18 December 2007
Show 6 Parts 1 & 2 are on the way!
Only SOME of what we will play and discuss in Climax Radio Show 6:
Always a Happy Ending, compliments, of Climax Radio.
02 December 2007
Climax Radio Show Special Presentation
Here's a special little video (yes, you read VIDEO) put together by RadioFreeG for Climax Radio Show.
Enjoy!
21 November 2007
Episode 5 - Part 2 is READY!
In this show Mr. Magnum breaks out what may be the BEST MASHUP EVER; "No Fun No Funk", along with a U2 rarity and song from GENESIS that will never be played on the radio, anywhere in the world, for the rest of time. NOT because it is a bad song, it is actually a pretty good song, but the story behind it is... well, you'll have to listen to find out!
We do a quick recap of why the show is now in 2 parts, plug the Feedback line 1-888-494-2263, and then head straight into the FINEST music and talk on the Internet!
Song list:
Manic Street Preachers - "Autumn Song"
U2 - "Holy Joe (Garage Mix)" found on the Peach fruitleg
Genesis - "Congo"
No Fun, No Funk Mashup by DJ Moule
12 November 2007
Episode 5 - Part 1
Download the show right here: (or make it SUPER EASY and subscribe on iTunes, just hit the iTunes logo in the sidebar for automatic podcast subscription!)
Spend 25 cents and burn it to a CD as an audio file. This lets you play it in your car and at work. If you choose to listen to us on your mp3 player, the file is smaller and lets you quickly jump to where you left off for the commute home. In short, WE are giving you choices, putting the POWER in your hands as to how YOU CHOOSE to listen. The big music companies take away your freedom - ClimaxRadioShow.com wants you to take it back!
On this show, we have feature some unreleased tracks, more great mash-ups, and movie soundtrack songs! All of this you WILL NOT hear on the radio since it doesn't fit the corporate format, or the weasel suits won't touch it for fear of being sued! For items like this we will put up links to the artists' websites. Check them out and get to know the PEOPLE that MAKE the music you are BUYING with your hard earned, not the COMPANY that is SELLING it to you!
Artists & Songs Featured:
Money Song
T-Pain - Calm the F*** Down
Billy Boohah
Hugh Grant - POP! Goes My Heart
Be on the lookout for Episode 5 - PART 2, it is in post-production as we speak and will be posted soon!
Always a happy ending, compliments, of Climax Radio.
04 November 2007
CD Review: Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace
For today's cd review I decided to write about the latest from the Foo Fighters.
I though I would never write a positive review of the Foo Fighters, but looks like I stand corrected.
I have listened to past Foo Fighters albums and I always thought they were nothing great. I admit it, I downloaded previous copies of older albums to sample and I just wasn't happy with them. I guess they had a track or two that were okay, but I swear I didn't keep the download. I deleted the download after a few tries of listening and I just couldn't get into them.
So lets fast forward to the present. The Foo Fighters have released another album called Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Hmmm, okay, I told myself to give the boys another chance. And the only reason I listened to the cd was because Kevin from The Fitcast podcast had recommended cd on his show.
So are ready for my thoughts? Another great cd has entered my collection! This one is in regular rotation on my ipod playlist. And what a relief it is that a NEWLY released cd has something I listening to regularly. And this is important because sometime I get the feeling that new music is just not good enough as it once was. But let's get back to the cd.
So I can say that I listened to the cd right through, no fast forwards or skip thrus. I enjoyed listening to every track on the disc. Here's a few of my personal favorites:
- Let It Die
- Stranger Things Have Happened
- Summer's End
- The Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners
The cd is a mostly a hard rock'in disc with two notable ballads; Summer's End & The Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners, both 5 star tracks.
In conclusion, a GREAT cd from beginning to end. Pick up your copy of Echos Silence Patience & Grace today from your local music outlet or Amazon.
Episode 5 is in Hot Pursuit!
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29 October 2007
Don't sue downloaders: producer
This DON WAS is a guy who's got a big point! Stop making CRAP records and we'll for the QUALITY!
Producer Don Was says the recording industry's crackdown on illegal music downloading is "wasting billions of dollars that people ought to be funnelling into making better records.''
"I've never heard of a business that prosecutes its customers. I understand what people are doing is a violation of intellectual property laws, but it's not right and it's outside the spirit of the way people make music," said Was.
Record labels have sued more than 26,000 people accused of violating copyright laws by downloading and sharing music online, saying they want to send a message to deter people from downloading music illegally.
