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Harmony Corruption Episode 76-November 26th, 2024

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Welcome back to Harmony Corruption! This week’s episode features lots of doomy tunes, as well as some punkier, grindier material. Make sure to stay tuned, next week’s episode will feature an interview with Karl Willetts, the legendary singer of Bolt Thrower and Memoriam!

Here’s the playlist for the week:

Solitude Aeturnus-Dreams of Immortality

Solitude Aeturnus-Eternals (Dreams Part II)

Crypt Sermon-Down in the Hollow

Electric Wizard-Necromania

W.A.S.P.-The Great Misconceptions of Me

Coroner-Why it Hurts

Morbid Angel-Chambers of Dis

Rainbow-Sixteenth Century Greensleeves

Rainbow-A Light in the Black

Kvelertak-Offernatt

Motorhead-Love Me Like a Reptile

Portal Tomb-Self

Pig Destroyer-Thought Crime Spree

Pyrrhon-The Invisible Hand Holds a Whip

Fache-A Boutte

Snarler-Disagreement

Storm of Sedition-Red Laughter

Storm of Sedition-Black Death

Storm of Sedition-Science//Technology//Control

Storm of Sedition-Leviathan

Wormwitch-Fugitive Serpent

Bolt Thrower-Powder Burns

Brodequin-Tenaillement

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Interview: Jeremy Gorman (Playwright: “Doommates”, “Pass The Glove”)

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For at least once in your life, I’d recommend telling stories; even if it’s not something you do forever.

My guest today is Jeremy Gorman, the playwright of “Doommates” and “Pass The Glove”, two of the seven plays being featured in the upcoming presentation by Theatre UNB called “From The Vaults: Comedy Gold from Notable Acts”. He joins me to talk about where these plays came from, and what it’s like reflecting on these plays nearly twenty years later.

Theatre UNB presents “From The Vaults: Comedy Gold from Notable Acts” runs from November 29 through December 1 at 7:30pm each night, on stage at the Memorial Hall at UNB.

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Interview: Theatre UNB presents “From The Vaults: Comedy Gold from Notable Acts”

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Every performance of a play is an ephemeral experience — but does the play itself have to remain like smoke in memory?

My guests today are Len Falkenstein (Director; head of UNB Drama; grand poobah of theatre in Fredericton), Maham Raza (Actor) and Shannon Munn (Actor), all part of the upcoming Theatre UNB presentation called From the Vaults: Comedy Gold from Notable Acts. We discuss how the plays remain relevant today and what it’s like to revisit selections from the 20-year history of the Notable Acts Festival.

Theatre UNB presents “From The Vaults: Comedy Gold from Notable Acts” runs from November 29 through December 1 at 7:30pm each night, on stage at the Memorial Hall at UNB.

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Away From The Mire Episode 60

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More new local music this week as well as some great classics I think you’ll enjoy!

 

Motherhood – Grow High
Chillteens – Maybe It’s You
The Tragically Hip – Boots Or Hearts (1988 Demo)
The Band f/Neil Diamond – Dry Your Eyes (live)
Rick White and The Sadies – Spellbound
Sonic Youth – 100%
Bleached – Can You Deal?
Nirvana – Polly
Nate and The Busy Boys – In The Mood
The Replacements – Kiss Me On The Bus
Ron Sexmith – You Don’t Wanna Hear It
NRBQ – Ridin In My Car
Skeggs – Spaceman
The Growlers – Graveyard’s Full
MJ Lenderman – Someone Get That Grill Of The Rain
Pearl Jam – Retrograde

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Fredericton’s Historic Beaver Statue Finds New Home

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One of Fredericton’s most important artworks, has a new, permanent home in the city’s Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

The 3000 pound limestone statue depicting a family of beavers was originally commissioned in 1959 as a 60th birthday gift to Sir Max Aitken, know as Lord Beaverbrook, who served as chancellor of the University of New Brunswick from 1947-1963. He also funded the building of the gallery that bears his name and assembled its original collection.

The city commissioned professional conservator Todd Vassallo from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, to restore the piece that had been slightly damaged and worn from exposure to 65 years of weather.

