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Friday March 30, 2012

Juno nominee Diamond Rings, playing live in studio

diamond.JPGWe've managed to get 3 of the Best New Artist nominees in our studio today...the last is Diamond Rings, whose album Special Affections is a fantastic mix of synthy '80s (but not derivative) pop. But for his live in-studio performance, Diamond Rings decided to give us a taste of a brand-new song -- and completely acoustic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Friday March 30, 2012

Juno nominees Dan Mangan and Lindi Ortega, live in studio

lindi dan alan.JPGThey may be competing for the title of Best New Artist at the Junos this weekend...But Lindi Ortega and Dan Mangan were awfully nice to each other in studio. First, Dan dropped by to share insight into the songs that garnered him a second Juno nomination for the album Oh Fortune (and he's got TWO more where that came from -- nominations for Alternative Album of the Year and Video of the Year).

lindi.JPGThen, Lindi walked into our studio and tossed off "Bluebird" with no soundcheck, sounding just as great as on her album Little Red Boots.

Both Dan and Lindi will be playing at the songwriter's circle this Sunday, which is being live-streamed and recorded by CBC Music -- this site has more details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Friday March 30, 2012

Ex-NHL'er Brad Dalgarno shows off his musical side

delgarno.JPGNext up in our Juno show: Brad Dalgarno plays us a song! OK, so you may not recognize his name as a musician, but you might as a hockey player -- Brad played for the New York Islanders in the '80s and '90s. But he's always been a musical type, and although he's playing on the NHL side in tonight's Juno Cup, we convinced him to come play us a song.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Friday March 30, 2012

Socalled, live in studio

joshdolgin.JPGIt's a Juno extravaganza at All in a Day, with several Juno-nominated musicians joining us for live performances...Josh Dolgin, aka Socalled, brought his sampler, his keyboard, and of course his dog Poopsie...listen to his performance and chat below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thursday March 29, 2012

Thursday's show - links & info

  • the Gatineau Salsafair takes place this weekend at Polyvalente Nicolas-Gatineau
  • Greta Grip's exhibit Cold Cut, along with works by Erin Robertson, are now on display at Wurm Gallery (inside Invisible Cinema) until April 25th

Thursday March 29, 2012

All in a Day music - Thursday Mar 29

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Helen's Restaurant" by Daniel Romano, from the album Sleep Beneath the Willow
  • "Rendez-vous" by Ricardo Lemvo, from the compilation Fiesta Salsa
  • "Earl's Breakdown" by Earl Scruggs, from the album Earl's Breakdown
  • "Count on Me" by Cuff the Duke

Between 4 & 5:

  • pre-empted for federal budget special

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Lucky" by the Mash Potato Mashers, from the album Mike Essoudry's Mash Potato Mashers
  • "De Ciel" by Humans, from the album Traps

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Thursday March 29, 2012

Robert reviews the Hunger Games

The-Hunger-Games-movie-images.jpgSo mere weeks ago, our film reviewer Robert Fontaine claimed to know nothing about the massive publishing success, and subsequent blockbuster film, the Hunger Games. In fact, he reviewed the hype behind the franchise before even setting foot in the cinema to see it. So now that he has indeed seen the film, what does Robert think?

 

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Thursday March 29, 2012

Greta Grip's Knitted Flesh Dress

Greta Grip-MEAT DRESS-01.JPGLast night at the Governor General's Visual Arts Awards, the artist who made the controversial Flesh Dress was recognized. More than two decades before Lady Gaga stepped-out in her meat dress, Jana Sterbak stitched together a dress made of raw flank steaks. Back in 1991, the National Gallery invited Sterbak to show that decomposing dress. 
 
Well tonight, Greta Grip pays tribute to that original Flesh Dress. It's the first piece in Grip's "Homage to Artist" series where she replicates iconic art with her knitting needles.

The Cold Cut exhibition opens tonight at the Wurm Gallery, which is inside Invisible Cinema. Erin Roberston will show her oil paintings of flesh and bone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wednesday March 28, 2012

Wednesday's show - links & info

  • To vote for Hilson Ave Public School's proposal for an outdoor classroom, visit the web site for the Trees of Knowledge competition
  • See separate post below for the Fatboys Southern Smokehouse recipe for collard greens, and for details on the Dream Mountain Foundation fundraising
  • See separate post below for on the Juno Tour of Canadian Art

Wednesday March 28, 2012

All in a Day music - Wednesday Mar 28

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Heartbreaker" by JW Jones, from the album Seventh Hour
  • "Cindy Cindy" by Madison Violet, from the album Good in Goodbye
  • "Girl Gone Wild" by Madonna, from the album MDNA
  • "Good Day at the Races" by Hollerado

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Prelude to a Kiss" by Sophie Milman, from the album In The Moonlight

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Glass Houses No. 5" by Christina Petrowska Quilico, from the album Ann Southam: Glass Houses Revisited
  • excerpts from All in a Day's Beat Tradition concert, featuring music from Rise Ashen & Flying Down Thunder's One Nation album
     

Wednesday March 28, 2012

Beat Tradition: the one nation of Rise Ashen & Flying Down Thunder

flying rise.jpgSo last week, All in a Day threw a party -- well, a concert, to be more exact, one that celebrated some of the vibrant and creative music being made by artists who take the sounds of their aboriginal heritages and turn tradition into something new.

Stay tuned to this space over the next few weeks as we bring you the sultry blues of Digging Roots, the pow-wow step of A Tribe Called Red, and the edgy hip hop of Daybi.

But first: the Juno-nominated duo of Rise Ashen & Flying Down Thunder. They met, in true Ottawa fashion, on the frozen Rideau Canal one winter. And it didn't take long before they decided that Rise Ashen's DJ beats and Flying Down Thunder's traditional singing (he's from Long Point First Nation) were a great fit. Have a listen to them set down a groove at the NAC's 4th Stage, and their thoughts on making music together.

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Wednesday March 28, 2012

Diana Nemiroff's hat-trick of arts awards

Nemiroff_01-320x256.jpgThe past year has seen quite the influx of honours for Carleton University Art Gallery's curator and director. Diana Nemiroff not only won a lifetime achievement award from the Ontario Association of Art Galleries, but she was also inducted into the Royal Society of Canada.

And now, tonight, she'll receive a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Art -- one of 8 people being recognized this year for their groundbreaking contributions to Canada's art scene. Nemiroff, before taking up the helm at CUAG, was for many years a curator at the National Gallery -- she was, in fact, one of the curators behind the exhibit that featured Jana Sterbak's infamous "meat dress" (and Jana herself is also receiving a GG's award).

