Olivia DeLaurentis Interview: Talking comedy, Sugar Babies, and her first feature film.
RFYL Episode – ScientificEP094
I guess it’s winter now. There’s a lot of good albums out today and/or this month to enjoy and we should just casually ignore whatever the weather is to loudly blare everything we love at everyone we don’t. We’re only a couple weeks out from …. Christmas Music.
Retail nightmares incoming?
Anyway, Blame Zeus, Black Mastiff, Woodhawk, Circle of Reason, Tsunami Bomb, Cory Hotline? All new, all amazing, all should be checked out by -you- and all played on this week’s episode. I probably should just post the playlist.
Playlist:
Feelin’ Better – Cory Hotline
Don’t Look Back – The Dyadics
Sinkhole / Last Call – Tsunami Bomb
How I Find Stars – Damn Cargo
Sleepwalking – Mr. Bella
Tie Up The Sky – Circle Of Reason
Clear The Air – Woodhawk
Starbase – Black Mastiff
Facade – Shades of Sorrow
Perception – Parasol Caravan
How To Successfully Implode – Blame Zeus
Long Way From Home – The Heavy
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HitG 030: Advanced GM Techniques Pt 1
Suppose you’ve been run a few games by now. Things have gone well, the players seem to be happy, but you find yourself starting to run things a bit of the same way each time.
Well, maybe it’s time to level up as a GM!
Here are some tricks, tips, techniques and approaches to change up how you run a game.
Hosts: Mark, Chris, Pat
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“The Fix” by Kill Chicago is The Fix I Needed
By Colin Fowlie for CHSR 97.9 FM
“I Feel So Alive!” declares the very first lyric from the opening track off of Kill Chicago’s sophomore album, “The Fix”, which releases on November 8, 2019. And damn, do I ever. Perhaps that’s a bit dramatic, but I’m not exaggerating when I say that this release has been one of my most anticipated of 2019. Back in 2015, their debut “The Grey” quickly rose to land itself of my list of great indie albums by any band from anywhere, ever. It still finds itself on my road-trip playlists and laid gently down on the bed of my turntable all the time. Needless to say, I had very high expectations for “The Fix”.
With elevated expectations come concerns. “The Grey” seemed to nail the recipe for me. The combined efforts of the uber-talented Greg Webber (vox/guitar), Dillon Anthony (guitar/pedal steel/keyboards/musical MacGyver), Matt Bowie (bass/vox), and Zach Atkinson (drums) deliver something that is greater than the sum of its parts. My aforementioned concern was that the album title implied they were going to maybe try and fix something that wasn’t broken.
Well… they didn’t. They took what wasn’t broken and leaned into it, while breaking some rules in the process.
The first offering, “Another Way,” starts out minimally but quickly crescendos into that old familiar sound. A perfectly blended banger that works its way through several thematic and dynamic shifts along the way. It’s a very intriguing progressive overture for what’s to come.
“Moonlight” is next up, and is a gritty blues-rock stomp 
that gives us a helping of something the band does so well. A shape-shifting driving song that is elevated by the pedal steel of Dillon Anthony. And by the 3rd track, “So Small” which features reggae-inspired stabs on the 2 and the 4 which give way to an anthemic chorus with and a choir of vocal harmonies, I’m satisfied. They have established their intent for the record and put to rest and concerns that I had of a drastic departure from what made “The Grey” great. This is a bona fide artistic evolution and I love it.
The breakdown at 2:52 of “Two Drinks Behind” has me headbanging as I type this very sentence on my 4th or 5th listen through the album. And then we’re off on a double-time ride on the next track, “Made Up.”
It’s also well worth mentioning that the band has been redefining the genre of indie-music-video-on-a-budget with “Show Me” ( https://youtu.be/uKyChvipkVM ) and “Two Drinks Behind” ( https://youtu.be/5WNNeSvBl3k ) which were released as singles ahead of the full opus and show what you can do when you have a unique combination of creativity and twisted humour. Both videos just beautifully embody the smart-assed rebel ethic that has come to define so much of the band’s work.
The 7th track, “You Don’t Like It” is a refined throwback to the band’s 2015 sound, and “Flying Home” starts out as a sensitive acoustic monologue before it gets greasy. The final two songs – the blues-infused “Have Not Town” and slow burn of “Pull Over” are a fitting end to a musical ride that I plan to take again. Often. Because, much like how I view Kill Chicago itself, this album is better than the sum of the individual songs. I’m sure that favourite tracks will emerge and that I will tweet those at my friends and foes in order to impress them with my taste in new music, but “The Fix” is a body of work that deserves appreciation in its entirety.
