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In the first post-Olympic version of Sound Therapy Radio - ‘Art of the Mind’, we explored two unique community based art projects.
1) Kickstart: Arts, Culture and Disability
Geoffrey McMurchy, the Artistic Director of Kickstart joined us for a discussion about the organization and its projects.
Kickstart’s mission is to produce and present works by artists with disabilities and to promote artistic excellence among artists with disabilities working in a variety of disciplines.
Co-Curator Bernadine Fox and Artist Afuwa Granger talk about their upcoming show HEROES
Check out some of the programs during the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games at http://www.kickstart-arts.ca/
2): Riley Park Stories
Lisa G and Lisa W told about a new project in Vancouver’s Riley Park. With the theme ‘history of place’ the artists work with the community collecting personal stories. These stories will be shared here in the form of text, photographs and videos.
http://rileyparkstories.blogspot.com/
Also in studio, musical guest Natalie Edward and Avy Crowchild with her worldwide radio debut.
Original Broadcast: Monday March 1 @ 7pm Pacific
Below is the archived episode, it may take a moment to load.
Part 1 (30 mins)
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Ryan Fletcher and I down at the Red Tent City in Vancouver DTES. A tent city was erected in one of downtown Vancouver’s empty lots on Monday Feb 15th. The lot owned by Concord Pacific was intended to be a parking lot for VANOC vehicles during the games has been occupied by members of the community. As of Wednesday Feb 17 there were about 200 people staying at the tent site and a statement to the number of homeless in Vancouver and the call for more low income and social housing within the city. We spoke with some of the people in tent city, their views on the protest and how the homeless have been treated with the games in town.
Nestor, our media liason at the site, shares his observations on what has been happening over the past few days. (2:11)
Rick and John’s thought on Tent City (5:16)
Stella August on women and the Downtown East Side (5:03)
Derick a musician who is staying in tent city, plays a tune in the street (1:59)
Stuart Richardson Programmer and Host of the CJSF Program Latin Waves, interviews Rick, one of Vancouvers working homeless
Ryan Fletcher attends the Tent City Press Conference and hears the passionate pleas from the community. (23:51)
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Another jam packed episode of ‘The Artist Lounge’, in studio was local musician Ben Sigston and artist Eileen Soo. After fumbling around with the phone system we checked in by phone with, author and media poet Heather Haley. We reached out long distance with CJSF Programmer Gleyse de Franca who is in Brazil enjoying the sights and sounds of Carnaval in Salvador Bahia. Although brief we caught her in some nightclub, it sounded like she was having a grand ol time.
Don’t forget to check out Eileen’s work in the CARDED show @ the Jacana Gallery and Ben Sigston’s upcoming shows.
Original broadcast on Tuesday February 16 to CJSF 90.1 FM and online @ cjsf.ca The archived broadcast, may take a minute to load.
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Approximately 3000 people attended the Women’s Memorial March for Murdered and Missing Women on Sunday, February 14, 2010 in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES). At noon, marchers began at the Carnegie Community Centre. Throughout the march stops were be made throughout the DTES where women were last seen or found. An emotional and inspiring day.
Sounds of beating drums and singing from the March, which was about 3 blocks long. (1:28)
Interview with David Eby, BC Civil Liberties Association. He provides thoughts on the March and his observations with the protests and social groups to date. (1:32)
Interview with Pauline Muskego, who hails from Saskatchewan and mother of Daleen Kay Bosse Muskego, who was found murdered in 2008 (:42)
Inteview with Jayson Fleury brother of Mona Wilson, who was body found on the Pickton farm in 2002. Talks about the future of the March. (1:53)
Interview with Gregor Robertson, Mayor of the City of Vancouver. We ask Gregory his thoughts on the march and what the perception is of the city on the third day of the Olympics. (3:22)
I had the privilege of hosting a special episode of ‘The Artist Lounge’ on Tue Feb 23 from 8-10 pm on CJSF 90.1 FM. In studio we had musical guest Adaline along with Artist Montana King and local tent city musicians Rick and Star. The National Homelessness Marathon brings together campus and community stations across the country in a simulcast format that aims to highlight the crisis of this issue. Here is the archived broadcast, may take a minute or so to load.
The Artist Lounge broadcast during the first hour (8-9 pm)
Part 1 (30 minutes)
Part 2 (30 minutes)
Melodies in Mind Hosted by Ryan Fletcher in the second hour (9-10pm)
Part 1 (30 mins)
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You can also see the archived video stream from the W2 website
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4964109
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4964790
Our Musical Co-Host, Adaline also composed a new song inspired by the Homelessness Marathon. Check out, ‘The Cost is too High not to Love‘ here
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HOMELESSNESS MATTERS
CJSF 90.1FM issues a call-out for Vancouver’s Homeless Musicians to perform in a Live Radio Event.