"I really think the problem with the music business is not that kids are downloading songs, but that people started making crappy records and charging too much for them," Was said.
Associated Press
28 October 2007
iPhone set to debut in Canada on December 7th, 2007 on the Rogers digital phone network
Since the iPhone plays music and you can load podcasts of Climax Radio Show on it, this article is totally relevant to us and our listeners.
Is it true or is this someone's crafty work in Photoshop?
Only time will tell in the highly anticipated announcement. This image was leaked from someone in somewhere and this is good news for Canadians salivating to sink their teeth into the new iPhone.
The ad tells us that you'll be able to own an iPhone for $499.99 on a three year contract. No word on how much monthly subscription fees will be, but if the fees from AT&T tell us anything, it's that it'll be one expensive package to maintain. Anyway, if this is true, word should be out VERY soon because you may be able to pre-order starting November 20th, 2007.
27 October 2007
New Releases for Week of October 30, 2007
As the title explains, here are some new releases coming to a store near you. Remember to make your purchases through our Amazon partnership links to help support our site.
- Andrea Bocelli, The Best of Andrea Bocelli - Vivere
- Backstreet Boys, Unbreakable
- Levon Helm, Dirt Farmer
- Britney Spears, Blackout
- Phil Vassar, Prayer of a Common Man
- Larry the Cable Guy, Christmastime in Larryland
- Bob Dylan, The Other Side of the Mirror - Live at Newport Folk Festival 1963 - 1965 DVD
CD Review: Bon Jovi - Lost Highway
This is my first attempt at writing a cd review so please forgive me if my review isn't as good as other reviews found elsewhere. The whole point of this review is to provide more content to Climax Radio Show listeners. And now on with the review.
The cd I've chosen to review is Bon Jovi's Lost Highway cd. In a nutshell, this is a great cd. And if you haven't heard, it's a cd with a country flair to it. Now I'm no 'country' man, but I love this country cd.
Bon Jovi know how to rock, but now they rock with a pleasant country flavour. This cd has everything from fast moving tracks to the slow ballads that Bon Jovi is known for.
Here are my personal favorites from the disc:
- Lost Highway
- Summertime
- We got It Going On
- Any Other Day
In my opinion, this is a cd to have in your collection, it's well put together and I think you'll enjoy it just as much as I did.
Pick up your copy in store or through our online partnership with Amazon.Com (Lost Highway).
20 October 2007
The best, eh: top 100 Canadian albums, according to Bob Mersereau's book
To arrive at his top 100, Mersereau polled nearly 600 music journalists, retailers, musicians and DJs — of all ages — from across the country. The list is based on a tally of their top ten selections.
1. Harvest, Neil Young (1972)
2. Blue, Joni Mitchell (1970)
3. After the Gold Rush, Neil Young (1970)
4. Music From Big Pink, The Band (1968)
5. Fully Completely, The Tragically Hip (1992 )
6. Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (1995)
7. The Band, The Band (1969)
8. Funeral, Arcade Fire (2004)
9. Moving Pictures, Rush (1981)
10. American Woman, The Guess Who (1970)
11. Songs of Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen (1967)
12. Reckless, Bryan Adams (1984)
13. Five Days in July, Blue Rodeo (1993)
14. Twice Removed, Sloan (1994)
15. Up to Here, The Tragically Hip (1989)
16. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Neil Young with Crazy Horse (1969)
17. 2112, Rush (1976)
18. Court and Spark, Joni Mitchell (1974)
19. Whale Music, Rheostatics (1992)
20. Acadie, Daniel Lanois (1989)
21. Day for Night, The Tragically Hip (1994)
22. Rust Never Sleeps, Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979)
23. Gord's Gold, Gordon Lightfoot (1975)
24. You Were Here, Sarah Harmer (2000)
25. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Sarah McLachlan (1993)
26. Road Apples, The Tragically Hip (1991)
27. Gordon, Barenaked Ladies (1992)
