Artist – Track || Album
1.) Kelly McMichael – Nature Man || After The Sting Of It
2.) Kelly McMichael – Tour From Hell || After The Sting Of It
3.) The Medium – Golden Apples || City Life
4.) Sexy Mathematics – Especially You || Sexy Mathematics
5.) Plants And Animals – House Of Fire || The Jungle
6.) The Olympic Sympgonium & Wolf Castle – Maybe It’s Nothing || Greville Tapes Music Club Vol.3
7.) Louis Sanchez – One Thing I Can Afford || single
8.) Elizabeth Moen – Empty Bottle || single
9.) Kylie Fox – Alberta || Sequoia
10.) Jessica Rhaye – Rocky Hills || single
11.) Capital 6 – The Shiznit || Not My One
12.) Capital 6 – Give It To ‘Em || Not My One
Indie Whimsy Episode 23 (September 17th 2024)
heya heya! on today’s episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear:
1) half passed dead – sci-fi caper (star stuff)
2) write what you know – stars (nightsongs)
3) rush hour – the shermans (moshi moshi pop international style)
4) hands free – wut (now)
5) nowhere fast – the smiths (meat is murder)
6) we can have it – the dears (no cities left)
7) my heart won’t break – club 8 (the friend i once had)
8) your type – alvvays (antisocialites)
9) doorstop rhythmic bloc – prolapse (pointless walks to dismal places)
10) hlemmur song – u.s. highball (short songs vol. 2)
11) we laugh indoors – death cab for cutie (the photo album)
12) charms around your wrist – the softies (it’s love)
13) sensurround – they might be giants (s-e-x-x-y single)
14) toy tambourine – aberdeen (fireworks and other singles)
15) pastels badge – talulah gosh (backwash)
16) if you find yourself caught in love – belle and sebastian (dear catastrophe waitress)
17) saturday’s cool – eggs (eggs teenbeat 96 exploder)
18) shelia take a bow – the smiths (louder than bombs)
spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DpVievUuFIafwf4QKNTOA?si=33dbedff3b9e4501
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The Lunchbox Interview: Fawn Parker (Poet Laureate)
Sometimes, it takes a poem to truly express the world.
My guest is Fawn Parker, newly-minted Poet Laureate of the city of Fredericton. Fawn joins me to talk about their process for writing, the novels they have written (and the new one just released), and their job as the Poet Laureate.
Fawn Parker’s latest book, Hi, it’s me is currently on bookstore shelves.
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CHSR News – September 20th, 2024 – 12 Neighbours Expanding Neighbourhood
One of Fredericton’s most forward-thinking housing projects is looking for community members to join its neighborhood.
In the over two years since their first move-ins in early 2022, which came to fruition after the previous two years of construction, they have delivered and expanded on their mission to create a context where people can use their talents and gifts in dignified work.
Their most recent expansion, Neighbourly Coffee, opened on June 1st, providing not only a cup of quality joe, but quality work for it’s residents.
Johnny James spoke with members of the organization about their recent expansion and their plan moving forward.
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CHSR News – September 19th, 2024 – Kylie Fox Pays Tribute To Her Idol, Releases Second Album Sequoia
Local singer-songwriter Kylie Fox recently released her new studio album Sequoia as a part of Harvest Music Festival. Bringing her new songs to life, while also paying tribute to the voice that has inspired her the most.
First, she stepped into the shoes of her idol Joni Mitchell, performing her 1974 album Court & Spark from front to back to celebrate the record’s 50th anniversary. Then performed songs from her second studio album Sequoia, which was released the same day, bringing it to her audience’s ears for the first time.
Johnny James sat down with her to dive into Joni Mitchell’s influence, making an album with a new band, the imagery and inspiration of Sequoia and getting to experience the first reactions from her supporters in person.
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Harmony Corruption Episode 66-September 17th, 2024
Hi Folks! Welcome back to Harmony Corruption on CHSR-FM! This week’s episode features lots of dissonant metal, as well as a few classic heavy and doom tunes. I also played material from bands that share members with Pyrrhon, as I will be doing an interview with Doug (vocals) from Pyrrhon on next week’s episode!
