Robert Lund returns for a third retrospective on his late wife, actress Zoe Tamerlis Lund of Ms. 45, Bad Lieutenant and Special Effects, and more!
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Not everybody starts gaming by picking up a Player’s Handbook or GM’s Guide and reading it. Most of us are brought into the hobby by other games that start to awaken interest in more sophisticated roleplaying experiences. We gather to talk about some of the games which inspired us to get into gaming, or which we have seen other people get interested in.
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This morning on Mornings Are hard we have a bunch of new music to share, plus talk about a new music streaming app that’s meant to make listening to music more social!
Track Listing: 
1.) Horace Bray – How It Works
2.) Shadow – Moon
3.) PillowTalk – Pearl District
4.) Sun K – High in the City
5.) Wishkaah – Honey Nights
6.) Silver Wolf Band – A Thousand Years
7.) Madeleine Roger – Soldier Song
8.) MAZ – ID Circulaire
9.) les Païens – Pas Ton Char
10.) Sierra Pilot – Femme Fatale
11.) Ament – Safe in the Car
12.) UNI – What’s The Problem
13.) Little You, Little Me – Evador
With so much of modern media rapidly and pointlessly switching between target locations, it’s important to remember just how much drama we can extract from a single spot..
My guests this week are Len Falkenstein (UNB Director of Drama), Temi Osunbunmi (actor), Mary Walker (actor) and Julianne Richard (actor). This week, Theatre UNB brings not one but two plays, a double-feature of one-act, locked room mystery plays, overall entitled There’s No Getting Out Of Here Alive!. The evening presents Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit and Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound. The group joins me to talk about the challenges and benefits of single-location, one-act plays, as well as what sort of dark or ridiculous humour we can expect to see.
There’s No Getting Out Of Here Alive! opens on Thursday, November 29 at 7:30pm at Memorial Hall on UNB campus, and runs Friday and Saturday nights as well. Don’t miss it!
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Track Listing: 
1.) Lisa LeBlanc – Dump The Guy ASAP
2.) The Montgomery Street Band – The Busker’s Lament
3.) Kylie Fox – Alberta
4.) Rube & Rake – What Do You Do
5.) Jessica Rhaye – Sun Will Shine For You
6.) The O’Pears – Stay Warm (Ontario)
7.) Jeremy Dutcher – Sakomawit
8.) Kurtis Eugene – For What It’s Worth
9.) Colin Fowlie – Taker
10.) Mike Biggar – Blood From A Stone
11.) Grand Theft Bus – Hot Laundy
12.) Tampa – Hot Minute
13.) Young Satan In Love – Beef It
14.) Deep Fryer – Jeremy
“Pastel (w/ Snail’s House)” by Moe Shop
“Saison Estivale” by Dylarama off the album Certified Cutie
“Funky Fly Free” by Dana Jean Phoenix off the album PixelDust
“Spacetime Thoughtcrime” by Mirrorvoid off the album Neon Tattoo
“Tides” by Blake Inc. off the album Chiptunes = WIN; Volume 7
“Reflection” by Scythe off the album Chipscape
“Fuji Sunset” by gwEm off the album instruMENTAL
“The Getaway” by Aloe Island Posse off the album Goodnight Aloe Island
“Sunshine” by Snowshoo off the Snowshoo EP
“Promises” by Vercetti off the album Online Dating
“Rust In The Wind” by elmobo off the Double Kick Heroes, Vol.1 (Original Game Soundtrack)
“Battle of Isa (Battle Theme) by Dead Genre Studios off the Of Songs And Men (The Daybreak Empire Original Soundtrack)
S U B M I T by Random-storykeeper off the Love Love! Space Attack OST
“Transit” by Harmony Steel off the album Dreamer
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Whitney Rydbeck Interview: Friday the 13th, Part 6 – Jason Lives exclusive! Playing Roy and paintball. Reflections on Sleeper, Rocky 2, 1941, and A Very Brady Sequel, and more!
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4-7 UNB Hockey
7-8 CHSR’s Top Ten Countdown
Crazy Train will be back next Saturday
Moving sucks. Not just the act of moving, but leading UP to moving. All of it sucks.