In addition to the core members of the band, some decent harmonies are added by Alan Jeffries along with trumpet from Matte Robinson on “Pull Over” and backing vocals from the venerable Don Levandier on “Two Drinks Behind.” These subtle finishing touches are just further evidence of the creative evolution of the band. To poorly paraphrase frontman Greg Webber – they wanted to make sure that if this was the last thing they ever recorded together, they could be proud of what they have accomplished and leave no regrets. They should be damned proud, they should regret nothing, and I REALLY hope that there is lots more to come.
Kill Chicago makes music that is best consumed as a combined audio dish. It’s not a great steak or a plate of wings. It’s more like your favourite casserole that mom used to make. “The Fix?” Mom added bacon to the casserole and now you’re going to just keep eating it until you hate yourself.
Come see for yourself. Join Kill Chicago as they celebrate the release of “The Fix” on November 8th 2019 at 8 pm at the Capital Complex in Fredericton New Brunswick.
Production Credits:
Produced by Brad Perry and Kill Chicago
Engineered by Brad Perry and Evan Hansen at The Recordery
Mastering by Ryan Morey at Grey Market Mastering
All songs written by Greg Webber and Kill Chicago
Album design by Tanya Duffy
Photography by Dillon Anthony and Chris Griffiths
Follow Kill Chicago:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killchicago
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kill_chicago/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/killchicago
https://www.killchicago.com
The Lunchbox Interview: It’s Not About Food UNB
It can be distracting when we try to talk about the problems we are experiencing with the process of living when people focus on what’s on the physical plate rather than the mental one..
My guests today are two, 3rd-year students in UNB’s Nursing program, Tristan and Tanisha, who are also part of the practical experience placement with a discussion group for UNB and STU students called It’s Not About Food. The group offers students an opportunity to join a small number of others and talk about issues that they are facing which can seem at first to be about the food they’re eating, but which are actually much deeper, such as: body image, self-forgiveness, assertiveness, coping strategies and self-esteem.
The group meets in small-number sessions about 7 times for each round. Find out more information about the program (including how to get involved) at this UNB announcement post.
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Python’s Paradise Ep. 237 – 2018-10-02: Bill Green Lebowski Fest Interview
Bill Green discusses Lebowski Fest and his love of The Big Lebowski!
The Lunchbox 2019-11-04: Emma Chevarie
This week, Emma reflections on Festival506/Conference506 and looks forward to Rob Lutes, Kill Chicago’s album release, and a very busy November schedule.
Every fortnight, Emma Chevarie of Music Runs Through It shares her love of live music. We talk about the shows she’s caught and the ones right around the corner.
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The Lunchbox: Bondo Picks Young Satan In Love (Roar of War)
This week, Bondo brings us the song Roar Of War from the latest album from Young Satan In Love, which debuted on Halloween night: Dancing With A Goblin.
Each week, our very own Bondo (host of numerous shows, including Homemade Jams, Her Turn, !earshot20 and Anything Goes) brings her love of music and an album that she’s sure we should be listening to. She’s never wrong!
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Homemade Jams // 2019-11-04
Track Listing:
1.) Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound – Fuse Box
2.) Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound – Show Me
3.) Spoutnique – Téléscope
4.) Young Satan In Love – Bacf In Nam
5.) Kill Chicago – Two Drinks Behind
6.) My Black Ram – Lost That Feeling
7.) Walrus – Cool To Who
8.) Patrick Watson – Dream For Dreaming (Montreal, QC)
9.) The Belle Comedians – Break + Enter
10.) Colin Fowlie – Compel You
11.) Pallmer – Knuckles
12.) Chris Kirby – All My Night
13.) Bombnivores – Hallucinascent
14.) MAZK – TOLD U
RFYL Episode – CrossedEP093
Sometimes I just really don’t know what to write here – fortunately, it has nothing to do with blog posts, or personality, or sequence, or anything other than just enjoying a good taste in music. If I could wax philosophical even for a moment, just remember that each individual encounter you have is a small part of another person’s life.
So play this podcast so loud that you don’t have to hear them.