Here’s the playlist for the week:
Mercyful Fate-Come to the Sabbath
Pentagram-Death Row
Overkill-Deny the Cross
Eyehategod-Take as Needed for Pain
Godflesh-Dream Long Dead
Immolation-Lost Passion
Cancer Bats-Crocodiles
Cancer Bats-Shadow of Mercury
Cancer Bats-Rattlesnake
Cancer Bats-Winterpeg
Gorguts-La Vie Est Prelude
Gorguts-The Carnal State
Ulcerate-We Are Nil
Rotting Christ-Semigod
Full of Hell-Crawling Back to God
Phobocosm-Knives In the Senate House
Weeping Sores-Song of Embers
Seputus-The Forgetting Curve
Scarcity-Venom and Cadmium
Glorious Depravity-Ocean of Scabs
Pyrrhon-Strange Pains
Noose Sweat-End It
Razor-Mental Torture
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Mornings Are Hard || 2024-09-18
Artist – Track || Album
1.) The Jesus Lizard – Falling Down || Rack
2.) Doctor Mother Father – Happiness || Feelin’ Fine
3.) knitting – Heaven || Some Kind Of Heaven
4.) FUUDGE – Allo? || single
5.) Chillteens – Sour Smoke || In Another Dream
6.) Bad Buddy – You Don’t Own Me || Bad Buddy II
7.) The Secret Beach – If You Don’t Love Me, Let Me Go || We were born here, what’s your excuse?
8.) Jon McKiel – Hex || Hex
9.) Teenage Dads – Speedracer || MAJORDOMO
10.) Starcleaner Reunion – The Hand That I Put Down || single
11.) renforshort – getting over you || clean hands dirty water
12.) Melt – Fake Romantic || If There’s Heaven
13.) Raavi – Henry || The Upside
14.) Doohickey Cubicle – Cafe Au Lait || Super Smaller
15.) DenMother – MermaidsX || I Chased The Water
16.) Matilda Lyn – Sunwarmed || single
CHSR News – September 18th, 2024 – Provincial Leaders Present To Fredericton City Council
New Brunswick provincial political leaders, Premier Blaine Higgs (Progressive Conservatives), Susan Holt (Liberals) and David Coon (Greens) made their cases to Fredericton City Council on Monday ahead of next months election. The leaders had 15 minutes each to address the capital regions concerns, followed by a number of questions from council members, and how those needs will be addressed if they are elected.
Fredericton’s wishlist includes items such as a new aquatic center, help with transit, fiscal reform to reduce the city’s infrastructure deficit and property tax burden as well as more primary healthcare physicians.
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Away From The Mire Episode 50
Episode 50, where has the time gone! I hope you’ve been enjoying the shows as much as I enjoy putting these together. This was my second live show and we played some great local music and discussed some of the music news going on today!
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Cyboogie
La Luz – Floating Features
Keepy Uppy – The Saxby Gale
Shotgun Jimmie – Cool All The Time
The Heavy Heavy – Happiness
The Breeders – Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Soulive – I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
Jane’s Addiction – Had A Dad
Guided by Voices – Glad Girls
Chillteens – Young Sheldon
Young Satan In Love – Bibles For Missions
Merle Haggard and The Strangers – Skid Row
Southern Culture On The Skids – Freak Flag
Slugmilk – Backstreet Records
Butthole Surfers – Pepper
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CHSR News – September 16th, 2024 – FHS’s Merrit Johnson Wins Youth Human Rights Award
The recipients of the 2024 New Brunswick Human Rights Awards were honoured during a ceremony at Government House on Friday.
17-year-old Fredericton High School student Merrit Johnson received the Youth Human Rights Award for her work as a queer community advocate, mainly through her work as executive committee president for FHS’s GSA.
Johnny James spoke with Johnson to get her reaction, ask about her work and to get her thoughts on a number of key issues facing the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
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Testing For Echo – Episode 59 – Lot’s to Play! Let’s Go! – Orig. Air Date September 14, 2024
Hello there folks. This is Testing For Echo Episode 59 on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell.
I’m really happy to have another great track from the new Mandoki Soulmates album and a legendary show ID from Leslie Mandoki himself.
I’ve prepared an hour of awesome for you. I hope you like it.
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The email for the show is TestingForEchoCHSR@gmail.com. I’d love to hear your comments, suggestions, or requests.
Also, please visit and join our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TestingForEchoCHSR/
Again, thank you so much for your support.
