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red lion wizard !

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DEFO DEFO TAZ SPOILERS

So one of my favorite taz aus is what I call "the replacement au" or the "Lup Au" which is basically what if it was Taako who died or went missing and it was Magnus, Merle, and Lup working for the BOB

In which case that poses a lot of questions for each arc so lemme tell you my theories on how it would've gone

Here they be gerblins:

Lup has always had a horrible ache in her heart. She wouldn't call it depression but no matters how hard she tries to move on and forget. She has always felt something painful and missing in her heart. Like someone ripped out a huge half of it and left her with the rest. She's had this feeling all her lonely life as a single child and no matter what magic she used on herself or how many people she surrounded herself with... she couldn't escape that feeling... Magnus and Merle somehow helped though. Being the absolute dumbasses they are.

Lup finds herself flirting with barry blue jeans and disappointed he wont be joining them later-

Lup sees Taako's skeleton/corpse and takes the wizard hat and his glave(or whatever his magical weapon he made during their year of artificing was)

She feels drawn to the phoenix fire gauntlet and she teases about putting it on alot(before phandalin goes to shit), she also gives it a high five but she isnt dumb enough to put it on and understands how dangerous it is and how devestating the events that follow are

Lunar interlude one

Lucretia is baffled to see lup having taako's things on but thats not important

im gonna say Lup gets pretty similar things to taako since they are the same class(just different schools of magic)

She doesn't fuck with leon as much as taako does but she still does of course

Murder on the rock port limited:

They get on the train without charm person but of course theyre still "not who they appear to be" as merle keeps loudly insisting they kill the ticket guy

Lup respects angus but they dont get close as he does with Taako so instead Angus gets closer with Magnus though Lup does offer to teach angus some magic lessons

Smokes that crab

Pretty much all of the taako things except she might be a lil less dramatic about the drink cart

Petals to the metal

Lup and hurley are bffs dont even trip

Lup defo found Sloane attractive but backed off when she found out she was taken

also found captain captain bane attractive

a quip of "My type are hardcore nerds with those obnoxious spectacles and sexy science facts"

Lup either picks a mongoose mask or goes with a phoenix I imagine

She would threaten the guards to get into the hammerhead base at first but then switch up to help out Merle's plan - or she'd just straight up kill the last guy and hit em with the "I forgot about that"

Since theres no way to absorb the arcane core she makes it explode and it works just as well

You can assume she has taakos position in the car ride, but most likely she cannot summon Garyl and instead klaarg comes in and saves merle and later her

Red robe shows up and shes the only one who fucking remembers the director telling them about them and she is the only one to insist they dont listen to him

but they do anyway and she gets majorly suspicious

Small lunar interlude:

Fuck Lucas but not fuck him but yknow

Oh yeah the red robe? "I want to let you know I am the only one who actually remembered we should've bounced"

Crystal Kingdom

Oooh transmutation relic not her thing

She cooks tho

Lucretia? "That's such a cute ass name, I'm gonna start calling you Lucy"

can i also have a red suit

that pink thing looks like salt

Also in consensus Lucas in fact a huge asshole.

Actually answers buddy bots question/riddles within the first two minutes

Yeah ill go into the elevator world? Oh no cockroaches? Yeah Lup makes fun of merle for liking cockroaches and then kills the one he missed.

They meet N03ll3 which is great and all but what do you mean you keep picking up lich activity

Go into Lucas's room cause Lup disguises self

Ok I dont know what a lich is why do you keep harassing me

Merle loses an arm oh fuck

Also gonna kill Lucas

fine lets learn some science

oh its that red bitch again - Lup is only not running because her boys wanna hear this too and also this lich is like weirdly flirting with her

"It's... Lup, where did you get that hat?" "Oh this? I took it off of some skeleton on our first adventure." "... oh my god.. you.. you found him... you..."

Weird I just made this lich who was flirting with me upset about my dope ass hat

YEAH SHES BEEN WEARING TAAKOS WIZARD HAT THIS WHOLE ASS TIME

skipping a bit woah oil can time

woah the crystal guy is back and instead of merle being the most dangerous its Luuuuuup? Whyyyyy????

"Wait haven't I seen you before?" He asks Lup and she tilts her head. The crystal shakes his head. "Nevermind. one second-"

Guys hes calling me a lich or possessed by one what do I do

Kick ass, Not tentacling dick ew, lucas there you are - woah magnus

Oh its the grim reaper, No we are not being shipped together-

Lore

"And you, Lup. Are still dead." "... Sorry what-" "You're dead?" "Nah I still got my hit points, I mean I'm bruised and bloody but I'm still alive." "Yeah is this maybe another Lup... or...?" "No. She's a lich. She is an undead entity that must be locked away in the eternal stockade." "How about fuck that (tries to kick his ass)"

More lore

YoU ATE THE WHAT

Oh hi kravitz, can you look pass this posession if I promise to have someone free me? And if this lich leaves me so im not a vessel anymore you can come get it, trust "... I.. I cannot let a lich get out of my sight." "Bro I cannot fight you anymore." "Well, it would be more dangerous if you died but you refuse to come peacefully." "I dont think Im a lich I just think im posessed - we've done a lot of crazy shit in our adventures-" bla bla bla fine its settled

We'll debrief in a sec ig here lemme uhh. i dont have transmutation its so over , just shape the damn stone and idk someone else can do magic right?

Debriefing oh yeah the red robe was there, yeah i lowkey dont really trust you, ok fine i can settle

They dont talk about the deaths to lucy in canon but after the debriefing Lup gathers the boys up and talks to them "Hey so you know how he called me an undead evil lich. so like... lets not tell the director and merle can you like perform an exorcism or something just to see if its true?" "Uh I have detective good and evil?" "Dope." And NOTHING HAPPENS BECAUSE LUP ISNT EVIL- but merle does detect some necromantic energy radiating off her whole being but he doesnt have like a spell to fix her so theyre like lets not worry about it rn

Lunar interlude

Alright angus this is magic, cooking? Why the fuck would i teach you how to cook

Ok you got me i grew up by myself in a lonesome life as a vendor but i didnt cook or anything I just spent my whole life doing side jobs and saving people. yeah fire is my speciality but like i wouldnt recommend it for you cause its literally fire. and youre a kid.

Whered I get the glave? A skeleton from a cave. He was wearing a red robe so lowkey maybe im possessed by his spirit but like... doubt.

Eleventh hour

I believe in you ango

woah we're here

WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU FIGHTING THE WORMS LEAVE THEM ALONE THEYRE JUST BABIES

alright lets get this bread - bye avi - hello clay perosn. roswell? ok Wow that statue sure is red what the fuck

"This is bad.. this is a bad thing i did." Yeah I kept it.

Hi Cassidy im sure we can be besties

woah earthquake

Lets go in the inn, oh hello pretty elf lady, ok she doesnt care about me wdym you know magnus - guys wait dont make me talk to her alone

"Why do you live in a bubble?" "Lup." "WHAT?"

I wanna meet paloma fuck you guys

I will go to town on these scones, you need gold can I trade you anything else

I can hardly remember these goddamn loops so lets assume that lup and taako do alot of the same shit except she doesnt steal any of this shit -

Put him in a bubble... ok-

Hi Istus, What's this? Not a bag of holding? "This item... has the ability to bring back anyone from the dead, as long as they have been deceased for at least over a decade." "Oh this could be useful for all the guys you killed!" "Yeah!" "Well... you could save it too but... yes I suppose so?" "But only for over a decade." "Why the fuck is that so specific?" "STOP SWEARING IN FRONT OF CHRISTMAS" "ITS ISTUS"

Ok get that cup

Fuck you issak

WOAH ITS THE CUP BACKSTORY TIME; Besides the long periods of static and weirdly fuzzy childhood, Lup's biggest regret in her life? Well she didn't have anything really. She didn't put any of her skills to good use.. except once. She was performing her evocation magic for money and it got out of hand. She seriously injured an innocent person that resulted in their death. "Lup... that is your biggest regret. But it hasn't happened yet. If you claim me, we can go back and save that life. They would have never died. We can go back and save them."

thats the best i can do

Lup probably takes the longest to think this over because she cant handle the fact she murdered an innocent but Magnus's speak of "Tell me what happens if we dont do this" convinces her to stay

DONT KILL THE WORM YOU BITCHES, LISTEN TO JUNE

FREEDOM

Oh fuck its that red robe again - no we dont fucking trust you

"You don't... You don't trust me...?" He looks to Lup, and floats down to her level. Despite his occasional flattery and softness when he speaks to her, lowering himself and looking her in the eye pulls at something invisible in her heart. Something she hasn't felt in forever. "Lup...? You don't trust me?" "I don't even know you." The red robe whispers some more things and electricity flies off of him as he vanishes.

Hi Paloma oh a vision? "In your hour of greatest need, you will receive help from the forgotten one."

Ok back home - oh fuck IS THAT THE GRIM REAPER?

Lets fight? OK!

Lunar interlude

Date at the chug n squeeze? Wrong. Battle of the century. Almost.

Lup v Kravitz the two face off with Kravitz just trying to knock Lup out so he can safely transfer her into the astral plane without her dying

Lup, who doesnt think shes a lich, is just trying not to die.

They dont do this on the moon, they do this in neverwinter

IS THAT THE FUCKING RED ROBE?

As he saves you. As you're down you feel something phase through you as a red robe walks through your body and presents itself in front of Kravitz. He emits that same electricity off of his body and Kravitz looks baffled but only rifts a hole into the astral plane. "You're coming with me." As the battle is only beginning the red robe whispers to you, Lup; "Run."

PURCHASES THE RAGING FLAMING POISONING SWORD OF DOOM

Suffering game

Hey lucy, oh youre not fifty? Oh thats lowkey kind of fucked "Luckily as an elf i dont think i have to worry about that... sorry-"

Maggy where the fuck are you going

I feel like Lup would either follow magnus or magnus would defo ask Lup to help break out robi, so she does.

MAGNUS YOU FUCKING KILLED THEM-

Oh fuck get me out of here fighting these monsters

Lord artemis sterling and his bodyguards... cool.. ok

nvm lydia is hot

Ok this sucks

Lup gets the same sacrifices as Taako, so she takes the bad luck, shes fine with losing some life, hands? No Im not giving you my hand, fuck. MY APPEARENCE...? Yeah i dont care.

Chooses trust instead of forsake.

"Why should this person chose you?" "Uhh... Cause I'm hot as fuck." *applauds*

SAVES MAGNUS OFC - Oh is that the grim reaper? So Lup actually does try to save Kravitz cause lowkey she wants to be on good terms with him

Is that the red robe-

WE'RE TRUSTING HIM NOW????

her ghost looks ... weird.

Its nearly impossible to kill Edward, except when he's a lich. So. That's actually when Lup gets an idea. And she dies. Like full on explodes herself.

LICH LUP WOOOOOO

As soon as Lup is free from her body, her very very death and actually burning corpse. Everything hits her very slowly and soon all at once. So instead of killing edward immediately Lup instantly panics and starts to lose her cool... until "Lup?" She hears Barry's voice. It's not her anchor but it's enough to remind her of the situation at hand.

Lup destroys edward, so lydia destroys magnus's body

As Magnus sees Lup's liches form he isn't surprised, because he remembers when Lup sat down and told them all(?) about her and ... somebody's decision to become a lich... WAIT WHAT

Lup demands more answers from Barry and Magnus does the same, Barry is more sweet about it to Lup than Magnus

Merle is looking at Lup and Barry with upmost confusion and WHAT IS GOING ON????

To Barry's cave! Hey why is there two pods here

"So... I'm really glad actually, Lup, that you're here. And you're back... and as much as i wanna stop the end of the world to kiss you... We gotta move. We both saved what we could from our corporeal forms - mine is a bit more fresh but yours is back from the [starblaster]... so ... I actually don't know what you'll remember but youre gonna need it if we wanna get back on that moon base and confront Lucretia."

Merle can't hear anything and he is so confused, Magnus can understand this all and contiens demanding answers- before they both enter the tank, Magnus gets Lup's outfit while Merle pulls out deniem blue jeans AND WAIT BARRY AS IN BARRY BLUE JEANS?? beFORE THEY DO THIS

Lup looks to Barry and asks where Taako is. The name sounds familiar to Magnus, but his head is splitting in two before he can remember such a person. Barry can't bring himself to reply so he simply tells Lup he isn't sure but he doesn't have high hopes.

As they both go into their own tanks, Barry doesnt know anybody or anything. Lup steps out and she throws on her outfit and demands answers from magnus and merle of what happened after she died. "Am I a lich? Am I posessed? IS THAT BARRY?" And why is barry still so goddamn attractive?

Barry looks at Lup like shes the love of his life and actually starts being timid and nervous around her

Magnus tries explaining but once its all static the idea of another void fish comes to mind... PLANNING

BACK TO THE MOON BASE

heres the relic, magnus is dead, fuck you.

Oh hi angus, the truth? uhhhh i guess we can tell you oh is that zone of truth. dammit barry-

SECOND VOID FISH?

Oh my god........ my brother is dead. Taako is dead.

Hi Lucy, "I'm gonna fucking kill you now." But Barry holds Lup back as her fire wall is pathetic against her shield.

"I'm so sorry Lup but.. the pain was too unbearable. Taako.. Taako is gone. And he's not coming back."

Story and Song

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT-

As all hope seems lost after Lup remembers the other half of her heart, Barry and Lup are refusing to die because they cant be liches forever. They dont have anything to go back to-

She remembers Paloma's prophecy, and Istus's gift. It's a simple ritual - a simple spell and only thinking of her brother she casts it. And Lup almost loses it again when nothing happens.

It takes too much but Lucretia is the one who channels a spell to crush these beats in their own shield before she vanishes. ANd now we gotta do other shit yay

Lup and Barry and sent to find the ship but she can't bring herself to do so... "I... I know we're supposed to save the world and everything Barry but... but what's the point... without Taako here with us?"

Barry does what he can to comfort his fiance before he notices the sphere of black glass. "Listen.. do you remember in lucas's lab when we was going over everything?" "Ye.. yeah?" Barry takes a breath to elaborate but Lup cuts him off. "Barry you know transumtation isn't my school of magic." "I know but..." He points to the glave she's holding. "It's his."

And with that they feather fall down and give it a try.

While Barry begins to fight for his life - with the help of Lucas who joins them, Lup continuously tries and fails to open this portal. She slams her head against her own creation and curses Taako for not being here. How is she supposed to go on when Taako is gone? And she didn't even get to grieve? Or say goodbye? And why did Istus lie to her?

And then a rift in space opens. And there he is. Taako appears in his red robe without his hat or his weapon. Lup feels a hand on her shoulder suddenly as she hears her brother's voice say "Don't worry Lulu, I have magical powers." And when he touches his weapon to the sphere it's like an explosion goes off.

"Taako! Where'd you open that portal to?!" "The Astral Plane."

When Lup sees Kravitz (and he looks fucking awful.) behind him she suddenly flips out; "ARE YOU DATING THE GRIM REAPER?" "SHUT UP"

But it doesn't last long before Lup embraces Taako tightly.

TAAKO ONLY CAME BACK BECAUSE MEREL RECONNECTED WITH THE GODS BTW SO ISTUS COULDNT HOLD UP HER END OF THE DEAL UNTIL SHE WAS BACK-

OK SHIP TIME WE GET TOGETHER EVERYONE IS PISSED AT LUCRETIA BUT as theyre discussing the science behind it she suddenly offers, looking at the tres horny boys briefly that there is a third option. Thanks Paloma.

Taako stays on the plane to fight while Lup, sure she wont lose him again, kicks the hungers ass.

Epilogue, everything is pretty much the same because lup doesnt wanna run a school for magic and now that taako was apparently routing for lup in the astral plane the whole time shes off the hook

THE END YAYAYAYA

EDIT I KNOW I HAVE MORE WOOHOO:

Why does Taako die? Why does he care?

Well, Taako knew he couldn't just rely on a dance to cheer up Lup - so Taako decided he was going to do something good and destroy his sister's relic. Obviously he can resist the temptation but Cyrus Rockseeker does not. Taako blasts him with his glave(or clave or whatever) into the safe but ultimately dies.

We then we Taako wake up in the astral plane, behind the bars of the eternal stockade where a skeleton stands before him checking off a list. He says something in a cockney accent along the lines of "Finally, I've been lookin' for you."

"Crazy accent you go there Ghostrider, where am I?" "You're in the Astral Plane, Taako. Finally. You wouldn't happen to know where your others friends are? They're supposed to be locked up in here with you."

"... What-"

AND OVER THE TIME TAAKO SUCCESSFULLY FLIRTS AND SEDUCES KRAVITZ ESP POST CRYSTAL KINGDOM ARC AND THATS WHY THEYRE DATING NOW OK COOL-

[a-tale-of-legends]

I hardly talk about legendverse powers sooooo. I think a really fun part of em is making similar powers different.

Example one: Elliot ( Reshiram's Chosen) and Kenji ( Ho-Oh's Chosen) having fire powers. Elliot's fire is mostly used destructively - think of it as a DND wizard being able to throw constant fire balls. That. Pure damage, lots of explosions. Kenji's fire can be destructive too, but his has healing properties, being able to heal wounds ( and the soul??? I just thought of that lol come back to me on that). His fire is what would bring him back to life if/when he dies. Hm. I'm taking this from Ninjago, but maybe Elliot is like. Fire that burns, while Kenji's is heat? Still deadly but melts instead of burns. Hm. Something to think about.

Example two: Amber and Shauna both have powers related to the earth. Shauna's powers are more networking/ communication based, all things considered. What I mean is that due to her connection to Z-Cells, she's able to see what they see. She's able to create earth golems, furthering her reach too! Hopefully I was able to have that makes sense ^^'. Amber is much more straight forward - she uses the earth more defensively/ offensively. Earth walls, causing earthquakes by slamming her foot on the ground- you know. Earth bending shit. I will say she probably has the ability to control lava? If Primal Groudon means anything. Oh hm, she's probably pretty heat resistant ( and probably. Radiates heat too lol). I will say both of them have this ability to sense the earth, as you say, though I'd argue Shauna's is a bit more potent. ( Bringing up Ninjago again: I like Cole. He might inspire a lot of how Amber fights- we'll see!)

Example three: This isn't really an example, this is more of me complaining on how Kyogre literally took everything about Lugia, made it it's own, and became an ancient god for it. As in it's hard as fuck to try and differentiate Aiko and Wally's powers. The best I can come up with is that Aiko focuses more on the storm aspect of the sea, while Wally is the sea itself. But again, there's overlap here.

Honorable mentions: Naomi and Hop with the wolves. They share a lot of traits but I think the difference between Zacian and Zamazenta as pokemon themselves is already a good indicator that Naomi and Hop will be different too. Danica and Leon I was considering adding to this list but it's not even that they share powers, it's just that Danica is the only one that just can be matched with whatever and fuck Eternarus has. They're not the same though, not exactly.

Eva and Carol probably have something I can do with em, but I need to rethink Carol's powers a bit. I do know that Eva's powers are focused on ...well freezing, but also preservation.

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Written In The Stars CXXXIX (Harry Potter xF!Oc)

A/N: I’m scared to see how you guys will react to this one, hope you at least find it enjoyable despite my very self-indulgent plots -Danny 

P.S. Huge s/o to @bwbatta​ bc I decided to update my fic and now I have pretty dividers in all my books! Most of the ones I ended up using are her work so go check it out :)

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Series’ Masterlist

Book V // Next Chapter

Listen to: ‘Need Your Love’ -by Joshua Wicker

Chapter One: Dumbledore's Mission.

"A galleon says Erick will crash the car —"

"Shut up!"

"Don't make him nervous," Emily scolded Harry. "If you continue this I won't teach you how to drive!"

"We don't need to learn," Mel snorted. "We'll apparate everywhere..."

"I thought you hated it," Her mother raised a brow.

"Yeah, but she's lazy," Harry smirked.

"Why is Harry here? He's not allowed to leave the house, is he?" Mel frowned.

"He's not allowed to be alone outside, there's a difference. We're babysitting two infants, unfortunately..." Erick taunted.

"What's the matter, Flint? You have stage-fright?" Harry replied.

"Oh please, he feeds on attention! Like a dementor but in a more annoying way..."

"Enough!" Emily looked over her seat. "Is that the kind of things you want to teach your brother?"

"I doubt he'll remember any of this!"

"We know he can do it, Em, we're just teasing," Harry said blithely.

"Yeah, he's the only adult here apart from you, mum. It's kind of his obligation to be good at driving."

The baby let out a squeal of agreement, he was three weeks old but had a good set of lungs that he was happy to use at any given time, especially while everyone was sleeping.

Harry leaned and checked that the baby's blankets. Mel beamed at the sight, the boy had pretty much adopted the boy as his own brother, which she thought made a lot of sense, not only because it was Sirius' son, but because he'd been part of her family for so long that anything else would've been silly.

They were well aware that bringing little Regulus to their driving lessons was a bit risky, but Emily wasn't as keen to leave Mel and Harry alone in the house as she used to, so she put a few safety spells on the chair once the baby was seated while Harry and Mel sat on both sides of it.

Erick turned out to be a good driver, but he still had a bit of trouble understanding how cars worked.

"I have to be pulling and pushing stuff all the time!" He complained as he activated the windshield on accident for the third time. "Why can't I just turn the key and press the pedal?"

"Cars don't work like that," Emily said patiently. "It's complicated, but you're good!"

"He's only gone up and down the street for half an hour, Leggie fell asleep already," The girl huffed.