And though she was all dolled up with somewhere to go -- the awards ceremony, in fact -- Diana Nemiroff made a little time to stop by our studios for a chat. 

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Wednesday March 28, 2012

Tour the National Gallery with a JUNO nominee


On now at the National Gallery, visitors can slip on a pair of headphones and view art through the eyes of eight JUNO nominees. You can hear Shad offering his take on a regulation-size basketball court with odd shaped holes in the floor - or Lynn Miles comparing Tom Thompson's snapshot-esque 'Sunset' to folk songs.


The JUNO Tour of Canadian Art lends a fresh and outsider perspective to various works in the permanent collection. Manotick's Menno Versteeg, of Hollerado, guides you through a room with several pieces painted directly on the gallery walls by an anonymous artist. Versteeg jokes about the marginal qualities of the paintings, saying "You look at these kids here, and they look more like dwarves". Versteeg ends his audio clip on a positive note, adding "You don't have to be a master to make art...the fact that this is in the National Gallery is a great thing". 


The JUNO tour runs until September 4, 2012.

 

 

Wednesday March 28, 2012

D is for Dinner - Collard Greens

Next month, Shawn Dawson's diet will consist of a whole lot of dehydrated food. Dawson will be leading a crew of local climbers up Mount Everest. This Dream Mountains Foundation expedition is a fundraiser for CARE Canada.  Shawn owns Fatboys Southern Smokehouse in the Byward Market. Tonight at 6 p.m, he's getting the fundraising started with a meat-laden meet-up at Fatboys. And what goes better with smoked meat than a side of collard greens? 

 

Fatboys' Collard Greens:

 

Ingredients:

4 cups  Collard Greens (Stems removed and roughly chopped)
1/3 cup  Olive Oil
1/4  cup Diced Roasted Red Peppers
¼ cup  Diced Spanish Onion
1 tbsp  Minced Garlic
1 tsp  Red Wine Vinegar
1 tbsp  Honey
Salt, Pepper and Tabasco Sauce to taste

 

Method:

Before beginning have a small pot of boiling salted water and an ice bath prepared. Make sure Collard Greens are washed thoroughly. Blanch collard greens in salted boiling water for 5 min, strain and cool immediately, set aside. Heat oil in sauté pan. Add onions, peppers garlic and red wine vinegar to oil and sauté until onions are translucent. Add collard greens to pan. Toss to coat evenly adding honey, Tabasco Sauce and S&P to taste.
Serve and enjoy!  

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Tuesday March 27, 2012

All in a Day music - Tue Mar 27

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Back in Time" by Pitbull, from the upcoming soundtrack to Men in Black 3
  • "Nothing to Remember" by Neko Case, from the compilation The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond

Between 4 & 5:

  • [pre-empted for provincial budget]

Between 5 & 6:

  • no music

Tuesday March 27, 2012

MPPs respond to the provincial budget

duncanbudget.jpgThe Ontario government is targeting pay and pensions in its effort to balance the books. Finance minister Dwight Duncan unveiled his austerity budget this afternoon.

The government is vowing to freeze wages for public sector workers, and those workers will have to start sharing the cost of their pensions 50-50 with their employer.

Other budget highlights include higher drug costs for higher income seniors, and a freezing of the corporate tax rate...All part of the effort to eliminate a $15.2 billion deficit.

For reaction, we called up 3 MPPs. Bob Chiarelli is the Liberal MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean, Steve Clark is the Conservative MPP for Leeds-Grenville, and Gilles Bisson is the NDP MPP for Timmins-James Bay.

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Tuesday March 27, 2012

Spring? Not spring? How local weather has lead to winery woes

Jabulani Vineyard and Winery takes its name from a Zulu word meaning "spirit of happiness." But this week, its owners are filled with a spirit of fear and worry.

You see, the weather roller coaster we've been riding is very, very bad for their grapes. Janet Moul owns the winery in Richmond with her husband, and she explained her situation.

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Tuesday March 27, 2012

Meet the NAC's new director of English theatre

JKheadshot.jpgThe NAC has hired a new English Theatre Artistic Director. This summer, Jillian Keiley will replace the out-going Peter Hinton.

The NAC picked this Newfoundland director in part because of her experience with Artistic Fraud -- by whch we mean, of course, the St. John's theatre company she founded.

But Jillian is no stranger to Ottawa stages; in recent years, she's directed productions both at the NAC and the GCTC, and she'll return to the NAC stage to direct a play in the upcoming season.

We reached Jillian Keiley in St. John's to hear how she's feeling about her upcoming big move to the capital.

 

 

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Monday March 26, 2012

Monday's show - links & info

Monday March 26, 2012

All in a Day music - Monday, Mar 26

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Baby Don't Go" by Sue Foley and Peter Karp, from the album He Said She Said
  • "Why You Been Gone So Long" by Skydiggers, from the album Northern Shore
  • "Big Cold Wind" by Pat Boone, from the album Pat Boone: More Greatest Hits

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Please Forgive My Heart" by Bobby Womack, from the upcoming album The Bravest Man in the Universe"
  • "Oh My Heart" by Jenn Grant, from the album "Honeymoon Punch"

Monday March 26, 2012

How Super Dads are made

dads2.jpgSome of them are really young fathers. Others never had a father. And still others just want to be better fathers than their own. Whatever their reasons for being there, the Super Dads program offered by the Salvation Army Bethany Hope Centre for Young Parents offers young fathers the chance to develop their parenting skills, and be the kind of dad they really want to be.

Ryan Gibson visited the program and some of its participants, and he came back to tell Alan about it

 

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Monday March 26, 2012

Reaction to the Ontario court of appeal's decision on prostitution laws

As it has been widely reported in the news, Ontario's court of appeal has ruled that 2 of Canada's prostitution laws are unconstitutional. The court struck down a ban on brothels, and ruled that sex workers should be allowed to pay others to help protect them. But the court did not strike down the ban on solicitation, nor make it legal to live off the avails of prostitution.

For reaction, we were joined by two guests -- first, a sex worker named Lindsay, who is also a board member with POWER, and then John Lowman, who researches prostitution at Simon Fraser University's School of Criminology.

