The Crazy Train Episode #XCIX(a)

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CTlogoA1Another 1 hour episode of the Crazy Train. A lot of new material in this episode, including the Canadian radio debut of Vancouver’s ‘My Cathartic Mind’! This brand new outfit based out of Burnaby, B.C. is made up of members from ‘Beverly Soul Crusher’ and ‘Scorched Earth Policy’, the track ‘Fight From Inside’ was only just recorded and mixed in the last couple of weeks!

Coming up on the Crazy Train: This upcoming Saturday Nov. 12th we’re finally back to a full two hour episode, Fredericton by-way-of Tracadie NB’s ‘ADN’ will join us at the beginning of the show to talk about their upcoming concert at Saint John’s (NB) ‘The Panic Room’ on Saturday Nov 19th. The rest of this episode  will be dedicated to the upcoming shows at the ‘Panic Room’. If your not familiar with this super popular gig house, be sure to tune in and I’ll fill you in on the story of the place and the incredible work that Jason Golding, Art Cramm and Ian Crouse do for Saint John and the New Brunswick Metal/Rock and Punk scene. These guys are the best! Even advertising the Crazy Train all over the Port City of Saint John.

I will be away playing with the Wasteland Zombies on Saturday Nov 19th, so expect a repeat episode.

On Saturday Nov 26th, we will celebrate the Crazy Train’s 100th Episode by welcoming on Andre Faust, the man who started the Crazy Train way way back in 1982! It’s gonna be a helluva celebration, so be sure to tune in!

Here’s the playlist for Episode #XCIX(a):

Crazy Train – Ozzy | Fight From Inside – My Cathartic Mind *NEW | Ace Of Spades – Lisa Leblanc | Black & Purple Gown – Black Tooth Grinn* NEW | Sacrifice o Purify – Exalt*NEW | Guillotine – Red Cain*NEW | Atlas Rise – Metallica*NEW | 147 Voices – Svetlanas | Nosferatu – Witchery | Devil Whore – Sergeant Thunderhoof

Upcoming Shows:

Saturday Nov 12th at the Panic Room is *S.T. The Art of Rebellion (Canada’s Premier Suicidal Tendencies tribute band)
*Rifium  *Failed States( A Tribute to Propagandhi) *Belligerent – Panic Room is located at 154 Union St. SJ Contact Jason through the Panic Room FB Page for entry details.

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Wednesday Nov 16th – At The Charlotte St. Arts Center is: Feels Like Home – Go To White Castle and Red Castle and Lost Within.

7-10PM ALL Ages show! The Arts Center is located at 732 Charlotte St. 

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November 17th: Thursday

Coming all the way from Lowell Massachusetts (U.S.A), LOS BUNGALITOS bring their thrashy hardcore to Fredericton to lay waste to the maniac mansion. Hard Charger will be on hand to deal out tinnitus and the almighty Cable Crusher will be handing out free stunners and power bombs!!!

Doors at 8
Cover $5-$10
19+
BYOB

Los Bungalitos
Hard Charger
Cable Crusher

 
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Friday Nov 18th at the Panic Room
Los Bungalitos from Lowell Ma(USA) are bringing their brand of thrashy punk to the Panic Room Nov 18th. Joining them for a night of ripping tunes and poor life decisions will be Chainsaw Boogie and The Tasty Wangs – 154 Union st SJ
cover $10
19+
BYOB
Los Bungalitos
Chainsaw Boogie
Tasty Wangs

Check the Panic Room FB page for details!

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Saturday November 19th at the Panic Room in Saint John NB, MEGA METAL SHOW WITH – Go To White Castle, Feels Like Home, Elevate the Virus, ADN and The Wasteland Zombies! 154 Union st SJ
 
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Sunday November 20th at the Charlotte St. Arts Center:
Rival Town (Toronto) will be making their way across the East Coast of Canada and are stopping in Fredericton for a night of pop punk, pizza and two steppin’. Opening for them will be Fredericton’s own punk rockers ‘Cable Crusher’. We also cant forget about hometown hardcore kids, ‘Lost Within’ & ‘Verses’. This event has a blend of genres for those who like to throw down to all types of music. This show will only be $5, so it shouldn’t hurt your wallet too much!! Come out and rock the night away!!
RIVAL TOWN (Toronto):
Verses (Fredericton):
Lost Within (Fredericton):
Cable Crusher (Fredericton):
November 20th, 2016
Charlotte Street Art Centre
Doors: 6pm Show: 6:30
All Ages
Admission: $5
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Saturday Dec  3rd at the Panic Room is Red Usurper, Belligerent and Mangler!
9-2 am $10 donation 19+ – BYOB 154 Union St SJ
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December 3rd and 4th is the Neighborhood Watch Christmas Food Drive, help out in any way you can! CAN get it!?
Message us on Facebook www.facebook.com/NeighbourhoodWatchBand and they’ll work out a time to COME TO YOU! and get your donations!
AND – Sat Dec. 17th 10-2AM is the Neighbourhood Watch Punk Rawk  Food Drive benefit show at the Panic Room, bring yer donations! Bring your spiked hair and leopard print spandex and PUNK IT UP! For a great cause! 6 Great Bands 
– War Sick  

