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CJLO News November 1st 2010
News read by Drew Pascoe
News Produced by Drew Pascoe and Melissa Mulligan
Stories by Marcin Wisniewski, Michael Lemieux, and Chris Hanna
October 29th 2010
Read and produced by Gareth Sloan
Written by Alan Gotcherian, Samah Fadil and Michael Moore
CJLO, Zurich Tourism, Swiss International Airlines and the IRF Are Sending Jessica Rotondo to Zurich, Switzerland!
CJLO is thrilled to announce the winner of the Great Zurich Challenge! Jessica Rotondo, and a guest will be travelling to Zurich courtesy of Swiss International Airlines and Zurich Tourism!
After three rounds, we narrowed it down to Jessica, Joyce and John who went head to head in studio on Charts and Crafts on October 19th. After a great effort, John came in third place and Joyce came in second, winning herself $200 to spend at the Alpenhaus Restaurant! In the end it was Jessica that came out on top and won herself an amazing trip to Zurich!
Click here to listen to the full contest, watch a video interview with Jessica, and see some awesome pictures!
CJLO News: October 27th 2010
Student groups are protesting as Concordia plans to resign its exclusive beverage contract with PepsiCo Friday. This is according to Sustainable Concordia and the Concordia Student Union. The protest will take place at one-thirty Wednesday outside of the John Molson building.The alleged contract will continue to give Pepsi exclusive rights over selling drinks on campus. Pepsi has been Concordia’s only drink supplier for the past thirteen years.
Student groups TAP Thirst, Sustainable Concordia and the CSU have been outspoken about not renewing the contract. They want bottled water off campus and more than one beverage supplier. The CSU is disappointed in being left out of the negotiation process. They say the issue is a lack of transparency and communication. They want administration to communicate with student groups to avoid rumours and situations like this one.
Spokespeople for Concordia student groups were to meet with Nestlé today to discuss their bid. The meeting was scheduled by Concordia in an effort to include students in the process. Neither the school’s administration nor Pepsi have commented on the alleged surprise signing.
Written by: Joel Balsam
In her fall report Tuesday Auditor General Sheila Fraser faulted the Department of National Defence for bungling the purchase of new helicopters. The costs have risen to eleven billion dollars. Fraser said the government understated the complexity of the purchases. The Cyclone helicopters were ordered in 2004. The Chinooks were ordered five years later. They're destined to be used in military operations and maritime patrols.
But the delivery of the machines is years behind schedule. Fraser is worried that with the delays and cost increases, national defence might have to cut spending elsewhere. She warned that budgets for training and operations might be affected. Defence minister Peter MacKay says that Fraser's recommendations will be taken into account. He blamed the extra costs the “canadian-ized” features that are being added to the helicopters, like de-icing. Fraser's job is to investigate government work when there has been mismanagement of public funds.
The auditor general's report also looked at the government's attempt to stimulate the economy in 2009. Fraser reported that forty-seven billion dollars in stimulus money was distributed well and on time.
Written by: Sarah Deshaies
In international news, Saddam Husain's former foreign minister is being sentenced to death by hanging.Tariq Azziz was convicted of persecuting members of Shia religious parties. However, he has denied harming anyone, saying his sentence is “guilt by association.” Groups speaking out against the sentencing include the Vatican and Amnesty International.The Vatican has gone so far as to declare it would do anything possible to stop the execution.
A date has not been set and Azziz still has recourse to appeal. Although, if the appeal fails, Azziz will be hanged within thirty days of that decision.
Written by: Gareth Sloan
And lastly, former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner has died at the age of sixty. Kirchner died early Wednesday morning after being admitted to hospital. Over the past year he has undergone two major surgeries. Both surgeries removed blockages in major arteries. As of this time of this report exact medical details are not available.
Kirchner served as president from two-thousand and three to two-thousand and seven. He was succeeded as president by his wife Christina Kirchner. Nestor Kirchner was expected to run for the presidency again in twenty eleven.
Written by: Gareth Sloan
Bad Religion @ Metropolis
Bad Religion is one of the bands whose music was always in my non-Walkman-brand portable compact disc player when I was a suburb-living, black-t-shirt-wearing, skateboarding aspiring hooligan. When I learned that Bad Religion would play Montreal as part of the AUTUMN OF NOSTALGIA™ along with such bands as Millencolin, Anti-Flag, The Ataris, and Helmet, I of course had to go.
Jason Collett @ Il Motore
As always, Jason Collett could be spotted in the shadowy back corner of the bar as soon as I walked in, his eyes fixed on the opening act. Tonight, he and the rest of the small crowd at Il Motore were treated to a quiet, folky set from Daniel Romano, better known as the frontman for Attack in Black and the Daniel part of Daniel, Fred & Julie.
Like Collett, Romano often draws comparisons to early Bob Dylan, and his soulful performance tonight, accompanied only by his brother’s occasional tap on a snare drum, wouldn’t change anybody’s mind. Romano managed to hold the attention of the mostly college-aged crowd even as more and more people filed into the tiny venue. Nearly everyone found themselves seated on the floor, drinking their snuck-in beers in respectful silence as he made his way through his debut solo record, Songs for Misha. The material is a departure from his indie-rock driven work with Attack In Black and speaks more to his collaboration with Fred Squire and Julie Doiron on their album of traditional folk songs. A shy and introspective performer, Romano paused only at the end of his set to thank the crowd and praise Collett on their last night playing together before Al Tuck joins the tour. All in all, his bare-bones style of playing impressed the eager crowd and somehow made the room feel even smaller, setting an intimate tone that carried through the rest of the night.
