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Photos for Program #125:



Photos:  (1) STM bus @ Salon National de L'Environnement June 20    (2) Montreal Alouettes CFL Exhibitio match @ Percival Molson Stadium on Tuesday June 23   (3) "Sitting by the Dock of the Bay" or hanging out @ the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club on Fete St. Jean Wednesday June 24. 

• New farmer's market, MARCHE DULUTH, opening on Sunday June 28 located at 4265 LAVAL AVENUE in the Le Plateau Borough. The new market located on Laval Ave. between MARIE-ANNE and RACHEL. Running North-South Laval Ave. is 4 streets east of St. Laurent and or a few streets west of St. Denis. The farmer's market will be running through out the summer on Sundays. Waddup? Pancake breakfast; Blue Grass Bands and more for the launch day. Follow the SCARE CROWS in the 'hood to find the market. Don't bescared by the scare crows like the Straw Man in the Wizard of OZ foryou are on the Yellow Brick Road to fresh, local produce.
• Montreal unveils new MASTER PLAN for WASTE MANAGEMENT. Can you say 5-year plan? Yeppers. The new twist is a ORGANICS pickup in addition to pickups for RECYCLING and conventional TRASH (but TRASH to be reduced to once / week.)  Should be a great option for those without a compost pile or box. 

• Marche Duluth, new farmer's market launching in the Le Plateau Borough on Sunday June 28, 2009 located between MARIE-ANNE and RACHEL on LAVAL AVE. (4 streets east of St. Laurent Blvd) but just follow the Scare Crows: http://marcheduluth.blogspot.com/
• OSHEAGA Music Festival 2009: http://www.osheaga.com/2009/en/info
  

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• Recap of my bicycle ride in the TOUR LA NUIT night bicycle ride (20 km) as part of Montreal's BIKE FEST 2009. Interview with Montreal visitors Elizabeth & Kevin from Syracuse in New York State enjoying their 1st wedding anniversary. Discussed the UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) initiative for WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY on Friday June 5, 2009 called TWITTER4TREES. Becoming a Twitter friend of TWITTER4TREES ensured ONE-TREE would be planted!
  

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• Remote broadcast at POINTE-A-CALLIERE's CULTURAL FEAST. The rain held off with afternoon sunshine as we broadcast from a tent in the street. Guests Pierre Lalumiére (Communication Director, Pointe-A-Calliere Museum) and Catherine Roberge (Communications Coordinator, Pointe-A-Calliere Museum). Discussed the Cultural Feast; Montreal Museums Day (Sunday May 31) and supporting Pointe-A-Calliere events; the new exhibition PIRATES, PRIVATEERS and BOOTLEGGERS.

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Photos: (1) The BIXI bike I rented to cycled up to the radio station on Saturday May 23. (2) The Atwater Market on Sunday May 24.  (3) Lilac trees in blossom on the Lachine Canal Trail on Sunday May 24.


Web Sites for Program #120:

• The BIXI Bike System: http://www.bixi.com/home
• Flower distribution  for the Le Plateau Borough on Saturday May 30: http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=98,37111586&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
• Garden's Ablaze for the 411 on the Rudbeckia - Black Eyed Susan wild flower (my wild flower choice for you lazy I-just-wanna-golf-cycle-hammock gardeners: http://www.gardensablaze.com/WildflowersBlackEyeSus.htm
  
PLAYLIST for Program # 120:

• EPISODE THEME / JINGLE: LIME: "DO YOUR TIME ON THE PLANET"; Trailer extract from the new GHOSTS of GIRL FRIENDS PAST movie (starring Mathew McConaughey and Jennifer Gardner); extract from music track COSMIC UNIVERSAL FASHION by Sammy Haggar. 
  
• FRANTIC: "GARDEN" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Rock
  
• MORNING TREE: "BEE" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Rock
• THEORY OF A DEADMAN: "ALL or NOTHING" (Vancouver, BC, Canda) Indie Rock ... coming to Montreal on June 18 @ Club Soda with The Parlor Mob.
  
• THE PARLOR MOB: "CAN'T KEEP NO GOOD BOY BACK" (New Jersey, USA) ... Ain't that the truth! Indie Rock ... coming to Montreal on June 18 @ Club Soda with Theory Of a Deadman.
  
OUT & ABOUT:

• Happy Birthday to my older brother down in the Eastern Townships who celebrates a B-Day in the upcoming week!
• Sunday May 24: Sunday afternoon went In-Line Skating through the Old Port then down the Lachine Canal to the St. Pierre Bridge; skated back to the Atwater Market to pick up a snack and veggies; skated on to the Peel Basin to do a Cardio Kick Box / Budokon workout; wrapped it with a skated back through the Old Port. My NHL Detroit Red Wings handily beat the Blackhawks 6-1 in a Sunday matinee game while I was enjoying the outdoors.
  
• Saturday May 23: Saturday morning 10:15 am BUDOKON class @ Zazen Spa. Rented a BIXI bicycle (Montreal's new bike rental system) and cycled up to the radio station to host episode # 120 of The Earth Lounge @ 2:30 pm. Gave it my critique. Double espresso post show @ Tredix Cafe on Fairmont Avenue. Cycled the BIXI bicycle back to my place in old Montreal. Enjoyed the ride! Poutine (yes that wondorous Quebec ciulinary delight ... french fries covered in BBQ gravy sauce and cheese curds) & Wine Party in the evening. 
  
• Friday May 22: Went out for an IN-LINE SKATING outing on the Lachine Canal down to the De L'Eglise Bridge. Pit stop into the Atwater Market to pick up a box of hot peppers to grow and add seasoning to meals. Watched the thriller of an NHL playoff game as the Red Wings lost 4-3 in overtime to the Blackhawks. The Western conference final 2-1 Detroit.
  
• Thursday May 21: Played Indoor Beach Volleyball @ 365 Volleyball with my team the SOBs. Last matches of the spring indoor season. Next season its OUTDOORS!  Went IN-LINE SKATING earlier in the day.
  
• Wednesday May 20: Did an evening BUDOKON class @ Zazen Spa. Out in the hood in the evening.
  
• Tuesday May 19: Went to see the new STARTREK movie. Loved it! Not really a Trekkie myself but I dig a good scifi flick. In the evening caught the Red Wings and Blackhawks NHL Western Final series match @ Cage Aux Sports (a sports bar) in Old Montreal.  My Wings won a thriller in overtime on a makael Samuelson goal. 
  
• Monday May 18: Victoria Day. Sunny day if cool for the statutory holiday. Did the outdoors with cycling and a BUDOKON - Cardio Kick Box workout @ the Peel Basin. Picked up veggies and fruits @ the Atwater Market on my bike ride post workout. 
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Photos: The new BIXI bike rental system rolls-out i Montreal ... a station on St. Jacques Street (2) My FAIR TRADE Elephant herd (LOL) Picked up @ Dix Mille Villages on Friday May 8. 

• The BIXI Bike System: http://www.bixi.com/home
  

• EPISODE THEME / JINGLE: LIME: "DO YOUR TIME ON THE PLANET"; Trailer extract from the new ANGELS & DEMONS movie (based on the Dan Brown novel); extract from music track MASS CONSTRUCTION by Montreal group MINORITY GROOVES.
  
• PLAYING WITH DIANA: "YOU COMPLICATE" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Hard Rock
• SMOKING JOKER: "SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME: (Australia) Indie Rock
• THE WOLF PACK: "BLIND MAN RIVER" (Six Nations, ON, Canada) Canadian Aboriginal Music Award nominees in 2003, 2004, 2005.   "Every lil' Thing" was awarded "Best Blues Album" of 2003. In 2004The Wolf Pack was awarded Best Group or Duo at the CAMA's. In 2005 another "Best Blues Album" ... Indie Blues-Rock / First Nations.
• BONUS TRACK on PODCAST: THE WOLF PACK: "CALL MY NAME". 
  

• Saturday May 16: Saturday morning 10:15 am Budokon class @ Zazen Spa before rolling into the radio station to host episode # 119 on The Earth Lounge @ 2:30 pm. The plan was to rent a BIXI bike and cycle up to the station but due to rain had to xnay that bright idea.
  
• Friday May 15: Victoria Day Long weekend kick-off! Yello summer 2009! Went cycling Friday morning; caught the new movie ANGELS & DEMONS in the afternoon . The film based on the Dan Brown novel. Brown also penned the novel the DA VINCI CODE. Both novels brought to the big screen by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks; pub hopping with friends on Friday evening.
  
• Down to the Final Four in the 2009 NHL Playoffs! My Red Wings up against the Blackhawks in an Original Six showdown in the Western Conference final. The Pesky Penguins facing the Cardiac Canes in the Eastern Conference final. Go Wings Go!
  
• Thursday May 14: Played Indoor Beach Volleyball @ 365 Volleyball with my team the SOBs.
  
• Wednesday May 13: Belated Mother's Day get together with my mum. A day trip down to the Eastern Townships. Visited my mum. Dropped off my dog Nina with my mum and brother.
  
• Tuesday May 13: Attended the CINQ FM 102.3 Board of Director's meeting in the evening Power Outage on Blvd. St. Laurent knocked us off the air for a bit. We had to finish the meeting at another local. 
  
• Monday May 12: Did an Advanced Budokon class @ Zazen Spa in the evening.
  

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----> English programming from Friday @ 10:30 pm thru Saturday @ 4:00 pm.

 

• Dix Milles Villages (Ten Thousand Villages) with 3 not-for-profit Fair Trade boutiques in Montreal (5674 Monkland Ave.; phone #514-483-6569): www.tenthousandvillages.ca
  
• Trans Fair Canada (Fair Trade Labeling and Certification): http://transfair.ca/en/node
  
• World Fair Trade Day: http://www.worldfairtradeday09.org/
  

• EPISODE THEME / JINGLE - AUDIO snippets: LIME: "DO YOUR TIME ON THE PLANET"; Trailer extract from the new STARTREK movie; extract from the NEBULAS Trailer by Alex Grey.
  
• FRANK ZAPPA and the MOTHERS of INVENTION: "COSMIC DEBRIS" ... One of my classic favorites, Uncle Frank and The Mothers of Invention (hey they are mothers to if not the conventional type!),  for Mother's Day Sunday May 9. The track "Cosmic Debris" for the Space Debris Convention going on in Montreal and for the new Startrek movie.
  
• CARLOS SANTANA: "YOUR TOUCH" ... for World Fair Trade Day and this year's theme "Beat a DRUM against poverty" and for all you mother's with "Your Touch."
  
• ZAP MAMA: "HELLO MAMA" (Brussels, Belgium) ... To you groovin' mothers on Mother's Day. Get your funk on.  
  

• Sunday May 10: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to my own mum down in the Eastern Townships and to all the mums. Go Team Canada Go ... World Cup International Hockey Gold Medal match Sunday May 9 @ 2;00 pm ET. We lost to the Russians in overtime in last year's Quebec City Gold medal match. This is the rematch versus Russia. Each team has taken 24 Golds since inception. 
• Saturday May 9: Morning of doggy walking ole Nina and catching the 10:15 Budokon class @ Zazen Spa before rolling into the radio station to host episode # 118 on The Earth Lounge @ 2:30 pm.
  
• Friday May 8: In-line skating outing to end the work day. Over to Dix Mille Villages on Monkland in NDG to attend the Coffee House event  with poets, musicians, writers performing. An event held in support of World Fair Trade Day.  Interviews with Assistant Manager Tanya and event publicist Barbara. A pit stop into the old watering hole, the Typhon Lounge, after wards.
• Thursday May 7: Back at it playing Indoor Beach Volleyball @ 365 Volleyball with my team the SOBs, yes the Suns of Beeyotches (Suns of Beaches ... pun.)
  
• Wednesday May 6: An evening Budokon class @ Zazen Spa. Back at it after the Budokon Academy AP weekend. Picked up bicycle chain grease, a bio version, @ Ca Roule.
• Tuesday May 5: My Bicycle's rear tire had a slow leak. Damn annoying. Was going flat every few days. Did the spring bicycle tune-up; a run to Canadian Tire for a new tire tube; installation and tuning; road worthy again!
  
• Monday May 4: Spring tune-up and repairs for my In-line Skates. Found replacement brake @ Ca Roule in Old Montreal. Not so easy to find as my skates are a discontinued make & model.
  
• Friday May 1 thru Sunday May 3: Attended an intense Budokon Academy weekend being held here in Montreal. The martial art practice's founder Cameron Shayne and his wife Liz were in town for this academy weekend. A combination of theory and working it hard over 3-days with 12-hours per day of theory and training. A good time and a heck of a workout. Congratulations to my Budoko buddies who attained their red belts. A dinner hosted by the local Sensei over the weekend and a group dinner out @ Claremont on Friday evening. Had to slide out for a period Saturday morning from the training to get episode # 117 of The Earth Lounge into the station and do a final edit to what I recorded very early Saturday morning using my home studio.
• Photos from the Budokon Academy during the 3-day Budokon Academy held in Montreal May 1-3: (1) Budokon Koncho Cameron Shayne (on mat in photo) demonstrating grappling techniques with a white belt practitioner. (2) Red Belts teaching grappling escape techniques to white belts. (3) Koncho Liz working with a white belts reverse kick.
  

