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This week on L2J:
-Oscar Reactions
-WTF?!
-Signing in Costa Rica at Boom! Comics
-Canadian Conspiracy
-NYC Pizza
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Starting the week off right, we begin the show off lightly with a little folk but end the hour with some good ol’ rock n’ roll.
Track Listing:
1.) Jason MacDonald – Overdue
2.) The Tom Fun Orchestra – Animal Mask
3.) Gabrielle Papillon – Concrete Of The City
4.) Ben Caplan – Stranger
5.) Jenn Grant – Gone Baby Gone
6.) The Belle Comedians – Break + Enter
7.) The Wax – Departure
8.) Seventh Stone – The World’s A Little Funky
9.) Two Hours Traffic – Meaning Of Love
10.) The Lucy Grays – Silver Tongue
11.) Rain Over St. Ambrose – Walking Home
12.) Brothers – Black & White
13.) Verse The Sun – Contagion
14.) Bloody Diamonds – Monopoly
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On the show this week:
CQ: Are we living in a decadent age, with things a bit too easy, right on the edge of societal collapse? Or is this just the worry of those adjusting still to a modern world?
Full list of 46 articles after the jump!
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As a participant and supporter of roleplaying games, I tend to see stories as adventures. I imagine that, while we sleep, there are quests we generate for ourselves. This is one of them…
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CHSR Instant Breakfast – Feb. 22, 2013
A great mix of East Coast Jams by Red Herring, David R. Elliot,Forward Music Group and Shifty Bits Cult samplers. Where Monsters Dwell‘s Remy and I talk about the new documentary Room 237 that is about insights into Stanley Kulbrick’s The Shining and we discuss some of our favourite metal docs. Lock and load. enjoy.
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After living in Fredericton for two months, I haven’t been out too often. Despite the amount of free time I’ve had, my desire to face the bracing winds and drastically changing weather was essentially non-existent. However, on a milder day like today, I found my way downtown to Strange Adventures, the comic book store on York street.
There, I spoke with Jason Arnold, the manager about the upcoming events. The first, occurring now until March 2nd, they are holding an auction of statues, rare comic books, and hand-drawn covers by local artists both professional and amateur. Arranged by Marvel and DC, they send blank slips to the stores for artists to come in, draw, and auction off their pieces. The best part? 100% of the proceeds are going to the Chalmers Regional Hospital Foundation for the Children’s Ward. Jason said that that not only would people own a piece of completely original artwork, but hoped they would feel “warm and fuzzy” that the proceeds were going to a good cause.
I’m always impressed when stores do things like these, especially considering the fact that it was created by Marvel and DC themselves. With so many charities using the money to pay employees and pay for events, very little money winds up going to the charity itself. Jason’s excitement about the event was adamant, which gave for a great atmosphere in the store.
March 2nd, as well, is the third “Ladies Night” that they have hosted so far this year. Jason said that the first two even had lines down the street, and is hoping their third will have the same turnout. It’s from 6-8pm; there will be prizes, snacks, and free cupcakes. The goal of Ladies Night is to help open up women to the idea of comic books, and, Jason hopes, to sway any cautions that the stores are anything like their “narrow-minded” representation on shows like The Big Bang Theory. Only female employees will be staffed, and only female shoppers will be in the store during those hours.
It could be something interesting to check out — for the artwork, warm fuzzies, or simply for the free cupcakes.
With the whole crew back, the guys covered the results of the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view and some of their effects on Wrestlemania matches; a quick talk about Jack Swagger; and a quick run down of the main 2 fights for this weekend’s UFC 157.
To listen to this show, you can download it from here.
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On the show this week:
CQ: Should we avoid tragedy and large impacting events at all costs, or should we accept the changing nature of the universe, and let some things be beyond our control?
Sadly, we bid goodbye to the voicemail this month. It wasn’t called in a while, and had really been just me calling it every month. I may get another one, but for now, we’ll rely on other methods (like email).
Full list of 42 articles after the jump!
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On February 16, 1813, 553 brave souls marched from Fredericton, NB to Kingston, ON. It took two months, and they walked through one of the worst winters on record.
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Today we heard some music that has never been played on Homemade Jams before. February 22nd saw the CHSR debut of Stephen Fearing, Klarka Weinwurm and Fredericton’s own Alan Jeffries.