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Friday March 23, 2012

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Friday March 23, 2012

All in a Day music - Friday Mar 23

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Montreal" by Ariane Moffat, from the album Le Coeur dans la Tete
  • "Danger Bay" by Classified, from the album Handshakes and Middle Fingers

Between 4 & 5:

  • "PUSH" by Rich Aucoin, from the album We're All Dying to Live
  • "Bystander" by Octoberman, from the album Waiting in the Well

Between 5 & 6:

  • "The Whale Has Swallowed Me" by Michael Jerome Brown, from the album The Road is Dark
  • "Farewell to You" by Caladh Nua, from the album Next Stop
  • "Miss Susan Coopers" by Caladh Nua, from the album Next Stop

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Friday March 23, 2012

Hunger Games: a review by two expert listeners

hunger-games-poster_404x598.jpgIt's been one of the most hotly-anticipated films of the year -- so much so, that eager Hunger Games fans lined up to attend a midnight screening this morning, just so they could be among the first to see the screen version of Katniss Everdeen's trials and adventures.

Celina Vivian is one of many teens that have devoured the book -- she attends All Saints high school. And Chris Read is a thirty-something guy who's also keen on Hunger Games -- he runs the blog Canadian Dad. We invited them both to studio to share their impressions of the movie.

 

 

 

 

 

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Friday March 23, 2012

Political Panel, March 23: Live from the NDP convention!

There are about 3000 NDP members at the Toronto's Convention Centre right now, as they prepare to choose the party's new federal leader.

And that's also where we found our political panel this week, as they spoke to us from Toronto to weigh in on the leadership race, and other events from the week in federal politics. 

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Categories: Columnists, Political Panel

Friday March 23, 2012

King Lear's background cast gets schooled...

kinglear_690_1__large.jpgIn May, the National Arts Centre will be mounting a new version of Shakespeare's King Lear. Rather than the usual Shakespearean pomp, however, the play will be set in Canada in 1608 and will feature a cast made up of Aboriginal actors from across the country (seasoned actor August Schellenberg will play Lear).

But along with the professionals, the production will include 25 actors who are brand new to the stage. The show's director, Peter Hinton, wanted the show to include a comprehensive cast of background actors in non-speaking roles -- so he went to the local Aboriginal community to find them. For the last three months, those recruits have been taking part in a theatre training-program called the Four Nations Exchange.

We slipped in the stage door at the National Arts Centre to check out their progress.

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Thursday March 22, 2012

All in a Day music - Thursday Mar 22

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Simple Pleasures (Classified Mix)" by David Myles, from the album Into the Sun
  • "Nina" by David Myles, from the album Into the Sun
  • "Sunshine Superman" by Emilie-Claire Barlow, from the album Beat Goes On

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Choke" by Austra, from the album Feel it Break
  • "Rare Bird Alert" by Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, from the album Rare Bird Alert

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Gravel Shore" by Natalie McMaster, from the album Blueprint

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Thursday March 22, 2012

Robert reviews John Carter

 

About John Carter, film reviewer Robert Fontaine says, 'We are buried under such an avalanche of CGI that it may be ludicrous for me to talk about acting, in a movie where about half of the characters are computer-generated."

That doesn't stop Robert from sharing his opinions on the acting, or everything else for that matter, in the review below.

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Thursday March 22, 2012

How small businesses say they are being hurt by P.O.S. terminal contracts

Eddie Haddad owns the Union Smoke Shop on Rideau Street. His customers like to pay for their purchases by credit or debit card, but Eddie says he feels ripped off by the company that supplies the point of sale machine. He says the transaction rates are not what he agreed to, and now he can't get out of the contract without paying thousands of dollars.

And Eddie is not alone.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says an increasing number of retailers are finding themselves trapped in contracts for credit and debit card machines they wouldn't have signed if they'd read the fine print. Dan Kelly is the Senior Vice-President of Legislative Affairs for the CFIB in Ottawa, and he joined us in studio.

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Wednesday March 21, 2012

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Wednesday March 21, 2012

All in a Day music - Wednesday, Mar 21

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Too Little Too Late" by Wicked Grin, from the album Down To The Corner
  • "Safe Home" by James Keelaghan, from the album House of Cards
  • "Cut Corners" by The Sadies, from the album Darker Circles

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Good Day Sunshine" by The Beatles, from the album Revolver
  • "Love For Sale" by Elizabeth Shepherd, from her upcoming album Rewind
  • "Too Much on Your Mind" by Sun Wizard, from the album Positively 4th Avenue

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Revolution" by Dr. John, featuring Dan Auerbach, from the album Locked Down
  • "Sun Is Shining" by Bob Marley & The Wailers, from the album Best of the Early Years
  • "So Wrong" by Rita Carter, from the album All of Me
  • "Put Me First" by Rita Carter, from the album All of Me

Wednesday March 21, 2012

The challenges of gender-independent kids

What do you do if your little boy likes to wear dresses? Or your daughter tells you she wants to be a boy? Some parents don't quite know how to react. And, it seems, neither do some healthcare professionals.

Today, Rainbow Health Ontario held its conference on the healthcare challenges for Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans communities. One of the workshops was aimed at professionals working with "gender-independent" children. Jake Pyne is a researcher who coordinates the gender independent children's project for Rainbow Health Ontario, and he is trans-gender himself. And Kimberley White is the mother of a gender-independent six year old. Both joined us in studio to explain the challenges of gender-independent kids.

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Wednesday March 21, 2012

Testing the new OC Transpo app

oc app 2.JPGIt's probably fair to say that it's the biggest gripe for bus riders in Ottawa: OC Transpo buses that arrive too late -- or too early. But starting today, riders won't have to play the guessing game anymore.

OC Transpo released MyTransit today -- a new mobile application for the iPhone and other mobile devices that lets you find out in real time when your bus will arrive.

We invited two guests to test it out -- Daniel Beauchamp and Rohit Saxena are both OC Transpo bus riders.

 

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Wednesday March 21, 2012

D is for Dinner - Oyster Chowder

 

On Sunday, Chef Patrick McMurray will be shucking-away at the Celebrity Chefs of Canada over at the National Arts Centre.  Patrick holds the Guiness World Record for fastest oyster shucker. He freed 38 oysters from their shells in under one minute. For D is for Dinner, Patrick shared his recipe for ShuckerPaddy's Hogtown chowder.  And Michael Blackie, the Executive Chef of the NAC, and organizer of Celebrity Chefs brought in a bowl.

