The Langdon Auger Show
August 31st 2026
Featured Artists: Michael Hutchence, The Cars, Halestorm.
The day started out kind of lazy like, could not pull my head off my pillow. Tried on several occasions but finally pulled myself up by 9:30am I know what your thinking, slacker! You may be right but i like to think it is training for my approaching retirement. By the time i started thinking about getting ready to do this show it was about 3pm so, head into the studio only to find out that there is a audio problem and the stream is like 80% the volume it should be. Ekk i cried what the H E double hockey sticks is the problem now. It turn out that when the main pc goes idle then it kicks the volume down. So I needed to do tonight’s show even though i probably should have just cancelled it and figured out the issue. So, here we are almost thru the show and man have i been playing with my mouse a lot trying not to put the pc into a idle mode because the only way to get the volume back to normal would be to restart the software that plays the music. Anyway we made it thru todays show and we will work on the issue after. Great songs today but you have to tip your hat to Halestorm and their song “Bombshell” because women have just as much right playing music without all the man opinion crap they have been dealing with all these long years. Michael Hutchence solo album is spectacular and I find it to be one of the best “Death Albums” ever recorded. Much respect going out to Bono and Daniel Langois who took their time on recording the album out of love for their friend.
In this archived August 31 edition of The Langdon Auger Show, Ward opens with a computer idle-time problem that started just before the broadcast. He talks about Michael Hutchence’s solo album, introduces a Monday dance set, and signs off with a Sweet song he used to play drums along to.
About this episode
Ward explains that the computer’s idle time is lowering the audio volume. He says he keeps moving the mouse so the screen does not go idle. He also comments on Michael Hutchence’s solo album and describes The Cars’ “Candy-O” as being about an elusive woman.
Later, Ward introduces a dance set and recaps its music. Near the end, he shares his view of the writing credits on Ozzy Osbourne’s “Bark at the Moon,” praises Halestorm as an example of women’s musical talent, then signs off with a Sweet song he used to play drums along to.
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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00:00:00
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00:04:03
[Speech begins mid-sentence.] Their 1995 album, Pet Your Friends. That is Dishwalla kicking off the show today, and Miss Emma Peel. Monday, August 31st, you’re in with the Langdon Auger Show. It is 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, so thanks for tuning in right here on mentalhealthradio.ca.
We seem to be having a bit of an issue with the idle time on our computer, so we’re going to try to put the show through and try to keep myself busy here just by keeping the mouse moving and all that. But we are going to have to look into that. But it happened just a little too close to showtime to do anything about it, so if we do lose you, I am sorry. It is the power of Windows, shall we say. Don’t have much choice in the matter, so hopefully we’ll just keep moving the mouse and playing music and we’ll be fine in two hours. Fingers crossed. Let’s get back to the music. Great tune from Michael Hutchence.
00:04:59
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00:32:44
What a great song there by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Of course, that is “That Smell.” Peter Gabriel in before that, and a little “Sledgehammer.” And from Tuesday’s Child, Amanda Marshall and “Shades of Grey.” We had some Cranberries in there as well with “Zombie,” REO Speedwagon with “Take It on the Run.” Started off from a great album, Michael Hutchence’s solo album. And put the pieces back together. And of course, that album was written after Michael’s suicide. And it was done, produced, and all that by Daniel Lanois. And of course, Bono of U2. And they did such a great job of it. It’s a beautiful album. It’s a testimony and a testament to how brilliant of an artist he was. But if you’ve never heard that album, I do recommend you check it out. He is talking. And he is talking about committing suicide and taking his own life. And in the album. I mean, you can tell by the words and all that. Just was not in a good place at the time.
But it’s 6:33. Welcome to the Langdon Auger Show, and thanks for tuning in today. We’re not sure how long the show will be going today. We are having a bit of an idle sound card kind of battle here, so I’m just sitting here. I just keep playing with the mouse so the screen doesn’t go idle. And then all of a sudden, all the volume goes down. So I’m wasting time here, wasting idle time. Back to the music with a good Monday song.