Track Listing:
1.) Broke On Payday – Shelter
2.) Two Hours Traffic – O My Love
3.) Rain Over St. Ambrose – Your Audience
4.) John Jerome and the Congregation – Unconditional Aid
5.) Rob Lutes – Things We Didn’t Choose
6.) Stephen Fearing – As The Crow Flies
7.) Klarka Weinwurm – Coyotes In The Commons
8.) Alan Jeffries – Sitting On Top Of The World
9.) Bruised Orange – To You
10.) Brad Fillatre – New Tattoo
11.) Repartee – Masterpiece
12.) SoHo Ghetto – Honorable Mention
13.) Matt Mays – Ain’t That The Truth
14.) Weak Size Fish ft. Monark – Early Morning Riser
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Today, Tim, Bobby and I spent the whole hour talking to local hip-hop MC Ceeb about his new album Still Down, generations of hip-hop and looking back over ten years of being in Fredericton.
The official CD release of Ceeb’s album Still Down will be on March 8 at The Capital in downtown Fredericton.
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Marc Cabot, Richard Gray, Andy McMullen, Nuchtchas, The Clockwork Doctor
Marc, Rich, Andy, Nuchtchas, and Tek talk about some mind blowing (and some not so mind blowing) facts.
“The reason why certain people turn to philosophy, why I became a philosopher, since I was a little boy, I always felt that existence as such was weird. I mean, here we are. Isn’t that odd?”
– Alan Watts
Did the brain name itself?
Image from memegenerator.net
Amazing Facts to Blow Your Mindz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ni5HOdGtzM
World of Minecraft – Best of 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0jsVJZI8YI
How long has the earth been here?
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry16.html
Here’s Why So Many Crazy Russian Car Crashes Are Caught On Camera
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-russian-drivers-have-dash-cams-2012-12
Extincton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction (Secondary Source)
Image from nationalgeographic.com
Methane Seeps From Arctic Sea Bed
http://www.americanscientist.org/science/pub/-59
Just Declassified: Spy Satellite KH-9 Hexagon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQq9KcEw7nk
Who Invented Mountain Dew
http://wanttoknowit.com/who-invented-mountain-dew/
Image from Joystiq.com
Canada Dry – Tales of a Wonderful Canadian Beverage
http://www.canadadry.ca/history.html
Graham crackers were introduced to suppress sexual urges!
http://www.omg-facts.com/Sex/Graham-Crackers-Were-Introduced-To-Suppr/50672
Delicious QWERTY
image from cSlacker.com
Big Stupid S’More
Image from Epic Meal Time (epicmealtime.com)
McMuffin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMuffin (Secondary Source)
Image from McDonalds.com
Top 10 Failed McDonald’s Products
http://listverse.com/2009/05/30/top-10-failed-mcdonalds-products/
Mouse Meat in McRib
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=4661
Image from huffingtonpost.com
Laetiporus mushroom image from Wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetiporus
Will We Ever Visit Other Stars?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD08CuUi_Ek&feature=share&list=UU6nSFpj9HTCZ5t-N3Rm3-HA
A Man Exposed to a Total Vacuum During Spacesuit Testing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5HOtNcDiCs
Moon Machines: Apollo Guidance Computer NASA (Part 1 of 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7sMe52fEAc
ENIAC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAnhFNJgNYY
Are the flags left on the moon still there?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS4gpRCjIbE
Mythbusters Moon Hoax Flag Flapping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhab86KoVjU
Apollo Video Cameras Explained
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKl8g_Su880
7 Minutes of Terror
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I8AoB1xgU
What American English sounds like to non-English speakers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZXcRqFmFa8
Credits:
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Track Listing:
1.) Lead Mule – Absence
2.) Verse The Sun – Nothing Left
3.) Oh No, Theodore! – Sleek And Slender
4.) Bad Habits – How About You
5.) Wintersleep – In Came The Flood
6.) Seventh Stone – What It Is
7.) Mardeen – Icon
8.) Bloody Diamonds – Baby Don’t Be Nice
9.) The Troublestarters – Rigadadoo
10.) North Lakes – The Holy Water
11.) The Mouthbreathers – P.Y.O.T.
