Today, we’re pre-recorded because I’m off riding in the MS Bike Tour, which sees me and a whole bunch of fit people ride from Stonewall to Gimli, and back again. So how does an overweight, out of shape, nerd like myself manage such a task? Why, with the right music, of course! Today, we take a listen to some of the songs in my “Motivators” playlist, which definitely rocks a little harder than we’re used to on a Sunday afternoon.

Plus, you’ve heard all those dog songs, even our pal Stu’s cat songs, but how about monkey songs! That’s right, in honour of one of the few words that Jeremy can actually say pretty clearly, he sits in on the show and plays a whole set of songs about his favourite animal (we think), monkeys!

Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Luke Doucet & The White Falcon – Monkeys – Steel City Trawler – CDN
Chuck Prophet – Monkey in the Middle – Age of Miracles
Chuck Prophet – What Makes the Monkey Dance – No Other Love
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Monkey on a Wire – Rattlin’ Bones
The Traveling Wilburys – Tweeter & the Monkey Man – Volume 1

2:30 – 3:00

Richard Buckner – Town – Meadow
Great Bloomers – Honey Blanket – Speak of Trouble – CDN
Uncle Tupelo – I Wanna Be Your Dog – 89/93: An Anthology
The Rocky Fortune – Drop Me in the Well – Sway – CDN
Sunparlour Players – John Had a Bell and a Whistle – Hymns for the Happy – CDN
Swank – The Mountain – The Survival Issue – CDN
Matt Mays – Lonely Highway Night – Matt Mays – CDN
Cracker – Get Off This – Greatest Hits Redux

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Stan Rogers – Canal Road – Northwest Passage – CDN
Willie P Bennet – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – Tryin’ to Start out Clean – CDN
Fred Eaglesmith – 105 – Lipstick Lies & Gasoline – CDN
Dustin Bentall – The River Song – Streets with no Lights – CDN
Scott Nolan – Clint Duty – Postcards – CDN – WPG
Ry Cooder – Little Sister – Bop ’til You Drop
Little Village – She Runs Hot – Little Village
Rockpile – When I Write the Book – Seconds of Pleasure

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Rilo Kiley – Portions for Foxes – More Adventurous
Band of Horses – Islands on the Coast – Cease to Begin
The Damnwells – Sell the Lie – Air Stereo
Hannah Georgas – Chit Chat – This Is Good – CDN
Bob Schneider – Miss Oblivion – The Californian
Brian MacMillan – Turn the Radio Up – Shine – CDN
Josh Ritter – Right Moves – The Historical Conquests of