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August 30, 2026 The Langdon Auger Show
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August 30th 2026

Featured Artists: B.W. Stevenson, The Pointer Sisters, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Welcome to the first show of our week and after heading down to Calgary and Canmore on days off from show i did get to meet up with some friends. Kind of refreshing talking to old pals and seeing how they are doing these days plus having the iPod on shuffle driving around and seeing the lovely mountains of the Bow Valley. Inspiring would be the best way to describe it. Looking forward to official retirement and the monster move coming up in mid September. So many times have I done these large purge and moves, been across Canada on 4 occasions but still looking for a place to happen…hopefully soon as I don’t know how much time I have left on the planet Earth before i am called onto whatever is next. The station will be down for a few days as I accomplish this and that appears to be in mid September and hopefully we will be able to work out some of the bugs/ghosts in the machine. Wish me luck on that one…

In this archived Sunday, August 30 episode, Ward opens with a welcome to Mental Health Radio and the Langdon Auger Show. He recaps Bif Naked's version of a Metallica song and ZZ Top's “Viva Las Vegas,” explains how listeners can request music through the website chat, and previews the dance set before signing off.

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About this episode

Ward recaps songs by ZZ Top, Paul Simon and the Pointer Sisters. He tells listeners to send requests through the show's website chat, then previews a dance set and reminds them to hydrate.

He introduces Jim Stafford's “Wildwood Weed” as a novelty song, checks in after the dance set, and offers his reading of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' “Under the Bridge.” He closes with comments on “Romantic Traffic” and The Box, then thanks listeners.

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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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Oh, one of Warren Zevon’s best songs. Of course, that is “Excitable Boy.” How are you all doing? Welcome to Sunday, August 30, right here on Mental Health Radio. It's 6 o'clock, which means you must be listening to the Langdon Auger Show. This is our Monday show. We're going to be here all the way until Thursday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., playing all kinds of great tunes, just like that. Warren Zevon, “Excitable Boy.” There we are. The lips are now officially in action. Let's get you right to the music, right off the hop. A little Bif Naked doing Metallica.

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[Timing uncertain.] Check it out.

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That's Bob Seger from the album of the same name, “Against the Wind.” Billy Joel in there as well with “You May Be Right.” And we also had Simple Minds from The Breakfast Club soundtrack, “Don't You Forget About Me.” Joe Cocker was there with a live album recorded in Lowell, Massachusetts, in and around 1989. And “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window.” U2 from that free album they gave you on iTunes. There is the Songs of Innocence album. Great album, by the way. We heard “The Miracle of Joey Ramone,” and we started it off from her 2005 album, Super Beautiful Monster. “Nothing Else Matters,” of course. Bif Naked. Pretty good version of that Metallica song.

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6:26 right now. You're in the Langdon Auger Show. Hope you're enjoying the music so far, and we will continue to play good music. But if you do want to request one, it's pretty easy to do. Just go on our website, mentalhealthradio.ca. Scroll down, you'll see a live chat username. Put your username in there. Save it. Write in the chat what you want to hear. If I have it, I will play it. Going to play some ZZ Top right now.

28:53

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00:50:59

Well, they were once billed as the only band that matters. And, of course, that is The Clash with “Should I Stay or Should I Go.” Stevie Nicks in there as well with “Stand Back,” and Cat Stevens with “Two Fine People.” B.W. Stevenson in there with “My Maria.” And the funny part about B.W. Stevenson's version of “My Maria” only went to number nine, but Brooks & Dunn did the song as well, a major number one hit for them. He also did the original version of “Shambala,” which didn't do a whole bunch for him, but Three Dog Night took that song and made it a staple of their music, for sure. Stevie Wonder in there as well with “Boogie on Reggae Woman,” and we started it all off with ZZ Top and “Viva Las Vegas.” How many people have you known have done versions of that? Elvis, I know for sure. Dwight Yoakam, for the soundtrack of the movie, escaping my brain at the moment, but so many versions of that. That was a pretty good version there by ZZ Top as well. Well, the warning is coming out. You got this last set before the dance portion of our show, so you need to get warmed up, hydrated, stretched out as best as you can, because the dance portion of our show will be coming up after this set of music. We're going to kick it off with a funny song from way back when, a novelty song, shall we say?

