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The Shilohs CELTICFEST PRESENTS: THE IRISH EDGE Hermitage Green, Vagabonds http://faeebook.com/RickshawTheatre [j/J ©rickshawtheatre [tSJJ ©rickshawtheatre FEB 27-MARCH CQNTENTS . KUBLA KHAN §, 19 ll Despite an early elimination In last year's CiTR Shindig, Kubla Khan are moving full-speed ahead with their album Pincushion Man ready for release. If you're wondering where the name came from (or what the band's worst show ever was), read on to find out. By Avash Islam VAGUE 13 Founded in 2013, Vague is the brainchild of three local, experimental musicians interested in creating and preserving physical forms of music. We sit down with two-thirds of the founding fathers of Vague to learn more about the emerging Vancouver record label. By Alex de Boer THE WRITTEN YEARS 21 An event six years in the making, last month's release of the Written Years' self-titled debut marked the start of a new chapter for the local trio. Read on to find out all about the album's recording and how the members' different musical backgrounds had an Influence. By Natalie Hoy REDRICK SULTAN 25 On the front line of the Vancouver space folk scene, Redrick Sultan may not be a household name (yet). But with a massive tour planned for February, a promotional EP to go with It, and a refurbished band lineup, the Sultans are ready for royalty. By Elijah Teed CONNECT ICUT 29 Pronounced "connect-ick-cut," Samuel Macklln aJca. Connectjcut is a wizard of layered, ambient electronic music. His sixth album, Crows if! DONATE: We are part of CiTR, a registered non-profit, and accept donations so we can provide you with the content you love. To donate visit www.citr.ca/donate. ftfffmwoiemzATiov let tt be knows that CiT4^|arreatly walking to digitize the eii&raty ot Otsmriefs archives. Soon all of the past issues you know and love will he availa&te tor viewing online. Thanks, computers! If yes Save any Questions or concerns, please contact Brenda at stationmanager®eitr.ca PH0T06RAPHERS & ILLUSTRATORS: Britta Bacchus, John C Barry, Sitji Chou, Tyler Crich (cover lettering), Jensen Gifford, Elyse Gerstenecker, Dana Kearley, Justin Longoz, Steve Louie, Gina MacKay, Moses Magee, Bas Mantel, Kelsey McGowan, Tierney Milne, Rob Qndzik, Alison Sadler, Jon Vincent, Priscilla Yu PROOFREADERS: Natalie Hoy, Mike Lakusiak, Steve Louie WRITERS: Mariko Adams, Willa Bao, Alex de Boer, Josefa Cameron, Paulette Cameron, Robert Catherall, Natalie Dee, Fraser Dobbs, Pyra Draculea, Joshua Gabert-Doyon, Brenda Grunau, Chloe Hoy, Natalie Hoy, Avash Islam, Ibrahim Itarri, Jonathan Kew, Mike Lakusiak, Erica Leiren, James Olson, Mark PaulHus, Keefer Pelech, Omar Prazhari, Shane Scott-Travis, Lindsay Stewart, Elijah Teed, Sam Tudor, Max Wainwright, Bob Woolsey, Justin White EDITOR: Jacey Gibb ART DIRECTOR: Jaz Halloran COPY EDITORS: Robin Schroffel, Steve Louie A0 COORDINATOR: Ana Elena Garza UNDER REVIEW EDITOR: Robin Schroffel RLA EDITOR: Steve Louie WEB EDITOR: Behrouz Salehipour WEB DEVELOPER: Jenny Lian CALENDAR LISTINGS: Sarah Cordingley ACCOUNTS MANAGER: Corey Ratch OFFICIAL TWEETER: Evan Brow CITR STATION MANAGER: Brenda Grunau PUBLISHER: Student Radio Society of UBC STUDENT LIASONS: Evan Brow, Josefa Cameron EDITORIAL CUTOFF: January 22,2014 ©Discorder 2014 by the Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia. All rights reserved. Circulation 10,200. Discorder is published almost monthly by CiTR, which can be heard at 101.9 FM, online at citr.ca, as well as through all major cable systems in the Lower Mainland, except Shaw in White Rock. Call the CiTR DJ line at (604) 822-2487, CiTR's office at (604) 822-3017, email CiTR at stationmanager@citr.ca, or pick up a pen and write #233-6138 SUB Blvd., Vancouver, B.C., V6T1Z1, Canada. EDITOR'S NOTE HONEY, WE SHRUNK THE DISCORDER! It was a Tuesday evening last September when I first heard Jaz Halloran's pitch for a Discorder redesign. I'd just survived my first pitch meeting as incoming Editor-in-chief and there the four of us were: the outgoing EIC, me, the advertising coordinator at the time, and art director Halloran himself. I remember being more than slightly aghast when he started a semi-formal presentation on where he wanted to. visually take the magazine. Discordefs always been a homebase for the alternative and experimental;;i^^ we can take creative risks that larger publications can't, and Halloran knew it. That's why he wanted to shrink the current format of the magazine and turn Discorder into a zine. Halloran's vision terrified me. My name wasn't even on the masthead yet and here was a proposal that would quite literally change the face of the magazine like never before. Who was I to green light such an important decision? I guess the correct answer is I was the new Editor-in-chief. We talked for over half an hour, debating and drinking beer from cups that looked like those popcorn bags you'd get at the movie theatre. I remember leaving that night feeling nauseous with anticipation; the redesign wasn't a done deal, but the general consensus was a thumbs up. Despite the agreeable groupthink, I still wasn't 100 per cent convinced. It wasn't that I was totally against the shift. Discordefs a place of innovation and you can't have innovation without change. The nagging hesitation at the back of my shaggy head was the thought of wrecking something I loved. Discordefs been around for over 30 years—though my involvement has been restricted to the previous three—and even the inkling of failure made my already tense shqulders tighten up further. What if the whole world universally rejected the new concept and I somehow became the last EIC of Discorder? After all that fear and doubt, what finally convinced me to go along with the redesign? One of the major selling points came during Halloran's initial presentation. He had collected a miniature library of newspapers, magazines, and zines to use as examples of what other publications were doing and where he wanted to take Discorder. The star example he used to show what size and page count he wanted was a gorgeous zine with James Franco on the cover, his eyes fixed in a permanent smoulder. That was the first step in securing my approval. But let me tell you about the exact moment I came to support the redesign: I was sitting in the perpetually messy Discorder office, my eyes meandering at the wall's decorations. For those of you who've never taken a peek behind the creative curtains, the office is a hodgepodge of relics, junk, past issues, music memorabilia, and more junk. The walls are decked with posters for old CiTR sponsored concerts, several calendar pullouts from years long gone, and Discorder covers dating back to 2008. Six years doesn't sound like an incredible timeline (and it doesn't look like much when you have them lined up all together) but something amazing happened as my wandering eyes traveled upwards to the covers of Discorders past. At some point between June and October 2009 (an unusual jump but we're apparently missing a few issues from the timeline) the magazine;:., shrunk in size. Discorder circa 2009 and before was about the same size as the Georgia Straight, closer to that of daily newspapers and that genre. When I noticed the otherwise minute gap, my mind immediately jumped back five years to what the then-EIC