Sweet Toronto sounds: TTC subway stations + The Stickmen

TEXT: a friend of mine visited Toronto and now he’s missing our city.

MUSIC: The Stickmen – Let’s Do This Thang

RUNNING TIME: 8′23″

BONUS: mp3 files with TTC subway stations being announced in the train

Davisville Subway - facing South

Fat Freddy’s Drop – 2009 album review

The hottest jams of summer 2009 come from New Zealand and are reviewed / sampled today.

Dr Boondigga & The Big BW - album cover

Toronto Jazz Festival 09 – free audio tour

TEXT: an audio tour of the Toronto Jazz Festival – my version

MUSIC:

• The Heavy (UK) – That kind of man [they are live at The Supermarket on Friday 26 June]
• Enrico Rava, Stefano Bollani – Le Solite Cose (LP Rava Plays Rava, 2009) [they play @ Church Of The Redeemer on Wednesday 01 July]
• Van der Graaf Generator – Interference Patterns (LP Trisector, 2008) – lyrics are here [they are live at the Opera House on Saturday 04 July]

RUNNING TIME:21′21″

Falling in love with Montreal (3 – Sat night and Sunday)

MOTTO: I hope you don’t live there just because you’re close to your job.

(Razvan Constantinescu)

Listen to the previous episode here.

This is the third and last part of a conversation with my buddy Razvan Constantinescu, who guided me off the beaten path while visiting Montreal for a weekend last month.

Every Sunday during the summer, by JC statue (photo by R.Constantinescu)

Today we speak about:

Falling in love with Montreal (2 – Saturday)

MOTTO: I hope you don’t live there just because you’re close to your job.

(Razvan Constantinescu)

Listen to the previous episode here.

This is a conversation with my buddy Razvan Constantinescu, who guided me off the beaten path when visiting Montreal for a weekend last month. In the previous episode we talked about Friday-night jazz on rue St-Denis and Saturday-morning breakfast in Le Plateau area.

Cool logo - bought from my favourite souvenir boutique from MO

Today, among others, we talk about:

Falling in love with Montreal – audio tour (1 – Friday night and Sat morning)

MOTTO: I hope you don’t live there just because you’re close to your job.

(Razvan Constantinescu)

Friday night jazz @ Diese Onze on rue St-Denis

Luminato 2009 free audio tour

TEXT: a free audio tour of the Luminato 2009 festival – a few words about the events I would like to attend, and about their location.

MUSIC: Bill Frisell – Slow Dance (from album The Best of Bill Frisell, Volume 1: Folk Songs; released 2009; label Nonesuch – thank you)

RUNNING TIME: 13′40″

Fun @ LUMINATO fest in Toronto - photo by Stephanie Berger

Jian Ghomeshi and petulant Billy Bob Thornton make juicy live radio

This has gone viral on the internet: Billy Bob Thornton, the Hollywood actor, was pissed off during a CBC-radio interview because his acting career was mentioned while he was there as a musician.

He then went on being erratic and eventually rude, while his host (Jian Ghomeshi, CBC Toronto, host of  Q show) was progressing with the interview.

In today’s 16-minute episode I discuss Jian’s approach to dealing with an impolite  guest during a live interview on national radio.

LUMINATO unveils 2009 music program

Lots of pleasant surprises this year from Luminato (June 5-14).

Last year’s “The Canadian Songbook” show is back, but with a twist.  Listen today’s episode for the exciting news.

Today’s episode features audio with legendary Canadian rocker Randy Bachman. Listening to Randy talking about guitar makes me wanna buy one, just to see if what he’s saying is true…

Luminato unveils 2009 music program in style

Podcamp Toronto 2009 and music with Dr. dFunkt

TEXT: Thoughts after Podcamp Toronto 2009

MUSIC: Dr. dFunkt – FUCKU

RUNNING TIME: 10′10″

Toronto band Dr. dFunkt