Emily looked over the seat once again, she was frowning. "Erick, switch seats with Mel."

"You're joking... right?"

"Erick," The woman repeated.

"On it," He said happily. "C'mon Mel, are you scared?"

Ten minutes later, Erick was in the backseat and she was tightly holding onto the wheel.

"I'm doing it!" She said. "Is not that hard, is it?"

"A slug could move faster," Harry was looking at the roof of the car and dying of heat. "I thought you were going to be more... the reckless type of driver."

"Me too..." Erick agreed lazily, he was playing with one of Reggie's feet.

"I'm not going faster, my brother's in the car!" Mel scoffed.

"We're not asking you to! Just enough so we can feel like we're actually moving!"

"Bringing you three was a bad idea," Emily said over the boys' laughter.

"Fine!" Mel pressed down the pedal, the car immediately gaining speed. "I'm was just being careful!"

"Which makes me proud," Emily softly patted her shoulder. "It feels like it was yesterday when you were running around Remus' house in nothing but a diaper and now you're driving!"

"The other night I ran into her wearing no pants, so she's hasn't changed really," Erick murmured nonchalantly. "I stepped on Grey's tail thanks to that... maybe that's why he hates me so much."

"What?" Harry's head snapped to the side so fast he hurt himself.

"I forgot you live here now! Sometimes I sleep like that, s'not a crime!" She looked at Harry through the rearview mirror. "I've been an only child for sixteen years, sometimes I forget there are more than two people in my house..."

"I'm surprised her scream didn't wake up Leon," Erick sniggered.

"He's a heavy sleeper like his dad," Emily responded distractedly.

The conversation died instantly. It wasn't the woman's intention, of course, but it'd been only a few weeks since Sirius' passing, sometimes they would forget for a moment, just a brief second, then one of them would talk about Sirius and everything would start again...

It was painful, and it was weird. Mel had never endured something like this with anyone except Harry. Having a larger group of people sharing the same pain was strangely comforting.

Mel cleared her throat. "It's Harry's turn..."

"I'm okay," He said quickly. "I can learn another day..."

"Glasses, you and I have a tradition of experiencing things at the same time," The girl stopped the car and turned to look at him. "You're not going to ruin our streak. Besides, I need to know if I'm better than you."

Harry stared at her in amusement, then he looked at Erick.

"Is it fun, having her bossing you around all day?"

"I boss her around too," Erick smirked.

"They take turns," Her mother sighed.

"I'm sorry to hear that," Harry gave the woman a look of sympathy as he stepped out of the car.

"There are worse things than being stuck with two pushy teenagers..."

"Hey!"

"Sorry," Emily smirked. "A pushy teenager and a pushy adult."

"If it annoys you that much I'll move out," Mel offered humorously. "What d'you say, Prince? Should we try our luck outside our comfort zone?"

"You wouldn't last a day," Erick taunted.

"Fiddlesticks," Mel muttered, to which Harry laughed.

It was around three in the morning when someone knocked on her door. She'd been awake for a while now, so she stood up and opened it.

"Hi," She rubbed her eyes. "What's up?"

"Can't sleep," Erick mumbled. "Care if I stay a moment?"

"Go ahead..."

She went back to bed, Erick sat at the edge and stared at her for a moment. Grey let out a sleepy growl, curling further away from his reach. Erick pulled out his pocket watch, now hanging from a chain he'd found in Regulus Black's room back in Grimmauld Place. The reason why he'd taken it was unknown to Mel.

"What's up?" She mumbled, suppressing a yawn.

"I'm thinking."

"About?"

"How lucky I am."

Mel let out a puff of air without replying. He would do this often, say he was lucky to be there, that she'd saved his life... She just wanted him to shut up.

"I really don't want to punch you, Prince, I'd ruin your pretty nose."

He smiled, unbothered.

"You know, a few years ago you would've been pleased to hear me say that, you ungrateful git."

"Yeah well, a few years ago my biggest dream was to become a princess," She joked. "So you see my priorities were a bit messed up..."

"You'd make a cute princess."

"C'mon —"

"I mean it."

"Erick," Mel said in a tone of warning. "Stop."

He'd been acting like that for a whole week: flirting when no one was around, complimenting her... Mel had closed up so tightly around herself that she was barely capable of saying I love you to her mum. Erick had lived deprived of affection his whole life and was just getting out of that environment. At what point had she become the cold, distant one, and he the ray of sunshine?

She knew right away what he was trying to do, but she was so numb... Mel cared about him, but she was not there yet.

Erick leaned on the wall and tilted his head a bit so he could look at her.

"I'm sorry."

"Why?" She replied. "It's not your fault... I just — I need time."

He nodded shortly.

"We can talk later?"

He was wonderful, but she was in the middle of all that was wrong in their world, right next to Harry and the lifeline that she still hadn't decided whether she wanted to keep or not.

"We should go to bed," She murmured, still unable to make any real decisions for herself.

"Yeah," He stood up, carefully putting the blankets back in place and dropping them all over Grey on purpose. He put the watch back in his pocket as well. "Sweet dreams, Mely."

The Ministry of Magic

PROTECTING YOUR HOME AND FAMILY AGAINST DARK FORCES

The Wizarding community is currently under threat from an organization calling itself the Death Eaters. Observing the following simple security guidelines will help protect you, your family, and your home from attack.

"I have a better way to protect our house," Erick groaned, he was gently rubbing his temples. "Let Leon cry the whole night and not even Voldemort will try to enter... I myself am starting to consider living on the street just to get away from the noise."

"S'not that bad," She answered, the dark circles under her eyes giving her away. "It's hard to get used to being a human, you know?"

"Look at this," Emily unfolded the newspaper. "'Scrimgeour succeeds Fudge' — Well, haven't met him yet but I hope he's got a bit of brain, Tonks told me a few months back that he's certainly a bit brisker..."

The doorbell rang and Mel left to open the door.

The routine at that point was established even if it had been only two weeks since their arrival; Erick got used to life at Privet Drive quite easily, he spent two whole days examining every corner of the kitchen, and when Mel showed him what a movie was, he wasted a whole day in the drawing-room watching the movie adaptations of the books she'd lent to him.

Harry would go daily to check on"Reg". Once he'd stayed the night but refused to sleep in Mel's room, not that she'd tried to convince him otherwise.

"Goodmorning," She opened the door without paying attention, "you're a bit late for breakfast but I'll let it pass as soon as you —"

She stopped talking at the sight of her great-uncle, Dumbledore smiled at her and walked in.

"I can't stay for breakfast, but I dare say I regret it deeply."

"Professor... I — Is everything okay?"

"Certainly."

"To what do we owe the pleasure?"

Mel turned to see her mother standing near the stairs, gazing at Dumbledore coldly.

"Emily," Dumbledore said. "Good morning... I'm here to speak with Mr Flint."

"Is he in trouble?"

"Quite the contrary, I believe he's never been better."

"Professor," Erick's posture changed when he walked into the room, suddenly he looked more like a young man and less like a boy. "What can I do for you?"

"I have a mission for you... Mel as well, but only if she wishes to go."

"She's not of age," The woman replied quickly.

Mel was ready to accept whatever it was he wanted her to do, she needed to feel like she was doing something. Although she wasn't exactly happy to see him so soon after the end of their last term.

"As I said, only if she wishes to come. I assure you she'd be safe."

The girl looked at her mother and then at the men standing in front of her.

"Can I hear what this is about first?"

Emily crossed her arms without uttering a word, her uncle signalled towards the couch.

"A word, then?"

Erick nodded, making a beeline to the closest armchair. Emily turned to leave, but Dumbledore spoke again.

"You can stay."

The woman shared a look with her daughter, Mel couldn't hide her eagerness to hear what the old man had to say.

"I won't sit there and watch history repeat itself," Emily sighed.

The woman left before Mel could say anything. She would talk to her later, but first, she needed to talk to Dumbledore.

"I beg you not to interrupt me while I speak."

Both pupils silently agreed to his petition.

"Now, I find myself in need of a new Professor, but the man I'd been contemplating for the job has been on the run for almost a year — He's not guilty of any crimes," He added, noticing the way their faces grew worried. "He's just afraid like everyone else... I need you to track him down and point me to where he is so I can have a word with him."

"I'll do it," Erick responded instantly.

"Alone?" Mel frowned.

Dumbledore stared at her for a second too long.

"If I remember correctly today is your sixteenth birthday, isn't it?"

"Yes."

"Mr Flint turned seventeen in January — You may know that's considered to be the start of our adulthood."

"Yes."

"Erick is allowed to do magic outside school... But you still have a year left."

"I don't see  —"

"You have Matthew's spirit when it comes to saving a friend, Mel. When you were eleven you left this house with Hagrid so you could look for Harry yourself... The time has come for me to finally be honest with you."

"What do you mean 'finally'?" The words were burning a hole in her brain. "You mean all the things you told me when I was in your office last month... that wasn't it?"

Erick stared at them with polite interest, even though she knew he was dying to ask. Mel hadn't told him a thing about that night out of respect for Harry's privacy.

"That was all I had to tell you regarding the Harry," Dumbledore replied. "There are plenty of things I haven't said, and I wish to talk about them with you."

"And if I agree to go with Erick on this mission... you'll tell me?" Mel raised a brow.

"I'll tell you whether you help me with this or not, but I believe there's nothing else I can teach you, Mel. All that's left for you is to start putting your knowledge to use; I recommend you to go on this mission."

"What about my animagus lessons?"

"Ah, yes," Dumbledore smiled. "I'll help you with that, but that'll be it. You've concluded your lessons with the highest marks, dear girl."

She would've been elated hadn't been because of the strange way her uncle was acting.

"Aren't you happy?" Erick nudged her arm gently. "You've worked hard for years, you should be proud!"

"I am proud," Mel replied shortly. "And I'd love to help, but I can't leave my family, it's not safe."

"They'd go to the burrow if you leave."

"What about Harry?"

"He'll go to the burrow too, but I have a few matters to attend with his family first."

"If Mel wants to stay that's alright, I can go on my own —"

"You can't."

Erick looked at her irritated.

"It's not like you can do magic outside school."

"It takes more than magic to survive out there — You don't know how to blend in with the muggles, do you?"

"You can discuss this throughout the day," Dumbledore grabbed a letter from his pocket. "In this, you'll find all about Horace Slughorn's last known whereabouts and a picture so you can identify him. If you do, don't approach, he'll know you're following him. As soon as you find him come back to Privet Drive and write to me."

"This is all just in case we decide to go, right?"

"I'm going," Erick scowled at her.

"We'll talk about this after dinner," She glared back.

Dumbledore stood up and they followed, Emily was at the entrance ready to let him out.

"I'll wait for your response, then," Her uncle stared at her for a moment. "You and Harry..."

"We haven't decided," She was quick to reply. "We need time."

"Very well."

"You're quiet."

"I have a lot to think about."

Her day had been slightly ruined by her great-uncle's visit. Although Lupin had been there for a couple of hours and stayed for dinner. Mel and Erick talked about the mission and she'd promised to tell Harry after the party was over, which was now.

The Slytherin was upstairs taking a shower and Emily was putting Reggie to bed. Mel and Harry were sitting on the grass, watching the stars above them. She'd fallen into contemplative silence, pondering what to do. She could go chase some stranger for Dumbledore's benefit, or she could stay and look after her family.

"This would be much easier if my mum had asked me to stay!" She pouted.

"I reckon she knows that," Harry responded, throwing small rocks over the fence.

"Won't you?"

"Hmm?"

"You won't ask me to stay?"

Harry stared at her.

"No."

He didn't explain his reasons, but he didn't need to. Mel had made up her mind even if she didn't want to admit it. That was exactly why she was so upset, she wanted to look after her family, but her responsibilities were keeping her apart. Three years of hard work had led to this, and although Mel was a big sister now, winning the war was more important than changing diapers.

Her mother was a whole different problem too. Around them she was always cheery, but Mel was sure she'd heard her cry when none of the boys was around to hear.

She believed it was about Sirius, but it could also be about her and Harry, that she was scared for them. Mel didn't have the heart to lie if her mother were to ask about the prophecy. It was, as they had agreed without even having to speak about it, too much weight to put on their loved one's shoulders. The idea of Emily, the closest thing to a mother Harry ever had, finding out there was a big chance one of them would die after having lost Sirius in such a brutal way...

"I don't think I'll be able to look at Dumbledore in the eye if I come back empty-handed..."

"You're one of the best witches I know," Harry shrugged. "You'll be fine, just try not to murder Flint while you're away."

"He's less annoying now," She grinned. "Ever since he left his parents' house, dunno, he's improved. Although I might murder him if he doesn't stop —"

She was going to say 'flirting', but for some reason, she didn't feel ready to talk about that with Harry. She wasn't ready for anything and yet the world was forcing her to keep moving, it was exhausting.

Mel got up and offered her hand to her friend.

"Do you remember when you were just Harry and I was just Mel, and we were the odd kids at school?" She fixed her gaze on her bedroom window. "Wish we could go back to that."

"When I didn't know I was a wizard?"

"Things were easier back then, don't you think?"

"Maybe," He retorted. "But they were never entirely good."

In Harry, Mel found another reason to stay.

They could have the summer to talk about the things they needed to. She would stare at his aged features and compare them to the ones of that young boy she used to call her best friend...

Their bond still had thousands of cracks that had to be fixed, Mel was having a hard time letting him in again and they needed to be okay in order to know if they wanted to keep the lifeline or not. It wasn't that she didn't want to like him, she wanted the comfort he used to provide, the warmth and security of having someone who understood.

He knew it, and he was trying his best to not mess it up, but Mel didn't want to love him again, cutting the lifeline was the best way to assure that... It was easier said than done, though.

Harry was confused. Sometimes it felt like nothing would ever happen, then an overwhelming affection would crush his chest whenever Mel laughed or touched him. He didn't want to put a name to it, he was terrified of saying it, even to himself. All he knew was that the connection was a way to make sure Mel would be safe, and he didn't want to give that up.

"I should go."

"Yeah..."

"Happy birthday," He said. "I have to be honest and tell you that your present was meant to be sent last Christmas, but..."

"I didn't give you a present either, it's okay... I'm a bit angry though, that was a missed opportunity, I could've won."

Harry laughed.

"You'll have a new chance this year, but I doubt you'll be able to beat me — I've already gotten yours..."

"It's July!"

"I know," His smile vanished suddenly, then he added. "Be careful out there, please."

"Erick'll make sure I don't do anything stupid," Mel smiled. "He's so obsessed with protecting me — as if he didn't know I can do it alone just fine!"

"Yeah, but now's different."

"Different how?"

"We need you alive," He told her. "You want to live long enough to become Headmistress, right?"

Mel froze, not knowing what to answer.

"What?" Harry tilted his head.

"I lied," She blurted out. "I never wanted to be Headmistress — I saw you that night, in the mirror... I saw..."

"What?" He asked again, this time softer.

"You kissed me. A real kiss... like the type we used to gawk at as children."

Harry cleared his throat. "Oh."

A tense silence surrounded them. The variations of colour in his eyes were remarkably easy to notice from where she was standing. She was tilting her head up now, perhaps they were too close.

"Be careful."

"You told me that already," Mel whispered, unable to look away. "Anything else you'd like to say?"

"Yes," He paused, his eyes took a quick glance to her lips. "But if I say it you'll get mad."

Harry kissed her, Mel responded by pulling him down.

It was hard to tell whether she was euphoric or scared, perhaps both, or perhaps neither. As soon as it happened Harry jumped away, and she was dropped back into reality.

"I can't do it — We haven't talked about  the lifeline — We won't make the right choice if we let our feelings —"

"You're right! Yes!" Mel said, acting just as agitated. "It's a terrible idea — I like you, but—"

"—it's confusing," He said anxiously. "Do you have feelings for me?"

"Do you have feelings for me?" Mel asked in a high-pitched voice.

"No!" He responded, but his voice trembled with a lack of confidence. "I care about you a lot —"

"— I care for you too —"

"— But just —"

"— as friends!"

They stared at each other with the same frightened expression.

"I'm sorry if I made things uncomfortable," He groaned, running a hand through his hair. "I... I don't want to lose you."

"We need to spend some time apart," She nodded, avoiding his eyes. "We can ignore this happened, right?"

"Absolutely," He agreed. "You're spending the summer at the burrow?"

"My mum and my brother will be there, so I kind of have to... is that okay?"

"It's okay," Harry looked around. "We... we should go."

"Did you ever regret falling for my dad?" Mel asked randomly. "I mean, you ever wonder how things would've turned out if you'd stayed as friends?"

Emily stopped folding her clothes.

"Something nagging that head of yours?"

"I think relationships are a waste of time. They all break and you always end up hurting..."

"What makes you think such nonsense?" Emily raised a brow, leaning back on the couch. "Who are you and what did you do to my daughter?"

"You don't think that way?" She asked doubtfully.

"Because I lost my partners that means I have to be bitter?"

"I didn't mean it like that," Mel replied quickly. "But... yeah."

Emily remained silent for a moment, gathering her thoughts.

"Solitude can do weird things to your heart, love. It can pull you towards bad or good places... People that make you feel a little less lonesome, someone who understands you. You should hold onto that for as long as you can, no matter how scary it is. You never know what wonderful things may bring you..."

"Sirius said something similar a year ago," Mel said quietly. "Something about finding my equal, that the earth's full of options and stuff..."

"I won't force you to find a partner if that's not what you want, but you're young and the world is big, you can't turn your back on every opportunity."

"It's not like I have lots of prospects right now..." She huffed.

"You don't need lots, just the right one."

Mel hesitated for a moment, then added:

"I know you used to have a crush on James Potter."

Emily looked up from the laundry again, she raised a brow. "Oh?"

"I know it was a long time ago," She shifted in her place awkwardly. "But do you ever wonder what would've happened if you two..?"

The woman sighed.

"Only once."

"When?"

"When I found out Voldemort was after his son," She folded the last shirt and handed it to Mel. "I asked myself if I had made the right choice by giving him up... When I look at you I know it was the right thing to do. What happened to James and Lily... it was horrible, but it wasn't my fault. I was happy with your father; maybe Matthew wasn't my first love, but when it comes to this, your first love rarely is the one that lasts."

"Mel?" Erick walked into the room. "If we're planning to drive around all day tomorrow, you should sleep," He nodded shortly at both of them and left the room, her mother chuckled.

"You know, Erick reminds me of your father... I know Sirius said he was like his brother, but Regulus made all the wrong choices... Erick's done all this for himself, to be better. Just like Matty."

Mel's gaze lingered on the doorway long after Erick had left.

"Thank you, for letting me go," She sighed, looking back at the woman. "I don't love following Dumbledore's orders but I... I want to make this world a better place."

"Love," Emily cupped her face adoringly. "I know why you're doing this. Just how I knew why you flew that car to save Harry, and why you went to the Ministry... but you're my daughter, and it's my job to worry about you anyway."

Erick and Mel took three changes of clothing and put them in the trunk, Emily gave them muggle money. Mel had a fake driver's license as well as Erick, and they would take turns driving. Harry was nowhere to be seen, but it was expected since it was five in the morning. She hadn't mentioned the kiss to either her mother or Erick, she was determined to keep it that way, much like the whole lifeline stuff and the prophecy.

'Just pile more secrets on top, why don't you,' She thought bitterly as she walked out of the house.

Emily hugged both and let them kiss Reggie goodbye, Mel promised they would see each other soon, and Erick vowed he'd make sure Mel would be safe (she snorted loudly at this). Once inside the car, her friend took a deep breath.

"Ready?"

"This isn't our first adventure, Prince."

"This one's the first we do with permission."

"You're an adult, you don't need anyone's approval."

"You know what I mean," He rolled his eyes.

"Sorry. I get defensive when I'm —"

"I know," He sighed. "I talk too much when I'm worried."

"I know," She put a hand on his shoulder and squeezed lightly. "I'm ready... We'll be okay."

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Leon and Alistar

Hi guys! So here’s Part 1 of a co-op fic of mine and @thoughtfullyrainynightmare ! We had to split it into 2 parts because it was so long 😅! Anyway hope you all enjoy~! Also this isn’t edited very well my apologies!

Word Count: 3,034

Taglist: @eme-eleff @jovialnoise @simpingforthisonedeer @succulentsunrise

Warnings: None

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Clouds floated through the blue sky as people started gathering at the training grounds of Magic Knights' headquarters. New squad members had been admitted to the squads once more this year, but for most of them it was a day off.

However, that wasn't the case for these knights, who had been off on the evaluation day, since their parents had admitted them to the squad even without partaking into the exam. And this training took place for the purpose of bringing together the next generation of potential squad captains, or those who'd otherwise most likely end up in prominent roles in the kingdom.

The young knights were no strangers to each other; having passed each other by because of their parents' relationships, but this would be the first day of properly training together. Training and building towards a a more unionized generation of Magic Knights, where the robe you wore wouldn't be a stigma, creating "us or them" mentality within the knight ranks.

The Wizard King and Magic Knight Captains considered it one step closer to realizing their dreams of making one unified society. Alistar Vangeance, son of the Golden Dawn’s Captain, was the first to arrive at the Magic Knights HQ for this ‘bonding’ exercise. He admittedly thought it was a good idea, but he was a little hesitant as he didn’t know much about the other children except for Hikari. He leaned against one of the walls in the room as he watched the other children enter one by one, the Captains were all seated in the gallery above so they could get a bird’s eye view of the exercise.

“ Hm I wonder why the Vermillion kids are?” Hikari asked suddenly, making Alistar look at her. All the other children were there except for them.

