Was listening to WBCQ 7490 Sunday night till sign-off at midnight with violin-heavy instrumental version of Daftpunk "Get Lucky." Signal excellent.
Signal fair to good on WBCQ 5110 Sunday night listening to Plastic Magic.
I see by WWCR's latest schedule that Gene Scott and his widow are no longer on that station 24 hours a day: just 21 hours Monday-Friday, 22 hours Saturday and all day Sunday. Also Brother Stair is on Transmitter Four less than in his heyday in the nineties.
So George is going to host "Hockey Night in Canada" even though he doesn't know anything about sports. Also, he and Don Cherry are probably polar opposites on most issues.
Ben Swan seems like a fairly good talk show host from the half hour or so I listened to him today.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
MARCH DOWN TO THE MADOC ARTS CENTRE FOR THE OPEN MIC
Hello Everyone
Just a reminder that the Support The Troops Open Mic will take place next
Sunday March, 16th , doors open at 1 p.m. with the music starting at 1:30.
Come on out and have a great afternoon of music. Bring your friends and
Family. Hot beverages and a dessert bar available.
Just a reminder that the Support The Troops Open Mic will take place next
Sunday March, 16th , doors open at 1 p.m. with the music starting at 1:30.
Come on out and have a great afternoon of music. Bring your friends and
Family. Hot beverages and a dessert bar available.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
RADIO-RELATED STUFF
Been hearing that reverb ham letters and numbers again on WTWW 5830.
Was picking up WBCQ 7490 till near midnight last night. Lots of good stuff, too: an old episode of "Radio Tim Tron", "Lumpy Gravy", "The Eric Daltry Mystery Hour", and one of Michael Ketter's old broadcasts.
Was picking up WINB this afternoon. Signal not the best but could make out preacher, clear ID and into woman preacher.
Picked up the mighty KBC last night.
Was picking up WBCQ 7490 till near midnight last night. Lots of good stuff, too: an old episode of "Radio Tim Tron", "Lumpy Gravy", "The Eric Daltry Mystery Hour", and one of Michael Ketter's old broadcasts.
Was picking up WINB this afternoon. Signal not the best but could make out preacher, clear ID and into woman preacher.
Picked up the mighty KBC last night.
Friday, March 7, 2014
AN INTERESTING STORY
A few years ago a friend of mine and his girlfriend agreed to board his parents' cat at their place while the parents were on vacation. The friend's cat, who was still fairly young at the time and had never met a fellow feline, was excited to have another cat visiting her house. However, the friend's cat and the friend's parents' cat just did not get along. Despite the friend's cat's attempts to make nice with the other cat, the other cat was still hostile toward her.
In fact, so hostile was my friend's parents' cat toward his cat that sometime after my friend and his girlfriend had the mean cat at their place, my friend, while grooming his cat one day, found a claw in her head.
In fact, so hostile was my friend's parents' cat toward his cat that sometime after my friend and his girlfriend had the mean cat at their place, my friend, while grooming his cat one day, found a claw in her head.
MEDIA-RELATED STUFF
I don't at all like that Coors Light vented can commercial.
It sucks Deana Spengola won't be heard weekdays on RBN anymore.
Got WBCQ clearly tonight for the first time in a few months.
Cool about all the plans Allen has to better WBCQ's facilities.
Also cool Zombo's going to record some new shows.
It sucks Deana Spengola won't be heard weekdays on RBN anymore.
Got WBCQ clearly tonight for the first time in a few months.
Cool about all the plans Allen has to better WBCQ's facilities.
Also cool Zombo's going to record some new shows.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
IT'S BACK! EVEN MORE 'AMAZING MUSIC'...
Hi all,
The ‘Amazing Jam’ is back! Even more amazing music...
The new location will be at The Black Dog, 227 West Front St. in Stirling.
A small group of us stopped by there last Sunday afternoon for “a sound check”. (OK, we also sampled the wine, the beer and the food....) The space works: acoustics are good, drinks and food are too and prices seem reasonable. We played music there for about 3 hours. We were welcomed by both staff and the patrons in the lounge and restaurant. Our music was greatly appreciated; people were asking to know when we would return!
We plan to gather there once a month from March through into June on Sunday afternoons. The dates selected are: March 16th, April 13th, May 18th and June 8th. Time will be from 2 pm until 5.
