This morning I had the pleasure of speaking with Carla Bonnell and she even treated us to a couple of live songs with her acoustic guitar. I love this gig!
Don’t forget to vote in this week’s Rosie Morning Song Battle!
Rosie Morning Song Battle Jaclyn Reinhart vs David In the Dark 04-07-16
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Something quite a bit different for this episode, to be sure!
I love going to conventions, particularly science-fiction conventions. I’ve gone to Balticon in Baltimore, MD for several years now, in part to attend the convention itself, and in part to hang out with a whole lot of very creative, interesting and fun folks I’ve met and admired over the years in the pod-o-sphere.
I’ve been on panels and moderated a few (this year: Misuse and Abuse of Science), but I haven’t hosted many of my own. I’m never quite sure what they will be, and that’s not a great way to build a panel.
At least.. that’s what I used to think!
I designed two panels to potentially host at Balticon, but they were very late in telling me whether or not they had been approved, so I backed off doing any work for them, on the theory that I didn’t have time to spend a lot of time preparing for something that wasn’t likely to happen. (I’ve been burned on that before, thoroughly preparing a roleplaying game scenario for a convention and then never running it.)
And then, they let me know, about two weeks before the convention, that both of my ideas were accepted, albeit as each half-hour panels back-to-back.
Ahem.
I tried to get some of the work I would need to pull them off ready, but then realized that I had another panel presentation to prepare for — a professional one — for another conference I would be going to the week after the convention. Faced with decreased time, I simply decided to merge the two panel slots into one, and then do the initial panel presentation/discussion I had intended.
So, that’s what this week’s recording is: the panel I led at Balticon, entitled Looking at the World in a WEIRD Way. It’s not entirely coherent, and is more like one of my older solo episodes combined with audience feedback and participation. It’s not exactly what I intended, but once I threw out the rulebook and simply existed in the space, I found it actually went well.
I won’t be presenting this madness again next year; instead, I intend to prepare and propose the other panel, entitled WEIRD or WHAT? I’m hoping I can solicit help from some of my very creative friends to do a panel inspired by a segment called Bluff The Listener from the NPR program Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.
We shall see..
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I interview Stefan Arngrim as my third casting interview from the cult film Class of 1984 where he played Drugstore. We also discuss his involvement in the Kathryn Bigelow sci-fi cult film Strange Days!
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Matt Andersen Breakaway
Paul Reddick Celebrate
Jordan Patterson Heartbreaker (Revisited)
Steve Hill Can’t Take It With You
Buddy Guy Born to Play Guitar
Janiva Magness Love Wins Again
Albert Castiglia Let the Big Dog Eat
Tommy Castro Common Ground
Tommy Castro The Devil You Know
Danielle Nicole Wolf Den
Tedeschi Trucks Band Let Me Get By
Jackie Greene Silver Lining
Walkin’ Cane Mark Trying to Make You Understand
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Playlist
Hot Shot Debut Kaia Kater Nine Pin Ti Chagrin
Hot Shot Debut Josiah & the Bonnevilles Cold Blood Cold Blood
Last Week’s #1 Cellarghost In the Whiteout In the Dark
#10 Various Oh Hi! No 1 Tamara Sander -Blood Money
#9 The Claypool Lennon Delirium Monolith of Phobos Breath of a Salesman
#8 The Small Glories Wondrous Traveller Had I Paid
#7 Basia Bulat Good Advise Time
#6 Black Mountain IV Crucify Me
#5 Walrus Goodbye Something Feels
#4 Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think… An Illustration of Loneliness
#3 Weaves Weaves Eagle
#2 Little Scream Cult Following Love As a Weapon
#1 Andy Shauf The Party Early to the Party
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On today’s episode, Guest 1 abandons me yet again, but a challenger appears in his place! We have MrSenorPockets joining me as he does once every year as he visits. Also, Superfan Shane makes an appearance via Twitter as he often does (find me on twitter as @RFYLMatt )
We play a lot of long tracks, fast tracks, slow tracks, all tracks, good tracks, best tracks, you decide it’s a music show come on where did my punctuation go?
If you have any requests for next week’s show, let me know by leaving a comment here or harassing me via the various means of social media that I happen to use for this expressed purpose. Also, listen to a podcast, people. Pod people!