“ Maybe they’re just running late?” He shrugged simply before the doors opened to reveal the Vermillion twins. Leonidas and Cyraleona.

“ Sorry we’re late, we got held up in the city, it won’t happen again.” Leonidas promised as his sister nodded in agreement. Fuegoleon sat down in his seat quickly as well.

Alistar admittedly had only met the two in passing and was usually very polite. As the orange haired young man walked past him Alistar nodded politely.

“ Leonidas.” The young man turned and nodded politely as well.

“ Alistar.”

Cyraleona quirked an eyebrow at her brother. He was keeping it civil, but there was something about the exchange that seemed tense, more so than usually. It was supposed to be about building better relations, but instead it seemed, at that moment, more as if both of them being prepared to defend their family honour.

"Hikari,"" she acknowledge with a smile while glancing at the raven haired girl next to Alistair, in the hopes of gently nudging her brother.

"Hi," Hikari greeted back. "Nice day, isn't it? Training is much more fun when it's not pouring down."

"Yes," Leonidas agreed with a small nod, glancing at Hikari and giving her a polite smile.

"Indeed," Alistair agreed as well, doing the same.

A moment of silence hung in the air as the grown-ups talked amongst themselves on the balcony; probably going through the day's agenda.

"I wonder what will be in store for the day," Hikari pondered out loud. "I can't imagine we'll be sparring for the whole day."

Alistar shrugged as he also looked up toward the adults. He was sure they probably had more planned then just fighting, especially since they kept calling it a ‘bonding’ experience. He noticed the Vermillion twins doing the same.

“ I would like to think it’ll be more than training. But who knows with our parents, especially since they do like to surprise us every now and then with something unexpected.” He chuckled and Hikari nodded.

“ They’ll probably have us start out with sparring and maybe even have us go out on a mock mission or something to test our skills as a team.” Cyrleona said softly as she turned to look back at the small group. Leonidas nodded.

“ That would be the smartest move, pair up two people to spar against one another and then make them have to work together.” Alistar placed a hand thoughtfully under his chin.

“ You sound like you know a lot more about this than you’re letting on.” Alistar meant it to come off as a joke, but it came out more like a serious statement. He watched Leonidas’s eyes narrow a bit before Hikari sighed beside him.

“ Well if that’s the case I hope I’m not paired up with you Alistar,” Hikari said quickly changing the subject. “ As your bodyguard I’m meant to protect you, not hurt you.”

As Alistar went to open his mouth to reply he watched as all the adults stood at the balconies edge and faced their children

"Listen up you brats," Yami was the first to speak up as he let his gaze travel around the room freely, but still looking at Hikari fondly for a brief second. "We have a full day planned ahead for you, so listen first and ask questions second."

Charlotte glanced at him from the corner of her eye, clearly disagreeing with his choice of words. But. He had always been like that, and though he was much more gentle around their kids, he hadn't changed the way he spoke to other's kids.

"Thank you Yami," William smiled at him. "I believe we all know why where here, so we can skip right through to the events of the day. You can probably guess that our aim isn't to only have you train in combat, but also grow in other areas of life."

Hikari could see a faint smirk pass over Alistair's lips as his father spoke the word 'grow'. But the moment only lasted for a fraction of a second, and no one else had noticed.

"You will begin the day by sparring in pairs, and to avoid our personal opinions on who should train with whom, we'll be drawing lots for the pairs," Fuegoleon continued. "And after you have sparred, you'll be partaking on a treasure hunt with your peer."

"A treasure hunt?" Cyra mumbled to herself. Her voice was full of surprise and spoken with a delicate tone, one that no one but the four of them could most likely hear.

“ Now,” Charlotte began as she stepped forward with a small goblet full of lots with the childrens names on them. One by one the Captain’s pulled out the names written on them. Alistar partially hoped he would be training with Hikari, but a small piece of his heart protested; he didn’t want to fight her, ever. Because that meant he could possibly hurt her.

“ Alistar Vangeance,�� Yami suddenly announced as he looked at the lot with the white haired boy’s name on it. He hoped beyond hope the next lot would be Hikari’s, but his hopes were dashed when Yami read. “ Leonidas Vermillion.”

The two teens looked at each other with wide eyes as did the young girls. None had been expecting that. Alistar couldn’t even remember what Leonidas’s affinity was and Leonidas happened to be thinking the same thing.

Leonidas and Alistar quickly looked up towards the adults and saw the looks on their father’s faces; there was no way out of this.

“ Which leaves Hikari and Cyraleona as the last pair, we’ll be calling your names randomly to start the sparring matches.” William announced and the kids went off in their pairs. Hikari looked at Alistar apologetically and quickly mouthed ‘you’ll be ok!’ before going off with Cyraleona.

“ Well you were right; our parents do like to surprise us.” Leonidas told him before walking away and Alistar nodded in agreement before following after him to a nearby corner where they stood somewhat uncomfortably next to each other as they watched the other kids spar when their names were being called.

They walked up to the training grounds, standing on opposite side of the arena and looking at each other. Alistair took out his grimoire, leaving Leon wonder if he should do the same.

‘I've just finished crafting it, and I've been fine until now... But mom always says that I shouldn't rely on more simple spells at all times.’ He thought to himself, seeing Alistair frown.

‘Why isn't he taking out his grimoire? He does intend to use spells, right?’ His gaze shifted for a moment to the adults who hadn't yet given them permission to start the battle.

At the side of the field, Cyraleona couldn't help but lean a bit forward, while trying to keep herself otherwise composed. Leonidas hadn't yet shown her his grimoire, and he had used a good while in the process of making it in the first place. Thus, she couldn't help but feel the flicker of excitement of probably seeing him fight with it for the first time.

‘No... I think I can manifest it during the battle if need be. Because your grimoire is your lifeline, right? Any attacks to it would mean certain death, right? Because Cloverians' life is connected into their grimoires while for Theans it's a manifestation of their powers, right? And I'm both, so I can't say for certain.’ He took a deep breath and set his mind to the task.

"Oy-oy Vermillion. What's up with your boy?" Yami asked on the balcony. "He's not taking out his grimoire."

"It's something he gets from his mother's side," Fue only commented. "I can't say that I agree with it, but it's his choice to make."

William frowned at Fuegoleon’s comment but didn’t say anything, he just turned to look back at the battle. Alistar looked calm and relaxed, but those that knew him knew better; he was anticipating his attack. Possibly even trying to guess what the young Vermillions first move would be.

“ You may begin!” Nozel shouted suddenly just as Alistar tilted his head curiously.

‘Let’s see what you’ve got, Vermillion.’ He instantly flipped through the pages of his grimoire as he finally landed on a spell. He smiled slightly before it disappeared, this would probably be his safest bet to try since he didn’t know what magic to use.

“ World Plant Creation Magic; Ice-Plant’s entanglement!” He watched as the fire resistant plant began to spring up from the floor and tried to wrap around Leonidas.

The boys began to dodge and maneuver around the arena as they cast offensive and defensive spells at one another. Hikari watched with a smirk on her face; he was giving Alistar a run for his money, the only one she had seen ever give him this much of a challenge was herself.

‘Come on Alistar you’ve got this! Push past your limits!’ She cheered internally, she wanted her best friend to succeed.

“ Your sons doing a very fine job Fuegoleon.” William complimanted, Fuego smiled and nodded.

“ As is yours. We raised two very capable mages I think.” Fuego said as his son sent another spell towards the young Vangeance

"Burning Sun Magic; Sunrays!" He called out while shooting scorching rays at Alistair.

‘Damn it! I can't win like this. This isn't Thea so I don't have a nearly endless pool of mana from which to draw. He's going to run out of mana too if we keep this up, but then it'll be a question of which runs out first. And relying on the 'chance' that it'd be him, would be just bad tactics.’ He took the moment he had while Alistair was dodging his attack to collect his mana, and manifest his grimoire before him.

"Hm?" Yami hummed while leaning closer. "He's creating a grimoire?"

"'Creating' wouldn't be the correct term to use here," Fuegoleon commented. "He has had his grimoire for a few months now, but for some reason he refuses to use it."

William glance at Fuegoleon, unsure of how to feel because of the explanation. But if Leonidas indeed refused to use his grimoire freely then that must've meant that Alistair had forced him to do so. And that could be counted as a compliment, right?

Leon collected mana, as if waves of pure energy collecting in his hands. And as soon as it had formed into a shape of a book, he let the pages flutter open as he called out: "Burning Sun magic; Heat wave!"

The arena became flooded with scorching, burning mana, while Leon spoke out: "I might not be able to burn your plants. But they can still wilt, right? And even if your magic won't, the 'you' can get dehydrated, right?"

‘This is my safest bet. I might not be able to hit him, but if he can't get far enough from my spell's reach, then he has to go all out and maybe, maybe exhaust himself.’ Leonidas thought.

———

Alistar and Leonidas stood there listening as the Captain’s explained the Treasure hunt. Both had fainted from excessive mana use, which was somewhat embarrassing, but not as embarrassing as Hikari chewing Alistar out for it in front of everyone, while Cyraleona had gently scolded her twin. Fuego and William both shook their heads in disapproval, but their battle ending in a draw meant two things; one, that they were evenly matched, and two they both still had a lot to learn.

“ Now the rules are simple; each team has a map and a compass, you are not allowed to use mapping spells as not every mage has one. You have 2 hours to find the treasure, if no one finds it then it will be a draw.” Vangeance explained quickly.

“ Your time begins now.” Fugeo announced and each team went off in different directions.

Alistar glanced over at Leonidas as they went off in the direction the compass led them, he gave Leonidas the compass while he held the map. They walked silently for the most part, saying a few coordinates here and there.

“ What does this thing even look like?” He muttered and the orange haired male shrugged.

“ Like a box I assume.” Leonidas muttered as well, both were feeling a little defeated at their sparring match, but maybe if they found the treasure before anyone else would make up for it. Alistar for sure wanted to find it before Hikari, they had made a small bet that the losing team would have to do whatever the winning team asked for an entire day.

"I really thought that they would have had something more... intellectually stimulating in store for us...." Alistair muttered to himself as they continued forward.

"Yeah..." Leonidas agreed. "Something more than travel an X amount of miles to a given distance and dig up a box would have been nice."

"If it even is a box," Alistair frowned while looking at the map in his hand.

"What else could it possibly be? It has to be something small enough for us to carry, right?" Leonidas shrugged again while looking at the white haired male.

"That's true," Alistair admitted. "But the girls went to the opposite direction, so we aren't competing for the same treasure. That has to mean something."

They shared a glance as they both thought about what it could possibly mean while a silence settled into the air.

"How far is it supposed to be?" Leonidas asked after a while of pondering.

"Well, given how much we've moved during this time, I'd say half an hour more," Alistair commented.

"You think it could be a dungeon, or is it an open area?" Leonidas asked, wanting to have a better idea of what they'd be instore for.

"I don't think it really qualifies as a dungeon, but there might be a structure nearby it."

“ Hm,” Alistar looked around before he started walking again. “ they would want it to be concealed but not too concealed where we can’t find it.” He muttered looking around.

“ How about that building over there? It looks like the perfect spot.” Leonidas pointed toward a small, half standing building in the distance. It was in an open area but behind it stood dark woods, an ambush could easily be inside. The two boys quickly made their way towards it slowly.

“ Be cautious; we don’t know what we’re in for.” Alistar said and the orange haired boy nodded in agreement, Alistar and Leonidas stood still for a few moments. Both trying to sense if there was mana inside the building.

“ It’s faint, but it’s there.” Leonidas said as he looked towards the white haired boy who nodded.

“ Yeah, someone’s in there. But it feels like one person so I think we can take them.” Alistar said thoughtfully before the two boys rushed in and saw...nothing?

“ Hm this is odd, why do we feel mana but there isn’t a single person here?” Leonidas mused as he looked around, Alistar shrugged as he walked to the center of the room where the “treasure” sat.

“ Well, this is anticlimatic.” Alistar chuckled. “ I was hoping it would be something *more* then just a box-.” He didn’t get to finish his sentence as they were attacked suddenly by people in bandits robes.

“ Ah I should’ve know; our parents wouldn’t make getting the treasure that easy.” Leonidas chuckled as he and Alistar began to fight off the “bandits”.

Luckily it was the two of them against three, and since they knew it to be a fake fight, the battle didn't take long. And, as suspected, the "bandits" turned out to be members of their parents' squads. ‘Too easy’ Alistair and Leon thought to themselves.

They were able to grab the box, which was a simple wooden one, seemingly nothing much on it. There was only a faint glow of mana from it, almost as if long forgotten, dormant mana.

"Should we still see what's inside of it?" Leon thought out loud.

Alistair turned his head for a moment before shrugging. "Well it's not against the rules, so suppose there's no harm in it."

The two halted their steps to inspect the box. The lock of it didn't pose any problems to them, so it didn't take long for the two of them to crack open the lid to reveal... an image of a red herring.

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Part 2 will be posted shortly! Thank you guys for reading and I hope you all have a good day~!

[jelloopy]

Moonlighting Notes

Previous: Character Creation, HtbG

Moonlighting Ch 1

Boys are dizzy upon entering moon base (Why exactly was this a thing? Like was it because Lucretia made it so the bureau couldn’t be remembered/ comprehended by anyone not inoculated?)

AAVVIIIIIIII!!!!! He is from Brandybuck and gives them some brandy to ease the dizziness (Team player, I want someone like Avi in my crew.) 

JOHAAANNNNNN!!!! Half elf! v v sad boy. So talented!!! (I kinda forgot how mopey he was since I’ve been catching up with the rest of TAZ )

Magnus why you tickling a grown-ass man? (This is so funny and weird considering how their relationship grows later on?)

Best god damn musician that ever existed. Plays violin like a mad man (He plays the Violin… I feel like Lup would have challenged him so god damn fast. But still, is he the legit best Violinist in Faerune?)

Magnus drinks the Ichor first. Remembers everything that was static before now being clear as day. Months and years ago there was a war that ruined and killed entire towns, loved ones, and people he knew. (Juliaaaaaa! God that sucks realizing that tbh. But also later on Travis says that Magnus was the leader of a Militia going against Governor Kalen. So what was that about exactly? They might actually explain that later on so I gonna wait and see.)

”You have never seen anything like this”~griffin about Fisher (Oh, how incorrect that statement is. Especially for it to be Magnus he’s talking about.)

Taako drinks next then Merle (Ahh, Taako the trust issues are showinggggg! But I don’t blame you it’s okay you have full right to be sus)

Taako has a memory of working on his grandpa’s farm where he leaves the milk out too long and remembers sour cream (he was 65yrs old) (God, does that mean Lup was there too? )

Johann came up with the name “voidfish”? (To be fair the IPRE gang only called him Fisher so it actually is pretty neat if Johann really was the guy to come up with the name.)

Magic Brian was 121yrs old and a drow elf (A young man just looking for mischief)

Magnus tries to tickle Johann again bit he smacks his hand away (YES JOHANN Stand up for your self!!!!! What a king.)

Johann is in the “gamekeeping” department? (I mean he is the guy that feeds and takes care of Fisher by means of feeding him information that needs getting rid of. So it kinda makes sense.)

Moonlighting Ch 2

They meet Lucretia!  (I want to punch her so bad. I’m sorry if yall like Lucretia but she infuriates me. She actually is a really cool character with a complex personality that I can actually appreciate but I still hate what she did and I will go much deeper into it later on.)

Griffin makes a joke about having to “create a new monster that takes away memories” so that he can get Taako to unlearn some of the components to making a taco (Good god. That came back to bite us in the ass didn’t it? Huh, JUNIOR. Didn’t it? That hurts a lot too.)

Lucretia doesn’t know” what the umbrastaff is (I saw a post with some Lucretia angst which I can appreciate because she could have been “in denial” about it being Lup’s umbrastaff but I got angry nonetheless.)

She believes that they are much more capable than they believe that they are (YEAH HUH? Its almost like they have less faith in themselves because someone took away their memories and the knowledge of their powers or something and they had to start all over. Wild.)

The Bureau of Balance has only been in operation for less than a year and they were not able to do anything until they discovered the Voidfish (More like Lucretia had only then figured out the logistics of her organization enough to introduce Fisher to everyone. Which in retrospect is very smart and it’s the same thing I would do at that point in time but anyway.)

Magic Brian was a wayward seeker who worked for the bureau of balance (aHA! So technically in the Graphic Novel, he should have had a bracer on unless he used a spell to conceal it which is reasonable (I won’t hate on Carey I just remembered it and noticed he didn’t have a bracer on. it’s nothing wild))

CUE TRIAL OF INITIATION! (Ngl I forgot this was a thing because of how little attention I was paying at the beginning.)

Magnus is the strongest, Merle is the smartest, and Taako is the bravest. (In all aspects, I would have switched Taako and Merle but considering at this point Taako really was a dullard I can agree with their placements.)

The smallest ogre is blue the middle ogre is green and the big ogre is red (Awe I think Griffin used all of their fave colors to Mirror the three of em. <3)

Magnus’ first blood with ripping arms off (And so it begins. God, I love that Lil character detail in Magnus. It’s so frickin funny.)

”I thought I knew him! he’s an animal!” ~Taako (I mean in The Stolen Century he waaaas taught by a bear so… not far off there bud.)

Taako falls back and breaks his wand and in return, the umbrastaff begins to shift and wiggle in his bag until he gets it out. (It never clicked that this was the time that Griffin listed in Lup’s return in the finale. Until now… That’s so cute and so sadddddd)

Moonlighting Ch 3

Magnus got to keep the robot arm(s?) (Yay! Sadly he will give them up later on :( but it is for good reason so :) )

Lucretia came up with the name “Bureau of Balance” (Why? Like why Balance. I would name it Justice or Equity or something else but Balance doesn’t seem right in line with what they are doing.)

Lucretia treats davenport as her charge or ward (Rude. For one. It also hurts a lot more when you realize he is her superior. I hate it so much.)

”We very quickly cut your hand off take the bracer then reattach the hand so its no big deal” in reference to how they’ll get the bracers off after they find all the relics. (1- I forget how they get the bracers off in the end but did Lucretia really not plan for that?) (2- heheh *cut to Merle in three Arcs*)

The seventh relic is love “after we find the sixth item we’ll come back here” (She has the 7th in her hand actually so yeah you’re only gonna need to find six. But also it kinda was Love. The bonds they all had together helped Lucretia do what she needed in the end with the help of Taako’s idea and together they ended the Hunger’s reign over Faerune.)

”who called themselves the Red Robes- are all gone- most of them killed in the hunt for their relics- bring them back here if you find one” (Uh. Lucretia really named her family the “Red Robes” and made them sound evil because they did what they could at the time. Also they aren't “all gone” the only one(s) you don’t know their whereabouts of yet are Barry and Lup. AND YOU PUT ANTI- LICH WARDS ON THE DAMN MOON DUDE. If you really wanted to find Barry to talk then you would have not done that.)

Leon the artificer! (He is trying his best and I love him)

The umbrastaff is a magical umbrella created by the Umbrawizards “very few” of them exist (Boy HUH? Did Lup like… start a gang of wizards? Or did Lucretia feed Leon false Information?)

Taako being inept at the gashapon (My favorite thing. He is played as stupid at the time but if we consider his character, in general, knowing everything we do he is just fucking with Leon and I love him for that.)

RAILSPLITTER!!!! Phantom fist!!! Wand of switcheroo!! The X-treem teen bible and SCUTTLEBUDDY!!!! (Pay close attention! These Mousekatools will be useful later on!)

Awe Magnus got everyone the stones of far speech 

They are moving to Level 4!!!

Next: MotRPL, Lunar Interlude I,

[pinestripes]

Favorite Moments from TAZ: Balance, in No Particular Order

(I’ve been wallowing in my grief over finishing Balance for a bit now, and I thought I could make a tribute by listing some of my favorite moments from the campaign! It should be noted that there will be SPOILERS AHEAD and that some quotes might be paraphrased slightly. Also, I haven’t listened to the liveshows yet.)

The guys’ delighted laughter as Griffin reveals that Barry’s back.

Actually, every time they have big reactions to his reveals. The sheer dumb confusion and then the whooping and clapping when the first loop in the Eleventh Hour happens. Justin’s quietly horrified reaction to finding out Lup made the Umbra Staff. Clint’s confused laughter and incredulous “Anyone?” when Griffin asks who he summons from the bond engine. 

“I, and a team of other people, created this world.” “Gary Gygax?”

The guys tormenting Jenkins in Murder on the Rockport Limited, after which we find out the guy is a literal murderer (and not, in fact, a “sh*tty wizard”).

The entire exchange at the bottom of the well in the Gerblins arc. “Can anybody levitate?” “I think we just live at the bottom of this well now.”

“No dogs on the moon. They just run right off the damn thing.” "Should you say it, or should I? ...No dogs on the moon!”

“[Stephen] swims around in his tiny bowl. And he loves me.” 

The sheer comedic gold that is the scene where Taako convinces Garfield to give him the sword--the perfect buildup, Griffin’s soul leaving his body as he realizes what’s happening, the other guys losing their minds as they too realize it.

Arms Outstretched, of course. And the sort of reprise of it in the finale. 

Speaking of the finale--I’m a massive sucker for “Hey, the gang’s all here!”-type finales, where everyone we’ve ever met in a series shows up in the end and pays a role. And the TAZ finale does this SO WELL, with the music, and how it always makes sense in what’s happening in the scene. It’s so satisfying. 

“You know we’re going to have to talk about your sister being a lich, right?”

Lup’s introduction. 