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• The daily dog walks for Nina. Watching NHL Hockey playoff matches.

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• Jane's Walk on May 2-3: http://www.janeswalk.net/participating_cities/montreal
• DEFI SPORTIF from April 29 - May 3 for our young athletes: http://www.defisportif.com/en/index.php

• EPISODE THEME / JINGLE - AUDIO snippets: LIME: "DO YOUR TIME ON THE PLANET"; The new BBC documentary film hitting Montreal cinemas as of Earth Day titled "EARTH"; extract from the NEBULAS Trailer by Alex Grey.
  
• THE HOT STREAK: "EVERY DOOR MAN" (Montreal, QC) Indie Rock.
  
• WE ARE WOLVES: "FIGHT and KISS" (Montreal, QC) Indie Rock.
  
• DANKO JONES: "THE SOUNDS of LOVE" (Montreal, QC) Indie Rock.
  
• JONAS: "IS THAT THE BEST YOU GOT?" (Montreal, QC) Indie Rock.
  

• Friday May 1 thru Sunday May 3: Attended a Budokon Academy weekend being held here in Montreal. The martial art practice's founder Cameron Shayne and his wife Liz were in town for this academy weekend. A combination of theory and working it hard over 3-days of training. A good time and a heck of a workout. A dinner hosted by the local Sensei over the weekend and a group dinner out @ Claremont on Friday evening. Had to slide out for a period Saturday morning from the training to get this episode of The Earth Lounge into the station and do a final edit to what I recorded very early Saturday morning using my home studio.
  
• Thursday April 30: Bailed-out of Indoor Beach Volleyball @ 365 Volleyball in the evening in order to catch a special Budokon session @ Zazen Spa with Sensei Liz Shayne (wife of the founder of Budokon.) Such a great day I did an afternoon Budoon Kata workout outdoors in the park.
  
• Wednesday April 29: An evening Budokon class @ Zazen Spa in the evening.
  
• Tuesday April 28: My Bicycle's rear tire has a slow leak. Damn annoying. Goes flat every few days. Add to the To-Do repair list. The brake pad on my in-line skates is worn out as well. Spring tune up time.
  
• Monday April 27: An Advanced Budokon class @ Zazen Spa in the evening.
  
• Sunday April 26: Played 2x2 Indoor Beach Volleyball @ 365 Volleyball (drop-in) as it was soggy outdoors.
  
• Also Did yoga-budokon home workouts. One must practice. Good old 'Patience and Perseverance.' The daily dog walks for Nina. Watching NHL Hockey playoff matches.
  
• Procrastinating NHL playoff prognostications by yours truly for round #2:
• Boston Bruins (1st seed) and Carolina Canes (4th seed): Bruins in 5-games.
• Washington Capitals (2nd seed) and Pittsburgh Penguins (3rd seed): Capitals in 6-games.
• Detroit Red Wings (1st seed and my team) and Anaheim Ducks (4th seed): Wings in 6-games.
• Vancouver Canucks (2nd seed) and Chicago Blackhawks (3rd seed): Hawks in 7-games.
  

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• For more 411 on the BIKE SHARE program called VELO LIBRE launched by the Autonomous Social Center of Point St. Charles (Centre Social Autogere du Point St. Charles): www.centresocialautogere.org
• EARTH DAY coming Wednesday April 22!
  
• Earth Day Canada: www.earthday.ca
• Defi Climate (Province of Quebec) ... take the Carbon Footprint Challenge: www.deficlimat.qc.ca
• Earth Day Network: http://www.earthday.net/
• David Suzuki Foundation ... "Earth Run" event: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Earth_Run.asp
  
• Jour de la terre (Province of Quebec): http://www.jourdelaterre.org/
  

• EPISODE JINGLE - AUDIO snippets: LIME: "DO YOUR TIME ON THE PLANET"; Earth Day 2008 Speal from Ed Bageley in Washington; Extract of Kovalev's goal Thursday as Habs lost 4-2 to the Bruins; extract from the NEBULAS Trailer by Alex Grey.
  
• THE FREE OXYGEN BAND: "THE EARTH IS MY LIVING ROOM" (Montreal, QC) Indie Pop Rock
  
• SPECIAL OPS: "PRESSURE" (Montreal, QC) Indie Hard Rock
  
• HURRICANE CLETIS: "LITTLE WHILE" (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) Indie Hard Rock
  

• BONUS TRACKS (PODCAST ONLY) from start of the FLIP SIDE program:

• FAITH EVANS with DIDDY (AKA Puff Daddy, P-Diddy): "ALL NIGHT LONG"
• SHAGGY: "DANCE"

• BONUS INTERVIEW SEGMENT (PODCAST ONLY) VELO LIBRE Press Conference from POINT ST. CHARLES (French)
  

GO HABS GO! Watching the Habsand the 1st round of the NHL Playoffs.

Saturday April 18 was doggy walking; a morning BUDOKON Academy class@ ZAZEN SPA;  wrapped pre-show production at my home studio; over to Point St. Charles for an interview and the press conference on the launch of the VELO LIBRE bike share program @ Park St. Gabriel; Headed up to the radio station for program #115; post show expresso and snack on Fairmont @ Cafe Tredici on Fairmont; Podcasting; Go Habs Go! Game # 2 of the Playoff series in Boston. I BELIEVE. We BELIEVE. The TEAM BELIEVES! Whoop-Dahh!

Thursday April 16: More INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL. Bladed (In-Line Skated) over to 365 Volleyball. My team the SUNS OF BITCHES (I'm captain) continued the season of Indoor Beach Volleyball with Week #4 matches. Won a few games.

Thursday April 16: Went OUTDOORS to the Old Port Park for a BUDOKON early afternoon workout in the sunshine and bare footed. Ya, it is early but the mantra is "do something that freaks you out every day." It's called LIVING! Just DO IT!

Wednesday evening April 15 attended the Board of Directors meeting for the month of April @ CINQ FM 102.3.   

Also Did yoga-budokon home workouts. One must practise. Good old 'Patience and Perseverence.' The daily dog walks for Nina. Watching NHL Hockey playoff matches.

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• Walking tour! Discover the Saint Viateur East Sector with Susan Bronson. Mile End Memories and The Friends of Saint-Laurent Boulevard invite you walk the 'hood on Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19, 2:00-4:00 pm (rain or shine). The walking tour is organized as part of the activities related to the Citizens Forum on the Future of the Saint Viateur East Sector on Sunday April 26, 2009. $ 5 / person. Reservations required: www.comitecitoyenmileend@gamil.com.
• The GRAVY and POTATOES hit the COMPOST PILE! Whoop-Dahh! The best dish of left overs to hit the COMPOST PILE this week was the Billy Bob Thorton interview Wednesday on CBC RADIO ONE's program "Q" where things got rather testy between Billy Bob (cinema actor, film producer, screen writer and now focused as a musician in the Boxmasters Modbilly music band) and the radio program's host Jian Ghomeshi. Things got hotter under the collar when Billy Bob was booed at a Toronto concert on Thursday with his band the BOXMASTERS. Thorton retaliated by referring to Canadian audiences as "mashed potatoes without the gravy" or equivalent. Then corrected that statement by calling Ghomeshi an "A-hole." Not surprisingly Billy Bob and the Boxmasters have decided it would be wise to cancel out of the rest of Willie Nelson's tour dates across Canada. Hey, we are all about the compost pile @ The Earth Lounge so go to YOUTUBE where the various clips can be partaken of at:
  
• http://video.google.ca/videosearch?hl=en&q=youtube billy bob thorton jian ghomeshi&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv# 
  
• EARTH DAY @ the BIOSPHERE! Participate at the GeoRallye on Sainte-Helen island using a GPS for the treasure hunt taking place April 25-26, 2009 (rain or shine) between 10:00 Am and 4:00 PM. Duration 1.5-2.0 hours to complete the hunt. http://biosphere.ec.gc.ca/
• National Campus-Community Radio Conference (NCRC) taking place June 7-13, 2009 in Montreal. CKUT organizing and hosting: www.ckut.ca/ncrc.php

• EPISODE JINGLE - AUDIO snippets: LIME: "DO YOUR TIME ON THE PLANET"; PUCKS Can leave the ice at high speeds so stay alert; extract from TUBULAR BELLS by Mike Oldfield; BAD SANTA trailer extract for the Billy Bob Thorton vs Jian Ghomeshi interview brew-ha; more TUBULAR Bells by Mike Oldfield.
  
• MATT MAYES and EL TORPEDO: "TALL TREES" (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 
• GREG HALPERN - BOOMER: "POLITICAL JUJITSU" (Texas, USA)
• THEORY OF A DEADMAN: "BAD GIRLFRIEND" (Vancouver, British Columbia) ... Bet you she'll be dancing up a trance storm @ the BAL EN BLANC!
• BONUS PODCAST ONLY track: THE BOXMASTERS (featuring Billy Bob Thorton) "SHIT LIST" (Billy Bob did make it to a few shit lists this week on his Canadian visit ... The interview on CBC's ONE program "Q" with Jian Ghomeshi; and the "Canadian audiences are like mashed potatoes without the gravy" comment to a Toronto audience for the Willie Nelson concert ticket. 
  

GO HABS GO! Watching the Habs final regular season game against the Penguins. Jockeying for position in round #1 of the NHL Playoffs.

A sunny Saturday April 11 was doggy walking; a morning BUDOKON practice @ ZAZEN SPA;  wrap pre-show production at my home studio; headed up to the radio station for program #114; post show expresso and snack on Fairmont @ Cafe Tredic; Podcasting; Go Habs Go!

Friday April 10: Got sand in my shorts and it felt good! Cycled over to play Indoor Beach Volleyball (drop-in) @ 365 Volleyball making it a really good Friday!  

Thursday April 10: Back to the beach for INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL this week. My team the SUNS OF BITCHES (I'm captain) continued the season of Indoor Beach Volleyball with Week #3 matches.

Wednesday evening April 08 got in a BUDOKON class @ Zazen Spa in Old Montreal. 

Also Did yoga-budokon home workouts. One must practise. Patience and Perserverence. The daily dog walks for Nina. Watching NHL Hockey matches as the regular season wraps up.

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• Jane's Walk in Montreal coming on May 2-3: http://www.janeswalk.net/participating_cities/montreal
• Ha, done with EARTH HOUR you can gear up for EARTH DAY on April 22, 2009: www.earthday.ca
• United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change underway in Bonn, Germany and countdown to Copenhagen, Denmark Conference in December 2009: http://unfccc.int/2860.php
  
• Montreal's BIXI BIKE SYSTEM (launching April 2009) wins an EDISON AWARD for BEST NEW PRODUCT of the YEAR INNOVATIONS Award in the ENERGY and SUSTAINABILITY category! A GOLD in fact: http://www.edisonawards.com/09awards-nominees.php
  

• A snippet of MEL TORME's version of "APRIL SHOWERS."
  
• STILLS: "SNAKE CHARMING THE MASSES" (Montreal) JUNO Award WINNERS for Best NEW GROUP of The Year; ALTERNATIVE ALBUM of the Year for "Oceans Will Rise."
  
• CHARLIE BUSSY: "GLOBAL THIS" for the G20 Summit and the BONN, Germany UN Climate Change Conference both underway.
  
• SAM ROBERTS: "THEM KIDS"  (Montreal) JUNO Award WINNER for ARTIST of The Year; ROCK ALBUM of the Year "Love At The End of The World.".
  
• NICKLEBACK: "SOMETHING IN YOUR MOUTH" (Alberta-BC, Canada) JUNO Award WINNERS for FAN CHOICE; GROUP of the Year;  ALBUM of the Year for "Dark Horse."
  

APRIL SHOWERS the udder side of NOVEMBER RAIN! Crocuses, that's what the joke is.

Saturday morning of spring showers. Saturday April 4 was doggy walking; a morning BUDOKON practice @ ZAZEN SPA;  wrap pre-show production at my home studio; headed up to the radio station for program #113; doggy walking in the rain; Podcasting; Go Habs Go up against the Toronto  Maple Leafs down the HW-401 after winning four of the past five matches icing the Islanders 5-1 on Thursday.

Friday April 3: Practicing Yoga-Budokon; groceries; yadda-yadda.

Thursday April 2: Back to the beach for INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL this week. My team the SUNS OF BITCHES (I'm captain) continued the new season of Indoor Beach Volleyball with Week #2 matches! Followed by birthday cake! WHOOP-DAHH! 

Wednesday evening April 01 got in a BUDOKON practise session @ Zazen Spa in Old Montreal.

Monday March 30 picked up a new Beach Volleyball. Yeppers, Zellers. Purple & White.

