#Jay Semko

[sammaggs]

1x04 They Eat Horses, Don’t They? | Tune

God THIS MUSIC CUE!!

“Horses” is one of the best score moments in the whole series, it’s such a banger with Canadian legend Ashley MacIsaac on the fiddle.

You really can’t appreciate its greatness in the original mix, and it’s like impossible to find this track online but I have the CDs from my misspent youth, so I ripped the track and laid it on top of the original edit. It’s all timed out so well to the action!!

Oh my god and the smooth as butter tempo change in the middle makes me so feral

UGH IT’S SO GOOD

[pigtailedgirl]

The underside of Due South, some cool and some really ugly

#just listened to some of the haggis interview and was surprised by his take that tv characters shouldn't change but remain stagnant#and that was a point of contention between him and marciano who wanted ray to develop as a character#and once again i have to say thank goodness for dm. i am with him completely. characters should always be evolving. like...that's the point#but to haggis' point i guess this was in the early 90s before more serialized tv started to take off and become more prominent#it was still largely episodic where they hit the 'reset button' on characters from episode to episode#so dm was ahead of the curve. lol#it's strange to me because they built such a compelling arc for fraser in s1 especially. i guess it was just a happy accident??#anyway i look forward to checking more of this stuff out

The stuff I've watched and read makes Due South behind the scenes conflicting within me to share or talk about, to say the least. Due South is happy making and positive from a watch perspective I think versus it's actual production grind and wildness, and I'm big on wanting to stay positive and enjoy the show's show-ness not it's rather fractured reasoning or many authorial explanations right now. Too many peeps opinions or intents and ideas. I'm sticking with my own lol.

For the various creators though, I really like/d David Shore. He seems to have taken good writing from his time on the series.

And always love the music choices by Jay Semko & co. Series had great music decisions.

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Paul Haggis and Kathy Slevin as creators: The fallout of both is just sad. Because I believe neither I think. Hollywood has awful, creative but awful, morals and peeps.

She had this really cool blog though that I think goes with a lot of beats they were exploring in the series.

Successful Screenwriting | by Kathy Slevin (wordpress.com)

And the rant one against bro which seems to have disappeared so... yay?

This is sad. Historical to share I think, but ow.

[paulgrossaddict]

DS 30 BELOW

Interview with Paul Gross and David Marciano by Doctor Squee

Paul Gross

David Marciano

And there are also interviews with Paul Haggis and Jay Semko

@ds30below

[asgoodeasgold]

🔊 Sound on

Three hot vampires being hot and bothered coz someone broke into their lab.

GIF

And Matthew de Clermont is being delicioulsy intense.

🎶 Sizzlin' by Jay Semko (from IG music library)

📷 A Discovery of Witches (2018) s1:05 my edit

[whatilistenedtoatwork]

From April 8th to April 11th, 2024

08-04-2024

THE AMPS “Pacer”; THE CORAL “Sea Of Mirrors”; BELLE & SEBASTIAN “Tigermilk”; THE WEDDING PRESENT “Watusi”; JAMES TAYLOR “Sweet Baby James”; FRANK SINATRA “In The Wee Small Hours”; GUIDED BY VOICES “Alien Lanes”; GRATEFUL DEAD “American Beauty”; TEDDY WILSON & HIS ORCHESTRA “Teddy Wilson 1946”; KATHRYN TICKELL “The Gathering”; SUZANNE VEGA “Tales From The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles”; BILL RYDER-JONES “If...”; CORNERSHOP “Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast”; PEGGY LEE “I Lke Men!”; JETHRO TULL “Aqualung”; SUEDE “Head Music”; THE EAGLES “The Eagles”; ELLA FITZGERALD “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook”

09-04-2024

SUZANNE VEGA “Beauty & Crime”; THE DURUTTI COLUMN “Amigos Em Portugal”; THE BREEDERS “Mountain Battles”; GRATEFUL DEAD “Anthem Of The Sun”; ORBITAL “Orbital (1993)”; VAN DYKE PARKS “Discover America”; FATBOY SLIM “Halfway Between The Gutter & The Stars”; RICHARD THOMPSON “Celtschmerz – Live In The UK, '98”; ERIC BOGLE “Something Of Value”; PEGGY LEE “Dream Street”; EDDIE NBOYD “Third Degree”