Lup’s return, from the long pause, to Justin snapping the staff, to Clint’s “Attaboy!” to “YOU’RE DATING THE GRIM REAPER?”

When the guys all simultaneously respond to the question “What’s the best type of advertising?” with “Word of mouth” in Wonderland after episode after episode of them asking people to and thanking people for telling others about the podcast. 

Killian reacting to Magnus cutting off Merle’s arm.

Magnus eating the Philosopher’s Stone, and Griffin subsequently being adamant that Travis deal with the consequences of his actions.  

The guys starting their second loop in Refuge and immediately messing up so badly that Justin almost has Taako shoot them all and end the loop right there. 

Magnus’s. Pep. Talk.

Lucretia in the Candlenights episode. “Hot diggity sh*t, this is a baller cookie.” “Magnus, this is the nightmare scenario.” “Booyah.”

Taako suddenly deciding stealing is wrong in the Goldcliff Trust. “This isn’t a dungeon; people do business here!”

Merle’s bit about the traveling forward/backward in time 9 seconds in the finale had me laughing so hard I was wheezing and crying. My roommate had to check on me and make sure I was okay.

I love Davenport and his sheer delight at piloting the Starblaster again. “Dance for me, buddy.”

The guys coming up with silly and perfect reporter names and newspaper titles to ask questions at the beginning of The Stolen Century. 

The big, triumphant way Griffin goes “Let’s roll initiative!” in the finale, followed immediately by Mort Garson’s incredible music. 

Everything Angus does ever. 

The scene with Taako teaching Angus magic. “Can--can I get tickets?” “Why don’t you conjure them yourself, Mr. Wizard?”

When, in Reunion Tour, Angus says something about his books and Travis says he loves Angus and Justin says “Precious” in his Taako voice which means IT WAS IN CHARACTER AND CANONICAL. 

Lup freaking apologizing for destroying the macaroons Angus made. 

The Tom Bodett thing is just. So dumb. But so funny. I love it. 

Taako calling Barry “Barrold.” 

Fisher loving the carved wooden ducks is SO CUTE. 

“Griffin, can we please deal with the Fullmetal Alchemist situation I currently find myself in?”

“Who?” goiehioewgasd;

The Junebug scene, with the music, gives me chills. 

“Those are the arms that have held my wife!” 

Merle choosing Lucretia to go with him to the spa in that lunar interlude because it’s so good for character stuff but also is unintentionally heartbreaking when you think about it much later??

Cassidy becoming mayor of Refuge. 

Magnus deciding to break into the BOB’s prison. I’ve never been a DM, but I could feel Griffin’s sheer frustration and exasperation in my very soul.

Okay, no, I actually need to talk about Arms Outstretched. I usually don’t feel much dread or fear when watching/reading/listening to things because I’m like “it’s fictional, no one’s in any actual danger, there’s more books/episodes after this, it’s going to be fine” but this scene made me feel absolutely horrified dread the instant the Animus Bell rang anyway. 

“Taako’s rushing in!” “Magnus follows him?” “Merle’s good out here.” “What’s going on?!”

“Hello, my name is Elder Merle!” THUNK

Magic Brian’s death. “I cast magic missile on him again.”

“Between the fan and the fancy umbrella, I’m one seventeen-inch waist away from being Scarlett O’Hara.”

The tantrum Taako throws when asked to get on the Elevator of Tomorrow in Crystal Kingdom, and of course his subsequent GLEE when Magnus and Merle get attacked after using it. “Taako--that’’s me, hi--I’m done with elevators. Never again! ...Don’t do it, I swear to god. You will not like how this ends. I will burn a spell slot on you. I give no sh*ts.”

Lucas, sadly: “My lab!”

The endless tormenting of Leon. “Yeah, he is no longer functioning. You have thoroughly broken this man.” “I win!”

Justin finding out about Lup’s existence and immediately having Taako call her Lulu. 

“That’s real low [max HP]!” “Is it? Is it, Griffin?”

“See, there’s magic in a bard’s song. They call it inspiration, and it tells the listener what they need to hear right when they need to hear it. And right now, you hear it too. The message in the music heard round the world. You hear Johann’s voice, telling you, ‘You’re going to have to fight. And...you’re gonna win!’”

“Hear that babe? We’re legends.”

“This should go without saying at this point--Taako is DELIGHTED.”

“My name is Magnus Burnsides.” “Marchis Burchsins.” “Yep, nailed it. Got it in one.” 

When Merle has the choice to sacrifice his memories of his kids’ births in Wonderland and immediately decides to take the penalty.

The bit in the second Story and Song where the guys keep putting off getting in the Starblaster and keep having little moments with all the other characters, and Griffin gets so annoyed that he tries to get them to move along using the NPCs. “No, totally. Let’s save the world, then 420 blaze it. Can we gooooo?”

Lucas, also sadly: “I got a splinter.”

“Our capacity for love increases with each person we cross paths with throughout our lives, and with each moment we spend with those people. But, too often we neglect that part of ourselves in favor of others. And by the time we realize just how important it is, we find ourselves with fewer folks around to practice with.”

“Did you enjoy the adventure?” “Of course!”

“Oh, yes, small prophecy is easy. I burp and a small prophecy happen.”

“Let me tell you a story about the time we fought three ogres, and I got punched so hard I almost died. You remember? You were up in some kind of weird laser firing potions willy-nilly, Magnus was pulling the arms off a robot, and I got punched so hard I almost died! I’m not about to throw down with a giant crab while you’re armed with just a terrible Scottish accent, and Travis doesn’t even have his shield! I’m out!” 

“It all started when I met the most beautiful elf, and the bravest cleric...”

“Not all exits are made equal. Some are beautiful, and poetic, and satisfying. Others are abrupt and unfair. But most are unremarkable, unintentional, clumsy.”

“I’ll be having my body back, you undead f***.”

“We’ve chosen the perfect person for this. It’s like sending a mildly eloquent piñata in!”

“Let ‘em know, kid.” 

“The late Merle Highchurch rolled a five.”

“You’re going to be amazing.”

...And every single moment that demonstrates what phenomenal entertainers and storytellers the McElroys are. Thank you, guys, for an experience unlike any other. 

[akingdomtheorist]

KH Catch-Up: KH2 FM Part 2

I have a name for these posts now sort of?

"I wanna kick Seifer's ass as Sora too."

"THIS GAME IS SO PRETTY!"

"Mickey! DAMN. My boy! My bro. Broseph. Broseidon, king of the ocean."

-Mickey leaves- "Bro? Bro..."

"Huh, 5000 munny for some reason." "MICKEY JUST GAVE BACK THE SHIT ANSEM STOLE FROM ME!"

He is very upset DiZ could control the simulated Twilight Town.

"Wait, Riku was in the Another Side, Another Story scene?" "Yes." "Granted I don't know which scene you're talking about but."

He has many question.

"Wait is this train actually a Gummi Ship?"

"Wait is Axel working with the good guys now?"

"Does Namine want to see Roxas?"

"What's the deal with this Ansem being kind of a good guy?"

Ohh now he get to the Mysterious Tower.

"Is this the wizards tower from Fantasia?"

"Iunno."

"Yes you do!"

"DR. EGGMAN?!" "... no..." "I know."

"Ohh that was the exact wrong thing to say to us buddy."

"Oh we have to deal with her (Maleficent) again?"

"They're very gleeful about murder."

"Oh this is the best you've got? Okaaaay."

"Why is dressed like Eggman?" "He's not, Eggman doesn't wear that many belts." "Why is he dressed like the Final Fantasy interpretation of Eggman."

-reading Ansem report 2-

"WAS THE ANSEM FROM THE LAST GAME A HEARTLESS AND THE ONE IN THIS GAME THE GOOD ANSEM AND THE BAD ONE IS TRYING TO TAKE OVER RIKU'S BODY TO BE ANSEM?"

"I don't think you had enough Ansem in that sentence."

He is not impressed with Yen Sid's stairways. It's too Hogwarts for him.

"WHAT DID WE DO ALL GAME ONE FOR THEN"

"IT IS FANTASIA WIZARD!"

"Sora just can't catch a break can he?"

He figured out Yen Sid's name.

"So I think this Ansem the Wise dude name bad Ansem, the Ans-hole as we'll call him. The ansem in the coat is the good Ansem and the Ans-hole made Hollow Bastion, or found it."

Now for exposition time!

"So if we kill everyone, darkness will go away!"

"Uh Donald, do you have something to tell me?"

"But... BUT ROXAS HAS A HEART RIGHT?"

Now it's time for a change of clothes.

"These are still too small on me you have not made these any bigger!"

"I forget who that crow belongs to but I recognize it. It's definitely a bad guy."

"Yeah that'll do, I look awesome now!"

"What...? YEAH I CAN DUAL WIELD KEYBLADES!"

"Excuse me that's not my  Gummi Ship, mine was way cooler than that." =D

"Oh we gotta Shadow of the Collosus our way to new worlds, okay. When a beam of light comes out of your sword, there it is!"

"Oh okay, that was Maleficent's crow."

"So Maleficent is gonna come back because you remembered her name THANKS GUYS."

Now we go to Hollow Bastion!

"You can't tell me Pete isn't dressed like Eggman." "THERE ARE TOO MANY BELTS!"

"Oh my god is this what Hollow Bastion looks like when it's not fucked?!"

"Wait, is Hollow Bastion our Traverse Town now?"

"Is Scrooge trying to make Sea Salt Ice Cream..."

"What. THE TOWN HAS A DEFENSE MECHANISM?"

"That was a pretty spot on Leon impression to be fair."

"Is Leon here? Can I make fun of him to his face?"

"NAMINE WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE ME BACK ALL MY ABILITIES!"

"Cid!" Sleeping? In cold storage? "Kinda."

"Why is it every time I show up we always have to do something? Why can't we hang out?"

"Yeah Leon's real bad at social skills so if he insults you just assume he tried to compliment you."

"Is that just darkness surrounding the castle? Dusks walk so weird..."

"Oh thanks Squall, just leave me to take care of 'em."

"You got fire!" "PEWPEWPEWPEWPEW" "It doesn't go pew pew." "Ohh..."

"Okay, what's your name? I know it has an x in it. OH HI THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION!"

Only one me! "NOPE, VERY MUCH NOT TRUE!"

"...what?" "This is how you lock keyholes now." "This is remarkably anime."

"NONE OF YOU HAVE HEARTS!"

"What is it with you Nobody's and cards? Are you a Yu-gi-oh club?!"

[zed-air]

CKUA - Roundabout: 2020-2021 (weekly)

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Roundabout was a weekly drive-time program airing Monday afternoons on CKUA from 2020-2021.

Click “keep reading” below for my complete weekly Roundabout playlists.

Explore my playlist history for other dates and programs.

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TITLE • PERFORMING ARTIST • ALBUM • AIRTIME

2020-06-29 - 16:00-18:00 (series debut)

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

Driver's Seat (12″ mix) • Sniff 'n' the Tears • DRIVER'S SEAT • 16:00

Something Changed • Pulp • DIFFERENT CLASS • 16:06

Here 4 U • Braids • SHADOW OFFERING • 16:10 ++

R U Mine? • Arctic Monkeys • AM • 16:14

Aircraft Carrier (2012 mix) • The Bolt Actions • B-SIDES • 16:19 ^^

Birthday • The Beatles • WHITE ALBUM • 16:22 ^^

Off My Mind • Richard Hawley • FURTHER • 16:26 ^^

Havava • The Jerry Cans • ECHOES • 16:30 ++

Trigger • The New Haunts • THE NEW HAUNTS • 16:35

A Hundred Shades of Blue • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 16:39 ++

Te Queria • Lido Pimienta • MISS COLOMBIA • 16:44 ++

She's In A Folded Wing... • Daniel Romano • DANDELION • 16:48 ++

Domino • Nicole Atkins • ITALIAN ICE • 16:52

somnambulist • nehiyawak • STARLIGHT • 16:56

Wreckless Abandon • The Dirty Knobs • WRECKLESS ABANDON • 17:02

Hot Car From Texas • Dirty Dirty Devil's • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 17:07

Gang Of Wolves • Bend Sinister • FOOLISH GAMES • 17:12

Animals • The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger • MIDNIGHT SUN • 17:17

Cover Your Eyes • Jess Knights • BEST KIND OF LIGHT • 17:21 ++

Little Minx • Dum Dum Girls • TOO TRUE • 17:25

Shout For Joy • Albert Ammons • ROOTS & BLUES • 17:28

The Wizard of Taz • Joel Plaskett • 44 • 17:32 ++

Winter Money Blues • Sargeant X Comrade • MAGIC RADIO • 17:37 ++

monarch • Jonah Yano • SOUVENIR • 17:41 ++

Virtuous Circle • Jordan Klassen • TELL ME WHAT TO DO • 17:45 ++

When She Finds You • Shakespeare's Sister • RIDE AGAIN • 17:50

Na Zare • Alliance • ALLIANCE 87 • 17:54

2020-07-06 - 16:00-18:00

++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

The Art of Driving • Black Box Recorder • LIFE IS UNFAIR • 16:05

Heart of Stone • Ashes & Dreams • HEART OF STONE • 16:06

2Wicky • Hooverphonic • A NEW STEREOPHONIC SOUND... • 16:09

Home • Caribou • SUDDENLY • 16:14 ++

Adult Diversion • Alvvays • ALVVAYS • 16:17

Leaving Edmonton • Geoff Hawryluk • LEAVING EDMONTON • 16:20

Exploding New Life • Jim James • REGIOS OF LIGHT REMIXED • 16:25

Backsliders • King Of Foxes • SALT & HONEY • 16:31

Pull Away • Leon Bridges • COMING HOME • 16:34

We Still Go To Rodeos • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 16:37 ++

The Ecstasy of Gold • Carolina Eyck • MUSIC FOR VOICE AND THEREMIN • 16:41

Cavalcata, Per Elisa • Ennio Morricone • UN GENIO, DUE COMPARI, UN POLLO • 16:46

You Can't Do That • Harry Nilsson • PANDEMONIUM SHDOW SHOW • 16:49

Tu Mundo de Cristal • Capsula de Sueños • TU MUNDO DE CRISTAL • 16:54

Young Buck • Braids • YOUNG BUCK (SINGLE) • 16:59 ++

Love is at the End of the World • Basia Bulat • ARE YOU IN LOVE? • 17:04 ++

Virtuous Circle • Jordan Klassen • TELL ME WHAT TO DO • 17:08 ++

Bye Bye Blackbird • Ringo Starr • SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY • 17:15

If You Don't Or If You Do • Daniel Romano • DANDELION • 17:17 ++

I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey • Corb Lund • AGRICULTURAL TRAGIC • 17:21 ++

Just Because You Can Don't Mean You Should • John Moore • JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN... • 17:25

Le Midi • Julie et Joe • LE MIDI • 17:30

The One For Me • Doug Hoyer • TO BE A RIVER • 17:33

She Says What She Means • Sloan • NAVY BLUES • 17:37

The Grand Bazaar • The Tea Party • ALHAMBRA • 17:40

You Look So Fine • Garbage • VERSION 2.0 • 17:44

Tricks • Laura Imbruglia • SCARED OF YOU • 17:49

Zoot Allures • Frank Zappa • ZOOT ALLURES • 17:54

2020-07-13 - 16:00-18:00

++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts ~~ Featured content

Drive My Car • The Beatles • RUBBER SOUL • 16:00

Backsliders • King Of Foxes • SALT & HONEY • 16:03

We Used To Have Fun • Doug Hoyer • WE USED TO HAVE FUN • 16:06

Soul Deep • Gary U.S. Bonds • GREATEST HITS • 16:11

I Don't Like Mondays • The Boomtown Rats • I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS • 16:14

Me No Fail • Digital Doctor Faustus • COLLECTED WORKS • 16:18

Chase The Sun • Lab Coast • SLED ISLAND LEMONADE STAND • 16:23

Interesting Times • Thomas Thomas • THE SLED ISLAND LEMONADE STAND • 16:25

Just Circumstance • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 16:31 ++

Three Cheers to the Calgary Stampede • Dirty Dirty Devil's • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 16:37 ~~

I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey • Corb Lund • AGRICULTURAL TRAGIC • 16:41 ++

Whiskey In The Jar • Celtic Fusion Illusion • WALK THE TWEED • 16:45

Roustabout • Jake Blount • SPIDER TALES • 16:49 ++

Roustabout • Elvis Presley • ROUSTABOUT • 16:54

Bizarre Love Triangle • Give 'Em Hell Boys • BARN BURNER • 16:54

Heavy Weather • Jarvis Cocker • JARVIS • 17:01

Fairweather Lover • Kimberley MacGregor • TRUE • 17:05

Fairweather Friend • The Last Detail • THE LAST DETAIL • 17:09

Midnight Sun • Aimee-Jo Benoit • BORJONER • 17:11 ++

Braids • Anachnid • DREAMWEAVER • 17:17 ++

Here 4 U • Braids • SHADOW OFFERING • 17:19

Journey • Sarah Nixey • NIGHT WALKS • 17:24

Life • Karl Bartos • COMMUNICATION • 17:29

Cancion Del Ray • Gitkin • 5 STAR MOTEL • 17:32

Surf Rider • The Lively Ones • PULP FICTION (SOUNDTRACK) • 17:37

Beyond The Sea • Bobby Darin • ANTHOLOGY • 17:41

The Battle of the Thames • Osyron • FOUNDATIONS • 17:46 ~~

Forgotten Worlds • Delerium • KARMA • 17:52

2020-07-20 - 16:00-18:00

++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Autobahn • Kraftwerk • THE MIX • 16:02

Barokan • Djely Tapa • BAROKAN • 16:10 ++

Simultaneously • Bad Buddy • BAD BUDDY • 16:15 ++

Lung • Sunglaciers • THE SLED ISLAND LEMONADE STAND • 16:18

Siren • Samantha Savage Smith • THE SLED ISLAND LEMONADE STAND • 16:21

New Girl • Moscow Apartment • BETTER DAUGHTER (EP) • 16:27 ++

Little Birds • Brenna Lowrie • LOSS LEADER • 16:32 ++

You Want It Darker • Leonard Cohen • YOU WANT IT DARKER • 16:35

House Music All Night Long • Jarv Is • BEYOND THE PALE • 16:40

Just Like the Rain • Richard Hawley • LIVE AT THE DEVIL'S ARSE • 16:48

Rainy Days, Lonely Nights • The Hopelessly Devoted • INTRODUCING • 16:52

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring • Matthew Cardinal • PIECES: 2011-2019 • 16:56

Reflektor • Arcade Fire • REFLEKTOR • 17:00

Fancy Pants • Bend Sinister • ANIMALS • 17:05

Fear & Delight • The Correspondents • PUPPET LOOSELY STRUNG • 17:08

Na Zare • Alliance • ALLIANCE 87 • 17:12

Danceland (Come With Me) • The Garrys • SURF MANITOU • 17:17

Dancing Tonight • Christina Quesada • DANCING TONIGHT • 17:21

Bear the Cold • Mitch Holtby • BEAR THE COLD • 17:25

Comme les fleurs • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 17:30 ++

Eso Que Tu Haces • Lido Pimienta • MISS COLOMBIA • 17:34 ++

Something • The Bros. Landreth • '87 • 17:39

Heart of an Animal • The Dears • LOVER'S ROCK • 17:44

Letting Me Down • Margo Price • THAT'S HOW RUMORS GET STARTED • 17:49 ++

The Side Track • The Sadies • TALES OF THE RAT FINK... • 17:52

Main Titles Overture • John Barry • FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE SOUNDTRACK • 17:55

2020-07-27 - 16:00-18:00 (clip show)

The Art of Driving • Black Box Recorder • LIFE IS UNFAIR • 16:05

Heart of Stone • Ashes & Dreams • HEART OF STONE • 16:06

2Wicky • Hooverphonic • A NEW STEREOPHONIC SOUND... • 16:09

Home • Caribou • SUDDENLY • 16:14

Adult Diversion • Alvvays • ALVVAYS • 16:17

Leaving Edmonton • Geoff Hawryluk • LEAVING EDMONTON • 16:20

Exploding New Life • Jim James • REGIOS OF LIGHT REMIXED • 16:25

Havava • The Jerry Cans • ECHOES • 16:30

Trigger • The New Haunts • THE NEW HAUNTS • 16:35

A Hundred Shades of Blue • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 16:39

Te Queria • Lido Pimienta • MISS COLOMBIA • 16:44

She's In A Folded Wing... • Daniel Romano • DANDELION • 16:48

Domino • Nicole Atkins • ITALIAN ICE • 16:52

somnambulist • nehiyawak • STARLIGHT • 16:56

Wreckless Abandon • The Dirty Knobs • WRECKLESS ABANDON • 17:02

Hot Car From Texas • Dirty Dirty Devil's • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 17:07

Gang Of Wolves • Bend Sinister • FOOLISH GAMES • 17:12

Animals • The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger • MIDNIGHT SUN • 17:17

Cover Your Eyes • Jess Knights • BEST KIND OF LIGHT • 17:21

Little Minx • Dum Dum Girls • TOO TRUE • 17:25

Shout For Joy • Albert Ammons • ROOTS & BLUES • 17:28

Le Midi • Julie et Joe • LE MIDI • 17:30

The One For Me • Doug Hoyer • TO BE A RIVER • 17:33

She Says What She Means • Sloan • NAVY BLUES • 17:37

The Grand Bazaar • The Tea Party • ALHAMBRA • 17:40

You Look So Fine • Garbage • VERSION 2.0 • 17:44

Tricks • Laura Imbruglia • SCARED OF YOU • 17:49

Zoot Allures • Frank Zappa • ZOOT ALLURES • 17:54

2020-08-03 - 16:00-18:00

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Dark Road • Richard Hawley • LADY'S BRIDGE • 16:00