Sunday March 29 headed over on a rainy Sunday to play some 4x4 Indoor Beach Volleyball @ 365 Volleyball (drop-in, not league play.) Watched the JUNO Award program on CTV. Enjoyed the show. Comedian Russel Peters again excellent as host.

Also Did yoga-budokon home workouts. One must practice. Patience and Perserverance. The daily dog walks for Nina. Watching NHL Hockey matches as the regular season wraps up. Following the Montreal Juniors of QMJHL in the playoffs their first season in Montreal now in their 2nd series against the Voltigeurs of Drumondville.

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Photos: (A) The Urban Ecology Center's Photo Contest "Imagine a Street for the People" deadline Monday March 30 5:30 pm; ( ) EARTH HOUR 2009 will be Saturday March 28, 2009 @ 8:30 PM (20:30) where ever you are ... VOTE EARTH vs GLOBAL WARMING ... Sign up! Take 60, Switch Your Lights Off for Mother Earth! Candles are Sexy! We know you GOT GAME! (C) My own photo while cycling back home after the radio program of Jeanne-Mance Park March 28 as it was buzzing with soccer players.

• Jane's Walk in Montreal: http://www.janeswalk.net/participating_cities/montreal

• The Urban Ecology Centre and the 411 on the "Imagine a Street for the people" photo contest: www.ecologieurbaine.net
• EARTH HOUR! Its time for a little "LIGHTS OUT" ... VOTE EARTH! Don't be SPELLBOUND 'cause you are EARTH-BOUND! Don't be a back sliding, evasive weasel who is NOT READY or NOT INTERESTED!  MAYBE doesn't cut-it on this planet! Don't be a Tea Bagger when you can light up a Tea Candle! Back again this year with ONE BILLION people planet wide jumping over the candle stick its none other than EARTH HOUR on Saturday March 28 @ 8:30 pm (20:30) sign-up at the WWF-CANADA site ... VOTE EARTH vs GLOBAL WARMING. Your VOTE counts! http://wwf.ca/earthhour/
• And while you are VOTING for EARTH ... VOTE HABS and jump back on the BAND WAGON 'cause the Montreal Candiens are going to the NHL playoffs! Once you are IN anything goes, anything can happen! Vote for Captain K ... Saku Koivu, Kovalev, Tanguay, Markov, Schneider, Price and Halak: http://canadiens.nhl.com/
  
• EARTH HOUR MONTREAL: Montreal Event Announced titled "IDEAS IN THE DARK"  The event will take place at the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT )building from 7 :30 PM - 10:30 on March 28 for Earth Hour. The event is being co-produced by Montreal's Society for Arts Technology (www.sat.qc.ca) and La Prod (www.laprod.org), an international event organizer: http://wwf.ca/earthhour/ehmontreal.cfm
• Canada's Music Award Show, The JUNOS, on Sunday March 29 hosted once again by comedian Russel Peters with THREE (3) Montreal bands going for the Best NEW GROUP of the Year Award ... BEAST, PLANTS AND ANIMALS, STILLS ... plus SAM ROBERTS and SIMPLE PLAN are up for multiple awards ... Montreal ROCKS... FACEBOOK is cute, MySPACE rocks! Capeche! Whoop-Dahhhh: http://www.junoawards.ca/

• BEAST: "MR. HURRICANE" (Montreal) JUNO Award nominated for Best NEW GROUP of The Year.
• STILLS: "SNAKE CHARMING THE MASSES" (Montreal) JUNO Award nominated for Best NEW GROUP of The Year.
• PLANTS AND ANIMALS: "FEEDBACK IN THE FIELDS"   (Montreal) JUNO Award nominated for Best NEW GROUP of The Year .

•  EARTH HOUR - SATURDAY MARCH 28 @ 8:30 PM (20:30)
  

The sunshine gave way to clouds and rain on Sunday March 29 making it a good day for playing Indoor Beach Volleyball (drop-in), doggy walking ole Nina, the JUNO Awards.

Hot Damn! Gorgeous Saturday morning of sunshine and warmth! Saturday March 28 was doggy walking; a morning BUDOKON class @ ZAZEN SPA; lunch; doggy walking; wrap pre-show production at my home studio; BICYCLED up to the radio station for program #112 (to candle light ... turned the lights off in the studio); Post-Show snack @ TREBICA; a walk through Mile End post-program to bask in the sun of Fairmont, Park Avenue, St. Viateur, St. Laurent ; Podcasting; doggy walking; Go Habs Go up against the Buffalo Sabres after TWO wins over the Thrashers and Bolts. Listened to the game on radio at home with lights-out for Earth Hour to candles and incense candles. Habs rocked during Earth Hour with 3-goals but alas lost a hard fought shoot-out that took 6 rounds.

Friday March 27: Cycled on the Lachine Canal Trail (watch for snow in the tunnels!) and picked up potatoes, carrots, asparagus and fresh sausages @ the Atwater Market for a delicious dinner.

Thursday March 26: Cycled up to the radio station from Old Montreal to record an interview with Gessica Gropp of the Urban Ecology Center @ 4:00 pm. We got a "CANCEL" on INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL this week. My team the SUNS OF BITCHES (I'm captain) continue the new season of Indoor Beach Volleyball next week! Made other plans.

Two BUDOKON classes. Wednesday evening March 25 and Saturday morning March 28, 2009 before cyling into the radio station.

Did yoga-budokon home workouts. One must practise. The daily dog walks for Nina. Back out cycling. Watching NHL Hockey matches. Following the Montreal Juniors of QMJHL in the playoffs their first season in Montreal.

CEAD MILE FAILTE! "100,000 Welcomes" - Enjoyed a festive St. Patrick's Parade Day in Montreal with friends doing brunch @ EGGSPECTATIONS downtown; watching the parade; pub hopping with friends old and new to pints of Guinness. The parade that unites families with strollers with party partaking Guinness tasters!

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• The Urban Ecology Centre and the 411 on the "Imagine a Street for the people" photo contest: www.ecologieurbaine.net
  
• Cafe Conversations for Sustainable Development Jeanne-Mance / Rendez-Vous sur le Developpement Durable Jeanne-Mance. The final in the series will be @ the Green Room on St. Laurent Blvd. on Monday March 23: www.rvdd.qc.ca
  
• Montreal's St. Patrick's Day Parade organized by the United Irish Societies of Montreal. Starting at noon on Sunday March 22, 2009 @ noon: http://www.montrealirishparade.com/
• Also on TAP and I'm not talking about your Guinness at the St. Patrick's Parade ... its WORLD WATER DAY on Sunday March 22. In 2009, the focus of World Water Day on March 22 will be on trans-boundary waters: sharing water, sharing opportunities. UNECE and UNESCO are the lead UN agencies this year: http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/flashindex.html   and  http://www.worldwaterday.org/
• EARTH HOUR! Its time for a little "LIGHTS OUT" ... back again this year with perchance ONE BILLION people planet wide jumping over the candle stick its none other than EARTH HOUR on Saturday March 28 @ 8:30 pm (20:30) sign-up at the WWF-CANADA site: http://wwf.ca/earthhour/
• EARTH HOUR MONTREAL: Montreal Event Announced titled "IDEAS IN THE DARK": http://wwf.ca/earthhour/ehmontreal.cfm
  

• AUDIO CLIP: Extract from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "RAZOR" (It was the final episode of the Battlestar Galactica TV series on the SPACE channel Friday night but I missed it) to the chant of "So Say We All" the battle against "bad" Styrofoam and for "good" Tap Water rages on. Followed by my old furry squirrel friend Foamy ranting about Styrofoam cups hitting the landfills. Its WORLD WATER DAY Sunday March 22.
  
• METRIC: "HELP I'M ALIVE" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Rock ... from their new album FANTASIES just being released. Kicks-Azz. Check it out. Another winner from one of Montreal's finest bands.
  
• BOHEMIAN GROOVE: "PAIN" (Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) for being over the pain of my cold-flu; all us over the pain of winter now that spring has arrived! Time for some good PAIN as defined by "Pleasure and Intense Narcissism" oh weary warriors of winter done with. And of course the lads hail from Ireland and March 22 is Montreal's St. Patrick's Parade and County Tyrone is where one branch of my ancestors immigrated to Canada from Northern Ireland back in the 1820s. If it is a wee bit on the chilly side ya might ease a bit of the pain while watching the parade with Irish anti-freeze a-la Guinness and Irish Whiskey. Just a thought. Wear green and dress warmly ... unless you are one of those crazy frat boys.
  
• NICKLEBACK: "SOMETHING IN YOUR MOUTH" (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Canadian Rock ... Whatever keeps your tongue happy be it tongue hockey, a cafe latte, or ...? The band is Juno nominated again.
  

A week of post cold-flu recovery! Damn good to be off Chicken Noodle Soup, Neo Citrons and Advils! Whoop-Aye. I'm a new man. Well a recycled, reused, reduced to a shadow of my former self anyway. Pre-Owned. Pre-Loved. But Refurbished. LOL. It'll take another week to get all pistons firing on full throttle.

CEAD MILE FAILTE! Enjoyed a festive St. Patrick's Parade Day in Montreal with friends doing brunch @ EGGSPECTATIONS downtown; watching the parade; pub hopping with friends old and new to pints of Guinness. The parade that unites families with strollers with party partaking Guinness tasters!

With spring's arrival and a spring back in my step Saturday March 21 was doggy walking; sports fantasy pools; a morning BUDOKON class; lunch; doggy walking; wrap pre-show production at my home studio; into the radio station for program #111; a walk through Mile End post-program to bask in the sun of Fairmont, Park Avenue, St. Viateur, St. Laurent and picked Italian Calzones from an Indie store; Podcasting; doggy walking; Go Habs Go up against the Toronto Maple Leafs as I'm watching it on TV from my digs in Old Montreal.

Spring officially arrived on Friday march 20. Thus, out for some cycling and an outdoor cardio kick box workout in the park. Still nibbly if sunny thus several layers just like one would for Xcountry skiing.

Back to the BEACH! Whoop-Whoop-Whoop-AHH! New season of Indoor beach Volleyball hit the beach for my team the SUNS of BITCHES on Thursday March 19. 4 X 4 in the sand.

Two BUDOKON workouts. Wedesday evening March 18 and Saturday morning March 21, 2009 before heading into the radio station.

CEAD MILE FAILTE! Gaelic for "100,000 Welcomes." Or is that Guinness pints? Anyway did my part for pubbing on St. Patrick's Day on Tuesday March 17.

Alas, two loses by 1-goal to the Rangers (shoot-out) and the Sens for the Montreal Canadiens (Habs) as our playoff position has now become tenuous. The worry warts are out big time. We'll be fighting for 7th or 8th spot just to get into the NHL playoffs it seems. But hang in there. YES WE CAN make the playoffs. Also watched a chunk of World Baseball Classic ball games from San Diego on Miami. No I wasn't there. Don't I wish. Just another TV viewer but its a baseball fix. Closer matches as its down to 4 teams heading into Los Angeles. Oh ya, and March Madness NCAA basketball kicked in on Friday night. 

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• Montreal's St. Patrick's Day Parade - Sunday March 22, 2009: http://www.montrealirishparade.com/
• GUINNESS Facts: "Nutritional Value of Guinness" A study conducted by the University of Wisconsin in 2003 looked at the nutritional value of a variety of beer. Of all beers, Guinness ranked lower in alcohol content, calories and carbohydrates than almost every other major brand of beer. It also contains less calories than low-fat milk and orange juice. To top it off Guinness is high in anti-oxidants. Its been said that just one pint of Guinness a day works just as well as aspirin to prevent blood clots that can lead to heart attacks.
• And it is the IDES OF MARCH. Well on March 15. Oh so famous per William Shakespeare's play JULIUS CAESAR. The soothsayer pegged it right when he warned Caesar to "Beware the ides of March." Subsequently Caesar was assassinated by testy Roman Senators. Thus "Et Tu, Brute" now famous for any time you get stabbed-in-the-back metaphorically by a friend.
  

  "Et Tu, Brute" ... Meaning:Supposedly the last words of Julius Caesar. Literally 'And you, Brutus?'.

  Origin: In 44 BC, Julius Caesar was murdered by a group of senators. They were led by Marcus Brutus, who had previously been a close friend of Caesar. There's no substantiated evidence to show that Julius Caesar spoke those words. They come to us via Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar which, like many of his history plays, tends to massage historical record somewhat for dramatic effect. In the play Caesar begins to resist the attack but resigns himself to his fate when he sees that his friend is amongst the plotters:

• Try this Shakespearean Insult Generator if your own well of insults is running dry. Its great fun. You'll come up with classics such as "Thou unmuzzled flap-mouthed slug!" http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/a1-shakespearean-insults-generator.htm

• DECLAN for St. Patrick's Day (of Ireland) Keltic Brooding
  
• WILD ROVER for St. Patrick's Day (of Ireland) Keltic Party
  
• SAM ROBERTS: "FIXED TO RUIN" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Juno nominated for rock album of the year
  
• SLOW HAND ROW: "WHAT IF YOU" (Dublin, Ireland) Funk Rock
  
• BURJCRIS: "STAY" (Dublin, Ireland) Indie Rock
  

• BONUS TRACKS as I covered the start of the "FLIP SIDE" program @ 3:00 pm
• STEVIE WONDER: "HIGHER GROUND"
• Theme song for "The Flip Side" show
  
• RUFUS featuring Chaka Khan: "SWEET THING"
  

• A week of doing pretty much Diddly-Squat with the flu. Souped out. Lemoned out! Adviled out!
  
