The Lunchbox 2020-04-06: Farmer’s Market impacts; COVID-19 updates; David in the Dark & The Millennial Dream

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On today’s show:

  • Boyce Farmer’s Market will now send out a list of products available from its vendors each week that can be delivered. The list comes out on Tuesday. For more information, visit their web site.
  • Sadly, it looks like we may be saying farewell to the North Side Market. Reports indicate that they have closed down permanently.
  • COVID-19 Update:
    • The province announced six new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, bringing the total to 101. 28 people have recovered from the virus.
    • Dr. Jennifer Russell reminds New Brunswickers to take care of their mental health during this uncertain and stressful time.
    • Education minister Dominic Cardy released a statement over the weekend for high school graduates about not giving up at this time.
    • Canadians who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 can start applying for the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)
    • Her Majesty The Queen released a rare message for TV viewers around the Commonwealth last night encouraging viewers to remain hopeful and come together as one.
    • The New Brunswick Drama Festival has also been cancelled. The event brings over 1500 public school students to St. Thomas University in May each year.
    • And the federal government unveiled a new app about COVID-19.
  • Interview: Kevin Belyea of David in the Dark.
  • Interview: Jacob Wildman-Sisk on The Millennial Dream.
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Mornings Are Hard // 2020-04-03

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Track Listing:
1.) Psychic Pollution – Into The Ocean
2.) U.S. Girls – Overtime
3.) Weyes Blood – Andromeda
4.) Jesse Maxwell – Average
5.) Ade – Thankful
6.) Telquist – Fun
7.) Pastiche – Adrenaline
8.) Darman – Splash
9.) U.S. Girls – IOU
10.) Elephant Stone – We Cry For Harmonia
11.) lié – Bugs
12.) Andy Shauf – Neon Skyline
13.) Jennah Barry – Rocket

Homemade Jams // 2020-04-03

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Track Listing:
1.) Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth – Fortune
2.) Les Hôtesses d’Hilaire – Boule boule
3.) Glory Glory – Zombies!!
4.) Walrus – Cool To Who
5.) Chloé Breault – Ouest
6.) The Motorleague – North America
7.) The Olympic Symphonium – Jasper
8.) Jennah Barry – Pink Grey Blue
9.) The Montgomery St. Band – For Your Wage
10.) Grand Theft Bus – Gold Mine
11.) Elephant Skeletons – Awake Alright
12.) Weak Size Fish – Credit System
13.) bleum – Move With Me
14.) Dillon Ryan & The Dream Romantic – So Lovely

RFYL Episode – MindspikeEP112

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

Welcome to a brand new episode of RFYL, where I am still in isolation and hacking up a lung whenever I get the chance! It’s great. Regardless, I still spent some energy on setting up a pretty solid playlist (if I do say so myself) for you all to listen to, so open a window and turn it up as loud as possible just to force everyone to listen to it or something.

Or don’t.

Playlist:
Another Day – Powder for Pigeons
Throw Away The Key – Sea Mouse
Pressure – Cory Hotline
How I Find Stars / Madison – Damn Cargo
Entropica – Puta Volcano
Alive – High On Vigers
Carry On – Tzimani
Something So Familiar – Gygax
Turning Point – Sacrifice to Survive
I’m Sick – Bella Clava
Tomorrow May Never Come – The Creepshow
Eden’s Refulgence – Husky by the Geek

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The Lunchbox 2020-04-03: Happenings (virtually) Around Town, COVID-19 update, Heather Rankin

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Happening (virtually) Around Town:

COVID-19 Update:

  • The province announced ten new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 91. Twenty-two people have since recovered from the virus.
  • New Brunswick’s all-party committee has added some new rules to the province’s prolonged state of emergency, including making it illegal to knowingly go within two metres of someone who doesn’t live or work with you.
  • More than 50,000 New Brunswickers have applied for the province’s one time $900 benefit.
  • Education minister Dominic Cardy announced schools would remain closed for the rest of the term.
  • St. Thomas University has approved a pass/fail grading system for students dealing with more stress than usual.
  • We hear from a new mom in Saint John about how she’s coping with the threat of COVID-19 while caring for a newborn.