must have been thinking during the time of change. Was their art director the catalyst behind the redesign? Had it been a group project? Regardless of whose idea it was, I was sure of one thing: they were probably as nervous as I was. And yet the Discorder staff of 2009 pulled through and put together a format that lasted for four strong years. - Later that week I sent an email to Halloran and told him he had my full support for the redesign. , While some things change (like our formatting), others stay the same. February plays host to CiTR's annual Fundrive, a nine-day-lOng fundraising marathon in support of community radio and everything it stands for. We have a lot planned for this year, so keep those eyes and ears open for details over the coming month. If you're a supporter of CiTR, Discorder, local music, or you're just looking for somewhere to unload that $5,000 burning a hole in your wallet, I encourage you to donate to the cause and help keep the community going. That about does it for me. Halloran has a few words to say and then well let you get on with the rest of the issue. Great reads about Kubla Khan, Hajlow Moon-, Redrick Sultan, connect_icut, and more await you inside. I hope you like the new look of the magazine and I hope you like the words we filled it with. So it goes, Jacey Gibb 4 ART DIRECTOR'S NOTE THE LO-FI, DIY, DIGITAL SCREEN NEWSPRINT MAGAZINE Hello! My name's Jaz Halloran and I'm the Art Director of Discorder. Usually you wouldn't be hearing from me at all. Normally you'd just be taking in the layouts I've designed and the artwork I've commissioned from our many amazing contributors. Although it's unusual for an art director to have a voice beyond that of shaping the visual , content of a magazine, it isn't new. In 1967, a book was published called The Medium Is the Massage (yes—Massage), a so-called "electric information age" book that was part of a subculture-oriented genre of publishing popular from 1967-75. The book was "authored" by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore, who was a graphic designer. It wasn't "written" by both McLuhan and Fiore, but it was definitely shaped and made visual by Fiore, an "author" of the book's visual content (a.k.a. the design itself). and reads it by opting for a lo-fi, DIY aesthetic over that of trade magazines. You may notice a few key changes. Discorder is now eight pages shy of having twice as many pages as it used to and its dimensions are also quite a bit smaller (now 6" x 9", before 8" x 10.5"). This new size aligns itself with the most democratic and accessible means within the realm of publishing (particularly zine making): an 8.5" x 11" sheet, folded in half. It also gives us the flexibility to feature photography and illustrations at larger scales and more often. The new format stands in opposition to the "disposable" nature of print—p'articularly that which is distributed for free—by offering more substantiality (more pages and visual content), portability, and characteristics that make it an object worth keeping. These qualities also make it distinct among other ejwtiw»a *» ** ttw»faw6u* imwwn* «* iftfefav JWM toft* iQ*t***4 W»» yaaftwi flwd it ♦fttf tw||itrta ewa'T MHil imi mawtwWrf Ma «*. MAM? » ft« p°>*tx. «W* ««!« of wufcttofcffii«»; two* t,\\ sSH ws*ri>« im Hew fe* Sft s<*»* wt«t >w> *j« *>» 3'wv«s to*. 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CiTR's charts reflect what's been played on the air by CiTR's lovely D Is last month. Recor them, give CiTR's music coordinator a shout at (604) 822-8733. He narked (+) are local. Most of these excellent albums can be found at fine indep ie' ll tell you how to find them Check out other great campus/community radio c i 7 iNF0ATMRGC0Nam.COM TKmSATWHTHmMTICKm.COM Ctouxtd& CITR MtXtMSR Shearwater Dave House! Solids Nick w/ Jesca Hoop •Friday, February 14 The Media Club Doors of 8pm & Northcote PUP Waterhouse The Electric Owl 19* Doors at 8pm Monday, March 3 The Media Club Doors af 8pm I IS Yellow Ostrich Weekend Kim Churchill iia Club i March 26 - Doors 8pm | April )6 - Doors 8 19+ The Media Club 19* The Bilfrwore fmtfffs O&faef JJJ facebook.com/mrgconcerts jjj @mrgconcertswe$t I §mrgconcerts TICKETSatN0RWERNTICKEIS.COM ~~ tfhe> ^* eruiM ii rtiiinrii cietnwii H fi .A STOWS JV£ MUSIC l"t TU l A : kJ If f CM Ji 24 on iav EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH RESIDENT DJS RHEK RELLY RELS, BRENDAN BUTTER AND THE STUNT MAN WITH WEEKLY GUESTS. EMAIL iNFO#THEPORTSIDEPUB COM FOR GUESTLIST BOOKINGS, ASH@MARKBRANDINCCOM ?TO08T$!BfJ*06 WWW.THEP0RTSiDEPU8.COM FACE800K.COM/THfP0RTSI0EPUB 8 written by Avash Islam illustration & lettering by Gina Mackay photo above by Kelsey McGowan "It was at this house party," Tom Messent, singer and guitarist for local grunge-mod rockers Kubla Khan tells me about the worst show the band ever played. wl was really drunk... on substances." "Yeah, I think I ate too many mushrooms," continues bassist Reise Rooney. "My mom and little brother were in the audience, so I was freaking out... I'd say that was my worst show; that was one of my worst days ever." Also joining us is Danika Speight, Kubla Khan's keyboardist. The only band member missing is drummer Adrian Long, who's down and out with the flu. Messent has arranged for us to meet at the Marulilu Cafe, a cozy shop just off of Broadway and Cambie that provides a warm, welcome respite from the rain outside. A yueqin arrangement of Chopin's "Raindrop" prelude No. 15 plays in the background; the effect is as odd, yet strangely familiar as the music Kubla Khan plays. "Like a cream pie," opines Speight on what the band's music would be if it was a food. "A chocolate cream pie. 'Cause we definitely have a dark flavour, but then we have the nice organ, the velvety sound which is very creamy, and that's like the sweet parts." Rooney and Messent stare at each other and shrug, before laughing. "Yep, sounds good to me." In non-gastronomic terms, Kubla Khan's music is a dreamy blend of '60s psychedelic-pop and grunge, the heavy drums and bass coupled with a soft organ lay out the foundation for Messent's catchy chord progressions and melodic, whimsically sing-song lyrics. Substances reoccur throughout the conversation, unsurprisingly, even when I ask about the name, which comes from the opium dream inspired poem by the famous Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. "I found out about the emperor later on," grins Messent, "but I've always liked the Romantics and their idea of fighting against industrialization." The band's music also hearkens back to the kind of rebellious, anti-establishment acid-fueled pop that was popular in the '60s. "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane comes to mind, as well as Magical Mystery Tour era Beatles. "My parents listened to Buddy Holly and the Beatles. Music from the '60s and '70s," Messent recounts. "Then there was this period where popular music on the radio like Eminem and Backstreet Boys were really big and I kind of got out of music. But I thought, There's got to be good music out there somewhere.' When I was 131 listened to Nirvana and instantly liked it. I listened to a lot of grunge growing up and that's how I really got into music. I remember one night when I was 13, my friends and I just stayed up all night listening