12.) Long Distance Runners – Knuckles
13.) Grassmarket – The Ravine
14.) Moonshine Ramblers – Some Like Wine
Entrepreneurs take note!
Today I spoke with Suhaim Abdussamad of Startup Kitchen about Fredericton’s first participation in Startup Weekend coming up on March 22. This will be hosted at the Pond Deshponde Centre.
Don’t forget that the week preceding the Startup Weekend is the East Coast Startup Week, with several events intended to help every level of entrepreneur.
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Don’t judge a book by it’s cover? Not in this case. As soon as I picked up the Beekeeper album I already knew it was going to be special. Beekeeper, a three-piece from Vancouver, have just released their third EP titled Shout At People and this may be the most unique thing I’ve heard in ages. You easily realize band member Brandi Sidoryk is a trained opera singer when you listen to the best opening ever for a CD, “Bees”. They can bring a sense of humour without being tacky and even include a kazoo on my favourite track Oh Hi!. My only complaint about this short EP is that I just wish it was longer. Barely hitting over the 10 minute mark it leaves you wanting more! So although they’re in no way a “new” band to the Canadian music scene they’re definitely a band to keep your eye on.
Standout Tracks:
It’s The Blood
I Don’t Need Hope, I Need Whiskey
Oh Hi!
Instant Breakfast
Tim Rayne’s Mini-Review: Shifty Bits – Shifty Bits Cult (EP)
This EP is a sampler, a taste and demonstration of range this collective brings to the fore. – an unapologetic assault of the senses. Believe me, you will thank them for it.
Last winter, the Shift Bits crew held a notable music festival at Gallery Connections in Fredericton. Unfortunately for me I was out of town, because the hype that followed from various friends who attended made it clear I missed one of the concert highlights of the year. I can’t attend too many live shows because of work and family commitments so I truly feel lucky when I get a chance to see a ‘Live’ band play live. I have only seen Motherhood and Maiden Names play live from this collective and both bands thrive on stage. In fact, Maiden Names’ show in particular is a must see. I heard the Maiden Names EP before I ever saw them on stage. I liked their sound of dirt rock/stoner metal fusion, but it wasn’t until I heard them live that I truly caught and appreciated their sound. They are now one of my favourite LIVE bands.
The Shifty Bits are a group of musicians who collaborate under the Shifty Bits Cult moniker. Motherhood, Waking Night, Maiden Names and Kurtis Eugene are the bands/artist that take part in this eclectic sampler EP set of diddies. The musicians are playful and experimental while remaining accessible and catchy – not as easy as it sounds. However, each band has their own distinguishable sound and inspiration. The 4 Song EP starts with my personal favourite track entitled Out to Long by Kurtis Eugene who incorporates a moody, slow burning blues sound that brings a psychedelic tinge when combined with his powerful vocals that could be compared to Jeff Buckley – if he smoked a bowl after coming back from the dead. The second track, White as Milk by Maiden Names is a great rock’n song that is up-tempo with a classic rock aesthetic in a low-fi recording. The song is great but I have a beef with the actual recording. The lo-fi element is part of the band’s charm and the band does not require a clean production to sound better, but I have yet to hear a recording that can exemplify or match the strength of their live sound. Don’t get me wrong, Maiden Names is one of my favourite local bands but I want to be able to show them to my friends on my home stereo. Motherhood’s song The News is layered with great harmonies and with some of their best production to date. This song showcases the bands campyness and even, in the last minute, what could be interpreted as a black metal homage. The final track on the EP is by Waking Night entitled Change, it has a country-rock-blues flavour with a little Jim James for good measure. Overall, solid EP from a collective that loves to be challenging while having fun making great music. A collective of true artists who underplay their artistic ambitions without losing face. This is a Sampler and it is just that, a sample. Check out more music from these guys from bandcamp; however, the REAL experience should be shared in a live setting.
http://shiftybits.bandcamp.com/
Tim Rayne
CHSR Instant Breakfast (It’s a Electronic, Hip Hop, Folk kinda Joint) Check out new music from deathraysalad, Artifiseer, andClassified with David Myles. A first time spin of a Whale Skin mix of a AA Wallace track Shake it Out. Some fresh Sean-one with a little Something Good (Official). Monark gets UGLY and Weak Size fish get funky.
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Listen to episode 234 now!