 

ShuckerPaddy's Hogtown chowder
Serves 6


Ingredients:

3 large potatoes, peeled and diced
2 Tbsp + 1 tsp butter
6 stalks celery, finely chopped
4 shallots, minced
12 large oysters, -BC Beach oysters -shucked
4 cups whole milk
2 slices extra-thick, double-smoked bacon, diced
24 small oysters, such as a mix of small Hardy's and Royal Malpeque, shucked
12 panko-crusted oysters (page 134), for garnish

 

Method:
In a large saucepan on medium-high heat, boil potatoes in salted water until fork tender,
about 5 minutes. Drain well, then set aside. In another large saucepan set on low heat,
melt 2 Tbsp of butter. Add celery and shallots and sauté without browning, until soft and
shallots are translucent, about 10 minutes. Place the 12 large oysters on top of the celery
mixture. Increase the heat to medium, cover, and cook (don't stir) for 5 minutes, or until the
edges of the oyster ruffle like a tuxedo shirt. Using a slotted spoon, transfer oysters to a bowl
and set aside. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Add milk to the celery mixture and heat through, being careful not to boil. Return the cooked oysters to the saucepan and add 1 cup of the cooked potatoes, Using a hand blender, puree until the soup is smooth. Line a plate with a paper bag. Heat a heavy frying pan on medium heat. Add bacon and fry until crisp, about 5 minutes. Using tongs, transfer bacon to the plate to drain. melt 1 tsp of butter in a large saucepan on medium-low heat. Add the 24 small oysters, cover and cook until oysters ruffle and are just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the soup and the remaining potatoes and heat through, being careful not to boil the chowder. Divide the chowder among six warmed bowls, ensuring that the oysters are evenly distributed. Sprinkle each serving with bacon and garnish with panko-crusted oysters.

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Tuesday March 20, 2012

Tuesday's show - links & info

  • Mina Majnoon, whom we talked to about the Persion New Year, manages the Shiraz grocery store, located at 607 Somerset St West
  • David Gordon's talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of Ottawa development is tomorrow at 7pm at Knox Presbyterian Church
  • For information about putting down a deposit for a possible Blue Jays double-A team season in Ottawa, visit the Champions for Ottawa Baseball web site

Tuesday March 20, 2012

All in a Day music - Tuesday Mar 20

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Right By Your Side" by Oh Susanna, from the album Oh Susanna
  • "Gutsy" by Monkey Junk, from the album Tiger in Your Tank
  • "More than Letters" by Benjamin Francis Leftwich, from the album A Million Miles Out

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Green Grass" by Gary Lewis & the Playboys
  • "Newcastle" by Apollo Ghosts, from the album Landmark

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Proglydite" by Band Whose Name is a Symbol, from the album Out of Ottawa

Categories: Music Playlists

Monday March 19, 2012

Monday's show - links and info

Monday March 19, 2012

All in a Day music - Monday, Mar 19

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Panama" by Van Halen, from the album 1984
  • "Stop The Train" by Zeus, from the album Busting Visions
  • "Banjomusik" by JP Cormier, from the album Take 5 A Banjo Collection

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Emmene-Moi" by Marie-Pierre Arthur, from the album Aux Alentours
  • "Ijinamowin" by Rise Ashen and Flying Down Thunder, from the album One Nation
  • "Send Me A Postcard" by Donny McCaslin, from the album In Pursuit

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Cloud Nine" by The Temptations, from the album Cloud Nine
  • "Song to Woody" by Bob Dylan, from the album Bob Dylan

Monday March 19, 2012

Gavin McInnes' Vices

gavin.jpgHe's been called The Godfather of Hipsterdom. But he's been called other things, too: Controversial...Offensive...Hilarious...

Gavin McInnes grew up in Kanata, but moved to Montreal after graduating with an English degree from Carleton. It was in Montreal that he co-founded the boundry-pushing Vice Magazine with a couple of friends almost 20 years ago.

Tonight, Gavin McInnes has returned to Ottawa from New York -- where he lives and works now -- for the launch of a book that looks back at all of it -- from the Kanata years, to founding the magazine... to getting married and turning forty. It's called How to Piss in Public: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood

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Friday March 16, 2012

All in a Day music - Friday Mar 16

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Above the Ground" by Mark Berube, from the album June in Siberia
  • "When We are Old" by Mark Berube, from the album June in Siberia

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang, from the album Wild and Peaceful
  • "Italian Boys" by Craig Cardiff, from the album Floods and Fires

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Kentish Town Waltz" by Imelda May, from the album Mayhem
  • "Lark in the Clear Air/Olam Punch Medley" by the Chieftains with the Punch Brothers, from the album Voice of Ages

Thursday March 15, 2012

All in a Day - Thursday Mar 15

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips" by Moonface, from the album Heartbreaking Bravery
  • "Remember, Don't Forget" by Kelly Sloan, from the album Always Changes
  • "No Banker Left Behind" by Ry Cooder, from the album Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Lonely" by Digging Roots
  • Sonata No 3, 3rd Movement by Beethoven, performed by Alice Sara Ott, from the album Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

Between 5 & 6:

  • "You and Me" by Penny and the Quarters
  • "Wait" by the Beatles, from the album Rubber Soul
  • "Galope" by Radio Radio, from the album Havre de Grace

Categories: Music Playlists

Thursday March 15, 2012

Thursday's show - links & info

  • See separate post below for info on the Irish "Wit and Whiskey" comedy night
  • Ronnie Burkett's newest puppet show, Penny Plain, opens tomorrow at the NAC

Thursday March 15, 2012

Ronnie Burkett's Penny Plain

penny_main.jpgTwo marionettes: one, an eighty-year-old blind woman, and the other, a dog named Geoffrey. They are the main characters in the latest production of renowned puppeteer Ronnie Burkett's latest show, Penny Plain. And in the space of the show, Penny and Geoffrey encounter the apocalypse, a serial killer, a cross-dressing banker, and mysterious strangers..all voiced by Ronnie himself, of course. Ronnie Burkett joined us before the opening of Penny Plain at the NAC, which runs until April 1st.

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Thursday March 15, 2012

Encyclopedia versus Wikipedia: a reference smackdown

encyclopedia-britannica-no-more.jpgSo yesterday on the show Alan and fill-in newsreader Jaimie were talking about the demise of the print edition of Encylopedia Britannica, and wondered how many people out there actually care. Well, we heard from a variety of listeners, some of whom vehemently defended the dusty tomes, and others who said the web is the way to go.