The format is a ‘song circle’ with the lead changing from person to person among the group. When their turn comes around, everyone has the option to offer a tune or pass the privilege to their neighbour.
In its previous incarnations the Amazing Jam had a thoroughly amazing character. A very large part of this was due to the fabulous core group of musicians (amazing characters, all of us....) who turned out time and again to bring it all together. A number of us have committed to this ‘revival’: people you’ll remember from the Amazing Jam in Madoc and in Marmora. We invite you to come out and join us, making music with old friends; for sure, there’ll be some new faces too.
I’ll be sending a reminder email a few days before our March get-together. And, in the meantime remember....
“Bring your instruments, your voices and your music. It’s all unplugged and it’s all good! Guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, fiddle, accordion, flute, celtic harp – the list goes on.
“There may be only 4 or 5 of us or maybe a whole room full of musicians. A place for ‘first-timers’ and experienced players alike. A good bunch of people playing all kinds of music together. People in their teens all the way through proto-geezers. Maybe even an incipient-geriat or two....
“Any acoustic music from punk to polka!”
James
The ‘Amazing Jam’ is back! Even more amazing music...
The new location will be at The Black Dog, 227 West Front St. in Stirling.
A small group of us stopped by there last Sunday afternoon for “a sound check”. (OK, we also sampled the wine, the beer and the food....) The space works: acoustics are good, drinks and food are too and prices seem reasonable. We played music there for about 3 hours. We were welcomed by both staff and the patrons in the lounge and restaurant. Our music was greatly appreciated; people were asking to know when we would return!
We plan to gather there once a month from March through into June on Sunday afternoons. The dates selected are: March 16th, April 13th, May 18th and June 8th. Time will be from 2 pm until 5.
The format is a ‘song circle’ with the lead changing from person to person among the group. When their turn comes around, everyone has the option to offer a tune or pass the privilege to their neighbour.
In its previous incarnations the Amazing Jam had a thoroughly amazing character. A very large part of this was due to the fabulous core group of musicians (amazing characters, all of us....) who turned out time and again to bring it all together. A number of us have committed to this ‘revival’: people you’ll remember from the Amazing Jam in Madoc and in Marmora. We invite you to come out and join us, making music with old friends; for sure, there’ll be some new faces too.
I’ll be sending a reminder email a few days before our March get-together. And, in the meantime remember....
“Bring your instruments, your voices and your music. It’s all unplugged and it’s all good! Guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, fiddle, accordion, flute, celtic harp – the list goes on.
“There may be only 4 or 5 of us or maybe a whole room full of musicians. A place for ‘first-timers’ and experienced players alike. A good bunch of people playing all kinds of music together. People in their teens all the way through proto-geezers. Maybe even an incipient-geriat or two....
“Any acoustic music from punk to polka!”
James
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
MORE THOUGHTS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION
The other week in church I heard two women having a conversation about public education for Christian students versus other forms of education and it really ticked me off. I will not bother to necissarily refer too much to what the women (who were in agreement) actually said, but I will look at their arguments, which, I think you'll see, are really the same ones Christians always use when defending the public school system.
First, the argument about how Christian children can be a good influence on other students. This is perhaps the dumbest argument of all. It goes back to the argument first presented in the Book of Haggai. To put it in modern terms, if you drop a slice of cucumber on the floor, does the clean cucumber make the dirty floor clean or does the dirty floor make the clean cucumber slice dirty?
Likewise, it is also this way when it comes to the public school system. Your Christian children are more than likely going to become contaminated by all the non-Christian children in that school system.
The second argument is similar, namely preparing children for what they will face as far as the sins and temptations of this world are concerned. The so-called logic Christians who are for the public school system use in this argument seems to imply hooking a sewer pipe up to children that will feed them all the world's immoral garbage.
I would really like to say to these parents that it is not the fault of a child who attended a Christian school or a child who was homeschooled if they go off to college or into the working world naeve about what they'll face. Rather, it is the fault of either the school or the parents or both for not adequately preparing him. There are Christian children who haven't attended public school who are well aware of what goes on in the world. There parents have told them about it. It's just they've been told about this stuff from the standpoint of what God teaches us rather than hearing some public school teacher say that anything you want to do is basically all right.
Don't blame the Christian school or the fact the parent homeschooled; blame the school and/or parents' lack of willingness to bring up a subject with their child or approach it in an appropriate manner.