This week on your favourite Barry Award winningest LIVE comic radio program, we welcome superstar artist Ramón Pérez to the Monster Cave. Of course we’ll be chatting with Ramón about his comic career thus far as well as his own award winning creation ‘Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand’ from Archaia. He’s also recently pulled up a chair next to Nick Bradshaw in Logan’s classroom by taking on pencilling duties on ‘Wolverine and the X-Men’ for Marvel. He will be with us LIVE so, if you have a question for Ramón, feel free to post it on our Facebook wall or give us a call at 506-453-4949.
We will also be reviewing Batman #17, which we picked up at Strange Adventures, in our ‘Shit Comic Reviewers Say’ segment.
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Track Listing:
1.) Margo Margo – Colorado
2.) Paper Lions – Travelling
3.) Oh No, Theodore! – You Could Do Better Than Me
4.) Brothers – Black & White
5.) The Motorleague – Hymn For The Newly Departed
6.) Kurtis Eugene – Out Too Long
7.) Breagh MacKinnon – Show It
8.) Jenn Grant – White Dove
9.) Mo Kenney – Sucker
10.) English Words – Pay To Play
11.) English Words – Pay To Play
12.) Gypsophilia – Skirmish
13.) In Dreams – Paranoia Paradise
14.) Girls Would Kill – Bloodshed
Track Listing:
1.) Ria Mae – Not Like Me
2.) Perpetual Detour – That’s Too Bad
3.) Panos – Fallout
4.) SoHo Ghetto – Your Weapon
5.) Gabrielle Papillon – Judah On His Knees
6.) The Kendra Gale Band – Those Eyes
7.) The Stogies – What’s For Dinner, Jack?
8.) The Belle Comedians – The Weight You Hold
9.) The Wax – Going Nowhere Slow
10.) Andy Brown – Gone
11.) Hungry Hearts – Shine
12.) Dog Day – Daydream
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Ian Leblanc and Chris Morehouse discuss hockey on this week’s STU Lunchbox. First, the darker side of the game: concussions. In the second half, they discuss the role that hockey plays in Canadian culture.
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Track Listing:
1.) The Damn Truth – I Want You (He’s A Lightweight)
2.) MAK – Young Lads
3.) Monkeyhouse – You On The Brain
4.) Private Blend X – Where Are You
5.) Babysitter – Prime Of My Life
6.) Catgut – Limozeen
7.) Young Again – Carry The Weight
8.) Brews Willis – Bones In Our Ocean
9.) Luke Nicholson – All We Need
10.) Brother Octopus – Jurassic Park
11.) John Jerome and the Congregation – Great Claims Of Grandure
12.) The Damn Truth – Kinda Awkward
13.) The Damn Truth – Too Late
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Tim Rayne’s Mini Review: Tonella – Compromise (EP)
Tonella is a band that happens to be fronted by Tonella Roy. A Fredericton four piece rock outfit that mixes genres with a hard rocking foundation, catchy pop melodies, and soulful crooning. Backed by strong production, the Compromise EP easily shifts from intimate piano ballads to hard crunching rock hooks. The lyrics are reflective and at times remorseful; however, the juxtaposition of melancholy only heightens the explosive musical bursts of hope and optimism. The confidence and song-craft demonstrated on Compromise illustrates Tonella’s dynamic range. Opening track, Never Coming Back Again fully captures the band’s poppy orchestration, highlighting the EP’s strengths. The combination of female and male vocals elevates the song in both lyrical themes and music composition. The EP’s title track Compromise follows, possibly the strongest song on the album. Catchy? Hell yea…sticks with you long after you listen to it. Tonella Roy’s powerful voice steals the show, along with the great key/electronic hook. Foolish Heart is the ballad on the record and it carries with it a heavy weight of past memories and lost love. The next track, Tell Tale Lie, breaks away completely into a rocky, jazzy up tempo party jam reminiscent of playful Queens of the Stone Age riffage. The EP closes with The Separation, a therapeutic rocker that brings the record to its thematic conclusion of love and loss. Tonella proves that ROCK is still alive in the Maritimes. Check them out at http://tonella.bandcamp.com/album/compromise
Today’s serving of CHSR’s Instant Breakfast has a blend of Margo, Margo, Pamela Pachal, Erin Costelo, The North Lakes, Kestrels, and much more… Continue reading
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