The Langdon Auger Show
April 5th 2026
Featured Artists: John Mellencamp, Doug And The Slugs, The Stories
Trying to bring back those wonderful summer feel songs, whether it is a song about summer loves like John Mellencamp’s “Chance Meeting At The Tarantula” The Stories song “Louie, Louie” summer always seems to have some great songs. That summer back when you were 13-14 before high school or moving to a new neighborhood it always seemed to be such freedom, spending time with buddies old and new or being introduced to new people just enjoying the summer before September and having to start school.
In this archived Easter Sunday, April 5 episode of the Langdon Auger Show, Ward thanks two listeners from Canmore for “bringing the mountains a little bit closer.” He talks about using Sunday evening to unwind before Monday, cues a country set and gets ready for the dance portion. Later, Oliver’s request for “unbaked dough” leads into a Bread recording.
About this episode
Ward describes the earlier timing for this Sunday broadcast and thanks two people from Canmore for checking in. He talks about getting ready for Monday and invites listeners to request a song that might help them start the week.
The country set includes Alan Jackson, Terri Clark and Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens. Ward reminds listeners to stretch and hydrate before the dance portion. Later, he introduces Oliver’s request with an “unbaked dough” joke before playing Bread. He closes with a W5 clue for the final classic song.
Full spoken transcript
Transcribed from the recording and lightly edited for readability. Song lyrics and recorded interludes are omitted. Some audio could not be transcribed; those gaps and unclear words are marked in brackets. Timestamps are approximate. The comments reflect the speakers’ own experiences and views.
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Great song from his 1989 self-titled album, of course. That is John Mellencamp with "Chance Meeting at the Tarantula." How are you all doing? Welcome to mentalhealthradio.ca. You're listening to, of course, the Langdon Auger Show, and thank you for tuning in.
This is our first early Sunday show. Normally at this time on Sundays, we kind of go a little bit later, but we're changing our schedule a bit now. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are all going to be 6 p.m. starts on Mountain Standard Time, going to run for two hours, ending it at 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
Gives us a little bit of time to kind of just sit back, relax. Maybe today's a good day to get ready for the week coming up. For those of you that start work tomorrow, good chance for you to come on in, listen to some good tunes, relax, get ready, and hey, have yourself a good Monday. We're going to get back to some music right now because that's what we're here for.
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1986 live album, "Pack Up the Plantation." That's Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with "Refugee." And before that, Doug and the Slugs, a little "Day by Day," which, when you're retired or just about retired, that's all you do. You just take it day by day. Started off with the Rolling Stones and "Ruby Tuesday."
I'd like to thank Canmore for checking in today. We have two people from Canmore checking in. Thank you very much for bringing the mountains a little bit closer. Once again, what is it, 13 minutes after 6? We're here until 8 p.m. If you have a request that you want to hear, come on down to the live chat. Put your username in there. Don't forget to save it. And then come on down, chat, say what song you'd like to hear. And if I have it, I most certainly will play it.
One of my favorite songs of all times is this one. It goes way back. Hope you don't mind, but I think it's a good enough song.
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1973 Broadway and then movie musical, of course, "Jesus Christ Superstar," presented by Andrew Lloyd Webber. We heard the title track on that one, "Superstar." And before that, a little Matthew Good Band with "Hello Time Bomb," R.E.M., "Man on the Moon," and The Stories with "Brother Louie."
And it is Easter Sunday, April 5th. How are you all doing out there? Half an hour into the show. I want to thank everybody for tuning in. Don't forget we're going to do this Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Now that I'm semi-retired, or soon to be permanently retired, whichever, however you want to look at it, we'll just go with semi for now. Let's get back to some music.
00:34:46
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Pretty good vocals there by the Eagles, of course. That is "Seven Bridges Road," 5440, and before that with "Cross in the Canyon." And we started it all off with the Tragically Hip and "Bobcaygeon."
