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The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour

English, Music, 1 season, 27 episodes
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The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour has been broadcasting on CHLY 101.7fm since 2012. It's a program initially created to give community members the chance to perform radio. It has been host to many different segments produced by many different people and groups. Lately, Ashta's been the sole community member, offering a variety of music, interviews and interesting clips.
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No Memes

Here’s the file The post No Memes first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY.
2/2/20240
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Funky Monkey

Here’s the file The post Funky Monkey first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY.
1/26/20240
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Rawk Fawk

Boy, oh boy, Ashta Made You a saucy little rock and roll mixtape in this special re-release. Listen here Live on CHLY 101.7fm Friday January 19th 2024 The post Rawk Fawk first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY.
1/20/20240
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Elevator Music to Groove To

Just try staying still on your journey to the penthouse. The file The post Elevator Music to Groove To first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY.
1/12/20240
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Studio 24

This week on Ashta Made You A Mixtape, an uninterrupted hour of non-stop music you can shake your glitzy glittered ass to on a sweaty dancefloor somewhere. Here is the file (playlist coming soon) The post Studio 24 first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY.
12/29/20230
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Holiday Sounds, NOT Christmas Carols

Ashta Made You a Mixtape of music that sounds Christmassy, but ’tis not of yuletide sentiment nor lyric. Airing live on Friday December 22nd at 9pm on 101.7FM CHLY Here is the file The post Holiday Sounds, NOT Christmas Carols first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY.
12/22/20230
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Maybe it’s punk, maybe it’s not

This week on Ashta Made You A Mixtape! Maybe it’s a little ring-a-ting and maybe its a little djoo djooo djoo and maybe its a little something in between. Airing live on CHLY 101.7fm at 9PM PST and online at chly.ca/listen Here is the file The post Maybe it’s punk, maybe it’s not first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY.
12/15/20230
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First of December

This week on Ashta Made You a MIxtape, there’s no discernible theme. We start the hour transitioning from the Road Poets vibe into neo psych and indie/electric soul. here’s the file The post First of December first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY.
12/1/20230
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Friday Friday Friday

Here is the file (59:29) The post Friday Friday Friday first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY .
11/17/20230
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Falling Leaves Mixtape

This week on Ashta Made You a Mixtape, a curated hour of non-stop music to groove to. All over the place when it comes to genres, but generally lots of neo psych’y weirdo stuff I think you’ll love. The first song in this mix absolutely bangs and I have listened to it on repeat all […] The post Falling Leaves Mixtape first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY .
11/3/20230
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No habla ingles

Not an english lyric in sight this week Here is the file (playlist coming later) The post No habla ingles first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY .
10/20/20230
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Happy Friday

This week on Ashta Made You A Mixtape, some uplifting tunes for your Friday night. Playing live at 9pm on Friday THE THIRTEEEENNNNTH Here is the file 3:51, Lemonade Market, Supermarket Woman 3:35, Pete Brandt’s Method, What You Are 3:43, Luke Temple, Hard Working Hand 2:43, Wabie, Hey Lover! 4:22, Brazilian Girls, St. Petersburg 2:24, […] The post Happy Friday first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY .
10/14/20230
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Loud and Loose

I did this show live in the studio on Friday October 6th from 9-10pm. CHLY 101.7FM here is the file The post Loud and Loose first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY .
10/7/20230
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Ashta Made You a Rap Mixtape

Broadcast on Friday at 9pm on September 29th via CHLY 101.7FM to a million people in 40 coastal communities on Canada’s West Coast Here is the file The post Ashta Made You a Rap Mixtape first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY .
9/29/20230
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Friday September 22

Unfortunately I messed when moving the podcast from the SSVH to AMYAM, which means last weeks show will not show up on the podcast feed. Fingers crossed that this one does! This week on Ashta Made You a Mixtape Here is the file The post Friday September 22 first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY .
9/22/20230
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First Ever

Well, I’m officially launching the new radio show: Ashta Made You a Mixtape Heard live to over 40 coastal communities from 101.7 CHLY and around the world at chly.ca and mixcloud.com/ashta Here is the file The tracklist The post First Ever first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY .
9/15/20230
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Final Sweet & Sour

The Sweet & Sour Variety hour is ending. After 11 years on Wednesday mornings, I am closing it down. I’m making room for a brand new morning news broadcast that will air on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 8:30. Not to worry, because I’ve got a new show! In a new time slot! My new … Continue reading Final Sweet & Sour → The post Final Sweet & Sour first appeared on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, Wednesdays on CHLY 101.7fm .
9/6/20230
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Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday

Every Wednesday morning from 8-9 on CHLY 101.7fm here’s the file The post Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday first appeared on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, Wednesdays on CHLY 101.7fm .
8/23/20230
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Dirt Nasty

This week on the show, some twang ass country music and rock and roll. here is the file The post Dirt Nasty first appeared on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, Wednesdays on CHLY 101.7fm .
8/16/20230
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Das Liszt

das file The post Das Liszt first appeared on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, Wednesdays on CHLY 101.7fm .
8/9/20230
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Tingle Tangle

