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Jeff Robson - Tell The Band To Go Home / Steel Belted
Free Range
Sundays 2PM to 4PM
/ Thursday 6:30PM to 8PM
Top 10 Albums:
Ridley Bent - Buckles & Boots
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings - Let's Frolic Again
Jim Bryson - Where the Bungalows Roam
Brandi Carlile - The Story
Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
Catherine MacLellan - Church Bell Blues
Gurf Morlix - Diamonds to Dust
Nathan - Key Principles
Scott Nolan - Receiver/Reflector
Sunparlour Players - Hymns for the Happy
Worthy contenders:
Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
Eilen Jewell - Letters from Sinners & Strangers
Chuck Prophet - Soap and Water
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Teri Stevens - Venus Envy
Tuesday 3 PM to 4 PM
(1) Tegan and Sara- The Con
(2) Tori Amos- American Doll Posse(
(3) Great Northern- Trading Twilight For Daylight
(4) Stars- In Our Bedroom After the War
(5) Feist- The Reminder
(6) The Cliks- Snakehouse
(7) Northern State- Can I Keep This Pen?
(8) Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Is Is EP
(9) Blonde Redhead- 23
(10) Uh Huh Her- I See Red EP
Lyle Skinner - Waxie's Dargle
Sunday 5PM to 6PM
(1) Kate Rusby - "Awkward Annie"
(2) Old Blind Dogs - "Four On The Floor"
(3) Eddi Reader - "Peacetime"
(4) Cara Luft - "The Light Fantastic"
(5) Poor Angus - "Poor Angus"
(6) The Tannahill Weavers - "Live And In Session"
(7) The McDades - "Lower Mill Road"
(8) Nuala Kennedy - "The New Shoes"
(9) Grada - "Cloudy Day Navigation"
(10) Gwendolyn - "Lower Mill Road"
Michael Elves - Program Director / TGIFR:
Thank God It's Free Range Friday
6:30 PM - 8 PM / Under
Night Skies, Overnight Sounds Wednesday
12 AM - 4 AM
(01) Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling (Rough Trade/Hardwood)
(02) Ola Podrida - Ola Podrida (Plug Research)
(03) Caribou - Andorra (Merge)
(04) Boats - Intercontinental Champion (Independent)
(05) Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop)
(06) The Deep Dark Woods - Hang Me Oh Hang Me (Black Hen)
(07) The Western States - The Western States (Dollartone)
(08) Battles - Mirrored (Warp)
(09) Christine Fellows - Nevertheless (Six Shooter Records)
(10) Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu - Joystone (Ubiquity)
(11) Himalayan Bear - Attacks The Brilliant Air (Self Righteous
Records)
(12) The Souljazz Orchestra - Freedom No Go Die (Do Right
Music)
(13) Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War (Arts & Crafts)
(14) Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
(15) Lightning Dust - Lightning Dust (Jagjaguwar)
(16) Okkervil River - The Stage Names (Jagjaguwar)
(17) The Sea and Cake - Everybody (Thrill Jockey)
(18) The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Merge)
(19) Kenge Kenge - Introducing Kenge Kenge (World Music)
(20) Feist - The Reminder (Arts & Crafts) *TIE
(20) Greenbelt Collective - Our Homes (Independent) *TIE
Tams - Out
On The Air Thursday
5PM to 5:30PM
(1) Misty Odell- Misty Odell
(2) Dragonette- Galore
(3) MIA- Kala
(4) Eleven Eighty- Sin in Syndication
(5) Lady Sovereign- Public Warning
(6) Tegan and Sara- The Con
(7) Lesbians on Ecstacy- We Know You Know
(8) The Cliks - Snakehouse
(9) Jay Brannan- Shortbus Soundtrack
(10) Scream Club- Life of a Heartbreaker
(11) Deep Dickollective - On Some Other
(12) DJ Coop- Co-operation Version 4.0: Ayo, Technology
(13) Eto- Plastic Poetry
(14) Gabe Lopez- This is About You
(15) Jeffree Star- Plastic Surgery Slumber Party
(16) Penny Foster - Fierce Disco
(17) Lindsay Jane- Lovers Find Reasons
(18) Rae Spoon- Washboard
(19) Kelly and the Kelly Girls- We Love You, but...