10-02-2024

BOB DYLAN “The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan”; THE FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS “The Flight Of The Conchords”; LUNASA “The Merry Sisters Of Fate”; KATHRYN TICKELL & ENSEMBLE MYSTICAL “Kathryn Tickell & Ensemble Mystical”; MOUNTAIN GOATS “All Hail West Texas”; SARAH VAUGHAN “The Divine Sarah Sings”; THE DURUTTI COLUMN “Another Setting”; PIXIES “Pixies Complete 'B' Sides”; THE FALL “The Frenz Experiment”; CHILDISH GAMBINO “Because The Internet”; GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI “Patio”; RONI SIZE & REPRAZENT “Live Forms”

11-04-2024

NADA SURF “Let Go”; HAPPY MONDAYS “Happy Mondays Live”; SPIRITUALIZED “Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space”; FOO FIGHTERS “Foo Fighters”; SHARON SHANNON & FRIENDS “Tunes”; THROWING MUSES “University”; LUNASA “Otherworld”; DOC & MERLE WATSON “Pickin' The Blues”; LEMONHEADS “Car Button Cloth”; JAY SEMKO & VARIOUS ARTISTS “Due South Original Television Soundtrack Volume II”; RICHARD THOMPSON “Semi-Detached Mock Tudor”; THE DARKNESS “One Way Ticket To Hell ...And Back”

[novemberhush]

three songs - 3, 11, 21

Hey, thanks for the ask, sweet anon! I love these questions you chose, btw!😘

3. three songs you were recently obsessed with

1) I Know You Know Me by Caroline Spence and Matt Berninger (yeah, the guy from The National!). I wouldn’t call this one an obsession, but I’ve been listening to a lot of Caroline Spence in general lately and this song is just so soothing. Also, it has total potential as a ‘ship’ song for those OTPs who just know each other like no one else knows them!

2) Speed Trap Town by Jason Isbell. Okay, yeah, this one’s an obsession! It’s just so good!! This man has such a way with a lyric, it’s easy to become obsessed with him. You should’ve seen my face when I was watching Killers of the Flower Moon and he popped up! I’d no idea he was going to be in it, and then suddenly there he was! I was like, That’s Jason Isbell! No one told me he was in this! And I was by myself at the cinema so I had no one to turn to and squee at about it!

3) Lying in Her Arms by Anderson East. Another I’m a bit obsessed with. I even wrote a fic inspired by it!

11. three favourite songs from movie or TV series soundtrack

1) Due South (the theme tune to the show of the same name) by Jay Semko. I hear this song and I’m instantly transported back to sitting in front of the telly on Saturday early evenings in the 1990s and crushing hard on Paul Gross (his surname’s a misnomer, if ever I heard one!) and shipping Fraser and Ray V. (Vecchio for life!) even harder.

2) I Know You Know (a.k.a. the theme tune to Psych) by The Friendly Indians. Just catchy as hell and perfectly suited to a show I love.

3) Big Empty by Stone Temple Pilots, from the soundtrack to The Crow. Yes, I was a teenager in the ‘90s, and, yes, I did wear a lot of black. How did you know?? The Crow soundtrack (and the movie) were a huge part of my teenage experience and this has brought back a lot of memories.

21. three songs of your childhood

1) Mickey by Toni Basil. I remember bopping around to this every time it came on the television when I was very young. I would only have been around 3 years old at the time, so it’s one of my earliest memories. My uncle, who’s only 9 years older than me, used some of his pocket money to buy me the single on record, bless him, so I could listen to it any time I wanted. Well, as long as there was someone there to put it on the record player for me! (And, yes, I’m old enough to remember record players, even if I never used ours myself because by the time I was buying music with my own pocket money everything was on cassette and then CDs.)

2) Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson. There was a lot of country music played in my house when I was growing up, but this one was a particular favourite of my mum’s. She was always singing it around the house (she still does sometimes) and so it’s indelibly linked with her (and my childhood) in my mind. I can’t hear it without thinking of her.

3) Going Underground by The Jam. I grew up in the same house as my aforementioned uncle and he was a big fan of The Jam as a teenager (he was a right little mod!) so I heard their music a lot as a child. This and A Town Called Malice are and were probably my favourites. And I’m picturing my uncle in his little mod outfit again!

Thanks so much again for your ask, and I’m sorry this got long! (This is actually the shortened version!) ❤️

[nakamopapina]

Thank you @madam-of-lithuania for tagging me

Here are 13 songs I have been listening to.

(These are in no particular order)

1) Mountie on the Bounty by Jay Semko (it's from the TV show, Due South)

2) Walk like an Egyptian by The Bangles

3) Summon the Dawn light by Elvenking

4) Magic Dance by David Bowie

5) Mounted Animal Nature Trail by The Arrogant Worms

6) Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin

7) If you could read my mind by Gordon Lightfoot

8) The Mountie Song by The Arrogant Worms

9) Follow me by Celtic Woman

10) Flying Dreams by Paul Williams

11) Karma Chameleon by Culture Club

12) Love Shack by The B-52's

13) Humans Being by Van Halen

I'm gonna tag @obbicrystaleo and @marsinout no pressure.