Soar Estranho • Thiago Nassif • MENTE • 16:04

Tao Distante • Rei Rei Rei • TAO DISTANTE • 16:09

Shangri-La • EOB • EARTH • 16:16

Resisto Y Ya • Lido Pimienta • MISS COLOMBIA • 16:21 ++

Chat domestique • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 16:24 ++

Gymnopedie no. 1 • Matthew Cardinal • PIECES: 2011-2019 • 16:27 ++

Sunshine • Cayley Thomas • HOW ELSE CAN I TELL YOU? • 16:29

18 • Moscow Apartment • BETTER DAUGHTER (EP) • 16:34 ++

Trapped on the Ground • Brenna Lowrie • LOSS LEADER • 16:38 ++

The Other Man • Sloan • PRETTY TOGETHER • 16:41

Holdin' Me Down • Dead Ghosts • AUTOMATIC CHANGER • 16:47

What You're Doing • The Beatles • BEATLES FOR SALE • 16:49

Lazy Sunday • The Small Faces • LAZY SUNDAY • 16:52 ^^

Red Carpet Rag • Erin Ross • SWEET THING • 16:56

Walkin’ Up The Road • Betty Davis • ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK • 17:00

More Trouble Every Day • Frank Zappa & the Mothers • A TOKEN OF HIS EXTREME • 17:04

Who Will Be The Next In Line • Mudhoney • MOJO (MARCH 2006) • 17:10

Paint it Black • The Tea Party • TANGENTS • 17:14

Things That I've Said • Ariel Posen • HOW LONG • 17:17

Blistered • That Pedal Show Band • OX EP • 17:23

East Wind • Bert Jansch & John Renbourn • BERT AND JOHN • 17:27

Depart Pour Lune • Djely Tapa • BAROKAN • 17:30 ++

Bateau Rouge • Thievery Corporation • SAUDADE • 17:33

Memoir • Charlotte Gainsbourg • STAGE WHISPER • 17:37

Let Me Be A Flower Child • Fionn • EVERYONE'S A CRITIC • 17:40 ++

More • Lynn Miles • DOWNPOUR • 17:45

Pilots • Goldfrapp • FELT MOUNTAIN • 17:49

Venus In Aquarius • William Tyler • GOES WEST • 17:53

2020-08-10 - 16:00-18:00

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Dark Road • Richard Hawley • LADY'S BRIDGE • 16:00

Soar Estranho • Thiago Nassif • MENTE • 16:04

Tao Distante • Rei Rei Rei • TAO DISTANTE • 16:09

Shangri-La • EOB • EARTH • 16:16

Resisto Y Ya • Lido Pimienta • MISS COLOMBIA • 16:21 ++

Chat domestique • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 16:24 ++

Gymnopedie no. 1 • Matthew Cardinal • PIECES: 2011-2019 • 16:27 ++

Holy Rhythm • Ashes & Dreams • HEART OF STONE • 16:29

Dirty Eyes • Sweet Vintage Rides • ROAD TRIP • 16:33

Bop, Hop & Roll • The Vignatis • GYPSYBILLY, VOL 4 • 16:36

Real Rock Drive • Pete Turland • PETE TURLAND AND THE RENTAL CATS • 16:42

Americano • Brian Setzer • VAVOOM! • 16:44

California Sun • Ola & the Janglers • SWEDISH ROCK & ROLL HITS • 16:48

Brandy Alexander • Ron Sexsmith • EXIT STRATEGY OF THE SOUL • 16:51

Secret Heart • Feist • LET IT DIE • 16:54

Spend the Day • Sochei • SOCHEI • 17:00 ++

Be You • Moscow Apartment • BE YOU • 17:04

The Trees • Pulp • WE LOVE LIFE • 17:08

Alright Now • Liam Gallagher • WHY NOT ME • 17:12

If I Had A Boat • The Bros. Landreth • UNDERCOVER BROS. (EP) • 17:17

Love Enough • Julian Taylor • THE RIDGE • 17:21 ++

Jive Samba • Cannonball Adderley • RIVERSIDE PROFILES • 17:25

Scratch And Hiss • Lera Lynn • RESISTOR • 17:30

The Girl From Ipanema • Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto • GETZ / GILBERTO • 17:37 ^^

Who Needs Forever? • Astrud Gilberto & Thievery Corporation • VERVE REMIXED • 17:42 ^^

Interview with Andrea House • Peter Brown • CKUA ARTS • 17:46

Jolene • Andrea House • COAT OF MANY COLOURS • 17:53

Too Many Wrongs • The Dears • LOVERS ROCK • 17:55

2020-08-17 - 16:00-18:00

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Journey • Sarah Nixey • NIGHT WALKS • 16:05

Reckoner • Radiohead • IN RAINBOWS • 16:07

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) • Arcade Fire • THE SUBURBS • 16:11

Breathing Underwater • Metric • SYNTHETICA • 16:17

Hide and Seek • Doug Hoyer • CHARACTER WITNESS • 16:21

Everyone Hides • Wilco • ODE TO JOY • 16:24

Like a Ghost • S.K. Wellington • LIKE A GHOST • 16:27

Almost Full Moon • Enigma • LE ROI EST MORT, VIVE LE ROI! • 16:30

My Little Treasures • Richard Hawley • FURTHER • 16:31

Those Dancing Days Are Gone • Carla Bruni • NO PROMISES • 16:33

Just the Two of Us • Alex Cuba • JUST THE TWO OF US • 16:37 ^^

Can You Get To That • Mavis Staples • ONE TRUE VINE • 16:39

Mi Machete • Ani Cordero • EL MACHETE • 16:44

Hi Hello • Johnny Marr • CALL THE COMET • 16:47

James Bond • Iggy Pop • JAMES BOND • 16:51

Thunderball • Johnny Cash • ANTHOLOGY • 16:58

Are You Thinking of Me • Brock Mattsson • ARE YOU THINKING OF ME • 17:03

Time Forgot To Change My Heart • Daniel Romano • SLEEP BENEATH THE WILLOW • 17:10

The Tourist Song • Brad Bucknell & the oHNo Band • OHNO • 17:13

Lift You Up • Ayla Brok & the Sound Men • ALBERTA SPOTLIGHT • 17:19

Gloriana: Courtly Dances: II • Julian Bream • THE ESSENTIAL • 17:23

Heart of Hearts • Joey Landreth • HINDSIGHT • 17:27

Carry On • Coeur De Pirate • ROSES • 17:30

Glenfern • Kathleen Edwards • TOTAL FREEDOM • 17:34 ++

Never Too Far • Dana Gavanski • WIND SONGS EP • 17:39 ++

Dreams Tonite • Alvvays • ANTISOCIALITES • 17:43

Interview with Rapid Fire Theatre • Peter Brown • CKUA ARTS • 17:46

My Bonnie • Tony Sheridan & the Beat Bros • MY BONNIE • 17:54

Twist and Shout • The Beatles • LIVE AT THE STAR CLUB 1962 • 17:57

2020-08-24 - 16:00-18:00

++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Dub Light • KMFDM • IN DUB • 16:03

Le Midi • Julie et Joe • LE MIDI • 16:06

Hola • Single • HOLA • 16:09

Waitin' for a Superman • The Flaming Lips • THE SOFT BULLETIN • 16:13

Moon Of Honey • Billie ZiZi • MOON OF HONEY • 16:17

Borrowed Suit, Secondhand Dress • Altameda • DIRTY RAIN • 16:22

Up On Cripple Creek • The Band • THE BAND • 16:26

Maybe Tonight • Nicole Atkins • NEPTUNE CITY • 16:33

I Don't Wanna (Love You) • Begonia • LADY IN MIND (EP) • 16:37

Be There • Kimberley MacGregor • I AM MY OWN • 16:40

Body • Julia Jacklin • CRUSHING • 16:45

Pin It Down • Madison Cunningham • WHO ARE YOU NOW • 16:49

Be My Baby • Whitney Rose • HEARTBREAKER OF THE YEAR • 16:53

Loveseat • Hannah Georgas • FOR EVELYN • 16:57

Black Is the Color • Rhiannon Giddens • TOMORROW IS MY TURN • 17:03

Make Me Feel • Janelle Monae • DIRTY COMPUTER • 17:06

Rain on My Face • The Carbon Poppies • RAIN ON MY FACE • 17:11

Why Do You Love Me • Jom Comyn • I NEED LOVE • 17:13

Charity • Courtney Barnett • TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL • 17:16

Heart of an Animal • The Dears • LOVERS ROCK • 17:25

Dreamin' • Skinny Dyck • GET TO KNOW LONESOME • 17:26 ++

Pick it Up • Fast Romantics • PICK IT UP • 17:30 ++

Si Te Quiero • Ventanas • ARRELUMBRE • 17:34 

Hard On Everyone • Kathleen Edwards • TOTAL FREEDOM • 17:36 ++

You And The Night And The Music • Carol Welsman • DANCE WITH ME • 17:42 ++

Live In Favour of Tomorrow • The Lemon Twigs • SONGS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC • 17:46

Stay Outta My Business • Tami Neilson • SASSAFRASS! • 17:49

The World is Mine • Hooverphonic • JACKIE CANE • 17:51

Always With Me, Always With You • Joe Satriani • SURFIN WITH THE ALIEN • 17:56

2020-08-31 - 16:00-18:00 (clip show)

Journey • Sarah Nixey • NIGHT WALKS • 16:05

Reckoner • Radiohead • IN RAINBOWS • 16:07

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) • Arcade Fire • THE SUBURBS • 16:11

Breathing Underwater • Metric • SYNTHETICA • 16:17

Hide and Seek • Doug Hoyer • CHARACTER WITNESS • 16:21

Everyone Hides • Wilco • ODE TO JOY • 16:24

Like a Ghost • S.K. Wellington • LIKE A GHOST • 16:27

Almost Full Moon • Enigma • LE ROI EST MORT, VIVE LE ROI! • 16:30

Those Dancing Days Are Gone • Carla Bruni • NO PROMISES • 16:33

Just the Two of Us • Alex Cuba • JUST THE TWO OF US • 16:37

Can You Get To That • Mavis Staples • ONE TRUE VINE • 16:39

Mi Machete • Ani Cordero • EL MACHETE • 16:44

Hi Hello • Johnny Marr • CALL THE COMET • 16:47

James Bond • Iggy Pop • JAMES BOND • 16:51

Thunderball • Johnny Cash • ANTHOLOGY • 16:58

Spend the Day • Sochei • SOCHEI • 17:00 ++

Be You • Moscow Apartment • BE YOU • 17:04

The Trees • Pulp • WE LOVE LIFE • 17:08

Alright Now • Liam Gallagher • WHY NOT ME • 17:12

If I Had A Boat • The Bros. Landreth • UNDERCOVER BROS. (EP) • 17:17

Love Enough • Julian Taylor • THE RIDGE • 17:21

Jive Samba • Cannonball Adderley • RIVERSIDE PROFILES • 17:25

Depart Pour Lune • Djely Tapa • BAROKAN • 17:30

Bateau Rouge • Thievery Corporation • SAUDADE • 17:33

Memoir • Charlotte Gainsbourg • STAGE WHISPER • 17:37

Let Me Be A Flower Child • Fionn • EVERYONE'S A CRITIC • 17:40

More • Lynn Miles • DOWNPOUR • 17:45

Pilots • Goldfrapp • FELT MOUNTAIN • 17:49

Venus In Aquarius • William Tyler • GOES WEST • 17:53

2020-09-07 - 16:00-18:00

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Owner of a Lonely Heart • Yes • 90125 • 16:01

Montana • Frank Zappa & the Mothers • OVER-NITE SENSATION • 16:07

Blow Wind Blow • Florida BC • SALT BREAKER SAND • 16:13 ^^

Skin • Brenna Lowrie • LOSS LEADER • 16:18 ++

Stay • Emily Rockarts • LITTLE FLOWER • 16:21

Here 4 U • Braids • SHADOW OFFERING • 16:25

Moonlight On The River • Mac DeMarco • THIS OLD DOG • 16:30

First Class • Khruangbin • MORDECHAI • 16:36

Don't Delete the Kisses • Wolf Alice • VISIONS OF A LIFE • 16:40

Cause I'm A Man • Tame Impala • CURRENTS • 16:44

Beirut, Beirut • Ben Sures • 2020 EP • 16:50 ++

She Says What She Means • Sloan • NAVY BLUES • 16:53

Lost On You • LP • HEART TO MOUTH • 17:00 ^^

Here Come Those Good Feelings • Amy van Keeken • ______ • 17:06

Time For the Cats To Come • Matthew Goodin • NOBODY SEES ME...  • 17:10

Easy • Hannah Georgas • ALL THAT EMOTION • 17:13 ++

Summer Wine • Alex Kapranos & Clara Luciani • SUMMER WINE • 17:19

La Mer • Julio Iglasias • TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY SOUNDTRACK • 17:23

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor • The Yardbirds • LITTLE GAMES • 17:30

Sandpaper • The Vicious Cycles • SANDPAPER • 17:34

You Know I'm Right • Confusionaires • IT'S TIME TO MAKE A LITTLE MESS • 17:35

Rock 'N' Roll High School • Ramones • LOUD, FAST RAMONES • 17:38

Why Do You Have To Break My Heart Again • The School • READING TOO MUCH... • 17:41

Light Of Love • Music Go Music • EXPRESSIONS • 17:43

Come To Me (feat. Luci Ashbourne) • The Yearning • COME TO ME • 17:49

Bleaklow Air • Duane Eddy • ROAD TRIP • 17:53

Adwa • KOKOROKO • KOKOROKO • 17:57

2020-09-14 - 16:00-18:00

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Journey • Sarah Nixey • NIGHT WALKS • 16:03

The English Motorway System • Black Box Recorder • LIFE IS UNFAIR • 16:05

No One Listens to Music Anymore • John Moore • IT'S HELL OUT THERE • 16:08

Five Years • David Bowie • RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST • 16:15

Suffragette City • The Acorn • PAPER BAG RECORDS VS ZIGGY STARDUST • 16:19

Blue Kangaroo • The Allovers • YER GUISES • 16:23

Live In Favour of Tomorrow • The Lemon Twigs • SONGS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC • 16:26

Game Of Thrones • Los Straitjackets • CHANNEL SURFING (EP) • 16:29

Pick it Up • Fast Romantics • PICK IT UP • 16:34

We Have All the Time In the World • Louis Armstrong • O.H.M.S.S. SOUNDTRACK • 16:41

Sing a Silent Gospel • Badge Epoque Ensemble • SELF HELP • 16:44 ++

Western Swing & Waltzes • Colter Wall • [SINGLE] • 16:52 ++

Game of Pricks • Mo Kenney • GAME OF PRICKS • 16:56 ^^

Warm And Sunny Days • The Dears • NO CITIES LEFT • 17:00

Greenback Dollar Revisited • NYSSA • GIRLS LIKE ME • 17:06 ++

Fireworks • First Aid Kit • RUINS • 17:09

Open Window • nehiyawak • STARLIGHT • 17:13

Wreck Me • Charley Crockett • WELCOME TO HARD TIMES • 17:18

Birds • Crown Lands • WAYWARD FLYERS VOL. I • 17:20 ++

Baby It's You • London Grammar • BABY IT'S YOU • 17:22

Baby It's You • The Shirelles • THE SCEPTER RECORDS STORY • 17:25

Like A Friend • Pulp • GREAT EXPECTATIONS (SOUNDTRACK) • 17:30

You Know I'm No Good • Amy Winehouse • BACK TO BLACK • 17:36

Drapeau Blanc • Coeur De Pirate • ROSES • 17:40

Joue avec le feu • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 17:45

Ha Ha Happiness • Les Chouettes • HA HA HAPPINESS • 17:47

Les Sucettes • Serge Gainsbourg • COLLECTION • 17:51

Ce Soir Je Vais Boire • Claude Francois • CQ SOUNDTRACK • 17:53

Djavulen (Reprise) • The Garrys • HAXAN: WITCHCRAFT... • 17:56

2020-09-21 - 16:00-18:00 (partial clip show)

This episode was a combination of older clips, and a new segment featuring an interview with the group Osyron and some of their music. I had intended to present an entirely new program with a different set of songs, but life had other plans. This is what what was available under the circumstances. Watch for a new episode next week.

~~ Featured content

The Art of Driving • Black Box Recorder • LIFE IS UNFAIR • 16:01

Heart of Stone • Ashes & Dreams • HEART OF STONE • 16:05

2Wicky • Hooverphonic • A NEW STEREOPHONIC SOUND... • 16:09

Home • Caribou • SUDDENLY • 16:13

Adult Diversion • Alvvays • ALVVAYS • 16:17

Leaving Edmonton • Geoff Hawryluk • LEAVING EDMONTON • 16:21

Exploding (Extended Mix) • Jim James • REGIONS OF LIGHT REMIXED • 16:25

Havava • The Jerry Cans • ECHOES • 6:29

Trigger • The New Haunts • THE NEW HAUNTS • 6:34

A Hundred Shades of Blue • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 16:38

Te Queria • Lido Pimienta • MISS COLUMBIA • 16:43

She's In A Folded Wing (But Flying) • Daniel Romano • DANDELION • 16:47

Domino • Nicole Atkins • ITALIAN ICE • 16:51

somnambulist • nehiyawak • STARLIGHT • 16:55

Hold the Line • Osyron • HOLD THE LINE • 16:59 ~~

Interview with Osyron • Oskar Zybart • CKUA ARTS • 17:04 ~~ (interview audio)

The Battle of the Thames • Osyron • FOUNDATIONS • 17:09 ~~

Correspondences • The Tea Party • THE EDGES OF TWILIGHT • 17:15

The Letter • The Arbors • THE ARBORS • 17:21

Prove It • Television • MARQUEE MOON • 17:24

Depart Pour Lune • Djely Tapa • BAROKAN • 17:29

Bateau Rouge • Thievery Corporation • SAUDADE • 17:32

Memoir • Charlotte Gainsbourg • STAGE WHISPER • 17:36

Let Me Be A Flower Child • Fionn • EVERYONE'S A CRITIC • 17:39

More • Lynn Miles • DOWNPOUR • 17:44

Pilots • Goldfrapp • FELT MOUNTAIN • 17:48

Venus In Aquarius • William Tyler • GOES WEST • 17:52

2020-09-28 - 16:00-18:00

++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Dog City (A Doggie Boogie) • Matt Mays • DOG CITY • 16:00 ++

Bye Bye Jubilee • NYSSA • GIRLS LIKE ME • 16:03 ++

Someone I Don't Know • Hannah Georgas • ALL THAT EMOTION • 16:06 ++

Sunshine • Cayley Thomas • HOW ELSE CAN I TELL YOU? • 16:11 ++

...And Three Parasol Stars • Giorgio Tuma • MY VOCALESE FUN FAIR • 16:15

Comeback Kid • Sharon Van Etten • COMEBACK KID (SINGLE) • 16:18

Breaking Down • Florence & The Machine • CEREMONIALS • 16:22

Libertad • Ventanas • ARRELUMBRE • 16:25

Atomic Number • case/lang/veirs • CASE/LANG/VEIRS • 16:30

Alright Now • Liam Gallagher • WHY NOT ME • 16:34

My Sad Captains • Elbow • THE TAKE OFF AND LANDING OF EVERYTHING • 16:38

Jolene • Dolly Parton • ______ • 16:45

Dead & Gone • The Hearts • SUNSHINE • 16:47

Nobody • Mekons • EXQUISITE • 16:54 ++

Man Of The World • Toots and The Maytals • ______ • 17:00

The Only Thing That Saves You • Ben Sures • 2020 EP • 17:03 ++

Saskatchewan in 1881 • Colter Wall • SASKATCHEWAN IN 1881... •  17:07

Saskatchewan (Eleanor's) • Zachary Lucky • SASKATCHEWAN • 17:10

Dead End Kid • Altameda • DIRTY RAIN • 17:13

All the Young Dudes (live) • Ian Hunter Band • LIVE • 17:18

Tear It Down • Major Love • MAJOR LOVE • 17:23

The Sound Where My Head Was • Badge Epoque Ensemble • SELF HELP • 17:29 ++

Are You With Me Now • Cate Le Bon • MUG MUSEUM • 17:33

Hold And Console • Billie Zizi • MOON OF HONEY • 17:37

Tired Angels • Krista Muir • BETWEEN ATOMS • 17:42

Entanglement • Imogen Heap • SPARKS • 17:45

Four Out Of Five • Arctic Monkeys • TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO • 17:49

The Roundabout • Enigma • LE ROI EST MORT, VIVE LE ROI! • 17:54

2020-10-05 - 16:00-18:00 (clip show)

The English Motorway System • Black Box Recorder • LIFE IS UNFAIR • 16:05

No One Listens to Music Anymore • John Moore • IT'S HELL OUT THERE • 16:08

Five Years • David Bowie • RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST • 16:15

Suffragette City • The Acorn • PAPER BAG RECORDS VS ZIGGY STARDUST • 16:19

Blue Kangaroo • The Allovers • YER GUISES • 16:23

Live In Favour of Tomorrow • The Lemon Twigs • SONGS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC • 16:26