(20) Sweetheart- Map of a Human Heart
Ashley Roch - B Ring Emissions Monday
1 PM - 2 PM
Chet - Fight Against Darkness
Himalayan Bear - Attacks The Brilliant Air
Frances Faye - No Reservations
Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart
Holly Golightly - You Can't Buy A Gun When You're Crying
Bjork - Volta
Julie Doiron - Woke Myself Up
Jenn Grant - Orchestra For The Moon
Devendra Banhart - Smoky Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
John Vanderslice - Emerald City
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apochrypha
Ray Alexander - Fascinatin' Rhythm Sunday
10 AM - Noon
(1) Star Dust & Beyond-A Tribute To Artie Shaw, featuring
The Dick Johnson
Orchestra (Crazy Scot Records 20061)
2) Yo! BobbyTribute To Bobby darin-Waverly Seven (Anzic Recs.
7101)
(2) Love Is What Stays-Mark Murphy (Verve LC00383)
(4) Favorites from A Long Walk-Greta Matassa (Origin 82452)
(5) Generations-Bucky & John Pizzarelli (Arbors 19345)
(6) Guys And Dolls-The Harry Allen-Joe Cohn Qt.(Arbors19354)
(7) You Are There-Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones (Emarcy
0602517370678)
(8) Beatle Jazz-All You Need-David Kikoski Trio Plus (LightYear
54796)
(9) Essential Jazz Christmas-Louis Armstong Nat Cole, Peggy
Lee, Duke Ellington,
Glenn Miller, etc. (EJC55410)
(10) Dearest Duke-Carol Sloane (Arbors 19350)
Honourable Mentions
(1) People WIll Say We're In Love-Nicki Parrott& Rossano
Sportiello (Arbors19335)
(2)Get Happy-Royce Campbell/Joe Kennedy/Paul Langosch (FoxHaven
Recs70022)
(3) Nocturnes & Serenades-Scott Hamilton (Concord-CCD-30025-2)
(4) Swing Is Still The King-John Sheridan and His Dream Band/Rebecca
Kilgore (Arbors
19339)
(5) The Ray Kennedy Trio Plays the Music of Arthur Schwartz/Joe
Cohn (Arbors 19330)
(6) On The Other Side-Tierney Sutton Band (Telarc 83650)
(7) Diane Hubka Goes To The Movies ((18th&Vine/Allegro
18V 1054)
(8) Better Angels-John McLean (Origin 82486)
(9) Brown Street -Joe Zawinul/WDR Big Band (Heads Up 3121)
(10) Clasic Songs-My Way-50 Years- Paul Anka/Big Band (Decca/UMusic
)
(11) Ruby Braff and the Flying Pizzarelli's-C'est Magnifique!
(Arbors 19270)
(12) Kurt Elling-Night Moves (Concord 30138-2)
BEST RE-ISSUES
(1) Bluesville-Albert King, Jimmy Witherspoon, Otis Spann,
Big Joe Williams, etc.