The third stupid argument is the one about socialization. People who are for the public school system argue that if a child is homeschooled or goes to a Christian school, they will not have access to sports, other extraciricular activities or an adequate social environment.
As far as sports and other activities are concerned, there are lots of house leagues and clubs outside of school a child can take part in.
Interestingly, it wasn't until the last few decades that school sports were really pushed anyway. Time was, kids played pickup games or found other activities to do with their friends. Sure, the kids who had their hearts set on being in the NHL got up at 5:00 in the morning to practice with the other members of the school hockey team, but other than kids such as those, children just partook of unorganized activities.
As far as socialization is concerned, the public school system is actually worse for this than homeschooling. When you enter kindergarten, you are placed with a group of other children and expected to make friends with at least some of them. This expectation more or less continues throughout high school and college or university until one day you are spat out into the world where there are a whole bunch of people of different ages from different walks of life.
Children who are homeschooled, however, end up being able to interact with people of all different ages and (I think anyway) would be more likely to make friends based on common interests rather than the shared experience of going to school.
Another stupid argument one of the women made which was mixed in with the stupid argument about sports concerned access to books. I have to laugh myself silly at this argument when I remember the propaganda we had for textbooks back when I was in school. Also, the children from the local Christian school have their weekly library time at the public library as opposed to the smaller (read less books) public school library like most of the other children so this argument really doesn't hold up.
Finally, you say your children are doing well in public school, maintaining a strong faith and witnessing to other students and perhaps even teachers. Great, but what about other people's children?
First, the argument about how Christian children can be a good influence on other students. This is perhaps the dumbest argument of all. It goes back to the argument first presented in the Book of Haggai. To put it in modern terms, if you drop a slice of cucumber on the floor, does the clean cucumber make the dirty floor clean or does the dirty floor make the clean cucumber slice dirty?
Likewise, it is also this way when it comes to the public school system. Your Christian children are more than likely going to become contaminated by all the non-Christian children in that school system.
The second argument is similar, namely preparing children for what they will face as far as the sins and temptations of this world are concerned. The so-called logic Christians who are for the public school system use in this argument seems to imply hooking a sewer pipe up to children that will feed them all the world's immoral garbage.
I would really like to say to these parents that it is not the fault of a child who attended a Christian school or a child who was homeschooled if they go off to college or into the working world naeve about what they'll face. Rather, it is the fault of either the school or the parents or both for not adequately preparing him. There are Christian children who haven't attended public school who are well aware of what goes on in the world. There parents have told them about it. It's just they've been told about this stuff from the standpoint of what God teaches us rather than hearing some public school teacher say that anything you want to do is basically all right.
Don't blame the Christian school or the fact the parent homeschooled; blame the school and/or parents' lack of willingness to bring up a subject with their child or approach it in an appropriate manner.
The third stupid argument is the one about socialization. People who are for the public school system argue that if a child is homeschooled or goes to a Christian school, they will not have access to sports, other extraciricular activities or an adequate social environment.
As far as sports and other activities are concerned, there are lots of house leagues and clubs outside of school a child can take part in.
Interestingly, it wasn't until the last few decades that school sports were really pushed anyway. Time was, kids played pickup games or found other activities to do with their friends. Sure, the kids who had their hearts set on being in the NHL got up at 5:00 in the morning to practice with the other members of the school hockey team, but other than kids such as those, children just partook of unorganized activities.
As far as socialization is concerned, the public school system is actually worse for this than homeschooling. When you enter kindergarten, you are placed with a group of other children and expected to make friends with at least some of them. This expectation more or less continues throughout high school and college or university until one day you are spat out into the world where there are a whole bunch of people of different ages from different walks of life.
Children who are homeschooled, however, end up being able to interact with people of all different ages and (I think anyway) would be more likely to make friends based on common interests rather than the shared experience of going to school.
Another stupid argument one of the women made which was mixed in with the stupid argument about sports concerned access to books. I have to laugh myself silly at this argument when I remember the propaganda we had for textbooks back when I was in school. Also, the children from the local Christian school have their weekly library time at the public library as opposed to the smaller (read less books) public school library like most of the other children so this argument really doesn't hold up.
Finally, you say your children are doing well in public school, maintaining a strong faith and witnessing to other students and perhaps even teachers. Great, but what about other people's children?
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