CJSF Campus/Community radio is calling for homeless musicians in the lower mainland to contact the radio in order to take part in this year’s Vancouver segment of the Homelessness Marathon broadcast.
On Tuesday, February 23 from 8-10 pm, the W2 Culture + Media House at 112 West Hastings will be the location for the Vancouver segment of the national Homelessness Marathon. The event will be hosted by Ryan Fletcher of CJSF’s Melodies in Mind and Jay Peachy, local artist with DTES Gallery Gachet and producer of Sound Therapy Radio, an arts and mental health program also on CJSF.
As an artist and mental health advocate, Peachy sees hosting homeless musicians on the program as a personal mission:
“They relate to me personally as an artist and a mental health advocate, and they are also my friends,” said Peachy adding that this year’s show has even more importance because of the homelessness issues surrounding the Olympics.
The Homelessness Marathon is a 14 hour national community/campus radio program featuring the voices and stories of homeless people in the United States and Canada. In Canada, the program is carried out by over 40 different community radio stations and is available for free to all non-commercial broadcasters online.
Alongside CJSF, CITR and Co-Op Radio will also be taking part in this year’s Marathon.
The deadline for musicians to contact the station is Sunday, Feb 21. The artists can reach the station by phone at 778-782-4423; by email at [email protected]; or by leaving a message for CJSF at 112 W. Hastings.
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for more information including interview appointments, and bios contact:
• Frieda Werden, Public Affairs Coordinator
◦ phone: 778-782-1950
◦ email: [email protected]
• Jay Peachy, co-host, Homelessness Marathon
◦ email: [email protected]
◦ website: https://soundtherapyradio.com
• Ryan Fletcher, co-host, Homelessness Marathon
◦ email: [email protected]
◦ Website: http://www.myspace.com/melodiesinmind
For additional information about
• the national radio Homelessness Marathon, being coordinated out of Montreal, visit http://www.ckut.ca/homeless.html
• W2 Culture + Media House, visit http://www.creativetechnology.org/page/w2-culturemedia-house-2
Katherine Krampol
Public Relations Coordinator
CJSF 90.1 FM
[email protected]
Phone (778) 782-5940
J Peachy on the street with the recorder before, during and after the Olympic ceremonies. Tried to interview a protester, however they seemed to be tired of too many interviews. Wanted to see what was on people’s minds, including:
Heike, a German Canadian who has many friends opposed to the games provides her perspective on the games, just prior to the opening ceremonies. (1:25)
Katja and her friend during the fireworks after Wayne Gretzy came from BC place and lit the cauldron in Burrard Inlet. (:23)
The tail end of a random outburst of O’Canada by Fans on the street. (:23)
Barry a homeless person, who was collecting bottles as the festivities were going on around him. (:33)
Scott Hamilton, retired figure skater and now broadcaster. I was able to track him down randomly on the street while he was walking to his hotel. He shares his expereince at the ceremony, provides comments on the death of the luger and thoughts on Vancouver. (3:00)
More to come
The Olympics are now in town; athletes, their team supports, coaches, families and fans from all over the world are in Vancouver to have the time of their lives. The 2010 games have been positioned by our government officials as a tremendous opportunity to showcase Canada and capitalize on future business opportunities. We are told this is an investment in the future, it will guarantee long term economic prosperity, which in turn funds our common needs such as the health system, social programs and education, Kumbaya! I have been racking my brain on how a social activist can actually enjoy the games and have some equality in their conscience.
So I ask the question; is it not in our economic best interest to cheer on mens hockey teams from outside the country. Looking back at the USA Hockey team dramatic gold medal win at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid New York. The ‘Miracle on Ice’ seemed to be a seminal moment for US winter sport. Lake Placid now has a special place in the hearts and minds of 200 million Americans (plus or minus 198 million). The legacy of the triumphant underdog eventually winning the gold medal over the favoured and evil Soviets gets continually recreated in books, sports documentaries, television show references and feature films. Its enough to shed a tear in your eye and find a way to charge money for it. Lets assume that all had never happened and that the Americans finished 4th, would Lake Placid as a destination be in relative obscurity and carry the scarlet letter? Would it still be a high end resort town where people can bask in the past glory days. Would Mike Eruzione even have a wikipedia page?
In contrast, lets look at the 1998 games in Nagano Japan. This was the first Olympics where NHL athletes could compete for Olympic glory, Canada had gold in its eyes. The tragedy of Team Canada not winning a medal at the Nagano Olympics caused many to self-reflect, were we not the dominant Hockey nation that we had navel gazed ourselves into? What happened to our identity, many people felt we lost our place in the world. Well its better now, we have blackberries and google street view. Do you know any Canadian that travels to Nagano purely for Olympic memories? Nagano has a painful and depressing place in the Canadian psyche and its really no fault of the Japanese. The Tourism department in Nagano likely forced the person who was to market to the Canadian traveller into early retirement.