(Starbucks Enter./Concord )
(2) Prestiege Jazz-Kenny Burrell, John Coltrane, MJQ, Sonny
Rollins, Gene Ammons,
Miles Davis, etc.(Prestiege/Starbucks)
(3) The Measure of Monk-Thelonious Monk (Starbucks/Concord)
Best Canadian Releases
(1) Another Side Now-Leora Cashe & Ross Taggart TRrio-The
Songs of JOni Mitchell
(Birth Recs. BRO4LC1207)
(2) No Passport Required-The Ian McDougall Big Band ((Barbarian
Recs. CDMO5)
(3) Prairie Fire-Dean McNeil Big Band (Cellar Live CL071707)
(4) The Jennifer Scott Qt Live At The Cellar
(5) Joined At The Hip-PJ Perry/Campbell Ryga Quintet (Cellar
Live CL101506)
(6) C'est Magnifique!-Montreal Sings 1953-1968 Justin Time/CBC
JAM 9162-2)
(7) Miles Black Trio-Some Enchanted Evening (Cellar Live 80307)
(8) Greg Lowe with Steve Kirby /Gilles Fournier-Guitar and
Bass Sessions(GLCD07)
(9) Gabriel Mark Hasselbach-Double Take (VT-361389)
John Prentice - Planet Mainstage Saturday
2 PM - 4 PM
World
1. Autorickshaw-So The Journey Goes (cdn.)
2. Cat Empire-Two Shoes
3. JPP- Artology
4. African Guitar Summit II (cdn.)
5. Ojos De Brujo-Techari
6. Harry Manx and Kevin Breit- In good we trust (cdn.)
7. Lubo Alexandrov-Kabo Horo (cdn.)
8. Rita Chiarelli -Cuore (cdn.)
9. Anoushka Shankar-Karsh Kale-Breathing under water
10. Rembetika Hipsters-Dinner in Polidroso (cdn.)
11. Mostar Sevdah Reunion-A Secret Gate
12. Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt-Meeting by the liver (cdn.)
13. Andy Palacio-Watina
14. Dhobet Gnahore-Na Afriki
15. Toumani Diabate-Boulevard de l'Independance
Folk
1. Nathan- Key Principles (wpg.)
2. Feist-Reminder (cdn.)
3. Dan Bern-Breathe
4. The Roches-Moonswept
5. James Keelaghan-A few simple verses (wpg.)
6. Bruce Molsky-Soon be time
7. Crooked Still-Shaken by a low sound
8. Emm Gryner -The Summer of High Hopes (cdn.)
9. Michael Franti- Yell Fire
10. Bill Bourne-Boon Tang (cdn.)
11. Loreena McKennitt-An Ancient Muse (cdn.)
12. Lunasa-Se
13. Ry Cooder- My Name is Buddy
14. Dust Poets-Lovesick Town (wpg.)
15. Abigail Washburn-Songs of a Travelling Daughter
Joel Chevrefils - Songs That Sing
Monday
8PM - 10PM
Big Business - Here Come the Waterworks - Hydrahead
Tranzmittors - S/T - Deranged
Enon - Grass Geysers... carbon Clouds - Touch & Go
Marry Weiss & The Reigning Sound - Dangerous Game - Norton
Mark Sultan - Sultanic Verses - In The Red
Nervous Patterns - S/T - Cochon
Love of Diagrams - Mosaic - Matador
Evidence - The Weatherman LP - ABB
Carbonas - S/T - Goner
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Merge
Justice - Cross - Vice/ Ed Banger
High on Fire - Death is this Communion - Relapse
Menonema - Friend and Foe - Barsuk
Oh No - Dr. No's Oxperiment - Stones Throw
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass - Def Jux
Dog Day - Night Group - Tomlab
Glass Candy - Beat Box - Italians Do It Better
Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying - Earache
King Khan & The Shrines - What Is?! - Hazelwood
Japanther - Skuffed Up My Huffy - Exo
Jesse Matthewson - Killing Time Dead...