We decided to call up two of those listeners and challenge them to a reference duel of sorts: in one corner, Alex Gruca-Macaulay, a PhD student at St Paul University who loves books in paper form; and in the other, Sean Rioux, a musician and web developer who prefers his MacBook to a real book. This was their challenge:

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So how did Sean and Alex do, using only Wikipedia and only an Encyclopedia to determine the greatest basketball player of all time? We brought in a reference library expert to judge...

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Thursday March 15, 2012

Our film reviewer, reviewing films he hasn't seen...

So this week, Robert Fontaine decided to try something a little different: reviewing the hype around a few films, instead of reviewing the films themselves. You see, it's Hype Season, according to Robert, and there's all sorts of fuss being concocted by movie studios for potential blockbusters from now all the way to Christmas. What can we expect in the next few months? Listen below to find out.

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Categories: Columnists, Film

Thursday March 15, 2012

Wit & Whiskey - an Irish recipe for laughs

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Wednesday March 14, 2012

Wednesday's show - links & info

  • Author Charles de Lint will launch Under My Skin: Wildlings Book 1, his new series for young adults, tomorrow at the Raw Sugar Cafe from 7-9pm
  • See separate post below for details on the "Ode to Martin Picard" cooking classes
  • The documentary Age of Anxiety airs on CBC's Doc Zone at 9pm tomorrow
  • Storyteller Jan Andrews performs "Who Wants the Dress" tonight at Venus Envy at 8
  • See this page for details on our Beat Tradition concert next week
  • See separate post below for details on Jonathan Hobin's new photo exhibit

Wednesday March 14, 2012

MPP Jack McLaren on his new animal rights bill

This morning at the Ottawa Valley Farm Show, MPP Jack McLaren previewed an animal cruelty bill he plans to introduce at Queen's Park.

Back in 2009, the Provincial Animal Welfare Act was passed to address the ways animal are kept in environments like roadside zoos and puppy mills. But McLaren calls that act flawed. That's why next week, the MPP for Carleton-Mississippi Mills will be introducing his new bill. For more about what he wants to see changed, we' reached MPP MacLaren on the phone.

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Wednesday March 14, 2012

All in a Day music - Wednesday Mar 14

Between 3 & 4:

  • "High Maintenance Woman" by James Armstrong, from the album Blues at the Border
  • "Primitive Girl" by M Ward, from the album A Wasteland Companion
  • "She's Gone" by Hall & Oates, performed by Emm Gryner, from the album She's Gone
  • "Get Happy" by Joel Frahm, from the album Don't Explain

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Out of the Game" by Rufus Wainwright, from the album Out of the Game
  • "Navigator" by Daybi, from the album First Contact

Wednesday March 14, 2012

Little Lady/Little Man

 

If you walk into the Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, you'll hear a recording of Jonathan Hobin's grandfather singing "Little Lady Make Believe."  On the walls, Hobin has hung larger-than-life portraits of his grandfather and grandmother holding hands. Other portraits show close-ups of his grandfather's various scars and stitches. As you walk further into the gallery, a different sound emerges...breathing. And the images you see are those of Hobin's grandmother on her deathbed. 

 

hobin.jpgHobin took those photos and has assembled them for his newest exhibition called Little Lady/Little Man. The opening reception is March 15 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., but you have until April 29 to view it.  Hobin will give an artist's talk on Sunday, April 1nd at 2 p.m. at the gallery. Alan got a sneak preview from Hobin.

 

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Wednesday March 14, 2012

D is for Dinner - Martin Picard's Maple Fudge

 

candice_martin.jpgChef Candice Butler posed for this picture a year ago, but the syrupy aroma of Chef Martin Picard's sugar shack still lingers in her mind. Picard released his new cookbook Au Pied de Cochon Sugar Shack this month. And Candice has been devouring the recipes in preparation for her "Ode de Martin Picard's Cabane au Sucre" cooking class at Urban Element on Tuesday, March 20, from 6-9 p.m.  (If you have a sweet tooth for syrup, there are still some spots available in the class.) Candice has been testing out some of Picard's recipes at home. Here's a tamer recipe from the carnivorous chef who's not afraid to braise beaver, or squish squirrel into sushi.

 

Maple Fudge from the Martin Picard's Au Pied de Cochon Sugar Shack cookbook

 

Ingredients:

500 ml/2 cups maple syrup

250 ml/1 cup 35% cream

35g/2.5 Tbsp unsalted butter

 

Directions:

1. Line a 12 x 23 cm mould with parchment paper

2. Combine all the ingredients together in a saucepan over high heat and heat until the mixture reaches 114C (239F)

3. Remove from the heat and pour into a bowl, whisking vigorously

4. As soon as the fudge thickens and crystallizes, pour it into the mould.

5. Let the fudge cool to room temperature before cutting it into 4 cm squares.

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Tuesday March 13, 2012

Tuesday's show - links & info

  • For more information about our "Beat Tradition" concert on March 21st and how to reserve tickets, visit the Beat Tradition site
  • ComicCon is coming to Ottawa in May!
  • More information about the Coronation Street live event on March 24th is available here

Tuesday March 13, 2012

All in a Day music - Tuesday Mar 13

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Peace Train" by Jann Arden, from the album Uncover Me
  • "She's the Real Thing" by Shane Murphy, from the album Street Money Miracle
  • "Jasper" by Aiden Knight, from the album Versicolour
  • "Night Goes On and On" by Wooden Sky, from the album Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Hound Dog" by Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber, performed by Big Mama Thornton
  • "St Patty's Present" by Mike Essoudry's Mash Potato Mashers, from the album Mike Essoudry's Mash Potato Mashers
  • "Traveller" by Anoushka Shankar, from the album Traveller

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Ain't Goin' My Way" by Old Man Luedecke, from the album Proof of Love
  • "Quien es Somos" by Juan-Sebastian Larobina, from the album Somos

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Tuesday March 13, 2012

Coronation Street in Ottawa

corrieCBC.JPGRecognize these faces in our studio? Surrounding Alan are Ashley, Claire, Jim and Andy -- or, rather, that's how you'd know them if you've watched Coronation Street over the years.

All 4 are past characters on the long-running (more than fifty years!) British drama, and they're in town to promote upcoming appearances in Kingston (March 23rd) and Ottawa (March 24th).

Ashley (Steve Arnold in real life), Jim (Charles Lawson), Claire (Julia Haworth) and Andy (Nick Cochrane) joined Alan in studio to talk about that it's like to leave (and sometimes return to) such an iconic show.

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Tuesday March 13, 2012

ComicCon comes to Ottawa!

patrick_stewart.jpgGet ready, geeks: Captain Picard, Q, the Incredible Hulk, Elvira, and Boba Fett are coming to town!

