The Lunchbox Interview: Isabelle & Bianca from The Identity Journey Project (followup)

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LunchBox-IdentityJourneyHow do you condense hundreds of ideas into a single piece of theatre?

That’s the question Isabelle and Bianca of Thèâtre La Cicogne are asking themselves now. I first spoke to the pair back in November of last year about the beginning of their adventure, The Identity Journey Project. They canvassed hundreds of youth between the ages of 15 and 30 all over the province to ask them about how they identify as New Brunswickers. Now, they’re transforming the results into a play.

We talk about the task ahead, the challenge of creating a 4-language play, and the mentoring from a similar project in Quebec.

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CAFFEEN! 2016-04-23: “Star Stuff Upgrade”

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CFN 2016-04-23 coverartIt is said that we are made of star stuff that suddenly became self-aware.

What if star stuff isn’t the starting point?

What if something better was where something like this began?

  • We heard Time Being with their song Dust of Sorts from the album A Dimension Reflected.
  • We heard the song Gather by AeTopus which came from the album When.
  • We heard Esmerine with their song My Mamma Pinned a Rose on Me from the album Lost Voices.
  • We heard the song Herstory of Glory by Do Make Say Think which came from the album You, You’re History In Rust.
  • From Oceanic‘s album Origin, we heard Origin.
  • We heard Battles with their song Tricentennial from the album La Di Da Di.
  • We heard THE TACITS / Post Rock, Instrumental Rock with their song URNA from the album Cycle II.
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The Lunchbox Interview: Roger Jean on Going Vegan

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LunchBox-GoingVeganWithRogerWhen’s the last time you challenged yourself to a really fundamental life change? How about today?

Roger Jean is going to become a vegan. That’s the 12-week challenge he’s embarking on, for health, for a challenge and for learning. He joins me today to talk about the hopes, fears and possible food he’ll be looking at. He’s doing the journey in public, as well, blogging here on the CHSR website as well as talking food every Thursday on Rosie Morning at 7:30am.

Follow his journey and let’s root for him!

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The Crazy Train Episode #LXXXVII

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newCTlogo_03012015On this weekend’s Crazy Train East Coast Awakening’s Dave Manning joined us on air to talk about the monster Metal & Hard Rock Festival happening at Keswick Ridge this July. He announced another of the headlining acts, ‘Nervosa’ from Brasil, who are an all female Thrash Metal trio. This will be their very first show EVER in Canada, let alone North America! Check out the PODcast for loads more details on the East Coast Awakening festival this July 29, 30 and 31st! It’s gonna be a helluva festival!

In Hour II, since Steve the buzz man was away, I took the opportunity to play some influential Hardcore and Cross-Over Punk/Metal bands that we a major part of not only my musical upbringing, but were a major influence to much of the Metal from the Nu-Metal scene to practically every Metal act we hear today.

Here’s the playlist for Episode #87 of the Crazy Train

Hour I: Crazy Train – Ozzy| My Bastard Idol – Rifium*| Dave Manning of East Coast Awakening Interview| Buried At Sea – Silverstein| Burning At Both Ends – Cauldron| Drowning In Silver – Death Valley Driver| Herd Conformity – Elevate The Virus| Parallel to Enlightenment – Civil Defence| Super Himalaya – ZAUM| Exes For Eyes – Exes For Eyes

Hour II: How Low Can Punk Get – Bad Brains| Shut Up – Dirty Rotten Imbeciles| Protest Life – SCUM| Drugged & Driving/Shred Central – Dayglo Abortions| Drunk On A Bike – SNFU| Victims of Society – K.G. Wolfe| Acid Baby – Neighbourhood Watch| Starved To Death/ War=’s Death- The Accused| Silent Spring – Probot

This weekends Crazy Train (Sat. May 28) will be a repeat.

Always remember, if you’re in a band, know of a band we should be playing. Or have a concert/gig coming up? Got a brand new track you want to debut on local radio? Email the Crazy Train: crazytrainchsrATgmail.com!

Remember to get your tickets for the Maritime Metal & Hard rock festival happening this july 22 and 23rd in Windsor Ontario: http://www.maritimemetalfest.com

And also tickets are available for ‘East Coast Awakening’ which runs from July 29-31: https://www.facebook.com/ECAMusicFestival/timeline

 

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This Week on Rosie Morning -Living Roots Fest Special!