And how are you all doing? It's almost quarter to seven, so thanks, everybody, for tuning in. We're playing all kinds of stuff that maybe will get you better ready for tomorrow. Monday always seems to be a bad day in some people's books. So if you are, tomorrow is officially your Monday. Maybe make a request of a song that you want to get yourself prepared to start off the week good. That's what we're planning on doing here on the Sunday show. Hopefully we can do that. But right now, let's get back to some music.
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From the 1992 album "Us," that is, of course, Peter Gabriel and "Steam." And it also followed a very successful album with "Red Rain." I'm not sure exactly what the name of that album is, but just back-to-back albums, just huge for Peter Gabriel. The Guess Who went before that with "Laughing." Gowan started off that set with "A Criminal Mind."
It's almost time for our dance portion of the show, which we do every day, about halfway through the show. Sometimes it's a little early, sometimes it's a little late, but we also got to get a little country-fied before that. So, we're going to do a little country version set here, and then we'll be back for our dance portion of the show. We've gone country. Alan Jackson.
01:00:45
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Of course, that is Dwight Yoakam along with Buck Owens and "Streets of Bakersfield." In before that, Terri Clark, great tune from her, "You're Easy on the Eyes." And Alan Jackson started off that set with "Gone Country." And we have "Gone Country."
Now it's time to do our dance portion of the show. Thanks, everybody, for tuning in. We're into hour number two. Now, normally, we have a dance portion. We make sure you're hydrated, stretched out, got all that limbs moving, blood circulating and all that. So, we'll give you two minutes and 31 seconds. Because right after this song, it's time to dance.
01:11:40
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You back to the 70s for our dance portion of the show. We had Hot Chocolate there with "You Sexy Thing," and Ohio Players in there as well with "Love Rollercoaster." What a great marketing tool they used. They said you can hear a scream in the background with about a minute and a half left, a little bit longer than that. They said somebody was murdered in the room next to their recording studio, and that's what it was. Turns out that's not, that wasn't true. Great marketing thing. They sold huge amounts of album just for people to try to hear that scream, and it is in there. You just gotta listen real close.
We started off with Cher with "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves." It's amazing some of the things that happen and are said in music. One story that has been found out to not be true is how Mama Cass Elliot actually died. She did not actually die by choking on a ham sandwich while she was in bed. It was a heart. It just stopped. She had heart issues. I got one of her songs here. I really hope to get more of them, so right now we're going to play a little Mama Cass Elliot. “Make Your Own Music.” [Recorded lyrics following the host’s title cue are omitted.]
01:24:18
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Jerry Doucette, of course, with "Mama Let Him Play." The Animals in before that with "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood." And Mama Cass Elliot started off that show with "Make Your Own Music." We're a half an hour left in the show, so we're going to get on to some more music. I want to thank everybody for tuning in, and thanks for your requests.
01:33:30
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[Timing uncertain.] And "Spaceship Superstar." Marilyn Manson in before that with "Beautiful People" from the "Antichrist Superstar" album, which he got a lot of flack from that album, but it is a very good album. Trust me, I've listened to it. Love Inc. in before that with "You're a Superstar," and that's the City of Love mix. And another one of those great tunes. What do we got here? We're at 43, 45 minutes before the hour, so we've got about 15 minutes left in the show. We've got one more request to go. Oliver wanted to hear a little unbaked dough, so let's get to that.
01:47:31
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Carole Pope and Rough Trade, and a little “High School Confidential,” which means, I have no idea. [Unclear aside: “mumbling of the lips.”] Uh, that was such a controversial song when it first came out. Yeah, nowadays it’s like everyday stuff, so…
01:59:02
And before that, of course, we had U2 from their 1983 War album, which really helped put them on the map. It's all about an incident in 1972. A British troop shot and killed 14 unarmed civil rights protesters. Yeah, not a good thing. And Bread in before that with "The Guitar Man."
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That's it for me. I'm out of here. I want to thank everybody for tuning in. Don't forget we're back tomorrow night at 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Um, and we're gonna do the same thing. Hopefully you had a good night. Happy mental health to you. We're gonna end the show with a classic song, and if you watch W5, you know exactly what song I'm talking about.
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