Featured Interview: Heather Rankin

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Homemade Jams // 2020-04-02

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Track Listing:
1.) Beauts – The City Loves Me
2.) Nap Eyes – So Tired
3.) Penny Blacks – Good Dog
4.) Little You, Little Me – Traveled
5.) Melonvine – Confessions
6.) Kim Harris – Aquarius
7.) Rick Sparkes + the Enablers – Beseech You
8.) Colin Fowlie – Sanctuary
9.) Ryan Hillier – Winding Road
10.) Tomato/Tomato – You Don’t Know Anything
11.) The Belle Comedians – Rosy
12.) Young Satan In Love – Bibles For Missions
13.) Paper Lions – Travelling
14.) Nebullama – The Swing

!earshot20 // 2020-04-03

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Hour One:
#20 – Wilsen – Align
#19 – Elephant Stone – I See You
#18 – Basia Bulat – Already Forgiven
#17 – Caveboy – I Wonder
#16 – William Prince – Old Souls
Bonus – Black Dimes – Ascension
#15 – King Krule – Please Complete
#14 – Loving – Simple Moon X
#13 – Tame Impala – Posthumous Forgiveness
#12 – Boniface – Oh My God
Bonus – Rey D – Loyal 
#11 – Sarah Harmer – What I Was To You

Hour Two:
#10 – Les Deuxluxes – Beware of the Dog
#9 – Penny Diving – Constant Craving
#8 – soccer mommy – Yellow Is The Color Of Her Eyes
#7 – Grimes – Before The Fever
#6 – Frazey Ford – Let’s Start Again
#5 – Wolf Parade – Julia Take Your Man Home
#4 – Destroyer – University Hill
Bonus – Gregory Pepper and his Problems – Maybe I’ll See You 
#3 – Andy Shauf – Where Are You Judy
#2 – Caribou – Ravi
Bonus – Lido Pimienta – Te Queria 
#1 – U.S. Girls – The Quiver To The Bomb

Mornings Are Hard // 2020-04-02

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Track Listing: 
1.) Les Deuxluxes – I Am The Man
2.) Red Can – Do You Think So
3.) The Mariachi Ghost – Puro Dolor
4.) Sorry – Starstruck
5.) soccer mommy – Circle The Drain
6.) Certain Animals – Love, Space & Time
7.) Marian – Same Town
8.) Sarah Jane Scouten – Ballad of a Southern Midwife
9.) Jerry Leger – Canvas Of Gold
10.) Tami Neilsen – You Were Mine
11.) Sarah Harmer – Just Get Here
12.) Drive-By Truckers – Thoughts & Prayers
13.) Julia P. – Walking On By
14.) Black River Bell – For My Sister And Her Daughter

Mornings Are Hard // 2020-04-01

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Track Listing:
1.) Ender Bender – Star Killer
2.) Hallows – Subtle
3.) Dirty Projectors – Search For Life
4.) Gold Cage – Repeater Kember
5.) GIRL SKIN – Soft Gun
6.) Basia Bulat – Already Forgiven
7.) Rose Cousins – The Swimmer (To Be An Old Man)
8.) Kacey Musgraves – Slow Burn
9.) Jessica Rhaye – It’s All Over Now Baby Blue
10.) The Highwomen – Crowded Table
11.) Jennah Barry – Roller Disco
12.) Sufjan Stevens, Lowell Brams – What It Takes
13.) Aunty Social – Trying
14.) Magic Sword – Depths of Power

Homemade Jams // 2020-04-01

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Track Listing: 
1.) Keegan Dobbelsteyn – Lately
2.) The Waking Night – Hanging Cloud
3.) The Stogies – For The Second Time
4.) Kill Chicago – Moonlight
5.) Dad Patrol – You Are Unwise To Lower Your Defenses
6.) The Creaks – Manipulation
7.) Mike Bravener – Workin’ Man Blues
8.) Oh No Theodore – You Could Do Better Than Me
9.) Redwood Fields – Jacqueline
10.) The Trick – All Your Wildest Daydreams
11.) DenMother – a dream is a window into another one of your timelines
12.) Black Dimes – Ascension
13.) Cat LeBlanc – Side of the Road

The Lunchbox 2020-04-01: On today’s show: Virtual Exhibit from UNB Art Centre; COVID-19 update; The Steady Swagger; The Brood

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On Today’s Show:

  • UNB Art Centre Virtual Exhibition: “Attending the Apocalypse”
    The UNB Art Centre presents its newest exhibition online. Attending the Apocalypse by Jennifer Lee Wiebe and Janice Wright Cheney is eerily prophetic as we face-down the Covid-19 pandemic.  We will be launching the catalogue in a virtual space rather than an actual space. The link will be provided on our Facebook page, Instagram, and Twitter, Friday, April 3 at 5:00 pm.

