Yesterday (I think it was yesterday – time is a blur nowadays), I was in the car on my way to buy groceries listening to a show called Q on CBC radio. They were playing an interview with the Korean-American author, Michelle Zauner. When Michelle isn’t writing books, she is
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Dead Wild Roses: Urban Problems – Being Lonely Together
I think it is uncontroversial to say that we are hardwired to be social animals. Yet, why do we design our cities and spaces to make interaction and social contact less affable and easy to access? “Urban loneliness is a virtual pandemic. Even though there have never been
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Liberals take first small step toward rebuilding the CBC, but there are many miles to go
The federal government has taken the first step on a long road toward what hopefully will be the restoration of the CBC as Canada’s most important public interest and cultural institution. For nearly 10 years the Harper government forced the CBC off track from its original goals of promoting culture
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: The loss of a great Canadian storyteller. RIP Stuart McLean
Each Christmas season for many years, my parents would buy our family tickets to Stuart McLean’s show when it stopped in Edmonton on his cross-Canada tour. It became an annual tradition that each Christmas we would join hundreds of Edmontonians at the Jubilee Auditorium to listen to McLean do his masterwork.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Trees and Crime
Trees on streets and boulevards reduce crime. Do we know the how or why of this particular correlation, nope. But we do know that trees on private lots also tend to reduce criminal activity, with the proviso that they are over 42 feet high. The studies linked are quite fascinating and most definitely worth […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: CBC Radio: The Current – Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape – Peggy Orenstein
Further dispelling the myth that we don’t need feminism and equality is the lay of the land. This interview describes the situations and pressures young women face as they make there way through our patriarchal society. Read or listen to the whole interview on CBC, it is well worth your time. AMT: We spoke […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Say “NO” to ads on CBC Radio
Due to broken promises and subsequent budget cuts, our previous government forced CBC radio to resort to using advertisements to supplement funding. It was outrageous then and it is outrageous now. The CRTC is now inviting the public to express their opinions on the matter and Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has set up a convenient […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Alberta @ Noon: Let’s (*not*) Gut the Public Service
Be it resolved – If the Private Sector is cutting jobs in a economic downturn then the Government of the day should also be cutting Public Sector. This is my debate point. You won’t find it anywhere in the Alberta@Noon podcast I’m about to link here. I know most
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: CBC’s Q aimed at U.S. youth while most Canadians given back seat
When CBC management announced following the dismissal of Jian Ghomeshi last October that the radio program Q would be re-launched, I hoped that we might see a revival of true Canadian arts and culture programming in radio’s morning time slot. I and tens-of-thousands of other Canadians yearn for the return
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Journalists First
http://www.quillandquire.com/ Except for the occasional episode of The Nature of Things, I don’t watch CBC Television. But I do listen to Radio 1. The Gomeshi Affair
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: What needs to happen to save and rebuild the CBC
The CBC, and particularly CBC Radio, is easily Canada’s most important cultural and public interest institution. I say this not so much as someone who worked at the Corporation during the glory days of the 1970s and ’80s but, like so many other people, a kid who was brought up
Continue readingBlevkog: Pete Seeger tribute on CBC’s Ideas with Paul Kennedy
As you all know, Pete Seeger died Monday night after giving us music for the past 70-odd years (he was 94). Last night CBC Radio’s Ideas with Paul Kennedy rebroadcasted a tribute to him that was originally produced a few years ago. It’s really worth a listen: A Tribute to
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Ads on CBC Radio a serious blow to public broadcasting in Canada
By: Friends of Canadian Broadcasting | Press Release: TORONTO, May 28, 2013 – CBC’s new licences, announced this morning by Canada’s broadcast regulator, are the culmination of years of neglect by successive governments and the product of the Harper Conservatives’ hostility toward public broadcasting in Canada. The CRTC renewed the licences
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Hard Rock – Hallelujah
We need more of this in our music scene because frankly, the omnipresent bland radio pop (A big unthankyou to CBC radio 2 for adding more of this soul withering drivel to my listening day) bores the everliving fuck out of me. So hit me with some hard rock hallelujah
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Idle No More: An audio essay by the CBC Radio’s Jian Ghomeshi
Jian Ghomeshi, the host of “Q”, a national daily cultural affairs talk program on the CBC’s Radio One, weighs in on the Idle No More grassroots movement for First Nations rights in Canada. Ghomeshi tackles the slogan, the hashtag, and the movement. RELATED: Canada’s First Nations leaders confront Harper Gvt
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The CBC Signature Series – G Major
Welcome to the CBC Signature Series hosted by Paolo Pietropaolo on CBC radio 2 every Sunday. For the Friday Classical Music Interlude I’ve been sending you directly to the CBC Signature Series page, but as Paolo suggested, it is also possible to embed the sound clips directly into the blog post. “G major: The Trusty […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Frieday Musical Interlude – CBC Signature Series – A Minor: The Faded Beauty.
Welcome readers to the key of A minor, the CBC Signature Series continues and as always, you will have to go over to the CBC Radio 2 site to listen to the music and voice-over by Paolo Pietropaolo. A minor: The Faded Beauty Also known as: The Wilted Rose. The
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The CBC Signature Series – E major Prince Charming.
Amazingly enough, not posted by Paolo Pietropaolo. But hell, lets link there anyways. Welcome readers to the key of E major, the Signature Series continues and as always you will have to go over to the CBC Radio 2 site to listen to the music and voice-over by Paolo Pietropaolo.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The Signature Series – A Major
Welcome to the Signature series on DWR – you will need to go to CBC radio to hear the A major voice-over/musical interpretations. A major: The Will-o’-the-wisp Also known as: The Flibbertigibbet. The Problem Child. A majors you might know: Jane Eyre. Maria from The Sound of Music. Veronica from the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – CBC Signature Series
Welcome folks to the third instalment of the signature series and today’s key is B minor. Embedding sucks, so you have to go the CBC website and listen for yourself. 🙂 The music and the play by play commentary make for an entertaining listening experience. B minor: The Dark Romantic
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