That statue originally resided in Officers Square, but was relocated after the squares recent renovations. It will now be displayed in the front glass vestibule at the entrance of the gallery, visible from both the inside and outside.

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Testing For Echo – Episode 64 – I Swear Everything here is True – Orig. Air Date November 23, 2024

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This episode may seem a little over the top but I swear it is all true.

From seeing one of the best shows in decades to heading to a hospital to spend the next 4 or 5 weeks, in the same day!

Have a listen. Let me know what you think.

So please head down the page to the little arrow to download/listen to the show. 

Take good care,

Tim

“The World of Music, One Song at a Time”

Episode Song List

  1. Bill Bruford – Hell’s Bells
  2. King Crimson – Sleepless
  3. King Crimson – Indiscipline
  4. King Crimson – Sartori In Tangier
  5. Night Verses – Arrival
  6. Envy of None – Not Dead Yet
  7. David Gilmour – Luck and Strange
  8. SAGA – Conversations
  9. RUSH – BU2B
  10. MELO –  Want You to See
  11. Yes – Cut From the Stars
  12. Kate Bush – Army Dreamers

 

 

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Kelly Lamrock poses for a photo.

New Brunswick youth advocate speaks on new challenge paper “From Couch To Crisis”

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Child, Youth and Seniors’ Advocate Kelly Lamrock hosted and spoke at a Youth Mental Health Symposium yesterday in downtown Fredericton, addressing youth and other professionals in the field on issues written in his new challenge paper From Couch To Crisis.

The paper is based of  a study called the State of the child data collection, which has revealed that the number of youth presenting to emergency level services with depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation has been rising in the province the last eight years.

It also details that the prevalence of mental health disorders among youth aged 9-19 is 23.4%, much higher than the national average of 19.8%.

Lamrock says there are ongoing challenges with barriers to entry for care, creating more community resources and with how adults examine their world and its impacts on youth.

Have a listen to hear more on the province state of youth mental health.

 

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Indie Whimsy Episode 31 (November 19 2024)

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heya heya!!! in this episode of indie whimsy you’ll be hearing:

  1. hold me (demo) – trixie’s big red motorbike (all day long in bliss)
  2. une annee sans lumiere – arcade fire (funeral)
  3. boogey man – the bats (fear of god)
  4. red leather – peach kelli pop (peach kelli pop ii)
  5. a sleepy company – the olivia tremor control (black foliage: animation music)
  6. warm and sunny days – the dears (no cities left)
  7. dress up in you – belle and sebastian (the life pursuit)
  8. echolalia – alvvays (antisocialites b-sides)
  9. sunny inside – talulah gosh (backwash)
  10. the night starts here – stars (in our bedroom after the war)
  11. prove my hypotheses – death cab for cutie (you can play these songs with chords)
  12. o pamela – the wake (here comes everybody)
  13. dance in the afternoon – colin cowan & the elastic stars
  14. tales of brave aphrodite – beat happening (music to climb the apple tree by)
  15. ray – the bv’s (speaking from a distance)
  16. straight as an arrow – even as we speak (feral pop frenzy)
  17. there is a boy that never goes out – the lucksmiths (naturaliste)
    spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02l99PROvZdS1pV6YFdjti?si=9c25230e3b4c4326
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Indie Whimsy Episode 30 (November 5 2024)

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heya heya! in this episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear:

  1. hate for the island – los campesinos! (hello sadness)
  2. neighborhood #2 (laika) – arcade fire (funeral)
  3. expo ’86 – death cab for cutie (transatlanticism)
  4. society of enoch – peach kelli pop (peach kelli pop ii)
  5. miserable lie – the smiths (the smiths)
  6. never destroy us – the dears (no cities left)
  7. i want wind to blow – the microphones (the glow, pt. 2)
  8. pecking order – alvvays (antisocialites b-sides)
  9. kmd (and you are ever so dear in our hearts because of it!) – american poetry club (we are beautiful, even when we are broken!)
  10. the beginning after the end – stars (in our bedroom after the war)
  11. legal man – belle and sebastian (push barman to open old wounds)
  12. dive for your memory – the go-betweens (16 lovers lane)
  13. stay with me (peel session) – even as we speak (yellow food: the peel sessions)
  14. chinatown – sci-fi caper (star stuff)
  15. darlin’ – she & him (melt away: a tribute to brian wilson)
  16. grave digger blues – beat happening (black candy)
    spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4M7qzR3pnzt0Z6ONMYbMXe?si=a19873c28a814cd7
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Susan Holt takes questions from reporters.