So for example if USA or Russia who are massive economic powerhouses were to win the Hockey gold medal, can we presume that will mean an economic windfall for Canada. Imagine all the blockbuster movies that would promote Vancouver as a place of glory. We would have people wanting to come to Vancouver to see the where the magic happened for themselves. Stories would be passed down for generations. They would say to their children “Son your Grandfather won a gold medal in Vancouver, they partied so hard they passed out on Kits beach, what a beautiful place!” Hollywood movies and politicians could refer to their country’s win in the rabid hockey nation of Canada as a David vs Goliath tale; Vancouver could now be an international metaphor! The Canadian and Provincial Tourism boards would be licking their chops in getting these people to come back and recreate memories, its like shooting fish in a barrel (except sockeye, we don’t have any).
So really this is all about the money, we’ve got big bills to pay and how much is our pride worth to us anyways? One thing is for certain we’ve spent quite of money on pride to get to this point, we gotta get our money back. Aunt Hilda needs a knee replacement, her surgery is scheduled for year 2032. Thus, it may actually be patriotic to root for other countries, so at whatever Olympic event you go to, it may be best show up in your Red and White and cheer for the team with the biggest wallets. Who says social activists can’t have fun at the Olympics, Go Canada Go?
jp
With Vancouver being the epicenter for the 2010 winter games we wanted a mental health perspective. On this episode of ‘Art of the Mind’ we explore the psychology of sport and what tools are the elite athletes using to maximize their performance?
We speak with Ross Flowers a Psychologist with the United States Olympic Team to find out what mental preparation and techniques are being employed by today’s top athletes.
In addition, we talk with US Speedskating Executive Director, Bob Crowley on how Stephen Colbert, host of the Colbert Report and leader of Colbert Nation was named as the Assistant Sport Psychologist for the team.
Later in the show we will have Nicole Detling Miller, who was a guest on the Colbert Report and is Stephen’s Boss on the team.
We attempt to get some insight into Colbert’s recent fascination with Canadian Culture and what his plans are for the Olympics in Vancouver. Original broadcast date is Monday February 15th @ 7pm PST, online @ cjsf.ca.
Live in studio we have Karen Larson a local musician whose soulful tunes will keep our minds at ease.
Here is the archive, may take a minute or two to load.
Part 1 (30 mins)
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Hey kids, this week in ‘The Artist Lounge’ we had musical guest Joseph Blood and Sarah Martin from the Vancouver Artist Collective Association. Also in studio was local musician Carolyn Stewart. We have an indepth discussion about raising kids and sing random childrens songs. Bodhi Jones makes a cameo and a shout out to El Nino. May take a moment to load but you’ll definitely enjoy it.
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The Cost is too High not to Love.
February 25, 2010 in Arts Review, Commentary, Show Broadcasts, The Artist Lounge - Show Broadcasts | Tags: adaline, CJSF 90.1 FM, homeless vancouver, homelessness marathon, J Peachy, montana king, olympic tent village, red tent, redtents.org, the cost is too high not to love, tuesday night live, w2 culture and media house | by J Peachy | 1 comment
The Cost is too High not to Love - Adaline
On Tuesday Feb 23rd, CJSF had our Homelessness Marathon broadcast segment. The guests included; Montana King a local artist, as well as musicians Rick, Star and Derek all from the Olympic tent village on East Hastings. The conversations were intimate, engaging and entertaining. Rick, a true performer sang his heart out; you could feel the love for his new-found musical friends. Star who is 17 and who had been homeless for four years, struck me as someone who has already gone through the life experience of a 40-year old, she was mature, articulate and reflective. Derek, from Montreal filled the room with his rock star voice.
Montana, someone who I knew peripherally, blew me away with her words; she was captivating in describing her life experience. She had talked about the concept of the two worlds and how people should be left to live their lives, but respect and dignity is something everyone should have. One of the most memorable lines from her was “If you don’t ever fall in love with a flower, as an artist you will never ever learn to paint, love really doesn’t cost a thing”. The parallels to the human experience is stark, really if we can’t find a way to love and value other’s lives how can we live our own with any sense of value.
Adaline, who was a musical co-host and inspired by the event, captured this in a song she wrote only hours before our broadcast, “The Cost is too High not to Love”
The real cost of homelessness is peoples lives. A home is a safe psychological place as well as a physical one and everybody has a right to both. In essence it’s as much about compassion as it is about construction.
jp
If you wish to understand more and take action on homelessness in this county, go to redtents.org for ideas.
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