The Lunchbox 2021-09-10: Jason Anderson & Rick Sparkes

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On today’s show, a pair of local musicians with upcoming shows!

I caught up to Fredericton artist Jason Anderson during his residency at Killarney Lake, and he shared some of his songwriting process and a brand new song (called Summer Gone). Jason will be playing at The Tipsy Muse Café on Friday, September 10 at 7pm.

Rick Sparkes (of Rick Sparkes + The Enablers) has been enthralled by music from a very young age, but has only recently been getting it recorded to share with the world. He joined me via Zoom to chat about his history with music, and the inspirations and efforts for the new album Pleasure in the Pathless Woods. Rick Sparkes + The Enablers will be playing with Hum & Hollow at The Cap on Saturday, September 11 at 7pm.

News Headlines:

  • Public Health reporting 17 new cases of COVID-19 with 8 recoveries on Thursday.
  • New Brunswick’s Green Party is calling on the province to reinstitute some COVID rules.
  • A Moncton man faces charges after drugs and two firearms were seized on Tuesday.
  • Even with post-secondary students back to class, Elections Canada won’t offer its on-campus voting program.
  • New Brunswick’s top doctor will receive the province’s highest honour this year.
  • The Fredericton airport is now offering COVID tests for its travellers.
  • The Canadian Vaping Association says proposed flavour bans will increase smoking, cause economic harm and jeopardize product safety.
  • And affordability, climate change, pandemic recovery, reconciliation, leadership and accountability were the key topics at last night’s leaders’ debate.

Events coming up:
(for full details, check out our Events Calendar)

 

  • Friday (10):
    • Gallery Hopping, 4pm, Gallery 78/UNB Art Centre
      • The Annual Society of Canadian Artists’ Elected Members’ Exhibition, 4pm, Gallery 78
      • Vita Plume: Patterns & Portraits, 5pm, UNB Art Centre
    • Live @ The Park: Keith Hallet // Chillteens, 7pm, Garrison Skate Park
    • Chickahominy Mountain Band // Womb to Tomb, 7pm, The Cap
    • Jason Anderson, 7pm, The Tipsy Muse Café
    • Mark Currie, 7pm, York County Cider
    • The Garry Hansen Band, 7pm, Southside Shake
    • Lilly Hiatt // The Hypos Trio  [HJ&B], 7:30pm, The Playhouse
    • Cathy Hutch, 8pm, The Hollywood Star Room
    • Guns N’ Roses (GNR) Tribute Band, 9pm, NBEX
    • Shameless, 9:30pm, Dolan’s Pub

 

 

  • Saturday (11):
    • Battle of the Arts Online: Maritime School of African Dance
      Battle of the Arts New Brunswick will host an eleven-part online series of dance, music and conversations beginning on September 11. The upcoming series will feature guest performances by the Maritime School of African Dance, Ceeb Dread, Hero B, Rey-D, and others. All performances and conversations will take place online through the BOTA YouTube channel. battleofthearts.ca
    • Kings Landing: Crime & Punishment & Last Rites, 10am-5pm, Kings Landing
    • Feeding the Future: chillteens // Camilo V // Not Now, Madame!, noon-4pm, The Cap
      We are raising funds to help feed and provide supplies to over 100 children daily in Caracas Venezuela. Nutriendo El Futuro (Feeding the Future) is empowering low income communities in Venezuela and helping children enroll in school.
    • NB Country Showcase, 6:30pm, NBEX
    • Rick Sparkes & The Enablers // Hum & Hollow, 7pm, The Cap
    • GIN & Jazz with music by BRIDGE, 7pm, Southside Shake (downtown Hilton)
    • TNT Classic Country: The Bakersfield Sound // Anna Thibideau, 7pm, Hanwell Community Centre
    • Hazzard, 7:30pm, Burtts Corner Lions Club
    • Shameless, 9:30pm, Dolan’s Pub
    • Pitifully Low, 10pm, The Hollywood Star Room
    • Fever Dreams, 10pm, The Cap

  • Sunday (12):
    • Kings Landing: Crime & Punishment & Last Rites, 10am-5pm, Kings Landing
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RFYL Episode – TorchEP177

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks
Three day weekend? Three day weekend! Three day weekend, Three day weekend. Three. Day Weekend.