28. You Forgot it in People, Broken Social Scene (2002)
29. I'm Your Man, Leonard Cohen (1988)
30. Tonight's the Night, Neil Young (1975)
31. Decade, Neil Young (1977)
32. Miss America, Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
33. Surfacing, Sarah McLachlan (1997)
34. One Chord to Another, Sloan (1996)
35. Songs of Love and Hate, Leonard Cohen (1971)
36. Cyborgs Revisted, Simply Saucer (1989)
37. Ingenue, k.d. lang (1992)
38. Melville, Rheostatics (1991)
39. Love Tara, Eric's Trip (1993)
40. On the Beach, Neil Young (1974)
41. Not Fragile, Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974)
42. The Best of the Guess Who, The Guess Who (1971)
43. Let it Die, Feist (2004)
44. The Last Waltz, The Band (1978)
45. Night Train, The Oscar Petersen Trio (1963)
46. Down at the Khyber, The Joel Plaskett Emergency (2001)
47. Harvest Moon, Neil Young (1992)
48. Cuts Like a Knife, Bryan Adams (1983)
49. L'heptade, Harmonium (1976)
50. Teenage Head, Teenage Head (1979)
51. High Class in Borrowed Shoes, Max Webster (1977)
52. Hejira, Joni Mitchell (1976)
53. The Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould (1955 and 1982)
54. Forgarty's Cove, Stan Rogers (1977)
55. Wheatfield Soul, The Guess Who (1968)
56. Si on avait besoin d'une cinquieme saison, Harmonium (1974)
57. Dancing in the Dragon's Jaw, Bruce Cockburn (1979)
58. Frantic City, Teenage Head (1980)
59. Hymns of the 49th Parallel, k.d. lang (2004)
60. Hot Shots, Trooper (1979)
61. Robbie Robertson, Robbie Robertson (1987)
62. The Trinity Session, Cowboy Junkies (1988)
63. Ron Sexsmith, Ron Sexsmith (1995)
64. Nothingface, Voivod (1989)
65. Come on Over, Shania Twain (1997)
66. Everything I Long For, Hayden (1995)
67. Outskirts, Blue Rodeo (1987)
68. Joyful Rebellion, k-os (2004)
69. Sit Down Young Stranger/If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
70. Love Junk, The Pursuit of Happiness (1988)
71. Jaune, Jean-Pierre Ferland (1970)
72. Somewhere Outside, The Ugly Ducklings (1966)
73. Electric Jewels, April Wine (1973)
74. Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot (1973)
75. Left and Leaving, The Weakerthans (2000)
76. Clumsy, Our Lady Peace (1997)
77. Harmonium, Harmonium (1974)
78. Share the Land, the Guess Who (1970)
79. Greatest Hits!, Ian & Sylvia (1970)
80. Steppenwolf, Steppenwolf (1968)
81. Ladies of the Canyon, Joni Mitchell (1970)
82. Bud the Spud and Other Favourites, Stompin' Tom Connors (1969)
83. Shine a Light, Constantines (2003)
84. Shakespeare My Butt, The Lowest of the Low (1991)
85. Clayton Park, Thrush Hermit (1998)
86. Smeared, Sloan (1992)
87. Living Under June, Jann Arden (1994)
88. The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Joni Mitchell (1975)
89. Bad Manors, Crowbar (1971)
90. Official Music, King Biscuit Boy With Crowbar (1970)
91. Lightfoot!, Gordon Lightfoot (1966)
92. Mad Mad World, Tom Cochrane (1991)
93. Rufus Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright (1998)
94. Face to the Gale, Ron Hynes (1997)
96. Hobo's Taunt, Willie P. Bennett (1977)
97. Cowboyography, Ian Tyson (1986)
98. Favourite Colours, The Sadies (2004)
99. The Way I Feel, Gordon Lightfoot (1967)
100. A Farewell to Kings, Rush (1977)
One man's top-10 list may not equal another's.
16 October 2007
New Releases for Week of October 16 2007
- Tom Petty Collection
Tom Petty - Plug Me In
AC/DC - Live (CD/DVD)
R.E.M. - Chase This Light
Jimmy Eat World - Let It Snow
Michael Buble - 1967 Live At Monterey
Jimi Hendrix
13 October 2007
Show 004 - Country Kisses under the Covers
Kudos to Mr. Magnum for the new site design, and ANOTHER round of kudos to the Listenership for making CLIMAXRADIOSHOW.COM the fastest growing show of its kind!
*Indie BANDS--> Send us your music and band bio and we will play your best material on CLIMAX RADIO!*
For Episode 004, RadioFreeG promised to bring a country flavour and he delivered, including some artists you would NOT normally think of as country. That is the essence of what we do on CLIMAX RADIO - bring you music that is outside of your comfort zone and expose you to music that is new to you and will NEVER be played on the radio.
