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January 18. 2011

January 18 2011 //

News read and produced by: Erica Fisher

Concordia has settled on an interim president. Former president Frederick Lowy is said to be in talks to take over. The Board of Governor’s Executive Committee recommended Lowy out of twenty one candidates. His duties will consist of strengthening the relationship between the Board and the senior administration. Smoothing things over with the Concordia community will also be on the agenda.

Lowy was previously president and vice-chancellor of Concordia from nineteen ninety five until two thousand five.

Written by: Dominique Daoust

A Montreal woman has been caught in the Australian floods. Kalila Harriott has been living in Brisbane near the heart of the floods for the past four months. The water reached the south on Monday and affected rural areas.

The Australian government has said that this might be the worst natural disaster in the country’s history. Three hundred thousand homes have been left underwater and the damage has reached five billion dollars. In the past three weeks, twelve people have gone missing and over thirty have died in the floods.

Written by: Sofia Gay

The recent events in Tucson, Arizona created a somber tone for Americans Monday as they celebrated Martin Luther King Day. Last week’s shooting left six people dead and thirteen wounded. These including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

President Obama saw this day as a chance for Americans to remind themselves of what their country is all about. Others saw the day as an opportunity to emphasize King’s philosophy on non-violence. Many agree that Doctor King would have wanted people to shun violence and to be kind to one another. Martin Luther King Junior was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968.

Written by: Aisha Samu

Rick Ross Concert Halted by Fighting Fans

January 17 2011 //

Photos by: Erica Fisher

After only thirty minutes of performance, American rapper Rick Ross was forced to cut the music at his show at the Olympia Theatre on St. Catherine East Sunday night. Not long into his set fans began fighting as well as throwing bottles between the floor and the balcony. Police were called and pepper spray was used. Riot police oversaw the evacuation of over 2,000 concert goers. One woman was arrested but it is unknown whether she will face charges. Live fast, die young indeed.

See video of one of the fights here:

See more photos of the cut short show here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/orcafish/sets/72157625719636599/

CJLO Raffle-O-Rama!!

January 14 2011 //

CJLO is thrilled to have raised over $3800, of which over $1700 will be donated tothe NDG Food Depot! Thank you to everyone who bought and sold tickets! And of course a special thanks to all of our sponsors, Club Lambi, and everyone who donated prizes! See a full list of winners here!

Badfish @ Club Soda

January 13 2011 //

As a Sublime tribute band, Rhode Island-based Badfish takes on the tricky task of satisfying diehard fans of the legendary 90's group from California and its late, great lead singer, Bradley Nowell.

I went to the show with one such hardcore aficionado. Our verdict was mixed. The set list was on point. Badfish relentlessly churned out crowd favourites like "Santaria," "Caress Me Down" and "Jailhouse," as audience members grooved, thrashed, sweated and smiled in approval.

The band had certainly done its homework. Their musicianship was tight and the songs sounded much like the originals. However the band lacked that prickly, edgy darkness that was characteristic of Sublime. Everything about them was a little bit softer – from their college-boy appearances to their apparently waning enthusiasm. It also often seemed that the songs lost intensity, as though the musicians, who’ve been covering Sublime since 2001, were ready to wrap the tunes up about halfway through.

You still have to hand it to lead singer and guitarist Pat Downes, who has some pretty big shoes to fill. His vocals bear a striking resemblance to Nowell’s (at least, from what you could hear through the muddy sound mix at Club Soda), and he wailed on his guitar with feeling.

But where Downes and the band shined the most was during their opening set. Under the name Scotty Don’t, the group showed that they write some pretty rocking material of their own, putting out punky ska tunes that sound a lot like...well...Sublime. While the band probably wouldn’t draw nearly as big a crowd performing as Scotty Don’t, sometimes it might be best just to be yourself.

Anthony "Stabilo" Stabile

January 13 2011 //

Anthony "Stabilo" Stabile has been a cohost on The Main Event since January 2010. Within that year he has worked hard to make a name for himself in a somewhat small Montreal wrestling market. He joined the wrestling focused talk show because of his love for the sport and admiration for the hard work put in by long time hosts Ryan Rider and Steve Rockamaniac.

The Main Event "deals with the real stuff behind a brutal sport." says Tony, and he feels that the success of the show has everything to do with the on air team's chemistry and the fans whole love the sport and support their show. In a market where very little attention is paid to the popular sport, The Main Event continues to build on its already large following, and Tony is another piece to an already succesful program.