Friday Special Blend on CKCU...May 25

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 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...

May 25, 2007

 

07:05  Disciplinary Action: Performance in a time of convergence
INTERVIEW with Judi Pearl with an early look at plans for Performance Creation Canada ( www.artengine.ca/pcc), jointly hosted by the Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Artengine, and SAW Gallery, and taking place in Ottawa June 13-15.

07:20  Breakfast candy
Charles Hodgson's Podictionary ( www.podictionary.com)

07:30  Newfoundland-Finn homo emo indierubbish phenomenon
INTERVIEW with Glen Nuotio and band ( www.myspace.com/glennnuotio, Marie Josee Houle (www.uglysocks.com ), Patrick DeDauw, and Randy Innes), performing at CLUB SAW (SAW Gallery, Arts Court) starting at 8 p.m. Other amazing acts include Laura Barrett (www.myspace.com/laurabarrett), and Woodhands ( www.myspace.com/woodhands).
 

07:50  Secret Shakespeare Experiment #2
INTERVIEW with Scott Florence of The Company of Fools ( www.fools.ca), about this second performance series of the Secret Shakespeare Experiment, onstage through Saturday May 26.

08:05 Six Ways to Sunday
STORYTELLING and INTERVIEW with author Christian McPherson ( www.nightwoodeditions.com/author/ChristianMcPherson), whose collection of short stories launches at Paddy's Pub in Ottawa South this Sunday night starting at 7pm. Copies are also available online or at Collected Works ( www.collected-works.com).

08:20  Arts Report
Barb Gray's weekly update on happenings around town

08:30  The End of Ignorance
Live INTERVIEW with award-winning playwright and mathematician John Mighton,  (www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=John%20Mighton ) about his new book, The End of Ignorance, and unlocking the sources of human potential (www.jumpmath.org). A truly brilliant book - the first time I've cried for joy all the way through a math book..

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Three amazing days in June: Performance Creation Canada

I had the opportunity to interview Judi Pearl yesterday about her plans for Performance Creation Canada, and am completely blown away by the creative opportunity that's coming up with it - a great mix of performance, panels, and parties...

I now have June 13-15 off, and am looking for company: www.artengine.ca/pcc/events-en.php. There is a decent mix of both daytime and evening events, so still room to participate if you have other daytime commitments. The sign-up process has apparently already started, with more info at the above URL..

 

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Artengine's blog entry PCC

 

This summer Artengine will be co-hosting Performance Creation Canada, an interdisciplinary nationwide network dedicated to the nourishment, management and study of performance creation in Canada, and the ecology in which it flourishes. We're really inspired by PCC's notion of cross-pollination among the disciplines, and we've worked really hard to highlight those synapses that occur when artistic practices converge.

Our very own Artistic Director, Ryan Stec, will be moderating a panel titled Electric Fences: creating and destroying barriers with technology in performance. Ryan had this to say about his panel, and what he hopes to highlight in the discussion:

"The open potential of technological advancement allows for artists to mediate their performances to both unify and fragment the experience. Mandating audience participation, removing the artists' physical presence from the performance act or inextricably connecting the actions of performers are all possible directions for the role of technology in the creative process. This panel will examine the tension that can exist between these different approaches as panelists decide how useful or destructive electric fences can be."

We hope you'll be able to make it to the conference, and to visit our site www.artengine.ca/pcc for more info on all the panels. Panelists bios will be posted shortly as well. Our partnering organizations are Galerie SAW Gallery and the Magnetic North Theatre Festival. There are also links to their respective websites from the PCC site. Check them out too... Happy surfing!

Friday Special Blend on CKCU....May 18, 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 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...

May 18, 2007

 

07:05  Decalogue II: Ten Ottawa Authors - Part One

INTERVIEW with Ottawa author Emily Falvey, whose contribution to Decalogue will premiere as part of the Decalogue II launch Friday night at the Mercury Lounge. (http://chaudierebooks.blogspot.com).

 

07:25  Friday morning enlightenment

Charles Hodgson's Podictionary (www.podictionary.com ) piece du jour.

 

07:30  No Humans Involved

INTERVIEW with author and Otherworld specialist Kelley Armstrong ( www.kelleyarmstrong.com) about her new book, a mix of passion, comedy and the supernatural.

 

07:45  Decalogue II: Ten Ottawa Authors - Part Two

INTERVIEW with Ottawa author John Lavery, whose work is also featured in Decalogue II.

 

08:05  I Know I'm Not Alone

Michael Franti's conscientious music - engaging the brain, booty and soulstellar documentary, I Know I'm Not Alone (www.iknowimnotalone.com ), to town on Wednesday. INTERVIEW with Tatiana Nemchin, organizer of this event, about Franti, his work and his influence. 

 

08:20  Arts Report

Barb Gray, the Friday Blend's roving arts reporter.

 

08:30  Images of Lineage

INTERVIEW with visual artist Karina Bergmans (www.kaleidoscopeart.com) about Dutch Courage, an exhibition by first and second generation local Dutch artists exploring this specific duality of culture. (www.lapetitemortgallery.com/events/Dutch.htm)

Playlist - Friday Special Blend

Total tracks 14
Total CanCon 14
% CanCon 100

CanCon
Hammerheads
Aquarama
Title TBC

CanCon
Hammerheads
Aquarama
Track 2

CanCon
Hammerheads
Aquarama
Track 3

CanCon
The Noble Son
EP
Who Killed Laura Palmer?

CanCon
Shaun Little
Demo
More Beautiful

Word moment
Charles Hodgson
Podictionary
Alphabet



CanCon
Shaun Little
Demo
You Don't Know

CanCon
Katie Workman
Web
I'll go

CanCon
The Noble Son
Demo
Overcast 12C

CanCon
Cliks
SnakeHouse
Complicated

CanCon
Cliks
ShaneHouse
Cry Me A river

CanCon
Flotilla
Played from the web
Beyond Snow

CanCon
Flotilla
Played from the web
Written on Plane

CanCon
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit
In Good We Trust
I'm on Fire

CanCon
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit
In Good We Trust
Sometimes