Have I been looking forward to this Three Day Weekend? Maybe. But also, there’s tons of new music that came out and we’re going to play…. some of it. This episode is significantly more prog-y than the last one, so hopefully you have your prog hats on. If you don’t have a prog hat, it’s in the mail. You live at 123 Fake St, right?

Playlist:
Tanner – Like A Motorcycle
Hands Up – Dead Sara [Official]
Walking Backwards – Blue Hour Ghosts
Definite & Quick – Thera
Steelier – The Wring
Gotta Feed My Dog / Sevier – The Joy Formidable
Turning Point – Sacrifice to Survive
Memories of Water – Shumaun
The Wind That Shapes The Land – Unleash The Archers
Don’t Mess With Me – Brody Dalle
The Hunt – Megan McDuffee Music

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News for 2021-09-02

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Headlines:

  • The provincial COVID-19 dashboard says more than 84 per cent of New Brunswickers have both doses of a vaccine.
  • Police have issued an AMBER alert for a missing Quebec toddler in Northern New Brunswick.
  • A fishing boat registered to the Saint Mary’s First Nation was seized over the weekend.
  • The province is planning on cultivating blueberry fields in the northeast of the province.
  • Police say they have discovered the vehicle connected to the disappearance of a 76-year-old Musquash man.
  • Drivers will pay more at the pump this week.
  • A worker was injured at the Fredericton landfill when a thrown-out battery exploded.
  • And around 1,250 Canadians are still in Afghanistan.
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Mornings Are Hard // 2021-09-01

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Track List:
1.) Fake Shark – Quicksand
2.) Atlantic Canyons – See The Hue
3.) Fried Fruits – Duo Fruit
4.) Yukon Blonde – Your Heart’s My Home
5.) THNDR – A Difficult Time
6.) Chad VanGaalen – Starlight
7.) Sin Soto – Retrograde
8.) Endrick & The Sandwiches – Hot Spot
9.) Sonny & The Sunsets – Ring My Bell
10.) Sue Foley – Dallas Man
11.) Run The River – A Fool’s Fate
12.) Kevin Towill – Better Friend
13.) Oliver James Brooks – Storm Chasing
14.) Celia Hollander – 1:17PM
15.) Suzie Ungerleider – Ships

Homemade Jams // 2021-08-31

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Track List:
1.) Behrooz Mihankhah – Lydium
2.) The Town Heroes – The Jam
3.) The Town Heroes – 1999
4.) Golden Cinema – Little Sunscreen
5.) Young Satan In Love – Young Satan In Love
6.) This Ship – Memory
7.) Chillteens – Suite Life
8.) Wicked Vices – Liquor
9.) Amelia Curran – Song On The Radio
10.) Colin Fowlie – Inside Out
11.) Jamie Comeau & The Crooked Teeth – Tall Pine
12.) Andre Pettipas and the Giants – No Fools No Fun

RFYL Episode – XaosEP176

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks
The unending heat of the plague that is our summer continues. Is it too soon to use the word “plague”? Anyway, there’s some announcements on this week’s episode but I was too busy melting to think up anything terribly clever, so we just have a solid lineup of tracks to both keep things chill and give you something to have in the background of a heat-induced rage.

Find some shade, play it loud, don’t melt.

Playlist:
Back Burner – Like A Motorcycle
El Diablo – Tsunami Bomb
Aeroplane – Sonic Circus – AU
No Way Out / Never Say Goodbye – Nightingale – Music & Videos
Tome of Deceptions – Shades of Sorrow
No Surrender – Sumo Cyco
Millenium – Cellar Twins
Razor’s Edge – Osyron
Resistance 2029 (feat. Andy La Rocque) – Silver Talon
Song of the Ancients / Fate – Husky by the Geek

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RFYL Episode – AutomataEP175

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks
Welcome to YET ANOTHER WEEK of summer I guess? I don’t know what’s happening outside, but I do know that there’s some more great music entering rotation with the show. I’m not the greatest at following up with releases but when they’re pretty much waved in front of my face, who am I to say no?

Anyway, if you want to send anything off to the show (requests, new stuff your band has, etc) I’ll at the very least read it if I don’t wind up playing it. Now have a podcast.

