RFYL Episode – ByeFormatEP080

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

On this week’s episode – what do you mean it’s a long weekend and nobody’s paying attention?
Okay, whatever. Here’s a bunch of awesome music from when you get back from your RENTED CABINS or your FAMILY RETREATS or WHATEVER IT IS people do in the summer.

I just hide from the heat like the bottom-feeding insect I am.

Playlist:
The Broadcasters / Undefeated – Sumo Cyco
Money Tree – Tequila Mockingbird
Empty As My Pockets – Mokomokai
Pointing Fingers – Reason Define
Sea Sick – Grim Dylan
Wanna Don’t Wanna – Reignwolf
Game Over – Black Earth
Take Us All – Greystone Canyon
Rattle Your Bones – Diablo Strange
Break – Shades of Sorrow
Close Your Eyes – A Primitive Evolution
The War Inside – Meka Nism
Breakaway – Tsunami Bomb

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HitG 021: Alternatives to Pass/Fail

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In almost all roleplaying games, the outcomes of a character’s attempted actions are far from certain, and are usually determined by a roll of the dice — modified by a character’s own abilities, the situation, etc.

Most of the time, the resulting number is checked against some sort of target threshold, and if you beat the threshold, the action happens.

But what about more nuanced results? How do decide if it was an outstanding success, or a marginal failure? How to determine outcomes by degrees, rather than pass/fail?

Hosts: Mark, Chris, Pat

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The Lunchbox on History: Black History of NB

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How much do you think you know about New Brunswick history? Personally, I think we do a pretty bad job of teaching it, and most people don’t embrace it. I’m on a mission to learn more, so I’ve invited a collection of historians to help me learn more about the legacies, the achievements, the battles, the inventions, the troublesome eras and the long past of one of Canada’s oldest regions.

My guests today are Mary Louise McCarthy and Jennifer Dow, to talk about Black History in the province. Both have a very personal connection to the legacy of black people in New Brunswick, from the early days of slavery to the support of the Loyalists to the affinity for indigenous peoples. We begin this discussion today with a bit from the earliest days.

 

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Mornings Are Hard // 2019-08-02

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Track Listing: 
1.) Sugababes – Freak Like Me
2.) Wangled Teb – Dark Place (Black Water Mix)
3.) Elisapie – Arnaq
4.) Letters To Cleo – Cruel To Be Kind
5.) Black Suit Devil – Firefly
6.) Liz Phair – Never Said
7.) Jack White – Lover Interruption
8.) Julia Jacklin – Don’t Know How To Keep Loving You
9.) Hozier – Movement
10.) David Gray – This Year’s Love
11.) The Pretty Reckless – You
12.) Colin Fowlie – Last Time
13.) Mauno – Vampire
14.) Foreign Diplomats – City Luv

Mornings Are Hard // 2019-08-01

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Track Listing:
1.) Jamie Comeau & The Crooked Teeth – Fortune
2.) The Hypochondriacs – Just Like Before
3.) Colter Wall – Sleeping On The Blacktop
4.) Noah Kahan – Cynic
5.) Elliott Brood – Cadillac Dust
6.) July Talk – Paper Girl
7.) Hozier – Work Song
8.) Dwayne Gretzky – S.O.S
9.) Deerhunter – Death in Midsummer
10.) Whitehorse – Sweet Melissa Jean
11.) Art of the Possible – Bury Me
12.) Le Trouble – How Was I To Know?
13.) Alert The Medic – Echo and Fade
14.) The Jimmy Swift Band – Two Hands On The Wheel

Mornings Are Hard // 2019-07-31

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Track Listing:
1.) Anemone – She’s The One
2.) Frazey Ford – September Fields
3.) The Marwills – Runnin’ Out Of Time
4.) The Ascot Royals – We’re All Fine
5.) Yukon Blonde – Saturday Night
6.) Matthew Chaim – Crash
7.) After Funk – Face In The Crowd
8.) Beat Market – Nebula
9.) The Franklin Electric – I Know The Feeling
10.) Royal Wood – Something About You
11.) Bahamas – All The Time
12.) The Bros. Landreth – Got To Be You
13.) Money & The Man – 25th Century Breakdown
14.) The Motorleague – Burned In Effigy

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The Lunchbox Interview: Jasmine Cull (Basketweaving)

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It’s always astonishing to use a material like wood, through techniques and patterns not found in nature, to create forms and representations of nature itself.

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 Jasmine Cull, an artist who practices basketweaving, albeit not always to make baskets. She was at the Barracks making sculptures using basketweaving techniques, and combining natural materials as raw materials in other art constructions. She describes the practice of carefully bending wood, as well as the importance to see, experience and practice other art techniques.