So here’s a whole bunch of awesome tunes that I have been blaring all day while working on moving. I’m slowly going through my library of older tunes (older as in 5~ years) to unearth them yet again. I also need to start thinking about this year in review and what I’ll be playing in December.
Yikes.
ANYWAY HERE’S A PLAYLIST:
Playlist:
The Moment – Wolfheart
Times to Remember – Dead Sara [Official]
Burn it Down – Diemonds
Dawn to Dusk – Kilmore
Lucid Dreaming – Cardinels
Undefeated – Sumo Cyco
The Giant’s Causeway/Keep It Refreshing – We Hunt Buffalo
Summoner – Striker (CAN)
Cleanse the Bloodlines – Unleash The Archers
Existential Baby – Die So Fluid
The Beauty – A Primitive Evolution
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In this episode, we did we did a tribute episode for Stan Lee.
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Track Listing:
1.) Gavin Simms – Stranger
2.) Jerry-Faye – Kings College Road
3.) Adyn Townes – Didn’t Mean Anything
4.) Kirsten Ludwig – Borderline (Victoria, BC)
5.) Anne Janelle – Friend Of Mine
6.) Art Of The Possible – Passerby
7.) Pretty Archie – Tell Me You’re Leaving
8.) Whitney Rose – You Never Cross My Mind
9.) The Town Heroes – Everything
10.) Walrus – Regular Face
11.) The Stogies – Gift Horse
12.) The Stogies – Happenstance
13.) Jessie Brown – Debt (We Ain’t Got No Money)
Track Listing:
1.) Erin Costelo – Epilogue
2.) Ian Janes – Any Fool
3.) Colin Fowlie – Running Over
4.) Matt Mays – Ola Volo
5.) Matt Mays – Station Out Of Range
6.) Wooden Horsemen – I’ve Been Changed
7.) Tampa – Fold Yourself
8.) Owen Steel + Motherhood – 50/50 Kid
9.) Janowskii – Genocide
10.) Wicked Vices – Avalanche
11.) Melonvine – Summer
12.) FM Berlin – Yer Honour
13.) Jessie Brown – Ghost
14.) Adam Baldwin – Love You With My Eyes Closed
We often say it is the season of giving; it is often hard to know what to give someone, but sometimes it is obvious.
My guest today is Sabrina, a young woman living in Fredericton far from her home in Newfoundland. She’s here in the city with ambitions to go into journalism, which has kept her from seeing her family for four years. Unfortunately, her great-grandmother has passed away, and she’s seeking help from the public to help her get back home for a while, to support her family and draw some strength from her. She joins me on the show to talk about her grandmother’s influence on her life, and the additional medical difficulties that make travelling home a significant financial burden.
If you feel inclined, you are encouraged to contribute to Sabrina’s GoFundMe campaign, or contact her directly to offer your support via phone: (506) 230-7557.
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Track Listing:
1.) Single Mothers – Marathon
2.) Single Mothers – Catch & Release
3.) We Hunt Buffalo – Angler Must Die
4.) Panda Bear – Boys Latin
5.) Tennis – Ladies Don’t Play Guitar
6.) Father John Misty – Birdie
7.) Joe Nolan – All You Gotta Do
8.) Braden Gates – Best Of Me
9.) Michael Feuerstack – Birds of Prey
10.) Shadow – Surrounded
11.) Ensign Broderick – Anonymous Incorporated
12.) Caracol – Les Yeux Transparents
13.) Radiohead – Morning Bell
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Track Listing:
1.) The Lifers – Sister
2.) Kalle Mattson – Strangers
3.) Foreign Diplomats – Tender Night
4.) Friends of Foes – Where You Gonna Run?