61st New Brunswick legislative session opens with rent cap, electricity rebates

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The 61st New Brunswick Legislative session kicked off this week.

Highlights from the throne speech include 10,000$ retentions payments for nurses, the implementation of a 3% rent cap effective February first, the removal of the provinces carbon adjuster on the price of gas and a 10% rebate on electricity bills.

Accomplishing this will be an upcoming challenge as the province is anticipating a 92.1 deficit in the aftermath of the previous government.

Some concerns in the new changes is the potential for landlords to apply for up to a 9% increase in rent for capital renovation expenditures, with little definition on what differentiates that term from routine maintenance and how the electricity rebate is supposed to help renters who pay their utilities indirectly.

Listen to learn more about the Holt government’s first days in session.

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Interview: Cassandra LeBlanc (Fredericton Community Kitchens)

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Food is a fundamental right, but it can be a challenge without organizations dedicated to delivery — and those organizations have to weather all sorts of challenges of their own.

My guest today is Cassandra LeBlanc, the Executive Director of the Fredericton Community Kitchens, a local non-profit organization that has been serving necessary meals for free to the public in need for decades. She joins me to talk about the impact the organization has in the community, and the difficulties in getting the word out to receive donations during a crucial holiday campaign.

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Harmony Corruption Episode 75-November 19th, 2024

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Hi Everyone! Welcome back to Harmony Corruption. This week’s episode features some new music from bands like Chat Pile, as well as a few bands I’ve never played before. Here’s the playlist for the week!

Mercyful Fate-Satan’s Fall

Saxon-To Hell and Back Again

Rottrevore-Dismal Fate

Invocator-The Persistence From Memorial Chasm

Unanimated-Dead Calm

Unanimated-Ruins

Dismember-Feel the Darkness

Coffins-Mortuary in Darkness

Pentagram-Review Your Choices

Windhand-Red Cloud

Testament-The New Order

Chat Pile-Shame

Chat Pile-Tape

Dopethrone-Blood Boiler

Portal Tomb-Turadh

Portal Tomb-Repudiation

Erosion-Maximum Suffering

Erosion-Consumed

Archagathus-Soap A Dope

Storm of Sedition-Vanguardist Messiah

Storm of Sedition-Prisoners of INdustry

Storm of Sedition-Shackles

Sepultura-Nomad

Pyrrhon-Tennessee

Eyehategod-Sister… Pt. 1

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Interview: Nadia Francavilla, Norm Adams (Contemporary Music Festival: Echoes)

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Despite many instruments having lasted for centuries, composers still find new ways to use them every day.

My guests today are Nadia Francavilla and Norm Adams, two of the organizers and performers of the upcoming annual edition of the Contemporary Music Festival. The theme for 2024 for is “Echoes”, and they reflect on what the pieces chosen challenge them to do, how they highlight the composers working today, and the thrill of live performance.

The Contemporary Music Festival runs November 22 through November 24, at 7:30pm each night at Memorial Hall on UNB Campus. Each night features a different selection of music.

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Away From The Mire Episode 59

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On this weeks episode we revisit some classic albums from 1994 celebrating a 30 year anniversary, we’ve got a new track from Nate and The Busy Boys and we showcases a few tracks from Moncton’s Les Moontunes.

 

Deer Tick – Funny Word
Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater
Doctor Mother Father – Tired Eyes
REM – Star 69
Absolute Losers – At The Mall
MJ Lenderman – You Don’t Know The Shape I’m In
Ween – The Mollusk
Nirvana – Lake Of Fire
Les Moontunes – Syntherlude 5 -> Dorian Sunrise
Phish – Wilson
Nate and The Busy Boys – Flea Market
Southern Culture On The Skids – Liquored Up And Lacquered Down
Jeffrey Lewis – Cult Girlfriend
Smoking Popes – Need You Around
BA Johnston – Hobo 4 Life

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Emma Chevarie, Krista Touesnard and Rob Pinnock of the MRTI Agency pose for a photo.