Playlist:
The Joy Formidable – It’s Started / The Last Thing On My Mind
Lionsault – lmb
Bloody Diamonds – Sugar and Spice
Double Experience – SOFINe
Rockyard – The Impact
Beneath the Grid Music – The Beautiful Monument – Anarchy In Black
Diemonds – Wild At Heart
Mokomokai – Walkin Boss
Tsunami Bomb – No One’s Looking
Kitchen Witch – Like Blood
SOIL&”PIMP”SESSIONS – Omotenashi
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Is there anyone who hasn’t wanted to chance to become your favourite character for a while?
This weekend has a lot to celebrate! Beyond the big Canada Day party is another celebration of stories bigger than ourselves: Animaritime! This three-day fun, fan convention centres on a number of eternal entertainments that appeal to kids and adults alike: animation (specifically Japanese anime), video games, roleplaying games and costuming (cosplay).
My guest today is Chris Ryder, Assistant Convention Operations Director of Animaritime. We discuss some of the things to look forward to this weekend, from special guests to anime viewings to speed-running video games and, of course: lots of costumes!
Music today:
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Music comes from story, heart and mind.
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.
Katherine Moller is a musician, in every way: performer, composer, teacher and listener. She’s spending her time this week as one of the Artist’s-in-Residence creating music in front of visitors. She’s set herself a goal: take the stories, culture and memories of the joy, hardship and adventure of early Irish settlers to this region, and transform that into music. We talk about her creation process, inspiration, and turning heads with music.
Music today:
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An artist can reveal the things that are real but not really there.
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.
Carter Chase creates art, images which reflect his thoughts, his ideas, his dreams, his music. He paints in the rain and painstakingly details ink drawings. He challenges himself and minimizes his palette. He joins me to talk about his sources of inspiration, the mediums he’s most commonly working in, and new things on the horizon.
Music today:
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We discuss calcium and where we can get it if not from dairy products with SLS Health Coaches John and Mary-Ellen Landry. Tune in!
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Jaclyn Reinhart visited Rosie Morning to talk about her new album, Adventures; and our regular Thursday morning Health Panel, John and Mary-Ellen (SLS Health Coaches) discuss calcium. You think you can only get calcium from dairy? Think again 🙂
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On this weekends edition of the Crazy Train Steve ‘The Buzz Man’ was back in the coop! No guests this weekend, so we continued on with dishing out more METAL from bands playing the Maritime Metal & Hard Rock Festival #IV and The East Coast Awakening festivals. There’s a lot of bands, so there’s going to be no shortage of head smashing tunes that will take us up right to those festivals!
Here’s the playlist for Episode #90:
Hour 1: Crazy Train – Ozzy| Cancer Culture – Rosewood Annie| Struggle To Survive – Go To Whitecastle| Conquer Darkness/Dragged To Hell – Hard Charger| Fractel – Death Lullaby| Pandorum – Lost Creation| Sous France – ADN| *NEW* Knockout – Last Kick| Under The Weight – Hitman|
Hour II: Aggressive – Beartooth| Elitist Ones – Whitechapel| People = Shit – Slipknot| Hands All Over – Soundgarden| III – Noire| Trend Killer – The Haunted| Prototype – Septic Flesh| Dirge Inferno – Cradle Of Filth| A Light In The Dark – Metal Church| Battery – Metallica
Thanks to everyone who tuned it. On next weeks show we’ll have on a newer local Metal act called ‘Soulstice’. Soulstice won the ECA battle of the bands a month or so ago, earning them a coveted slot at the East Coast Awakening happening of course July 29, 30, 31st. So the guys will join us live in the studio and we’ll talk about where they’ve come from and where they plan on going!
So yeah we’re almost a month away from THE craziest Summer yet for Metal in Atlantic Canada.
Get your tickets NOW for the Maritime Metal & Hard Rock ‘fest IV – July 22/23 at the Hant’s County fair grounds in Windsor Nova Scotia: www.maritimemetalfest.com
East Coast Awakening at Wark’s Point in Keswick Ridge (just outside Fredericton): https://www.facebook.com/events/715437921931310/
If you’re in a Metal band, know of a Metal band, got a show? a new single or album? Email the Crazy Train at: crazytrainchsrATgmail.com!
See ya’s next week!
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Steve and I had the pleasure of hosting Matt Comeau of the Matt Comeau Band this morning on the show. He treated us to some wonderful unplugged renditions of some of his songs. Check him out tonight at Grimross Breweries at 7:30!