• A BUDOKON workout on Saturday morning March 14, 2009. First attempt at the road to recovery. If it wasn't for the dog needing walks I'd have not gone out all week.
  
• Did watch a bunch of NHL hockey games and World baseball Classic games. What else could one do? Cinderella Prize goes to the Dutch (Netherlands) for beating the Dominican Republic not once but twice to advance in the WBC. Team Canada eliminated by Italy? That was a bummer.
  
• Did interviews with station "volunteers" applying to become station "members" along with a colleague on the Membership Committee on Saturday March 7 and Sunday March 8. 

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• to be added later 
• World Baseball Classic! Go Team Canada Go. Their 1st match Saturday march 7 @ 2:00 pm in Toronto @ Rogers Center. My man, Stubby Clapp, is back! Who-Ahhhhh!
  

• JONAS: "DID IT FOR YOU"  (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Rock
  
• ALANIS MORISETTE: "CITIZEN OF THE WORLD" (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
  
• THE STILLS: "DON'T TALK DOWN TO ME" (Montreal, QC, Canada) The local band has been JUNO nominated for "Best New Group" along with the Montreal bands Plants & Animals; Beast. 
  

• Did interviews with station "volunteers" applying to become station "members" along with a colleague on the Membership Committee on Saturday until 2:30 pm. Then hosted program #109 of The Earth Lounge @ 2:30 pm. If I was a V6 Engine I was firing on 3-cyclinders at best with a cold-flu virus ... give me meds, more meds ... Advil, NeoCitron, Throat Lozenges, Echinacea, Ginseng Root, lots of Kleenex tissues, lemon juice, even tea ... its all good.
  
• Did SFA on Friday other than walking the dog and a supply run.
  
• Wrapped the winter season with playoffs on Thursday March 5 playing INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL @ 365 MONTREAL. No glorious trophy for the SUNS OF BEEYOTCHES playing 4x4 yet we hustled hard.
• A BUDOKON workout on Wednesday evening March 4, 2009. Watched the NHL Trade Deadline coverage earlier on Wednesday. No big trade for the habs but Alex Tanguay was coming back and we did pick up defensemen Mathieu Schneider prior to the frenzy of last day trading. 
  
• Came down with a cold-flu thing on Tuesday. AgK! Ugh1 Thought I'd make it through the whole winter without a damn cold. There goes the shut-out.
  
• Additional workouts come from doggy walking with ole Nina and home workouts of Yoga and Budokon.

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Photos: (1) BUDOKON (Yoga, Martial Arts, Meditation) (2) Sensei Annick Robinson @ CINQ FM 102.3 for her interview on Saturday February 28, 2009.
 

• Budokon Canada: www.budokon.ca
• Sensei Annick Robinson: www.annickarts.com

• What is Budokon? Budokon (bu-do-kon) translates directly in Japanese as (Bu) warrior, (Do) way, (Kon) spirit – or “way of the spiritual warrior”. Budokon is a yogic, martial arts and living arts system. Founded in 2000 by yogi and marital arts master Cameron Shayne, Budokon is the first and only art form to integrate yoga, martial arts, and meditation into one complete system.

• AUDIO CLIP: From the classic 1970s' TV show KUNG FU tv that starred David Carradine as the Shaolin priest ... theme song and INNER CHI extract.
• JESSE ANANT: "SHIVA MANASA PUJA" or "AN OFFERING OF LIGHT BACK TO LIGHT" from the MANTRICA CD (Montreal, QC, Canada) selected by Sensei Annick Robinson.
• ELSIANE: "MELD" (Montreal, QC, Canada, immigrated to Canada from Peru in 1999) selected by Sensei Annick Robinson ... Elsiane's song "Vaporous" has been featured as part of the trailer for the Quebec  movie "Polytechnique", which was released in theaters on Feb 6th, check out the link to the movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1px5TFc0RPc
• RAINY DAY CRUSH: "PULSE" (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) Indie Rock ... To mark the 5th anniversary of me wrapping up a 7-month consulting project in Minneapolis at the end of February 2004. To Betsy and the rest of the band. Bernie their publicist and manager. To the cowgirl who gave me a fond farewell. 
• AUDIO CLIP: JACKIE CHAN extract from SNAKE & CRANE, ARTS of SHAOLIN "Not here to discuss my qualities" ... to the playful side of martial arts in cinema. 

• Got in a BUDOKON (yoga, martial arts meditation) workout on Saturday morning February 28 at Zazen Spa B4 trekking into the station to host program #108 of The Earth Lounge @ 2:30 pm. an interview with my BUDOKON sensei, Annick Robinson. Morning and noon doggy walk for Nina in Old Montreal. Caught the NHL Habs win on TV  B4 partaking of Montreal's annual all-nighter, NUIT BLANCHE.   
 
• Attended a gathering of Montreal Community Radio Stations held @ BURRITOVILLE on Bishop Street Friday February 27 hosted by CKUT. Montreal to be host city of the 2009 National Campus and Community Radio Stations Conference in June 2009. http://www.ncra.ca/
• Walked back to Old Montreal to walk the dog and watch the Habs exciting win over the Flyers in overtime Friday night. WHO-AHHH Go Habs Go!
• Tickled the toes in the sand on Thursday February 26 by playing INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL @ 365 MONTREAL as captain of the SUNS OF BEEYOTCHES playing 4x4.
• Working the Bod! A BUDOKON workout on Wednesday evening February 25, 2009.
• Additional workouts come from doggy walking with ole Nina and home workouts of Yoga and Budokon.
  

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Photos: (1) The Darling Foundry in Old Montreal (2) HAZHRO (3) Composer of HOZHRO, Michel Gonneville
 

• The Darling Foundry: http://www.fonderiedarling.org/index_e.html
  
• Quatuor Bozzine - HOZHRO, composer Michel Gonneville: http://www.quatuorbozzini.ca/cat.f/cqb_0907.php
  

• SEASIDE BACKCHAT: "ACUSIS" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Pop Rock
• HOZHRO (composed by Michel Gonneville) performed by QUATUOR BOZZINE: "DUO A PAS LENTS" (track #11 extract from upcoming HOZHRO album)
  
• HOZHRO (composed by Michel Gonneville) performed by QUATUOR BOZZINE: "TREMBLANT DE TENTE" (track #5 extract from upcoming HOZHRO album)
• WE ARE WOLVES: "FIGHT and KISS" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Rock
  

• Post broadcast Saturday February 21 strolled over to CAFE TREDICI on Fairmont Avenue to catch the Habs and Senators game on TV while enjoying a double espresso and a tuna sandwich. After the fuss of Alex Kovalev skipping the recent 2-game road trip and issues involving a crime figure's links to three Habs players a solid 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators. Back to the "on-ice" business of NHL Hockey for the team. Good focus and drive. Go Habs Go!
  
• Got in a BUDOKON (yoga, martial arts meditation) workout on Saturday morning February 21 B4 trekking into the station to host program #107 of The Earth Lounge @ 2:30 pm. Morning and noon doggy walk for Nina in Old Montreal.
  
• Tickled the toes in the sand on Thursday February 19 by playing INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL @ 365 MONTREAL as captain of the SUNS OF BEEYOTCHES playing 4x4. Won both our matches! Who-Ahh!
  
• Working the Bod! A BUDOKON workout on Wednesday evening February 18, 2009. To candle light due to a power outage related to a gas leak in the 'hood.
  
• Did my 15th blood donation to HEMA-QUEBEC @ Place Ville Marie on Wednesday February 18 ... "Give the Gift of Life, Give Blood" Hema-Quebec.
• ICE SKATING @ the Bonsecours Rink on Tuesday February 17.
• Additional workouts come from doggy walking with ole Nina and home workouts of Yoga and Budokon.
  

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LOVE’S PYRE

You relished such a delight, to take me in your love so high.
Then cleave me down, looking on with Loki's smile.
You savoring with a malicious sigh.
Far away in his arms, believing me a victim of your guile.

You turning away, thinking me dead on your love's funeral pyre.
As an ancient Norse warrior, on his way to great Odin.
Relishing the flames, rising high from my body and soul on fire.

Little knowing I'd rise, refusing to join my ancient kin.
Now reincarnated, I breathe with Thor's passion.
Hear my heart, like his hammer, its roar in the din.
My magic, mere Valkerie, unveiled in its fashion.

• Written: Fall 2002 by Brian R Dillon (Of love gone awry, of one called Spellbound)

• Award: This poem won an award from the International Society of Poets in 2003,

• Published: Poetry compilation from NOBLE HOUSE titled "Colours of the Heart" (2004).
  

Pelirroja y Morena (Red & Black)

Romeo, anguished soul, Juliet so tragically mistaken
Eve, serpentine temptation, humanities sensuality thus born
Delilah, lover’s betrayal, Samson’s strength forsaken

Bragi, rune tongued, from his mead amorous poetic rendering
Lancelot, chivalric knight, centuries ole rituals of courtship
Aphrodite, love’s goddess, our passions in her hands so meddling
Cleopatra, Nile queen, your wiles one man’s driving whip
Knave d’Artagnan, cunning Milady, laugh at the joust never ending

• Written: Fall 2003 by Brian R Dillon (To passion's game through time)

TRIED 2 SET ME UP
Not Yet, Not Ready, Not Interested, Silly wench U forgot 2 B Nice!
They're up for it, They're Ready, They're Interested, I forgot 2 mention the query from the good people in Vice!

Such a fine line, between reality and illusion.
No reason to cover 4 you, seemed a contrived intrusion.
Their probe the icing on the cake, figured you out in the confusion.

Thought yourself a Princess sitting on your Throne!
Reality Check Shrew, perchance soon U'll B sitting all Alone!

• PJ's come in stripes.
  

• McGill University marks the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" and his 200th birthday anniversary with events and experts:  http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=104023 including events on:

 - Sunday February 15 from 13h - 17h: "Evolution - It's About Time!" - interactive family activities (for the kids) http://www.mcgill.ca/channels/events/item/?item_id=103756 
- Thursday February 19 at 18h: "What Darwin Didn’t Know" – Panel with evolutionary biologists moderated by the Museum's director, David Green: http://www.mcgill.ca/channels/events/item/?item_id=103276

• Education Site! Eco-Valentine's gift ideas from Environment Canada: http://www.ec.gc.ca/education/default.asp?lang=en&n=A8714D42-1
• Fair Trade Flowers ... FLO (Fairtrade Labeling Organization) web page for Flowers: http://www.fairtrade.net/flowers.html
  
• Festival Sportif in the Le Plateau Borough (for kids 5-15) February 14-15: http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=98,4718198&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
  

• The Earth Lounge Jingle by LIME: "DO YOUR TIME ON THE PLANET" with Valentine musings from the great Bard, William Shakespeare ... Intro clip from MID-SUMMER's NIGHT DREAM "Lips, those Kissing Cherries" and Extro clip from THE TAMING OF THE SHREW "My there's a Wench! Come on and Kiss Me Kate!" For who better than Shakespeare to recount the follies and frolics of lovers in angst? 
  
• SUE FOLEY: "LOVE DISEASE" (Canada) Indie Blues Rock ... dedicated to those inflicted with that "love Disease" ailment this St. Valentine's Day. Woe to you, unsuspecting victims of love.
  
• LEE AARON: "THE WHY SONG" (Canada) Indie Jazz from the singer who you once knew as the "Metal Queen" way back and who has evolved into a jazz singer ... For all the unanswered "WHY" questions we muse upon daily. Charles Darwin answered a few of the "Why?" questions yet so many questions perplex a sole daily do they not?
  
• D-LANG: "BAD-ASS CUPID" (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) Indie Hard Rock ... For all the love potion, poisoned dipped arrows Cupid hurls at yer poor ole hearts out there in radio land, for Cupid is truly one Bad Ass dude loaded for bear. LMAO.  Recall that 80s track by the group ABC titled "Poison Arrow"? That was Bad-Ass Cupid at work.
  

• Got in a BUDOKON (yoga, martial arts meditation) workout on Saturday morning February 14 B4 trekking into the station to host program #106 of The Earth Lounge @ 2:30 pm. Morning and noon doggy walk for Nina in Old Montreal. Happy St. Valentine's Day!
  
• Tickled the toes in the sand on Thursday February 12 by playing INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL @ 365 MONTREAL as captain of the SUNS OF BEEYOTCHES playing 4x4.
• Working the Bod! A BUDOKON workout on Wednesday evening February 11, 2009.
• Down to Chinatown Tuesday for a late afternoon meeting and a bowl fo soup.
  
