The Lunchbox Interview: Sarah Beth Shiplett on “The Hyper-Flute”

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LunchBox-HyperfluteHave you ever looked at something and said to yourself: “I think we can change it?”

Cléo Palacio-Quintin certainly did! As a research project, she took a look at the venerable, traditional flute and said: “I can change that!”

She invented the “Hyper-Flute”, a “standard Boehm flute (the model used is a Powell 2100, made in Boston) extended via electronic sensors that link it to a computer, enabling control of digital sound processing parameters while performing” (abstract).

Cléo Palacio-Quintin is holding two free events here on campus, one on Sunday and the other at noon-time on Wednesday, April 1. Sarah Beth Shiplett joined me and (“Hi, I’m”) Fred on this edition of The Lunchbox to talk about the hyper-flute, the changing nature of classical instruments and the integration of multi-media into music.

Music today:

  • Embassy Lights sings us a tale from their self-titled album that could describe the wintery days all too well: Cold Skin.
  • And we are invited to go Down By The River by Sleepy Driver, presumably to watch the water rise and the Spring burst forth as the snow melts, not so we can meet someone named Ignatius who lives in a van..
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The Crazy Train CHSR-FM Fundrive Radio-A-Thon Edition

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Saturday was the CHSR-FM 2015 Fundrive Radio-A-Thon. We raised over $300 for the Indie GoGo Campaign!

The Crazy Train it self pulled in $30 from a 13 CD auction in which you the listeners bid on! Great job by Mama G (not her real name) for winning the auction and the CDs!

So we played lots of locals in the first hour, including some Hero’s Last Rite, Green Lung Grinders, Kickin’ Krotch, Death Valley Driver and so much more.

In hour II… Ohhh Hour II… Well we started out playing some great Metal, but as the auction wasn’t seeing a lot of action, things got drastic and we turned to Anne Murray and her Christmas hit ‘It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas’ in an attempt to irritate listeners into participating in the auction…. That didn’t seem to work, so expect a lot more Anne Murray in the future seeing as Metalheads seem to really like her music… JUST KIDDING!

Tune in this upcoming Saturday as we play an interview with Black Crown Initiate, which was done by our roving reporter Johnny James, while the band was in town last week playing a show at the Capital with Siegebreaker and Blueprints.

Our CHSR Fundrive is still on, and we’re hoping you can PLEASE contribute! Your money helps keep us on the air, it helps maintain our aging equipment as well as helps us support events around the city.

 

You can donate to the Indie Go Go Campaign here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/chsr-fundrive-2015

Or you can donate via our www.CHSRFM.ca website and click on the “Donate” button.

You can also always come right up to the station, we’re located in the Student Union Building, UNB

21 Pacey Drive, Fredericton.

We’ve got lots of CHSR shirts and record slip mats left!

Have a great week!

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Episode 331 – The Walking Dead Series Recap with Theodus Crane

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WMDDeadTinyPOSTER (1)This week on WMD Radio we are joined by the one and only Theodus Crane, also known as “Big Tiny” on Season 3 of AMC’s The Walking Dead! Together, we’ll be recapping the series, talking about his experience on and off the set and what he’s been up to since his time on the show.

We’ll also check in with Jay at Strange Adventures for the latest books to hit the shelves at your LCS on April 1st – AND a huge thanks to Jay for Episode 331’s poster!

Finally, our “Game of Thrones Prize Pack” contest is in full swing all through the month of April. Check out our contest page for details on how this great prize can be yours!

Want to participate in the show? Post questions or comments in our Facebook group, join the discussion in our chat room: http://mixlr.com/wmdradio, or tweet us @WMDRadio.

WMD Radio is sponsored by Strange Adventures and Club Fred Grafx.

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Against The Mat – March 25th, 2015

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We are back this week to do a quick rundown of this past week’s news; the death of Aguayo in Tijuana; the building up to Wrestlemania; and quite a bit more.

Our prediction game makes a return for our Ultimate choices for Wrestlemania 31.

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In The Know Episode 13

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There are 2 very common sayings we Canadians hear all the time in our country: “That’s The Way It Is” AND “It Could Be Worse”. Wow! Our world is on its way to “Hell In A Hand basket” and we continue to destroy our ecosystem as quickly as former Toronto mayor Rob Ford went through a gram of Crack Cocaine in his office at lunchtime. As things keep getting worse and worse, we keep on hearing over and over again: “IT COULD BE WORSE!!!”

Carbon Dioxide levels in our atmosphere keep rising and rising, and we seem to keep falling and falling as a species. Will we ever learn? We complain about animals foraging for food in our backyards when it’s actually us foraging in their backyards. We’re continuously being molested by big oil companies wanting to “Protect Their Bottom Line Of Our Oceans” while we, the helpless sheep have to stand aside and suffer the consequences of their full blown addiction to money, or FRACK COCAINE, whichever comes first!!!