Take good care,
Tim
“The World of Music, One Song at a Time”
Episode Song List
- Mandoki Soulmates- Devil’s Encyclopedia
- Nightwinds – Sad But True
- Triumph – I Live For The Weekend
- Mr. Mister – Something Real
- Yes – Holy Lamb (Song for Harmonic Convergence)
- Tegan and Sara – Northshore
- Vigil – On Me
- Led Zeppelin – The Rover
- Melo – Want You To See
- Bryan Ferry – Crazy Love
- King Crimson – No Warning
- SAGA – Time To Play
- RUSH – Entre Nous
- B-52’s – 52 Girls
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Indie Whimsy Episode 22 (September 10th 2024)
hiya hiya! this week on indie whimsy you heard:
- photo jenny – belle and sebastian (push barman to open old wounds)
- the very thing – stars (nightsongs)
- slow graffiti – belle and sebastian (push barman to open old wounds)
- waits for me – wut (now)
- do it for your country – belle and sebastian (a bit of previous)
- fourth figure – alvvays (blue rev)
- fool – frankie cosmos (next thing)
- plimsoll punks – alvvays (antisocialites)
- song for a friend – tenniscoats (two sunsets)
- quiet boy – dew (short songs vol. 2)
- underneath the sycamore – death cab for cutie (codes and keys)
- star stuff – sci-fi caper (star stuff)
- song for chris – everyone asked about you (paper airplanes, paper hearts)
- i’ll decide to have a problem – sara renberg (night sands)
- we were never glorious – belle and sebastian (days of the bagnold summer)
- other girls – eux autres (hell is eux autres)
- made-up lovesong #43 – guillemots (through the windowpane)
spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rJncYsnvAQHa0CSXwWX2t?si=8a88948d2a3c4fe2
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CHSR News – September 13th, 2024 – Higgs Government Announces New Physician Payment Model
The Provincial Government announced a new compensation model for healthcare physicians on Thursday that seeks to combat growing wait-lists and make New Brunswick a more attractive destination for doctors.
The new investment, which is a commitment of 18.6 million dollars in funding this year and 20 million next year, surrounds a new provider and patient registry; physicians who maintain their information on the new registry will be compensated using a pay scale that encourages them to take on more patients.
Johnny James reports on what this means for healthcare in the province.
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CHSR News – September 12th, 2024 – NBTA President Peter Legacy Outlines Education Demands To The Current & Future Government
NB Teachers association president Peter Legacy spoke to reporters Wednesday morning, laying out the concerns that need to be addressed by candidates running in the upcoming provincial election.
He began his address acknowledging the continued understaffing and shortages in the province’s school system and that those within the association are continuing to ring the alarm bells with the current government and the many retired teachers who have stepped back into the classroom to begin the school year, along with the 132 community members on local permit contracts.
Johnny James has the story on what the NBTA is looking for to address these needs.
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CHSR News – September 11th, 2024 – Harvest Opens With Kulasihkulpa!
Fredericton’s Harvest Music Festival opened last night with a celebration of indigenous music called Kulasihkulpa! which featured Judie Acquin, The Muskrat Singers, Dee Dee Austin and local grass dancers.
The opening ceremonies was the festival’s second opening ceremony featuring a heavy spotlight on indigenous artists.
Johnny James was at the event and spoke to Wolastoq Grand Chief Ron Tremblay about the significance of the event to the city’s indigenous community.
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Harmony Corruption Episode 65-September 10th, 2024
Hi Folks! Welcome back to Harmony Corruption, this week’s episode features lots of sludge, atmospheric death metal and lots of dissonance. This episode focuses on some of the harsher, more dissonant side of metal, as well as some more technical material. It also includes some black metal!
Here’s the playlist for the week!