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Mornings Are Hard // 2019-07-30

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Track Listing: 
1.) Sufjan Stevens – Love Yourself
2.) MorMor – Outside
3.) Goth Babe – Weekend Friend
4.) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Cyboogie
5.) Jane’s Party – Satellite
6.) Mother Mother – Business Man
7.) Sloan – Essential Services
8.) The Racounteurs – Don’t Bother Me
9.) Florence + The Machine – Addicted To Love
10.) Beirut – Gallipoli
11.) The Smashing Pumpkins – Mayonaise
12.) The Motorleague – Like You Were Alive
13.) Jessie Brown – Debt (We Ain’t Got No Money)
14.) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Organ Farmer

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Anything Goes // 2019-07-20

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Track Listing: Anything Goes with Bondo – there is so much great new music out there
1.) Hein Cooper – Fear Of Missing Out
2.) Patrick Krief – Osaka
3.) Sauna – Carousel
4.) Absolutely Free – The Endless Scroll
5.) Foreign Diplomats – Charger
6.) Paper Beat Scissors – Gun Shy
7.) Little You Little Me – Traveled
8.) The Motorleague – Like You Were Alive
9.) Heart Attack Kids – The Driver
10.) Lily Frost – Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
11.) James Hill & Anne Janelle – Billie Jean
12.) Orville Peck – Dead Of Night
13.) Lindi Ortega – You Ain’t Foolin’ Me

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Mornings Are Hard // 2019-07-29

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Track Listing:
1.) Scott Orr – Seasons
2.) Champagne Superchillin’ – Amor Fati
3.) Boy Pablo – Never Cared
4.) Slater Manzo – Where I Want To Be
5.) Ren – Mind Games
6.) The Postal Service – Clarke Gabel
7.) Four Tet – High Fives
8.) Aphen Twin – Xtal
9.) Wangled Teb – Dark Place (Black Water Mix)
10.) Fractal Code – Dry Mouth Solution
11.) Boy Is Fiction – Until Mornings Comes
12.) Ray LaMontagne – Hold You In My Arms

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RFYL Episode – ToShredsYouSayEP079

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

 

I’m going to be honest with all of you: A lot of this week’s episode was just random stuff I was listening to over the past day or so. Is there really anything wrong with that? I don’t think so. Especially now that you’re listening to it, too.

So enjoy my playlist from yesterday, with about 23 extra hours omitted as I haven’t slept since Wednesday night. I need to go to bed. If it ever stops being hot.

PEACE.

Playlist:
Take Care Of U (ft Lydia Persaud) / Starlight Brigade (ft. Dan Avidan) – TWRP
Where The Vultures Gather – JIMBO
Meeting Of The Minds – Elektric Mistress
Come With Me Now – KONGOS
Keeper – Reignwolf
Red Skies – The Standstills
Eye To Eye – Blood Red Shoes
Thunder – Bloody Diamonds
Follow Me – Getaway Van
Strange Fruit – The Last Gang
Lente, Baby – the black frame spectacle
Get A Grip – Cardinels
Peace Of Mind – The JB Conspiracy

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The Lunchbox Interview: UNB Kids Songwriter’s Camp 2019

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Every generation is filled with stories, filled with their experiences — whether lived, loved, feared or witnessed.

My guests today are half of this year’s UNB Kids Songwriter’s Camp. These young creatives have spent the week combining their talents to write lyrics, create chords and learn to work together to perform entirely new songs. This year, they are led in part by alternative musician and lyricist Charles Harding, aka Property//.

The kids will be performing their songs at Marshall d’Avray Hall on July 28 at 10am-noon.

Property// will be performing with DenMother and JoJo Worthington on July 30 at 7:30pm at Grimross Brewing Company.

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The Lunchbox Interview: Len Falkenstein, Hannah Blizzard, Greg Everett (NotaBle Acts)

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Anyone who thinks that theatre is limited to what’s on the stage needs to go see a) theatre that isn’t presented on a stage, and b) a lot more theatre presented on a stage…

My guests today are all involved in this year’s Notable Acts Theatre Festival. Len Falkenstein is responsible for a tremendous amount of theatre in this city, and is the founder and organizer of NotaBle Acts. Hannah Blizzard has acted in numerous productions, but is directing the one-act play With Love, Josephine by Sophie Tremblay-Pitre. Greg Everett is a local playwright embracing his darker side with his one-act play, Gullywhump.

The NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival runs in numerous locations in the city until August 3. See the full festival schedule on their web site. The one-act plays With Love, Josephine and Gullywhump are being staged at Memorial Hall at UNB at 7:30pm from August 1st to 3rd.