to Nevermind. We were 10 KUBLA KHAN "My parents Listened to Buddy Holly and the Beatles. Music from the '60s and 70s," Messent recounts. "Then there was this period where popular music on the radio like Eminem and Backstreet Boys were really big and I kind of got out of music. But f thought, There's got to be good music out there somewhere/ m photo above ft on page-9 by Jon Vincent II KUBLA KHAN listening to 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' or "Drain You,' and there was this bass guitar in the room. I was just air jamming on it, pretending to play the song, and I thought: It'd be cool to actually learn this song,' and eventually I just decided to buy a guitar." Speight explains her decision to join the band as fulfilling a lifelong dream: "I knew I always wanted to be in a band. I grew up on rock tn' roll, and they always seemed so cool. It's still cool!" Messent and Rooney share her enthusiasm, especially when talking about recording the new album. "Being in the studio was like a dream come true," Messent explains with a childlike wonder. "They had all these awesome instruments to play, and . these cool amplifiers: vintage shit from the '60s." "It was very different from [our] demos," adds Speight. "It was professional. We went to Mushroom Studios, which was a pretty well-known studio in Vancouver." Kubla Khan were one of the last bands to record at the historic Mushroom Studios, whose former clients include Diana Ross & the Supremes and Led Zeppelin, among others. "We were super lucky," says Messent. "Qur sound engineer was awesome. He made it so easy for us setting everything up, made us ,feel at home... We pretty much made the whole album with him." As we discuss the origins of song names from the album (including misheard song lyrics, a girl Messent met in Okanagan, and daffodils, to name a few), Speight shows me a-physical copy of the album, pointing to the cover. "It's this '30s cartoon," she says. Messent continues, "It's not very long, like 5 minutes. It's called The Pincushion Man and [the album cover-is] a scene from it. He*s basically this sadistic psycho who goes around killing balloon people, popping them, and the main characters are these two little balloon kids who have to stop him." "That's where the name Pincushion Man comes from," Speight adds. As the interview winds down, we talk about what's next in store for Kubla Khan after Pincushion Man's release—including the two recorded songs that didn't make it onto the album. "They fit in style but they didn't fit on the vinyl," says Messent. "We're going to put them on an EP or something. And once our album comes out, we're going to branch out and start playing in other cities in BC. We played in Victoria, once." "That was great," Rooney chimes in, "we can always do that again, for sure." Messent chuckles, "Next time we do it though, we're just going to bus out there," everyone nods at . this, "You have to pay so much on the ferry." With the release of their debut album imminent, additional songs already recorded, and a province-wide tour in the works, Kubla Khan seem poised to live up to their conqueror name—just don't expect them to charge into town on a ferry. Come rock out with Kubla Khan at the Railway Club on April 4 for the album release party of Pincushion Man. 12 • • ••• • * •*• «m mmm «»a»# • •*■* »/ •*•• • **•**• mummm »«■>• •» • ••^ • • • ••• ./.- • * ••• • • ••• • / •• '•• • *•' ••» «v mmm «•*»« • •«■» •/ #•*• • «■*••• • •»• #e» 1 VAGUE written by Alex de Boer border & lettering by Alison Sadler illustration by Rob Ondzik In the absence of performance, recorded music takes on an air of effortlessness. Yet no sound is Independent of a source. In reality, the way we receive captured music is always through forms of media, or mediums. Though it may seem inconsequential which form this media takes, that is not necessarily the case. Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan, author of the celebrated phrase, "the medium is the message," might contend that forms of media are not often enough considered In today's music saturated society. In McLuhan's 1964 text, "Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man," he writes, "the 'content' of any medium is always another medium,'' meaning that a cassette or record used to hear music is, in Itself apiece of content. Vancouver's new experimental music label, Vague, is acutely aware of this relationship between technology and substance. In fact label founders and local experimental musicians Fraser Dobbs (Drogue), Caton Diab (C.Diab), and Ian William Craig, not only know "the medium is the message," they embrace its possibility. Vague was prompted this past summer by Craig. He called up fellow musicians Diab and Dobbs suggesting they, quite plainly, start a music label. Being regularly billed together at local shows, the three friends found their artistic interests and values were already well-aligned. As a result, there was no debate when determining that Vague's specialization would be in releasing music on physical formats. i$fj$t Sitting in Commercial's 6th Avenue Royal Canadian Legion with Diab and Dobbs, the pub harbors an indistinct dimness, perfectly suited for , the start of discussion. According to Diab, the title of their label was born of vagaries. Quite literally, Diab explains how the three friends "kept coming back to the word vague." A both ubiquitous and memorable word, it was only after some thought that its obvious appropriateness also struck. Dobbs explains that the group always wanted to focus on physical mediums and one of the charms of these mediums is that they change over time. At the whim of a needle or warped Walkman, music may degrade, "So even if you record something super specific, and that totally encapsulates everything you Ye doing at that point in your life as a musician, it's still going to change and be less specific than it was when you recorded it, if you release it as a physical thing." He goes on, "I really like the idea that stuff we record isn't going to be the same in 50, 100 years. I really like the idea that it could be vague." Aptly branded, Vague's passion for analogue music has been compiled on "normal-bias 6-minute, 'smoky' c-zeros." This means, the cassettes they put out ascribe to a certain visual and audio professionalism, seldom seen in Vancouver's DIY tape scene. With cassettes as canvas, Diab boasts, "you can wOrk with more than just the music." Their current three tape releases—Long Metrics (Drogue), Interludes (C. Diab), and Theia & The Archive (Ian William Craig)—can attest. Each image adorned by one of the founders (corresponding to their own music project), Vague wholly embraces physical mediums by extending the music experience beyond sound. And lying just beyond sound and sight is Vancouver's experimental music community. A group, Dobbs admits, who often conforms to the idea of the "nervous artist." He elaborates, ^You don't get a lot of bedroom rock bands, but you see a ton of people who have been playing guitar with a loop pedal in delay for a year." This, less glamorous music genre, produces a mass of amazingly unfiltered audio. After getting fed up with "seeing people under represent themselves as experimental musicians," Dobbs found strengthened cause to support and showcase such artists. "Putting