Dystopia-Stress Builds Character
Dystopia-Hands That Mold
Nails-Give Me the Painkiller
Grief-Hate Grows Stronger
Pyrrhon-The Greatest City on Earth
Pyrrhon-Concrete Charlie
Pyrrhon-Stress Fractures
Ulcerate-Burning Skies
Ulcerate-Dead Oceans
Acid Bath-New Death Sensation
Acid Bath-Cassie Eats Cockroaches
Faith No More-Jizzlobber
Archagathus-Ridiculous Incision
Archagathus-Surgery Addict
Wormwitch-Wormsblood Necromancy
Wormwitch-Bright and Poisonous
Spectral Wound-Twelve Moons in Hell
Cryptopsy-The Frantic Pace of Dying
Annihilator-I Am In Command
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Mornings Are Hard || 2024-09-11
Artist – Track || Album
1.) New Strangers – Camel Walk || single
2.) SUUNS – Fish on a String || The Breaks
3.) Chillteens – Irvine || In Another Dream
4.) Pipe-eye – Lords of Lithium || single
5.) Soft Self Portraits – Departures || Yarns Spun
6.) Hinds – Boom Boom Back || VIVA HINDS
7.) Scout Gillett – Room Of Shadows || Imagination, MO.
8.) Then Comes Silence – Like A Hammer || Trickery
9.) Madeleine Roger – You Don’t Think About Me || Nerve
10.) Falcon Jane – I Get Myself || Legacy
11.) Mo Kenney – Evening Dream || From Nowhere
12.) Dylan Menzie – North American Dream Kid || North American Dream Kid
13.) Jack White – That’s How I’m Feeling || No Name
14.) Birds Of Prrrey – Noelle’s Emo Song || Yet, we’re still growing in place
15.) Toro y Moi – Walking In The Rain || Hole Erth
Mornings Are Hard || 2024-09-09
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Lunar Moon – With and without || single
2.) Richard Laviolette – Milkweed and Motherwort || All Wild Things Are Shy
3.) Spiral XP – Sinner || single
4.) Motherhood – Wandering || single
5.) Heaven For Real – All That Remains || Hell’s Logo’s Pink
6.) Energy Slime – Throw Me A Bone || Planet Perfect
7.) John Davis – Indifferent Stars || single
8.) THUS LOVE – On The Floor || single
9.) The Manic Boys And Girls Club – Last Train || single
10.) Elephant Stone – Lost In A Dream || Back Into The Dream
11.) Doohickey Cubicle – Cannoli Filling || Super Smeller
12.) Bethany – Mistakes (Heart Hit A Brick Wall) || Handwritten Notes
13.) Coco & Clair Clair – Our House || Girl
14.) Ghostly Kisses – On & Off || Darkroom
15.) iskwe – Blown Away || nina
CHSR News – September 10th, 2024 – New Fredericton Police Chief Gary Forward
CHSR’s broadcast journalist Johnny James was at the latest Fredericton city council meeting last night speaking with newly sworn-in police chief Gary Forward about how he will apply his extensive leadership experience to his new role, his outlook on community policing and addressing the recruitment issues within the Fredericton Police Force.
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Away From The Mire Episode 49 -A Harvest Preview
After 49 episodes I finally did a live one and it was a blast! I’ve got a great new tune from Billy Strings and I run down some of the great artists playing at Harvest this year. Also, you get to hear me sing for a second. Enjoy!
1 Oasis – Cigarettes & Alcohol
2 Pearl Jam – Wreckage
3 Billy Strings -Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You
4 Big Sugar – All Hell For A Basement
5 Connor Fox – Ain’t No Time
6 Apollo Suns – A Lesson in Sharing
7 Too Many Zooz – Smells Like Teen Spirit
8 Broken Social Scene – Cause = Time
9 Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
10 Matthew Good – Strange Days – Live
11 BA Johnston – Drive Thru Beef
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Indie Whimsy Episode 21 (September 3rd 2024)
heya heya! welcome back to another episode of indie whimsy after a 5 month break! so glad to be back!! in this episode you’ll hear:
- the eighth station of the cross kebab house – belle and sebastian (the third eye centre)
- ones who love you – alvvays (alvvays)
- she’s losing it – belle and sebastian (tigermilk)
- international rock star – stars (nightsongs)
- starry eyes – they might be giants (my murdered remains)
- capital city – wut (now)
- movie ending romance – math and physics club (movie ending romance ep)
- lottery noises – alvvays (blue rev)
- i don’t care – the harriets (the harriets 1st demo)
- in undertow – alvvays (antisocialites)
- two sunsets – tenniscoats (two sunsets)
- bixby canyon bridge – death cab for cutie (narrow stairs)
- you! me! dancing! – los campesinos! (hold on now, youngster …)
- a century of elvis – belle and sebastian (push barman to open old wounds)
- i don’t think it matters – brighter (disney & other singles)
- and she was – talking heads (little creatures)
spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/24wdmVhmXZoS6DM7YP2Vra?si=8b498636c9454e45
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Harmony Corruption Episode 64-September 3rd, 2024
Hi Folks!