    In Attending the Apocalypse Jennifer Lee Wiebe and Janice Wright Cheney provide a commentary on contemporary society by exploring the idea of networks— both digital and biological.  Social media, like mycelia, has a broad network and an organic reach. 

    In Scratchcards for the Apocalypse, Jennifer Lee Wiebe explores language and our understanding of content in a series of canvasses painted with tweets made by Donald Trump since 2015. In Elysium, Janice Wright Cheney explores the symbolic power of mushrooms and the potential for mycelia to reshape our society.

  • COVID-19 update:
    • The province announced two new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total to 70. Nine people have since recovered from the virus.
    • The province is working on a pandemic operational plan with both health authorities; we should learn more from that in the coming days.
    • Premier Blaine Higgs expects to municipalities to follow the province’s lead and close local parks not owned by the provincial government to flatten the curve of COVID-19.
    • We should hear more from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development about what public school students can expect about classes.
    • New Brunswick’s carbon tax took effect today, bringing our maximum price of regular unleaded gas to 71.5 cents per litre.
  • Song: Munchies by The Brood
  • Interview: The Steady Swagger (2016)
  • Song: Exile in Suburbia by The Brood
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Homemade Jams // 2020-03-31

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Track Listing:
1.) Nick Earle and the Reckless Hearts – I Wanna Know
2.) Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire – Tell Me Lies
3.) Mike Biggar – Blood from a Stone
4.) Colin Fowlie – Amusement Park
5.) Matt Boudreau – Goéland
6.) The Stanfields – Born on the Wrong Side of Town
7.) Kendra Gale Band – Never Be Mine
8.) Les Hay Babies – Jacqueline
9.) Gypsophilia – Cake Walk
10.) les Païens – Anagance Shuffle
11.) JOYFULTALK – Part II – Pixelated Skin

The Lunchbox 2020-03-31: COVID-19 update; Notable Acts; Old Man Leudecke

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On today’s show:

 

  • MusicNB announces NB AT HOME program
    From MusicNB Facebook page: “In these times of physical distancing and social solidarity, we all need to adapt to our new (and temporary) reality and find new ways to connect and share. Music·Musique NB is partnering with the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture to launch the NB AT HOME program. We are proud to contribute to the wellbeing of our music community by providing paid opportunities for musicians to present live music performances via social media. This also is a great opportunity for people to support the local scene in the comfort of their own homes!
    “Music·Musique NB encourages submissions from members of diverse communities, including Indigenous artists, artists of colour, artists with disabilities, artists from the LGBTQ+ community, and artists who identify with other intersectional and marginalized groups.
    “LINK FOR ARTISTS: tinyurl.com/NBatHOME”
  • April is National Poetry Month!
    The elm + ampersand podcast will be sharing a poem-a-day by New Brunswick poets throughout April 2020.

    If you would like to submit a poem(s), email jennalynalbert[at]outlook[dot]com with your previously unpublished poem and a brief bio. Poems can be in English or French. Poems in other languages may be considered, though we will require an English or French break down of the poem in order to gage its quality.

    We welcome submissions from BIPOC, writers with disabilities, LGBTQQIA2S+ writers, and writers from other under-represented communities. Submissions will be considered whether they are from emerging or seasoned poets. The elm + ampersand poem-a-day will be curated by Fredericton’s Poet Laureate Jenna Lyn Albert.

    Please submit poems by April 15, 2020 at the latest in order to be considered for the poem-a-day project. Each poet who has a poem selected for this National Poetry Month project will be paid $20 for their work. Many thanks to the City of Fredericton for covering payment of poets from Fredericton. New Brunswick poets from outside of Fredericton will be paid using funds raised through the elm + ampersand poet relief fund:     https://www.gofundme.com/manage/elm-ampersand-poet-relief-fund.

 

  • Jokes for April Fool’s!
    While I suspect most of us aren’t in the mood for April Fool’s Day’s usual pranks, I think we could all use a bit of humour. Send your favourite (or worst!) radio-friendly jokes to PSA [at] chsrfm.ca or feedback [at] chsrfm.ca or record them on our voicemail at 506-453-4989. and I’ll play it on The Lunchbox.