on shows is definitely a priority," he states. And only a short time after Vague's inception, the label began participating in the local experimental music community. The launch of their,first three cassettes took place this December at Big Joy Festival. Helping to promote the festival gave the guys at Vague not only a sense of solidarity with the event organizers (Shaunn Watt and JP Doucet) but also a first-hand account of another way Vague can breathe life into Vancouver's experimental music,scene. Whether attending or organizing, Dobbs says, "I think you'll automatically help a community by showing your support for it." Vague aims to do both and more. Organizing, promoting, and releasing music are all welcome territory according to Dobbs. As the label's title blurrily asserts, "Vague can be a lot of things." Facing the encroaching future, the guys at Vague carefully, selectively, encourage a music experience that is at once sonically evolving, visually enticing, and physically engaging. At Vague, "The medium is the message" is more than a philosophy; it's an opportunity. ''$%% 14 VAGUE Illustration by Dana Kearley 15 IUARY7 SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 9 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Yurie's Bon Voyage Amenda Rude, Killing Time Tuesday, February THURSDAY, MARCH 6 'eater Be; Rico Uno, Genie lance, Jolin Ras, Tiger GEAZY eoewEFftEsi THESE TWliiaKMAP/EN :FQRTUN£lts&S*fD CLUB '.'• SATURDAY, MARCH 8 jf^4^l\\#iTiIwIiISF PHANTOMS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24 'hantoms w/ guests , w m fllS THURSDAY, MARCH 20 Rufus // gue? MORE INFO + TICKETS + SEE FLYERS + GUEST LIST AT 147 E.PENDER ST. CHINATOWN VANCOUVER WrtA^ ^g^-fc/ / MWf ''>'*ttGn$gatfSGaG%sxa&A lettering & illustrations by Priscilla Yu photos by Steve Louie Fundrive 2013 Finale CiTR and Discorder are actually a two-headed beast, splashing and spraying you with local musk, culture, and Journalism in radio and print. The monster types away on the computer with talons or claws, making sure you have all print and radio content online. This is also the time of year when the monster asks for your support, collecting donations to support the infrastructure needs of volunteers that create the content that you love. This year's Fundrive runs from February 27 to March 7, and we're asking our friends, family, listeners, and readers to support the work we do and make a donation. During Fundrive, programmers extort listeners to pledge while volunteers wait poised at the phones. On March 7, our Fundrive Finale will celebrate the end of the drive with a party at the Biltniore Cabaret featuring the talent of local musicians. We're hoping you'll consider supporting our quality, alternative programming, and the costs of moving into our new home in the new Student Union Building. Visitwww.mynewsub.com to see the building plans! pfe Since we're asking you for your support, here's a mini history of CiTR and Discorder, your double-headed, locally focused, independent media outlet. We're always changing and growing, figuring out better ways to serve our audience and volunteers and the local music community, pushing to experiment, stretch minds and avoid the boring and predictable at all costs. Here are some highlights, initiatives and wins of the past three years: Wmmn 2010 ♦> CiTR's News 101 wins a Community Radio Award for alternative coverage of the Olympic Games. ♦, CiTR teams up with Mint Records to release the CiTR Pop Alliance Compilation Volume lion vinyl. ♦ CiTR raises funds to build a digital library, and begins the neverending task of converting its massive library to digital. 2011 CiTR receives a grant to conduct 19 live on- location broadcasts at the 2011 North American Outgames. CiTR hires a Volunteer Coordinator to improve the lives of CiTR volunteers and volunteer numbers skyrocket! Mkjk , CiTR launches DJing 101.9, teaching over 130 young DJs how to.mix and beatmatch, Adam Janusz, host of The Arts Report, wins a Community Radio-Award for supporting local artists and musicians. 18 FUNDRIVE 19 FUNDRIVE 2012 ♦ CiTR builds a new log sheet that connects with our digital library, new broadcast software, and website. ♦ CiTR receives another grant to produce videos of local musicians and host in-studio performances^ ♦ The Extraenvironmentalist, produced by Justin Ritchie and Seth Moser Katz, wins a Community Radio Award for Syndicated Show or Podcast. 2013 CiTR receives another grant to offer spoken word training! CiTR teams up with Music Waste to organize Victory Square Block Party, adding another signature event to our roster! CiTR releases another Pop Alliance Comp with Mint Records. $%&& CiTR raises funds to purchase new broadcast boards for all three studios! CJSF and CiTR win a Community Radio Award for a multi-location live broadcast on Record Store Day. P||| CiTR prepares to digitize our back catalogue of Discorders, and make them available to the public online. Imagine having access to this record of Vancouver's local music scene! CITR'S MISSION IS TO: ♦ Create alternative and locally based programming ♦ Provide community access to media and space for under-represented voices ♦ Empower UBC students and community members through training and participation in broadcasting, print, and other media forms CALL IN TO DONATE, AND RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING CITR SWAG: $30 Friends of CiTR Card, offering discounts to local businesses $60 + Get Moving Mug $101.9 +. RadSoc Radsocks $175 + CiTR Hoodie . $250 +CiTR Tee $500 2 Friends Cards, 2 Moving Monsters Mugs, 2 Radsocks, Hoodie + Tee $1,000 double everything + recognition ott CiTR's donor wall in the new SUB If you are interested in supporting your campus and community radio station and magazine, visit citr.ca/donate or call UBC-UNIT (604-822-8648) between February 27 and March 7. 2014 Discorder launches a new format, with 72 pages (almost double) and an art mag/zine feel, to improve layout, better showcase art and photography, and experimentation with pantone colours. The smaller mags will fit in your purse (or, manpurse) and stack nicely on countertops in bars, brunch spots, and coffee shops. You're reading it right now! CiTR anticipates moving into the new SUB, with 200 extra square feet, spacious studios and offices, and a folding wall that will open into the main concourse to create a natural performance space with track lighting.. Fundrive 2014 will raise money for costs associated with the move, including engineering costs to rewire all three studios, design costs, and new equipment. 