Today on Appetite for Distraction: New Music Monday
There’s nothing like the first time. Well actually one may argue that some things get better with practice…but I digress. On today’s show we’ll be talking firsts and giving one artist her first CBC...
View ArticleToday on Lanarama: Movember Monday! Prostates & Jersey & Comics, Oh My!
UPDATE! Check out Funny Steve's Top Ten Moustached Comic Book Characters List! #10: OMNIMAN from the comic book series INVINCIBLE written by Robert Kirkman (who also writes The Walking Dead).#9:...
View ArticleMusic Notes : Late Edition Nov 22 2010
Watch Black Mountain perform 3 songs live on Swedish National television (above) (via Jagjaguwar) Steven Page to join the Goo Goo Dolls on tour of Canada. CBC New Hey Rosetta! album called Seeds, due...
View ArticleTariq's Basement Studio: Music, Straight Up!
Hey everyone, I hope you had an excellent weekend! I did. I even got to ride a city bus that was fish tailing "S" patterns all over the road in winter slush and snow. Yes, it's true — right here, in...
View ArticleWrath of Khanna: The Breakfast Club with Christine Fellows!
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE Hey hey, this week the Breakfast Club is at With the Grain, a renowned independent bakery/cafe in Guelph to meet and eat with visionary Winnipeg musician,...
View ArticleMy Definition Is This - Your ehList for Thursday
kn0ttyn3rb (aka Brenda Lee) takes us to skool with her Trajectories in Canadian hip hop ehList: "The playlist is inspired and in conjunction with the final academic paper in my undergrad career on the...
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Profiles in Buckage: Best Lyric
Every weekday until the end of Bucky Short List voting (November 28th at midnight EST), we will be profiling a different category in the Bucky Awards. Today, we focus on Best Lyric. Here are your...
View ArticleTCNH: Listener Co-Host Initiative w/ Michelle "michelka" Ouellette!
Happy Thursday! And Happy American Thanksgiving!! Hi everyone, I'm Michelle, and I'm pleased to be the listener co-host for this very special U.S. Tofurky Day. You might know me on the blog as...
View ArticleMusic Notes : Early Edition, Nov 25 2010
Watch Rebekah Higgs perform for Southern Souls. (above) Jonathan Simkin (604 Records) talks about his new indie-centric label, Light Organ Records, home to the Zolas, Sun Wizard, Adaline, Louise...
View ArticleLive on CBC Radio 3 w/ Grant Lawrence: Fashion Fight Club! What The Hell Was...
Coming up today on Grant Lawrence Live, 2PM ET / 11AM PT on CBC Radio 3's web radio and Sirius 86: It's time for our weekly collision of fashion and rock n roll, and this week, we're talkin' personal...
View ArticleThe Missing Links for November 25, 2010
Xmas flashmob in Welland, Ontario mall foodcourt. From the "You Have to Be F***ink kidding me file: Facebook takes steps to trademark the word "Face". Watch Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows....
View ArticleToday on Lanarama: Records You Stole From Your Parent's Collection
In the 1960’s my mother moved to Detroit to become a legal secretary. She actually went to school to learn how to be a receptionist, and still writes notes in shorthand to this day. Mama Gay lived in...
View ArticleMusic Notes : Late Edition Nov 25 2010
Watch the new Bran Van 3000 video for “Grace” (above) Mint Records announces vinyl benefit compilation of Vancouver bands to support UBC’s radio station, CiTR 101.9fm. To reserve a copy, donate!...
View ArticleToday on Appetite for Distaction: Pecha Kucha
I'll bet I've got you thinking with that Pecha Kucha, eh? Nothing like throwing around a bit of Japanese to get you thinking. The phrase translates to chit chat, but also can be translated to An...
View ArticleKinnie Starr "Unspun" - Track of the Day for November 26, 2010
listen DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE On Kinnie Starr's Radio 3 page, she lists her influences as De La Soul, Led Zeppelin and Sade. And really - that is a pretty good way to understand Kinnie's music: fun, hard...
View ArticleDiamond Rings, C’Mon, Priestess, Tanya Davis, Podcast #259
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE Hey folks! I'm back at the helm of the CBC Radio 3 Podcast after a two week swing around Canada collecting all sorts of new music for your ears! On the podcast...
View ArticleA Day In the Life of Me: A Soundtrack for Your Everday Kind of Day
The last few ehLists have been challenging, no doubt about it. That's why this week's should be a breeze. Create a 10-song playlist that says "A Day In the Life of Me: A Soundtrack for Your Everday...
View ArticleWhat’cha Readin’? Mike Birbiglia on Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully...
Mike Birbiglia on Roy Rahjahs, Sleep-peeing:MB Mike Birbiglia on "Reality Testing," Film work, Montreal appearance in January 2011:MB Lots to get to on the What'cha Readin' Book Club today. First up...
View ArticleMy Definition Is This - Your ehList for Friday
And so we come to the finish of yet another ehList. But not before checking out tagish156's My Definition Is This hip hop favs of favs:listen Next week's ehList is A Day In the Life of Me: A Soundtrack...
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Profiles in Buckage: Best New Band Name
Every weekday until the end of Bucky Short List voting (November 28th at midnight EST), we will be profiling a different category in the Bucky Awards. In this final blog post, we focus on Best New Band...
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