 

  • Covid-19 update

 

    • The province announced two new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total to 68. Community transmission has played a role in the cases. 
    • The province is remaining focused in testing the right people at the right time, including health care workers and nursing home residents. 
    • Going into the third week of emergency measures, Blaine Higgs is impressed by the dedication of people taking things seriously. 
    • Canadian case numbers jumped to 7,424 confirmed and 89 deaths. 
    • The Canadian military is ready to be deployed if necessary.

 

  • Interview: Len Falkenstein (2016) – NotaBle Acts (nbacts.com) 
  • Song: “Joy of Cooking” – Old Man Leudecke

 

 

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Mornings Are Hard // 2020-03-31

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Track Listing:
1.) Crayon – Shima
2.) Uncs – Late Night
3.) Liam Bailey – Fight
4.) Alert The Medic – Echo And Fade
5.) Caribou – New Jade
6.) Grimes – Before The Fever
7.) Holy Hive – Broom
8.) Frazey Ford – Purple and Brown
9.) Rory Taillon – Welcome
10.) The White Buffalo – Problem Solution
11.) Juniper Bush – Turn
12.) Tame Impala – One More Year
13.) Elephant Stone – Hollow World
14.) War Baby – Never Marigold
15.) DEEP FRYER – Jeremy

Homemade Jams // 2020-03-30

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Track Listing:
1.) Artifiseer – Lavender
2.) Rey D – Loyal
3.) Chris Kirby – Pot Of Gold
4.) Morohubu – Might Be Wrong
5.) Strangelands – Fictional Lover
6.) The Stratified – A Light In Me
7.) Mike McKenna Jr. – The Town
8.) Jacob Rose – Agape
9.) Dylan Menzie – That’s The Way
10.) Electric Spoonful – Stare At The Moon
11.) Free To Grow – No Change
12.) Heat $heets – Groger
13.) FM Berlin – Haligonia

Mornings Are Hard // 2020-03-27

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Track Listing:
1.) Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat
2.) Cassius – Action
3.) MSTRKRFT -Breakbot – Baby I’m Yours
4.) PINEO & LOEB – Earth Song
5.) The Jimmy Swift Band – Onward Through The Fog
6.) Elephant Skeletons – Tell The Future
7.) Death From Above 1979 – Romantic Rights
8.) Daft Punk – Robot Rock

The Lunchbox 2020-03-30: COVID-19 update; Bondo Picks Rey D; Fraud Prevention; Tomato/Tomato

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On today’s show:

  • Today’s COVID-19 update by Aaron Sousa:
    • The province announced 15 new cases yesterday, bringing New Brunswick’s total to 66. Dr. Jennifer Russell said it’s looking into if community transmission played a role. Canada’s total cases are 6,255 cases and 63 deaths.
    • Starting today, residents who lost their primary source of income can apply for a $900 one-time benefit from the province. It bridges the gap until the Canada Emergency Response Benefit takes effect.
    • All Service New Brunswick locations are closed until April 1st. Nine locations including Fredericton will reopen on that date for essential services by appointment only.
    • Fredericton Chamber of Commerce has launched an online business directory to keep track of local businesses still running, and Fredericton City Council will live stream its upcoming meetings.
    • Prime Minister Trudeau announces funding for youth mental health services and an update about his wife, Sophie.
  • Tay Creek Folk Festival has announced that it will cancel the festival for 2020 due to the COVID-19 Outbreak. “It is with deep sadness that we are announcing our decision to cancel the 13th Annual Tay Creek Folk Festival. It was a difficult choice to make but a number of factors came into play and it seemed the only correct decision at this time. We are putting first and foremost the safety of our wonderful volunteers, musicians and visitors; we do not wish to compromise their health in any way. We feel that it would be irresponsible to hold our festival when big events from the Olympic Games to Glastonbury are putting the global pandemic above everything else.We want to thank all those of you who have made plans to help out or attend the festival, especially musicians and volunteers who have already invested time and energy. This time next year we hope to be able to pick up where we left off. Now we have a whole extra year to look forward to 2021!”
  • Bondo has a new pick: Loyal by Rey D.
  • March is Fraud Prevention Month, so I have a pair of interview to share today. First, there is an interview conducted by Magus Thyvold of CJSF 90.1 FM in Burnaby, BC with Karla Laird of the Better Business Bureau of Mainland British Columbia, talking about “Protecting Yourself from COVID-19 Scams”. Secondly, I revisit an interview I did in 2016 with Marissa Sollows of FCNB about watching out for common scams. The FCNB have a particular page on COVID-19 Fraud concerns as well.
  • I felt like revisiting Tomato/Tomato today as well, so I brought back a quick interview I did with them back in 2016, just as they arrived to get ready for their appearance at the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival. To give you a taste of the new album, I added the song Gotta Get Up to inspire you to motion.
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Homemade Jams // 2020-03-27