Literally Saturday
10PM - 11PM
(1) Hide Your Daughters - The Teen Girls' Guide To Social
Success (No List)
(2) Big Business - Here Come The Waterworks (HydraHead)
(3) Unsane - Visqueen (Ipecac)
(4) Austerity Program - Black Madonna (HydraHead)
(5) Zozobra - Harmonic Tremors (HydraHead)
(6) The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works (Relapse)
(7) Fatal Flying Guilloteens - Quantum Fucking (French Kiss)
(8) Poison the Well - Versions (Ferret)
(9) Oxbow - The Narcotic Story (HydraHead)
(10) Baroness - Red Album (Relapse)
Andy O - Hideout Island
Saturday
1PM - 2PM
Music Picks for 2007:
a.. Weirdos - "Destroy All Music" re-issue
b.. Zolar X - "X Marks the Spot" LP
c.. Zolar X - "Zap! You're Zolarized" CD collection
d.. Annihilation Time - "Cosmic Unconsciousness"
EP
e.. Epoxies - "My New World" EP
f.. Municipal Waste - "The Art of Partying" LP
DVD Releases of 2007:
a.. Play Time (1967) [DVD]
b.. From Beyond (1986) [DVD]
c.. Flash Gordon (1980) [DVD]
d.. American Hardcore [DVD]
e.. Spider Baby (1964) [DVD]
DJ Hunnicutt - Born In The Break
Wednesday
10PM - 12AM
(1) Sea and Cake - Everybody (Thrill Jockey)
(2) Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch)
(3) Ben Westbeech - Welcome to the Best Years of Your Life
(Brownswood)
(4) Natural Self - Let Peace Be the Ruler (Breakin' Bread)
(5) Money Mark - Brand New by Tomorrow (Brushfire)
(6) Psycho Les - Psycho Therapy (DHCY)
(7) Kanye West - Graduation (Roc-a-fella)
(8) Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity (Kill Rock Stars)
(9) Mark Ronson - Version (Columbia)
(10) Common - Finding Forever (Geffen)
And if it was a Top 15 I'd add these:
(11) !!! - Myth Takes (Warp)
(12) Devin the Dude - Waiting to Inhale (Rap-a-lot)
(13) The Boats - Intercontinental Champion (Independent)
(14) Radiohead - In Rainbows (innernet)
(15) Josh Rouse - Country Mouse, City Mouse (Nettwerk)
Kristi Kolbauer - Steel Belted Free Range
Thursday
6:30PM - 8PM
Brandi Carlile - The Story
Nathan - Key Principles
Ridley Bent - Buckles & Boots
Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
Two Hours Traffic - Little Jabs
Teddy Thompson - Up Front and Down Low
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Jim Bryson - Where the Bungalows Roam
Joe Purdy - Take My Blanket and Go
DJ Penny Lane - Free Range: Punks In Parkas
Tuesday
6:30PM - 8PM
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
Mark Ronson - Version
The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
The Good, The Bad and the Queen - The Good, The Bad and The
Queen
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures / Closer - The Collector's
Edition (Reissue)
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Jared McKetiak - Station Manager / Under
Night Skies, Overnight Sounds
Wednesday 12:00AM to 4:00AM
(1) Okkervil River - The Stage Names
(2) Sea & Cake - Everybody
(3) Battles - Mirrored
(4) Bill Callahan - Woke Up On A Whaleheart
(5) Burial - Untrue
(6) Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
(7) Deerhunter - Cryptograms
(8) Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
(9) Page France - ...And The Family Telephone
(10) Western States - Western States
(11) Black Keys - Good Bad Not Evil
(12) Boats! - Intercontinental Champion
(13) The National - Boxer
(14) The Ponys - Turn The Lights Out
(15) Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
(16) Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs
(17) Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
(18) Grinderman - Grinderman
(19) Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
(20) Besnard Lakes - Are The Dark Horse
John Gordon - Pop Infusion
Tuesday
4PM to 5PM
Anagram - The Lights Went Up
The Fugitives - In Streetlight Communion
I'm From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends
Bella - No One Will Know
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Imperial Teen - The Hair The TV The Baby & The Band
Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War
Moonbabies - At The Ballroom
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Club 8 - The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming
Fields - Everything Last Winter
The Electric Soft Parade - No Need To Be Downhearted
Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army
The Poison Control Center - A Collage Of Impressions
Tigers & Monkeys - Loose Mouth
Hedrons - One More Won't Kill Us
Tullycraft - Every Scene Needs a Center
Locksley Don't Make Me Wait
Art Brut - It's A Bit Complicated
Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
Drew Johnston - Risky Rhythms
Saturday 9PM - 10PM
Fanfare Pourpour & Lars Hollmer - Karusell Music
Malignancy - Inhuman Grotesqueries
Magma - Mythes et Legendes Volume 2 & 3 (DVD)
Miles Davis -Tthe Complete On the Corner Sessions
Jonas Hellborg - Art Metal
Zs - Arms
Blotted Science - the Machinations of Dementia
Battles - Mirrored
Salle Gaveau - Alloy
Other Men - Wake Up Swimming
Sleeping People - Growing
Secret Oyster - Secret Oyster (reissue)
Secret Oyster - Straight to the Krankenhaus (reissue)
Anthony Greenberg - Hand Claps
Wednesday 2PM to 3:30PM
(1) Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
(2) Jens Lekman -Night Falls Over Kortedala
(3) PJ Harvey - White Chalk
(4) The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
(5) Feist - The Reminder
(6) Various Artists - Imagine The Shapes (What's Your Rupture?