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With the inaugural launch of the 1st Annual Living Roots Music Festival,  it would be only fitting that we inundate Rosie Morning with some of the talented Living Roots Music Festival performers…

Tuesday             Richie Young

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Wednesday       Luke & the Drifters

Luke and the Drifters

 

Thursday           Calum Jackson

Calum Malcolm

Friday                 Jeff Patch (Free to Grow)

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Rosie’s Juke Joint 2019-05-21

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Sussex                             Eagle On the Moon

Tim Williams                More Pepper in Your Chili

Jeff Healey                     Temptation

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Paul Reddick                  Shadows

Ray Wylie Hubbard      Snake Farm

Lightening Hopkins      Katie May

John Mayall                    Picture On the Wall

Chris Duarte                    Do the Romp

Blind Willie Johnson     John the Revelator

Lonnie Mack                     Riding the Blinds

Albert Collins                  Honey Hush

Doyle Bromwell   II        Green Light Girl

Rick Fines                        Riding the Rails

Pinetop Smith                 Pinetop Boogie

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CHSR 97.9 FM Top Ten Show for Week ending May 17, 2016

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CHSR Top 10

Playlist:

Future Top 10   Plants & Animals    Waltzed in From the Rumbling               Stay

Future Top 10   Luke & the Drifters Luke & the Drifters                                     Haste

#10                      LAPS                           Eyelet/Islet                                                  Faux Real

#9                        Basia Bulat                 Good Advice                                                 Fool

#8                        Cecile Doo-Kingue    Anybody Listening Part 2: Dialogues     Faith

#7                        Jont                               Someone to Love Me                                  The Windshield

#6                        Black Mountain          IV                                                                   Crucify Me

#5                        Royal Tusk                   Deal Breaker                                                Fever

#4                        Lionsault                       Are You Feeling Lucky                              High Stakes

#3                        Matt Andersen             Honest Man                                                 Last Surrender

#2                        David in the Dark        Fire                                                                Try Me

Future Top 10    White Lyres                  Wear Me Down                                            Wear Me Down

#1                         Kill Chicago                   The Grey                                                      Sharing Space

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TWS359: Indirect Experience

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TWS349 logoOn the show this week:

  • Places Lost And Found
  • True Tales of Medical Fiction
  • Mechanical Animal
  • Some Call It The Dance
  • Triumph of Belief
  • Food For Naught
  • There Are No Small Inventions

CQ: Has humanity already transformed sufficiently to make current standard age ranges covering “child”, “adult” and “old adult” meaningless — and are they too ingrained to change? Why?

Full list of 27 articles after the jump!

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CAFFEEN! 2016-04-16: “Go Nestward, Young Spawn”

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CFN 2016-04-16 coverartThere are new frontiers to be discovered, friend, that give you order and purpose. When you find yourself separated from your family of a thousand, those frontiers become direction..

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RFYL Episode: GoTimeNerdBoyEp19

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

Now that I’ve managed to recover from the wine-filled Saturday that was Kilmore, Lionsault, and Chaos Theory, I’ve decided to dredge up some of my favourite bands and grab a bunch of kickass female-fronted bands to play and share with all of you, my lovely listeners. So grab this podcast, ram it down someone’s throat (digitally), and rock out on this long weekend (unless it’s not a long weekend.. in which case, just enjoy it normally.)

New stuff happening: Diemonds going on tour with Steel Panther, Pack AD doing an album launch in August, Bloody Diamonds doing an album launch this month, and who knows what else! Listen for more!

Also, MAW MAW MAW MAWMAWMAW, MAWMAWMAWMAW MAW, MAWMAWMAWMAW MAW.

 

Playlist:
The Pack AD – So What
Diemonds – Ain’t That Kinda Girl
The Joy Formidable – It’s Started / The Maw Maw Song
Kilmore – City Lights
Lionsault – Reckless
Beneath the Grid Music – The Beautiful Monument – Anarchy in Black
Bellusira – Black Seed
Lucys Crown – Coloured Rain
Bloody Diamonds – Skin and Bones
Shades of Sorrow – Soul Hyperdrive
Tsunami Bomb – 3 days & 1000 Nights
Dead Sara [Official] – Suicidal

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The Lunchbox Interview: Adrian Park (Diversions Summer Opera Series)

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LunchBox-Diversions-SummerOperaSeries2016The more you know about something, the less sure you are that you really know what that something is.

What is the difference between an opera and a Broadway musical? Is it possible to be both? My guest today is Adrian Park, host of the long-running classical music and opera program on Sunday afternoons called Diversions. Every summer, he extends his program by an hour to fit in a series of full operas. This summer, he’s taking a look at productions from North America, many of which straddle the line between operas and musicals.

To demonstrate, he brought a sample of Treemonisha, an opera by Scott Joplin, well-known African-American composer and performer better know for his ragtime music. We hear the last song of the opera, A Real Slow Drag.