00:52:30

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Oh, if that song doesn't get you going, you are in big time trouble. Of course, that is Paul Simon and “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard.” Great song from my youth. Prism in before that with “Open Soul Surgery,” and quite [unclear] my favorite Prism tune. Jeannie C. Riley in there as well with “Harper Valley P.T.A.” And a little Jim Stafford starting off with “Wildwood Weed.” And, of course, back in 1978, Barbara Eden starred in the movie “Harper Valley P.T.A.” along with Ronnie Cox and Louis Nye. And if you've never seen it, check it out. It's got to be somewhere, maybe on Tubi or something like that. Pretty good movie, actually. All right.

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It's got Barbara Eden in it. Okay, so that means it's our dance portion of the show. So hopefully you're ready. Hopefully you're hydrated. We don't need no injuries here on the Langdon Auger Show. So we're going to get going. We're going to start off a little slow, but then we're going to pick it up. So, Ace of Base.

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[The sentence begins mid-thought.] That multiple artists have done. Of course, that's Poison and “Your Mama Don't Dance.” But Loggins and Messina did that song quite successfully as well. And before that, it was the Pointer Sisters and “The Neutron Dance.” Of course, that is from Beverly Hills Cop, the first movie, right at the beginning with the chase scene. And the Pointer Sisters are an all-female group from California, Oakland, California. So much success through the 70s and 80s. They sold over 40 million records. Forty million records. Wow. Ruth Pointer is the only one that is alive. Of course, June died with cancer in 2006 at the age of 52. She also had a bit of a crack addiction. And Bonnie died in 2020 at the age of 69. They also won a Grammy Award for the best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals. And they were just such a massive, massive success in the 70s and 80s. Let's put it that way. And, of course, we had Ace of Base in there as well with “Cruel Summer.” How did you do for our dance portion of the show? Did you make it through? No broken limbs, no strains, no nothing like that? All right. That's good to go. Let's get back to some music.

01:16:55

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01:39:39

Oh, the Headstones, and what a band they are. I’ve managed to see them twice. The first time I seen them, it was in Wild Bill's in Banff. Of course, Mountain FM and Wild Bill's were bringing them, and it was not such a good show. The lead singer had a couple too many wobbly pops. [Timing uncertain.] But I did manage to see them after that, and they melted my face. Of course, they're such an amazing band, and that is Smile and Wave. In before that, we had a couple of songs from the Oh, Pretty Woman soundtrack. Of course, we had David Bowie with “Fame,” Roy Orbison with “Oh, Pretty Woman.” And we also had Faith No More in before that with “Epic,” Sly and the Family Stone with “Hot Fun in the Summertime.” And the Red Hot Chili Peppers started it all off with “Under the Bridge.” Of course, that song is a deeply personal song for lead singer Anthony Kiedis. It's all about his heroin addiction, his profound loneliness, and his complex hometown life with Los Angeles. And the bridge is literally a place where him and his buddies, former gang members, used to go down and score and shoot up heroin and stuff like that. And he said that Los Angeles itself, it's almost like a living entity, comforting companion that walks with me and understands his pain and despair. And he also had the line [song lyric omitted], which serves as a vow to reject all that way of heroin and everything else. And good for him. Well, what are we at here? 20 minutes [unclear], which means our show is almost over. I want to thank you all for tuning in. But we still have some music coming your way, so we better get at it. [Timing uncertain.] Thank you.

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01:58:49

The Spoons and “Romantic Traffic,” of course. They were out of Burlington, Ontario, and they first came out in 1979. They had lots of songs between 82 and 89. They were nominated in 1983 as the most promising group of the year at the Juno Awards. And they had so many great tunes: “Nova Heart,” “Arias and Symphonies,” “Sooner or Later,” and, of course, the tune we just heard, “Romantic Traffic.” In before that, it was The Box, and they're from Montreal, Canada. They were actually a pretty big band. Their “Closer Together” album was, like, a massive-selling album. They did, like, a prog-influenced rock guitar later on in their careers, but they also have quite a following. They used to be, like I said, used to be one of the hot bands of the 80s here in Canada. Annie Lennox in before that with “Walking on Broken Glass,” Tears for Fears as well was in there with “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” And from their “Love Junk” album, we start that set off with The Pursuit of Happiness and “Consciousness Raising as a Social Tool.”

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That's it for me. I want to thank you all for tuning in. We're back tomorrow night, starting at 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, running all the way through till 8 p.m. So a happy mental health to you, and we just want to thank you for tuning in. Have yourself a good night. We're going to end the show with Supertramp.

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