– The Adhesives  
– City Bus Hand Jobs  
– Neighbourhood Watch 
– Cable Crusher 
– The Atomiks
Prizes and more.
Admission $10 + non perishable food items.
BYOB.
All proceeds with be donated to the Saint John North End Food Bank.
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If you got a show coming up, know of a show coming up, got a new single, new album and wanna debut it to the masses, send a message to crazytrainchsrATgmail.com
If you don’t hear me announce your show, I’m not dissin’ you, I just don’t know about it! SO let me know! Email me today!

 

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RFYL Episode: FlyingSoloAgainEP42

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks
On today’s episode, Guest 1 has disappeared into the aether to allow me to throw grunge at you! There’s rock and metal in here, and I comment on all the stuff that’s happening not in town! A lot of this seems the same to me, incidentally, as these shows go on. But hey, some people like hearing me talk, so I’ll keep on keeping on.

Lots of great stuff for you, regardless, so enjoy the podcast and, as always, send in your requests to RunForYourLifeCHSR@gmail.com !

Playlist:
miesha & the spanks – Stranger
The Pack AD – Teenage Crime
Lucys Crown – TOKYO
Zealots Desire – The Fool
Public Animal – It Don’t Seem Right
Rockyard – Grindhouse
Sleep Machine – Danger / Good To Be Bad
Beneath the Grid Music – Fit For Rivals – Special Kind Of Crazy
Die So Fluid – We Were Born To Kill Each Other
Hands Off Gretel – Queen Universe
We Hunt Buffalo – Hold On
The Dyadics – Better Way
Like A Motorcycle– Nobody Knows

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EA’s comments on releasing 2 shooters so close together.

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EA has finally commented on their thoughts on two of their games coming out so close together. EA’S CEO Andrew Wilson was asked if he would approach things differently next time when considering a release window with 2 shooters?, When asked about this he responded by saying while Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2 “have some overlap,” they “fulfill very different motivations in what a player is looking for.”

“We think there’s really three types of players,” Wilson said. “People that really love Battlefield and that kind of big strategic gameplay that will orient in that direction; the player that loves the fast, fluid, kinetic gameplay of Titanfall 2 that really orient in that direction; and the player that just has to play the two greatest shooters this year and will buy both. “And again, we’re very very excited about the quality in both titles,” he continued. “We believe they both will have a long sale cycle, both this quarter through the festive season and deep into the years to come.

“And so as we think about the long game on this, we couldn’t be in a better position for what we think is delivering great games to a very, very big player base.”

The Lunchbox Interview: Ashley Phinney (2016 Silver Wave Film Fest)

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lunchbox2016-swfilmfestWhat is a “place”, but the stories that are told of it and in it?

My guest today is Ashley Phinney, one of the organizers of the 2016 Silver Wave Film Fest and filmmaker in her own right. Each year, for the past 16 years, people from all over the province, the region — and indeed, the country! — have gathered to celebrate the best in film produced in the province and beyond. This is us reflecting us: our stories, our storytellers, our dreams made manifest on flickering images. We chat about each of the screenings, and the work that Ashley herself will be showing this weekend.

The Silver Wave Film Fest happens in several locations across the city from November 4 through 6, with multiple screenings each day. Check out the full schedule.

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Tomb Raiders Next title revealed.

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Lara Crofts next adventure is titled Shadow of the Tomb Raider reported on Reddit. Someone who is a member on Reddit took notice to someone on the subway in Montreal working on what looked like a presentation, showing a logo for Shadow of the Tomb Raider in the right hand corner. Sources from Kotaku did in fact confirm that Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the next and third installment of the Tomb Raider franchise.

God of War will not be at PlayStation Experience

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Sony’s new installment of the God of War franchise will not be at PlayStation experience in November. Director of God of War (Cory Barlog) announced on Twitter “Wont be showing any of the game at PSX”. Cory Barlog will be attending the event only to hang out with fans and play some games.