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Track Listing:
1.) Brookside Mall – Joan
2.) BurgerFriesPop – Guerrillas
3.) David R. Elliott – I’m Not Him
4.) Dazor – The Right Side
5.) District Avenue – Revival
6.) Fuzz Fiction – Christine
7.) Ian Sherwood – Little Birds
8.) Math Class – Chinese Lazer Dead End Disco
9.) Mayors – Suddenly It Seems
10.) PAPAL VISIT – What Makes Him Win Like That
11.) sweetgoose64 – eco-malt
12.) The East Pointers – Two Weeks
13.) Wet Grow Light – La Rue
14.) Wrote – Lupins

HitG 037: Non-D&D Fantasy

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The biggest tabletop RPG in the world — measurably — is D&D. With their 5th Edition and considerable support both from the community and from the publisher, it has become widely known.

However, it’s not the only game in town. It’s not even the only game in the fantasy genre. There are a lot of interesting, fun, fascinating and whimsical fantasy-based roleplaying games out there.

Here are some of our suggestions.

Hosts: Chris, Mark, Pat

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RFYL Episode – ImprisonmentEP111.mp3

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

Live on location from chest pains and fever, we bring you an episode brought to you by many stitched-together clips of me having to haul myself into an upright position occasionally to record things. Is this what “Labour of Love” means? Or is it what “Masochism” means?

Define it yourself; I’m tired now.

Playlist:
Tropical Fish – Sea Mouse
Black & Red – Reignwolf
Get Me Out Of Here – Tzimani
Meeting Of The Minds – Elektric Mistress
Mind Vibe – Black Mastiff
White Lies – Powder for Pigeons
Astypalea – Deaf Radio
Black Box / Torus – Puta Volcano
A While – High On Vigers
Little Too Late – Chron Goblin
Pret Near – Worse
Breakaway – Tsunami Bomb

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Homemade Jams // 2020-03-26

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Track Listing:
1.) Joyful Noise – On The Way
2.) les Païens – Café à Vught
3.) Nebullama – The Swing
4.) BAIE – Suzie
5.) Adyn Townes – Didn’t Mean Anything
6.) Jennifer Irving – Someday
7.) Ben Caplan – Conduit
8.) The Hypochondriacs – Two Bottles Of Whiskey
9.) Mandy Silk – Kiss Me Goodnight
10.) Christine Campbell – Nobody Cares
11.) Ross Neilsen – Devil Made You
12.) Patrick Murray – Losing Sight Of Shore
13.) Mike Bern – Apatapasiq

Homemade Jams // 2020-03-24

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Track Listing:
1.) Nebullama – Pour Un Moment
2.) Braden Lam – Driftwood People
3.) Dad Patrol – Thank God For Strong Friends
4.) Quinn Bonnell – Middle
5.) Wicked Vices – Honest
6.) Motherhood – Bird Chirp
7.) Jennah Barry – Roller Disco
8.) Kylie Fox – Cradle Me
9.) Jessica Rhaye – Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
10.) Pretty Archie – We Don’t Live Forever
11.) Cameron Molloy – Concrete Sheets
12.) Heat $heets – Axel Grease
13.) The Motorleague – All The Wounds

Mornings Are Hard // 2020-03-26

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Track Listing:
1.) Supergrass – Pumping On Your Stereo
2.) Bon Enfant – Ménage du printemps
3.) The Dandy Warhols – Mohammed
4.) Beck – Que’ Onda Guero
5.) Basia Bulat – Your Girl
6.) Bombay Bicycle Club – Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You)
7.) John Mayer – New Light
8.) U.S. Girls – And Yet It Moves
9.) FINNEAS – I Don’t Miss You At All
10.) Holy Fuck – Endless
11.) King Princess – Prophet
12.) Rebecca Foon – Vessels ft. Patrick Watson
13.) Maude Audet – Demande-Moi
14.) Pavement – Harness Your Hopes