The MRTI Agency celebrates successful first year of music facilitation

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Since 2012, Emma Chevarie has operated Music Runs Through It, a website that provided Frederictonians with weekly listings of all the music events happening in the city and a brand she would eventually promote her own shows under.

After 13 years on her own, local radio DJ Rob Pinnock and his partner Krista Touesnard, a local fiddler and music teacher, came on to form the MRTI agency.

In their first year together, the agency has sold out two shows at The Playhouse, helped curate the first summer of programming for the city’s new stage in Officer’s Square and have brought on three local artists under their management.

The agency celebrates it’s first birthday tonight at Fredericton’s Wilser’s Room and already has several shows lined up for 2025, including a Blues Series, with multiple shows already sold out.

Have a listen to find out more about the trios endeavors in music facilitation.

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Trio of anthropology professors publish bibliography on New Brunswick archaeology

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In the course of their 15 year friendship, anthropology professors Trevor Dow, Ken Holyoke and Gabe Hrynick, have compiled a running google doc of archaeological research in the province, an endeavour that has resulted in the now published Bibliography of New Brunswick Archaeology: Works to 2022.

The bibliography spans 13,000 years and five archaeological periods with 640 entries and essays from compilers and indigenous collaborators.

The trio says their drive to study archaeology comes from the want to connect to people who lived in the past and learn about how they lived. They hope the bibliography to inspires others to do future research on New Brunswick’s archaeological history and adds more expansive, academic research to the pool of available information.

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CHSR Top 10 || 2024-11-15

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The Top 10 albums played at CHSR for the week of November 3, 2024 to November 9, 2024.

Artist – Track || Album
#10.) Godspeed You! Black Emperor – RAINDROPS CAST IN LEAD || “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28, 340 DEAD”
#9.) Chinese American Bear – Kids Go Down || Wah!!!
#8.) Bonnie Trash – What Have You Become || My Love Remains The Same
#7.) Lisa Leblanc – Entre toi pi moi la corde de bois || Live avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Quebec
#6.) Klo Pelgag – Sans visage || Abracadabra
#5.) Shriven – Deity || Saints Rest
#4.) Stephen Hero, Uncle Fester, Mxchael Shabazz – The Wax || The Squeeze
#3.) Capital 6 – Give It To ‘Em || Not My One
#2.) Nate and the Busy Boys – Twist Then Shake || Busy Doing Nothing
#1.) Ada Lea – come on, baby! be a good girl for the camera || notes EP

People sitting at a table talking.

CHSR News – November 15th, 2024 – NB Lung Tackling Province Radon Concerns For Lung Month

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November is Lung Health & Cancer Awareness Month and NB Lung is taking steps on the issue of Radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is both odourless and tasteless, that affects New Brunswick as it has the highest levels of any province in Canada due to it’s geological makeup.

Radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer for Canadians, with 3200 deaths per year.

NB Lung President and CEO Melanie Langille says organizations like hers have been increasing awareness over the last 10 to 15 years, and as a part of their initiatives for this month will be drawing for two 1000$ grants from those who purchase testing kits through NB Lung by the end of November, whose results test for high levels. 

Have a listen to find out more info on the issue of radon.

 

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The Fredericton Frequency – November 12th – 15th, 2024

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This weeks episode features stories on the swearing on a locally made Tik Tok series making waves at Silverwave, a new non-motorized boat launch and preventative measures to radon exposure.
Hope you all listen and feel informed! Cheers!
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Mornings Are Hard – 2024-11-15