Ottawa is getting its first-ever ComicCon, and the actors who play those iconic characters from Star Wars, Star Trek, and more will be here to mingle with fans in May. David Newman is the vice-president of creative development for Ottawa ComicCon, and he joined us with all the exciting details.

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Tuesday March 13, 2012

Waub's word of the day

waub1.jpgWaubgeshig Rice is probably known to you as a reporter on CBC Television. But for this week, he's also our language expert -- in Ojibwe, that is.

Waub's been brushing up on his Ojibwe vocab, and he's teaching Alan a word a day. Each word has to do with the general theme of music, which is handy for Alan since he and Waub will be hosting our Beat Tradition concert next week.

Listen to the first 4 language lessons below, and click here for more info on the free concert.

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Monday March 12, 2012

Monday's show - links & info

  • Curtis Luk, sous chef with Courtyard Restaurant, and Jonathan Korecki, head chef at Sidedoor, will appear on TV screens everywhere tonight as they compete on Top Chef Canada 2 -- you can catch the show on the Food Network at 10
  • Come to our Beat Tradition concert on March 21st! More info available here
  • The winning "Tunnel Cart" drink, the "Electric Man on the Go", is now available for purchase at the Mike's Place bar at Carleton
  • Chief Jackie Thomas of the Saik'uz First Nation in B.C. is one of the speakers tonight at a forum on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines project -- the talk gets underway at 7 at St Joseph's Church on Wilbrod St
  • Niobe Thompson's documentary, "the Perfect Runner," is on CBC TV's The Nature of Things on Thursday at 8

Monday March 12, 2012

All in a Day music - Monday Mar 12

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Cool Thing to Do" by Peter Elkas, from the album Repeat Offender
  • "I Let Him In" by the Cowboy Junkies, from the album Wilderness
  • "Disparate Youth" by Santigold, from the album Master of My Make Believe

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Spring to Come" by Digging Roots, from the album We Are
  • Excerpt of "Pow Wowzers" by A Tribe Called Red
  • "Oblivion" by Grimes, from the album Visions

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Betty" by Fred Eaglesmith, from the album 6 Volts
  • "Now's the Time" by Charlie Parker

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Monday March 12, 2012

An Ottawa chef smackdown for the title of Top Chef Canada

In Top Chef Canada, sixteen chefs compete to be the best in the country. But two of those chefs will have another unofficial title on the line....Top Chef of the Byward Market. 

korecki.jpgluk.jpgTonight, Curtis Luk of Courtyard Restaurant, and Jonathan Korecki of Sidedoor Contemporary Kitchen and Bar, make their Food Network debut on the new season of Top Chef Canada, and they joined us in studio to tell us as much as they could (without breaking confidentiality agreements, of course).

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Monday March 12, 2012

The Tunnel Cart drink, revealed

So you can't see us right now, but at this moment, the All In A Day studio is filled with cocktail paraphenalia. Not because it's Monday afternoon and that's just "how we roll". It's for the denouement of the CBC's foremost -- make that only -- college-bar cocktail-inventing competition.

That's right -- the race to find a recipe worthy of the name "The Tunnel Cart" is over. The new cocktail is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Mike's Place, the Carleton University grad bar. It is named, of course, for the electric carts which troll the underground corridors on campus. Danny Byrne is the bar and operations manager at Mike's Place, and mixed up the winning cocktail for us -- as the cocktail's inventer, Ian McMaster, joined us on the phone.

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Friday March 9, 2012

Friday's show - links & info

Friday March 9, 2012

All in a Day music - Friday Mar 9

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Never Take the Same Way Twice" by Joe Grass, from the album Dreadlocks
  • "Hollow Bones" by the Balconies, from the album the Balconies
  • "One" by Sound of Lions

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Yo Soy Maria," performed by the Gryphon Trio and Patricia O'Callaghan, from the album Broken Hearts & Madmen
  • "Good Morning, Good Night" by Kalle Mattson, from the album Anchors
  • "Come & Gone" by Kalle Mattson, from the album Anchors

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Et C'est un Depart" by Vincent Vallieres
  • "Simigwa-Do" by Gyedu Blay Ambolley & the Steneboofs, from the compilation Ghana Soundz
  • "African Safari" by the Black Star Band, from the compilation Ghana Soundz

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Friday March 9, 2012

Political panel, March 9: Yep, more robocalls...

It's maybe not surprising that the topic of robocalls was dominating conversations at the Manning Centre for Democracy's annual networking conference in Ottawa.

Both members of our political panel were there, amidst other politicians, staffers and journalists, as many buzzed about the week that was.That includes, of course, the ever-evolving tale of robocalls, with the Conservatives backing the NDP motion promising greater investigative powers for Elections Canada...They just couldn't say when it'd happen, which lead NDP critic David Christopherson to say if the government reneges, there will be "hell to pay".

The Conservatives in the meantime want the Liberal staffer behind Vikileaks to testify, saying "we remain concerned that the Liberals abused tax dollars in this egregious, sleazy and distasteful fashion".

So that's the kind of week it's been: deplorable, egregious, sleazy and distasteful, with just a taste of hell to pay. In with more: Julie Van Dusen from CBC-TV and this week, Colin Horgan from ipolitics.ca.

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Thursday March 8, 2012

Thursday's show - links & info

  • Staff Sargeant Isobel Granger is receiving the Champion Award tonight from the Black Women's Civic Engagement Network, in honour of International Women's Day. The event is from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Government Conference Centre (Rideau & Colonel By), and it is free (but donations to the Network warmly welcomed).
  • Larry Bradley's (fake) wake takes place this evening starting at 5:30, at the Heart & Crown pub in the market. Tickets are $35 and include music, dancing, and other entertainment. It's all to kickoff the Irish Society's Irish Week festivities.
  • If you want to vote in the "Tunnel Cart" drink contest at Mike's Place, head on down to the pub before close on Friday. Winners will be announced on our show on Monday.
  • R.J. Harlick, whose latest book is called A Green Place for Dying, will be reading at the Pinecrest location of Chapters from 1-4pm on Saturday, and at the Kanata location from 1-4 on Sunday.

