The Earth Lounge (2008-09-20) NEW TIME: 2:30 pm PROGRAM #85: MILE END COMMUNITY GARDEN; Interview with Gardeners Serge, Martin and Mariette; IN TOWN WITHOUT MY CAR event on Monday Sept. 22; POP MONTREAL Music Festival Preview
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NOW in THE AFTERNOON - NEW Fall time slot: 2:30 pm (14:30)Broadcast on Saturday September 20, 2008 at 2:30 pm on Montreal's Community Radio Station, Radio Centreville CINQ FM 102.3 FM (Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon)
Snap Shots of the MILE END COMMUNITY GARDEN ... 'Tis been the week of the HARVEST FULL MOON and this weekend is the official end of summer on the calender. I cycled up to the gardens from Old Montreal on a gorgeous Friday afternoon to catch interviews with three toiling community gardeners. Harvest time and the first frost is a coming!
Photos of Mile End Community Gardeners Serge; Martin
Music Playlist for Program #85: Featuring bands coming to the POP MONTREAL FESTIVAL October 1-5, 2008 in venues all over the Mile End and le Plateau!
- 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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