20 m IS, *§ u f. i) i« i w :*; rih #tr^[i»J^ ^ i.iMi *^ u THE BACKHOMES <♦» SLEUTH <$> ZEN MYSTERY FOGG January 21, The Railway Club Ambiguously West Coast the Backhomes have played but a handful of Vancouver shows. A quasi-release party for the Shake! issued cassette of their debut alongside Sleuth and Zen Mystery Fogg further establishes the potential for this act to become a (nomadic) fixture of the Vancouver scene. The evening of music at the Railway Club started with recent Shindig finalist Zen Mystery Fogg, a band for which my appreciation increases each time I see them. Though they play fuzz-drunk stomp-happy garage, Fogg work equally well in a less distracting setting, the haze of their faux spooky tenor more palpable. Chase Franson'S vocals are clearer, the ooos and ohhhs ring out further. The band is haunting in the sense of a plastic skeleton: earnestly delightful. Fogg builds an aloof intensity 52 REAL LIVE ACTION in each song, choosing inevitable aggregation over sudden force. This tension-is more coherent in $$$\\ Thomas Mo-lander's deviations from drumming onto the keys, distilling the melodic progression into gripping simplicity. Next up were Sleuth, the champions of Shindig 2011. Like their idiosyncratic sartorial style, Sleuth tow a line between twee and something more quotidian, affective in an ecstatic neighbourly style. Much credit for this is owed to Jasper Lastoria's calmly potent singing. Other elements of their jangle-pop came off perhaps quixotically, especially the sharply airy synth. That said, overall their sense' of effervescence is cogent in their live performance. 1 look forward to hearing them again in the future. Lights out and projector on, the Backhomes took the stage. Appropriating the visual motifs of the psychedelic, Backhomes craft with super saturated reverb in the service of hook driven indie rock. The projection of shimmering waves against the stage speak both to their musical style and Pacific sensibility. Both members on guitar, the tracks were inaugurated by the template swap of their programmed backing. This mechanical throb of percussion keep Backhomes disciplined despite their drifting tones and melodies that want to flare out into space. In this sense I felt the band successfully entangled garage workmanship with the ethereal, evoking shoegaze highs without shoegaze indulgence. And speaking to the discipline of their play, like the prior two bands, Backhomes' achieve intensity not out of capricious divergence but focused aggregation. Their final song sweltered to a powerful high before fading into cries for an encore that they gave with modest aplomb. Standing ovations require that much at the least. —Jonathan Kew Its LIVE MUSIC VANCOUVER! 53 y:t»as just plugged in the headphones and put on Led Zeppelin One. It's like the best record ever made. I was like, "This is amazing." Now I listen to a lot of Cass McCombs too. There's something special about feeling connected to the past and present through music. It makes you feel like you're part of a stream of people who lived before you. Mechler: My birthday is around Record Store Day, so Dan got me a sweet gift: a record by Townes Van Zandt. 1 was playing music already, but I hadn't heard of him. He's such a thoughtful songwriter and that really changed the way I play and changed me as a person too. I started drinking a lot more wine after that. Nowadays, I listen to a lot of Cass McCombs too. He's a lot like Van Zandt. He puts a lot of thought into his lyrics where he just writes about a lot of things that piss him off about society— and does it in a way that's groovy. Jones: The first time I heard rock music was Goat's Head Soup by the Rolling Stones. My uncle Carl gave me a cassette player and the tape when 1 was six or seven. 1 listened to it over and over again. Today I was listening to Fela Kuti, this Nigerian guy who plays danceable, sometimes jazzy afro-beat. What does the future hold for Hallow Moon? Jones: We spent so long sitting on this record so we'd like to make another record soon. We have ia^ quite a few more songs now. :M| Kramer: It would be cool to tour to California at some point. Ross: Pretty much we just really like playing music. ■ together and we're friends, which makes it easier Vv*i; and more fun. Mechler: I think the fact that we're friends compli-*'-' ments the music. It's easier to bounce ideas off of each other. We Want to have fun with it while it lasts.. And lastly, what is your favourite candy? Jones: Licorice. Mechler: Chocolate-covered raisins. Kramer: 1 guess I'm a Skittles kind-of guy Ross: I don't really eat candy. 'A^£*ie There are so many different elements to the processes of both playing and recording. Rather than go to a big studio and pay someone to do everything for us, we took it into our own hands and let the songs evolve naturally. 57 ltjg§mmm%mM — IH f i HERE'S THE THING MY FRIENDS & PARENTS written by Bob Woolsoy illustration by John C Barry Worlds are colliding. This month, my parents will bo moving to Vancouver from their home In Vernon, British Columbia. Family Bob will moot Independent Bob. 1 hold a vivid memory of a very chilly Boxing Day in 2004, when 1 loaded a small U-Haul truck with my belongings and made for Vancouver. I was a Northern BC kid through and through. I had the long winter jacket, as many T-shirts as there are days in a year, and only one pair of jeans. That morning, as I left my mother with a hug and a kiss, she cried. That leap south was my flight from the nest. I had an unfinished history degree in my back pocket, I was still firmly in the closet sexually- speaking, and I had funded my entire trip on a loan. My family was concerned (rightfully so, I suppose) as we weren't really city folk, but I felt a deep need to go and do something on my own. I felt I needed it in order to grow up and figure out who I was away from the loving home I'd grown up in. Much like Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild, only the opposite. My movie would be called Into the Concrete and instead of dying of starvation in an abandoned bus, I'd most likely die of a Starbucks overdose in the middle of crowded public art installation where no one bothers to notice that I even need help. I don't think I could've done all the things I did if Vancouver wasn't so far away from where I'd Started. I met people in Vancouver from ail over the world. I spent Way too much money on beer and cooked some really disgusting meals for myself. In spite of my many childish decisions along the way, I have grown up. A big part of being able to do that was being alone. Or at least, being around people who didn't know me prior to my arrival here. It's been my place away from family. For many friends of mine, the idea of having your parents move to your town would be catastrophic. Me? I'm extremely happy about this development. IVe always been very close with my parents. They're still together after over 30 years of marriage—they're one of those couples who seem more in love the longer they're together. It's mildly disgusting but in a very heartwarming way. Still, their addition to my Vancouver world has got me to thinking about ail the things IVe gone through here without them and how their presence will change things slightly. Sometimes I wonder if my nine years living away from my family is one of the reasons why our relationship remains so healthy. What if it's the people who never get to define themselves apart from their family that get stuck in this roundabout of uncomfortable dynamics with their parents? I certainly understand the feeling of awkward relationships with your parents. TheyVe known you as a helpless, drooling infant so it's expected - that their idea of you is going to have to evolve as you grow older. Not to mention the fact that their experiences growing up are going to lead to certain misunderstandings about the challenges you face as a member of this new generation that's been (lovingly? charmingly? annoyingly?) labeled "Millennials." Sometimes these differing circumstances and personal issues surrounding their dear little ones growing up can lead to horrible parent/ child relationships. Here's the thing about my parents that I'm extremely appreciative of: theyVe let me grow up. Yes, I moved far away from them and pursued a passion that was deeply important to me and had many formative experiences along the way but they helped me do that. They were as supportive as they were concerned every step of the way. Financially, emotionally, oftentimes unwittingly, and always ready to be tough on me when I needed it. I'm sure my parents held preconceptions about what I would become but theyVe been exceptionally good at letting go of those as I become my own person. They're kind of like the parents in Into the Wild but opposite. 