CIVL Station Manager Aaron Levy welcomes in the post-April months with glee — bring on the sun!
The Band – “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
This tale of Southern pride versus Yankee muscle and the legacy of Confederate attitudes from that bygone, if recently “reenacted,” era of American federal/state politics, comes to mind every year around this time, as its booming chorus and Levon Helm’s gruff growling usher in the new season of heat.
Dead Kennedys – “Nazi Punks Fuck Off”
On May Day in 2006, I actually had the pleasure of interviewing the bassist for this band, a very eloquent and considered man named Klaus Flouride. Now, I didn’t really know anything about the Dead Kennedys at that time, and so the interview was decidedly embarrassing for me and mine.
Thingy – “Mayday”
In honour of CIVL doc producer Dan’s word-association-Monday pick-of-the-day, this act — including members of Heavy Vegetable and Pinback; not to be confused with Casey Veggies or Maybach, which are an entirely different genre of music and style of vehicle than Pinback fans are used to.
Etienne Siew – “Heaven And The Ground”
This song starts on February and ends asking if May-be you are feeling the same, and so we close this edition of the CIVL shuffle with a local Fraser Valley Music Award fan-vote champion discussing trying to “finish my degree.” “Most people are somewhere between heaven and the ground.”