5.) Matt Boudreau – Marie
6.) Blues Traveller – Secret Agent Man
7.) Alice in Chains – No Excuses
8.) Sleepy Sun – Crave
9.) The Preatures – Girlhood
10.) Peach Kelli Pop – Black Cat 13
11.) Jock Tears – Nasty Boy
12.) Me First and The Gimmie Gimmies – Ain’t no Sunshine
13.) Me First and The Gimmie Gimmies – Isn’t She Lovely
14.) Gogol Bordello – Familla Bonfireball
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Track Listing:
1.) The Ennis Sisters – Sunken Garden
2.) Jon Fidlar – Ten years
3.) Andy Brown – Tin man
4.) Kaia Kater – New Colossus
5.) Ian Sherwood – In The Darkness
6.) The Barrowdowns – The Impostor
7.) Brent Mason – Count The Rings
8.) The Hypochondriacs – Two Bottles Of Whiskey
9.) Nebullama – Secret World
10.) Wangled Teb – Floating Garden ft. Kelly Waterhouse
11.) Jonah Haché – Art>Dance>Party
12.) Instruments – Clocks
“Far From Home” by Chibby off the album Warm Emotions
“Moment in slow motion” by Satellite Young
“Skeletons” by Villainest off the album A Vision of Light
“Adventure Awaits (feat. Themnotyou)” by Dya off the album Fall Damage
“Delirium Overture” by Rock Candy off the album Rock Candy
“Dancefloor Sneakers” by Sparkly Night off the album Beaches
“From The Day I Saw You” by Strawberry Station off the album Strawberry Dreams
“Field of Hopes and Dreams” by Toby Fox off the DELTARUNE Chapter 1 OST
“The Riverlands” by FamilyJules off the album The Eightfold Road: Metal Arrangements from Octopath Traveler
The artist behind The Eightfold Road (Metal Arrangements from Octopath Traveler). He has made hundreds of covers and medleys of his favorite video game music and put them up on YouTube for millions to enjoy. Metal or Acoustic; Ska or Jazz; he takes in the music and breaths out his own sound. 
If you haven’t already, check out his twitter, youtube & bandcamp!
“Your Love is a Drug ft. Adriana Figueroa (insaneintherain arrange)” by Garoad off the album VA-11 HALL-A EX – Bonus Tracks Collections
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Track Listing:
1.) The Tortoise The Hare and The Millionaire – Tell Me Lies
2.) Brandon Isaak – Right Around The Corner (Vancouver, BC)
3.) Manitoba Hal – My Dyin’ Day
4.) Saint-Jack – Enfer Blanc
5.) Floodland – Tangled
6.) Young Satan In Love – Datin’ Satan
7.) Joshua Van Tassel – Chapter 5: The Passenger
8.) Brookside Mall – Canis Major
9.) Owen Steel + Motherhood – Slick Rick
10.) David R. Elliott – I’m not Him
11.) Colin Fowlie – Harmony
12.) Red Herring – Shoulders
13.) Hero’s Last Rite – The Mirror’s Face
Track Listing: 
1.) Shaela Miller – Hard Knock Upside My Head
2.) Mariel Buckley – Wait
3.) Annie Lou – Delilah
4.) Good Lovelies – Daylight
5.) Kandle – Last Breath
6.) Anemone – Bout De Toi
7.) U.S. Girls – Pearly Gates
8.) Monowhales – Real Love
9.) Milk & Bone – BBBLUE
10.) Milk & Bone – Nevermore
11.) Charlotte Day Wilson – Stone Woman
12.) Basement Revolver – Dancing
13.) Baby Cages – Polly
14.) Baby Cages – Gold
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Nancy McLoughlin returns to Python’s Paradise. Talks more Friday the 13th, Part 6 – Jason Lives, Date With an Angel, and Sometimes They Come Back. Also the Doubtfire Face Challenge accepted for suicide / depression awareness. The Greenhouse Productions, a new web series, and more!
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Today on Mornings Are Hard we talk about the new premium YouTube streaming service, and the Chris Cornell music video for When Bad Does Good. Plus we hear tracks from:
1.) Tame Impala – Expectation
2.) Chad Vangaalen – Inside the Molecules
3.) Sun K – I’ll Need You
4.) Ryan Adams – Dirty Rain
5.) Petunia – Cold Heart Breaker
6.) The Lay Awakes – Do You Think We’re Falling In Love
7.) Colin Fowlie – Harmony
8.) Chris Cornell – When Bad Does Good
9.) Tokyo Police Club – New Blues
10.) Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains – I Hate My Friends
11.) The Naked and Famous – Young Blood
12.) Thom Yorke – Suspirium
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Instead of looking up at the stars, we can look over the players upon the stage and know the universe..
