out"
    Röyksopp - "Röyksopp's Night Out"
    The Avalanches - "Frontier Psychiatrist" / Soulwax - "No Fun" / "Push It"
    Patti Smith Group - "Pissing in a River"
  38. Justin Beach
    38

    Wikipedia

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Justin Beach
    "31 Songs (published in the United States of America as Songbook) is a 2002 collection of 26 essays by English writer Nick Hornby about songs and (more often) the particular emotional resonance they carry for him. "

    There are 31 songs, but only 26 essays; in a few instances, multiple songs are discussed within a single piece.
    Teenage Fanclub - "Your Love Is the Place Where I Come From"
    Bruce Springsteen - "Thunder Road"
    Nelly Furtado - "I'm Like a Bird"
    Led Zeppelin - "Heartbreaker"
    Rufus Wainwright - "One Man Guy"
    Santana - "Samba Pa Ti"
    Rod Stewart - "Mama, You Been on My Mind"
    Bob Dylan - "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" / The Beatles - "Rain"
    Ani DiFranco - "You Had Time" / Aimee Mann - "I've Had It"
    Paul Westerberg - "Born for Me"
    Suicide - "Frankie Teardrop" / Teenage Fanclub - "Ain't That Enough"
    The J. Geils Band - "First I Look at the Purse"
    Ben Folds Five - "Smoke"
    Badly Drawn Boy - "A Minor Incident" (from the About a Boy movie soundtrack)
    The Bible - "Glorybound"
    Van Morrison - "Caravan"
    Butch Hancock and Marce LaCouture - "So I'll Run"
    Gregory Isaacs - "Puff, the Magic Dragon"
    Ian Dury and the Blockheads - "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" / Richard and Linda Thompson - "Calvary Cross"
    Jackson Browne - "Late for the Sky"
    Mark Mulcahy - "Hey Self-Defeater"
    The Velvelettes - "Needle in a Haystack"
    O.V. Wright - "Let's Straighten It Out"
    Röyksopp - "Röyksopp's Night Out"
    The Avalanches - "Frontier Psychiatrist" / Soulwax - "No Fun" / "Push It"
    Patti Smith Group - "Pissing in a River"
  39. 3speedraleigh
    39

    requests

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by 3speedraleigh
    Think about Life-
    Miss Emily Brown - " Recovery"
  40. Justin Beach
    40

    Yep

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Justin Beach
    Land of the Lost

    hint: Don't try to go back and watch it now. It didn't age well (It wasn't nearly as good as we thought at the time.)
  41. Grant Lawrence
    41

    @Justin

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Grant Lawrence
    Too late, I own the complete series on DVD. It's incredible.
  42. Jivemama
    42

    For me????

    Posted on Nov 17, 2008 by Jivemama
    Did I win a scarf? People tell me I won a scarf.
    I just wrote you guys an email at feedback.

    Let me know!
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