Playlist:
Feelin’ Better / Pressure – Cory Hotline
Heroes – Dead Sara [Official]
The Start or The End – Die So Fluid
Chase The Sun – Kitchen Witch
Skin – Powder for Pigeons
Maze – BLACK FATE
Venus Lullaby – Puta Volcano
Griefmaker – Osyron
Salao – Worse
The Alien – Dream Theater
Running Through The Maze – Husky by the Geek

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RFYL Episode – TheSpireEP174

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On this week’s episode – STAY INSIDE IT’S MISERABLE OUT. And I’m not just talking about the random diseases out there. YOU know what diseases I’m talking about.

Anyway, we’ve got more cool stuff we’re showcasing, and hopefully we will once again usher you into the weekend with something wonderful and loud and crazy. And if we don’t do that? .. Well maybe you were listening to something else.

Playlist:

Side B Track 1 – Sea Mouse
Battles – The JB Conspiracy
Wide Awake – Like A Motorcycle
Under The Sun / Intuition Underground – Shumaun
Frontal Lobe – Kitchen Witch
ENtropica – Puta Volcano
Virus Buster / Maverick Slayer – Husky by the Geek
In Metal We Trust – Lycanthro
Divine Fury – Silver Talon
Destiny – ProleteR
Rich – Megan McDuffee Music

 

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RFYL Episode – MaelstromEP173

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

In this week’s episode, we feature more music and it’s great and you should get the podcast. Not convinced? I spent so much time looking into new music and chilling / rocking out to new tracks that I didn’t bother coming up with anything clever here.

Honestly this is so repetitive at this point that you know I’m bringing you quality, cool stuff.  Grab a free podcast, play it loud, go buy music to keep more music flowing. Do it.

Playlist:
Sunrise – Kitchen Witch
Swept Out – Like A Motorcycle
Egos At The Door – The JB Conspiracy
Tales of Autumn / Social Waste – Cellar Twins
Fearless – Blue Hour Ghosts
Queen of Shadows – BLACK FATE
Neon / Raindance – Puta Volcano
Memories of Water – Shumaun
The Light – The Wring
Hands Up – Dead Sara [Official]
Leader of the Pack – Husky by the Geek

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The Lunchbox 2021-08-06: Ridge Works Studio

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  • This year, there have been a number of artists-in-residence out at Killarney Lake. I caught up with the mother-and-daughter duo of Kim Stillwell and Anne Stillwell-LeBlanc, who work together under the name of Ridge Works Studio. During their time in residence, they were both expanding their experience with plein-air painting, including how it doesn’t work very well when it rains.
  • And today is International Sailor Moon Day! I went back to 2016, when I had the chance to talk to two local fans of the anime, Stephanie and Cassie, who were preparing to hold one of only four celebrations across the country.

Headlines:

  • New cases of COVID-19 continue to climb after New Brunswick reported 13 yesterday.
  • The New Brunswick Medical Society says COVID vaccines should be mandatory for health care workers.
  • Police seized a loaded handgun after a single-vehicle crash in Florenceville-Bristol on Monday.
  • Ottawa is shelling out $2.3 million to help the City of Fredericton with 16 infrastructure projects.
  • Organigram has its new CEO.
  • Expect some delays at borders and airports as nearly 9,000 workers hit the picket lines.
  • Canada is getting a new stat holiday to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
  • And researchers say they haven’t found unmarked graves connected to the Shubenacadie Residential School.
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The Lunchbox 2021-08-05: Donna Mulholland

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  • Today, I spoke with Donna Mulholland, a multi-disciplinary artist who was one of the artists-in-residency at the Botanic Garden this summer. While her normal art is painting, she’s rediscovered a long-buried interest in rug hooking, both conventional and unconventional. We chat about the way she’s adapted to the hooked art, and the way she’s adapting the art to her other practice. See more of her work at her website, Donna Mulholland Studio.
  • I also revisited another interview I did earlier this year with Rose He, a university student involved with the UNB Divestment Project and RAVEN.

News Headlines:

  • The province says 68.2 per cent of New Brunswickers have both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
  • A provincial information resource for health and government services has gone digital.
  • Police conducted a second aerial search for a missing Bathurst teen yesterday.
  • A campground near Moncton will be outfitted with new gear.
  • Drivers will pay a little more for gasoline this week.
  • Canada’s health agencies are investigating outbreaks of Hepatitis A in Quebec and Nova Scotia due to frozen mangoes.
  • A capitol fire station aiming to be completely self-sufficient with green power.
  • And the first plane carrying dozens of Afghan workers who helped troops in their deployment arrived in Canada yesterday.
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Mornings Are Hard // 2021-08-05

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Track List:
1.) Debra-Jean Creelman – Threshold
2.) Thanya Iyer – I Forget To Drink Water (Balance)
3.) Dana Sipos – Skinny Legs
4.) Nick Ferrio – Worthy Of Love
5.) Whitehorse – Why So Cruel
6.) Alle The Dreamer – Clumsy Heart
7.) Alyson McNamara – After Hours
8.) Steve Marriner – Enough
9.) Evan Cheadle – Some Fool
10.) The Town Heroes – Queen
11.) High October – Worker And Parasite
12.) PACKS – Silvertongue
13.) Slow Down, Molasses – Some Fine Action
14.) FHANG – King Blame

Homemade Jams // 2021-08-04

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Track List:
1.) Wrote – Houseplants
2.) The Olympic Symphonium – Blood From A Stone
3.) David Myles – Birch Lane
4.) Leanne Hoffman – Turning The Truth
5.) Erin Costelo – All In Your Head
6.) Baie – Suzie
7.) Ian Janes – Vital Signs
8.) Brookside Mall – Redignation
9.) Sluice – Runnin’ The Roads
10.) Joey Robin Haché – Imbécile
11.) Keegan Dobbelsteyn – Fear
12.) Andre Pettipas and The Giants – Homesick
13.) Honey Gut – Something’s Gotta Give
14.) Les Moontunes – Paper Boat
15.) Capital 6 – Dirty Funk

 

The Lunchbox 2021-08-04: The Fifth Wall 2

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Feature:

  • It was my pleasure to chat with Corinski Nowlan (of Herbert The Cow Productions) and Scott Shannon (of Nasty Shadows Theatre Company) about their joint sequel theatre project called The Fifth Wall 2. This year’s presentation is being staged outdoors again, but in a corner of Odell Park, as well as travelling to other locations across the province. We chat about how this came to be, and about the two plays that make up this year’s presentation, I Left An Entity In My Room?! and The Hole: A Sunny Corner Story.
  • With only a few minutes to spare, I decided to include an old favourite: Clocks by Instruments.

News Headlines:

  • New Brunswick Public Health discovered 11 new cases of COVID-19 over the last two days.
  • New Brunswick’s health minister says there are no plans to wind down community vaccine clinics yet.
  • The New Brunswick RCMP is investigating 10 break and enters at seasonal homes in Harcourt.
  • Federal funding will go towards researching abortion services and other support for women, youth, queer, Indigenous and racialized Canadians.
  • A new study says fishing gear dumped off the coast of Nova Scotia is trapping species at risk.
  • The St. Thomas Tommies continue to grow its roster for this year’s Women’s Volleyball team.
  • And NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is reiterating demands for more concrete action about unmarked graves at former residential schools.
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Mornings Are Hard // 2021-08-04

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Track List:
1.) Praises – Love Unkind
2.) The Submissives – Pining For A Boy
3.) The Lee Harvey Oswalds – Sugar Cubes
4.) skirts – Always
5.) Pelada – Habla Tu Verdad
6.) The Damn Truth – Tomorrow
7.) Like A Motorcycle – Hands
8.) Blood People – Shapeshifter
9.) King Woman – Boghz
10.) lié – Good Boy
11.) PUP – see You At Your Funeral
12.) Terry Presume – Act Up
13.) KAYTRANADA ft. Charlotte Day Wilson – What You Need
14.) Charlotte Cardin – Daddy

Homemade Jams // 2021-08-03

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Track List:
1.) Pillow Fite – PLaying The Fool
2.) Subtle – Haze
3.) Safeword – Broken Heart Song
4.) FM Berlin – Good Magic
5.) Floodland – Tangled
6.) Sonic Detour – Breathe Out
7.) Chloè Breault – Menteur
8.) Tampa – Wait
9.) Body Paint – Mirage
10.) waants – Keep Careful ft. Sorrey
11.) Lashes – Bleed Out
12.) Ura Star, Fireball Kid – Juicy Drinky Drink
13.) Stephen Hero – Livin The Dream
14.) Lazermortis – Autonetic Highway
15.) sweetgoose64 – hello beach +

RFYL Episode – LimboEP172

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I was debating trying to come up with something since metrics like it when you type a lot, but at the same time, THREE DAY WEEKEND WOOOOOOOOOOO

Playlist:
Starting Again – The JB Conspiracy
You Talk Too Much – Damn Cargo
Satan Does The Numbers / Back Burner – Like A Motorcycle
Flavour of the Day – Rock Johnson
Facade – Shades of Sorrow
No Way Out – Nightingale – Music & Videos
Disheartened – Blue Hour Ghosts
Into Oblivion – Lycanthro
Dissension – The Wring
Ontogeny – Before & Apace
Legacy – Unleash The Archers

 

 

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News Update 2021-07-27

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News Headlines:

  • The province says just under 65 per cent of New Brunswickers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
  • The federal Greens have chosen a new representative for Fredericton.
  • Police say they won’t release the results of an aerial search for a missing Bathurst teen for the time being.
  • Pediatricians are sounding the alarm about a possible spike in respiratory illnesses amongst children this summer.
  • St. Thomas University says some students might not get into the dorms they initially applied for.
  • A group of young Atlantic Canadian business owners will be heading to Italy this fall, virtually.
  • The federal and provincial governments are investing $362,000 to help Atlantic Ballet Atlantique Canada’s Ballet by the ocean program.
  • And a pair of Canadian martial artists gave historic Judo performances to start the summer Olympics this week.
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The Lunchbox Interview: Acting Out – One Act Plays (Notable Acts)

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I had the chance to sit down with Notable Acts co-founder Len Falkenstein and a pair of directors (Julianne Richard and Alex McAllister) about their experience and excitement about the two one-act plays coming up as this year’s Acting Out production. Julianne Richard is directing the play Life Goes On, written by Muriel Falkenstein, which deals with reflections of the teenager’s experience of 2020’s digital response to pandemic living. Alex McAllister directs MAD About Van Horne by New Brunswick playwright Ron Kelly Spurles, which highlights a historical moment when a play was being used to attract the attention of the widow of a wealth citizen.

Acting Out Loud: One-Act Plays runs as a twin-bill performance from July 29-31, 7:30pm nightly on the stage at Memorial Hall on UNB Campus. Tickets will be available at the door for 15$ regular, 10$ senior/student/underwaged. Limited seating available. Contact dev.rockwell19@unb.ca to reserve tickets.

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RFYL Episode – AcheronEP171

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks
While I wouldn’t even begin to call this a tour, we certainly are going on an adventure through some older tracks – which, by the way, still feels super weird to call them older. Some of the tracks were played right when they came out, which is only a few years into the life of the show – others? Well, they’re so recent that they’re barely a month old. So, sure, call it an adventure. Or, you can call all of this rambling pretext as an excuse to fill typing before I casually post my playlist and don’t look back at this particular post ever again.

Playlist:
Wild Fires –The JB Conspiracy
One Foot In – Cory Hotline
Lower The Wires – Blue Hour Ghosts
To War – Osyron
Steelier – The Wring
Dischordia – The Motorleague
A Tangle – Black Mastiff
Hotel Hallway – Like A Motorcycle
Primitive Data – Puta Volcano
Enchantress – Lycanthro
Deceiver, I Am – Silver Talon
Future Sun – Sacrifice to Survive
Crackerman – The Dyadics

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The Lunchbox Interview: Alexa Higgins // Ian Goff (81 Minutes)

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I sat down over Zoom to chat with Alexa Higgins and Ian Goff of Falling Iguana Theatre Company about their upcoming presentation of 81 Minutes, the Mainstage Presentation of Notable Acts 2021. We chat about the unusual beginning of this project, the challenges they set for themselves, and their excitement in presenting an interleaved pair of stories — all in 81 minutes.

81 Minutes opens on July 22 at 7:30pm at the Open Space Theatre as part of Notable Acts 2021. It runs Thursday through Sunday. The Notable Acts festival continues in many forms through August 4. See the Facebook event for more details, and to get tickets.

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