Friday Special Blend - February 23 Playlist

Rory Magill - (Demo)
Fra'pokli

Sun Ra - Album TBC
Discipline 33

Interview: Water

Lindsay Ferguson & Roziland MacPhail - Gas Station Sessions
Nice to meet you

Interview: Lumiere Festival

Lindsay Ferguson & Roziland MacPhail - Gas Station Sessions
Breakthrough

Lindsay Ferguson - Live performance
Higher
Sky in Me

Interview

Catherine Sinclair, Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, Ottawa Art Gallery

Coco Love Acorn - Sugar
For Just One Night

Rise Ashen & Blissom - Something Wicked
Chicken

Interview: Natasha Royka, Sanctuary Series

Rise Ashen & Blissom - Something Wicked
Directions in Rhythm

Sarah Hallman - Sarah Hallman
Snowballin'
Take a Flight

CKCU Entertainment Listings

Sons of Colborne - Dig Your Roots - Creative Jazz Creatif
Up v Down

Jesse Zubot - Dig Your Roots - Creative Jazz Creatif
Nootropics

"...Reading is Sexy. Be Sexy Every Day."

The header on the Dusty Owl Reading Series URL covers off their intention. An intimate, eclectic group of characters (with the dog banished, most unfortunately, upstairs) met up late Sunday afternoon in the "Generator Lounge" (= basement) of the Electric Gallery for one of the Dusty Owl's regular gatherings. This time, instead of a reading, Melissa Laveaux performed a set from her new album. I was glad to hear her, and to meet a number of people who, or whose work, I had only heard of before -- putting faces to the names. These guys are devoted. Thoughtful regulars at their favourite bar, Steve and Catherine also recommend I interview Swizzles' owners, about their patrons' determination to see the bar re-open as soon as possible -- to the point of going in and helping with reconstruction. That, I'd say, is loyalty.

Art appreciation, canine version

Spotted, at the Electric Gallery on Marier street, blending in with the bench and enjoying art.

Friday Special Blend: 16 February playlist

Total tracks = 19
Total CanCon = 19
% CanCon = 100

Mighty Popo - Muhazi
Muhazi

Ember Swift - The Dirty Pulse
No Regrets
Affluence Disease

Once Past Silver - Once Past Silver
Frozen Fireworks

Sarah Noni Metzner - Daybreak Mourning
All too well
Blessed Be

My Dad vs Yours - After Winter must Come Spring
Track 1
Track 2

Danny Michel - Valhalla
It's not the end of the world
White Lightening

The Brothers Creegan - Sleepyhead
You Will Be Adored

The Acorn - Tin Fist
Heirlooms
Dents

Melissa Laveaux - Camphor & Copper
Scissors
Les Cendres
Ulysses

Joshua Morin - While You Were Out
While You Were Out

Mike Evin - The January Muse
Goddess of Love

Malajube - Trompe-L'Oeil
Montreal -40C

Thursday Special Blend on CKCU: Hour One Playlist

The Thursday Special Blend on CKCU 93.1 FM; Sue Johnston filling in.

February 15, 2007

Coco Love Acorn - Sugar

For Just one Night

Sugar

Derek Olive - Our Passing Nows

Another Name

Sorry Road

Nine Days of Wonder

Interview with Jesse Pankhurst on Rebuilding Swizzles

Sarah Hallman - Sarah Hallman

Snowballin'

Take a Flight

Les Respectables - Live @ Centre Bell 22 Sept 2006

On fait c'qu'on aime

Ukrainia - Ukrainia

Track 1. (No cyrrilic on BlackBerry so can't write the name of this song)

Found, while looking for something else

Jennifer Kimiko Wilson @ IPO Gallery from 22 February

Jennifer Kimiko Wilson's new exhibit opens February 22 at IPO Gallery.

Friday Special Blend on CKCU - 9 February 2007

The Friday Special Blend ... is a friendly, laid-back mixture of great music, live performances, interviews with filmmakers, musicians, artists and creators of all kinds. It's about the people and events of Ottawa-Gatineau. It's about the human spirit. Add to that some local and world news about social justice and the environment, and you're sure to find something of interest. Plus - as always - BBC News on the Hour.