This week on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, all of the following tracks in the order they are listed below. Here is the file to do with what you will. The post Tingle Tangle first appeared on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, Wednesdays on CHLY 101.7fm .
7/26/20230
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Apeman

Here is the sophisticated file. Right click it like a good homo sapien I think I’m sophisticated ’cause I’m living my lifeLike a good homo sapiensBut all around me everybody’s multiplying andThey’re walking round like flies manSo I’m no better than the animals sittingIn the cages in the zoo man‘Cause compared to the flowers and […] The post Apeman first appeared on Ashta Made You A Mixtape - A curated music radio show Friday nights at 9 on 101.7fm CHLY.
7/19/20230
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Castles Made of Sand

Here is the file (playlist under construction)
4/5/20230
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Move It

Sometimes it's old school country twang. Sometimes it's ragtime ballads. Sometimes it's classic R&B. Sometimes it's metal. This week it's an hour of music you can move to. House, dub, dance. I think you'll like it. Below is a screenshot from an Instagram post. Follow along @ssvhradio Here is the file 3:28, Jack Stauber, Buttercup 2:48, Current Joys, New Flesh 2:40, SALES, Chinese New Year 5:05, WhoMadeWho, Space for Rent 2:36, LoveLeo, Head Over Heels 2:42, Shimmertraps, Beta Club 4:03, Johnatron- Recursion, Millionyoung Remix 3:05, Nao Kodama, Kan Sano 7:57, Jesper Ryom , End Title 3:50, John Talbot, Korlee 4:23, Disclosure, Expressing What Matters 3:00, BENEE, Glitter 2:18, Cautious Clay, Cheesin’ 7:01, Lord Echo, Thinking Of You 3:15, Disclosure/ Al Green, Feel Like I do
3/22/20230
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Curated Mixtapes

Every Wednesday morning at 8 on CHLY 101.7fm. If that's too early for FM radio listening, you can always use your podcast provider to listen to the podcasted version. Just search for The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour. Where the heck else will you find Cat Power, Stevie Wonder and Solange represented in the same hour of music?! Here is the file Cat Power, Manhattan Madison Cunningham/Remi Wolf Porches, Mood KAYTRANADA, Lite Spots Stereolab, Blips Drips and Strips Parquet Courts, Berlin Got Blurry The Zombies, Tell Her No Gilbert O'Sullivan, Alone Again Billy Joel, Movin' Out Stevie Wonder, Golden Lady Solange, Rise Xenia Rubinos, Lonely Lover BADBADNOTGOOD, In Your Eyes Blood Orange, I Wanna C U Babeheaven, Ode to Dom Nilufer Yanya, Hey Blood Orange, Minette Creek Babeheaven, Seabird
2/28/20230
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Treason Flower Sobriety Power

Actually, it's The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, and every Wednesday morning it airs live to about 1.5 million human beings, ~300 orca whales, a few billion notable sea creatures, and untold trillions of bacterium. Every one of these living organisms will be surrounded with the invisible frequency transmission of the songs listed below via terrestrial radio giant CHLY 101.7 FM at 8am PST on Wednesday. Please donate if you can at chly.ca/donate because our lives cannot be ruled by a psychopathic elite class and their legacy media conglomerates. I mean, unless you're into that sorta thing. Here's the file J. Lamotta/Roy Reemy, לעשות טוב Laura Jean Anderson, Thinkin Bout You Natalia Lafourcade, Hasta la Raiz Ricky Gourmet, Robes Robohands, Leaves Robohands, Ikigai The Poets of Rhythm, South Carolina Adriano Celentano, Prisencolinensinainciusol Tullio De Piscopo, Stop Bajon La Femme, Cool Colorado Benny Sings, Young Hearts Peach Pit, Give Up Baby Go Hey Steve, Whatever Blows Your Hair Back Say She She/Piya Malik, Forget Me Not Gabriel Sayer/Bambina, Youngest Child Hembree, Reach Out Kaelin Ellis/Carrtoons/Kyla Moscovich, Buck Kaelin Ellis/Tony Rosenberg, Cats Groove
1/25/20230
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Gentle Hands of January

The Earth cranes its neck and begins its slow motion nod back towards the star that heats its ever-changing face. Every rotation we feel it just a little more. From under the heavy clouds that make their shadows, we can feel it, and we wont stop feeling it. The file The songs Eola, B and O Blues Young & Sick, Cicadas Ibibio Sound Machine, Cry (Eyed) Falle Nioke/Sir Was, Wonama yo ema Reginald Omas Mamode IV, In Search of Balance The Shacks, Trip to Japan Dougie Poole, Vaping on the Job Bermuda Triangle, Suzanne Anjimile, Baby No More Hey Cowboy!, Cherry Jerry Citrus Kit Sebastian, Rain Female Species, Stop and Think it Over Lambchop, Give Me Your Love Unknown Mortal Orchestra, That Life Young & Sick, Brother LCD Soundsystem, New Body Rhumba
1/18/20230