• Made a run down to the Eastern Townships on Monday February 9 to my mum's home. Visited my mum and brother. Picked up my doggy Nina who'd be staying down with them in recent weeks. Back to the daily dog walks! Good exercise for the old pup and I.
  

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• Education Site! Eco-Valentine's gift ideas from Environment Canada: http://www.ec.gc.ca/education/default.asp?lang=en&n=A8714D42-1
• Fair Trade Flowers ... FLO (Fairtrade Labeling Organization) web page for Flowers: http://www.fairtrade.net/flowers.html
  
• Fetival Sportif in the Le Plateau Borough (for kids 5-15) February 14-15: http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=98,4718198&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
  
• McGill University marks the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" and his 200th birthday anniversary with events and experts:  http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=104023 including an event on Sunday February 15 from 13h - 17h: "Evolution - It's About Time!" - interactive family activities (for the kids) and February 19, 18h: "What Darwin Didn’t Know" – Panel with evolutionary biologists moderated by the Museum's director, David Green.

• TERESA LAVESEUR: "FANTASIZE" (Toronto, ON, Canada) Indie Blues ... a track to get you into a Valentines Day frame of mind.
  
• PLANET EARTH: "TESTIMONY" (Toronto, ON, Canada) Indie R&B ... Howz about a "testimony" to illustrate your little heart's desire will last longer than the cut roses by giving a "potted" plant.  
  
• HOLLERADO: "JULIETTE" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Rock ... a track for all you Romeo & Juliette lovers gearing up for Valentine's Day.
• PYCHOTIC 4: "CHEAP ROMANCES" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Rock ... a track dedicated to all the bachelors (like me) and bachelorettes (perchance you.) Loving comes in many guises does it not? To quote that ole Bachman Turner Overdrive song verse, "Any loving is good loving, So I took what I could get ..." Point to ponder, Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliette tale didn't exactly have a happy ending now did it? Exactly.
  

• Attended an ARCQ (Association of Quebec Community Radio Broadcasters) training session at their St. Hubert street office on Saturday February 7. As the scheduling overlapped with my broadcast time Program #105 of The Earth Lounge @ 2:30 pm was a pre-recorded version played from CD but new content.
• Was @ CINQ FM 102.3 on Friday evening to pre-record the next show as I wouldn't be available Saturday for live on-air due to ARCQ training session.
  
• Tickled the toes in the sand on Thursday February 5 by playing INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL @ 365 MONTREAL as captain of the SUNS OF BEEYOTCHES playing 4x4.
• Working the Bod! A BUDOKON workout on Wednesday evening February 5, 2009.
• Attended the CINQ FM 102.3 Board of Director's Meeting on Tuesday evening February 3.
  
• Catching fresh, crisp outdoor exercise with an ICE SKATE @ the Bonsecours Rink Monday afternoon February 2, 2009.
• Super Bowl XLIII! Was a super Sunday indeed as my Pittsburgh Steelers nipped the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 on February 1. Caught the game @ the Cage Aux Sports in Old Montreal. 

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• IYA 2009 theme:
  • The Planetarium of Montreal: http://www.planetarium.montreal.qc.ca/index_a.html

NOTE: Stargazing activities for the public @ the FETES des NEIGES (Parc Jean Drapeau - Ile Ste-Helene) Saturday January 31 (4:30pm-7:30pm); February 1 (noon-4:00pm) ... check the Planetarium Web link above for details.

• International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Canada: http://www.astronomy2009.ca/

• Superbowl XLIII Snack Bowl Showdown: Veggie vs. Wings!
  
  • For my listeners of the Superbowl "Go Chicken Wings Go" demographic ... Carumba! deep concerns of a wing shortage on game day: http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Will-there-be-a-buffalo-wing-shortage-for-the-Su?urn=nfl,136743
  • For my listeners of the Superbowl "Go Veggies Go" demographic ... enjoy the PETA banned ad "Veggie Love" starring steamy Vegans: Amanda, Niki, Bernice, Cassie and co-staring Asparagus, Pumpkin, Broccoli: http://www.peta.org/content/standalone/VeggieLove/Default.aspx
  • Why can't we all just get along? Howz about concurrence on the Superbowl dessert! Lets go for brownies: http://www.yumsugar.com/2747307

• LYKE LE: "LITTLE BIT" (Stockholm, Sweden) Indie Pop-Rock. Playing February 4, 2009 @ Club Soda.
• SLM: "TOUCH FOOTBALL) (Milwaukee, WI, USA) Indie Rock ... For you NFL football Superbowl XLIII fans Sunday February 1. GO STEELERS GO!
  
• PINUP SAINTS: "WITHOUT ME" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Rock. Playing @ TNT Rock on February 28, 2009.

• Got in an excellent BUDOKON workout Saturday morning January 31 before heading into the radio station to host Program # 104 of The Earth Lounge @ 2:30 pm.
  
• Tickled the toes in the sand on Thursday January 29, 2009 by playing INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL @ 365 MONTREAL as captain of the SUNS OF BEEYOTCHES playing 4x4.
• Got in an excellent BUDOKON workout on Wednesday evening January 28, 2009.
• Catching fresh, crisp outdoor exercise with an ICE SKATE @ the Bonsecours Rink Tuesday afternoon January 27, 2009.
• Strolled down in the cold to the Bell Centre on Sunday January 25, 2009 to see the sites at the NHL ALL-STAR game site. Back home watched the NHL ALL-STAR Game on TV.
  
• Attended the MANORAY indie progressive rock band's concert on Saturday night January 24, 2009 @ Sala Rosa. Worked the body hard at a BUDOKON 3-hour workshop @ FLEX GYM LaSalle Saturday afternoon.
  

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Broadcast on Saturday January 24, 2009 at 2:30 pm (14:30) on Montreal's multicultural, multilingual Community Radio station, CINQ FM 102.3, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com and click on the Podcast grill for the most recent show episode. (The Earth Lounge is Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)  English programming from Friday @ 10:30 pm thru Saturday @ 4:00 pm.

 

• The Planetarium of Montreal: http://www.planetarium.montreal.qc.ca/index_a.html
• International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Canada: http://www.astronomy2009.ca/
• NOTE: Stargazing activities for the public @ the FETES des NEIGES (Parc Jean Drapeau - Ile Ste-Helene) Saturday January 31 (4:30pm-7:30pm); February 1 (noon-4:00pm) ... check the Planetarium Web link above for details.
  

• CLAIRE PELLETIER: "GALILEO" (Montreal, QC, Canada) She played live at the Planetarium's media event to kick-off the International Year of Astronomy on Thursday January 22, 2009.
• MARIE-MAI: "INFINITE COLD" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Pop-Rock. She will be playing at the NHL hockey All-Star game right here in Montreal on Sunday January 25, 2009. GO ALL-STAR HABS GO! Dedicated to the "infinite cold" of deep space as well as Montreal in January ... Brrrrrrrrr.
  
• STEVE HILL: "NASA MADE" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Blues Rock. Whether your telescope was "NASA made" or not join in the fun of the International Year of Astronomy in 2009 by checking out the events for the public organized by the Planetarium of Montreal, across the country and across the globe.
  

• Attended the BUDOKON Academy session held at FLEX GYM in LaSalle on Saturday afternoon January 24, 2009. Post workout meal of chicken and red-rice broil while watching the NHL All-Stars Skills Event on TV. Out into the frozen tundra on a very cold night to catch a concert by the Indie Progressive Rock band MANORAY playing @ Sala Rosa.
  
• Did a phone interview with Pierre Chastenay, Astronomer at the Planetarium and host of the Tele-Quebec TV series CODE CHASTENAY from a studio @ Radio Centreville CINQ FM 102.3 on Friday January 23, 2009 at 4:00 pm. Pre-Recorded the entire program so little ole me could attend the Budokon session on Saturday afternoon while the pre-recorded show was aired @ 2;30 pm Saturday.
  
• Received ill tidings from my mom that one of my uncles (her brother) had died on Friday January 23, 2009.
  
• Tickled the toes in the sand on Thursday January 22, 2009 by playing INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL @ 365 MONTREAL as captain of the SUNS OF BEEYOTCHES.
• Attended the media event Thursday January 22, 2009 @ 5:30 pm held at the Planetarium of Montreal to kick-off the International Year of Astronomy 2009. Got to meet the great Galileo himself who kindly dropped in to say "open your heart and mind to the universe."
  
• Got in an excellent BUDOKON workout on Wednesday evening January 21, 2009.
• Catching fresh, crisp outdoor exercise with an ICE SKATE @ the Bonsecours Rink Tuesday afternoon January 20, 2009.
• Relished a Sunday afternoon of two NFL championship matches. My Steelers beat my Ravens to move on the the Super Bowl. While the Cardinals beat the Eagles to move on to their first ever Super Bowl appearance. Did a home exercise workout while catching the two games on TV. 
  

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Broadcast on Saturday January 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm (14:30) on Montreal's multicultural, multilingual Community Radio station, CINQ FM 102.3, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com and click on the Podcast grill for the most recent show episode. (The Earth Lounge is Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)  English programming from Friday @ 10:30 pm thru Saturday @ 4:00 pm.

 

• Green Inaugural Ball (produced by Event Emissary and presented by Discovery's Planet Green) on Saturday January 17, 2009 to be held in the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium and titled "Maximum Celebration, Minimal Impact": http://www.greeninauguralball.com/ Headliner Wyclef Jean.
  
• Green Inaugural Ball (produced by Live Earth) on Monday January 19, 2009: http://liveearth.org/green_inaugural_ball/ Entertainers scheduled to perform include William, Melissa Etheridge, Maroon 5, John Legend and Michel Franti.
  
• The Montreal International Auto Show from January 16-25, 2009 featuring "On Route to a Greener Future": http://www.salonautomontreal.com/en/special-attractions ... And hit the HEMA-Quebec Blood Drive that concurrently runs during the Auto Show @ COMPLEXE DESJARDINS (La Grande Place)  2, Complexe Desjardins January 19-23. "Give the Gift of Life. Give Blood." I have to wait until January 31, 2009 B4 I can donate again (since I donated on December 3, 2008) so cover for me. Thank-You. 
  
• Background article (from WIRED.com): Reinventing the VW Microbus For the Eco-Age: http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/01/verdier-reinven.html 
• IGLOOFEST 2009! Dance your ski-boots off to Frosty the DJ! www.igloofest.ca/ Three weekends for the Snow-Down DJ Fest at the Quai Jacques-Cartier in the Old Port of Montreal: January 16-17; January 23-24; January 30-31.
  

• Show launch Snippet: SOUTH PARK FAT FARM: "TOFU PUDDING" ... Are You Keeping that New Year's Resolution on better eating? Keep your mittens out of the TimBits donut box! Be good! In fact, take it easy at the trough until Superbowl Sunday and the feast of Chili, Dogs, Wings and a Frosty Cold One. You can do "Yes U Can."
  
• WYCLEF JEAN: "SLOW DOWN" featuring TI; playing at the 1st Green Inaugural Ball on January 17, 2009 in Washington, DC.
• JOHN LEGEND: "QUICKLY" featuring Brandy; playing at the 2nd Green Inaugural Ball on January 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.
• EMPIRE ISIS: "MISSION"; playing at Club Soda on Wednesday January 21, 2009 for her CD LAUNCH Party. Album titled "Brand New Style."
  
• SWING MACHINE: "SOUL IS WHAT's HAPPENING" ... Scnoot happens as my intended MP3 track jammed on the computer thus this PLAN-B track from CD. 
  
• Show wrap snippet: ECLECTIC CARTOON MONTAGE ... So I'm a little warped from the extreme cold! Hey, it could be worse than Montreal! Ya, like we could be in Winnipeg!
  
• BONUS TRACK on this PODCAST Only due to a technical glitch on-air ... I promised you the track and here it is: WE ARE WOLVES: "FIGHT & KISS" (Montreal, QC, Canada)
  

• Go HABS GO! Catching the Habs @ Senators game Saturday evening January 17 on the tube.
  
• Got in a BUDOKON workout (my #3) @ ZAZEN Spa-Athletisme located on St-Paul Street in Old Montreal on Saturday morning January 17, 2009 before heading into the radio station.
  
• Played INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL on Thursday January 15 @ 365 Volleyball. Next best thing to the Caribbean! Go SUNS of BEEYOTCHES (my team) go!
• Got in a BUDOKON workout (my #2) @ ZAZEN Spa-Athletisme located on St-Paul Street in Old Montreal on Wednesday evening January 14, 2009. With the Wind Chill Factor @ -35 Celsius much of the day an indoor workout was the logical call. Psycho only goes so far! 
• Attended the RADIO CENTREVILLE - CINQ FM 102.3 Board of Directors meeting Tuesday evening January 13.
  
• Slapped on the ICE SKATES for my 2nd sortie of the season @ the BONSECOURS RINK located at the basin just below Bonsecours Market in the Quays of the Old Port on Monday afternoon January 12. "Good-Dye Mates" to our visiting Australians from Melbourne with the balls to try out ice skating, Tony & Marie. "Oye Oye Oye."
  
