A Heartfelt Evening - May 29, 2013

I was honoured to be invited to DJ a benefit for the John Gordon Home - an AIDS hospice in London Ontario Canada. At the request of the Executive Director Bruce Rankin, I programmed an evening of music where all songs had the word "heart" in the title and/or the lyrics. I filled 3 hours with the playlist below, but I had enough music for 5 hours. Now I cannot take full credit for the song selection...Bruce made some great suggestions included below.

Raised By Swans - We Were Never Young
Sinéad O'Connor - You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart
The Grapes Of Wrath - Breaks My Heart
Starsailor - Restless Heart
To Hell With Burgundy - Heart
Nouvelle Vague - Heaven
Ian Brown - Home Is Where The Heart Is
Portishead - Glory Box
Radiohead - Lotus Flower
Crystal Castles (feat. Robert Smith) - Not In Love
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Sade - Soldier Of Love
Alpha Yaya Diallo - The Climate Is the Heart
The English Beat - I Confess
Grace Jones - Ring Of Fire
Marianne Faithfull - Sweetheart
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
The Proclaimers - Make My Heart Fly
B I E D E R B E C K - Hearts Home
Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
Blue Rodeo - Heart Like Mine
Johnny Cash - Sea Of Heartbreak
Olenka And The Autumn Lovers - Louise Of Littleville
Crash Vegas - I Gave You My Heart
Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart
Four Tops - Bernadette
The Style Council - A Solid Bond In Your Heart
Earth, Wind & Fire - Sing A Song
Mary J. Blige - Be Happy
Soft Cell - Where The Heart Is
Imelda May - Tainted Love
Tim Booth & Angelo Badalamenti - Heart
Manic Street Preachers - You Stole The Sun From My Heart
The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
New Order - Regret
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
Spoons - Nova Heart
Jeff Beck & Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul
Stevie Nicks - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Metric - Help I'm Alive

Playlist for History of Us - January 3, 2012

Spoons - Trade Winds
Spoons - Smiling In Winter
Spoons - Nova Heart
Images In Vogue - Lust for Love
A Flock of Seagulls - Telecommunication
Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing
Soft Cell - Chips On My Shoulder
Sex Pistols - EMI (Orchestral)
The Ramones - We Want the Airwaves
Teenage Head - Let's Shake
The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
The Smiths - Rubber Ring
The Jam - The Eton Rifles
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
The Chameleons UK - Moonage Daydream
Chalk Circle - 20th Century Boy
Blue Peter - Radio Silence
The Pursuit of Happiness - I'm an Adult Now
The Stone Roses - Elephant Stone
The Charlatans UK - The Only One I Know
Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
That Petrol Emotion - Big Decision
Hoodoo Gurus - What's My Scene
The Smithereens - Top Of The Pops
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Joy Division - Transmission
New Order - Subculture
Echo & The Bunnymen - Do It Clean
Depeche Mode - New Dress (RZMD Mix)
Nitzer Ebb - Lightning Man
Love and Rockets - Motorcycle
Bauhaus - She's In Parties
Sisters of Mercy (ft. Ofra Haza) - Temple of Love (1992)

undertones @ The Morrissey House - November 26, 2011

The Playlist

Nouvelle Vague - I Melt With You
Nouvelle Vague - Guns of Brixton
Nouvelle Vague - Teenage Kicks
Biederbeck - Hearts Home
Bad Lieutenant - Sink or Swim
It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home
Best Coast - Summer Mood
Camera Obscura - French Navy
Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
The Pretenders - Mystery Achievement
The Smithereens - Behind The Wall Of Sleep
The Ramones - We Want the Airwaves
The Diodes - Tired Of Waking Up Tired
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Dum Dum Girls - Bedroom Eyes
Metric - Sick Muse
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Olenka and The Autumn Lovers - Sparrow
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Phoenix - Lisztomania
The Fratellis - Flathead
Caesars - Jerk It Out
The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Stop
The Timelords - Doctorin' the Tardis
Oasis - Roll With It
Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales Of San Francisco
Kula Shaker - Revenge of the King
Inspiral Carpets - Commercial Reign
Blur - There's No Other Way
The Charlatans - Weirdo
The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
Kasabian v The Stone Roses - Processed Waterfall
Kasabian - Fire
Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
Handsome Furs - Repatriated
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
Radiohead - Lotus Flower
Crystal Castles - Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith)
The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
Echo & The Bunnymen - Do It Clean
Romeo Void - Never Say Never
Joe Jackson - I'm the Man
Teenage Head - Let's Shake
The B-52's - Private Idaho
Madness - One Step Beyond
The Specials - Gangsters
The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag
Tones On Tail - Go! (Club Mix)
Specimen - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Men Without Hats - Where Do The Boys Go [Ext. 12" Mix)
Blancmange - Blind Vision
Falco - Vienna Calling
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
New Order - The Beach
Simple Minds - Waterfront
Nouvelle Vague - The American

Playlist for The Met Halloween Party - October 29, 2011

Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
The Chameleons UK - Swamp Thing
Generation X - Kiss Me Deadly
Joy Division - Dead Souls
Vital Sines - Collage
The B-52's - Planet Claire
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
The Diodes - Cat Walker
The Cure - The Lovecats
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
Sugarcubes - Delicious Demon
Love & Rockets - Haunted (When The Minutes Drag)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Halloween
Ministry - Everyday Is Halloween
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Peter Murphy - Fun Time
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
The Cars - Candy-O
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire
The Specials - Ghost Town
Bad Manners - My Girl Lollipop
The English Beat - Tears of a Clown
Madness - One Step Beyond
The B-52's - Private Idaho
The Cramps - The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon
Teenage Head - Disgusteen
Teenage Head - Infected
Ramones - Pet Sematary
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Killing Joke - Eighties
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Spellbound
The Cure - The Hanging Garden
The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
New Order - Subculture
Gang Of Four - I Love A Man In Uniform
Divine - You Think You're a Man
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
Tones On Tail - Go! (Club Mix)
Nine Inch Nails - Ringfinger
Thompson Twins - Lies
Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go
The Timelords - Doctorin' the Tardis
U2 - Paint It, Black
Sisters of Mercy - Gimme Shelter
Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
XTC - The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
The Church - Reptile
Joy Division - Atmosphere

Playlist for History of Us - July 26, 2011

a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears
Generation X - Kiss Me Deadly
Johnny Thunders - Eve of Destruction
The Jam - That's Entertainment
Felt - Primitive Painters
Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk
Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere In Summertime
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Redemption Song
Violent Femmes - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Passenger
Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
U2 - Paint It, Black
Bauhaus - Telegram Sam
The Diodes - Red Rubber Ball
Teenage Head - Let's Shake
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
The Ramones - Do You Remember Rock'n' Roll Radio?
Images In Vogue - In the House
Moev - Wanting
New Order - Shellshock
Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
Divine - You Think You're a Man
Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love (featuring Ofra Haza)