Tune in to the Friday Special Blend, from 7:00 to 9:15 a.m., at CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa or http://www.ckcufm.com/ from anywhere. Tuning in from far away? We'll add you to our listener map -- simply send a note to info@ckcufm.com. Il nous fera un grand plaisir de recevoir vos commentaires, suggestions et idées.

THIS WEEK'S SHOW...
February 9, 2007

07:05 PEPERE'S CHAIRS
Interview with artists and filmmakers Pixie Cram (http://www.artengine.ca/pixiecram) and Maryse Menard about their collaboration, screening as part of the IFCO Gala this Saturday evening at Library and Archives Canada ( www.ifco.ca).

07:30 PODICTIONARY
Charles Hodgson (www.podictionary.com) lends some insight into the word of the day....

08:05 EMERGING ART
Thomas White of the Nomad Gallery (www.NomadGallery.ca), and Paul Brown of the Electric Gallery Cooperative (www.theelectricgallery.ca) join me in-studio to talk about their weekend of participatory art events, featuring a Nomadic Party Friday night, and an Open Poetry Night on Saturday.

08:20 HAPPENINGS
Barb Gray, our roving arts reporter, updates us on cultural events.

08:50 COMMUNITY SPIRIT
Grace Jarrett joins us to tell us about Glebe Goes Global, a initiative whereby group of local high-school students will travel to Ecuador and lend a hand to a community there. Plus...top music from Ecuador this week...


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Ottawa VDAY - March 2 & 3, 2007

Ottawa VDAY - Home: Thanks again to the cast and crew that let me watch the one rehearsal. You're amazing, and I'm soooo looking forward to the performances!

Pixie Cram @ IFCO Gala February 10

Pixie Cram and Maryse Maynard will share their views on the making of Pepere's Chairs, their joint (and also mother-daughter) film, screening at the IFCO gala this Saturday, February 10.

Ouch!!!... Stabs in the Air

Ana Soler's exhibit opens @ SAW Gallery this Thursday..

Bravo, spins & needles

Friday Special Blend on CKCU, February 2 2007

The Friday Special Blend ... is a friendly, laid-back mixture of great music, live performances, interviews with filmmakers, musicians, artists and creators of all kinds. It's about the people and events of Ottawa-Gatineau. It's about the human spirit. Add to that some local and world news about social justice and the environment, and you're sure to find something of interest. Plus - as always - BBC News on the Hour.

Tune in to the Friday Special Blend, from 7:00 to 9:15 a.m., at CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa or http://www.ckcufm.com/ from anywhere. Tuning in from far away? We'll add you to our listener map -- simply send a note to info@ckcufm.com. Il nous fera un grand plaisir de recevoir vos commentaires, suggestions et idées.

THIS WEEK'S SHOW...
Groundhog Day, 2007

07:05 DOLLAR STORE
Interview with artist Colwyn Griffith (http://www.colwyngriffith.com/) about his photographic eplorations of consumer excess, currently on display at the Ottawa Art Gallery ( www.ottawaartgallery.ca).

07:30 NEWS FROM UP THE STREET
Did you catch her on Fuse last weekend? Join us for an interview with composer and violinist Anne Lindsay ( www.anne-lindsay.com) before her CD launch celebration at the NAC Fourth Stage (http://www.nac-cna.ca/), with special guests Ian Tamblyn and Jason Fowler.

07:45 THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES...IMAGINE THE REHEARSAL
The cast and crew of the Vagina Monologues (http://www.ottawavday.ca/ ) will share their ideas about being part of this transformative performance, and getting into character. Stay with us as we follow their preparations for the production, on-stage at the Bronson Centre in early March.

08:05 EMERGING ART
We'll hear more about the Ottawa School of Art Student Showcase, opening tonight at Gallery 7A (http://www.gallery7a.com/). The Vernissage will take place Saturday February 3 between noon and 4pm.

08:20 HAPPENINGS
Barb Gray, our roving arts reporter, updates us on cultural events.

08:30 RESOUNDING SPIRIT
Time to challenge your preconceptions about avant-garde Japanese art? Join us for an interview with professor Ming Tiampo about "Resounding Spirit: Japanese Contemporary Art of the 1960s", opening at the Carleton University Art Gallery on Monday February 5 ( www.carleton.ca/gallery/current.html).

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