• Went X-Country Skiing Sunday January 11 @ Mont-Royal Park in Montreal on a sunny day. Take that "Cabin Fever!" Temperature crisp but perfect for X-Country. Snow conditions ideal.
• GOT PIGSKIN?  RESULTS (January 10-11, 2009): I've got my showdown of choice in the AFC! Steelers and Ravens will be the AFC Championship game Sunday January 18. Oh, joj-joy, happy-happy! As the Ravens nipped the Titans 13-10 on a 50-yard plus Matt Stover FG with less than a minute to go in the 4th qtr. My favourite Stove-Top-Stuffer ... Matt Stover! And the Steelers romped over the Chargers in the late game 35-24! Nize, Very Nize!
  

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Broadcast on Saturday January 10, 2009 at 2:30 pm (14:30) on Montreal's multicultural, multilingual Community Radio station, CINQ FM 102.3, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com and click on the Podcast grill for the most recent show episode. (The Earth Lounge is Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)  English programming from Friday @ 10:30 pm thru Saturday @ 4:00 pm. 


   

  

• PYSCHOTIC 4: "CHEAP ROMANCES" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Rock. January Cabin Fever can make one psychotic unless corrective measures are taken! And a little romance, be it "cheap" or "deep" works to combat both cabin fever and is an ingenious way to keep warm on those nibbkly winter nights.
  
• SWEDISH NICK: "KEEP IT UP" (Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia) Indie Rock. While we deal with the frostiest of months in our hemisphere the Aussies are basking in summer on the beaches Down Under. Oz music to keep you warm and toasty by the hearth. "Keep Up" your drive to stick with those "Healthier Me" New Year's Resolutions.
  
• RUBY 9: "READ ME" (Geelong, Victoria, Australia) Indie Country-Rock. For those cuddled with a book on these cold  winter night.
  

• The Montreal International Auto Show from January 16-25, 2009 featuring "On Route to a Greener Future": http://www.salonautomontreal.com/en/special-attractions
• "2 THE CURB" ... No, not talking about "kicking your lover or mate to the curb" silly, just giving you the 411 that its time for your pre-loved Christmas Tree to hit the curb between January 4-22 depending on your borough: http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=66,48035&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
  

• Went X-Country Skiing Sunday January 11 @ Mont-Royal Park in Montreal on a sunny day. Take that "Cabin Fever." Temperature crisp but perfect for X-Country. Snow conditions ideal.
  
• Tried out BUDOKON the happening, new wave in workouts @ ZAZEN Spa - Studio Old Montreal on Saturday morning January 10, 2009. Yoga blended with various combat arts and meditation to build mind, body and soul. Elements of Yoga, Pilates, Brazilian Capoiera, Asian Martial Arts. Excellent for building core strength.
  
• Started the winter INDOOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL season on Thursday January 8 @ 365 Volleyball. Next best thing to the Caribbean! Go SUNS of BEEYOTCHES (my team) go!
• Got outdoors for X-COUNTRY KING during the snow fall on Wednesday afternoon January 7.
• Slapped on the ICE SKATES for my first sortie of the season @ the BONSECOURS RINK located at the basin just below Bonsecours Market in the Quays of the Old Port on a sunny Tuesday afternoon January 6.  Ah, exercising in the fresh air!
  
• My current fiction read is the sensuous novel "Double Dare" by Saskia Walker. Fighting the frigid temperature of January with a smokin' hot tale of an adventurous relationship. 
  
• Congratulations to the Team Canada Junior's in bagging their fifth straight gold medal at the IIHF World Juniors hosted in the nation's capital of Ottawa on Monday January 5. 
  
• GOT PIGSKIN? Yes we do indeed! Go Baltimore Ravens Go! My #2 NFL team whomped on Miami Sunday January 4 to move on to face the Tennessee Titans on Saturday January 10.   Go Steelers Go! My #1 NFL team the Pittsburgh Steelers face the resurgent San Diego Chargers on Sunday January 11. Hoping for a Ravens and Steelers showdown in the AFC conference final. RESULTS (January 11, 2009): I've got my showdown of choice in the AFC! Steelers and Ravens will be the AFC Championship game. Oh, joj-joy, happy-happy! As the Ravens nipped the Titans 13-10 on a 50-yard plus Matt Stover FG with less than a minute to go in the 4th qtr. My favourite Stove-Top-Stuffer ... Matt Stover! And the Steelers romped over the Chargers in the late game 35-24! Nize, Very Nize!
  

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Broadcast on Saturday January 3, 2009 at 2:30 pm (14:30) on Montreal's Community Radio station, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com (Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)

• JARAH JADE: "PUSH JUSTA" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Pop-Rock ... given you a little 'push' to follow thru on your New Year' Resolutions.
  
• CHRIS VELEN: "SHIVER" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Pop-Rock ... "shiver" works for January in the Frozen Tundra of the Great White North.
  
• THE STARS: "MY FAVOURITE BOOK" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Pop-Rock ... when you need to frump after a good ice skate or hockey match outdoors.
  
• THEORY OF A DEADMAN: "NOT MEANT TO BE" (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Indie Rock ...  oh yes it is MEANT TO BE ... THEORY is coming to Le National for a concert January 15, 2009 here in Montreal.
  

• Sun Youth Emergency Services (Food Baskets): http://sunyouthorg.com/emergencyservices.asp 
• Contact the Sun Youth organization By Phone 514-842-6822or By Fax 514-842-5241

• Making and Breaking New Year' Resolutions to start off the year 2009! LMAO.
  
• Hanging Friday night at Typhoon Lounge in NDG where many of the x-pats of the 'hood show up every year during the holidays.
• Given the extreme cold of the past week a good reading week. My fiction read is the sensuous novel "Double Dare" by Saskia Walker. Also been listening to the "Book Radio" channel on XM Radio to catch Jules Verne's "Michael Strogoff"; "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"; and other old-time radio mystery adventures.  
  
• "Dawgs gotta eat." (both of us ... my black labrador and yours truly) Seeking new business - contract(s) for 2009 be it in solutions consulting - project management (service delivery or sales-marketing);  broadcasting - media - communications (producing, announcing, writing, programming, creative, other) or something out of left field ($$$ make me an offer!) Contact CASHEL DILLON CONSULTING Inc. @ 514-905-6278 and web site www.casheldillon.com for more info.  Canadian Citizen. Valid Canadian Passport. No Criminal Record. lol. Previously held an L1-WORK-VISA for the USA from a previous employer. Prime locations Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, EU, USA but everything is negotiable and an option. B.Comm from Concordia University (Montreal). PMP certified Project Manager. Graduate of the Montreal Radio and TV School's Radio Program. Open to travel assignments. Single. No Children. Free bird. 
  
• Watched (on TV) the NHL Winter Classic game on New Year's Day from Wrigley Field (home of the MLB Chicago Cubs) where my Detroit Red Wings won 6-4 over the home ice Chicago Blackhawks. Excellent game. I really dig these outdoor games on the "big frozen pond."
  
• Routing for the Team Canada Junior's to bag another gold medal at the IIHF World Juniors. Caught a number of the matches over the past week. What a game Saturday January 3 as the lads of Team Canada came back to tie it 5-5 against Russia with just 5 second to go in the 3rd period then win it in the Shoot-out. On to the Gold Game!
  
• Wild Card! Go Baltimore Ravens Go! My #2 NFL team is off to balmy Miami Sunday January 4 while my #1 NFL team the Pittsburgh Steelers have a playoff by-week.
  
• Exercise. Must exercise. Dog out in the country. Must exercise. More crunches. More push-up.
  

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NEW TIME SLOT for fall 2008 - Saturday @ 2:30 pm (14:30)

Broadcast on Saturday December  27, 2008 at 2:30 pm (14:30) on Montreal's Community Radio station, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com (Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)

 

Photos: Sun Youth Volunteers; My dog Nina enjoying her Christmas Gift from my brother ... anyone up for chomping on a tennis ball? and Cha-Ching to you New Year revelers ... enjoy, party hard but get to and from your party safely ... Soyez Sage, Be Wise! 

• PETE MOSS BAND: "PAWNSHOP DILDO" (Sherbrooke, QC, Canada) Indie Rock & Blues
  
• The NATIONAL PARKS: "POWERLINE" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Eco-Rock
  
• DANKO JONES: "PLAY THE BLUES" (Toronto, ON, Canada) Indie Rock
  

• Sun Youth Emergency Services (Food Baskets): http://sunyouthorg.com/emergencyservices.asp 
• Contact the Sun Youth organization By Phone 514-842-6822or By Fax 514-842-5241

• Happy New Year to all! Best to you in 2009. Thank-you for tuning in to THE EARTH LOUNGE in 2008.
• Popped into the SUN YOUTH ORGANIZATION's food bank depot on Saturday afternoon December 27 to catch interviews with Sid Stevens (co-founder) and JD (working in the donations reception area.)
• Spent Boxing Day mopping while you were shopping! Yeppers, with the doggy away staying with my mum and brother from Christmas Day I had the chance to clean up the condo and catch up on house chores. Bachelor life, aye, the debauchery never ends. My shopping was limited to a run over to Home Depot for drain clog remover and the likes. lol. Caught the team Canada Juniors kicking it in an impressive 8-1 win over the Czech Republic. Canada Rocks on Ice! Go Esposito Go. Our home town boy not only made the team but scored a goal!
  
• Drove down to the Eastern Townships to spend Christmas Day with family @ my mum's home in the country.
  
• Spent Christmas Eve Day shopping for gifts in the afternoon then dropped off pre-loved clothes and non-perishable food items @ the SALVATION ARMY location in Little Burgundy.
• Enjoyed attending a kick-ass Christmas Party complete with a Latex Santa and a Burlesque Show on Saturday December 20. Ain't no Santa like a Naughty Santa!
  

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NEW TIME SLOT for fall 2008 - Saturday @ 2:30 pm (14:30)

Broadcast on Saturday December  20, 2008 at 2:30 pm (14:30) on Montreal's Community Radio station, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com (Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)

 
Photos: New fangled snow shovel; Snow Angel; My dog Nina enjoys her XMAS Day gift!

• "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Joyeuses Fetes" to the show's listeners & guests, my friends & family, the donors to our food and blood banks, our troops over-seas, our community groups, and those individuals who brought good cheer and good times to my 2008!
• "Coal in your stockings" during the holidays to those who spread ill will to others in 2008 (including myself, humph!)
• To all, "Soyez Sage" or through the holiday period! Be back with us for 2009.

• PLEDGE DRIVE: "FOOL FOR YULE" (USA) Indie Pop ... 4 Christmas
  
• PRIESTESS: "THE COMPANY GIRL" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Alternative Rock ... 4 ROCK!
  
• ASHLEY KING: "CHRISTMAS REMIX SONG" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Neo-Soul ... 4 Christmas
  
• OLD CYNICA: "O CHRISTMAS TREE" (Phoenix, AZ, USA) Indie Rock-Rap ... 4 Christmas
  

• Sun Youth Events: http://www.sunyouthorg.com/events.asp
  

• Chilled out Friday evening, literally, as a power failure zapped my sector of Old Montreal Friday evening around 6:30 pm and it was still out Saturday morning as I trekked in to the radio station. Keep that flashlight, candles and transistor radio handy! Catching AM  radio on an old transistor radio I got way back at a Montreal Expos baseball game (promo item) years back was the home entertainment system.
• Played last matches of the fall Indoor Beach Volleyball season @ 365 Volleyball on Wednesday evening.
• Making a list, checking it twice ... Were you naughty or were you nice? For the good "naughty" people hey more gifts to you! If you weren't "naughty" or "nice" then "coal in your stockings!" 
  

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NEW TIME SLOT for fall 2008 - Saturday @ 2:30 pm (14:30)

Broadcast on Saturday December 13, 2008 at 2:30 pm (14:30) on Montreal's Community Radio station, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com (Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)

Playlist for Program #97:

• MANORAY: "THE CONCORDE" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Progressive Rock Band. Playing @ CAFE CHAOS on Saturday December 13, 2008 and @ SALSA ROSA on January 24, 2008
• MANORAY:" RUNNING WITH ARMS" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Progressive Rock Band. Playing @ CAFE CHAOS on Saturday December 13, 2008 and @ SALSA ROSA on January 24, 2008

• MySpace link for the band MANORAY: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=412829823

• The Indie Progressive Rock Band MANORAY popped into the studio Saturday December 13 for an interview on The Earth Lounge prior to their show with SPECIAL OPS @ CAFE CHAOS on Saturday December 13.
• Played in the CLUB MAA Squash Tournament with matches on Friday December 12 and Saturday December 13.
• Attended the Radio Centreville - CINQ FM 102.3 Christmas Party on Thursday December 11.
  
• Played Indoor Beach Volleyball @ 365 Volleyball on Wednesday December 11.
  

