The Lunchbox Interview: Robb Kempson, Alex Rioux, McKenna James (Notable Acts)

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Theatre creates a make-believe space in which we can display the real world, and can compress all of time down to a single instance.

My guests today are all involved in this year’s Notable Acts Theatre Festival. Robb Kempson is the artist-in-residence dramaturge for this year’s festival, and has worked with all the plays and playwrights to polish and shape their works. Alex Rioux is the co-creator of Fruit Machine, a physical play presenting the questionable practices of the RCMP that targeted the LGBT+ community in the 50s and 60s, and is also acting in the play Gullywump by Greg Everett. McKenna James is a young playwright, currently enrolled in the drama program at UNB, and has a 10-minute play in this year’s festival called The Year Where No One Dies.

The Notable Acts Theatre Festival begins on July 23 with the preview pay-what-you-will performance of Fruit Machine at the Black Box Theatre at St Thomas University at 7:30pm. Prior to the performance at 6:30pm and in the same space, there will be a panel discussion entitled ‘Bringing Queer History to Light’. The festival continues until August 3. See the full schedule on their website.

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The Lunchbox Interview: Emily Kennedy (Composer)

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Music is the distilled experience of the real, transformed from the literal to the figurative to the imaginative.

During the summer, the Fredericton Arts Alliance brings a pair of artists together in the Barracks to practice their art for all to see. These artists come from a wide variety of disciplines, from painting and sculpture to basket-weaving and writing. As each pair of artists comes in, we’ll be talking to them on the Lunchbox.

My guest today is Emily Kennedy, a local cellist and composer and member of numerous classical, avant guarde and pop groups. While she has been spending a lot of time lately performing, her time in the Barracks is being spent using graphic notation to compose a piece to be played by a group of improvisors. Her inspiration in this the patterns found in a plank of wood, tying the work to the general theme of trees which is this year’s challenge to the artists in residence. She discusses how she is planning this interpretation, and the importance of seeking inspiration and serendipity in musical art.

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RFYL Episode – HideForYourLivesEP078

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks
So I’m not ENTIRELY sure of what happened between last week and this week, but my inbox friggin’ exploded with music and a lot of it is amazing. I’m still working through a backlog somehow but this is just ABSOLUTELY amazing. Love it, keep it up!

Very happy to see some returning contenders to the show as well – looking at you, Mr Bella & Shades Of Sorrow! I’ve been playing you guys both ever since the show format changed a nearly eight years ago. Insane, right?

I think it’s insane.

Playlist:

Pyrethrin – JIMBO
Take Us All – Greystone Canyon
Living Too Fast – The Standstills
Cuba Time – Elektric Mistress
Electric Rider – Hot Wires
The City – Arcane Saints
Break – Shades of Sorrow
Machine Cut – Damn Cargo
Seasons – Juliet Ruin
Set A Fire – Mr. Bella
Love You Wrong – Sumo Cyco
Norwegian Reggaeton (ft Charly Glamour of Gigatron) – Nanowar Of Steel

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TEM Ep. 33 Yr. 2: Out of Doors to Shine Ft. Interview w/ Brian Diamond

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Tour Itinerary:

 

Club Electric:

“Out Thrust” by Starfarer off the album Into The Unknown
“A Vision of Light” by Villainest off the album A Vision of Light

Chiptune District:

“Blue Level” by Game Genie Sokolov off the album Insert Disk 02
“Airport Doors” by jmr off the album Skywave Effect Anniversary Edition

Future Hall:

“Ice Cream Party” by Chibby
“Shine Again” by Strawberry Station off the album Yesterday’s Jam

VGM District:

“Order of Operations” by Random-Storykeeper off the Vital Operations Original Soundtrack
“Become One” by wyrgan off the album EXILE: A tribute to Supergiant Games

Interview with Brian Diamond

One of the producers behind the album EXILE: A Tribute to Supergiant Games. Holding a masters in Computer Games and Professional Development at the University of Arbetay, he’s been involved in audio work for over eight years working on a variety of projects, from game jams and other game development gatherings, to voice over work, to designing audio for various browser games. Over the last three years, he’s worked with MAterial collective as a composer and arranger for the great video game music we all love. Audio designer, voice over artist, and composer all.  

 

If you haven’t already, be sure to pick up this album at all fine digital stores across the ‘net!

Final Stop:

“No Dice” by Coda

Got any suggestions for future tours?