SEEYA NEXT WEEK
Playlist:
Black Cloud – Tango Alpha Tango
One Foot In – Cory Hotline
Wild – The Standstills
You Talk Too Much – Damn Cargo
The Wire – Kilmore
Light Bender / The Eyes Have It – Gygax
Ritual – Reignwolf
Pagan Ritual – Ruby the Hatchet
Giant – Chron Goblin
Reason – Parasol Caravan
Details Kill – Juliet Ruin
Run With Us – Lisa Lougheed
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Mornings Are Hard // 2019-11-01
Track Listing:
1.) Foreign Diplomats – Charge
2.) MELTT – On Your Own
3.) Craig Finn – Something To Hope for
4.) Men I Trust – Say Can You Hear
5.) The Beatles – Your Mother Should Know
6.) Walrus – Anymore
7.) Kill Chicago – Two Drinks Behind
8.) Rory Taillon – Gone
9.) Colin Fowlie – Sanctuary
10.) Ken Tizzard – Sonny’s Dream
11.) Dennis Ellsworth – Don’t Worry About It
12.) Boyhood – Luvbomb
13.) Chris Kirby – The One Who Gets Away
14.) Les Païens – Scuze moi... [Impro 15.1]
Mornings Are Hard // 2019-10-31 // Halloween Episode!
Track Listing:
1.) John Carpenter – Halloween Theme
2.) Michael Jackson – Thriller
3.) DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – A Nightmare On My Street
4.) Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters
5.) Eagles – Witchy Woman
6.) David Bowie – Scary Monsters
7.) Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil
8.) Slash with Iggy Pop – We’re All Gonna Die
9.) Beck – Scarecrow
10.) Ghost – Dance Macabre
11.) Metallica – Creeping Death
12.) John Williams – Hedwig’s Theme
Python’s Paradise Ep. 236 – 2018-09-22: Nadia Chloe Rose Interview 2
Nadia Chloe Rose returns to discuss her new e-book Egbert: A Romantic Comedy as well as discuss modelling, movies, and more!
The Lunchbox Interview: Theatre St Thomas’s Concord Floral
What scares you? Maybe it’s a ghost — or maybe it’s human nature. Terrible, horrible, inhuman human nature…
My guests today are Len Falkenstein, Sydney Hallett and Greg Robinson, all involved in Theatre St Thomas’s current spooky-season production of Jordan Tannahill’s Concord Floral. Len’s taking time off from teaching and directing theatre at UNB to select and direct this play for STU. Sydney plays Nearly Wild, one of the haunted students, and Greg plays student 2 and a bird. They discuss what kind of ghost story this is, what it’s like to inhabit a bird for a while, and how scary high school can really be.
Concord Floral is being staged at STU’s Black Box Theatre, and runs from October 30 through November 2, with nightly performances at 7:30pm and a matinee at 2pm on Saturday.
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Mornings Are Hard // 2019-10-30
Track Listing:
1.) Savage Garden – VIolet
2.) Beck – Uneventful Days
3.) Walrus – Mr. Insecure
4.) Wolf Parade – Against The Day
5.) Kill Chicago – Two Drinks Behind
6.) The Beatles – Lady Madonna
7.) Big Little Lions – I Can Have It All
8.) Röyksopp – Running To The Sea
9.) Sunflower Bean – Come For Me
10.) Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound – He’s Alright
11.) Close Talker – Half Past Nine
12.) Babeheaven – Seabird
13.) Dillon Ryan – River of Past Reflection
13.) The Franklin Electric – Anything For Love
Mornings Are Hard // 2019-10-29
Track Listing:
1.) Astral Swans & Dan Mangan – You Are A Runner and I Am My Father’s Son
2.) Ben Kunder – Come On
3.) Zachary Lucky – No Shame In Working Hard
4.) Matt Blais – Slave To Skin
5.) Black Suit Devil – A Matter Of Time
6.) Leif Vollebekk – Hot Tears
7.) Sandro Perri – God Blessed The Fool
8.) Sloan – Essential Services
9.) Gogol Bordello – Start Wearing Purple
10.) Walrus – Breathe
11.) Ought – Desire
12.) Black Mastiff – Downed By A Sound
13.) Messora – The Door
RFYL Episode – LinesEP092
On this week’s episode, we are still catching up with brand new releases and randomly go into disco mode because I have that power and you don’t so there. But I guess you can, too.
Also, it’s weird to transition between the studio and home. I’m going to try and make it more common for me to be in studio, but until then let’s just pretend I’m in studio all the time, even when other people’s shows are on, so you can always assume it’s just me.
Ok don’t do that last thing.
Playlist:
Wanted All Along – Cory Hotline
Take Care Of U – TWRP ft Lydia Persaud Music
Mama Wawa – JIMBO
The Hathors – Tsunami Bomb
Transformation / Serpent Of Time – Parasol Caravan
Torn – SOTO Official
Cyandie – Shades of Sorrow
No – Blame Zeus
Invaders – Iron Kingdom
Northwest Passage – Unleash The Archers
Do – Psychostick
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The Lunchbox on History: Witchcraft in NB
In darker times, superstition and suspicion overcame good judgement and understanding, but one doesn’t have to look all the way to Salem, Massachusetts to find it.