60 HERE'S THE THING I don-t think I could've done all the things I did if Vancouver wasn't so far away from where I'd started. I met people in Vancouver from all over the world. I spent way too much money on beer and cooked some really disgusting meals for myself. In spite of my many childish decisions along the way, I have grown up. ^Vk Ik ^k ON THE AIR EXPLODING HEAD written by Sam Tudor illustration by Sitji Chou photo by Sam Tudor In its biography, Exploding Hood Movies claims to explore the music of cinema to "encompass composers, genres, and other categories, but all In the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy." Apparently, when you take your whimsy as seriously as the show's creator, Gary A. Korhonen (a.k.a. GAK), it must be well armoured. I sat down with GAK to mine his extensive knowledge of film, music, and forgotten Vancouver soundtracks. What it Exploding Head Movies? It's a pretty playful show. There's a lot of space for things just to happen. People often assume it's going to be structured soundtracks all the time, but I like the idea of a little flexibility. If you can surprise someone, introduce them to something new, and show them how it connects to something they are more familiar with, then you can open up their ears in that way. It's really a type of premeditated chaos. How did the show get started? It came about when I first moved to Vancouver. I'd been working in Tokyo for quite some time, and Vancouver was the first place I'd moved to where I didn't have a job or any planned commitments. I'd always wanted to do radio, and had listened to CiTR often before, so I thought I'd see if I was up for it. Soon it became a case of looking at the music library I had and looking at what was available at the station, and asking myself what I could contribute. I listen to a fair amount of soundtracks, and I only knew of a couple other shows like this, so I thought I'd do it. I wanted to explore any sounds that were in that atmospheric or cinematic vein and potentially create a "soundtrack to be." The whole show can be a soundtrack to a film that's running through your mind or something that can annotate the way you are living. 62 ON THE AIR With a show focused on cinematic tunes, how do you take a local approach? It's a hard angle to pursue because a lot of soundtrack stuff is in Hollywood, but there are actually a lot of people in the video game world in Vancouver who work on composing. That's a pretty extensive industry for music in Vancouver. But there are musicians doing it, and Vancouver has a long history in the film world, although a lot of it isn't documented well. There's a great film that used to air on VH1 called Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains. It was filmed in Vancouver, and had one of the guys from the Clash and a couple of the Sex Pistols in it. A lot of the history behind it has disappeared, because the show bombed; in terms of film and music in Vancouver, it's important. That bedroom aesthetic slowly started creeping in. You'get artists like John Carpenter who not only directed, wrote, and edited his films, he also would provide simple synth lines for them. So yes, there is a lot of recycling, but there are always different evolutions in effect. What are the benefits of broadcasting from CiTR? We have the flexibility of being a non-mainstream campus community radio station. We can really get wacky, and you can have a show that's always changing. So, I like the idea of all those random noisy bits and even the mistakes. I did a Joy Division profile a few years back, and played one of the songs at the wrong speed. I realized afterwards that Ian Curtis sounded like a Chipmunk. As movies have changed over time, how have soundtracks? Are individual composers still important, or is there more sourcing of individual songs? I think the idea of sourcing songs as opposed to having a specific composer has always existed. Even old films like Casablanca and the song/As Time Goes By"; that song had been floating around 10 years before they used it in the film, and it only really became a part of the cultural dialogue once they did. But there's also the idea of moving away from the studio system to more independent productions. When synthesizers got small you could have your own orchestra in one keyboard, and that really changed the way a lot of people composed. What are your future plans for Exploding Head Movies? Something IVe yet to do is a proper show with songs from musicals. But instead of talking about the songs you've just played, the show becomes a semi- musical itself. A musical about musicals. I'd also like to tie more into the UBC community and work with the UBC Film Society and the Drama Club. I want to do an on-air radio drama... I've got a lot of lofty ideas to tackle. ?3§$! 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SEXY IN VAN CITY RAD,0HELL L__J SAN°W'CH : 11:00 • ! 12:00 ' 1:00 BEAVER HOUR THE COPYRIGHT J HANS VAN KLOSS jEXPEBIME"T 1 MISERY HOUR I »— BPMVIBE BOOTLEGSS B-SIDES TRANCENDANCE «W««M«MK',«W.' 64E RANDOPHONIC §»»»« HH CITR GHOST MIX CITR GHOST MIX VAMPIRE'S BALL AURAL TENTACLES THE LATE NIGHT SHOW CITR GHOST MIX THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF INSOMNIA CIJJ_ GHOST MIX >5?ffi!®SSSMiSK|S8!S^Sw CITR 101.9 FM • PROGRAM GUIDE DIFFICULT Bepi Crespan Presents... SUN 7-9am Bepi Crespan Presents... CiTR's 24 Hours Of Radio Art in a snack size format! Difficult music, harsh electronics, spoken word, cut-up/collage and general Crespan© weirdness. Twitter: ©bepicrespan. Blog: bepicrespan. blogspot.ca Arts Report WED S-Bpm Reviews, interviews and coverage of local arts (film, theatre, dance, visual and performance art, comedy, and more) by host Maegan Thomas and the Arts Reporters. CLASSICAL Classical Chaos SUN 9-1 Oam From the Ancient World to the 21st century, join host Marguerite in exploring and celebrating classical music from around the world. 