In another tweet from Barlog he said “the wait will be worth it, I promise we will show something really awesome when its ready”

Crazy Train Episode #XCIX

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CTlogoA1All request 1 Hour episode of the Crazy Train. Got in most of your requests. Thanks to everyone who made one!

So, we’re sitting at episode #99 of the Crazy Train. My hope was for Episode 100 was to have on the creator of the Crazy Train, the honorable Mr. Andre Faust. But, due to hockey games, me being away, the 100th Episode will have to be put on hold. I’m hoping we can do it on the weekend of Nov 26th. There’s no hockey that night and I’m just waiting to see if Andre is available. IF he is, well it’s going to be quite a treat. Andre is going to program and DJ the entire show (I’ll be there as “tech” help as so much has changed in the Studio ‘A’ since he was here in the early 1980’s).

I’d like to thank Jason, Art and Ian from the Panic Room in SJ. Jason has gone out and plastered Saint John with Crazy Train posters and shares every show and podcast I do. Thanks so much guys! I really, REALLY appreciate it. As I also appreciate all of you who tune in each week or listen in via the podcasts.

Enough babble! Here’s Episode #99 and the playlist:

All Request:

  1. Crazy Train – Ozzy| 2. Society’s Death Knell – The Muted Pitch| 3. Obsolete Ascendancy – First Fragment| 4. Weight of the World – Kilmore| 5. Sous France – ADN| 6. Dyson Sphere – Allegaeon| 7. Pristine Warning – Kyng| 8. Start The Fire – Metal Church| 9. No Longer Passengers – Thera| 10. Hiraeth – Red Cain

Next weekends Crazy Train will also just be a one hour show as there is another UNB V-Reds Hockey game which we’ll be broadcasting. On Saturday, November 12th, we’re back to a full two hours and Fredericton by way of Tracadie band ‘ADN’ will be joining me at the start of the show to talk about the much talked about event November 19th at Saint John NB’s ‘The Panic Room’ with ‘Go To White Castle’ ‘Feels Like Home’ ‘ADN’, ‘Elevate the Virus’ & ‘The Wasteland Zombies’! A mega hurricane of a show!

If you have a band, a new song, a new album you want to debut on the Crazy Train. Or maybe your band has a show coming up or even a tour, got a request? email the Crazy Train at: crazytrainchsrATgmail.com today!

Upcoming Shows:

November 17th: Thursday
Coming all the way from Lowell Massachusetts (U.S.A), LOS BUNGALITOS bring their thrashy hardcore to Fredericton to lay waste to the maniac mansion. Hard Charger will be on hand to deal out tinnitus and the almighty cable crusher will be handing out free stunners and power bombs!!!

Doors at 8
Cover $5-$10
19+
BYOB

Los Bungalitos
Hard Charger
Cable Crusher

 
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Friday Nov 18th at the Panic Room
Los Bungalitos from Lowell Ma(USA) are bringing their brand of thrashy punk to the Panic Room Nov 18th. Joining them for a night of ripping tunes and poor life decisions will be Chainsaw Boogie and The Tasy Wangs
cover $10
19+
BYOB
Los Bungalitos
Chainsaw Boogie
Tasty wangs

Check the Panic Room FB page for details!

 
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Saturday, November 19th
The Panic Room in Saint John is proud to present:
Go To White Castle, Feels Like Home, Elevate the Virus, ADN and The Wasteland Zombies!
Showtime 10PM $10 admission 19+ BYOB
See the Panic Room Facebook page for entry and address details
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Sunday November 20th at the Charlotte St. Arts Center:
Rival Town (Toronto) will be making their way across the East Coast of Canada and are stopping in Fredericton for a night of pop punk, pizza and two steppin. Opening for them will be Fredericton’s own punk rockers ”Cable Crusher’. We also cant forget about hometown hardcore kids, ‘Lost Within’ & ‘Verses’. This event has a blend of genres for those who like to throw down to all types of music. This show will only be $5, so it shouldnt hurt your wallet too much!! Come out and rock the night away!!
RIVAL TOWN (Toronto):
Verses (Fredericton):
Lost Within (Fredericton):
Cable Crusher (Fredericton):
November 20th, 2016
Charlotte Street Art Centre
Doors: 6pm Show: 6:30
All Ages
Admission: $5
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Battlefield 1 Review

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Dice brings back Battlefield with an all new installment in the franchise, taking us all the way back to World War 1. World War 1 was the world that shook and changed the world, it was the said to be the wars to end all wars, does this installment live up to its potential or does it die in the trenches? let’s find out.