Thursday March 8, 2012

All in a Day music - Thursday Mar 8

Between 3 & 4:

  • "I am Woman" by Helen Reddy
  • "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" by the Pogues, from the album If I Should Fall from Grace with God

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Drifting" by Julian Fauth
  • "After Laughter (Comes Tears)" by Wendy Rene
  • "Groovy Kind of Love" by the Mindbenders

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Different Sort of Solitude" by Steven Page, from the French Immersion soundtrack

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Thursday March 8, 2012

Robert previews the Genies

It's the end of the awards season for films -- and Robert Fontaine couldn't be more pleased, as this also means the beginning of baseball spring training...But he's got one more awards summary, preview and review...And it's the Genies. Find out why he thinks a movie not even nominated for best picture should win...

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Thursday March 8, 2012

R.J. Harlick's disguised Ottawa

greenplace.jpgAt one point Meg Harris comments, "I was feeling as if the bottom had fallen out of my world. And the hangover hammering in my brain didn't help either".

Meg's brain has a lot of reasons for feeling hammered, even beyond that hangover. She's trying to find two missing girls from the Migiskan Reserve, finding herself up against the threat of bikers, and trying to solve a riddle of a mysterious organization with a green parrot as its emblem.

Add to the mix pangs of regret over a long-dead brother, a break-up and her own drinking problem, and it is easy to see why Meg Harris is not having a good time.

Meg is the heroine of crime novels created by Ottawa's own R.J. Harlick, with stories set in a world between West Quebec and Ottawa not so very different from her own. The latest where Meg is confronting all of this and more, is A Green Place For Dying.

R.J. joined us in studio to talk about her, and Meg's, versions of Ottawa.

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Thursday March 8, 2012

Minister Gary Goodyear on the future of the NRC

Earlier this week, Gary Goodyear -- the Minister of State for Science and Technology -- spoke to the Economic Club of Canada. And in that speech, he outlined some of his hopes for the future of the National Research Council and its operating model. He mentioned a few weaknesses and a fondness for a "business model" for some science.

We asked listeners what they made of Minister Goodyear's speech, and several of you had questions about what his comments would mean for research in the future. So Minister Goodyear joined us on the program to answer those questions.

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Thursday March 8, 2012

Ottawa Cop picks up Champion Award

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In honour of International Women's Day, the Black Women's Civic Engagement Network hands out awards to inspiring women who advocate for equal rights for women, and inspire others to do the same.

Tonight, Staff Sergeant Isobel Anderson of the Ottawa Police picks up the BWCEN's Champion Award.

She cruised into the studio on her way to the event to tell Alan what this recognition means to her.

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Wednesday March 7, 2012

Wednesday's show - links & info

  • Photographer Ryan Pile speaks about his China experience today at the University of Ottawa's Desmarais building at 5pm.
  • Yuliya Riabko's Perogies restaurant (where you can also get cabbage rolls) is located at 1129 Baxter Road 
  • Circles of Support and Accountability is hosting a forum at the main branch of the OPL tonight from 5-7
  • The discussion about Dundonald Park's makeover happens tonight at the Royal Canadian Legion on Kent Street, starting at 6:30pm
  • The Ukraine at the Crossroads conference happens at the Chateau Laurier Hotel from March 7-8

 

Wednesday March 7, 2012

All in a Day music - Wednesday Mar 7

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Beautiful Day" by U2, from the album All That You Can't Leave Behind
  • "Seasons" by Said the Whale, from the album Little Mountain
  • "Following" by Phenomenal Handclap Band, from the album Form & Control
  • "By the Green Grove" by Finest Kind, from the album For Honour and For Gain

Between 4 & 5:

  • "You're the Kind of Girl" by Lee Fields & the Expressions, from the album Faithful Man
  • "Rest in the Bed" by Laura Marling, from the album Creature I Don't Know

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Daily Mail" by Radiohead, from the album Radiohead: From The Basement Sessions

Wednesday March 7, 2012

Building cooking confidence (and community) in men

shepherd's pie.jpgThere's a new cooking class in town, and its got its sights set on a very specific audience: men. But not just any men. The "Men Can Cook" program is designed to help men living on low-incomes make the most of the food they can get at the local food bank. It's being run out of the Caldwell Family Centre in Ottawa's Carlington area. The day we stopped by for a visit, the guys were learning how to make shepherd's pie. Mmmmmm. Shepherds.

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Wednesday March 7, 2012

D is for Dinner - enterprising cabbage rolls



The last time Yuliya Riabko was in our studio, she brought us a pile of perogies. All in a Day listeners had named her store as the Best Perogies Place in Ottawa. Well, Yuliya keeps racking up the honours. In January, The Sprott School of Business at Carleton -- where she's doing a double-major in commerce -- declared her the winner of the National Capital Leadership Challenge. She won for her ideas on how to keep students working in Ottawa after they graduate. And this weekend, she's off to Toronto for a Student Entrepreneur competition.

Yuliya Riabko co-owns the store Perogies with her family. This time, she's brought in a tray of cabbage rolls. Try as we may, we couldn't pry her mom's secret recipe out her. But she came back with a counter-offer. Yuliya shared some ideas that are guaranteed to make traditional cabbage roll recipes healthier.
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Tuesday March 6, 2012

Tuesday's show - links & info

  • We Want Life, the play created by Andy Massingham for the graduating class of the Ottawa Theatre School, opens tonight and runs until March 17th at the Ottawa School for Speech and Drama.

Tuesday March 6, 2012

All in a Day music - Tuesday, Mar 6

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Lightshow" by Plants & Animals, from the album End of That
  • "Sailor" by the Gertrudes, from the album Dawn Time Riot
  • "Chim Chim Cheree," sung by Dick Van Dyke, written by Robert & Richard Sherman
  • "When I Write My Master's Thesis" by John K Samson, from the album Provincial
  • "Sleeping in Toronto" by Jim Bryson, from the album North Side Benches

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Climbing the Fjelds of Norway" by Thus:Owls, from the album Cardiac Malformations

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Baby Love" by the Supremes
  • "Stay Young Go Dancing" by Death Cab for Cutie, from the album Codes and Keys

 

Tuesday March 6, 2012

A tale of impersonation, x-rays, and stolen silver

xray.jpgHe probably would have tried to spin straw into gold if he could have. Instead, he put his efforts into turning x-rays...into silver.

A man has been charged after he was found with a UHaul full of x-rays. He was stealing them from clinics and hospitals right across Ontario -- including here in Ottawa. We talked to Ottawa Police for the details, and also the company who the man was impersonating.