Game Of Thrones • Los Straitjackets • CHANNEL SURFING (EP) • 16:29

Moonlight On The River • Mac DeMarco • THIS OLD DOG • 16:30

First Class • Khruangbin • MORDECHAI • 16:36

Don't Delete the Kisses • Wolf Alice • VISIONS OF A LIFE • 16:40

Cause I'm A Man • Tame Impala • CURRENTS • 16:44

Beirut, Beirut • Ben Sures • 2020 EP • 16:50

She Says What She Means • Sloan • NAVY BLUES • 16:53

Funk Force Five • Greg Koch • UNREPENTANT • 16:56

Warm And Sunny Days • The Dears • NO CITIES LEFT • 17:00

Greenback Dollar Revisited • NYSSA • GIRLS LIKE ME • 17:06

Fireworks • First Aid Kit • RUINS • 17:09

Open Window • nehiyawak • STARLIGHT • 17:13

Wreck Me • Charley Crockett • WELCOME TO HARD TIMES • 17:18

Birds • Crown Lands • WAYWARD FLYERS VOL. I • 17:20

Baby It's You • London Grammar • BABY IT'S YOU • 17:22

Baby It's You • The Shirelles • THE SCEPTER RECORDS STORY • 17:25

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor • The Yardbirds • LITTLE GAMES • 17:30

Sandpaper • The Vicious Cycles • SANDPAPER • 17:34

You Know I'm Right • Confusionaires • IT'S TIME TO MAKE A LITTLE MESS • 17:35

Rock 'N' Roll High School • Ramones • LOUD, FAST RAMONES • 17:38

Why Do You Have To Break My Heart Again • The School • READING TOO MUCH... • 17:41

Light Of Love • Music Go Music • EXPRESSIONS • 17:43

Come To Me (feat. Luci Ashbourne) • The Yearning • COME TO ME • 17:49

Bleaklow Air • Duane Eddy • ROAD TRIP • 17:53

2020-10-12 - 16:00-18:00 

++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Come And Get It • Badfinger • MAGIC CHRISTIAN MUSIC • 16:00

Copperhead Road • Celtic Fusion Illusion • WALK THE TWEED • 16:02

Hard On Everyone • Kathleen Edwards • TOTAL FREEDOM • 16:08

Hey Bus Driver! • Tami Neilson • CHICKABOOM! • 16:15

Easy • Hannah Georgas • ALL THAT EMOTION • 16:18 ++

Moondog Matinee • Matt Mays • DOG CITY • 16:23 ++

Backsliders • King Of Foxes • SALT & HONEY • 16:29

Woman's Got the Power • The A's • WOMAN'S GOT THE POWER • 16:34

Bowling Green • Altameda • TIME HASN'T CHANGED YOU • 16:36

Sunny Afternoon • The Kinks • ANTHOLOGY • 16:43

This Is The Place • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds • THIS IS THE PLACE • 16:46 

Breathing Underwater • Metric • SYNTHETICA • 16:52

Texas Hop • Duke Robillard • DUKE'S BLUES • 16:56

Float On • Modest Mouse • ______ • 17:01

Young Man's Game • Fleet Foxes • SHORE • 17:05

A Secret Still To Be Betrayed • Daniel Romano • HOW ILL THY WORLD IS ORDERED • 17:08 ++

Radio • Ron Sexsmith • THE LAST RIDER • 17:13

Past In Present • Feist • THE REMINDER • 17:16

Again • Faith Healer • COSMIC TROUBLES • 17:19

Someone To Lose • Wilco • SCHMILCO • 17:23

Walk Down • Wes Dakus & The Rebels • VOLUME 1 • 17:26

I Miss You • Marlaena Moore • PAY ATTENTION, BE AMAZED! • 17:31

Alone Again Or • Calexico • AUSTIN CITY LIMITS... • 17:35

Spring Snow • Vampire Weekend • FATHER OF THE BRIDE • 17:39

London Calling • The Clash • LONDON CALLING • 17:44

Julia • The Fast Romantics • AMERICAN LOVE • 17:48

Caught Me Thinking • Bahamas • BARCHORDS • 17:51

Mercato Burruchaga • Randomized Coffee • RANDOMIZED COFFEE • 17:54

2020-10-19 - 16:00-18:00 (CKUA fall fundraiser special)

^^ Listener recommendations/requests

You! • George Harrison • EXTRA TEXTURE • 16:04

Real Love • David Myles • REAL LOVE • 16:07

Everything • Celeigh Cardinal • EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AT ALL • 16:14

54-46 That's My Number • Toots and The Maytals • REGGAE FLOORFILLERS • 16:17

Dimes For Nickels • JD McPherson • SIGNS & SIGNIFIERS • 16:23

Bubble Gum • The California Honeydrops • A HIGHER DEGREE • 16:26

Late Bloomer • Sarah Harmer • OH LITTLE FIRE • 16:30

I'll Dream For You • Emma-Lee • BACKSEAT HEROINE • 16:37

Bowling Green • Neko Case • THE VIRGINIAN • 16:40

Bowling Green • Altameda • TIME HASN'T CHANGED YOU • 16:45

Twistin' & Groovin' • Leon Bridges • COMING HOME • 16:50

Nho Antone Escaderode • Cesaria Evora • ANTHOLOGIE • 16:56 ^^

So Desu Ne • FFS • FFS • 17:01 ^^

Same Old • Amy van Keeken • SAME OLD • 17:08

Mince Meat Tart • Roy Forbes & Connie Kaldor • NEW SONGS FOR AN OLD CELEBRATION • 17:10

I Make The Dough... • Kathleen Edwards • ASKING FOR FLOWERS • 17:17

New Pair of Shoes • Leeroy Stagger & Mariel Buckley • SKINNY DYCK & FRIENDS • 17:22 ^^

Higher • Alejandra Ribera • THIS ISLAND • 17:28 ^^

Be Your Own Light • Linda McRae • FIFTY SHADES OF RED • 17:32 ^^

When You Walk Away (live at EFMF) • Samantha Fish & Delta Sugar • CKUA TENT • 17:40

One More Second • Matt Berninger • ONE MORE SECOND • 17:42

Rainbow Connection • Lorelei School Student Singers • CHILDREN HELPING CHILDREN • 17:49

We'll Look For Stars • Lynn Miles • WE'LL LOOK FOR STARS • 17:52 ^^

Ys • Alan Stivell • CELTIC HARP • 17:56 ^^

2020-10-26 - 16:00-18:00 (post-fundraiser special request show)

^^ Listener recommendations/requests

Keep the Customer Satisfied • Simon & Garfunkel • OLD FRIENDS • 16:02

Satin Devil • Dirty Dirty Devil's • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 16:03

Pin It Down • Madison Cunningham • WHO ARE YOU NOW • 16:09 ^^

Sidekick • Marlaena Moore • GAZE • 16:13 ^^

Picture Book • The Kinks • VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOC. • 16:18 ^^

My Little Treasures • Richard Hawley • FURTHER • 16:21 ^^

Heart of Stone • Ashes & Dreams • HEART OF STONE • 16:30 ^^

Tower Of Song • Leonard Cohen • LIVE IN LONDON • 16:31 ^^

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay • Otis Redding • ATLANTIC GOLD • 16:40 ^^

Stop It Baby • Shakura S'Aida • BLUEPRINT • 16:43 ^^

Pot Roast And Kisses • The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band • SO DELICIOUS! • 16:46 ^^

Welcome to Hard Times • Charley Crockett • WELCOME TO HARD TIMES • 16:54 ^^

Stay • Justine Vandergrift • STAY • 16:59

Fireworks • First Aid Kit • RUINS • 17:06

Voices in the Field • Calexico • THE THREAD THAT KEEPS US • 17:10 ^^

Mr. Bojangles (live) • Jerry Jeff Walker • LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS, 1977) • 17:16 ^^

The Spark • William Prince • RELIEVER • 17:21 ^^

Silver Lining • Mt. Joy • SILVER LINING • 17:26 ^^

Can I Believe You • Fleet Foxes • SHORE • 17:32 ^^

Burning Bridges • Mike Curb Congregation • KELLY'S HEROES • 17:39 ^^

(I Think) I Hit My Limit • Ayla Brook & The Sound Men • DESOLATION SOUNDS • 17:41 ^^

Joy Comes Back • Ruthie Foster • JOY COMES BACK • 17:45 ^^

More Trouble Every Day • Frank Zappa & the Mothers • A TOKEN OF MY EXTREME • 17:54 ^^

2020-11-02 - 16:00-18:00

^^ Listener recommendations/requests

Drive • Lera Lynn • RESISTOR • 16:01

Drive All Night • Peter & The Wolves • HOWLIN' & PROWLIN' • 16:05

Cruisin' • Pete Turland • CRUISIN' • 16:09

Run-Down Neighborhood • Lindi Ortega • FADED GLORYVILLE • 16:11

Neapolitan Sky • The Avett Brothers • NEAPOLITAN SKY • 16:15

Going To The Country • The Bros. Landreth • LET IT LIE • 16:19

Hellcat Smoke • Dirty Dirty Devil's • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 16:22

Runnin' Down A Dream • Tom Petty • GREATEST HITS • 16:25

Rave On • Buddy Holly • 16:31 ^^

Let's Dance • David Bowie • CHANGESBOWIE • 16:34 ^^

The Passenger • Iggy Pop • NUDE & RUDE • 16:38 ^^

Drive All Night • Zebra • ZEBRA • 16:45 ^^

Cry Love • John Hiatt • WALK ON • 16:48 ^^

Polarized • Scenic Route To Alaska • TIME FOR YOURSELF • 16:54

Light It Up • MonkeyJunk • MOON TURN RED • 16:58

Atomic Number • Case/Lang/Veirs • CASE/LANG/VEIRS • 17:03

You Don't Scare Me • Whitney Rose • RULE 62 • 17:07

Woodpecker • The Handsome Family • WILDERNESS • 17:11

The Birds • Elbow • BUILD A ROCKET BOYS! • 17:16

Subterranean Homesick Alien • Radiohead • OK COMPUTER • 17:21

Leaving The Table • Leonard Cohen • YOU WANT IT DARKER • 17:26

Yeti, Set, Go • The Polyrhythmics • MAN FROM THE FUTURE • 17:30

Bad Ideas • Shaela Miller • BAD IDEAS • 17:35 ^^

Keep It Between The Lines • Sturgill Simpson • A SAILOR'S GUIDE TO EARTH • 17:40 ^^

Ophelia • The Band • THE BEST OF THE BAND • 17:44 ^^

Diamonds Are Forever (Mantronic Remix) • Shirley Bassey • THE REMIX ALBUM • 17:47

In My Life • Sean Connery • GEORGE MARTIN: IN MY LIFE • 17:52

You Only Live Twice • Bill Frisell • WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR • 17:55

2020-11-09 - 16:00-18:00 (clip show)

Dog City (A Doggie Boogie) • Matt Mays • DOG CITY • 16:00

Bye Bye Jubilee • NYSSA • GIRLS LIKE ME • 16:03

Someone I Don't Know • Hannah Georgas • ALL THAT EMOTION • 16:06

Sunshine • Cayley Thomas • HOW ELSE CAN I TELL YOU? • 16:11

...And Three Parasol Stars • Giorgio Tuma • MY VOCALESE FUN FAIR • 16:15

Comeback Kid • Sharon Van Etten • COMEBACK KID (SINGLE) • 16:18

Breaking Down • Florence & The Machine • CEREMONIALS • 16:22

Libertad • Ventanas • ARRELUMBRE • 16:25

Backsliders • King Of Foxes • SALT & HONEY • 16:29

Woman's Got the Power • The A's • WOMAN'S GOT THE POWER • 16:34

Bowling Green • Altameda • TIME HASN'T CHANGED YOU • 16:36

Sunny Afternoon • The Kinks • ANTHOLOGY • 16:43

This Is The Place • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds • THIS IS THE PLACE • 16:46

Breathing Underwater • Metric • SYNTHETICA • 16:52

Texas Hop • Duke Robillard • DUKE'S BLUES • 16:56

Float On • Modest Mouse • ______ • 17:01

Young Man's Game • Fleet Foxes • SHORE • 17:05

A Secret Still To Be Betrayed • Daniel Romano • HOW ILL THY WORLD IS ORDERED • 17:08

Radio • Ron Sexsmith • THE LAST RIDER • 17:13

Past In Present • Feist • THE REMINDER • 17:16

Again • Faith Healer • COSMIC TROUBLES • 17:19

Someone To Lose • Wilco • SCHMILCO • 17:23

Walk Down • Wes Dakus & The Rebels • VOLUME 1 • 17:26

The Sound Where My Head Was • Badge Epoque Ensemble • SELF HELP • 17:29

Are You With Me Now • Cate Le Bon • MUG MUSEUM • 17:33

Hold And Console • Billie Zizi • MOON OF HONEY • 17:37

Tired Angels • Krista Muir • BETWEEN ATOMS • 17:42

Entanglement • Imogen Heap • SPARKS • 17:45

Four Out Of Five • Arctic Monkeys • TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO • 17:49

The Roundabout • Enigma • LE ROI EST MORT, VIVE LE ROI! • 17:54

2020-11-16 - 16:00-18:00

++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Truckin • The Grateful Dead • AMERICAN BEAUTY • 16:00

Smooth Sailin' • Leon Bridges • COMING HOME • 16:04

Dreamin' • Skinny Dyck • GET TO KNOW LONESOME • 16:07 ++

Groovin' • Brother Jack McDuff • BROTHER JACK MCDUFF • 16:11

Just a Dream • Hawksley Wormkan • LESS RAGE MORE TEARS • 16:13 ++

Punching Bag • Hannah Georgas • ALL THAT EMOTION • 16:17

Mary • Sarah Slean • DAY ONE • 16:21

Just Keep Me Moving • k.d. lang • EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES • 16:25

Tango • Tom Phillips & The D.T.s • SATELLITES AND STARS • 16:32

Satumaa • Frank Zappa & The Mothers • YOU CAN'T DO THAT ONSTAGE... VOL 2 • 16:36

Time Is Wasting • Josh Ritter • LOOK HERE... • 16:40

Bad Ideas • Shaela Miller • BAD IDEAS • 16:43

Where The Light Takes You • Doug Paisley • STRONG FEELINGS • 16:48

Rock Pool • Cate Le Bon • ROCK POOL EP • 16:52

Black Ivory Soul • Angelique Kidjo • BLACK IVORY SOUL • 16:56

Cannonball Rag • Lenny Breau • THE HALLMARK SESSIONS • 17:00

Hard On Everyone • Kathleen Edwards • TOTAL FREEDOM • 17:04 ++

Paper Thin Walls • Terra Lightfoot • CONSIDER THE SPEED • 17:11 ++

Walls (Circus) • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers • THE BEST OF EVERYTHING • 17:14

I Get Around • The Beach Boys • GOOD VIBRATIONS • 17:20

Heavy Soup • Cornershop • HANDCREAM FOR A GENERATION • 17:22

Laisse Tomber Les Filles • Emily Triggs • WHEN GUINEVERE WENT UNDER • 17:28

Older Younger • Major Love • MAJOR LOVE • 17:31

Dividido • Alex Cuba • SUBLIME • 17:34

The Heart's A Lonely Hunter • Thievery Corporation • THE COSMIC GAME • 17:37

The Stranger At My Door • Brandi Carlile • THE FIREWATCHER'S DAUGHTER • 17:42

Wicked Game • Give 'Em Hell Boys • BARN BURNER • 17:45

Pocket Calculator • Brent Amaker and the Rodeo • POCKET CALCULATOR • 17:50

Peace In The East • Ancient Astronauts • INTO BASS AND TIME • 17:53

2020-11-23 - 16:00-18:00 

++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Roadrunner • The Pretty Things • CLASSICS • 16:02

Roadrunner • The Modern Lovers • IT CAME FROM THE GARAGE • 16:04

Slippery People • Talking Heads • SPEAKING IN TONGUES • 16:08

Digital Witness • St. Vincent • ST. VINCENT • 16:13

Bloom • William Prince • EARTHLY DAYS • 16:17

Full of Wires • Elliott BROOD • KEEPER • 16:20

Go Your Own Way • William Tyler • LAGNIAPPE SESSION • 16:27

Portales • Kaleema • PORTALES • 16:33

Deep Days • EOB • EARTH • 16:39

Before Your Very Eyes • Atoms For Peace • AMOK • 16:44

Hell • Squirrel Nut Zippers • HOT! • 16:50

Consider the Speed • Terra Lightfoot • CONSIDER THE SPEED • 16:53 ++

House on Fire • Plants and Animals • THE JUNGLE • 16:56 ++

Oops • Lyra Brown • TIN GIRL • 17:03

17 • Kate Boothman • 17 • 17:07

18 • Moscow Apartment • BETTER DAUGHTER (EP) • 17:11

Someone New • Helena Deland • SOMEONE NEW • 17:15

Unglued • Mo Kenney • THE DETAILS • 17:19

Close My Eyes • Will Butler • GENERATIONS • 17:22

No Reason To Cry Out Your Eyes • Hawksley Workman • LOVER/FIGHTER • 17:27

Bus Ride • Kaytranada • 99.9% • 17:30

Guess Again • Jeff Tweedy • LOVE IS THE KING • 17:34 ++

Patiently Waiting • Scenic Route To Alaska • TIME FOR YOURSELF • 17:39 ++

Never Quit Loving You • Jill Barber • CHANCES • 17:44

Any Fool With A Heart • Tami Neilson • ANY FOOL WITH A HEART • 17:47

Memories of El Monte (live) • The Mothers of Invention • ZAPPA SOUNDTRACK • 17:52

A Tune For Cal • Al Muirhead's Canadian Quintet • UNDERTONES • 17:55

2020-11-30 - 16:00-18:00 

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

Should I Stay Or Should I Go • The Clash • ______ • 16:01

Dwindling Beauty • Hawksley Workman • LESS RAGE MORE TEARS • 16:06

The Benefits of Being Alone • Rose Cousins • BRAVADO • 16:09

Sunshine • Cayley Thomas • HOW ELSE CAN I TELL YOU? • 16:13

Which Way • Richard Hawley • HOLLOW MEADOWS • 16:16

Charity • Courtney Barnett • TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL • 16:19

I Wanna Be Sedated • Ramones • LOUD, FAST RAMONES • 16:24

On A Monday • The Detroit Cobras • TIED & TRUE • 16:26

Disguises • The Jam • ______ • 16:30

Connaissais De Face • Khruangbin • MORDECHAI • 16:34 ++

Mad About You • Hooverphonic • THE MAGNIFICENT TREE • 16:38

Tatli Dile Guler Yuze • Altin Gun • ON • 16:44

Soap Shop Rock • Amon Duul II • BEST OF 1969-1974 • 16:46

Get Out • The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer • CHECKERED PAST • 16:49

Bad Boys Need Love Too • Bahamas • EARTHTONES • 16:54

Rotten Kid • Mark Hummel • HARPBREAKER • 16:58

Quite Like You • Andy Shauf • THE PARTY • 17:01

Snowstorm • The Raveonettes • SNOWSTORM • 17:06

How Lucky • Kurt Vile & John Prine • SPEED, SOUND, LONELY KV (EP) • 17:08 ++

Tango • Tom Phillips & The D.T.s • SATELLITES AND STARS • 17:12 ++ ^^

Satumaa • Reijo Taipale • SATUMAA 45 • 17:15 ^^

Andy • Frank Zappa & the Mothers • ONE SIZE FITS ALL • 17:21

Bring It On Home To Me • The Animals • RETROSPECTIVE • 17:29 ^^

This Magic Moment • Lou Reed • LOST HIGHWAY SOUNDTRACK • 17:32 ^^

Ain't No Man • The Avett Brothers • TRUE SADNESS • 17:35

Called Out Your Name • Terra Lightfoot • CONSIDER THE SPEED • 17:38 ++

Lights Out • Deep Sea Diver • IMPOSSIBLE WEIGHT • 17:45

Ghost Town • Sam Roberts • ALL OF US • 17:46 ++

Heart Of It • Michael Bernard Fitzgerald • LOVE VALLEY • 17:49 ++

Inuit Nunangat • Terry Uyarak • ______ • 17:53 ++

C Jam Blues • Oscar Peterson • JAZZPLUS • 17:55

2020-12-07 - 16:00-18:00 

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

I Move Around • Lee Hazlewood • 13 • 16:02

Jody • A Girl Called Eddy • JODY • 16:03

One Man • Celeigh Cardinal • EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AT ALL • 16:08

Fill My Cup • Kimberly MacGregor • FILL MY CUP • 16:14 ^^

Hare Spell • Fay Hield • WRACKLINE • 16:18

Passenger • Lisa Hannigan • PASSENGER • 16:21

Driving In The Dark • Mariel Buckley • DRIVING IN THE DARK • 16:26

Famous • Michael Bernard Fitzgerald • LOVE VALLEY • 16:31 ++

Stay Out • Elliott Brood • KEEPER • 16:34 ++

Grew Apart • Donovan Woods • WITHOUT PEOPLE • 16:37 ++

Stay • Emily Rockarts • STAY • 16:41

Stay • Justine Vandergrift • STAY • 16:43

Don't Dream It's Over • Sixpence None The Richer • BEST OF • 16:47

Winterlong • Whitehorse • THE ROAD TO MASSEY HALL EP • 16:51

On the Road Again • First Aid Kit • ON THE ROAD AGAIN • 16:55

Takin' It To The Bank, Tom • Al Muirhead's Canadian Quintet • UNDERTONES • 16:57

Dead Of Winter • Scenic Route To Alaska • TIME FOR YOURSELF • 17:02 ++

Long Distance Runaround • Yes • FRAGILE • 17:07

California Sun • The Rivieras • ______ • 17:10

Sunshine • Cayley Thomas • HOW ELSE CAN I TELL YOU? • 17:14

Feel the Sun • Jan Randall • WAIT IN LINE • 17:18 ^^

Never Gonna Happen Again • Andy Eichhorn • SATELLITES & SECRETS (EP) • 17:22

Showboat • Josh Ritter • GATHERING • 17:28

Blue Shadows • Tom Phillips & The D.T.s • SATELLITES AND STARS • 17:34 ++

Pearls • Kurt Vile • SPEED, SOUND, LONELY KV (EP) • 17:38

Hold It Down • The California Honeydrops • CALL IT HOME, VOL. 1 & 2 • 17:42

Cornbread And Butterbeans • Carolina Chocolate Drops • GENUINE NEGRO JIG • 17:45

Everybody Eats When They Come... • Cab Calloway • ARE YOU HEP TO THE JIVE? • 17:48

