Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Grickle Grass Gearing


John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - Attica State, John Sinclair (both live)
Yoko Ono ft. DJ Spooky - rising
Beck - feather in your cap
Beck - one foot in the grave
Sonic Youth - calming the snake
Panda Bear - afterburner
Animal Collective - brother sport
Say Domino - amount*
Wild Domestic - what once ran wild*
Olenka & The Autumn Lovers - sparrow*
Elfin Saddle - hammer song*
Little Scream - people is place*
Burning Hell - everybody needs a body*
Burning Hell - pirates*
Hot Club of Detroit - sacre bleu
Pack A.D. - don't have to*
Patti Smith - my generation (1975)
The Clash - police and thieves
Bob & Wisdom - i believe in music



Don't forget to arrive at the Grickle Grass Sustainable Living Festival on time this Saturday! Doors open at the London Children's Museum at 8pm with $20 cover and for good reason! Elfin Saddle will be screening their film at 9pm. Olenka and Wild Domestic as played today AND MORE will be featured! Don't miss this music lineup and local eco-conscious fundraiser. Eco Veg Footprint will be there delivering a sustainable yoga workshop for kids called "Sustainable Stretches".




See you there with bells and face paint on!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Grickle Grass Sustainability & Music Festival

The Grickle Grass Festival of London, ON is back for a second year of sustainability in action! Taking place in the dynamic and creative atmosphere of Londons Childrens Museum, the daytime programming will be from 10am to 5pm. On the second floor located at the "On The Street Where You Live" station, I will be offering a yoga workshop that incorporates environmental education. "Sustainable Stretches with Nicole: introduces free flowing movements and energy tapping yoga to kids and parents alike. Enjoy fun and interactive games centred around sustainability and environmental topics such as transportation, waste, food, water and energy. Learn how to reduce YOUR ecological foot print." Eco Veg Footprint will see you there!


379 & LondonFUSE present: The Grickle Grass Festival Saturday May 28, 2011LONDON, ON
The Grickle Grass Festival is an innovative, sustainable living festival and fundraiser for Growing Chefs Ontario and The London Regional Children’s Museum. The event takes place at The Children’s Museum and offers both daytime and evening programming.From 10am to 5pm children and their caretakers will be able to take part in a variety of special workshops and activities. There will be bike workshops, magic, drama and yoga. Live entertainment will include Marty Kolls and her Kids’ Dance Party and Traditional Inuit throat singing with Jessica Athlueetuk. Kids will also be able to take part in the planting of the Museum’s Grickle Grass Vegetable Garden.



In the evening kids at heart will have the exclusive chance to listen to live music and explore in the rooms and corridors of their cherished childhood memories with a fully licensed music festival. “The sounds of the evening are new and progressive with a local flare,” says Savanah Sewell, Director of Programming for The Grickle Grass Festival. “We are bringing in people from across the musical communities. You will hear everything from hip hop to instrumental. We can also expect a lot of multimedia projects with sound installations to projections.”



We have a plethora of artists whose sweet sounds will be filling every nook and cranny of The Children’s Museum. Elfin Saddle is joining us from Montreal bringing their brand of acoustic folk and also will be screening their film WURLD charting the entire rise and fall of a civilization.From Toronto we welcome D-Sisive. Indie hip-hop artist, D-Sisive is taking break a from his tour with Shad to join us at The Grickle Grass Festival. Polydactyl Hearts hails from Guelph and are and eight piece multimedia collective that are known for their talents of intersecting sight and sound.
The evening will include an array of local talent, including Olenka, of Olenka and The Autumn Lovers. Olenka mingles a strong Eastern European influence with element of North American country and folk music to create unforgettable melodies.
The Grickle Grass Festival will also play host to: DJThor (Windsor), Motem (Guelph), Wild Domestic (LND), Lonnie in the Garden (LND), Dave Ussleman (LND).



Steam Whistle Brewing has come aboard as the official beer sponsors of the evening. Their local and green mind-set makes the brewers a perfect partner for The Grickle Grass Festival. Drinks will be served in compostable cup made of corn to meet our goal of a waste free event.Do not miss this exciting and innovative event in support of The London Children’s Museum and Growing Chefs Ontario on May 28. As a wise man once said,



“Unless someone like you care a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get
better, it’s not.”



The Grickle Grass Festival: Saturday May 28, 2011Day: 10am to 5pm – regular museum admissionEvening: 8pm to 1am – tickets $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Evening is a 19+ concert.
If you are interested in media accreditation for May 28 please contact Deanne Kondrat by Thursday May 26 at 5pm. Phone: 519.691.5430 Email: deanne@379collective.comMore information can be found at gricklegrassfest.com

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Premiere: Stretch It To The Limit

Welcome to Max Joy Radio - a corresponding blog to a music variety show called Maximum Joy on CHRW 94.9FM!


This is the playlist for the very first edition of Maximum Joy - a 2 hour program on London, ON's campus community station 94.9FM CHRW! Having just broadcasted the premiere episode, I am filled with enthusiasm and zest for the music shown in the playlist below. Listen online or even download the show if you missed it!


Helping to provide "the cure for corporate radio", I am extremely thrilled to officially join the on air team at CHRW after having left my home station CJAM 99.1FM and CJAMmer family in Windsor(/Detroit). This format of this page will somewhat model the radio blog for the Washing Machine - an hour and a half indie rock and punk program I used to co-host with current CJAM DJ Clara Musca...one I will always consider a sister show to my own! Canadian artists will be marked with a star (*) and album covers (especially vinyls) will be featured as visual accompanyment to the musical playlist each week. Music videos, album reviews and featured artists will also occasionally make an appearance on this blog. Thank you CHRW for welcoming me to project information, opinion, expression and sound across your air waves! Remember, you can always download a show you've missed up to a week after its been broadcasted! Streaming online is always available wherever you are at http://www.chrwradio.com/





Maximum Joy - Stretch (Disco Mix Rap)


Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Better Things


Raphael Saadiq - Sure Hope You Mean It


Erykah Badu - Amerykahn Promise


Tune Yards - Bizness, Hatari and Real Live Flesh


Wassabi Collective - Ylang Ylang*


Feist - When I Was A Young Girl (VV Remix)*


The Identicals - Akwa Kayi Ji Bia Nuwa


Austra - Spellwork*


Lioness - You're My Heart*


Beast - City*


CocoRosie - Hopscotch


Timber Timbre - Do I Have Power?*


Ghost Bees - Sinai*


Daniel, Fred & Julie - Runner*


Daniel Romano - Lost*


The Kills - Heart Beats Like A Drum


Beastie Boys - Nonstop Disco Powerpack






The spot on feature this week is Tune Yards (tUnE-yArDs) of which a brief interview from Exclaim! Magazine with artist Merrill Garbus was shared on air. Indie Afro-experimentalism, hybrids and horns, fusions and rhythms, based in ...Montreal!


"there is a natural sound that wild things make when they're bound"