Tweet me @ElectricMetCHSR
or
Email me electricmetropolis@gmail.com

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Mornings Are hard // 2019-07-19

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Track Listing: 
1.) Alanis Morissette – All I Really Want
2.) Pineo & Loeb – Ahead By A Century
3.) The Raconteurs – Thoughts and Prayers
4.) New Kids On The Block – Call It What You Want
5.) Imperial Teen – Don’t Wanna Let You Go
6.) Look Vibrant – Jail My Son
7.) Jessie & The Dandelions – Not Getting Your Way
8.) Hollerado – Get Over It
9.) Hannah Peel – Tainted Love
10.) MØ – Say You’ll Be There
11.) Foxes – White Coats
12.) Royal Canoe – Peep This
13.) Lydia Ainsworth – Diamonds Cutting Diamonds
14.) Darwin Deez – The World’s Best Kisser

!earshot20 // 2019-07-19

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Hour One:
1.) Operators – I Feel Emotions
2.) The Black Keys – Tell Me Lies
3.) Amyl & The Sniffers – Some Mutts (Can’t Ne Muzzled)
4.) Pottery – Smooth Operator
5.) Jenn Grant – Sweet Grass
6.) Heart Attack Kids – Do What You Do
7.) Absolutely Free – Currency ft. US Girls
8.) DRI HIEV – Aqua
9.) Foreign Diplomats – City Luv
Interview with Élie Raymond
10.) Foreign Diplomats – Charger
11.) Mac DeMarco – Skyless Moon

Hour Two:
12.) Doomsquad – Aimless
13.) Tanika Charles – Remember To Remember
14.) PUP – Bare Hands
15.) LAPS – Soon
16.) Lungbutter – Intrinsic
17.) Hollerado – Speechless
News headlines with Exclaim’s Calum Slingerland
18.) The Motorleague – Like You Were Alive (Bonus Track)
19.) Orville Peck – Turn To Hate
20.) Necking – Rover
21.) Black Mountain – Boogie Lover
22.) Dumb – Cursed

Homemade Jams // 2019-07-17

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Track Listing:
1.) Catherine Kennedy – Maybe Tomorrow
2.) Kylie Fox – Alberta
3.) Tomato/Tomato – Take On Me
4.) Kathleen Gorey-McSorley – Big Fall
5.) Not You – Mabel
6.) Bleum – Poison
7.) Lily Frost – Rock Me Baby (Toronto, ON)
8.) DenMother – Gala
9.) Leanne Hoffman – Blind and Broken
10.) Jessie Brown – Debt (We Ain’t Got No Money)
11.) CAMERON – Not For Me
12.) Klackers – Ride Or Die
13.) Wicked Vices – Sinkin’
14.) Nebullama – Cruise Control

Mornings Are Hard // 2019-07-18 – 2019 Polaris Short List

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Track Listing: 
1.) Elisapie – Ton Vieux Nom
2.) Dominique Fils-Aimé – Gun Burial
3.) Dominique Fils-Aimé – Constructive Interference
4.) Jessie Reyez – Apple Juice
5.) Les Louanges – La Nuit Est Une Panthère
6.) Les Louanges – Pitou
7.) Shad – The Fool Pt. 1 (Get It Got It Good)
8.) FET.NAT – Des Fois
9.) Marie Davidson – Workaholic Paranoid Bitch
10.) Marie Davidson – Work It (Instrumental)
11.) PUP – See You At Your Funeral
12.) Snotty Nose Rez Kids ft. The Sorority  – Son of a Matriarch
13.) Haviah Mighty ft. Sean Leon – Waves

Homemade Jams // 219-07-16 Double Shots

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Track Listing: 
1.) Quote The Raven – Laser Beam
2.) Quote The Raven – Inside Looking Out
3.) Wicked Vices – Sharks
4.) Wicked Vices – Appetite
5.) FET.NAT – Tapis (Hull, QC)
6.) FET.NAT – Patio Monday (Hull, QC)
7.) Floodland – All Out
8.) Floodland – Tangled
9.) Grand Theft Bus – Up
10.) Grand Theft Bus – Hot Laundry
11.) The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire – Pickup Lines
12.) The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire – Bad Girls
13.) Art of the Possible – Passerby

Her Turn // 2019-07-16

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Track Listing: 
1.) MONOWHALES – Real Love
2.) Fanny Bloom – On S’Aimera
3.) Dear Rouge – Wicked Thing
4.) Kandle – Nobody Wants You Now
5.) The New Pornographers – Myriad Harbour
6.) Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton – The Bank
7.) Friends of Foes – Sharks
8.) Teen Vice – Y U WNT 2?
9.) The Preatures – Girlhood
10.) Towanda – The Antiherine
11.) Jane Doe – This Is A Rock Song
12.) Starbenders – Zero
13.) Madeleine Roger – Soldier Song
14.) Melissa Menago – Danger Zone
15.) Charlene Soraia – Where’s My Tribe

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Mornings Are Hard // 2019-07-17