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Playlist
Tim Williams Lightenin’
Jeff Healey Daze of the Night
Jeff Healey Baby Blue
Colin Linden Knob & Tube
Matt Andersen Honest Man
Matt Andersen The Gift
Norinne Braun Alberta
Milky White & the Bluesmen Milky White
Jeff Wyatt Swamp Rat Blues
Andrew Moore Love You to Death
Fresh Goat Something
Bernie Morissette Rose Coloured Glasses
David Sinclair & Keith Bennett Best of Intentions
Matt Schofield Don’t Know What I’d Do
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I had a great conversation with Author and musician, Paula Tozer this morning on LIVING! Check it out here!
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On today’s episode, we pretend we’re super topical by casually throwing around “Brexit” while trying to google what it means. Also, we play a lot of super awesome music because we always do that, but especially so because it’s kind of proggy in a stoner rock way. Are those descriptions? No.
Be sure to tune in and hear us talk to Super Fan Shane on Twitter by having sort-of one-sided conversations since you can’t really hear him talk back to us (though you can go to Twitter and find it – RFYLMatt ) and bam. There you go. It’s like you’re really there, except you weren’t, so if you were listening live and confused…
Welcome to the show.
See you next week.
Playlist:
THE BALCONIES – Money Money
The Pack AD – So What
Tsunami Bomb – Obligation
Kilmore – Rising Sun
Bloody Diamonds – Medicine
A Primitive Evolution – Becoming
Stitched Up Heart – Now That You’re Gone
Beneath the Grid Music – Mr. Bella – Don’t Tell Me No
Kitchen Witch – Like Blood / Delusion
The Joy Formidable – Passerby
Rockyard – The Chase
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Some build with brick and wood; others, with words and paragraphs.
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.
Mark Anthony Jarman teaches creative writing at UNB, and writes short stories, novels and non-fiction books. He’s spending the week “writing in public” at the Barracks.
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Those who weave can truly be said to bring the world together.
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.
Lisa Fullerton is a basket-weaver. She has spent the last three-and-a-half years since graduating from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design creating hundreds of baskets out of different materials, following different patterns and with a wide palette of colours.
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Films require vision, which is not in the eyes.
A surprise second guest for this Thursday: Tim Rayne is a local film-maker whose company, Raynemaker Productions, has recently been awarded a substantial TeleFilm grant. Tim is also a former Station Manager at CHSR!
He stops in to catch me up on the work he has been doing in film, as well as the great opportunities he’s got coming up on the horizon.
To end off the interview, I played the track No, Please from Motherhood‘s recent release, Baby Teeth.
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The world is your community; the community, your world.
For the past 8 years, Fredericton has been enthusiastically celebrated the multitudes of international cultures that have become integrated into the fabric of our community. The Cultural Expressions Festival is the peak of that celebration. This weekend, dozens of performances from over 20 parts of the world will fill the stage in Officer’s Square, and food from all four corners of the world will tempt your tastebuds.
My guest today is Hushi, one of the organizers behind this year’s Festival. He joins me to talk about the things you’ll be able to see, taste and do there, the preparation that goes into this year’s festival, and a bit about this year’s highlighted cultures of Iran.
The 8th Annual Cultural Expressions Festival runs June 23-24 in Officer’s Square.
To end the interview, I played a multicultural bonanza of a track: from the band Reykavictim who come from the Czech Republic, from an album partially written in France and recorded in Shanghai, a Chinese track called Dao Shi Hou from the album Xiao Di Fang.
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We talked about my journey thus far and some of the successes and challenges I’ve experienced in going Whole Food/Plant Based
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It was a busy but exciting Rosie Morning as Tammie and I spoke with singer/songwriter Max Marshall who is playing at Ringos tonight at 7pm!
We followed that up with SLS Health Coaches John and Mary-Ellen Landry as we discussed my progress in my new Plant-based/whole food transformation.
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This morning I talk with David In the Dark’s Evan Leblanc and Stefan Westner about their new album Fire, their music and their upcoming shows including one this Saturday at Follyfest in Gagetown.
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Tune into CHSR 97.9 at 7 this morning as Fredericton’s David in the Dark visits Rosie Morning!
Who doesn’t like a good adventure in the woods?
For 11 years, the Bard in the Barracks has brought Shakespeare to an outdoor location, thrilling audiences with classic drama, comedy and action! This year, they are staging one of the Bard’s later plays, The Adventures of Pericles. I admit, I’m not as familiar with it, but fortunately I’m joined by dramaturge Len Falkenstein and two of the actors of the company, Alexa Higgins and Jean-Michel Cliche. They demonstrate one of the revelatory scenes from later in the play, and we all talk about what it’s like staging a play than spans decades in the great outdoors.
Music today:
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