You can find Diversions every Sunday at 4pm on CHSR! The summer opera series begins July 3.

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CAFFEEN! 2016-04-09: “Stuck In The Middle is a Lovely Place To Start”

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CFN 2016-04-09 coverartSense in the universe may not come from interpreting it literally, but sometimes by moving askance to sense, and moving around it likely an untrustworthy animal that you’ve just met. Until you toss it a peace offering, you may be a piece of offering..

  • We heard the song Glass Houses (arr. G. Harrison and J. Smith for marimba) – Glass Houses No. 9 by Taktus which came from the album Ann Southam: Glass Houses (Arr. G. Harrison & J. Smith).
  • We heard the song Stereo Electronic Music No.2 by Bulent Arel which came from the album Pioneers Of Electronic Music.
  • From Stars of the Lid/ Jon McCafferty‘s album Per Aspera Ad Astra, we heard Low Level Listening, Part 2.
  • From the album The Dark Side Of The Moog 3 by Pete Namlook and Klaus Schulze we heard Phantom Heart Brother- Part II.
  • From the album Muuixx by Joyfultalk we heard Buschbabies.
  • We heard the song Funambule (Deus pas de Serein) by Esmerine which came from the album Lost Voices.
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Coming Soon on Rosie Morning – Transformation Launch!

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There comes a time in life’s wild voyage when a change in course is required, when the path taken no longer seems feasible or ideal.   As the ship’s captain, you have two choices; batten down the hatches and stay the course, and let the storm take you wherever it may, or you can control where you point the bow so that you avoid the storm altogether.

Starting on  Thursday, June 2nd at 7:30, I will be changing course.  Join me on Rosie Morning at 7:30 every Thursday along with SLS Health Coaches Mary-Ellen and John, as I embark on a new plant-based, whole food journey…for my health, for my planet and for all my furry (and not so furry ) friends out there!

 

The Lunchbox Interview: Benoit Lebel (WishWalk.ca) INTERVIEW ONLY

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LunchBox-BenoitLebel-WishWalk2016What does it take to start something epic? A desire to change a little of yourself — and the world..

My guest today is Benoit Lebel. He decided he wanted to try the classic “backpacker’s journey”: walk across Canada. He’s taking 8 months to cross from Newfoundland to British Columbia on foot, raising awareness, support and donations for the Children’s Wish Foundation. He stopped by the studio to talk about what inspired him to do this, his preparation for the journey, and the first two months of his trip.

You can follow Benoit’s adventures on WishWalk.ca . Meet him along the way and donate to the Children’s Wish Foundation.

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CAFFEEN! 2016-02-20: “Menagerie”

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CFN 2016-02-20 coverartStep up, step up!

See the amazing beats of burden!

Amaze at the wonders of the world!

Just don’t get too close…

… Or you may find a mirror!

  • We heard Blackfilm from their self-title album, with the song Come & See.
  • We heard Signal Hill with their song Imaginary Friend #2 from the album Chase The Ghost.
  • From the album Bricolage by Amon Tobin we heard Creatures.
  • We heard the song Lambs’ Breath by godspeed you! black emperor which came from the album Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress.
  • From Mahogany Frog‘s album Do5, we heard Lady Xoc & Shield Jaguar.
  • From The Basement Paintings‘s album Time Lapse City, we heard Adult Male Beluga Whale.
  • We heard the song Ant Farm by Tom Third which came from the album Continuous City.
  • We heard Skalpel from their self-title album, with the song Quiz.

Uncharted 4 Review

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Uncharted 4 Review.

 

Nathan Drake and his pals are back for their latest and final adventure. Is this the end we have all been waiting for or does it get buried with past treasures? Let’s find out

 

Story: In Uncharted 4 we find our lovable cocky hero retired from his treasure hunting days. Settled down married and working a normal job working at the docks bored out of his mind I might add in this case. That is until Nate’s brother Sam shows up who Nate presumed dead years earlier. Without any time wasted Sam reveals he needs help finding Henry Every’s treasure and he has to do it in a short amount of time due to being indebted to a drug lord in panama.

 

Gameplay: This is just like all of the other Uncharted games with some new features Which are nothing short of greatness. There is the new rope swing/grappling hook mechanic is absolutely fantastic there is so many ways you can go about it in uncharted 4 you could be pulling something down from a vehicle or swinging around to knock enemies out. The one thing I found about this game is that the shoot outs in this game are very much scattered out more throughout the game which is fantastic and when they do occur they are nothing short of challenging. There was a few shoot outs in this game that I must have died about ten times trying to get past them. When you are not shooting your away through the game you are climbing, jumping driving and even exploring. I find this installment of the uncharted franchise to be the most open at every opportunity I found myself looking in every corner to see if I could find a treasure or an optional conversation.