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NEW TIME SLOT for fall 2008 - Saturday @ 2:30 pm (14:30)

Broadcast on Saturday December 6, 2008 at 2:30 pm (14:30) on Montreal's Community Radio station, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com (Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)

• The JOHNSTONES; Stomp Records SEXMAS Christmas tour: "THE BANK SONG"
  
• ASHLEY KING: "MUSICAL RIDE" (Montreal-Los Angeles) Neo-Soul
  
• ASHLEY KING: "CHRISTMAS SONG REMIX" (Montreal-Los Angeles) Neo-Soul
• SHINEDOWN: "FLY FROM THE INSIDE" (Jacksonville, Orlando, Memphis, Charleston, LA - USA) Alternative Rock
  

•  HEMA-Quebec. Give the gift of life ... give blood! www.hema-quebec.qc.ca
  

• Attended the Hema-Quebec blood donor clinic @ the Sanctuaire du Saint Sacrement on Mont-Royal East Ave. noonish on Saturday December 6 before heading into the radio station. My 14th blood donation to Hema-Quebec.
  
• Loved the NHL Habs taking down the NY Rangers 6-2 on Thursday night.
  
• Played Indoor Beach Volleyball on Wednesday December 3 @ 365 Volleyball.
  
• Walking the dog; cardio kick boxing; crunching the abs; give me another 25-pushups!
  

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• ANOUSHKA SHANKAR: "Live from Joe's Garage" (USA) Sitar music (She was scheduled for Live Earth India December 7 in Mumbai ... the event has been canceled as of November 29)
  
• The GREEN CHRISTMAS jingle
  
• HARD KAUR: "MOVE YOUR BODY - JOHNNY GADDAAR" (Punjab and Birmingham City) Punjabi rap music (She was scheduled for Live Earth India December 7 in Mumbai ... the event has been canceled as of November 29)

• The BIOSPHERE's GREEN CHRISTMAS programming: www.biosphere.ec.gc.ca
  

• Bicyled over to the BIOSPERE on Friday afternoon November 28 for my interview with Suzanne Blais of the Biosphere.
  
• Played Indoor Beach Volleyball on Wednesday November 26 @ 365 Volleyball.
• Didn't think much of the three NFL USA Thanksgiving day games. The Detroit Lions really sucked and the Cardinals and Seahawks were stove top stuffings for the Cowboys and Eagles.
  
• Walking the dog; crunching the abs; give me another 25-pushups!
  
• Caught the Grey Cup game @ the Grey Cup Village on the giant screen in the Moldon Ex tent  for the 1st half. Caught the 2nd half of the game over at one of my watering holes on Crescent Street.
  
• Went to the APRIL WINE concert at the MARCHE BONSECOURS on Friday November 21 as part of the Grey Cup festivities.

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• THEORY OF A DEADMAN: "SO HAPPY" (Vancouver, BC) Playing the Half-Time show at the CFL Grey Cup football game on Sunday evening November 23 abouts 8:00 pm.
  
• ANDREE WATERS: "MINUIT" ( Montreal, QC) Playing the Half-Time show at the CFL Grey Cup football game on Sunday evening November 23 abouts 8 pm.
• SUZIE McNEIL: "ROCKNROLLER" (Toronto, ON - Los Angeles) Playing the Half-Time show at the CFL Grey Cup football game on Sunday evening November 23 abouts 8 pm.

• The Sun Youth football program: http://www.sunyouthorg.com/hornets/football.asp
  

• Caught the Grey Cup game @ the Grey Cup Village on the giant screen in the Moldon Ex tent  for the 1st half. Caught the 2nd half of the game over at  one of my watering holes on Crescent Street.
  
• Went to the APRIL WINE concert at the MARCHE BONSECOURS on Friday November 21 as part of the Grey Cup festivities.
• Checked out the GREY CUP VILLAGE in down town Montreal on Friday afternoon November 21. The kicking party with guests from all over the country from coast to coast to coast! Got signatures from the Montreal Alouettes cheerleaders (I already had their calender). Interviewed people from Labrador, Calgary plus an officer from the Canadian Forces. Also enjoyed a brewski and the music.
  
• Played Indoor Beach Volleyball Wednesday evening November 20, 2008. Good games played by my team the SUNS of BEACHES! Life is a beach, play in the sand! And they are doing a Football in the Sand event on Sunday afternoon November 23 for the Grey Cup at 365 Volleyball.
• Attended an Indoor Beach Volleyball clinic on Sunday November 15 at 365 Volleyball.
  
• Getting in those last outdoor workouts of Cardio Kick Box on the cold but sunny days along with the daily dog walks.

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NEW TIME SLOT for fall 2008 - Saturday @ 2:30 pm (14:30)

Broadcast on Saturday November 15, 2008 at 2:30 pm (14:30) on Montreal's Community Radio station, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com (Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)

    

• ARLYN ROYCE: "MY BODY" (Montreal, QC and Hollywood, CA) Indie Soul (for the heavenly bodies on earth and in deep space as in the three new planets and sun discovered by Canadian scientists this week.)
  
• SPECIAL OPS: "PICK UP THE PIECES" (Montreal, QC) Indie Alternative Rock.
  
• JALABEE CARTEL: "TOUGH COOKIE" (India) Dance (one of the bands headlining LIVE EARTH INDIA on December 7, 2008 from Mumbai along with Bon Jovi and Roger Waters.) 
  

• The MONTREAL SCIENCE CENTRE: www.montrealsciencecentre.com
• The ID TV (Science Reporter) exhibition @ the Montreal Science Centre:
  http://www.centredessciencesdemontreal.com/en/activites/activites_idtv.htm
• The BEYOND THE TREES and NOMADIC FOREST special exhibition @ the Montreal Science Centre: http://www.centredessciencesdemontreal.com/en/activites/activites_evenement.htm#branches
• LIVE EARTH INDIA: http://liveearth.org/india/
  

• Attended an Indoor Beach Volleyball clinic on Sunday November 16 (10:30 am) @ 365 Volleyball.
  
• Enjoyed the CFL Montreal Alouettes football team beating the visiting Edmonton Eskimos on Saturday by a score of 36-26! We are the Eastern Champions and Grey Cup bound and hosts to boot! Caught the game on TV at home in the 1st QTR, via the car radio driving to the radio station for the 2nd QTR, at the station over the Internet as I hosted The Earth Lounge radio show @ 2:30 pm and back at home on TV for the exciting 4th QTR after splitting from the radio station and booting it for home! Wearing my lucky 2001 Grey Cup cap (Montreal hosted that game and I got to see the game at the Big O) on-air for The Earth Lounge obviously brought the Als a touch of good luck and victory!
  
• Partying with teammates from my victorious fall Softball team the KOGNAX at the YE OLDE ORCHARD pub downtown Friday evening organized by the Club Montreal Sport and Social (CMSS) recreational league.
  
• Played Indoor Beach Volleyball in 4x4 mixed play @ 365 Volleyball on Wednesday evening with my teammates on THE SUNS OF BEACHES!
  
• Attended the Remembrance Day ceremony on Tuesday November 11 at Montreal's Place du Canada.
  
• Doggy walking and squirrel chasing; football and hockey viewing.
  

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NEW TIME SLOT for fall 2008 - Saturday @ 2:30 pm (14:30)

Broadcast on Saturday November 08, 2008 at 2:30 pm (14:30) on Montreal's Community Radio station, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com (Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)

    

• SCOTT MCKEE COLBOURNE: "IN FLANDERS FIELD - ACOUSTIC OPUS NO. 1" (Canadian Legion) for Remembrance Day November 11.
  
• YOEL DIAZ CUBAN JAZZ SESSION: "ME GUSTAS" (Montreal, QC) Jazz Fusion; Playing at the Montreal House of Jazz November 9, 16, 23.
• NICK LEVAC: "IMPRESSION DE TI" (Montreal, QC) Jazz Fusion
  
• YOEL DIAZ CUBAN JAZZ SESSION: "YA TU VERAS" (Montreal, QC) Jazz Fusion; Playing at the Montreal House of Jazz November 9, 16, 23.

• The MONTREAL SCIENCE CENTRE: www.montrealsciencecentre.com
• The MISSION GAIA exhibition @ the Montreal Science Centre: http://www.centredessciencesdemontreal.com/en/activites/activites_missiongaia.htm
• The SCIENCE 26 exhibition @ the Montreal Science Centre: http://www.centredessciencesdemontreal.com/en/activites/activites_science26.htm

• Remembrance Day coming Tuesday November 11.
  
• Played Indoor Beach Volleyball in 4x4 mixed play @ 365 Volleyball.
• Watched the USA Elections on Tuesday November 4.
  
• Halloween party and celebrations over the weekend of October 31-November 2.
• Doggy walking and squirrel chasing; football and hockey viewing.
  

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NEW TIME SLOT for fall 2008 - Saturday @ 2:30 pm (14:30)

Broadcast on Saturday November 01, 2008 at 2:30 pm (14:  30) on Montreal's Community Radio station, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com (Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)

    

• BILL SIDES: "HALLOWEEN PARTY"
• ALEXIAN WICCAN PEGAN: "COOL TO BE A WITCH" (Florida, USA)
  
• THE SEDGEWICKS: "HUG A WITCH" (Boston, MA, USA)
  

• The MONTREAL SCIENCE CENTER: www.montrealsciencecentre.com
• The IMAGINE exhibition @ the Montreal Science Center: http://www.montrealsciencecentre.com/en/activites/activites_imagine.htm
  

• CATCH UP ON YOUR SLEEP! "Spring Forward, Fall Back" ... This weekend, Sunday November 2, was the FALL BACK by 1-hour so don't dork-it by under sleeping and showing up early for work Monday morning.
  
• Halloween party and celebrations over the weekend of October 31-November 2.
  
• Tour of the Montreal Science Center on Friday October 31 to interview Michel Groulx.
  
• Played Indoor Beach Volleyball in 4x4 mixed play @ 365 Volleyball.
  
• I was interviewed by CTV MONTREAL in a "Person On The Street" interview by Derek Conlin regarding the new Metro Montreal logo while walking by dog Nina one morning on Ste. Catherine Street.
  
• Back-to-back playoff wins by my fall softball team the Kognax to take the league championship on Sunday afternoon October 26 at Park Vinet. Yea KOGNAX!
  
• Fondue diner party on Saturday evening October 25.
  

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NEW TIME SLOT for fall 2008 - Saturday @ 2:30 pm (14:30)

Broadcast on Saturday October 25, 2008 at 2:30 pm (14:  30) on Montreal's Community Radio station, Radio Centreville www.radiocentreville.com (Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)

   

• PETE MOSS: "DANCE WITH THE DEVIL" (Sherbrooke, Quebec) Indie Blues Rock (played at the Cabaret du Musee on October 22 to launch their new album SOBER ON STRIKE)
  
• SAM ROBERTS: "BRIDGE TO NO WHERE" (Montreal, QC) Indie Rock (Coming to Le National on November 20-21-22) 
• RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS: "HUMP de BUMP; DENI CALIFORNIA" (California, USA) Alternative Rock
  
• SAM ROBERTS: "THEM KIDS" (Montreal, QC) Indie Rock (Coming to Le National on November 20-21-22) to "dem kids" that organized the Leucan fund raising event!
  

• LEUCAN Quebec (assisting children with cancer and their families): www.leucan.qc.ca
• FACEBOOK link to the McGill LEUCAN Volleyball Tournament Charity: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=30701532010
  
• Beach Volleyball goes indoors! Montreal indoor Beach Volleyball. Where the McGill University  Undergraduates hosted their Leucan fund raising event on Saturday October 15.  www.365volleyball.ca
  

• Keeping active with fall dog walks; indoor beach volleyball (4x4); softball, cycling and a round of "guerrilla golf."
• Back-to-back playoff wins by my fall softball team the Kognax to take the league championship on Sunday afternoon October 26 at Park Vinet.
  
• Fondue diner party on Saturday evening October 25.
  
• Attended the 5-7 launch party on Tuesday October 21 by the Sherbrooke, Quebec Indie Blues Rock band PETE MOSS for their new release, SOBER ON STRIKE EPISODE 3, at the Cabaret du Musee (Just For Laughs Museum) on Blvd. St. Laurent. My home boys from the Eastern Townships have a kick-ass album. Excellent!
  
• Hooray for the Kognax! My fall league softball team won its playoff game @ Park Vinet in Little Burgundy on Sunday afternoon October 19 !
  

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• PETE MOSS: "GROOVE BABY" (Sherbrooke, Quebec) Indie Blues Rock (Coming to Foufounes Electrique on Saturday October 18) 
• DANKO JONES: "TAKE ME HOME" (Toronto, ON) Indie Rock (Coming to Foufounes Electrique on Saturday October 18)
• PETE MOSS: "DANCE WITH THE DEVIL" (Sherbrooke, Quebec) Indie Blues Rock (Coming to Foufounes Electrique on Saturday October 18)
  
• DANKO JONES: "LOVER CALL" (Toronto, ON) Indie Rock (Coming to Foufounes Electrique on Saturday October 18)
  

• Ducks Unlimited: www.ducks.ca
• Beach Volleyball goes indoors! Montreal indoor Beach Volleyball. Bumped into Melody on my Saturday morning dog walk and they are doing their opening party Saturday evening October 18: www.365volleyball.ca
  
• SPCA to get that kitty-cat fixed: www.spcamontreal.com

• Attended the 5-7 launch party on Tuesday October 21 by the Sherbrooke, Quebec Indie Blues Rock band PETE MOSS for their new release, SOBER ON STRIKE EPISODE 3, at the Cabaret du Musee (Just For Laughs Museum) on Blvd. St. Laurent. My home boys from the Eastern Townships have a kick-ass album. Excellent!
  