This episode of In The Know surrounds our ecosystem in Canada and the world in the “Induction Of Destruction” forum. With CO2 levels at 400ppm, Maria Naturegonn, a professor of environmental science at Saint Mary’s University and Hugh Righteous, an ecologist working for Environment Canada in Montreal are both here to tell us how insane we are becoming as a species, destroying everything in sight over $$$, the very thing we created with our own brains!!!

If you want an argument or finger pointing, turn on the evening news or go to You Tube. This compelling episode of In The Know points at ALL OF US, going down on our unsinkable Titanic, and fighting over which seat to sit in when it sinks!!!

With an interview both eye opening and hilarious, and a satire commercial being a perfect fit for 22 Minutes, you’ll once again be asking more questions about where WE are heading together as a species, this so the next time you’re driving down The Trans Canada Highway looking at all our beautiful trees, you’ll know that the all caring and all loving “IRVING FAMILY” is KINDLY hiding all their clear cutting from us to make you believe: “IT COULD BE WORSE!!!” The parody song in this one that I need to perform on 22 Minutes is “LIVE AND UN-CLEAR CUT!!!!” Kathy Jones, Mary Walsh and Rick Mercer, you have always been my heroes! If we still got some time on this planet, this ones for you, and Canada too, eh 🙂

 

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RFYL Episode: IBringYouTribute

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

Playlist:
B.A. Johnson – Bats in the House
Careers In Science – When We Have Money
Black Earth – Catching Knives
The Real McKenzies – Yes
The StandStills – Pushing Electric
Burn The Void – The Damned
Bobaflex – Bad Man
Napalmpom – Sirius
The Joy Formidable – Whirring
Beneath the Grid Music – Sunshine & Bullets – Go
Verse The Sun – Polaris
ChronGoblin – Lonely Prey
The Holy Snappers – Ain’t Got A Dollar
Psychostick – Danger Zone

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Fundrive Video: Brydon Crain & Josh Bravener in Sessions @ CHSR

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We love to do a lot of things here at CHSR. One of those is a performance-and-interview series we call Sessions @ CHSR. It’s from that series that we will draw the tracks for the EP perk on our IndieGoGo campaign.

Here’s a mini-example: a great song performance combining the talents of Brydon Crain and Josh Bravener, two wonderful performers who are rarely teamed up like this.

We’re hoping to do a bit more video to support the radio, especially of Sessions. If we can raise enough money, it’s a shoe-in! Please donate to our IndieGoGo campaign!

Donair Kitchen Party Radio Show – Episode 5 – “Springtime”

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This past week, Henry and Mike explored themes of spring as present in the beautiful, blooming donair. A smell so fresh it’s coming up through the snow! Hot (and cold) tracks by Wintersleep, Eric’s Trip, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Buck 65, Islands, and THE SNOWBIRD HERSELF ANNE MURRAY.

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The Lunchbox Interview: Brendan Seagrave (STU Celebration of Faith & Diversity)

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LunchBox-CelebrationFaithDiversityWhat do you believe in? And how does that compare with what others believe in?

Shouldn’t belief be discussed and celebrated?

My guest today in the second half is Brendan Seagrave, one of the students in a comparative religion class at STU. As part of the class, the students organize a Celebration of Faith & Diversity. We talk about faith, the many groups in Fredericton, the place of faith in our lives and the upcoming celebration and its theme of hospitality.

Music today:

  • It’s time to get back to our roots, with Old School by Floodland from the album, It’s the Fire.
  • Are you going to make a difference in the world? Are you a Real Game Changer? (Taken from To Trip With Terpsichore by Hilotrons.)
  • And if we all get along in celebration, are we not The Fortunate Ones? Are we not in The Bliss?
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Homemade Jams 2015-03-26

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Homemade Jams – your local rockin’ ride home

Track Listing:

1.) Banokkburn – Empty Room

2.) Before the War – The Wreck

3.) Interview with Landing Sound

4.) SAVVIE – Trust The In Between

5.) Mrs. Hippie – Queens

6.) Black Mountain – Don’t Run Our Hearts Around

7.) Nuages – Grace

8.) The Belle Comedians – Althea

9.) Trophy Wife – Eyes Like A Smoking Gun

10.) The WAYO – Undone

11.) First Words – All Day Breakfast

STU Lunchbox: Cell Phone As News Source & Is 007 Archaic?

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STULunchBox-007CellNewsOn the first half of today’s show, Alex Corbett explores the cell phone as news source. What does it mean when technology has given us never-before seen access to news as it happens? They talk to journalists, philosophers and regular people to find out how the Twitter world fits into the newsroom.

And in the second half of the show, Jordon Gill takes a critical look at a long-time film icon: Bond, James Bond. Has the classic character become antiquated, or is there a place for 007 in the modern world?