 

Conclusion: with every uncharted game we see a different relationship unfold. With 1 we got introduced to the characters, with 2 we seen the relationship between Nate and Elena develop, with 3 we seen the bond between Sully and Nate and in this final installment we see the relationship between Nate and His Brother. Everything about this game is just pure greatness when it comes to video games and other game development studios should follow Naughty Dog’s example when it comes to making games.

 

Uncharted 4: 10/10

 

A Perfect job Naughty Dog and Play Station.

 

Reviewed by ICE at Gamers of the Round Table.

The Crazy Train Episode #LXXXVI

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newCTlogo_03012015On Episode #86 of The Crazy Train, Steve ‘The Buzz Man’ and I welcomed on Miramichi Rock up and comers ‘Lionsault’, who were playing a show Saturday night with ‘Chaos Theory’ and ‘Kilmore’, both bands from Halifax. Lionsault’s album came out in 2015 and was a chart topper here at CHSR for many months!! It’s a killer album, make sure you check them out!

Also in the first hour we were joined by Tyson Davidson and Denny from Tyson’s new hard hitting outfit ‘I Monolith’. While the band has not played any shows yet, they will be performing their first show on Saturday May 22nd at the Charlotte St. Arts Center with ‘Mellevon’, ‘Engage The Threat’ and ‘Forest Soul’ and also appearing at the East Coast Awakening festival this July! Currently they do not have any tracks available, but I’ve heard some excerpts and believe you me, they will be a force to be reckoned with!

In Hour II, we paid special tribute to the Misfits/Danzig. If you haven’t heard the news, Jerry Only (current “owner/operator) of the Misfits and Glen Danzig have finally buried the hatchet (not even physically!!) and are playing some select dates this Summer as ‘The Misfits’. Now this is something that many fans and non fans alike have agreed we would never ever see happen. Given that for years if a journalist asked Glen Danzig about anything Misfits related, they were usually threatened with violence! So, yes, Misfits/Danzig tribute which also featured Jerry Only’s ‘New’ Misfits which did amazingly well with Michael Graves, until as with most Post-Misfits members he quit. From then on in my own opinion anything Only released under the Misfits’ brand was crap… Although they’ve always had great merch!

Here’s the play lists for Episode #86 of the Crazy Train!

Hour I: Crazy Train – Ozzy| Living With the Devil- Lionsault| Lionsault Interview| Shoot ‘Em Up – Lionsault| Silent Insanity – Anesthesia| I Monolith Interview| HLA – Cable Crusher| Killdozer – D.R.G.*NEW| Robits – Darkshrine| Frozen Weapons – Dumpster Mummy| No Chance Parol – Hard Charger* NEW| Have It All – Chaos Theory

Hour II: Static Age/TV Casualty – The Misfits| Initium/Samhain – Samhain| Mother/777 – Danzig| Pig Farmer – Tales From The Tomb| It’s Not Stanley, It’s Stan Lee – Killitorous| Silence In The Snow – Trivium| Open Your Eyes – Sanktuary| Through It All – From Ashes to New

Tune in next Saturday for our interview with East Coast Awakening CEO Dave Manning. Dave was on a few months ago, but only gave us a partial list of who was playing this gargantuan festival on the final weekend in July. This time the flood gates will open and we’ll have the full list of bands and maybe even a give away!

GREAT NEWS!!! The Crazy Train has it’s own GMAIL address now!

So, if you’re in a band, have a new release to debut, have some shows coming up, want to be on our show, by all means email us at crazytrainchsr@gmail.com!

 

Lionsault – https://lionsault.bandcamp.com/album/are-you-feeling-lucky

I Monolith – https://www.facebook.com/IMonolith2015/?fref=ts

Last year local Fredericton Metal king’s ‘Hero’s Last Rite’ along with Halifax’s ‘Chaos Theory’, ‘Orchid’s Curse’ and Moncton’s ‘Dischord’ had the 4X4X4 Tour which was a smashing success! Well guess what? It’s baccck! Coming to the Capital June 11th!

Plus, don’t forget to get your tickets for the Maritime Metal and Hard Rock festival #4 happening in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Friday and Saturday July 22/23. Get ‘Early Bird’ tickets at http://www.maritimemetalfest.com

and for the East Coast Awakening festival, go here for tix and info: https://www.facebook.com/ECAMusicFestival/?fref=ts

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