Wasting no time, Collett hopped onstage and quickly launched into his stripped performance of "Rave On Sad Songs" from his latest full length, Rat A Tat Tat. This was my first time seeing Collett play without his band, and it was a definite contrast to his last visit during the Bonfire Ball Revue tour with Zeus and Bahamas, the members of which have backed him on tour for nearly a decade and recently evolved into solo acts (again, living up to that Dylan thing.) Needless to say, these were two very different shows, even if he was wearing the same outfit. Dubbing this recent stretch of shows the ‘Undressed’ tour, Collett focused his set mainly on his new EP, Pony Tricks, which features reworked versions of old favourites and a handful of new songs.
He gained most of his notoriety as one of Broken Social Scene’s stately elders, but tonight saw Collett jovially telling stories to set up each song and stroking everyone’s ego a little, admitting that the traffic he and the Romano brothers faced earlier in the day driving into the city from the Maritimes made it feel like “you needed to be on the guestlist to get into Montreal tonight,” before proclaiming us “the sexiest town in North America. Full stop.” Il Motore is the perfect venue for all things acoustic, and Collett’s crisp vocals commanded the room, particularly as the material took a serious turn with "Pulling The Sun Down", a new song written from the point of view of a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder. Striking the perfect balance between heartbreakers and songs about super-toking in the parking lot before a school dance, Collett made sure his set resonated with the audience and proved that his new material can stand on its own. Though a seasoned performer, he still maintains a raw quality in his playing and vocals that perfectly delivered some of his best lyrics to date.
Clutching his Stella and blowing a kiss to the crowd, he ran to the bar for another before closing his show with "I’ll Bring the Sun", eliciting some rare audience participation as everyone joined in for the chorus. This was easily the most relaxed I have ever seen Collett in concert and this show would have been a great introduction for anyone used to seeing him resigned to the back of the crowded Social Scene stage.
Set List:
Rave On Sad Songs
Lake Superior
Henry’s Song
Brownie Hawkeye
Fire
Papercut Hearts
Cassandra
Black Diamond
Bitch City
No Redemption Song
Almost Summer
Pulling The Sun Down
My Daddy Was A Rock n’ Roller
Love Is A Chain
Not Over You
High Summer
Blue Sky
I’ll Bring The Sun
Blonde Redhead @ Metropolis
Metropolis played host to the enigmatic and powerful Blonde Redhead on October 16th. I have to admit that I am not a Blonde Redhead head but the week preceding the show I grabbed some of their old albums and was jonesing for the show by the time Saturday night rolled around. Their sound can be compared to other riot girl acts like Vivian Girls or Ciccone Youth. The opener, Pantha du Prince, warmed the crowd with a bouncy house set riddled with noise-ish samples, lit by strategically-situated flickering light bulbs on stands. The crowd, peppered with super fans, was rearing to go by the time Blonde Redhead took the stage.
The brothers preceded lead singer Kazu Makino on stage and took their places. After a short pause, one of them arrived clad in a short white dress and a sleek white mask which looked like a storm trooper has inhaled a couple of Barbie dolls (pigtails out of the nostrils contributed to this effect). With very few words to the audience, they began their set with a couple of tracks from their album, Penny Sparkle, harbouring a synthier, simpler, and more mellow sound. The mask came off for a few tracks but for the most part Makino chose to sing through a mic under her disguise. With the introduction of the newer, less familiar tracks, the crowd was salivating for some more familiar material, and Blonde Redhead finally gave it to them with tracks like "Dr. Strangelove." They were occasionally joined by one of the members on synth, which was a beautiful addition to their already quite full sound. The band communicated to the audience solely through their lyrics rather than through cliché stage banter. For example, during "Dr. Strangelove", while the lyrics “looking everywhere I see othing but people” were intoned, yellow lights smoothed over the audience, which made all the lookers-on go nuts.
The stage decor, including a backdrop of lighting umbrellas and some precisely designer lighting, made the feel of the show as if it were a magazine photo shoot, which kept the band behind a lens for the audience. Although they were in close proximity, they felt distant, as if we were watching a music video. Even so, the intimacy of the show was heightened by the emotion inherent in the lyrics and musical content. Their presence was indistinguishable from the music, and the music was album-quality. Their set was chosen from a combination of new tracks and old. The older tracks were mostly from the albums Misery is Butterfly and 23. After finishing their set to the roar of a thundering encore, the band returned to the stage and played an old favourite, "Equus," topped off by a naked screeching cry from Makino, and with a kiss to the audience (sans mask, finally), the gig was up.
October 27th 2010
Read by Gareth Sloan
Produced by Nikita Smith
Stories by Joel Balsam, Sarah Deshaies and Gareth Sloan
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This Week On Grrls Groove: Random Recipe Live!
It's been a really great year for Montreal's own Random Recipe. Their contagious charm put smiles on faces and a swing in the hips of packed crowds at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Pop Montreal, and the CMJ Music Marathon in New York. Their new CD Fold It! Mold It! came out in September and critics are raving about their singular blend of hip-hop, indie and world music sounds.
Tune into Grrls Groove this Thursday, October 28 from 10-11 pm, as Random Recipe cooks up some live musical flavours in our studio during a live on-air recording session! They'll be serving hot, tasty grooves that will have everyone asking for seconds. Don't be late - we've got a place set just for you.
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