Americano • Brian Setzer Orchestra • VAVOOM! • 17:51

Summertime • Zoot Sims • ZOOT SIMS AND THE GERSHWIN BROS • 17:54

2020-12-14 - 16:00-18:00 (clip show)

Dark Road • Richard Hawley • LADY'S BRIDGE • 16:01

Soar Estranho • Thiago Nassif • MENTE • 16:04

Tao Distante • Rei Rei Rei • TAO DISTANTE • 16:09

Shangri-La • EOB • EARTH • 16:15

Resisto Y Ya • Lido Pimienta • MISS COLOMBIA • 16:21

Chat domestique • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 16:23

Gymnopedie no. 1 • Matthew Cardinal • PIECES: 2011-2019 • 16:26

Maybe Tonight • Nicole Atkins • NEPTUNE CITY • 16:30

I Don't Wanna (Love You) • Begonia • LADY IN MIND • 16:34

Be There • Kimberley MacGregor • I AM MY OWN • 16:37

Body • Julia Jacklin • CRUSHING • 16:42

Pin It Down • Madison Cunningham • WHO ARE YOU NOW • 16:47

Be My Baby • Whitney Rose • HEARTBREAKER OF THE YEAR • 16:51

Loveseat • Hanah Georgas • FOR EVELYN • 16:54

Reflektor • Arcade Fire • REFLEKTOR • 17:00

Fancy Pants • Bend Sinister • ANIMALS • 17:05

Fear & Delight • The Correspondents • PUPPET LOOSELY STRUNG • 17:08

Na Zare • Alliance • ALLIANCE 87 • 17:12

Danceland (Come With Me) • The Garry's • SURF MANITOU • 17:17

Dancing Tonight • Christina Quesada • DANCING TONIGHT • 17:21

Bear the Cold • Mitch Holtby • BEAR THE COLD • 17:25

Pick it Up • Fast Romantics • PICK IT UP • 17:30

Si Te Quiero • Ventanas • ARRELUMBRE • 17:34

Hard On Everyone • Kathleen Edwards • TOTAL FREEDOM • 17:36

You And The Night And The Music • Carol Welsman • DANCE WITH ME • 17:42

Live In Favor of Tomorrow • The Lemon Twigs • SONGS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC • 17:45

Stay Outta My Business • Tami Neilson • SASSAFRASS! • 17:49

The World is Mine • Hooverphonic • JACKIE CANE • 17:52

Always With Me, Always With You • Joe Satriani • SURFING WITH THE ALIEN • 17:55

2020-12-21 - 16:00-18:00

The Trees • Pulp • HITS • 16:01

Where Are We Now? • David Bowie • THE NEXT DAY • 16:05

Down In The Woods • Richard Hawley • STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE • 16:11

No Rock: Save in Roll • Cornershop • ENGLAND IS A GARDEN • 16:16

No Flag • Elvis Costello • NO FLAG • 16:20

Found Out • This is the Kit • OFF OFF ON • 16:24

Brasil • Ed O'Brien • EARTH • 16:30

One High Note • Terra Lightfoot • CONSIDER THE SPEED • 16:38

Alles in Allem • Einsturzende Neubauten • ALLES IN ALLEM • 16:43

Cosmic Dancer • Nick Cave • ANGELHEADED HIPSTER... • 16:45

Lights Out • Deep Sea Diver • IMPOSSIBLE WEIGHT • 16:52

I Contain Multitudes • Sondre Lerche • I CONTAIN MULTITUDES • 16:57

Blue Christmas • Caroline Connolly & Billy Cowsill • ______ • 17:04

Twelve Days of Christmas • Sloan • _____ • 17:09

What Child Is This • Border Brass • TIJUANA XMAS • 17:13

Big Sunglasses • Dylan Farrell • BLUES BEFORE • 17:15

F. Zappa: G-Spot Tornado • F. Zappa; Ensemble Modern • YELLOW SHARK • 17:21

I Get A Kick Out Of You • Billie Holiday • ______ • 17:27

Don't Fence Me In • Ella Fitzgerald • COLE PORTER SONGBOOK • 17:34

Don't Let Me Down • Lake Street Dive • _____ • 17:38

Straight Live • Black Box Recorder • LIFE IS UNFAIR • 17:41

Dead Of Winter • Scenic Route To Alaska • TIME FOR YOURSELF • 17:46

Main St • Lynn Miles • WE'LL LOOK FOR STARS • 17:50

Awake • Mirrim • AWAKE • 17:55

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The Final Countdown • Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn • BANJO BANJO • 16:01

Countdown • Pulp • FIRE YEARS • 16:05

House Music All Night Long • Jarv Is • BEYOND THE PALE • 16:11

Kyoto • Phoebe Bridgers • PUNISHER • 16:16

Close My Eyes • Will Butler • GENERATIONS • 16:20

Give Me a Sign • Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes • S/T • 16:25

Impossible Weight (ft. SVE) • Deep Sea Diver • IMPOSSIBLE WEIGHT • 16:32

The New Pollution • Beck • ODELAY • 16:36

Little Fishes • Alyona Alyona • LITTLE FISHES • 16:40

Shangri-La • Ed O'Brien • EARTH • 16:42

St Marie Under Canon • Cornershop • ENGLAND IS A GARDEN • 16:49

Hard On Everyone • Kathleen Edwards • TOTAL FREEDOM • 16:53

There's More Pretty Girls Than One • Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice • SKAGGS & RICE • 17:01

Telephones (Clean Edit) • Mo Kenney • IN MY DREAMS • 17:04

No Way Out • Elliott BROOD • KEEPER • 17:09

A Hundred Shades of Blue • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 17:13

Weapons of Distraction • Thievery Corporation • SYMPHONIK • 17:17

Tu Mundo de Cristal • Capsula de Suenos • TU MUNDO DE CRISTAL • 17:23

Lost in Yesterday • Tame Impala • THE SLOW RUSH • 17:29

Bye Bye Jubilee • NYSSA • BYE BYE JUBILEE • 17:35

This Flight Tonight • Aimee-Jo Benoit • BORJONER • 17:38

Do It All With You • Cayley Thomas • DO IT ALL WITH YOU • 17:44

It's a Small World After All • Slim Whitman • RED RIVER VALLEY • 17:48

Oh What A Wonderful Time • Petunia & the Vipers • DEAD BIRD ON THE HIGHWAY • 17:50

We Shall Overcome • Bill Frisell • VALENTINE • 17:54

2021-01-04 - 16:00-18:00

Roundabout • Yes • FRAGILE • 16:01

Ascension • Sam Roberts Band • ______ • 16:09

Letting Me Down • Margo Price • THAT'S HOW RUMORS GET STARTED • 16:14

That Emotion • Hannah Georgas • ALL THAT EMOTION • 16:18

Queenie Queenie • Tami Neilson • CHICKABOOM! • 16:22

Ferry Cross The Mersey • Gerry & The Pacemakers • AN INTRODUCTION • 16:26

We're Gonna Get There In the End (Demo) • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds • SINGLE • 16:30

Love Overdue • Tanika Charles • THE GUMPTION • 16:36

I Ain't The Girl • Lindi Ortega • FADED GLORYVILLE • 16:39

Undone • Coeur De Pirate • ROSES • 16:42

Loved on Look • The Sadies • TREMENDOUS EFFORTS • 16:46

Chase The Sun • Lab Coast • SLED ISLAND LEMONADE STAND VOL.1 • 16:49

When Love Comes To Town • B.B. King • LIVE AT THE APOLLO • 16:52

Dark Night • Apollo Suns • DAWN OFFERINGS • 16:57

I Want More • Tedeschi Trucks Band • LET ME GET BY • 17:03

Consider the Speed • Terra Lightfoot • CONSIDER THE SPEED • 17:05

Older Younger • Major Love • MAJOR LOVE • 17:07

The Benefits of Being Alone • Rose Cousins • BRAVADO • 17:10

Crash Years • The New Pornographers • TOGETHER • 17:15

Found Out • This is the Kit • OFF OFF ON • 17:19

C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) • Eartha Kitt • MISS KITT, TO YOU • 17:23

Handle With Care • The Traveling Wilburys • COLLECTION • 17:28

Impossible Germany (live, 2012) • Wilco • ASHES OF THE AMERICAN FLAG • 17:33

Kick My Heart Around • Blackie and the Rodeo Kings • KING OF THIS TOWN • 17:39

Keep It Between The Lines • Sturgill Simpson • A SAILOR'S GUIDE TO EARTH • 17:42

Try • Ariel Posen • HOW LONG • 17:47

Where The Action Is • Sue Foley • WHERE THE ACTION IS • 17:50

Hi Lili, Hi Lo • Paul Desmond • GREATEST HITS • 17:54

2021-01-11 - 16:00-18:00

++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

Blue Monday • New Order • ______ • 16:01

Bye Bye Jubilee • NYSSA • BYE BYE JUBILEE • 16:05

Jody • A Girl Called Eddy • JODY • 16:08

Solid Ground • Michael Kiwanuka • KIWANUKA • 16:14

Follow the Water • Calexico with Iron & Wine • YEARS TO BURN • 16:18

Travelling Over Water • Leeroy Stagger • RADIANT LAND • 16:22

One Evening • Feist • LET IT DIE • 16:26

Midnight Morning • Menahan Street Band • MIDNIGHT MORNING • 16:29

Stay Out • Elliott Brood • KEEPER • 16:34 ++

Plastic Bouquet • Kacy & Clayton with Marlon Williams • PLASTIC BOUQUET • 16:38 ++

Love Is All Around • Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar • THE RECKLESS ONE • 16:41 ++

Climbing Higher Mountains • Aretha Franklin • AMAZING GRACE • 16:45

You Can't Rule Me • Lucinda Williams • GOOD SOULS BETTER ANGELS • 16:49

Goodbye Jimmy Reed • Bob Dylan • ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS • 16:52

Winning Style • Propellerheads • DECKSANDRUMSANDROCKANDROLL • 16:57

That's How Rumors Get Started • Margo Price • THAT'S HOW RUMORS GET STARTED • 17:00

Impossible Weight (ft. Sharon Van Etten) • Deep Sea Diver • IMPOSSIBLE WEIGHT • 17:05

Don't Wanna • Haim • WOMEN IN MUSIC PT. III • 17:08

Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) • Glass Tiger • PURE CANADIAN • 17:12

Batonga • Angelique Kidjo • KEEP ON MOVING • 17:16

Red Eyes • The War on Drugs • LOST IN THE DREAM • 17:20

Chango Vudu • Five Alarm Funk • BIG SMOKE • 17:25

Jealousy • The War and Treaty • JEALOUSY/HUSTLIN' • 17:30

Flow With It (You Got Me Feeling • St. Paul & The Broken Bones • FLOW WITH IT • 17:35

Vay Dunya • Altin Gun • GECE • 17:38

World Made • Land Of Talk • LIFE AFTER YOUTH • 17:43

Someone New • Helena Deland • SOMEONE NEW • 17:47 ++

If I Had Wings • Ryland Moranz • XO, 1945 • 17:50 ++

Their Hands On Their Hands • Joshua Van Tassel • DANCE MUSIC VOLUME II • 17:54 ++

2021-01-18 - 16:00-18:00 (clip show)

Drive • Lera Lynn • RESISTOR • 16:01

Drive All Night • Peter & The Wolves • HOWLIN' & PROWLIN' • 16:05

Crusin' • Pete Turland • CRUISIN' • 16:09

Run-Down Neighbourhood • Lindi Ortega • FADED GLORYVILLE • 16:11

Neapolitan Sky • The Avett Brothers • NEAPOLITAN SKY • 16:14

Going To the Country • The Brothers Landreth • LET IT LIE • 16:19

Hellcat Smoke • The Dirty Dirty Devil's • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 16:22

Runnin' Down A Dream • Tom Petty • GREATEST HITS • 16:24

Bad Ideas • Shaela Miller • BAD IDEAS • 16:41

Where The Light Takes You • Doug Paisley • STRONG FEELINGS • 16:46

Rock Pool • Cate Le Bon • ROCK POOL EP • 16:49

Black Ivory Suit • Angelique Kidjo • BLACK IVORY SOUL • 16:52

Cannonball Rag • Lenny Breau • THE HALLMARK SESSIONS • 16:56

Atomic Number • case/lang/veirs • CASE/LANG/VEIRS • 17:00

You Don't Scare Me • Whitney Rose • RULE 62 • 17:03

Woodpecker • The Handsome Family • WILDERNESS • 17:07

The Birds • Elbow • BUILD A ROCKET BOYS! • 17:12

Subterranean Homesick Alien • Radiohead • OK COMPUTER • 17:18

Leaving The Table • Leonard Cohen • YOU WANT IT DARKER • 17:22

Yeti, Set, Go • The Polyrhythmics • MAN FROM THE FUTURE • 17:26

Laisse Tomber Les Filles • Emily Triggs • WHEN GUINEVERE WENT UNDER • 17:30 Older Younger • Major Love • MAJOR LOVE • 17:33

Dividido • Alex Cuba • SUBLIME • 17:36

The Heart's A Lonely Hunter • Thievery Corporation • THE COSMIC GAME • 17:39

The Stranger At My Door • Brandi Carlile • THE FIREWATCHER'S DAUGHTER • 17:44

Wicked Game • The Give 'Em Hell Boys • BARN BURNER • 17:46

Pocket Calculator • Brent Amaker and the Rodeo • POCKET CALCULATOR • 17:51

Peace In The East • Ancient Astronauts • INTO BASS AND TIME • 17:55

2021-01-25- 16:00-18:00 (feat. donated hour)

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts

On the Road Again • Willie Nelson • HONEYSUCKLE ROSE • 16:01 ^^

The Wanderer • Dion • ______ • 16:03 ^^

Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa • Gene Pitney • HITS • 16:06 ^^

My Silver Lining • First Aid Kit • STAY GOLD • 16:10

Don't Wanna Hear It • Lindi Ortega • CIGARETTES & TRUCKSTOPS • 16:14

Sacrifice • Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar • THE RECKLESS ONE • 16:17 ++

Satin Devil • Dirty Dirty Devil's • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 16:21

Polarized • Scenic Route To Alaska • TIME FOR YOURSELF • 16:24 ++

Cold Connection • The Hearts • EQUAL LOVE • 16:28

Suitcase • Brendan Scott Friel • QUIET CARS • 16:32

Eve Of Destruction • Barry McGuire • ______ • 16:36 ^^

Hey World • Michael Franti • ALL REBEL ROCKERS • 16:40 ^^

God Bless Us Everyone • Maria Dunn • GOD BLESS US EVERYONE • 16:44 ^^

Talking Reality Television Blues • Tom Jones • SURROUNDED BY TIME • 16:51

Someone New • Helena Deland • SOMEONE NEW • 16:58 ++

7/4 (Shoreline) • Broken Social Scene • BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE • 17:02

Atauttikkut • The Jerry Cans • ATAUTTIKKUT • 17:07

Beat Surrender • The Jam • SNAP • 17:10

I Can Change Your Mind • The James Hunter Six • NICK OF TIME • 17:14

Where is my Mind - Pixies • ______ • 17:17

You've Got a Lot On Your Mind • Sloan • COMMONWEALTH • 17:21

Photosynthesis • The Honey Cowboy • FLOWER POWER • 17:26

Light of Love • Kacy & Clayton & Marlon Williams • PLASTIC BOUQUET • 17:29 ++

Light Of Love • Music Go Music • EXPRESSIONS • 17:32

Tear It Down • Major Love • MAJOR LOVE • 17:37

Consider the Speed • Terra Lightfoot • CONSIDER THE SPEED • 17:41 ++

Senor Burns • Alf Clausen & Tito Puente • GO SIMPSONIC WITH THE SIMPSONS • 17:46

City Looks Pretty • Courtney Barnett • TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL • 17:48

Snow Bank • Doug Hoyer • WALKS WITH THE TENDER & GROWING NIGHT • 17:54

2021-02-01- 16:00-18:00 (anniversary special episode)

The date of this episode coincided with the date of my on-air debut at CKUA, marking six years as a host. My old overnight program Zed Air first broadcast on 2015-02-01. Some of the featured songs this week are selections which were also played on that first episode of Zed Air back in 2015.

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on CKUA’s weekly top 30 charts ~~ Featured content

Hit The Road Jack • Ray Charles • THE GENIUS HITS THE ROAD • 16:01

Drive • Lera Lynn • RESISTOR • 16:02

Robotic • Hannah Georgas • HANNAH GEORGAS • 16:07

Pink Pedal Pushers • Carl Perkins • RESTLESS • 16:12 ^^

Money • The Beaches • LATE SHOW • 16:15

Ashes to Ashes • Lassigue Bendthaus • POP ARTIFICIALE • 16:18 ~~

Dog • Helena Deland • SOMEONE NEW • 16:24 ++

I'm Gonna Break It • Kacy & Clayton with Marlon Williams • PLASTIC BOUQUET • 16:28 ++

Gwendolyn • Jeff Tweedy • LOVE IS KING • 16:31 ++

Up On Cripple Creek • The Band • THE LAST WALTZ • 16:35

Nadine • Chuck Berry • No album specified • 16:40 ~~

Inspiration Information • Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings • JUST DROPPED IN • 16:43 ++

Mudzimu Ndiringe • Hallelujah Chicken Run Band • TAKE ONE • 16:47

Sur mes traces • Alex McMahon • EXPAT VOL. 1 • 16:51 ++

Chat domestique • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 16:57

Wreckless Abandon • The Dirty Knobs • WRECKLESS ABANDON • 17:01

Holy • Sam Tucker • ______ • 17:06

So Cold • Sigrun Stella • ______ • 17:09

Words • Barry Gibb & Dolly Parton • GREENFIELDS • 17:13 ++

It Slips Away • Shane Pendergast • IT SLIPS AWAY • 17:17

We Used To • Donovan Woods • WITHOUT PEOPLE • 17:20 ++

Baba Ayoola • KOKOROKO • ______ • 17:24 ++

Happy Anniversary • Slim Whitman • HAPPY ANNIVERSARY • 17:29 ^^

From Dublin With Love • Maria Dunn • JOYFUL BANNER BLAZING • 17:33 ++

From Russia With Love • Matt Monro • THE JAMES BOND THEMES • 17:38

You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet • Shirley Bassey • I OWE IT TO YOU • 17:42 ^^

Seven Day Fool • Jully Black • JUNO AWARDS 2008 • 17:44

Love Overdue • Tanika Charles • THE GUMPTION • 17:48

Comeback Kid • Sharon Van Etten • ______ • 17:51

In Four Dimensions • Delerium • SPHERES II • 17:56 ~~

2021-02-08- 16:00-18:00 (clip show)

Roadrunner • The Pretty Things • CLASSICS • 16:01

Roadrunner • The Modern Lovers • IT CAME FROM THE GARAGE • 16:04

Slippery People • Talking Heads • SPEAKING IN TONGUES • 16:08

Digital Witness • St. Vincent • ST. VINCENT • 16:13

Bloom • William Prince • EARTHLY DAYS • 16:16

Full of Wires • Elliott BROOD • KEEPER • 16:20

Go Your Own Way • William Tyler • LAGNIAPPE SESSION • 16:26

Disguises • The Jam • ANTHOLOGY • 16:30

Connaissais De Face • Khruangbin • MORDECHAI • 16:33

Mad About You • Hooverphonic • A LOT LIKE LOVE • 16:38

Tati Dile Guler Yuze • Altin Gun • ON • 16:41

Soap Shop Rock • Amon Duul II • BEST OF 1969-1974 • 16:45

Get Out • The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer • CHECKERED PAST • 16:48

Bad Boys Need Love Too • Bahamas • EARTHTONES • 16:53

Rotten Kid • Mark Hummel • HARPBREAKER • 16:56

Oops • Lyra Brown • TIN GIRL • 17:00

17 • Kate Boothman • SEVENTEEN • 17:04

18 • Moscow Apartment • BETTER DAUGHTER • 17:08

Someone New • Helena Deland • SOMEONE NEW • 17:12

Unglued • Mo Kenney • THE DETAILS • 17:16

Close My Eyes • Will Butler • GENERATIONS • 17:19

No Reason To Cry Out Your Eyes • Hawksley Workman • LOVER/FIGHTER • 17:23

Bus Ride • Kaytranada • 99 POINT 9% • 17:26

Bring It On Home To Me • The Animals • RETROSPECTIVE • 17:30

This Magic Moment • Lou Reed • LOST HIGHWAY SOUNDTRACK • 17:33

Ain't No Man • The Avett Brothers • TRUE SADNESS • 17:36

Called Out Your Name • Terra Lightfoot • CONSIDER THE SOUND • 17:40

Lights Out • Deep Sea Diver • IMPOSSIBLE WEIGHT • 17:43

Ghost Town • Sam Roberts • ALL OF US • 17:47

Heart Of It • Michael Bernard Fitzgerald • LOVE VALLEY • 17:50

Inuit Nunangat • Terry Uyarak • INUIT NUNANGAT • 17:54

C Jam Blues • Oscar Peterson • JAZZPLUS • 17:56

2021-02-15- 16:00-18:00

Roundabout • David “Fathead” Newman & the Tilden Webb Trio • CELLAR GROOVE • 16:01