So let us start off with the campaign, in Battlefield 1’s campaign you will play as six different soldiers, a British tank driver, an American pilot, an Italian brute soldier looking for his brother, a female soldier working alongside Lawrence of Arabia, legend of the Australian army and, an African American foot soldier fighting deep within the trenches of Europe. Across these journeys, on different continents of the world, you will experience different things like tank battles in a town square in France, dog fights over the fields of Germany, horseback fighting in the middle east. During the course of the campaign in just about every section, you will end up doing some stealth just so you do not get obliterated by every soldier in the area.

The campaign is not where it is at in this game though while being very good it’s multiplayer that makes you really appreciate the game. The multiplayer consist of an all new operations mode which is what I have played the most, in a nutshell, operations is rush mode but on a bigger scale. The multiplayer gives you that true sense of what it was like being in the war at the time the dirty warfare of the trenches and, being in no man’s land trying to pick off your opponent. You feel a shot of adrenaline pump through your veins when running from an opponent shooting at you through the trenches and the muddy field or, watching as an enemy tank rolls right over you while you hide out in a hole in the ground.

Battlefield 1 may have taken us back to a war that has not been done in many games to this scale, but it’s a step in the right direction for Dice and EA. The campaign was short but sweet with very little issues and, the online is amazing and truly one of a kind experience that you won’t find anywhere else.

Battlefield 1: 9.5/10
Excellent job Dice and EA.
Reviewed by ICE at Gamers of the Round Table

To rent or buy Battlefield 1 go to gameaccess.ca Canada’s number one video game rental service.

Anything Goes 2016-10-29

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Track Listing: Anything Goes with Bondo – there is so much great new music out there

1.) Ada Lee – 1000 Ways

2.) Emilie & Ogden – What Happened

3.) Alexandria Maillot – Smitten

4.) Boreal Sons – What Becomes

5.) Tropic Harbour – Stay Awake

6.) Tanya Yagaq ft. SHAD – Centre

7.) Sunshine & The Blue Moon – Welcome to the Future

8.) Twist – Keep You Under

9.) Lanikai – Hey Hey (OK In Love)

10.) Joseph – Canyon

11.) Les Deuxluxes – So Long, Farewell

12.) Les Deuxluxes – Queen of Them All

13.) Monomyth – High on Sunshine

14.) Lisa LeBlanc – I Love You, I Don’t Love You, I Don’t Know

15.) Free Judges – A Hexagon

RFYL Episode: SixthHalloweenmasEP42

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks
Another month of episodes is finally finished! This month, however, goes out with our tradition of Halloweenmas! Check out today’s episode and feel all the dark and spooky stuff I channeled into the playlist.

Also, I tell you where to get all the best deals on music, who to sign up with to get songs for free, and I praise all the artists I love. Hint: If I didn’t like them, I wouldn’t play them.

Here’s a playlist! As always, you can fire a request off for next week’s show by emailing me at RunForYourLifeCHSR@gmail.com !

Playlist:
Sleep Machine – Animal High
Screech Bats – ET
Dorothy – Wicked Ones / Dark Nights
Public Animal – Storm Song
Rockyard – Ghosts
Die So Fluid – Dead Twin Sister
Diemonds – Hell Is Full
Beneath the Grid Music – Stitched Up Heart – Monster
Shades of Sorrow – Tome of Deceptions
Kill Matilda – Needle & Thread
A Primitive Evolution – Becoming
Tsunami Bomb – Contare Del Morte
The Creepshow – Halloween

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The Lunchbox Interview: Isabelle & Bianca (Identity Journey Reading)

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LunchBox-IdentityJourneyAll journeys end; the best ones end up somewhere where they can be shared.

My guests today are Isabelle and Bianca, the force behind the theatre project The Identity Journey. For over a year, they worked to first gather statements about New Brunswick identity from youth all across the province, and then to transform those responses into a theatre piece. They are nearly completed, with a reading of the play to be given at Moncton’s Empress Theatre on October 28. With luck, they’ll be able to find the funds to do a full staging of the performance.

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The Lunchbox Interview: Nadia Francavilla & Andrew Miller (The Cabinet of Dr Caligari live soundtrack)

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lunchbox2016-thecabinetofdrcaligariSound is a dimension in experience as vital as sight, especially in making film more than two dimensional.

My guests today are Nadia Francavilla (UNB Artist-in-Residence) and Andrew Miller (composer, founder of Open Arts in Saint John), half of a quartet putting a live music soundtrack to the classic horror film The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. The live performance will be in Saint John on October 29 at the Open Arts theatre and on November 2 at Memorial Hall at UNB Fredericton.

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