4'33" fil MON 6-7pm TALK Democracy now Alternating Wednesdays 1-2pm Arts Project WED 6-G:30pm (Alternating with UBC Arts On Air) Stay tuned after the Arts Report for Arts Project Interviews, documentaries and artsy stuff that doesn't fit into CiTR's original arts hour. UBC Arts on Air WED 6-B:30pm (Alternating with Arts Extra!) On break from June-September 2013. Sexy In Van City WED 10-11pm Your weekly dose of education and entertainment in the realm of relationships and sexuality, sexyinvancity.com/category/sexy-in-vancity-radio. End of the World News THU 8-10am News 101 See Monday for description. FRI 5-6pm REGGAE The Rockers Show Reggae inna all styles and fashion. SUN 12-3pm ROOTS/FOLK/BLUES Synchronicity MON 12-1 pm Join host Marie B and discuss spirituality, health and feeling good. Tune in and tap into.good vibrations that help you remember why you're here: to have fun! News 101 MON 5-6pm Vancouver's only live, volunteer-produced, student and community newscast. Every week, we take a look back at the week's local, national and international news, as seen from a fully independent media perspective.. Blood On The Saddle Alternating Sundays 3-5pm Queer FM Vancouver: Reloaded TUE 8-10:30am Real cowshit-caught-in-yer-boots country. Dedicated to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transexual communities of I Vancouver. Lots of human interest features, background on current issues Pacific Pickin' '(0% TUE 6-8am and great music.queerfmradio@gmail.com Bluegrass, old-time music, and its derivatives with Arthur and the lovely Andrea Berman. Email: pacificpickin@yahoo.com Programming Training TUE 3-3:30pm ^■■■•■■■■■■■■'■■■:- Folk Oasis WED 8-10pm Radio Free Thinker TUE 3:30-4:30pm Two hours of eclectic folk/roots music, with a big emphasis on our local Promoting skepticism, critical thinking and science, we examine popular ex- scene. C'mon in! A kumbaya-free zone since 1997. traordinary claims and subject them to critical analysis. Email: folkoasis@gmail.com The City TUE 5-6pm The Saturday Edge SAT 8am-12pm An alternative and critical look at our changing urban spaces. A personal guide to world and roots music—with African, Latin, and New Website: www.thecityfm.org. New Twitter handle: @thecity_f m. European music in the first half, followed by Celtic, blues, songwriters, Cajun, and whatever else fits! Email: steveedge3@mac.com. Terry Project Podcast Alternating Wednesdays 1-2pm There once was a project named Terry, That wanted to make people wary, Code Blue SAT 3-5pm Of things going on In the world that are wrong without making it all seem From backwoods delta low-dowh slide to urban harp honks, blues, and too scary. '£0$ blues roots with your hosts Jim, Andy, and Paul. Email: wcodeblue@buddy-system.org. Extraenvironmentalist WED 2-3pm Exploring the mindset of an outsider looking in on Earth. Featuring interviews with leading thinkers in the area of sustainable economics and our global ecological crisis. mS$ 67 CITR 101.9 FM • PROGRAM GUIDE SOUL/R&B Twofold THU 4-5pm Twofold, a Mandarin/English radio program featuring people and music from the community. Hosted by Sandy. Intergalactic Soulship Enterprise SAT 7-8pm A thematically oriented blend of classic funk, soul, r&b, jazz, and afrobeat . tunes, The Happy Hour has received great renown as the world's foremost G4E Alternating Tuesdays 12-2am funky, jazzy, soulful, and delightfully awkward radio show hosted by people Vinyl mixes, exclusive local tunes, good vibes from around the world, a named Robert Gorwa and/or Christopher Mylett Gordon Patrick Hunter III. thought and a dream or two. Reggae, House, Techno, Ambient, Dance Hall, Hip Hop, African, Psychedelic, Noise, Experimental, Eclectic. POP :-:-.. NashaVolna SAT 6-7pm Parts Unknown MON 1-3pm News, arts, entertainment and music forthe Russian community, local and An indie pop show since 1999, it's like a marshmallow sandwich: soft and abroad. Website: nashavolna.ca. sweet and best enjoyed when poked with a stick and held close to a fire. African Rhyhms FRI 7:30-9pm Duncan's Donuts THU 12-1pm Website: www.africanrhythmsradio.com ,|I|| Sweet treats from the pop underground. Hosted by Duncan, sponsored by donuts. -http://duncansdonuts.wordpress.com. Rhythmsindia Alternating Sundays 8-9pm — Featuring a wide range of music from India, including popular music from E L ECTR 0/ H I P H 0 P *ne 1930s to the present; Ghazals and Bhajans, Qawwalis, pop and re- 1 gional language numbers. Bootlegs & B-Sides SUN 9-10pm Hosted by Doe Ran, tune in forthe finest remixes from soul to dubstep and ghetto funk to electro swing. Nominated finalist for 'Canadian college radio show of the year 2012' Pioneer DJ Stylus Awards. Soundcloud.com/doe-ran and search "Doe-Ran" on Facebook. • The Leo Ramirez Show The best of mix of Latin American music. Email: leoramirez@canada.com MON 4-Spm Crimes & Treasons Email: dj@crimesandtreasons.com. TUE 9-11pm So Salacious MON 3-4pm Skadz and Sprocket Doyle bring you Electro Swing, Alternative Hip Hop, Dubstep, Acid Jazz, Trip Hop, Local and Canadian Content - good and dirty beats. EXPERIMENTAL More Than Human SUN 7-8pm Strange and wonderful electronic sounds from the past, present, and future with host Gareth Moses. Music from parallel worlds. Pop Drones WED 10-11:30am WORLD La Fiesta Alternating Sundays 3-5pm Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Latin House, and Reggaeton with your host Gspot DJ. Shookshookta SUN 10am-12pm A program targeted to Ethiopian people that encourages education and personal development. Radio Nezate SAT 7-8am A mix show with music and discussion in Tigrinya the language of Eritrea. Give Em The Boot TUE 2-3pm Sample the various flavours of Italian music from north to south, traditional to modern on this bilingual show. Folk, singer-songwriter, jazz and much more. Un programma bilingue che esplora il mondo della musica italiana. Website: http://giveemtheboot.wordpress.com Mantra THU 4-5 pm Kirtan, Mantra, Chanting and Culture. There's no place like Om. Hosted - by Raghunath with special guests. Email: mantraradioshow@gmail.com. Website: mantraradio.co. DANCE/ELECTRONIC Bootlegs & B-Sides SUN 9-10pm Hosted by Doe Ran, tune in for the finest remixes from soul to dubstep and ghetto funk to electro swing. Nominated finalist for 'Canadian college radio show of the year 2012' Pioneer DJ Stylus Awards. Soundcloud.com/doe-ran and search "Doe-Ran" on Facebook. BPMVibe FRI 10:30pm-12am Every week, tune in to BMP Vibe for the latest and hottest tracks from various genres and BMP. We also discuss various artists from the tracks we play and bring up ftuny news-related topics. DJ Crave will be bringing you genres from Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Trap, Dubstep, Drum & Bass, Glitch, House, Electro, and Moombahton. Tune in for a good laugh, to learn new facts, and to discover new tunes, mash-ups, bootlegs, and remixes. Techno Progressivo Alternating Sundays 8-9pm A mix of the latest house music, tech-house, prog-house and techno. . 68 CITR 101.9 FM • PROGRAM GUIDE |||| explores what's new, what's good, and what's so awesome it fights dragons in its spare time. As always, Evan ends the show with a special Top 5 list that's always fun and always entertaining. Discorder Radio TUE 4:30-5pm Discorder Magazine now has its own radio show! Join us to hear excerpts of interviews, reviews and more! Trancendance SUN 10pm-12am Hosted by DJ Smiley Mike and DJ Caddyshack, Trancendance has been broadcasting from Vancouver, B.C. since 2001. We favour Psytrance, Hard Trance and Epic Trance, but also play Acid Trance, Deep Trance, Hard Dance and even some Breakbeat. We also love a good Classic Trance Anthem, especially if it's remixed. Current influences include Sander van Doom, Gareth Emery, Nick Sentience, Ovnimoon, Ace Ventura, Save the Robot, Liquid Sou! and Astrix. Older influences include Morning After Show TUE 11:30am-1pm Union Jack, Carl Cox, Christopher Lawrence, Whoop! Records, Tidy Trax, An eclectic mix of Canadian indie with rock, experimental, world, reggae, Platipus Records and Nukleuz. Email: djsmileymike@trancendance.net. punk and ska from Canada, Latin America and Europe. Hosted by Oswaldo Website: www.trancendance.net. Perez Cabrera. ,||§ mM Inside Out TUE 8-9pm Samsquantch's Hideaway Alternating Wednesdays 6:30-8pm All-Canadian music with a focus on indie-rock/pop. Radio Zero FRI 2-3:30pm Email: anitabinder@hotmail.com. An international mix of super-fresh weekend party jams from New Wave to foreign electro, baile, Bollywood, and whatever else. Stereoscopic Redoubt THU 7:30-9pm Website: www.radiozero.com 'Wj$$ Ijijfl '■■ v.