Friday Special Blend - Playlist March 9 2007

Mighty Popo
Muhazi
Manu

Kobo Town
Abatina

Rae Spoon
White Hearse Come Rollin

Jokko
From myspace.com/jokkomusic

Interview
Usmane, from Jokko

Touré Kunda
Dance of the Seven Leaves
Tracks 1-4

Melissa Laveaux
Camphor & Copper
Tip Toe

NLX
In Your Face
Code Red

Evalyn Parry
Small Theatres
War Dream

Charles Hodgson - Podictionary.com
Enzyme

Live sound performance
Sadaharu Horio

Rae Spoon
- Throw Some Dirt On Me
- I should Have Danced With You at that Party in Harlem
- Oil Rigs
- Virginia

Playlist - Friday Special Blend - March 2

Autorickshaw - So The Journey Goes
So The Journey Goes

Interview
CS Richardson - The End of the Alphabet

Alex Cuba - Agua del Pozo
Amor Infinito
De Camino

Word break
Charles Hodgson, Podictionary - Panacea

Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
National Anthem of Nowhere

Rise Ashen & Blissom - Something Wicked
Directions in Rhythm
Something Wicked

Interview
Janine Cocker
Vagina Monologues

Antizario - It's Great to Be Fine
The Devil Theory
Madame Butterfly
Polygamy and Plastic

As the Poets Affirm - Awake
Awake Chaos

Allison Crowe - This Little Bird
Effortless

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
Pitter Patter Goes My Heart

Interview
Neil Yorke-Slader
Capital Region Music Fest

Interview
New Ottawa Repretory Theatre
Studs Terkel's RACE
Paul Dervis + Kate Charles

A Luta Continua

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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

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)

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.

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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Friday Special Blend on CKCU: January 25 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...
Friday January 25, 2007

07:30 WINTER/MADNESS I - The VJs
Beat the winter blues with two late-night World Premiere film screenings from SAW Video ( www.sawvideo.com) followed by audio and VJ work at the Mayfair Theatre.
Ryan Stec will tell us about plans for the evening, including audio and VJ work by Stec himself with Christie Watson, Chris Ikonomopoulos with Jacob Hanna, Frederic Arsenault, Kerry Campbell and Michael Caffrey. Screenings start Saturday night at 11:30pm at the Mayfair Theatre.

08:05 - WINTER/MADNESS II - The Accident
Filmmaker and musician Anthony Seck ( www.anthonyseck.com) joins us to discuss The Accident, part of SAW Video's Winter/Madness. See it here first!

08:30 GIRLS WITH GLASSES
Karyn Ellis ( www.karynellis.com) and some of her singer-songwriter counterparts Evalyn Parry ( www.evalynparry.com), Eve Goldberg ( www.evegoldberg.com) and Allison Brown ( www.allisonbrown.ca ) -- will join us. Touring as the Girls with Glasses, they'll be in Perth and Ottawa next weekend, playing house concerts open to the public.

09:05 BABES FOR BREASTS
Amanda Rheaume will fill us in about the fundraiser for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation featuring singer-songwriters Rheaume (www.amandarheaume.com), Ana Miura (www.anamiura.com ), Rhonda Stakich (www.rhondastakich.com), Amy Campbell and NLX: Natasha Alexandra ( www.natashaalexandra.com). Several shows are scheduled at area venues: tickets are a hot commodity: the Saturday evening performance at Rasputin's ( www.rasputins.ca) has sold out; a few matinee tickets are still available.

Friday Special Blend on CKCU: January 19 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...
Friday January 19, 2007

07:05 GHETTOSTOCRACY
Oni the Haitian Sensation (www.mesooni.com) joins us to share some poetry and talk about her new book. Hear Oni live at the Dusty Owl Reading Series ( www.DustyOwl.com) this Sunday at the Lookout (www.TheLookoutBar.com).

07:45 POLAR EXPLORATIONS
Explorer, adventurer and author James Raffan (www.writersunion.ca/r/raffan.htm) joins us to share his experiences on an arctic icebreaker ( www.CanadianGeographic.ca), and learn more about the International Polar Year.

08:05 UGLY SOCKS...WONDERFUL MUSIC
Interview with multi-talented musician Marie-Josee Houle (www.uglysocks.com), performing tonight (Friday) at the Avant-Garde Bar ( www.avantgardebar.com), and whose debut album we can look forward to this spring.

Barb Gray, our roving arts reporter, returns next week.

08:20 CREATIVE ACTIVISM...AND THE 'GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH
Interview with filmmaker and activist Jonathan Culp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Culp), in town for OPIRG Carleton's Activist Training Weekend. His fillms will be featured at Friday's Anarchist Movie Night (http://www.opirg-carleton.org/).

08:45 DANCE: A WORLD PREMIERE
Interview with choreographer and dancer Kate Hilliard, who will tell us about Beside Me - An emotionally compelling dance for two. The World Premiere of Beside me will take place Wednesday January 24 and Thursday January 25 at 8pm, in Le Groupe Dance Lab's Studio A at Arts Court.
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