Spintime is going retro this week. Kelly Caseley our guest DJ will take us back to the days of Vinyl, and Velvet... with a couple of Spiders and Dinosaurs on the side.
Track 1 - David Bowie, Life On Mars
Track 2 - T.Rex, Mambo Sun
Track 3 - Velvet Underground, Foggy Notion
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The 2012 Festival of Wines is an annual opportunity for wine lovers and Island restaurants to explore the world of wine and taste from more than 200 limited-quantity wines. Both Monica Ralphs from Wines of Argentina and Sommelier Jean-Sébastien Morin joined Karen Mair in the studio.
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The island wide book club is back for a second year. The novel chosen for "One Book-One Island" is "Burma Chronicles". It's actually a non fiction graphic novel that tells the story of the author's time living in Myanmar in 2005 with his wife and young child. Grace Dawson of the PEI Public Library Service will tell us why it's this years pick.
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This is the time of year farmers and gardeners love... up to their elbows in compost... planting vegetables and flowers. Dutch Thompson dropped by the studio recently to tell Karen stories about farming from the by-gone days.
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The Countdown to the Charlottetown Festival has began. The sets are pretty much done, flights and accomodations for the cast are in place, and the performers begin rehearsals on Monday. Confederation Centre Theatre Manager Dean Constable will tell us about some of the pre-season rush.
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CBC Journalist Lindsay Michael grew up in Stratford, PE and now lives in Montreal, Quebec. She talked with Karen Mair in this version of Mainstreet on the Map.
Many Islander's enjoy exploring the trails of PEI - they connect us to our environment and to each other. Trans Canada Trail president and CEO, Deborah Apps and Barb Trainor dropped by the studio to discuss Island Trails and their goals with Karen Mair.
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PEI Savour Food and Wine Show is your chance to experience some of PEI's finest food and beverages - presented by our most talented chefs. The show also is the launchpad for the spring and summer food season and the annual Festival of Wines. Chef Jeff McCourt is the chair of PEI's Culinary Alliance and joined Karen Mair on Mainstreet.
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Disturbances in the gallery, facebooking on the floor, and MLA expense accounts - here's our political columnist Richard Raiswell with his weekly look at the goings on in the Prince Edward Island Legislature.
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Liz MacKay is Mainstreet's Frugal Friend. She and her husband are raising 5 children (under the age of 12) in York PEI. She joins us once a month with a column about having a rich quality of life while penny pinching.
Year-Round Vegetable Gardener by Niki Jabbour - http://yearroundveggiegardener.blogspot.ca/
Guitarist George Antoniak is back home on the Island to play a few gigs with Laura Smith at The Trailside Cafe and Inn. George is considered a legend among East Coast guitarists. The ECMA winner has played with Matt Minglewood, Raylene Rankin, Gene MacLellan and Sam Moon just to name a few. (Due to Copyright, we cannot include the music)
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