My guest today is Stephanie Pettigrew, a PhD student in UNB’s History department whose dissertation focuses on witchcraft and blasphemy in seventeenth century Montreal. She joins us to tell us about the history of witches in New Brunswick.
Stephanie has an upcoming talking on October 27 entitled “Jean Campagnard: New Brunswick’s seventeenth-century witchcraft trial”.
How much do you think you know about New Brunswick history? Personally, I think we do a pretty bad job of teaching it, and most people don’t embrace it. I’m on a mission to learn more, so I’ve invited a collection of historians to help me learn more about the legacies, the achievements, the battles, the inventions, the troublesome eras and the long past of one of Canada’s oldest regions.
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Python’s Paradise Ep. 235 – 2018-09-03: Jim Wynorski Interview
Director Jim Wynorski discusses his long career that includes Chopping Mall, Big Bad Mama 2, Return of Swamp Thing, Dinosaur Island, and the notorious Bare Wench Project.
HitG 029: Advice For New GMs, Part 2
Running a good game means being prepared, but the question of what you need to prepare — especially if you’re new at this — can be daunting.
In this episode, we continue to provide advice for new GMs, focussing now on the preparation needed to get to that first session (or session 0) as well as week to week.
Hosts: Mark, Chris, Don
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The Lunchbox Interview: Robbie Lynn (Philosophia: An Adaptation of Plato’s Symposium)
Great ideas in philosophy are often obscured the words chosen to represent them — but what if you could bring those words to life, given them people to breath them?
My guest today is Robbie Lynn, the playwright and director behind a new work adapting a philosophical work for an intimate stage setting, called Philosophia: An Adaptation of Plato’s Symposium. Robbie joins me to talk about the beginning of an idea about sharing his love of philosophy with others, and demonstrating that its not as stuffy as the dry words might appear.
Philosophia is being staged for the public on two weekends, and in two different venues. This weekend, catch the play at The Abbey Café and Gallery at 7:30pm on October 26 and 4pm on October 27. On the following weekend on November 2-3, catch the performance at Yoga Above Aura at 7:30pm each night.
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Homemade Jams | 2019-10-22
Track Listing:
1.) Walrus – Cool To Who
2.) Walrus – Half Smoke
3.) Mike Trask & The Precious Memories – Judy Moon
4.) Mike Trask & The Precious Memories – Home For My Love
5.) Bombnivores – Watching
6.) Pineo & Loeb – Stairway To Heaven
7.) Sandro Perri – God Blessed The Fool (Toronto, ON)
8.) Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire – When The Blues Come To Town
9.) Cameron Molloy – When I Can’t Sleep
10.) Jerry-Faye – I Should Have Guessed
11.) The Hypochondriacs – Just Like Before
12.) The Gregories – That’s The Moon
Mornings Are Hard // 2019-10-23
Track Listing:
1.) Sun K – Teaser Pt. II
2.) Sun K – Sweet Marie
3.) Fever Feel – Spitting Silver
4.) Oysterhead – Mr. Oysterhead
5.) The Claypool Lennon Delirium – Amethyst Realm
6.) Counterfeit Jeans – Good Morning
7.) Timber Timbre – Grifting
8.) BAILEN – Your Love Is All I Know
9.) Patrick Watson – Melody Noir
10.) Begonia – Mirror Talk
11.) Basement Jaxx – Good Luck
12.) Moloko – Run For Me
13.) Jessica Rhaye & The Ramshackle Parade – Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
Her Turn // 2019-10-22
Track Listing:
1.) YUKA – Dreamscape
2.) Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound – Been There (Done That)
3.) Liana – Give It Right Back
4.) Clairo – Softly
5.) Lizzo – Crybaby
6.) Janet Jackson – If
7.) Japanese Breakfast – Road Head
8.) Jane Blanchard – Were In Love
9.) San Fermin – Saints
10.) Fiona Apple – Every Single Night
11.) The Cardigans – My Favourite Game
12.) Lala Lala – Destroyer
13.) Les Soeurs Boulay – La Mort Des étoiles
Mornings Are Hard // 2019-10-22
Track Listing:
1.) Badge Époque Ensemble – Milk Spilt on Eternity
2.) BADBADNOTGOOD – Time Moves Slow
3.) Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound – He’s Alright
4.) YUKA – Ruins
5.) Sandro Perri – Back On Love
6.) The Belle Comedians – Margaret
7.) Hey Major – Flying Freak Flags
8.) Meltt -Wash Over Me
9.) Dan Mangan – Lynchpin
10.) Djo – Roddy
11.) Mitski – Nobody
12.) Twin Peaks – Blue Coupe
13.) Boy Scouts – Momentary Love