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Episode 330.5 – CHSR 12 Hour Radio-a-thon

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WMD3305WMD Radio special-weekend-edition! Remy and Brew were up at the station on Saturday, March 28th to participate in CHSR 97.9FM‘s 12-hour “Radio-a-thon” in support of this year’s FunDrive campaign. We even had a very special guest on hand to help us keep the discussion interesting  – thanks Hunter! FunDrive 2015 runs through April 11th and you can show your support for YOUR community radio station by visiting their Indiegogo page and making a donation. No matter how small, every dollar counts. Spread the word by clicking sharing, tweeting or good old fashioned word of mouth!

Learn more about how you can show your support right here:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/chsr-fundrive-2015

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(Epic) Episode 71: #RIPNimoy

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After almost a month of being buried in the snow, the Epic crew dig themselves out to talk about the life of Leonard Nimoy.  Mostly.

Hosts

Music

  • Leonard Nimoy – If I had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)
  • Leonard Nimoy – The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
  • Leonard Nimoy – Put a Little Love in Your Heart

Show Notes

A look at CHSR Studios

The Indigogo Campaign
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/chsr-fundrive-2015

The Internet’s Grandfather
https://twitter.com/search…

Bangles video
He directed and did because he Susanna Hoffs; grew up as a neighbor to Nimoy and hung out with his kids who were about the same age

Bruno Mars Video

Car Commercial

Old Car Commercial

Pager commercial

The Best of spock

Priceline

The Full Body Project (Caution: Link contains nudity)
http://wineandbowties.com/art/the-full-body-project-by-leonard-nimoy/

Leonard Nimoy Explains the Origins of the Vulcan Greeting

Leonard Nimoy’s Exotic Pet Store
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“Spockifying” the Canadian $5 dollar Bill
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Corrections

If you noticed any issues with this episode and would like us to post a correction, email us here: epicchsr@gmail.com or tweet us at: @epicchsr

Credits

  • Produced in partnership with CHSR 97.9 FM in Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Post Editing: Marc Cabot
  • Opening Sketch written by: The Clockwork Doctor
  • Opening/Closing Music: ”Cheezee Lab” by Kevin MacLeod via Incompetech.com
  • Epic is published by CHSR Broadcasting Inc.
  • All views expressed on this program are solely those of the individual and not necessarily that of CHSR Broadcasting or Geekloo.
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CHSR Fundrive 2015

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We have a good broadcasting home base with CHSR and we would like to help it keep in tip-top shape.
Without the good people at CHSR, we would not have been able to get accredited for press passes for some UFC events in the past.

They are facing a shortfall in this year’s budget and looking at picking up some new microphones or headphones, or other equipment that keeps shows like us going and sounding like pros.

Head over to their IndieGogo Page and check out all the details.

If you are able to donate, you have our thanks.
If you are not able to, please share the IndieGogo link with your friends/family.
Every little bit helps!

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Against The Mat – March 18th, 2015

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We did a quick run down of the week in news with our Finisher rapid fire segment; went over some Mania news; and finished off the show with RetroMania 5 covering WrestleMania 19.

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Homemade Jams 2015-03-25

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Homemade Jams – your local rockin’ ride home

Homemade Jams

Track Listing:

1.) Ian Kelly – Do You Love The Rain?

2.) Interview with Ian Kelly

3.) Sloan – The Lines You Amend

4.) Monomyth – Something Else

5.) Walrus – Banger

6.) The Stogies – Happenstance

7.) Motherhood – Shoe Suede Blues

8.) Colleen Brown – Lead Me On

9.) Mayors – Face It

10.) Green & Gold – Those Deviant Kids

Episode 330 – Canadian Road Rage and Comic Reviews

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WMD 330This week on WMD Radio we’ll be talking about a little thing we do differently north of the 49th parallel: “Canadian Road Rage”. Pop culture comes in many shapes and sizes, folks – and viral videos come from anywhere everywhere, so WMD Radio’s back yard is no exception. We’ll break down this local and courteous exchange of driver discontent while throwing in our usual 2 cents.

And after 2 weeks of recklessly leaving Brew and Redshirt unattended in the studio Remy is back! We’ll catch up with him while we review a few comics from our LCS, follow up on a couple of your favorite shows – heck, we might even have some stuff to give away again!

All of that plus a BIG guest announcement for next week’s Walking Dead series recap episode! Hope you all can join us tonight at 8PM EST / 9PM AST.

As always, we welcome your participation in the show. Post questions or comments in our Facebook group, join the discussion in our chat room: http://mixlr.com/wmdradio, or tweet us @WMDRadio.

WMD Radio is sponsored by Strange Adventures and Club Fred Grafx.

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Anything Goes 2015-03-28

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

1.) Ian Kelly – Do You Love The Rain

2.) Interview with Ian Kelly 

3.) Sun K – NYC Blues

4.) Cairo – With You

5.) Cairo – Extinguishing Fires

6.) Purity Ring – Dust Hymn

7.) Milk & Bone – Pressure

8.) TTWWRRSS – The Crash

9.) DB Cooper – Say Goodnight

10.) Michael Feuerstack – I Wanted More

11.) Modest Mouse – The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box