Was tagged by @humanaaa to make a list of 13 songs I've been listening to lately!!

Haven't listened to many different songs lately (currently my main playlist is a Disorganized Hell), but these are the ones that I've been listening to the most:

Deep Cover - Milgram

Chimera - Deco27 (MegaTeraZero Cover)

Bug - KairikiBear (Chogakusei Cover)

Zombies - Deco*27 (Giga Remix, Chogakusei Cover)

This Is How To Be In Love With You - Milgram

Overdose - natori

Turing Love - NanawoAkari & Sou

Dramaturgy - Eve

PLATONIC GIRL - MikitoP (Amatsuki & luz Cover)

Double - Milgram

Say It - Yorushika

Aesthetic Sense - wanuka

Conveying Love Or Something Like That - aimyon

(Of course Deep Cover would get first place JKSKDBKSDF!! Been hearing it non-stop since it released. Like, go seigi girl!! Banger!!)

Besides that I've been hearing mostly songs from Milgram, Deco*27 (he can't stop releasing banger after banger❗❗), and some other vocaloid producer songs. Tho I usually prefer to listen to human covers (sorry Hatsune Miku i hope you can forgive me ��)

I'll tag @tokyogruel @good-beans @cubelogic @nilovalentine @mukuberry and @rainbowghostcat!! As always, no pressure tags, and anyone else can join :3

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David Marciano, Jay Semko livestream event!

The event that prompted us to extend Ray Vecchio Day into Ray Vecchio Week is called Squeef3st (hosted by The Doctor Squee Show) and it kicks off tomorrow (Sept 25, 2021)!

The event is in support of Phoenix Rehoming, a charity that adopts and fosters dogs in England and Wales. For more info on the charity, how to donate, etc, check out the event facebook page.

The stream will be on facebook, twitch, and youtube. If you tune in to the stream, please consider donating to the fund drive!

Here's the schedule for the 24 hour livestream, with the due South related events highlighted - all times are in BST, but I've provided links to a countdown clock for the events that are potentially of interest for this comm.

2pm - Intro to the day (what time is that for me?)

2:15pm - The Phoenix Show

3pm - The 3 Amigos

4pm - Talking Codswallop

5pm - Sophie Aldred

6pm - Una McCormack

7pm - ReTrek

8pm - Holistic Buffett (Steve & Kari)

9pm - Due South by South East – David Marciano (what time is that for me?)

10pm - Ronald B Moore

11pm - Sean Kelly

12am - Midnight Alien hunters

1am - Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast

2am - Netheads

3am - Jay Semko (what time is that for me?)

4am - Sami Shah

5am - Chuck Roy 

6am - Dead Podcast Society – Kitteh, Blain & Beej

7am  - For the Tree’s with Jeff Feightner

8am - midnight Unclassical

9am  - Ally’s All Star Dog Training

10am - Outrageous Liars

11am - Toby Hadoke

12pm - Due South by South East (what time is that for me?)

1pm - ReTrek: Star Trek Top Trumps: James King, Eliot Byers, Nicola Gossling

[sammaggs]

1x02 Diefenbaker’s Day Off | Score

One of the most charming parts of early due South is how much the score shines. It's my favourite TV score ever, and it really acts as another important character especially in the first season.

This hit especially is so good! The call-and-response on the twelve-string! The dichotomy between the pared-down score (just a woodwind, guitar, and percussion!) and the chaos inherent in the establishing shots of Chicago! The parallelism in how Fraser is a simple-livin' kind of guy out of place in this bustling metropolis and neither of them really fit together!!

It's so good. 3J, you're iconic for this score forever.

[thankyoukindly]

This is my life right now. This song. On repeat. Every day. Jay Semko is a PHENOMENAL composer.

[odk-2]

The Northern Pikes - Teenland (1987) Jay Semko from: "Teenland" / "Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up)"

Personnel: Jay Semko: Vocals / Bass Merl Bryck: Vocals / Guitar Bryan Potvin: Guitar Don Schmid: Drums

[prideandpen]

Some of instrumental songs I like

Light Through the Veins - Jon Hopkins

Speechless - Colin James

Invisible Cities - Hayley Sales

Cabin Music - Jay Semko

Soul Sacrifice - Santana

Oh!! Thank you so much! I will check these out and see if any of them work for my playlist. :D

[whatilistenedtoatwork]

From March 11th to March 14th, 2024

11-03-2024

NIGEL KENNEDY “The Kennedy Experience”; PEGGY LEE “Black Coffee With Peggy Lee”; LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS “Changin' Times”; SARAH VAUGHAN “Sarah Vaughan”; T.REX “Zinc Alloy & The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow”; SQUAREPUSHER “Ultravisitor”; GRUFF RHYS “(Don't) Welcome The Plague As A Blessing – The Babelsberg Basement Files”; KATE & ANNA McGARRIGLE “The McGarrigle Hour”; GUIDED BY VOICES “Under The Bushes, Under The Stars”; FOO FIGHTERS “The Colour & The Shape”; SARAH VAUGHAN “Swingin' Easy”; ANDREW LLOYD-WEBBER & TIM RICE “Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”; SWEET BABOO “The Vending Machine”; GEORGE HARRISON “Thirty Three & A Third”; SUPERGRASS “Supergrass”

12-03-2024

T.REX “Live At The BBC 1970-71”; HAPPY MONDAYS “Squirrel & G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)”; KIRK FRANKLIN & THE FAMILY “Kirk Franklin & The Family”; ELIZA CARTHY & NANCY KERR “Shape Of Scrape”; BRIAN WILSON “That Lucky Old Sun”; GUIDED BY VOICES “Cool Planet”; THE CARDIGANS “Emmerdale”; SUPER FURRY ANIMALS “Love Kraft”; CHAMPION JACK DUPRE “Junkers Blues”; MICHAEL DOUCET & BEAUSOLEIL “Parle Nous A Boire”; NADA SURF “The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy”; TANYA DONELLY “This Hungry Life”

13-03-2024

T.REX “Bolan's Zip Gun”; BRIAN WILSON & VAN DYKE PARKS “Orange Crate Art”; SPARKS “Music That You Can Dance To”; THE JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET “Supernatural Feeling”; ABNER JAY “The True Story Of Dixie”; TALLY HALL “Marvin's Marvellous Mechanical Museum”; HAPPY MONDAYS “Bummed”; NADA SURF “You Know Who You Are”; DOROTHY LOVE COATES & THE ORIGINAL GOSPEL HARMONETTES “The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes, Volume 2”; SARAH VAUGHAN “Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin, Volume 1”; ENNIO MORRICONE “Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo”; JAY SEMKO & VARIOUS ARTISTS “Due South Original Television Soundtrack”; MOTORHEAD “Motorhead”; WASHINGTON PHILLIPS “What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?”; SARAH VAUGHAN & BILLY ECKSTINE “Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine Sing The Best Of Irving Berlin”; THE MUMMIES “Fuck The Mummies”

14-03-2024

EUROS CHILDS “Cheer Gone”; LEON ROSSELSON “Intruders”; SUGAR “Copper Blue”; RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN “The Sound Of Music Original Soundtrack”; ROLAND ALPHONSO “King Sax”; CHUCK BERRY “New Juke Box Hits”; PARQUET COURTS “Light Up Gold”; HOMEWORK “Homework”; CHRIS ARDOIN & DOUBLE CLUTCHIN' “Best Kept Secret”; MOTORHEAD “Overkill”; KATE RUSBY “The Girl Who Couldn't Fly”; NADA SURF “High-Low”; CAB CALLOWAY & HIS ORCHESTRA “Cab Calloway 1931-1932”; JOHN HARDEE “John Hardee 1946-1948”; GUIDED BY VOICES “Warp & Woof”; THE CORAL “Distance Inbetween”

[novemberhush]

Rules: you can often tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to! Put your music library on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people to do the same.

Thanks for tagging me, @stellarm ❤️

1) Don’t Take the Money - Bleachers (featuring Lorde) for MTV Unplugged

2) Past the Point of Rescue - Hal Ketchum

3) Slow Show - The National

4) Cut to the Feeling - Carly Rae Jepsen

5) Due South theme - Jay Semko

6) Walls - Kings of Leon

7) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry

8) Patience - Guns ‘N Roses

9) These Arms of Mine - Otis Redding (fun fact - I’ve written two different fics for two different ships where I’ve had them slow dancing in the kitchen to this song and if I find an excuse to write it again then I absolutely will because Otis is the man and this is my jam)

10) Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones

Not sure what that little lot says about me. Draw your own conclusions.😊

I tag @smowkie @imwritesometimes @sometimesimfandomtrash @rolodexthoughts @jennoasis

@evanesdust @agentmarymargaretskitz @flootzavut @mistmarauder @theyarnmaidstale and anyone else who wants to play. No pressure on anyone who doesn’t!😘