label comp.)
(7) Evripidis And His Tragedies - Evripidis And His Tragedies
(8) Vashti Bunyan - Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (reissue)
(9) Pylon - Gyrate + (reissue)
(10) Panda Bear - Person Pitch
(11) Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
(12) Taken By Trees - Open Field
(13) New Buffalo - Somewhere, Anywhere
(14) Patrick Wolf - Magic Position
(15) Numbers - Now You Are This
My five favourite shows:
The Raveonettes @ the WECC (Winnipeg)
jens lekman @ the Faraday Festival (Barcelona, Spain)
el perro del mar @ the Mod Club (Toronto)
What's Your Rupture? Showcase (Tyvek, Cause Co-Motion, Think
About Life,
Fucked Up) @ Pop Montreal (Montreal)
Electrelane @ Lee's Palace (Toronto)
Grizzly Bear @ Lee's Palace (Toronto)
My favourite SONGS!:
'Lip Gloss' by Lil Mama
'Blush' by the Raveonettes
'He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss)' (Crystals cover) by Grizzly
Bear
'Running Up That Hill' (Kate Bush cover) by the Chromatics
'Magic Spells' by Crystal Castles
'Give It Up' by Tyvek
'A Postcard To Nina' by Jens Lekman
'Oh My God' by Ida Maria
The Invisible Man - Right On Time
Friday 3PM - 5PM
The Subcity Dwellers - When the Beat Starts to Pound
The Moving Units - Hexes for Exes
The Flat Planets - In Case of Emergency
The Dynamics - Version Excursions
Grand Analog - Caligrafitti
The Cult - Born Into This
Chris Murray - Slackness
The Pack - Tintype
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 Days 100 Nights
Sheepdogs - Trying To Grow
Jeff Friesen - The New Decay Friday
2 PM to 3 PM
/ The Alberta Report
Sunday 7 PM to 8 PM
(1) Burial - Untrue
(2) Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
(3) Sandro Perri - Tiny Mirrors
(4) Christine Fellows - Nevertheless
(5) Panda Bear - Person Pitch
(6) Himalayan Bear - ...Attacks the Brilliant Air
(7) Ghostface Killah - Big Doe Rehab
(8) The Good, The Bad and the Queen - S/T
(9) Deerhunter - Cryptograms
(10) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
(11) Justice - t
(12) Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
(13) Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
(14) Julie Doiron - Woke Myself Up
(15) Ola Podrida - Ola Podrida
(16) M.I.A. - Kala
(17) Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
(18) The Luyas - Faker Death
(19) Ghislain Poirier - No Ground Under
(20) Picastro - Whore Luck
L'il Joey Springs- Cockpit Radio Blare
Tuesday 10PM
- 11PM
10 #1's of 2007:
Album: Jesu - Conqueror
Song: Burial - Archangel
Show: Tim Hecker @ Send + Receive
Film Score: Sunshine
Podcast: WNYC's Radiolab
Trade: Garnett to Celtics
Onion Headline: Fall Canceled After 3 Billion Seasons
Deep Space Probe: Voyager 1
Person I Have Never Met: Joe Kittinger
Thing You Find When the Snow Melts: Dogshit
Jam It On The 1 Wednesday
9PM - 10PM
(1) Keep It Going - Mad Caddies
(2) Career Suicide - A Wilhelm Scream
(3) Somewhere In The Between - Streetlight Manifesto
(4) Fear Of Falling Skies - Burn The 8track
(5) Be Excited - This Is A Standoff
(6) New Maps Of Hell - Bad Religion
(7) Strictly Rude/ Beijing to Boston - Big D and the Kids
Table
(8) Reunion Tour - The Weakerthans