00:34:17
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00:46:19
From the album Then Again, that is Colin James with “Milk Cow Calf Blues.” We had Gary Numan in there as well, Cars, a great version, but Fear Factory is a good version as well, and Jethro Tull in there with “Living in the Past.” We kicked it all off with Mamas and Papas and “Monday, Monday.” We’re one set away from our dance portion of the show. Of course, that’s just at the top of the hour, a couple minutes after, because we’ve got a set of four coming your way right now, and XTC starting it off.
00:46:55
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From my favorite Cars album, 1979. That is “Candy-O” from the album Candy-O. Love that album. It’s about being obsessed with an elusive, beautiful, glamorous woman, just not being able to reach her level or even be on her kind of soapbox. Ric Ocasek was asked if it was about anyone in particular. He said no. So he says, “Well, why is it Candy-O?” He goes, “Oh, rhymes with so.” So why not?
And then before that, Robbie Robertson, Canada’s very own, with “Somewhere Down the Crazy River.” The Notting Hillbillies in there as well with “Your Own Sweet Way.” We started off with XTC and “Dear God.” Well, that means it’s time for our dance portion of the show. Welcome in two minutes after seven. And we’ve got a little bit different one. We got a little bit more rock orientated for the first couple anyway. But hopefully you can dance to these ones, even if it’s just a little chair dancing. Let’s give it a go. Starting it off with “Dancing Days.”
01:02:59
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01:12:40
From their 2001 album, It Was All a Dream. That is “Dream” and “Do You Want to Dance?” And before that, Mick Jagger along with David Bowie and “Dancing in the Street.” We start that dance portion of our show off with Led Zeppelin and “Dancing Days.”
12 minutes after 7, hopefully you got a little bit of dancing in, chair dancing. Or maybe you got up and just did a little turn around the room yourself. But hopefully you enjoyed that one. Back to some music now.
01:13:54
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01:36:22
All the way from Vancouver Island. Of course, that is Littlehead. And from Nanaimo, British Columbia. What a great song that is. They already have a couple of studio albums out, but this one is what they’re working on right now. And what a great way to start, that is for sure. We had Queen City Kids in there as well with “Carrying the Stick.” And then there was Coney Hatch as well with “Hey Operator,” The Bangles, the beautiful voice of Susanna Hoffs, and “Manic Monday.” That was their second album, A Different Light. And that was the first single off that album. Long John Baldry in there as well with “Thrills, a Thrill.” The Boomtown Rats started it all off with “I Don’t Like Mondays.”
And I find that very karma related, that whenever the lady that caused that story comes up for parole, they always do it on a Monday. And they just say, “No, you’re not getting parole.” It’s kind of a little karma, a little however else you want to describe it. But yeah, it’s kind of odd that it’s always on a Monday. Anyway, we’re going to kick it up just a bit. Probably going to crank it all the way up to 11 for the last little bit of our show. We only got about 25 minutes. So let’s kick it off with former Mahogany Rush [wording unclear], and one of the most underrated guitar greats of all time, Frank Marino. We’ll be right back.
01:37:41
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02:00:36
That’s Ozzy Osbourne from his third album. The name of the album was “Bark at the Moon.” Of course, that is the solo from it, and name the same. But he is credited, Ozzy is credited as being the sole writer of “Bark at the Moon.” But the guitarist Jake E. Lee actually composed all the music. And bassist Bob Daisley states that he helped out on the tracks and he wrote some of the lyrics. So it appears that it might be one of those things that they were forced to sign agreements, giving up their official writing and publishing credits for a flat fee. Who knows? Back in those days, it seemed to happen all the time.
Megadeth in there as well with some “Symphony of Destruction.” Metallica from the “Kill ’Em All” album, 1993. “Seek and Destroy,” Halestorm. Halestorm, great song about females getting the rights that they deserve. Because there is some amazing talent. Halestorm is a perfect example. She is simply amazing. And of course, we start that set off with former Mahogany Rush’s guitarist, Frank Marino and “Juggernaut.” That’s it for me. I’m out of here. I want to thank you all for tuning in. I want to wish you all a happy mental health. And we are back tomorrow. We’re going to try to figure out what our issues are, so hopefully I won’t sit here and have to play with my mouse all night long, and we get it all figured out. But in the meantime, we’re going to end the show off with a song that I used to play drums along to. Yes, believe it or not, it is true. I used to play along to this song by Sweet all the time.
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