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Monday March 5, 2012

Our book panel's March picks

Ann Archer's picks:

  • The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood, published by McClelland and Stewart 2012
  • The Man Within My Head by Pico Iyer, published by Knopf 2012

Randall Ware's picks:

  • The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay, published by Knopf Canada
  • The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business by Charles Duhigg, published by Doubleday Canada

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Monday March 5, 2012

All in a Day music - Monday, Mar 5

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Same Love That Made Me Laugh" by Bill Withers, from the album Justments
  • "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel, from the album Bookends
  • "Gotcha" by Jane Bunnett, from the album Mundo: World of Jane Bunnett
  • "Down in the Willow Garden" by The Chieftains & Bon Iver, from the album Voice of Ages

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Everybody Needs Someone To Love" by the Blues Brothers, from the film of the same name
  • "Misty Blue" by Nadja, from the album Everything's Going My Way

Between 5 & 6:

  • "The Right Time" by Misstress Barbara, from the album Singing

 

Monday March 5, 2012

Bass baritone Philippe Sly brings his award-winning voice home

phillipe sly image.jpgBass baritone Philippe Sly has an amazing set of pipes. And though he's only 23, those pipes have been getting him all kinds of attention this past year. Last March, the Ottawa native competed against 1500 other singers in a high profile competition at the Metropolitan Opera -- and won! Tonight, he'll be unleashing that prize-winning voice at Dominion Chalmers United Church. He'll be accompanied by Julian Armour's Chamber Players of Canada for a concert of Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Handel and music from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. But before getting in to his tie and tails, he took some time for a chat with our guest host, Stu Mills.
 
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Monday March 5, 2012

Do professional restaurant reviews matter anymore?

This week we heard that Anne DesBrisay's time as the Ottawa Citizen's restaurant reviewer is coming to an end. For about 20 years Anne has been giving her professional opinion on dining out in the capital, and so what's going to fill the void she leaves behind? In an age when anyone can post a review online, do we even need professional reviewers anymore?

For their thoughts, we were joined by two distinct perspectives from the Ottawa food scene: Stephen Beckta, owner of the well-reviewed eponymous restaurant, and blogger Don Chow from FoodiePrints.

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Friday March 2, 2012

All in a Day music - Friday, Mar 2

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Give the Devil Back His Heart" by The Barr Brothers, from their album The Barr Brothers
  • "Devil's Harp" by The Barr Brothers, from their album The Barr Brothers

Between 4 & 5:

  • "Mean Streak" by Jim Bryson, from the album North Side Benches

Between 5 & 6:

  • "Ringa My Phone" by Dinah Washington, from the album Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 5
  • "Angele" by James Azola, from the album Valeurs

Thursday March 1, 2012

All in a Day music - Thursday, Mar 1

Between 3 & 4:

  • "Your Man" by Down With Webster, from the EP Time To Win
  • "Prescott is Hockeyville" by Barry Greene
  • "No Myth" by Michael Penn, from the album March

Between 4 & 5:

  • "I'm Done" by Riot Police, from the album Those Days
  • "Birds" by Menahan Street Band, from the album Make the Road By Walking

Between 5 & 6:

-  "The Man Who Loved Beer" by David Byrne, from the album Grown Backward

-  "I'll Follow The Sun" by The Beatles, from the album Beatles for Sale

Thursday March 1, 2012

How do you drink a tunnel cart?

 

tunnelcart3.jpgCan you make a tunnel cart? The graduate students' bar Mike's Place at Carleton University is celebrating 40 years this year, and they are trying to design a drink based on the Carleton University institution of a TUNNEL CART.  Alan chatted with Kelly Black and Elizabeth White from the Graduate Students Association, and Mike's Place bartender Danny Byrne about what they wanted in a cart. Here's what they've come up with so far. Can you do better than this?

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Danny Byrne's recipe is by the cart, in that it's... well... yellow.
 
Recipe:
1/2 oz Bailey's Irish Cream
1/2 oz banana liqueur
1/2 oz milk


 

 

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Kelly Black's mix features C.A.R.T. (Coke, Amaretto, Rye and Triple Sec)...
 
Recipe #2:
Coke
1/2 oz amaretto
1/2 oz rye
Splash of Triple-Sec
Splash of bar lime


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Elizabeth White's recipe features the sour puss taste, to emulate the sensation of a honking horn, and the Southern Comfort to replicate the sensation of residence students wandering the tunnels in pyjamas.
 
Recipe #3:
1/2 oz green sour puss
1/2 oz Southern Comfort
Sprite
 

Can you create a better Tunnel Cart drink? Send us a recipe by Friday at 6 p.m., to allinaday@cbc.ca . Mike's Place will feature the 4 best drinks all next week, and patrons will vote on what the best one was... which will become the Tunnel Cart drink at Mike's Place!
 

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We're thrilled by the number of amazing entries we've had for this contest to help create a Tunnel Cart drink. One listener, Robin, wanted to capture the darkness of the tunnels with Grey Goose and chocolate milk. Ian's entry involves a grey earthenware teacup (to represent the concrete walls) and mango... (as in "look at that man go"...). And then there's Kris. He works in Carleton's admissions department and he's already designed a drink called the Kneecapper, claiming that sometimes this can happen to pedestrians when a tunnel cart zips by you.

But what would Mike of Mike's Place want to see in a tunnel cart drink? That would be a tricky question to answer because the Mike of Mike's Place was actually Lester B Pearson.
The Mike who got Mike's Place off the ground is actually Michael Prue...and he's a politician, too! He's now the MPP for Beaches/East York in Toronto -- but back in 1971, he was the grad student at Carleton who helped Mike's Place become a place. For his ideas about a Tunnel Cart concoction, we called him at his Queen's Park office.

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Thursday March 1, 2012

Lacing up against hockey legend Guy Lafleur

guy and me.jpgHow far would you go to play hockey against a childhood hero? Musician Michael Pearson -- AKA 'Tully' (from the band 'Kyra and Tully') -- has an answer to that. He decided to go to Eganville to see if he could crash an old timers game where former Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur was going to be playing. His friend Lenny Epstein joined him, along with a camera. The result is a film called "Guy and Me" that's going to be premiered at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival this weekend. We talked to Tully and Lenny about the film.

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Thursday March 1, 2012

Thursday's program - links and info

Thursday March 1, 2012

Robert goes to 'Gone'



This week our film critic, Robert Fontaine, reviews the suspense thriller Gone. It's a new film about a woman who may (or may not) be insane, trying to get help from the police after her sister is abducted.

Find out whether Robert thinks the film is worth seeing...or whether it can't be 'gone' from theatres soon enough!

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