(9) The Great Awake - The Flatliners
(10) My Everest - The Swellers
(11) Blackhawks Over Los Angelas - Strung Out
(12) The New Wind and the Second Wave - Enemy Alliance/ (The
Indecision Alarm
(13) Virulence - Only Crime
(14) Broadcasting - Comeback Kid
(15) Paper Ships Under A Burning Bridge - Last of the Believers
(16) Escaping Your Fate - A Dying Race
(17) In Black & White - Mustard Plug
(18) This Sinking Ship - Smoke or Fire
(19) They've Actually Gotten Worse Live - NOFX
(20) Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold
The Black Orchid - Mindwarp
Monday 2PM to 4PM
Athlete- Beyond the Neighbourhood
Bjork- Volta
Bloc Party- A Weekend in the City
Coco Rosie- The Adventures of Ghost Horse and Still Born
Feist- The Reminder
Grand Analog- Caligrafitti
M.I.A.- Kalla
Pan's Labyrinth- V/A
T.T.C.- 3615
Rumble in the Jungle- V/A
Justin Olynyk - Play It Again
Wednesday 8PM to 8:30PM
Without doubt, the highlight of the 2007 theatre season was
the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. Not only was there a record
attendance at this year's Fringe, but also the quality of
the shows was the best it's been since 2003. Leading the way
at the Fringe was the impressive array of local groups. Not
surprisingly, the top 3 spots of my top ten list for 2007
all belong to shows that played at the Fringe.
1. Chekhov and Me - Local playwright Mike Bell combines high
culture (theatre history) with low culture (TV and movies)
in this play about a writer having a severe case of writer's
block. Bell's pausing on stage was incredible. Plus, the play
even had an ending that would please the great Anton Chekhov.
2. The Good Daughter - A terrific dark comedy about a dysfunctional
family. Ginny Collins' script was not only funny, but also
had lots of unexpected twists and turns.
3. Necessary Deceptions and Other Life Lessons - Scene comedy
that followed the same 3 characters from their teenage years
to their golden years. This show was
funny, shocking and interesting to watch these characters
progress (and in other cases regress) over time.
4. Stretching Hide - Dale Lakevold and Darrell Racine have
crafted a play that tragically shows how fragile a small northern
community is. By the end, the revelations buried within the
script leave you shocked.
5. The Stones - A great script about how our actions can have
unintended consequences, when 2 boys accidentally kill a motorist
by throwing stones off a bridge. Actors Tom Lycos and Stefo
Nanstou complemented the script with lots of facial expressions
and mannerisms.
6. Oedipus Rex - Theatre By the River's fifth, and by far,
its best production to date. A classic script complemented
with strong acting and a lively chorus.
7. Homely Woman #2 - Trish Cooper's take on an actor having
trouble finding work is not only very funny, but Trish did
a great job changing her voice to emphasize a punchline.
8. Rocky Horror Show - Director Ted Dykstra did a great job
bringing out the comedy in this fun sendup of old science
fiction movies. He even managed to wring a good laugh during
the death scene when the bodies fell on each other's butt.