• Hooray for the Kognax! My fall league softball team won its playoff game @ Park Vinet in Little Burgundy on Sunday afternoon October 19 !
  
• Down to Foufounes Electrique Saturday October 18 to catch the bands PETE MOSS and DANKO JONES. Damn good rock! Not just dirty, downright filthy kicking rock! Real music for real people!
  
• Walking; lots of dog walking in the crispy days of early fall.
  
• Sports and Politics being the TV viewing fare with the Canadian Federal Election; USA debates; MLB Playoffs; NHL regular season start up; NFL and CFL rocking; Sarah Palin does SNL.
• The reading fare of the week is "Secrets of the VINYL CAFE" by author Stuart McLean.
  

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• DANKO JONES: "FIRST DATE" (Toronto, ON) Indie Rock (Coming to Foufounes Electrique on Saturday October 18) Dedicated to those who DO kiss on the first date! Like I do! Like You Do!
  
• PATRICK WATSON: "LUSCIOUS LIFE" (Montreal, QC) Alternative / Electro / Ambient - Indie Pop (guest request by Catherine for a Patrick Watson track)
  
• DANKO JONES: FORREST FOR THE TREES" (Toronto, ON) Indie Rock (Coming to Foufounes Electrique on Saturday October 18) Dedicated to all the "Undecided Voters" for the October 14 Federal election who feel they can't see the forest for the trees ... Think not just about the current economics, think also of who will preserve both the forest and the trees. In other words, whatever political party(s) you are considering as your ballot choice keep "environment" on your score sheet.
  

• Espaceo-Verre: Education, Creativity, Promotion: www.espaceverre.qc.ca
• Elections Canada: www.elections.ca the 411 on Voting: Your Right, Your Responsibility, Doin' It Right
  
• Velo-Quebec: International Walk to School Month: www.velo.qc.ca/monecole/subscription.php

• A glorious day for dog walking through Old Montreal, Griffintown and Downtown on Friday October 10. Enjoyed breakfast at the Griffintown Cafe. Batter-Batter-Swing with not one but two MLB league championship games to watch. Phillies and Red Sox winners.
  
• Interview at the Espace-Verre, in a historic Firehouse, on Mill Street on Thursday October 9.
• A gorgeous fall foliage trip down to the Eastern Townships to visit the clan and pick up the dog on Wednesday October 8.
• Into the garage on Tuesday October 7.
  
• Voted at an Advance Poll downtown on Monday October 6 for the Canadian Federal Election.
  
• Lost a close one in Softball on Sunday October 5 at Parc Vinet as the Kognax were nipped 10-9.
• Out to see the Pop Montreal Music Festival on Saturday October 4.
  
• Sports viewing galore: MLB Playoffs down to four teams; Go Habs Go: The NHL regular season kicks in; Go Als Go: Thanksgiving Monday hosting the Hamilton Toger Cats; Go Impact Go: A nice win over Joe Public of Trinidad in Champions League play.

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• AMANDA MABRO: "HOW LONG" (Montreal, QC) Cabaret Pop Noire (playing at the CABARET du MUSEE on November 6 @ 8:00 pm)
  
• BOCCE: "MATURE TREES" (Waterloo, ON) Techno/ Crunk/ Ghettotech (Playing at POP MONTREAL at the ACADEMY CLUB Saturday October 4 @ Midnight))
• THE DODOS: "THE BALL" (San Francisco, California, USA) Indie Rock (Playing at POP MONTREAL at SALA ROSA on Saturday October 4, @ 11;30 pm)
• NICK CAVE and the BAD SEEDS: "DIG LAZAURUS DIG" (United Kingdom) Indie Alternative Rock (Played at POP MONTREAL at Metropolis on Thursday October 2) for all the pups and dogs a diggin 'cause that's what dogs do!
  

Web Sites for program #87:

• Canine Club Vieux Montreal: http://www.clubcaninvieuxmontreal.org/CCVM.Ang/Welcome.html
  
• Pop Montreal music festival: www.popmontreal.com from October 1 through October 5!

Out and About:

• Out to see POP MONTREAL music shows on Saturday October 4. PS: Who are these people all decked out in Red like its Christmas Day or Valentines ????  Sorta weird. Don't get it.
  
• Attended the Hema-Quebec blood donor drive at Place Ville Marie on Thursday October 2. Made by 13th blood donation to Hema-Quebec and received a way cool tot bag (enviro sack) as a gift
• Catching lots of the Major league Baseball divisional series playoffs on the tube. What a game Friday night as the Red Sox win 7-5 with a 2-run homer in the 9th inning over the Angels.
• Played Softball at Vinet Park on Sunday September 28. An 11-8 by the Kognax! Our 2nd straight win!

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• LINDI ORTEGA: "BLACK FLY" from her new "DRIFTER" EP (Toronto, ON, Canada) Indie Acoustic Pop (played at the club LES SAINTS on Monday September 22, 2008)
  
• NOAH AND THE WHALE: "5 YEARS TIME" (United Kingdom) Indie Folk Rock (played at the club LES SAINTS on Monday September 22, 2008)
• STARS: "WINDOW BIRD" (Montreal, QC, Canada) Indie Melodramatic Pop (On the Short list for the Polaris Music Prize to be awarded Monday September 29 in Toronto)
  

• Downtown Montreal's Eco-Quartier Peter McGill: www.eco-quartierpm.org 
  
• The Pop Montreal Festival: www.popmontreal.com
• AMT (Metropolitan Transport Agency) link for the Monday September 22 "IN TOWN WITHOUT MY CAR" event: http://www.amt.qc.ca/comm/enville/englishinfo.asp
  
• The Polaris Music Prize: www.polarismusicprize.ca (Monday September 29, 2008 is the night!) Cheering for Montreal bands STARS and PLANTS & ANIMALS that both made the Short List (Finalists.)
  

• A sweet. 13-12, walk of the field, bottom of the 7th inning win for my softball team, the COGNAX, on Sunday September 21. Ra-Ra Team!
  
• Downtown on Monday September 21 on bicycle to check out the IN TOWN WITHOUT MY CAR day (Car Free Day.) also caught an interview with Paul-Antoine Troxler of Eco-Quartier Peter McGill playing some Street Hockey with friends.
  
• Caught the Indie performers LINDI ORTEGA (Toronto) and NOAH AND THE WHALE (UK) playing at the club LES SAINTS on Monday September 22. Thank-You to the Osheaga Music Festival people for the invite.
  
• Out Wednesday September 24 to watch our USL MONTREAL IMPACT FC soccer team host the Mexican team ATLANTE FC in a CONCACAF tournament match at Saputo Stadium. I finally got out to see a match at the new stadium. A well played game by the Impact who dominated in the match that ended in a 0-0 tie. On to play the Seattle Sounders in the USL playoffs September 26 and September 28.
  
• Cycling, In-Line Skating and Cardio Kick Boxing outdoors during the sunny days of early fall.
  

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• THEORY OF A DEADMAN: "I HATE MY LIFE" ... And you thought you had problems! When life has you just a wee bit more jaded than a spin doctor for a federal political party during the election campaign. LMAO  (Vancouver, BC) Canadian Rock
  
• ** CAMAROMANCE: "28 BALLOONS" (Montreal, QC) Indie Folk Pop
• ** POLIPE: "REGULIER" (Montreal, QC) Indie Progressive Pop (French language track)
• ** YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE!: "DOWNTOWN MAYORS GOODNIGHT (Vancouver, BC) Indie Rock
  

• ** is for the Bands playing at the POP MONTREAL FESTIVAL October 1-5.

• JAMIE LIDDEL: "GREEN LIGHT"  (Berlin, Germany) Indie Soul ... played at Osheaga Music Festival.
• STARS: "MY FAVOURITE BOOK" (Montreal, QC, Canada) One of the Short Listed bands for the Polaris Music Prize to be awarded on Monday September 29, 2008.
  

• Borough of Le Plateau Mont-Royal Community Gardens: http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=98,1483719&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
  
• The Pop Montreal Festival: www.popmontreal.com
• AMT (Metropolitan Transport Agency) link for the Monday September 22 "IN TOWN WITHOUT MY CAR" event: http://www.amt.qc.ca/comm/enville/englishinfo.asp
  
• The Polaris Music Prize: www.polarismusicprize.ca (Monday September 29, 2008 is the night!) Cheering for Montreal bands STARS and PLANTS & ANIMALS that both made the Short List (Finalists.)
  

• Following last week's show on my stroll on Parc Avenue signed up at the Mile End Library.
  
• Kicked off the fall Softball season on Sunday with our pre-season warm up match.
  
• Enjoying the last week of summer! Be the Sun Ray Johnny Ray! Played Softball on Sunday; daily Cardio Kick Boxing workout @ Peel Basin; Tried out a Thai Kick Box class; In-Line Skated the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit; stroke out on a job opportunity in New York City (work visas are tight); Passed on a 6-month Project Management gig in Nanuvat (global warming hasn't yet made it one of my hot spots for a winter work assignment; would love to visit the Canadian North one day but I had something more like a vacation in mind); watched mucho MLB pennant race baseball ... The long shot Toronto Jays faded but howz about those LA Dodgers since Manny Ramirez arrived?
• And HOT DAMN! Just received an email Friday saying I won free tickets from the kind souls of the Osheaga Music Festival to go see the band "Noah and the Whale" on Monday September 22, 2008 at the club LES SAINTS. Sweet! I've never seen a whale on stage before. So Kool. Oops, I guess I should try to find a date or tag-along Indie music lover. 

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Broadcast on Saturday September 13, 2008 at 2:30 pm on Montreal's Community Radio Station, Radio Centreville CINQ FM 102.3 FM (Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)

   

Music Playlist for Program #84 featuring artists from the Polaris Music Prize; The Short-List artists:

• THEORY OF A DEAD MAN: SO HAPPY I THREW YOU AWAY ... but, hey, maybe someone will recycle him or her for the good of the environment! (Vancouver, BC)
• **SHAD: (no, not the Shad Flie but the Shad who is oh-so Fly) BROTHER WATCHING (London, ON) Indie Funk / Hip-Hop
• ** STARS: MY FAVOURITE BOOK (Montreal, QC) Indie Melodramatic Pop
• ** PLANTS & ANIMALS: BYE-BYE-BYE (Montreal, QC) Indie Easy Listening - Kick-Back

Two Whoops for Montreal bands STARS and PLANTS & ANIMALS who made it to the Polaris Short List (the last 10 bands; The Polaris Music Prize is rather like Canadian Idol for our Indie Bands) to be awarded Monday September 29, 2008.

• Polaris Music Prize site: www.polarismusicprize.ca

Web links for Program #84:

• Go Guerrilla! Guerrilla Gardening that is: http://www.guerrillagardening.org/
• New York Fall Fashion Week: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Fashion_Week
• Fashion Accessories - Something "fishy" is going on: http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL1873863220070626
• Or maybe a fish pedicure? Hot new trend: http://www.thelifeofluxury.com/carp-fish-pedicure/
  

• Give Blood this Summer! One of my causes having donated blood a dozen times to Hema-Quebec. Three donations so far this year. Here is an extract from Hema-Quebec's web site: "Go short-sleeved this summer campaign launched on June 16, HémaQuébec is calling on everyone’s generosity to maintain the province’s blood reserve at sufficient levels, even during the summer vacation season. Despite the arrival of summer, every 80 seconds someone needs blood." The web site is : www.hema-quebec.qc.ca

• Montreal Think Tank pontificates on the exportation of water by the Province of Quebec. Are we ready to become Water Sheiks? http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/486760
  

• Geeks! Oops, a worm in the Apple! Security flaw found in Apple's Iphone:http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080828/n_technology_reuters/tech_apple_security_col
• Greens!  Windfarms a hazard to bats? http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=0394e643-9ce9-4b26-a115-21f31c6dd61d
  

• Look! Montreal's Word Film Festival on through Labour Day Weekend September 1, 2008: http://www.ffm-montreal.org/en_index.html
  
• On the ecology bend check out this trailer from the film Mirage of El Dorado playing at the Montreal World Film Festival: http://www.vimeo.com/1488873
  
• Listen! POLARIS Music Prize nominee, Montreal's Plant & Animals, to perform at Polaris Prize gala on September 29, 2008 at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre: http://torontosun.com/Entertainment/Music/2008/08/28/6595216-sun.html

• The Pet Olympics: http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=89559&videoChannel=4&refresh=true