See Vous Play -- Well, yesterday, as some of you may have heard was National Music Day, in Canada at the very least. In celebration of this CBC Radio 3 and it's French-Canadian hot cousin Bande A Part hosted the See Vous Play bilingual concert in Canada's centre of the universe, Toronto. On the bill were Les Breastfeeders, Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton, Les Trois Accordes, and the incomparable Joel Plaskett Emergency Band. If you missed last night's broadcast, you can hear everything that went down here.
posted by Old Man Wilson on Oct 2, 2006 - 8 comments

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is pumping out a pile of podcasts that have covered the importance of offensive comics to Art Spiegelman, 600 bands over 54 shows, Captain America versus the American government, Amy Sedaris and geekdom, the journey of young immigrants, French philosopher Alain Finkielkraut and Harper's publisher John MacArthur discussing Europe and America perspectives since 9/11, the after life, sex with monkeys, what radio producers do, the french word "corps", Bonnie Fuller's "The Joys of Much Too Much: Go For the Big Life — The Great Career, The Perfect Guy, and Everything Else You've Ever Wanted (Even If You're Afraid You Don't Have What It Takes)", Veteran Washington reporter Helen Thomas and some other bits & bobs [Breakdown inside]
posted by boost ventilator on Jun 5, 2006 - 25 comments