My guests today are Robin Whittaker (Artistic Producer at Theatre St Thomas) and Becca (actor). They join me to talk about the upcoming TST performance of an adaptation of a Bertholt Brecht play, entitled “A Life of Galileo”. We talk about the unusual staging of this play, it’s look at Galileo, and how the play fits into a year-long celebration of Galileo’s life and work. The play runs November 21-24 at the Black Box Theatre at STU.
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Each week, our very own Bondo (host of 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 brings us Matt Boudreau, a French rocker from Moncton. From his album Goéland, she chose 800km.
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Part of east coast metal’s 10-year club, the Annapolis Valley trio Doom Machine returns with their fifth album “The War Inside”.
This album shows the band in a very comfortable spot in their sound and has balanced the dosage they mix traditional, thrash and stoner metal elements with their overarching theme of doom metal.
The album starts with its lead single “Disasteroid”, which is accompanied by a video which parodies CNN, Trump quotes and fear mongering. The tune itself is a bass-heavy anthem which has the classic slow-burn of the doom/stoner genres accompanied by a sonic guitar line paired with the Maiden-esque tones from vocalist Bill Arsenault.
We then transition into the chunky groove of the track “At Last….WE REIGN”. The vocals on this track bounce between the previous anthemic tones with gravel-filled growls that trail in at the end of each phrase of lyrics. The riffs become more chopped up as the track ramps up with a vengeful thrash vibe with shredding guitars on the songs final kick.
This song features the first dose of a plethora of great solos from guitarist Colin Birnie, some of the best coming on tracks like “Edge of Time”, “Sprocket” and “Rising.”
Next is the instrumental “Amaranantha/The Next 1000 Years” which begins with a prog-based intro layered with a brief splash of piano which builds into a series of chord progressions and solos that worship the alter of Black Sabbath.
We then hear the track “Scarecrow II: The Fallen”, which is a sequel to the track “Scarecrow” off their previous album, that is chock full of apocalyptic overtones.
The albums title track comes in with a circling, crunchy stoner riff that makes you want to stomp your feet. Arsenault’s raspy growls really blend with the guitar tones to give the music some bite.
“Just Like You” is the most peculiar track on the album. The band blends chord progressions derived heavily from AC/DC with their signature tone to give the classic sound some extra muscle. The lyrical content branches into a very personal narrative about being the bigger person and are delivered with a lot more angst, most comparable to Twisted Sister. While this track is an awkward fit within the rest of the album, the experimentation should be applauded.
We resume the album’s trajectory with the track “Rising” which serenades the losers and cheaters of the world. Again, we hear a lot of low-end on this track and of course its previously mentioned solo which soars off an impressive, well-pitched note from Arsenault.
The album continues its dark attitude with the track “The World Burns” with robotic vocals that provide a canon harmony on the chorus and imagery of the complacency we display towards global issues.
“Against The Grain” follows with another heavy, condescending riff that is layered with creepy synths, complemented with defiant vocals.
The album ends with “Ascension” which clocks in at just over 10 minutes. It brings back the element of piano on the album, this time in layers, fading into another spaced out intro before tightening into its full rhythm. The track follows a downward spiral; dropping, or rather ascending, further into a dark place. This reflects in the lyrics with lines like “These chains cannot bind, but they cannot free me.” The piano from the intro bubbles to the surface again, chilling your spine once more before its conclusion.
Track Listing: 
1.) Joshua Van Tassel – Failure
2.) Dark Orchard – Lenin & McCarthy
3.) Church of Trees – Like Gary Numan ft. DeeDee Butters
4.) Shadow – Broken Record
5.) Ensign Broderick – Ever Only
6.) Nebullama – Elemenopé
7.) Wangled Teb – Tea For Two ft. Alexandra Peters
8.) Michael Feuerstack – Don’t Make Me Say It
9.) Kalle Mattson – Kids on the Run
10.) Colin Fowlie – Running Over
11.) Kaia Kater – Canyonland
12.) Belle Plaine – Golden Ring
13.) Caracol – Flooded Field ft. Illa J
14.) Single Mothers – Marathon
