Gormley was critical of the bad language in Gunderson’s videos. I don’t care for foul language in most music either, but at least Gormley has a valid excuse for acting like a crotchety old man; I don’t know what my problem is. I do love Dirty Spaceman, however. And I
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Mike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics
Hope everyone had a good Mother’s Day and enjoyed Bikefest. We have an exciting show lined up for you this Tuesday with three interview. At 7:30 Mike will be speaking with Elizabeth Creary about the upcoming Craig Cardiff show/fundraiser taking place on Saturday the 19th. At 8:05 Mike will speak
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics for May 8th
Already the second Tuesday of May. Adam is back for the summer and we have three interviews for the show, everything is as it should be. Now If only Ottawa was still playing hockey. At 7:30 Adam will be speaking with Cheryl regarding the 12th Annual Hintonburg Tulipfest which will
Continue readingArt Threat: The studios are killing independent film – A fantastic Q interview with filmmaker Alex Cox
Yesterday’s Q show on CBC Radio One had a great interview with the director of REPO MAN and SID AND NANCY, Alex Cox. An outspoken critic of the studio system and of government and corporate efforts to crackdown on “illegal” downloading, Cox argues that the corporate studio system continues to
Continue readingArt Threat: Rush (band) pulls music from Rush (bigot)
North America has always been home to one good Rush and one evil Rush, but never have they engaged in battle … until now. Canadian prog rock legends Rush have demanded that the Rush Limbaugh Show stops using their music. The band’s music was regularly played leading in and out
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Calgary Radio Station Tackles Bullying
Kool 105.5, a Calgary-based radio station, is tackling bullying with a pretty novel incentive: A contest. The school that signs the most pledges asserting that everyone has “the right to feel safe, respected, valued, and accepted” will get a free concert performed during school hours. Of course, if anyone breaks
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RoboCop speaks out about RoboCon
Don’t worry everyone, MP RoboCop is on the job! Fantino, the former Toronto police chief who is Tory MP for Vaughan, said he, too, is trying to get answers after his name turned up in court documents […] “From my personal experience over 40 years of law enforcement I think
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics, February 28th
Happy Tuesday! We have a busy show lined up for this tuesday, so busy that we are adding an extra day to the month. At 8am, we’ll speak with Brennan Richardson about Orpheus theatre’s upcoming production of rent. At 8:30, we’ll speak with Maria DeRosa about Carleton’s campus community campaign. We’ll also
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LOCAL EVENTS WINNIPEG: MARIACHI GHOST AT WORLD NIGHT BENEFIT FOR CO-OP RADIO: CKUW WORLD NIGHT IN WINNIPEG with MARIACHI GHOSTPublic Event · By CKUW Radio 95.9fm.Monday.6:00pm until 7:30pm.. CKUW 95.9 FM’s Fundrive 2012 presents WORLD NIGHT IN WINNIPEG Join CKUW World music host Rick G, local Latin act MARIACHI GHOST
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics, February 7th
Happy Tuesday! We’ve got an exciting show lined up. Tune in at 7:00 on CKCU! At 8:05, I’ll speak with Gary Ludington of the Westboro Community Association about what’s going on in the neighbourhood, what’s coming up ahead, and all the details of their February 9th AGM. At 8:30, we’ll
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Improve Your Mood
Biking to work improves your mood. It also gives you a better perspective on life, and helps you get enough daily exercise to avoid some of life’s more terrible ailments. You could also skateboard to work, since the mood improving properties are directly attributable to physical activity, and travel at
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Chantal Hebert – liveblog at UofRegina
Intro by Mitch D. Then Rick Kleer Last time she was here was 2004 when Martin won PM. Journalists drank Regina out of white wine. She broke a rib and got to cover an election from the ground, where most voters are anywhere, giving her a better perspective. Our new
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Radical Good Sense
The “Fight for Canada”, did not happen in 1812, since Canada did not exist as a nation for decades later in 1867. The Department of “Canadian Heritage” ought to be ashamed of its atrocious rewriting and dumbing down of Canadian history by calling the War of 1812 a fight for
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Stages of Human Communication Technology
Language (pre-history) Written Language (circa 3200 BC) The Printing Press (circa 1440 ) (Johannes Gutenberg) Telephone (1861/1875) Radio Broadcasting (circa 1910) Television Broadcasting (1928/1936) The Internet (1969) (ARPANET) Smart Phones (1992) (RIM BlackBerry 1999)
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics, November 22
What a show we have lined up for you this week! At 8:05, we’ll chat with some of the folks behind This Is Our Youth, a new show from Sock ‘n’ Buskins that premiers next week. We’ll even have an in-studio performance. At 8:30, we’ll hear a from Bill Blaikie,
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio topics, November 15th
Hi all,
Happy Tuesday! At 8:05 we’ll hear a conversation I had with Don Ferguson about his new book on the history of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. We’ll also touch on some of the following:
Ethical oils fails?
BC redoes family law.
Condo window bust in toronto?
Cycling safety and Trucks.
OC Transpo fires foul-mouthed driver.
NDP begins the minority parliament […]
Trashy's World: Check out what my bro’ has been up to…
He’s living one of his dreams… Cool. Gotta love technology sometimes! Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Anonymous Promoting Occupy Saskatoon Protest
Someone identifying with the Anonymous Internet group may have decided that Saskatoon sounded obscure and cool enough to be participating in Occupy Wall Street, that they deserved a little extra boost of attention. The Saskatoon news media jumped all over it, but with an unbalanced article that appears not to have made an attempt to […]
Mike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics, September 27th
Hello! I’m back in the host’s seat after a couple of weeks away. We’ve got an exciting show as always. At 8, I’ll speak with Wayne Smith from Fair Vote to talk about the provincial election. It’s new music Tuesday, so we’ll break out new songs from Dan Mangan and Elliott Brood.
We’ll also talk about […]
Mike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics for August 30th
Welcome to the last week of August. This is Adam’s last show before he heads out west for school so we promise it will be a good one! As per usual we air from 7-9am on CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa and online at www.ckcufm.com for everyone else.
Jack Layton is laid to rest […]