This was originally posted on July 26, 2009.
I was up late chatting to my friend AJ online, so when I woke up this morning... Let's just say I could've added another hour's worth of sleep easily. (To give you an indication it was 05:50 hrs Halifax time, or 01:50 hrs San Francisco time.)
Radio host Diederik called me to see if I was ready for the interview, told me that "Cup of Blood" by The Dudes was released in The Netherlands several weeks ago (oh? I didn't have the heart to tell him that song is on the previous album), then explained shortly what he was going to do. It was all very simple, and nothing I hadn't done before... Except this was going to be aired live.
With a minute left of an Oasis single he called me and told me we were going to go on air when the song had finished. And we did.
Before you start wondering what I was doing for Kink FM, here's a short explanation: I'm their one time "Zomerscout", meaning that I share whatever good music I heard in the country I visited. Always up to plug good Canadian music, I submitted an E-mail telling Diederik I'd like to put in my two cents.
I recently sent him another to share what music grabbed my attention, and of which I thought fits the station's format.
I told him about The Lost Fingers, who are hot in the French province of Canada, Bif Naked, The Dudes and (of course) Serena Ryder. Diederik likes them all, but decided to plug The Dudes.
On air he asked me what I was doing in Canada, how much Canadian music I'd heard, and general questions about Calgary's finest "The Dudes". I tried to answer all the questions without trying to sound like a rambling idiot (I didn't, according to my brother). There were a couple of silences, which - as Diederik later explained - was all thanks to him trying to locate a certain radio jingle to prelude the single.
All in all I think the interview went pretty well.
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