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Join hosts Jess and Julie every Monday for an afternoon dose of the best in queer music and culture. We focus on exposing music and culture not found in the mainstream gay world. This includes artists that are not only queer, but also queer-friendly and supportive as well. We also spotlight fun/interesting/important things happening in our local communities. Our shows are always diverse, so expect the unexpected! 
We look forward to being on the air, With Gay Abandon, with you!
 
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Monday December 28th, 2009 - Top 5's Of 2009

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ArtistSong Title
Liz BradyPalladium
Talk Spot
Soft MetalsHot On The Heals Of Love (Throbbing Gristle cover)
The Loft PartyBroken Connections
Jewels Of The NileWhen I Was a Lover
Florence and the Machine remixed by The XXYou Got The Love
Talk Spot
FanshawO Sailor
FarahGay Boy
FitnessBossy
Les BeyondTo Prisms
Talk Spot
An HorseRearrange Beds
Sixpence None The RicherThere She Goes
News & Community Calendar
People You KnowGood Girls
School Of Seven BellsCamarilla
Talk Spot
Toy Selectah!When I Spoke To Carol (Morrisey Remix)
KatastropheTill It's Gone (Remix by Sonsfoxy)
Sister MantosDirty and Flirty ft Nicky Click & Emma
Rae SpoonLove Is A Hunter
Anya MarinaWhatever You Like (T.I cover)
Talk Spot
Amy MillanLost Compass
Char2d2Take And Send
Line SpectraOld Charms
Tegan And SaraOn Directing
Talk Spot
U.S GirlsProve It All Night
PocahauntedSilk Fog Traveler

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Montreal's Les Beyond has been described by audiences as the “musical equivalent of a food coma.” That description might throw you off and make you think “is that a good thing?” And the answer is “YES!”  

Using an array of pedals and a guitar, Les Beyond adds layers of soft guitar murmurs, creating a drone soundscape so captivating that it transfixes you, and before you know it, her set is over, people around you begin to stir, and then you realize – the musical equivalent of a food coma has just enveloped you like a tryptophan-laced aural wave of hypnosis. 

After relocating from Vancouver, and leaving her main band of the last six years, Shearing...

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With Gay Abandon: Here we are on CJLO 1690 AM, CJLO.com. And we are with two, maybe they could be teen detectives, we will find out. I am going to ask you to introduce yourselves...

Teen Sleuth Ellen: Hi I'm Ellen, I'm the singer and one of the songwriters of Teen Sleuth and the Freed Cyborg Choir.

Teen Sleuth Aleks: Hi, I'm Aleks and I do the arrangements for said show, and I play keyboards, and also sing sometimes

TSE: slash all the time.. (laughs)

TSA: (laughs)

WGA: Amazing... Okay, you have a pretty...

Julie: Okay, here we are at Club Lambi, in this gorgeous green room with Leslie from Leslie & the Lys. And we are going to talk to you about...

Leslie: Thank you for having me on your radio show! I really hope that this is hilarious.

Julie: [laughing] I'm sure it will be.

L: Yes!

J: Okay first! What about your name, Leslie & The Lys. Is there a special meaning behind that?

L: Um, there is a meaning that, “I'm going to give a band a name and then the band is not going to go anywhere so I'll change it later”, well that didn't turn out to be the case. Clearly I gave it a name. It...

CHAR2D2 Interview by Julie Matson, for "With Gay Abandon" on CJLO, January 11 2009

J: 'kay we are here with the lovely Char2D2 who just has a new EP release out, and uh so Char2D2, are you going to tell us about that?
C: yes Julie, i'd love to tell you about that.
J: It was a self-release, can we say that?
C: yes it was. It was, um, I released it myself. Um. Just it was something I worked on in late spring/early summer, and got things together and it was out in the summer. It's fairly new, I just sent it out to your wonderful radio station this fall. Um. I'm quite excited about it. Um, yeah.
J: So you previously were with Bella, and how was the uh the process of recording on your own to recording with a band?
C: Um... it was good. It's, it's... uh.....

The December 28th show where we counted down our top 5 albums of 2009 is now up for you to listen to online.

Go check it out!