- Hans Von Kloss' Misery Hour WED llpm-lam Synaptic Sandwich SAT 9-11pm Pretty much the best thing on radio. If you like everything from electro/techno/trance/8-bit music/retro '80s, this is the show for you! Website: synapticsandwich.net Mantis Cabinet TUE 1-2pm TheBassment FRI 9-10:30pm || Tweets & Tunes WED 6:30-8am The Bassment is Vancouver's only bass-driven radio show, playing Glitch, We practice what we Tweet! Showcasing local indie music and bringing Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Ghetto Funk, Crunk, Breaks, and UK Funky, while bands, artists and fans together through social media. focusing on Canadian talent and highlighting Vancouver DJs, producers, Website: tweetsandtunes.com Twitter:@tweetsandtunes. and the parties they throw. —\\ •_ Suburban Jungle WED 8-10am Live from the Jungle Room, join radio host Jack Velvet for an eclectic mix | of music, sound bites, information and inanity. Email: dj@jackvelvetnet. UPBEAT Good Morning My Friends MON 6:30-8am Student Special Hour WED 11:30am-1pm EC L ECTIC/ MIX Various members of the CiTR's student executive sit in and host this blend ■ • of music and banter about campus and community news, arts, and pop cul- Breakfast With The Browns MON 8-11am ture. Drop-ins welcome! Your favourite Brownsters, James and Peter, offer a savoury blend of the fa- miliar and exotic in a blend of aural delights. Duncan's Donuts THU 12-1pm Email: breakfastwiththebrowns@hotmail.com. Sweet treats from the pop underground. Hosted by Duncan, sponsored by ' ••:•; donuts. http://duncansdonuts.wordpress.com. Chthonic Boom! Alternating Sundays 5-6pm A show dedicated to playing psychedelic music from parts of the spectrum Are You Aware Alternating Thursdays 6-7:30pm (rock, pop, electronic) as well as garage and noise rock. Celebrating the message behind the music: Profiling music and musicians ;|| that take the route of positive action over apathy. Crescendo SUN 6-7pm - Starting with some serene chill tracks at the beginning and building to the' Peanut Butter ¥ jams Alternating Thursdays 6-7:30pm INSANEST FACE MELTERS OF ALL TIMEEE, Crescendo will take you on a mu- Explore local music and food with your hosts, Brenda and Jordie. You'll hear sical magic carpet ride that you couldn't imagine in your wildest dreams. interviews and reviews on eats and tunes from your neighbourhood, and a Besides overselling his show, Jed will play an eclectic set list that builds weekly pairing for your date calendar. throughout the hour and features both old classics, and all the greatest new tracks that the hipsters think they know about before anyone else does. Live From Thunderbird Radio Hell THU 9-11pm Featuring live band(s) every week performing in the CiTR Lounge. Most are Definition Soundwave THU 1-2pm from Vancouver, but sometimes bands from across the country and around The now of folk. The now of rock. The now of alternative. Join Evan as be the world. f&& ii; • 69 CITR 101.9 FM • PROGRAM GUIDE Aural Tentacles THU 12-Bam It could be global, trance, spoken word, rock, the unusual and the weird, or .it could be something different. Hosted by DJ Pierre. Email: auraltentacles@hotmail.com Stereo Blues FRI 11am-12pm Every Friday host Dorothy Neufeld sinks into blues, garage and rock n' roll goodies! It Ain't Easy Being Green FRI 12-1pm CiTR has revived it's long-dormant beginner's show It-Ain't Easy Being Green! With the support of experienced programmers, this show offers fully- trained CiTR members, especially students, the opportunity to get their feet wet on the air. p^' Nardwuar FRI 3:30-5pm Join Nardwuarthe Human Serviette for Clam Chowder flavoured entertainment. Doot doola doot doo... doot doo! Email: nardwuar@nardwuar.com Randophonic SAT 11pm-2am Randophonic is best thought of as an intraversal jukebox which has'no concept of genre, style, political boundaries, or even space-time relevance. But it does know good sounds from bad. Lately, the program has been focused on Philip Random's All Vinyl Countdown + Apocalypse (the 1,111 greatest records you probably haven't heard). And we're not afraid of noise. Stranded FRI 6-7:30pm Join your host Matthew for a weekly mix of exciting sounds, past and present, from his Australian homeland. And journey with him as he features fresh tunes and explores the alternative musical heritage of Canada. HARDCORE SKA Ska-T's Scenic Drive MON 11am-12pm .CINEMATIC Exploding Head Movies MON 7-9pm Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. JAZZ The Jazz Show MON 9pm-12am Vancouver's longest running prime-time Jazz program. Hosted by Gavin Walker. Features at 11 p.m. Feb. 3: As a tribute to Black History Month all the Features this month will have relevance to Black History. The first is drummer Max Roach's incendiary suite "WE INSIST! The Freedom Now Suite" Mr Roach with vocalist Abby Lincoln. Powerful! Feb. 10: Another great drummer: Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers with Wayne Shorter and Lee Morgan. "The Freedom Rider" Feb. 17: Herbie Hancock's tribute to Black History with "The Prisoner" his final Blue Note record and one of his masterpieces. Feb. 24: Composer/arranger Oliver Nelson and his Orchestra in the moving "Afro/American Sketches". Flex Your Head pp TUE 6"8on1 Punk rock and hardcore since 1989. Bands and'guests from around the world. LITERACY/LANGUAGE Sne'waylh WED 4-5pm In many Coast Salish dialects, "sne'waylh" is the word for teachings or laws. The aboriginal language-learning program begins with the teachings of the skwxwu7mesh snichim (Squamish language). Originally aired on Coop Radio CFRO 100.5 FM in Vancouver, Tuesdays 1-2 p.m. Simorgh THU 5-6pm Simorgh Radio is devoted to the education and literacy for the Persian speaking communities and those interested in connecting to Persian oral and written literature. Simorgh takes you through a journey of ecological sustainability evolving within cultural and social literacy. Simorgh the mythological multiplicity of tale-figures, lands-in as your mythological narrator in the storyland; the contingent space of beings, connecting Persian peoples within and to Indigenous peoples. Language to Language THU 2-3pm PUNK ROCK/POP Rocket from Russia ' THU 10-11am Hello hello hello! I interview bands and play new, international and local punk rock music. Great Success! P.S. Broadcasted in brokenish English. Hosted by Russian Tim. Website: http://rocketfromrussia.tumblr.com. Email: rocketfrom russlacitr@gmail.com. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com- RocketFromRussia. Twitter: http://twitter.com/tima_tzar. Generation Annihilation SAT 12-1pm On the air since 2002, playing old and new punk on the non-commercial side of the spectrum. