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RFYL Episode – InsomniacNightmareEP27

Remember when personalities had personalities? Pepperidge Farm remembers!
We are in no way sponsored by Pepperidge Farm.
This Family Guy joke was lifted by your local RFYL host.

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THE CRAZY TRAIN EPISODE #CXXIII

Passengers of The Crazy Train! Welcome back! This is your new conductor Johnny James! Many thanks to outgoing host Chris Waddell for passing the torch on to me and letting me keep this show going! I hope I do it justice! Here is the first podcasted episode of a new era, the first of many!

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RFYL Episode – TimeManagementEP47

There is nothing turkey related in this podcast, as we’re based out of Canada. Otherwise, there would be turkey mentioned every sentence. So, with no turkey bias, come grab a free podcast, kick back and chill out!

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RFYL Episode – TheTruthEP44

Have you ever wondered what the truth actually was? Do you find yourself endlessly searching for answers to the baiting questions trailing and haunting your life? Do you expect this line of self-help style questioning to actually lead to something meaningful?

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THE CRAZY TRAIN EPISODE #CXXII

Well I gotta say, it was great to be back doing a live show for you all, even made greater that I was joined by ‘General Distortions host Johnny James ‘Dio’ for the two hour special on this past July’s ‘Maritime Metal & Hard Rock Festival #5’. In the first hour we played the interviews

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General Distortion – Episode 11 – Lionsault

Episode 11!   Lionsault from Miramachi, NB joined me and special guest host Chris Waddell a few weeks back at Maritime Metal and Hard Rock Festival! We talked about their ECMA winning album “Are You Feeling Lucky?”, social media tactics and why Spotify sucks.   Listen to their album here: https://lionsault.bandcamp.com/   New episodes every Monday

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Maritime Metal and Hard Rock Festival celebrates 5 years

Maritime Metal and Hard Rock Festival enters it’s fifth year with a perfect sampling of the the east coast scene, with new faces and old favorites set to embrace the stage in Windsor. Veteran bands Black Moor and Doom Machine will provide a strong veteran presence as both bands are coming off strong fourth-coming albums.

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The Crazy Train Episode #CXVIII – MM&HR Feature #2

Yes, my friends only a couple weeks to go before I see you all in Windsor, Nova Scotia for the 5th year bash of the Maritime Metal & Hard Rock festival! I decided to do another feature just to give a little more exposure to the bands and to you the listeners, so if there

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The Crazy Train Episode #CX

‘Monteithmania’! invaded the Crazy Train on episode #110! It’s been a long wait, but those Monteith Bros, Shaun and Daniel finally did it! While the title track, ‘Monteithmania’ was released earlier in the week, the guys threw another new track at me to debut on the Crazy Train. ‘Monteith’ has taken to the road and

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RFYL Episode: SwimForYourLifeEP19

Remember when all of mid-eastern Canada was flooded? Remember how that’s still the case as of today? Well, RFYL remembers, and even has an entire episode about music unrelated to water. So why even bring it up!

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General Distortion – Episode 5 – Abysseral Throne

  BOOM! Episode 5!   This week I talked with the dudes in Abysseral Throne! We chatted about shitty fast food jobs, Pokemon Go and why impaired driving laws exist!   Also, we play through their ECMA nominated album “Storming The Black Gate”.   Also included, a brief interview with ECMA loud winners Lionsault!  

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THE CRAZY TRAIN EPISODE #CIX

Sam Odeh from Montreal West’s ‘Special Op’s joined me from the phone as we opened this 109th episode of the Crazy Train. Special Ops was supposed to come to Fredericton for a show at the Centre Communautaire Sainte Anne in April, then May, but due to scheduling conflicts this show has been pushed to September

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General Distortion – Episode 4 – ECMA Loud Preview

Rejoice! ECMA Week is here and to celebrate we did our first ever LIVE episode!   On this edition, we previewed all 5 nominees for the Loud category, played some of their tunes as well as some interviews!   Check it out and listen to the rest of these amazing albums through the links below!

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NEW EPISODE NEXT MONDAY!

Been quiet lately because exams are a thing!   But……General Distortion back with a new episode this coming Monday!   I will be doing an ECMA preview of the Loud Category and will be playing music and interviews from all 5 nominees! By the way, the nominees are….. -Abysseral Throne – Storming The Black Gate

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RFYL Episode – HorizonChangeEP13

The backlog begins! Visiting some bands from years gone by, this episode kinds of jumps all over the place. In particular, it involves some touring through now, trying to stay as close to topical as possible, but otherwise you’ll find some of the usual suspects on there. This episode aired on March 24th, and contains

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RFYL Episode: PastaBurningMusicEP08

More music about watching things burn! We revisit a bunch of bands to the show and otherwise I blather on and on in that similar style that all of you have grown to love. Or haven’t, who cares. A ton of music coming your way, a bunch of bands I love, and a bunch of new news on the brink of coming out… but not yet! Maybe you’ll have to tune into next week’s episode to find out.

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RFYL Episode: EndOfYearSixEP50

Hey Folks! Come grab the last episode of 2016! I randomly tout nonsense as usual and have music playing in the background. Guest 1 couldn’t make it in so I had to do something, right? All the tracks I wanted to play for the holiday episode but just couldn’t fit them in make an appearance here.

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The Crazy Train – Play Box Special

On this one hour episode of the Crazy Train I delved into our play box to give these bands who send physical copies of their albums to the station some love. This is why it is important/helpful to send a physical copy of your album to as many of the college/community radio stations as you

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RFYL Episode: AMillionTweetsCriedOutEP41

On today’s episode, we feature “Palace Arms” by Public Animal, which you can stream in full over at the Exclaim website. You can also find their new music video! I got to interview Ian from Public Animal, where he proved that he is much better prepared than I am! Kudos!

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RFYL Episode: RandomGuestTwoEp40

A random guest has crashed the show! And we have a bunch of brand new music to feature for all of you to hear and enjoy! So, maybe you should all stop listening to whatever it is you’re hearing right now and crank up the ol’ podcast! Also, congratulations to The Balconies for their release

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RFYL Episode: BrainOutThereEP32

Gee whiz! You’re reading a random statement hand-crafted by me, Matt, to tell you to check out the podcast!
You clearly need more awesome music in your diet, so just click the link and check out some great tunes to run to. Honestly, it’s not called “Run For Your Life” because I like Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

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The Crazy Train Episode #LXXXVI

On Episode #86 of The Crazy Train, Steve ‘The Buzz Man’ and I welcomed on Miramichi Rock up and comers ‘Lionsault’, who were playing a show Saturday night with ‘Chaos Theory’ and ‘Kilmore’, both bands from Halifax. Lionsault’s album came out in 2015 and was a chart topper here at CHSR for many months!! It’s

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