La Di Dah • Jake Thackray • ANTHOLOGY • 16:08

Sunday For Tea • Peter & Gordon • GREATEST HITS • 16:10

Valentine • Richard Hawley • LADY'S BRIDGE • 16:13

Valentine's Day • David Bowie • THE NEXT DAY • 16:19

Missing You • Lauren Mann • MEMORY AND DESIRE • 16:22

Motherly Love • The Mothers of Invention • FREAK OUT • 16:28

Archie, Marry Me • Alvvays • ALVVAYS • 16:33

Julia In the Garden • Aiden Knight • AIDEN KNIGHT • 16:36

Falling Over • The Whitsundays • THE WHITSUNDAYS • 16:40

Venus As A Boy • Bjork • DEBUT • 16:43

Venus • Andrea Superstein • WHAT GOES ON • 16:46

To Be Free • Emiliana Torrini • LOVE IN THE TIME OF SCIENCE • 16:49

To Fall In Love • Doug Hoyer • TO BE A RIVER • 16:52

Only Love Can Break a Heart • Gene Pitney • ANTHOLOGY • 16:57

Robotic • Hannah Georgas • HANNAH GEORGAS • 17:04

Computer Love • Kraftwerk • COMPUTER WORLD • 17:09

Tunis Dream • Anchorsong • TUNIS DREAM (SINGLE) • 17:13

Power • Daniel Lanois • HEAVY SUN • 17:17

Cherry Blossom Girl • Air • TALKIE WALKIE • 17:21

Deadly Valentine • Charlotte Gainsbourg • REST • 17:24

Cosmic Dancer • Valerie June • COSMIC DANCER • 17:29

Waltzing With The Angels • Maria Dunn • JOYFUL BANNER BLAZING • 17:35

Subdivisions • The Weather Station • IGNORANCE • 17:38

Pa Pa Pa • Femi Kuti • PA PA PA • 17:43

Tomorrow Takes A Long Time • Fearing & White • TEA & CONFIDENCES • 17:47

Peoplewatching • Socalled • PEOPLEWATCHING • 17:50

Baba Drame • Bill Frisell • VALENTINE • 17:53

2021-02-22- 16:00-18:00 (series finale)

End of the Line • The Travelling Willburys • COLLECTION • 16:01

Something Changed • Pulp • DIFFERENT CLASS • 16:05

Driver's Seat • Sniff n' The Tears • DRIVER'S SEAT: THE BEST OF • 16:09

Heart of Stone • Ashes & Dreams • HEART OF STONE • 16:13

Sur Mes Traces • Alex McMahon • EXILES • 16:17

Something New • Helena Deland • SOMETHING NEW • 16:21

Talking Reality TV Blues • Tom Jones • SURROUNDED BY TIME • 16:26

Shangri-La • EOB • EARTH • 16:31

Danceland (Come With Me) • The Garry's • SURF MANITOU • 16:37

Lollipop (Ode to Jim) • Alvvays • ANTISOCIALITE • 16:41

Simultaneously • Bad Buddy • BAD BUDDY • 16:45

No. 1 Party Anthem • Arctic Monkeys • AM • 16:47

Fancy Pants • Bend Sinister • ANIMALS • 16:52

Brandy Alexander • Ron Sexsmith • BRANDY ALEXANDER • 16:56

Memories • Leonard Cohen • DEATH OF A LADIES MAN • 16:59

Souvenirs • John Prine • GREAT DAYS • 17:07

Entre nous • Jill Barber • ENTRE NOUS • 17:12

Holding On • The War On Drugs • A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING • 17:15

Wreckless Abandon • The Dirty Knobs • WRECKLESS ABANDON • 17:19

Maybe Tonight • Nicole Atkins • NEPTUNE CITY • 17:24

Backsliders • King Of Foxes • SALT & HONEY • 17:28

Devil in Disguise • Richard Hawley • LIVE IN THE DEVIL'S ARSE • 17:34

Jody • A Girl Called Eddy • JODY • 17:36

A Hundred Shades of Blue • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 17:42

Any Fool With a Heart • Tami Neilson • CHICKABOOM! • 17:46

Pick it Up • Fast Romantics • PICK IT UP • 17:49

Roundabout (Single Edit) • Yes • YES • 17:54

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PROMO TEXT

There's a paradox to every roundabout: you can only go so far forward, before you're approaching someplace you've just left behind. The trick knowing when to turn on, when to move on, and when to roll on. 

Monday afternoons, listeners have license to take a spin on CKUA's very own Roundabout. Watch our weekly top 30 charts zoom past, as new releases and the latest models make tracks alongside cult classics and motor-vators you might have missed the first time 'round.

Turn on. Tune in. Buckle up. There's a roundabout ahead.

[leaflens]

What Harvest Moon games do you have? And who did you marry in 'em? ^_^

hey anon!

ive played quite a few, im gonna list the ones ive played!

harvest moon: a wonderful life - i dont think i even finished it?

harvest moon ds + ds cute - muffy, skye

harvest moon: magical melody - never finished, i love lyla and louis tho

harvest moon ds: island of happiness + sunshine islands - VAUGHN

harvest moon: tree of tranquility + animal parade - luke, the wizard, candace, replaying to marry the witch and jin!

harvest moon: a tale of two towns - i was aiming for mikhail but i never finished the game (should get to tht soon)

harvest moon 3ds: skytree village - didnt finish, its super bad

aaaand all rune factory games except for the first one and tides of destiny!

in those ive married dorothy (wish i could marry barrett) and arthur! ive saved some files to marry leon and dylas tho

in 3 i was aiming for carmen but rlly i wanted carlos and gaius 8^/

also in stardew valley i married elliott ohoho

this was a longer answer than i thought but MAN i love this series, sucks tht all the new games arent tht good

[citizenscreen]

During last year’s Christmas break, which happened to be just days after the What a Character! Blogathon, I settled in to watch episodes of The Gertrude Berg Show and found myself laughing aloud. A lot. The Berg Show, which was originally titled Mrs. G Goes to College, is about a widow who goes to college after her children are grown. The situation comedy, which only lasted from 1961 to 1962, also featured the goings on in the building where Sarah Green lives. Green (aka Mrs. G), played by the talented Gertrude Berg, has daily exchanges with Cedric Hardwicke who plays Professor Crayton, another tenant in the building, and landlady Winona Maxfield played by Mary Wickes. By the end of the first episode of The Gertrude Berg Show, I’d decided who my actor of choice would be for this year’s What a Character! Blogathon.

Mary Wickes was born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser in St. Louis, Missouri on June 13, 1910. Mary was the only child of doting parents, Frank and Isabella Wickenhauser. Her upbringing was one of homespun values in a well-to-do household. Mary described her parents as civic-minded people who loved people, which resulted in Mary’s interests outside of acting. She remained close to her parents always.

On April 12, 1988, Mary Wickes returned to her alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis to deliver a speech in honor of a close friend and former dean. In the speech Mary talked about the importance of her “bedrock values” and about her career. “I am very proud of my profession, ” she said, “I am proud of the tradition and I can’t imagine doing anything but being an actress.”

If you can tell anything from watching Mary Wickes’ work it’s that she enjoyed doing it. That enjoyment coupled with her talent made her one of Hollywood’s most accomplished character actors. Interestingly, her story is not one of those where the entertainer dreamed of entertaining from an early age. Wickes recalled in the Washington U. speech that her parents loved the theater and that she was taken to see shows since she was very young. Mary went on to say that her reaction to watching shows was rather strange, “If anything was terribly funny, or just wonderful – the leading lady wore beautiful evening clothes and the scene just went so beautifully – I would cry.” Clearly, she was moved, but it still never occurred to her that she would become an actor at that early age. Her interests were varied. She majored in Political Science and joined every club imaginable including the debate team, which she enjoyed immensely. It wasn’t until her junior year that acting became a possibility when one of her professors suggested she go to an open audition at a local theater. Mary auditioned and got the part and at the end of the production, the director asked Mary to join his summer theater troupe to see how she would stack up opposite professional actors. He also suggested she might want to change her name because Mary Isabella Wickenhauser would not likely fit on a marquee. The task of figuring out what she wanted her stage name to be proved one of the few she would ever fail at. She simply couldn’t think of one. But when the publicity materials for her first play had to be printed Wickenhauser received a wire that read, “Your name will be Mary Wickes for the season.” And it stayed that way forever.

Mary’s expressive face served her well and entertained millions

Mary Wickes went on to appear in over 200 productions in summer stock and regional theater. Her love of the stage lasted her entire career and she would travel to New York between movies for decades. Through the years she dazzled audiences in revivals of “The Wizard of Oz” wherein she played Miss Gulch/The Wicked Witch of the West, “Damn Yankees,” “Arsenic and Old Lace,” and “Oklahoma!” – all of which I would have killed to see.

While we’ve come to recognize Mary Wickes simply by the types of characters she played in movies and television, her stage credits demonstrate quite the acting range. She was prone to playing comedic roles that demanded more than the occasional deadpan delivery she excelled at. Orson Welles thought so too as he recruited her to be part of his famed The Mercury Theatre and cast her in his production of “Too Much Johnson” in 1938. A few years ago footage previously thought lost was discovered of this production to include prologues. I would love to get a look at that too.

Howard Smith, Mary Wickes, Orson Welles, Virginia Nicolson, William Herz, Erskine Sanford, Eustace Wyatt and Joseph Cotten outside the Stony Creek Theatre during the two-week run of the Mercury Theatre stage production of Too Much Johnson (August 16–29, 1938)

Mary’s entrance onto The Great White Way was as smooth as her start as an actor. Wickes was in New York for less than a week in 1934 when she secured a part as understudy to Margaret Hamilton in “The Farmer Takes a Wife” starring Henry Fonda. As Steve Taravella explains in his fantastic 2016 biography, Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before, “The Farmer Takes a Wife” tried out in Philadelphia where Mary was asked to go on for Margaret Hamilton for the first matinée. That usually happens only once in…pretty much never. It was most certainly a sign as the Variety critic happened to attend that very performance and opined that Mary Wickes was “more than okay.”

Among her other notable Broadway shows are Philip Barry’s “Spring Dance” and Kaufman and Edna Ferber‘s “Stage Door,” the first of five Kaufman plays in which she originated parts and her first Broadway hit. Kaufman later called her his favorite comedienne. Mary Wickes adored working with George S. Kaufman and would forge a life-long friendship with the Kaufman family.

Mary’s signature stage role was in the original Broadway production of the Moss Hart-George S. Kaufman comedy, “The Man Who Came to Dinner” in 1939. She played the nurse, Miss Preen in hilarious fashion opposite the show’s star, Monty Woolley. She and Woolley reprised their roles in William Keighley’s film version in 1942. In 1972, Mary played Miss Preen again in a TV version directed by Buzz Kulik. Orson Welles played Sheridan Whiteside (the Woolley role) in that production.

Miss Preen cemented one of Mary signature character roles

Mary Wickes, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Edward Andrews. Don Knotts in the 1970 TV version of The Man Who Came to Dinner

Wickes and Woolley in the 1942 movie version of The Man Who Came to Dinner

Steve Taravella dedicates an entire chapter of his Wickes biography to Miss Preen, also known as “Miss Bedpan.” He explains how the success of the show, which ran for more than 700  performances, facilitated Broadway connections that helped Mary her entire career. And of course Miss Preen also cemented one of her signature character roles – the scene-stealing nurse. The movie version of The Man Who Came to Dinner was as successful as the play and it resulted in Mary becoming a favorite of directors, co-stars and audiences. And all because of a relatively small part opposite major screen gravitas also known as Bette Davis with whom Mary made three pictures. Given the popularity of Miss Preen it’s no wonder Mary Wickes was asked to bring other nurses to life on screen with the most popular example in our circles being nurse Dora Pickford in Irving Rapper’s Now, Voyager (1942). Mary’s depiction of Dora is particularly important because she provides the only comic relief in an otherwise very serious movie. Anyone familiar with Now, Voyager has probably recognized that making people smile playing opposite Gladys Cooper‘s Mrs. Vale could not have been an easy task.

Imagine being tasked with cheering this place up!

If one is to describe Mary Wickes’ overall specialty it was playing the prim, sarcastic woman who looked down her nose at those who failed to meet her standards. Her characters were either professional women like secretaries (and nurses) or smart-alecky commoners, which brings me to yet another of her staples – the housekeeper. The movies that come to mind where she plays a domestic are Roy Del Ruth’s On Moonlight Bay (1951) and its sequel, David Butler’s By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953). These delightful family musicals feature Leon Ames, Rosemary De Camp, Billy Gray and Doris Day who make up the Winfield family and Mary Wickes as their maid, Stella. Gordon MacRae also stars in both as William Sherman who falls in love with Doris’ Marjorie. You must take a look at the trailer for By the Light of the Silvery Moon because it features Mary as Stella breaking the fourth wall to explain the movie’s plot. These movies are as sweet as candy and I absolutely love the cast, but it’s Wickes I look most forward to even though her friend George S. Kaufman had written her from New York urging her to return to do stage work. Of On Moonlight Bay Mr. Kaufman said, “you’re too good for that sort of thing.” That’s probably true, but it’s what we have of Mary Wickes and if Kaufman doesn’t mind I will celebrate it by mentioning one of my favorite lines in either movie, which comes early in On Moonlight Bay. Stella is complaining to Mr. Winfield that the kitchen is too big and it tires her out so in pure Wickes style she says, “I’m bein’ paid to be a cook, not a cross-country runner!”

The Winfield’s maid, Stella always has something to complain about

I think of Mary Wickes’ movie career as made up of many special moments as is the case with many of our favorite character actors. After all these actors didn’t star in their own movies. And like the best of ’em Mary had a lot stored in her talent cannon. For instance, her physical prowess was unique. She said a lot with her eyes, used her hands beautifully to emphasize eccentricity and her lanky frame allowed for more than a few memorable slapstick moments on film. It was her timing, however, that made her a standout like Eve Arden, Thelma Ritter and a few other top-notch actors of the supporting kind. If you want to check out a few of Mary Wickes’ other movies, you might try Edward Cline’s fun put-on-a-show Private Buckaroo (1942) or Erle C. Kenton’s Who Done It? (1942) with Abbott and Costello. Then there’s Michael Curtiz’s White Christmas (1954) in which she plays housekeeper Emma, one of her most enduring roles. She portrayed another Emma in George Cukor’s The Actress (1953) and you might also like her portrayal of “Pick-a-little lady” in Morton DaCosta’s The Music Man (1962). And…and…there are simply too many.

Abbott and Costello meet Mary Wickes in Who Done It?

If none of those make you slap happy you can also enjoy another of Mary’s famous on-screen depictions – the nun – in Ida Lupino’s The Trouble with Angels (1966) and its sequel, James Neilson’s Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968), both starring Rosalind Russell. I assure you Mary’s religious types are as fun as her nurses and maids. Three decades after the movies with Russell in which she played Sister Clarissa Mary enjoyed a career resurgence as Sister Mary Lazarus in the hugely popular Sister Act (1992) and its sequel, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993). By that point Wicks was in the seventh decade of her career and her timing was still on target.

As Sister Clarissa

As Sister Mary Lazarus

The more mature Mary Wickes also portrayed the cranky old relative role to perfection. She did so in Mike Nichols’ Postcards from the Edge (1990), which broke a dry spell for the veteran actor who hadn’t been offered feature parts for quite some time. Mary’s work on television never ceased, but movie parts were few and far between after her appearance in the Angels movies. It’s nice to know that the 1990s were good to her. Following Edge and the Sister Act movies she played Aunt March in Gillian Armstrong’s Little Women (1994). Her final movie performance was as the voice of the gargoyle Laverne in the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and her final performance on television was as the voice of Grandma in the animated series Life with Louie.

I’ve left the discussion of Mary Wickes’ career on television for last because it’s how I first met her. Also, it brings this full circle since I began this Wickes journey with a mention of The Gertrude Berg Show, which is highly recommended. Mary received her only award nomination for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress for her work in that show. She didn’t win the award, but she makes me laugh like all heck and so she has my heart. Her reactions and comebacks are priceless at every turn.

Mary made her acting television debut as Mary Poppins in a 1949 episode of the anthology series, Studio One in Hollywood. Yes, she was the original Poppins anywhere at any time!

As Mary Poppins

From then on Wickes’ TV roles never stopped. She was a regular on such notables as Make Room for Daddy, Zorro, Julia, The Jimmy Stewart Show, Doc and Father Dowling Mysteries. She also had a recurring role on Dennis the Menace, which I’ve been watching lately and in which Mary Wickes is a hoot. Mary plays Miss Esther Cathcart, a single woman out to get a man at all costs. Miss Cathcart often uses Dennis in her schemes to hilarious effect. So far my favorite moments on the show are when Miss Cathhart sings, which she does to impress, but which results in broken mirrors, barking dogs and the like. If you have an extra moment be sure to check out Miss Cathcart’s rendition of “Love’s Old Sweet Song.” She really had such ease with comedy and clearly did anything asked of her with aplomb.

As a guest Mary Wickes appeared in every type of show imaginable from variety to mystery to everything in between. I can only mention a few standouts. When Gloria Swanson kicked off her The Gloria Swanson Hour she asked Mary Wickes to be her very first guest. Mary also guested on two episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents in 1956, the first of which, “The Baby Sitter,” directed by Robert Stevens is quite special. The episode stars Thelma Ritter as a baby sitter who gets involved in a murder. I wouldn’t say the story here is particularly noteworthy, but watching two of the premier character actors of the last century together is a thrill for film geeks like me, not to mention appropriate for this blogathon event. It’s Ritter and Wickes for crissakes.

Ritter and Wickes in “The Baby Sitter” Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode

One of my favorite of Mary Wickes’ TV guest spots was her small but hilarious part as the second murder victim’s landlady in Columbo “Suitable for Framing.” Her exchange with the Lt. alone is worth several admission prices. In this episode Wickes’ talent for playing characters that danced to their own beat so they easily carry on their own conversations despite who else might have been talking to them is in full bloom. If that sentence didn’t make sense, then good. This picture says it all…

Peter Falk with Mary Wickes in “Suitable for Framing”

I have to stop talking about Ms. Wickes at some point so it might as well be with a mention of Mary and Lucy. As most of you probably know Lucille Ball and Mary Wickes were close friends. Among Mary’s effects at Washington University are several letters from Lucy and Lucie Arnaz refers to Mary as family. I get a bit of the chills thinking about the two legendary comediennes laughing together behind the scenes, telling each other secrets and comforting each other as friends do.

Lucy and Mary were also frequent co-stars. Everyone remembers the classic first season episode of I Love Lucy, “The Ballet” with Mary playing the part of a ballet teacher, Madame Lamond. The episode begins in familiar fashion – Ricky is working on a show and needs a ballet dancer and Lucy tries to convince him she is a ballet dancer. In order to hone her skills Lucy goes to see Madame Lamond, the French premiere ballerina who is staging Ricky’s number. Lucy also tells Madame Lamond that she’s experienced. You know how well that turns out. But the important thing are the laughs and there are plenty of them here thanks to Lucy’s hijinks and Mary’s unforgettable reactions and her affected French accent.

“The Ballet” with Lucy and Mary doing what they did best

Mary only appeared in that one episode of I Love Lucy, but she appeared regularly in both of Lucille’s subsequent shows, The Lucy Show and Here’s Lucy. Wickes made a total of seventeen appearances on both shows always as different characters. You’ll be happy to know that a few were nurses, a few were maids, a few were nuns and one was named Mrs. Wickenhauser.

Mary Wickes knew that she excelled at comedy, which she called “very serious business.” And she loved what she did, which makes her story a particularly happy one. There were times when the going was a bit tougher than other times, but she worked most of her career because her talent was recognized as indispensable. When Mary gave her speech at Washington University she was 77 years old and ended the speech by paraphrasing St. Augustine in charming and endearing fashion. She said, “He said, ‘give me chastity and continence, O Lord, but not yet.’ And me – ‘I want rest, retirement, and quiet, O Lord, but not yet. And maybe never.”’

Mary Wickes, What a Character!

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The great Ms. Wickes is my choice for this year’s What a Character! Blogathon, which I am co-hosting with pals Kelly Pratt and Paula Guthat. Be sure to visit all three days of entries.

Day 1 at Outspoken & Freckled

Day 2 at Once Upon a Screen

Day 3 at Paula’s Cinema Club (still to come)

  For more about the incomparable Mary Wickes visit:

Mary Wickes: Her Life and Legacy at Washington University in St. Louis

Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before by Steve Taravella

It’s important that you are aware of how seriously I take research on this blog. As part of my ceaseless efforts I tweeted Whoopi Goldberg and asked about her experience working with Mary Wickes in the Sister Act movies. Ms. Goldberg never responded, but that’s the kind of dedication I’m talking about.

  Mary Wickes, WHAT A CHARACTER! During last year’s Christmas break, which happened to be just days after the What a Character! Blogathon, I settled in to watch episodes of T…