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Artist – Track || Album
1.) Nate and the Busy Boys – Bardy Birdy || Busy Doing Nothing
2.) flora cash – Like No One Could || behind every beautiful thing
3.) Pillow Fite – Alma || Hard Feelings, Soft Promises
4.) Basia Bulat – My Angel || single
5.) Maddie Jay – 11th Avenue || single
6.) Caley Conway – Hours In The Day || Partner
7.) Hildegard – Remember Me || Jour 1596
8.) mary in the junkyard – this is my california || single
9.) Youth Large – Honeysuckle || Honeysuckle
10.) Bon Enfant – Demande special || Semande speciale
11.) T. Thomason – Boyfriend || Tenderness
12.) The Slaps – Fool || Mudglimmer
13.) Shriven – Run || Saints Rest
14.) Lisa LeBlanc – J’pas un cowboy (LIVE) || Live avec l’Orchestra symphoniqur de Quebec
15.) Luis Tovar – Moliendo Cafe || Back To My Roots

Interview: Melanie Langille (NB Lung/Radon Awareness)

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Most of the time, we don’t have to think about breathing: it just happens. Thankfully, some people have taken it upon themselves to think very much about breathing, for the rest of us.

My guest to day is Melanie Langille, the President and CEO of NB Lung. She joins me to briefly discuss the history which led to the current organization, and delve into many of the elements of advocacy, support, environmental and and forward-thinking planning that they are working on. For this month in particular, two initiatives are front of mind: radon awareness and inhaler spacers for asthma patients.

November is Lung Month, Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Radon Awareness Month. Find out more on NB Lung’s website and social media (FB).

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Harmony Corruption Episode 74-The Dopethrone Interview-November 12th, 2024

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Hi Folks! This week’s episode features an episode with Shawn from Dopethrone! We got to chat about their most recent album “Broke Sabbath” which released back in May this year. As well, we got to talk about his record store in Montreal (Sound Central), and Dopethrone’s most recent tours! Enjoy the interview, here are the links to Dopethrone’s bandcamp page as well as Soundcentral:

Here’s the playlist for the week:
Dopethrone-Killdozer
Dopethrone-Life Kills You
Dopethrone-Rock Slock
Dopethrone-Scuzzgasm
Ken Mode-A Reluctance of Being
Ken Mode-These Wires
Warkrusher-Sea of Suffering
Warkrusher-Prelude to Decay
Type O Negative-I Don’t Wanna Be Me
Obituary-Slowly We Rot
Obituary-Gates to Hell
Immolation-Unpardonable Sin
Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Motorhead-Metropolis
Bolt Thrower-When Cannons Fade
Thanks for listening!
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Mornings Are Hard || 2024-11-14

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Artist – Track || Album
1.) Zachary Lucky – Water in the Fuel || The Wind
2.) Mustafa – Leaving Toronto || Dunya
3.) Charlotte Day Wilson – Sleeper (Live at Maida Vale) || Charlotte Day Wilson: Live at Maida Vale
4.) Meko Brain – Anyone Else’s Eyes || Wonderment
5.) Leif Vollebekk – Southern Star || Revelation
6.) The Weather Station – Neon Signs || single
7.) Claudia Bouvette – BITE THE APPLE || DIARY FOR THE LONELY HEARTS
8.) Amyl and The Sniffers – Big Dreams || Cartoon Darkness
9.) Soccer Mommy – Abigail || Evergreen
10.) Les Breastfeeders – Vivre et existed || La Ville engloutie
11.) zouz – Messie || Jours de cendre
12.) Elderbrook – Wait For You || Another Touch
13.) Didon – Sahara || Malak
14.) Klo Pelgag – Sans visage || Abracadabra

Two people paddle a kayak on Fredericton's Wolastoq River.

CHSR News – November 13th, 2024 – Fredericton City Council Approves New Non-Motorized Boat Launch

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In a brief meeting of Fredericton City Council Tuesday night, councilors voted in favor of a highway usage permit for the construction of a new non-motorized boat launch.

The city recently launched the River Access Initiative back in May, which aims to create a stronger network for these activities in the Lower Saint John River Valley Region, which contains almost 200 km of usable routes.

This newest launch site is along the Nashwaak River where the Penniac Bridge used to run across before it was torn down in the Summer of 2022.

The permit for the new site will run 10 years less a day, beginning retroactively from April 1st of this year to March 31st, 2034. With construction expected to begin in shortly.

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