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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)
Part 2 (30 mins)
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
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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