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Track Listing: 
1.) The Civil Wars – Billie Jean
2.) Fleet Foxes – Ragged Wood
3.) Billie Eilish – 8
4.) Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater
5.) Tame Impala – patience
6.) Thompson Twins – In The Name Of Love
7.) FET.NAT – Your World Is My Mystery Gift
8.) Jack White – Missing Pieces
9.) The Raconteurs – Shine The Light On Me
10.) Lily Frost – Bang Bang
11.) Salt Horse – Sequence #35
12.) Quote The Raven – Laser Beam
13.) Shred Kelly – Way Down

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Homemade Jams // 2019-07-15

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Track Listing: 
1.) Shadow – Escape
2.) Christine Campbell – Nobody Cares
3.) Kral Majales – The Come Up
4.) The Hypochondriacs – In The Mountains
5.) Internal Night – Your Own Truth
6.) Marian – Same Town
7.) Tampa – Fold Yourself
8.) The Belle Comedians – Break + Enter
9.) Alert The Medic – The Weatherman (Pt. 2)
10.) Colin Fowlie – Photographs
11.) Tim Baker – Don’t Let Me Go Yet
12.) The Motorleague – Like You Were Alive
13.) The Stogies – Gift Horse

Mornings Are Hard // 2019-07-16

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Track Listing: 
1.) Rich Aucoin – The Change
2.) Beat Market – Verona
3.) Broken Social Scene – Fire Eye’d Boy
4.) Whitehorse – Nighthawks
5.) Julian Taylor Band – Back Again
6.) Poor Nameless Boy – Catch Up & Slow Down
7.) BA Johnston – Tired Love
8.) Colin Fowlie – Sanctuary
9.) Jason Isbell – Cover Me Up
10.) Orville Peck – Turn To Hate
11.) Kaia Kater – New Colossus
12.) Fever Feel – Lose Your Mind
13.) Danko Jones – We’re Crazy
14.) The Darts – The Cat’s Meow

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Mornings Are Hard // 2019-07-15 – THEME

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Track Listing: 
1.) John Frusciante – Remain
2.) Red Hot Chili Peppers – Funky Crime
3.) Scott Weiland – Barbarella
4.) Stone Temple Pilots – Sour Girl
5.) The Beatles – And Your Bird Can Sing
6.) George Harrison – Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
7.) Les Hay Babies – Fil de téléphone
8.) Laura Sauvage – Alien (Anything Like It, Have You?)
9.) Krief – The Moon Is On My Shoulder
10.) The Dears – 22: The Death Of All Romance
11.) Thom Yorke – Traffic
12.) Radiohead – Airbag
13.) Feist – Mushaboom

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Mornings Are Hard // 2019-07-12

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Track Listing: 
1.) Lily Frost – Cruel World (Nickel & Dime)
2.) Foreign Diplomats – Amafula
3.) Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hill
4.) The Raconteurs – Now That You’re Gone
5.) Look Vibrant – The Good Truth
6.) Flying Lotus – Takashi
7.) TR/ST – Bicep
8.) Doomsquad – General Hum
9.) Saxsyndrum – You Get High
10.) Pineo & Loeb – Stairway To Heaven

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RFYL Episode – EarthColdGoodEP077

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks

 

On this week’s episode, we come to the thrilling conclusion of Earth Hot Bad – and that is, Earth Cold Good. What a shocking twist! Maybe we’ll even do a two-parter episode again in the future! The really crazy part was how I didn’t even mention this AT ALL in the episode!

Seriously, just enjoy the tunes and have a good weekend, people, even if it’s a rainy mess.

Playlist:

Anxiety – Blood Red Shoes
Bitter, Jaded & Dumb – Bella Clava
Hide Mind – Gygax
Peru – Rockyard
Caught On A Breeze – The Joy Formidable
Like Blood – Kitchen Witch
Red Sky – Kilmore
Detonate / Dance With The Devil – SOTO Official
Catapult – Powder for Pigeons
Unwoven – A Brilliant Lie
The Invasion From Within – Tsunami Bomb
Nothing Left – Echoes of the Dead

 

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Homemade Jams // 2019-07-12

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Track Listing: 
1.) James Hill & Anne Janelle – Billie Jean
2.) Blue Lobelia – Somewhere Calm
3.) Mo Kenney – Sucker
4.) Gabrielle Papillon – Deep In The Earth
5.) Old Man Luedecke – Wake Up Call
6.) The Tom Fun Orchestra – Animal Mask
7.) The Stanfields – Rules Have All The Fun
8.) Marian – Side Street
9.) Alexander & The Great Ones – 2 Yung 2 B In <3
10.) Morohubu – Might Be Wrong
11.) Free To Grow – Bad Bear
12.) The Motorleague – Like You Were Alive
13.) The Tasty Wangs – Surfin’ On Gravy Bay

!earshot20 // 2019-07-09

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HOUR ONE: 
1.) Flying Lotus – Fire Is Coming
2.) Mr. Merlot – Catch A Feeling
3.) Operators – Days
4.) The Shiverettes – Spiteburger
5.) Siskiyou – Stop Trying
6.) Doomsquad – Dorian’s Closet
Interview with Patrick Krief 
7.) Krief – Tonight
8.) Cate Le Bon – You Don’t Love Me
9.) Wintersleep – Never Let You Go
10.) Tanika Charles – Love Overdue
11.) Foreign Diplomats – City Love

HOUR TWO: 
12.) Necking – Still Exist
13.) Mavis Staples – Heavy On My Mind
14.) BART – Three By Noon
15.) LAPS – Second Bed
16.) Mac DeMarco – Baby Bye Bye
News Headlines with Calum Slingerland 
17.) Sheik – Alone In The Dark
18.) Pottery – Hank Williams
19.) Lungbutter – Bravo
20.) Dumb – Don’t Sleep
21.) PUP – See You At Your Funeral
22.) Black Mountain – High Rise

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!earshot20 2019-06-11

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Hour One: 
1.) Lydia Ainsworth – Diamonds Cutting Diamonds
2.) Saxsyndrum – Phantasy
3.) Matt Andersen – Quarter on the Ground
4.) Blessed – Thought
5.) Cate Le Bon – Home To You
6.)  Operators – Faithless
7.) Matt Comeau – No Justice (Live in Studio D)
Interview with Matt Comeau
8.) Matt Comeau – Did You Wrong (Bonus Track)
9.) Jamila Woods – Betty
10.) Charlotte Cornfield – Silver Civic
11.) Flying Lotus – More

Hour Two:
12.) Doomsquad – Let It Go
13.) Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hill
14.) Big Thief – Cattails
15.) Mac DeMarco – On The Square
16.) Pottery – Lady Solinas
Interview with Find The Others
17.) Find The Others – We Stared At The World (Bonus Track)
18.) Lungbutter – Solar
19.) Black Mountain – High Rise
20.) DUMB – CBC Radio 3
21.) Orville Peck – Winds Change
22.) PUP – Kids

The Lunchbox Interview: Genevieve MacRae & Eddie Young (Tay Creek Festival)

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Maybe it’s just the smaller venues or a familiar set of faces, but going to events in New Brunswick often feels like you’re coming home.

My guests today are part of the team of organizers behind this year’s Tay Creek Folk Festival. Genevieve MacRae is the Chair of the Organizing Committee, and Eddie Young is the Music Director of this year’s festival. They join me to fill in some of the history of the festival, explain the comfy, “adorable” nature of the weekend event, and talk a little about this year’s great lineup.

The Tay Creek Folk Festival runs from July 19-22 in Tay Brook, NB. All festival passes are being sold ahead of the event this year, so be sure to visit the Etix online booth to pick up your pass right away.

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Anything Goes // 2019-07-13

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Track Listing: Anything Goes with Bondo – there is so much great new music out there
1.) Outrageous Cherry – Beginning of the End of the Night
2.) Brian Gladstone – Don’t Bypass My Heart
3.) The Raconteurs – Bored and Razed
4.) Brother Leeds – Easy Come, Easy Go
5.) Hate Drugs – So Cruel
6.) Golden B.C – Teach Me
7.) Krief – Idols
8.) KOKOKO! – Malembe
9.) KOSM – Yharnam
10.) The Bacon Brothers – Broken Glass
11.) Geneviève Racette – Margo’s Song
12.) 100 Mile House – Pick Up Our Boots
13.) Pallmer – Blueprint

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The Lunchbox Interview: Tracy Austin (Miniature Fabric Sculptures)

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The power of the artist is to allow us to translate the ephemeral into the real, often from an outside perspective shared with the audience.

During the summer, the Fredericton Arts Alliance brings a pair of artists together in the Barracks to practice their art for all to see. These artists come from a wide variety of disciplines, from painting and sculpture to basket-weaving and writing. As each pair of artists comes in, we’ll be talking to them on the Lunchbox.

My guest today is Tracy Austin, a fabric artist who specializes in miniature, doll-shaped fashion dresses that are as much sculpture as they are clothing. She joined me to talk about her current series of work based on displaying emotions and the weight of power, and the residency-specific work relating to the theme of trees.

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The Lunchbox: Bondo Picks Hollerado

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Each week, our very own Bondo (host of numerous shows, including Homemade Jams, Her Turn and Anything Goes) brings her love of music and an album that she’s sure we should be listening to. She’s never wrong!

This week, Bondo shares what might be the last album from Hollerado, called Retaliation Vacation, from which we hear Speechless.

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