9. An Enemy of the People - Arthur Miller's adaptation of
Henrik Ibsen's script about a doctor who runs into problems
when he tries to tell the truth about the pollution of the
town's springs. Not only was this a timely reminder that truth
is absolute, but the 3 leads did a terrific job with this
challenging script.
10. Queen of Colors - An imaginative piece created on an overhead
projector about a bossy queen who experiments with adding
colors to her life. It reminded us how beautiful the simple
things in life are - like climbing stairs or bouncing a ball.
Unfortunately, there were also some unforgettably bad moments
in this year's theatre scene.
1. Picnic - Director Tom Stroud butchered William Inge's play
about a drifter coming to town and affecting the lives of
everyone he meets. No only does he try various acting styles
in different scenes which is annoying to watch (including
caricature which I can't stand), but he decides to sledgehammer
you which the theme of homosexuality. Hints of homosexuality
work well with the idea of small
town repression but did we really need a flashback shower
scene complete with butt slapping between Hal and Alan.
2. Hard Sell - A pitchman reflects on his life. Unfortunately,
the stories he tells go absolutely nowhere. Actor Rick Miller
generates a few laughs from his impersonations that give the
script a few laughs.
Terry Wilson - Steel Belted Free Range
Thursday
6:30PM - 8PM
ALBUMS of the Year
Steve Earle - Washington Square (New West)
Lucinda Williams - West (Lost Highway)
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger (Lost Highway)
Nathan - Key Principles (Netwerk)
Mary Gauthier - Between Daylight and Dark (Lost Highway)
Joe Henry - Civilians (Anti)
Rocky Votolato - The Bragg & Cuss (Bark 64)
Teddy Thompson - Upfront and Down Low (Verve)
Ridley Bent - Buckles and Boots (Factor)
Patti Griffin - Children Running Through (Ato)
Brandi Carlile - The Story (Columbia)
Best SINGLES/SONGS
Steve Earle - Down Here Below
Lucinda Williams - Are You Alright
Lyle Lovett - Up in Indiana
Joe Henry - This was my Country
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Feist - 1 2 3 4
Palo Nutini - Last Request
Best CD Package
Bright Eyes - Cassadga
Elliot BROOD - Ambassador
Best New Country CD:
Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Columbia)
Best POP ALBUMS:
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (Universal)
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight (Warner)
Palo Nutini - These Streets (Atlantic)
Guilty Pleasure CD:
Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge (Mute)
Best REISSUES:
Emmylou Harris - Songbird (Rhino)
Neil Young - Live at Massy Hall (Reprise)
Travelling Wilburys - Travelling Wilburys Collection (Rhino)
Top Ten Live Shows:
Joss Stone - Paradise Island, Bahamas, September 28
Roger Waters - MTS Centre, Winnipeg, June 22
John Fogerty - MTS Centre, Winnipeg, July 26
Crowded House - Centennial Concert Hall, September 8
Marty Stuart - McPhillips Street Station, Winnipeg, October
4
James Hunter/Jackie Green - Pyramid, Winnipeg Jazz Fest, June
22
Todd Snider - Winnipeg Folk Festival, July
Lucinda Williams - Burton Cummings Theatre, June 17
Van Morrison - MTS Centre, Winnipeg, March 1
John Mayer - MTS Centre, Winnipeg, April 26
DJ Daledo - End of Silence
Sunday
12:00AM - 1AM
Big Business - Here Come The Waterworks
Other Men - Wake up Swimming
Unsane - Visqueen
Hide Your Daughters - The Teen Girl's Guide to Social Success
Melt Banana - Bambi's Dilemma
Stinking Lizaveta - Scream of the Iron Iconoclast
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
Behold... The Arctopus - Skullgrid
Ken Andrews - Secrets of the Lost Satellite
Necrophagist - Noctambulant
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