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This week we're going to be doing things a little differently. The DJ of the Week spot is going to CJLO's new Station Manager; Stephanie Saretsky. Stephanie would like to introduce herself and thought it would be nice to do it by filling out the CJLO DJ questionnaire. So take a minute and get to know the new person in charge and this week's "DJ" of the Week - Stephanie Saretsky.

What is your DJ alias? & what are its origins?

El Capitane, because I’m the boss.

What is your station's name?

CJLO !!

What genre?

Manning the board – full steam ahead!

How long have you been at CJLO?

3 WHOLE WEEKS

What is the best thing about working at CJLO?

Getting to meet a lot of amazing new people and being a part of helping the station grow.

Describe your CJLO as a potential life partner. What are its qualities?

Independent and scrappy, but sweet and easygoing at the same time.

Two reasons you host a show

1) I think community radio is extremely important for giving a voice to the voiceless, especially in our political climate today

2) I freakin’ love making radio, hearing radio, and encouraging others to make radio.

What do you think makes your station unique?

We’re on the AM dial, it gives us a unique sound.

If you weren't at CJLO, in what other ways would you express yourself?

I dabble in animation… we should make crafts sometime.

What was the biggest turning point in your musical journey?

Discovering Radiolab and This American Life

Fill in the blanks:

If I could travel back in time and bring back anyone, I would bring back Catherine of Aragon because I really want to know if her first marriage to Henry VIII’s brother was actually consummated.

What are your 2 favorite albums of all time?

Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Tegan and Sara – The Con 

What is the one piece of technology you cannot live without?

My oven. I love food. Yum.

Describe yourself in 3 words:

Little, friendly, committed.

A controversial verdict has aroused some discontent for some Quebec citizens. After Guy Turcotte was found not responsible for his crimes, protests sprang up on Facebook.

Turcotte admitted to stabbing his two children to death in February 2009. Earlier this week a jury found he was not criminally responsible for the deaths due to mental illness.

The protests are set for Aug. 6, exactly one month and one day after the verdict was passed.

Turcotte will remain in an institution until he is fit to be released.

As soon as the house lights illuminated the theater and the new summer flick Larry Crowne had finished, I thought to myself, "How the heck am I going to give Tom Hanks a less then magnificent review?" I must say that the tale of Larry Crowne is not an epic or adventurous one. The film was written and directed by Tom Hanks, but personally I think he should remain in front of the camera and not behind it. The character of Larry Crowne decides to reinvent himself by going back to college after the job that he held dear crumbled to the ground because he did not have a post secondary education. Without one, he couldn't progress within the company or get a promotion.

Larry Crowne heads off to the nearest local college to test his wits and acquire the knowledge he thinks he needs to be successful. During his classes, the audience get to meet his classmates, but they are not captivating or memorable at all. Rami Malek (The Pacific, Night at the Museum) is this bug eyed class clown who gets more laughs than Hanks. Julia Roberts plays Larry’s professor and obviously the path towards the romantic comedy is explored and forever leaves the audience dissatisfied. I could not engage in Julia’s character but Bryan Cranston's (Breaking Bad) portrayal of her porn addicted husband offers a chuckle or two.

We meet other characters along Larry’s journey to educational bliss. He makes friends with the students who ride scooters on campus; they even have a little gang with a secret handshake, which was uninteresting and altered the flow of the film (negatively). The two main members of the crew really get to know Larry and help him along the way. A young, free-spirited woman named Talia helps him dress to impress and learn the lingo to catch the eye of his beautiful professor. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Undercovers) plays this young woman with a smile on her face throughout most of the film, but I thought there was sexual tension between Larry and Talia; the relationship they have is bizarre and uncomfortable. Hanks, on the other hand, is a master of his craft when it comes to his acting skill set. He portrays Larry with an ease and confidence that was really the only positive thing about this film. Hanks and Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) wrote the film together but there is no room for success at the box office for mediocre romantic comedies that can barely makes us feel a thing! I will forever admire Tom Hanks and his career, which is one of the only reasons I semi-enjoyed this film. All in all if you like fluffy films about college and love then go see Larry Crowne, but you might have to buy some popcorn to tune out the nonsense in between Tom Hanks lines.

Two out of Five  stars

-Andrea Boulet

With the Suoni Festival done and the Jazz Festival taking its place, there won’t be as much concert-going in the Plateau in the coming days. Prince Rama and Leopard et Moi braved the stage of a small but patient crowd the night of June 23rd. They waited and waited for the hordes to come through the door of the small second stage at Casa del Popolo, but it didn’t happen. So, after about an hour and a half delay, Leopard et Moi finally started their set.

Hello high energy! Leopard et Moi, an assembly of a huge amount of percussion instruments and noisy electronic beat makers, put forth their enveloping melange of art/punk/noise/prog beats to the appreciative few. Their psychedelic vocal stylings complemented both the more rhythmic and ethereal hypnagogic pop that Leopard et Moi master. I had never heard of them, but if you’re interested in some quite interesting local talent, I would recommend checking out their tracks. They’ve got three releases, the most recent being one from May of this year, "L’Amour de la Nature."

After about a half an hour set, Prince Rama took the stage. They were the band that I was looking most forward to seeing this Suoni, even above Omar Souleyman. If you have not heard of them already, I would recommend 2010’s Shadow Temple for starters. This group was raised on a Hare Krishna commune and escaped to the embracing arms of art school in Boston where they nursed their psychic selves and jammed on psychedelic themes. Their music is infused with heavy ritualistic percussion and Sanskrit chants, and transports you into a trippy headspace. Having had their music hypnotizing me via my headphones every morning for the past few months, I thought this show would be out of this world, literally. But everyone knows that feeling you get when you’ve anticipated something much too much and the actual performance is just not up to the stuff of imagination. That was the feeling I had watching Prince Rama. Still, though, I would recommend Prince Rama recordings any day. They’ve been enlisted by Animal Collective to play the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in the UK, so they’ll be big any day now.

-Danielle J hosts Runny Noise on Thursday from 10pm-12am