Mountains: July 5, 2011

Our first episode of July kicks off a month of themes focusing on the natural beauty of the Kootenay region here in BC. With that in mind, Mountains is the theme this week.

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Let's start with a song that captures that mountain feeling, even though it's about mountains on the other side of the continent.

Fleet Foxes - "Blue Ridge Mountains" - Fleet Foxes (2008)

Neil Young - "Sugar Mountain" - Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 (2008)

Let's check in on some mountains closer to the Kootenays with a group from Calgary.

Miesha and the Spanks - "Up in the Mountains" - Gods of Love (2011)

Wilco - "Remember the Mountain Bed" - Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (2000)

Mountains are often used as metaphors for love.

David Vertesi - "Mountainside" - Cardiography (2010)

Ingrid Michaelson - "Mountain and the Sea" - Everybody (2009)

Sometimes mountains represent an impossible task.

Lucero - "The Mountain" - Rebels, Rogues and Sworn Brothers (2006)

Heartless Bastards - "The Mountain" - The Mountain (2009)

Yet we're still always trying to scale the mountain.

Bedouin Soundclash - "Mountain Top" - Light the Horizon (2010)

Jane's Addiction - "Mountain Song" - Nothing's Shocking (1988)

We end with a hard funk take on an old classic.

Funkadelic - "Comin' Round the Mountain" - Hardcore Jollies (1976)

Holiday: June 28, 2011

Following up on the School and Summer themes, now that school is out and summer is in full effect, it's time to go on Holiday.

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Let's get things started on a happy, upbeat note.

The Films - "Holiday" - Oh, Scorpio (2009)

Pink Mountaintops - "Holiday" - Outside Love (2009)

We go a bit further afield for our holiday.

Jazz Liberatorz feat. J-Live - "Vacation" - Clin d'oeil (2008)

The Hangers - "Postcard" - Get Your Ticket (2011)

Mother Mother - "Getaway" - Eureka (2011)

Sometimes you need to get away to escape love gone wrong.

Small Sins - "Holiday" - Mood Swings (2007)

Stars - "Toxic Holiday" - Nightsongs (2001)

As the last song suggests, not all holidays are enjoyable.

Pantera - "Psycho Holiday" - Cowboys from Hell (1990)

Dead Kennedys - "Holiday in Cambodia" - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)

Even though holidays aren't always great, sometimes they're still better than your day-to-day life.

Franz Ferdinand - "Jacqueline" - Franz Ferdinand (2004)

Weezer - "Holiday" - Weezer (1994)

All in all, your best bet may be to treat all of life as one big holiday.

My Morning Jacket - "One Big Holiday" - It Still Moves (2003)