Welcome back to Harmony Corruption! It’s September, one of my favourite months of the year! This week’s episode features tons of new material I got on a recent trip I went on. The first hour or so of the show features some lighter material before we get into some pretty heavy stuff near the end of the show, as well as some sludge!
Here’s this week’s playlist:
Diamond Head-Am I Evil?
Black Sabbath-Cross of Thorns
1000 Homo DJs-Supernaut (Black Sabbath Cover)
Danzig-Tired of Being Alive
Candlemass-Where the Runes Still Speak
Manilla Road-Mystification
Turbo-Ignite the Night
Turbo-Broke and Ugly
Sepultura-Propaganda
Repugnant-Spawn of Pure Malevolence
200 Stab Wounds-Drilling Your Head
Spectral Wound-The Horn Marauding
Ares Kingdom-Failsafe
Archagathus-Incomprehensible Octogenarian
Archagathus-War Monger
Corrosion of Conformity-Great Purification
Dopethrone-Devil’s Dandruff
Dopethrone-Shot Down
Asphyx-Asphyx (Forgotten War)
Primitive Man-Commerce
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Harmony Corruption Episode 63-August 27th, 2024-Earache Records Retrospective Part 2 feat. Stephanie
Hi folks! This week’s episode features the second and final part of the Earache Records Retrospective with Stephanie. This episode covers some of the mid-90s on from Earache, and also features some talk about what the future of Earache may look like. Hope you enjoy this episode, as it was something Stephanie and I have been wanting to do for forever!
Here’s the playlist for the week:
Napalm Death-Twist the Knife (Slowly)
Brutal Truth-Denial of Existence
Vader-Wings
Massacre-From Beyond
Nocturnus-Empire of the Sands
Cadaver-Hallucinating Anxiety
Confessor-Uncontrolled
Decapitated-Human’s Dust
The Chasm-Fortress
Akercocke-The Promise
Akercocke-My Apterous Angel
Wormrot-Desolate Landscapes
Woods of Ypres-Halves and Quarters
Woods of Ypres-Retrosleep in the Morning Calm
Woods of Ypres-Keeper of the Ledger
Spectral Wound-A Coin Upon the Tongue
Warkrusher-Sea of Suffering
Thanks for tuning in! Tune in next week for more Harmony Corruption on CHSR-FM!
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Testing For Echo – Episode 58 – Up and Down and All Around – Orig. Air Date August 31, 2024
Hello there folks. This is Testing For Echo Episode 58 on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell.
What an amazing show we have! I spent time sorting out the music and then sat back and thought WOW! This is a great show. The listeners will really enjoy this.
Don’t take my word for it. Click that arrow down the left to listen.
The email for the show is TestingForEchoCHSR@gmail.com. I’d love to hear your comments, suggestions, or requests.
Also, please visit and join our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TestingForEchoCHSR/
Take good care,
Tim
“The World of Music, One Song at a Time”
Episode Song List
- Mandoki Soulmates- We Stay Loud
- Yes- Tempus Fugit
- Profiler – Glitch Theory
- Teenage Head – Top Down
- Bryan Ferry – The ‘In’ Crown
- RUSH – Superconductor
- Saga – Climbing The Ladder
- The Strange Happenings – Subanimal
- Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work
- Melo – Paralyzed
- Christina Chong – Flying Blind
- Vigil – In The Maze
- ELP – Hoedown
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Away From The Mire Episode 48
Back this week with more great alt rock from the 90’s right up to today!
Local H – Everyone Alive
Skegss – Out Of My Head
Surfbort – Lot Lizard 93
Motherhood – #224
The Smashing Pumpkins – War Dreams Of Itself
Bloodshot Bill – Rusty Blade
Post Malone – M-E-X-I-C-O (Feat. Billy Strings)
The Babalooneys – King of the Surf
Slobberbone – Meltdown
Stirs – Bottles
Deer Tick – Mange
Crooked Fingers – New Drink for the Old Drunk
Brody Dalle — Hybrid Moments
Absolute Losers – Sky So Violent
Built To Spill – Traces
John Moran – Not Dead Yet
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