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The Lunchbox Interview: Derek Davidson (Painting)

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There is nothing so common to see yet uncommon to capture than the human form, or the essence of a moment.

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 Derek Davidson, a sketch-and-paint artist. Derek talked about his work capturing natural scenes with sketches and paint, from spaces where the natural intrudes (e.g. dockside at St Andrews) to spaces where people are the focus. In his continued efforts to depict the essence of people, he’s challenging himself to sketch and paint faster, and is capturing bands live in Officer’s Square.

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!earshot20 // 2019-07-23

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Hour One: 
1.) Blood Orange – Benzo
2.) Lungbutter – Honey
3.) DRI HIEV – Of One
4.) Mac DeMarco – K
5.) The Black Keys – Get Yourself Together
Interview with Rory Taillon
6.) Rory Taillon – Gone (Bonus Track)
7.) Rich Aucoin – The Past
8.) The Raconteurs – Born and Razed
9.) Mr. Merlot – Love’s Going To Get You Again
10.) Tanika Charles – Cool Scorpio
11.) LAPS – Brunch

Hour Two:
12.) Hollerado – Speechless
13.) Foreign Diplomats – Amafula
14.) The Belle Comedians – Rosy (Bonus Track)
15.) Doomsquad – The Last Two Trees in LA
16.) Absolutely Free – Geneva Freeport
17.) Orville Peck – Nothing Fades Like The Night
18.) PUP – See You At Your Funeral
19.) CHIPS – Modern Days (Bonus Track)
20.) Pottery – Worked Up
21.) Necking – Still Exist
22.) Dumb – Club Nites
23.) Black Mountain – Boogie Lover

Mornings Are Hard // 2019-07-26

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Track Listing: 
1.) The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
2.) John Mayer – 3×5
3.) Said The Whale – I Love You
4.) BRONCHO – All Choked Up
5.) Foxwarren – Everything Apart
6.) Mo Kenney – Ahead Of Myself
7.) LAPS – Brunch
8.) The Belle Comedians – Margaret
9.) Salomé Leclerc – Ton équilibre
10.) Pineo & Loeb – Digital Love
11.) Daft Punk – Give Life back To Music
12.) Les Louanges – Westcott
13.) Bleum – Move With Me
14.) Jean Tonique – Something to Talk About ft. Keyone Starr

Mornings Are Hard // 2019-07-25

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Track Listing: 
1.) Thus Owls – As Long As We Try A Little
2.) Justin Timberlake – What Goes Around (+ Interlude)
3.) Adrian Underhill – Cruel
4.) Broken Bells – Leave It Alone
5.) Melissa Menago – Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Such Great Heights
6.) Great Lake Swimmers – Don’t Leave Me Hanging
7.) Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Flagship (live)
8.) Beyries – J’aura Cent Ans
9.) Owen Pallett – In Conflict
10.) BADBADNOTGOOD – Time Moves Slow
11.) Purity Ring – Push Pull
12.) Tora – Amsterdam

Mornings Are Hard // 2019-07-22

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Track Listing: 
1.) The Damn Truth – I Want You (He’s A Lightweight)
2.) Led Zeppelin – Trampled Underfoot
3.) The Black Keys – I Got Mine
4.) Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer – Black & Blue
5.) The Balconies – Boys and Girls
6.) The Motorleague – Like You Were Alive
7.) Soundgarden – Room A Thousand Years Wide
8.) Courtney Barnett – Everybody Here Hates You
9.) Crumb – Fall Down
10.) The Raconteurs – Now That You’re Gone
11.) Spoon – No Bullets Spent
12.) Thom Yorke – I Am A Very Rude Person
13.) Cairo – A History OF Reasons

A Book Club… on the Radio? // The Return Of Readful Things

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A book club… on the radio? Readful Things is returning this fall!

There’s a certain magic involved when it comes to getting lost in a good book. They can take you to a whole new world, introduce you to new friends, some of whom you’ll keep with you for the rest of your life.

Readful Things is a book club made up of a diverse group of people who love reading. Made up of varying members each month, we get together to discuss a different book each episode over snacks and a beverage. 😉

Our fall reading list includes:
Fiona Barton’s “The Child” (September)
Anthony Kiedis’ “Scar Tissue” (October)
Sally Thorne’s “The Hating Game” (November)
Note: there’s no book for December because of the holidays, but the winter reading list will be posted by then! We’re always open to suggestions.

We’re always looking for more members so feel free to get your friends involved, too! It’s a great way to escape everyday life and perhaps read things you wouldn’t have otherwise. Contact Readful Things and get involved!

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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