Mr. Magnum continued the tradition of playing Indie music by bringing "30 Degrees" to your ears, and having an almost EXCLUSIVELY CANADIAN track listing for the show. Mr. Magnum is truly the "Patriot's Patriot"!
So what are you waiting for? Get downloading, get subscribing on iTunes, and send in those listener submissions to the TOLL FREE CLIMAX LINE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA = 1-888-494-2263. Try it out, you just might like it!
Climax Radio Show - Episode #4
Another happy ending, compliments, of Climax Radio.
Metallica - Mama Said
Dean "Tex" Martin - Little ole Wine Drinker Me
Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory / Young Guns II Soundtrack
The Jeff Healy Band - Cover To Cover
Rush - Feedback
Meligrove Band - Monkey Face
30 Degrees - Wild Thing
Stompin' Tom Connors - Sudbury Saturday Night
The Byrds - Blue Canadian Rockies
Site updates
We're giving Climax Radio Show a cool sleeker look. The upgrade will be happening though out today (Saturday) with little disruption as possible. These changes will be done on the fly so bare with us.
Also, return for Episode 4 which is currently in post production.
14 September 2007
Show 003 - Climax Listeners make their Voices Heard!
Episode 3 of Climax Radio is full of material you won’t hear on the radio because it simply can’t be edited down to a presentable piece that the morning DJ can play on the air, and not get fired for doing so! For some reason, Mr. Magnum and myself both brought some LIMP BIZKIT, LIMP M-F-N BIZKIT(!), to the table and we shocked the hell out of each other. As always, we have some mash-ups, and a listener suggestion that you WILL recognize if you watch any TV programs with a sci-fi angle! Download the all new hip-hoppified Climax Radio 3 by clicking the link below. Make sure you visit the links to purchase any of the material you hear, ESPECIALLY the mash-ups, and tell people you heard it first on Climax Radio!
CLIMAX RADIO SHOW EPISODE #3
Another happy ending, compliments, of Climax Radio.
"Red Light Green Light" - Limp Bizkit f. Snoop Dog
LISTENER SUBMISSION --> "Save Me" - Remy Zero
"Bitch Betta Have My Money" - AMG
Johnny Cash and his All Star Band - DJ Schmolli
The Difficult Kind - Sheryl Crow
Hold On - Limp Bizkit
Whole Lotta of Sabbath - Wax Audio
27 July 2007
Climax Radio Show 002! HOT and FRESH!
EPISODE 1 was a "Hello" to the music business that we are here and ready to drag you kicking and screaming into our world. We were heavy on the big commercial content, as we must be when introducing ourselves. We want people to know that we can speak intelligently about music, first and foremost. We are here to promote what YOU are missing on the radio; what YOU want to hear played and spread through the airwaves. You don't want some rank amatures talking about the music you love.
That being said, we have LISTENER SUBMISSIONS and the First Ever Indie Band to break on CLIMAX RADIO SHOW: "My Flea Circus"! Follow the links to their myspace page and check out the show for more information and the WORLD PREMIERE of their instrumental track "Storage Room" - ONLY ON CLIMAX RADIO SHOW! Get the show at the link below, (or subscribe in iTunes), and make sure you follow the links to purchase the music we spotlight. Every song in the show has a link to purchase the music you will soon enjoy. You don't have to like everything we play, but you should listen to ALL of it and buy SOME of it.
Another happy ending, compliments of Climax Radio.
Voicedude's Mash Up - Four Twenty
Electrosound's Mash Up - AC DC Rules The Nation
Stone Temple Pilots - Atlanta
Jethro Tull - Skating Away On the Thin Ice of a New Day
My Flea Circus - Storage Room
Phil Collins - We Said Hello Goodbye
David Gilmour - Smile
Velvet Revolver - Gravedancer/Don't Drop That Dime
02 July 2007
Episode 1
For every show we put out you can find links right here (at climaxradioshow.com), that will lead you to BUY the music you like and explore more work from some great artists neglected on mainstream radio. (Only links to Canadian retailers are provided.) Get out there and hit the fat cats controlling what you listen to where it HURTS them the most - RIGHT IN THEIR WALLETS!! Don't let BIG BUSINESS dictate what YOU listen to, and what has THE CHANCE of being heard! Follow the links below to TWIST THE KNIFE Magnum and RadioFreeG stuck in the heart of Commercial Music Radio!
Climax Radio Show Episode 1
ARTISTS and SONGS featured: