August came and went like…well, you know.
Here’s what you would have heard on this show:
RFYL Episode – XaosEP176
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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The Lunchbox Interview: Gary Crosby
I caught up with Gary Crosby at his workshop via Zoom, and he shared his story of becoming a woodcarver as well as what he looks for in wood to direct what it becomes. See his beautiful work at Darkwood Carving.
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The Lunchbox Interview: Kaitlyn Hoyt
I spoke with Kaitlyn Hoyt about her precise work in creating beautiful illustrations of natural subjects, particularly birds. She spent her time in the Botanic Gardens observing nature and refining her skills.
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RFYL Episode – AutomataEP175
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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B Street : August 16, 2021
Is it time for sweater weather yet?
Here’s what you would have heard on the August 16th show:
RFYL Episode – TheSpireEP174
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
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
Feature:
- 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
Feature:
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 $362,000 to help Atlantic Ballet Atlantique Canada’s Ballet by the ocean program.
- And a pair of Canadian martial artists gave historic Judo performances to start the summer Olympics this week.
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The Lunchbox Interview: Acting Out – One Act Plays (Notable Acts)
I had the chance to sit down with Notable Acts co-founder Len Falkenstein and a pair of directors (Julianne Richard and Alex McAllister) about their experience and excitement about the two one-act plays coming up as this year’s Acting Out production. Julianne Richard is directing the play Life Goes On, written by Muriel Falkenstein, which deals with reflections of the teenager’s experience of 2020’s digital response to pandemic living. Alex McAllister directs MAD About Van Horne by New Brunswick playwright Ron Kelly Spurles, which highlights a historical moment when a play was being used to attract the attention of the widow of a wealth citizen.
Acting Out Loud: One-Act Plays runs as a twin-bill performance from July 29-31, 7:30pm nightly on the stage at Memorial Hall on UNB Campus. Tickets will be available at the door for 15$ regular, 10$ senior/student/underwaged. Limited seating available. Contact dev.rockwell19@unb.ca to reserve tickets.
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RFYL Episode – AcheronEP171
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)
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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Mornings Are Hard // 2021-07-20
Track List:
1.) Shane Morgan Raps – Catching Fireflies
2.) Yves Tumor – Jackie
3.) Destroyer – Crimson Tide
4.) of Montreal – Peace To All Freaks
5.) Islands – (We LIke To)Do It With The Lights On
6.) Royal Canoe – Surrender
7.) Foreign Diplomats – Charger
8.) TEKE::TEKE – Kala Kala
9.) serpentwithfeet – Fellowship
10.) Anthonie Tonnon – Two Free Hands
11.) Jodi – Go Slowly
12.) Krief – I Am The Pillar Of Darkness
13.) Radiohead – Decks Dark
B Street : July 19, 2021
Sometimes cover songs are only OK. Some of them are actually quite terrible. These statements don’t apply to this track listing: all are jams and bangers and devastatingly great.
Here’s what you would have heard on the July 19, 2021 edition of the show:
Homemade Jams // 2021-07-19
Track List:
1.) Simon Daniel – Nightcrawler
2.) Menoncle Jason – Double double
3.) Mandy Silk – Kiss Me Goodnight
4.) Cy – Acadian Dream
5.) Ryan Hillier – Apropos of Nothing
6.) Chloè Breault – Quand on y pense
7.) Austin Eatman – Walking Paranoia
8.) Joey Robin Haché – Alright
9.) Sainte Folie – Les mayas
10.) Kill Chicago – Two Drinks Behind
11.) Chris Colepaugh – Louder
12.) Short For Arthur – Planting Seeds
13.) Shades Of Sorrow – Break
14.) Rey D – Loyal
15.) Fishstixx – Jon Hamm
Mornings Are Hard // 2021-07-15
Track List:
1.) The Balconies – Boys and Girls
2.) The Sunset Drip – Where Is The Sun
3.) The Reed Effect – Fine Here
4.) Real Sickies – Destructive Nights
5.) Doctor Mother Father – You Are What You Are
6.) Mo Kenney – Sucker
7.) PACKS – Clingfilm
8.) Said The Whale – We Are 1980
9.) Whitehorse – Why So Cruel
10.) Charlotte Cardin – Oceans
11.) Charlotte Day Wilson – Mountains
12.) Dorothea Paas – Container
13.) Thanya Iyer – Please Don’t Hold Me Hostage For Who I Am, For Who I Was
14.) CFCF – Night/Day/Work/Home
RFYL Episode – CathrysEP170
Here we are, yet again. This time, I have ventured into the land of the daywalkers, and I can say that it’s bright here and I’m scared.
In all seriousness adjusting my sleeping schedule is way rougher than I expected. Fortunately, I still managed to get together a solid playlist to usher in the weekend and/or blow out more speakers and it kinda goes all over the place.
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Playlist:
Selfear – Cellar Twins
Guiding Lights – The JB Conspiracy
Mission / White Russian – Sin Soto
Touch – The Wring
In Metal We Trust – Lycanthro
Viper Queen – Osyron
Kill All Kings / As The World Burns – Silver Talon
Mass Hysteria – Rockin’ Engine
Nemesis – BLACK FATE
The Start or The End – Die So Fluid
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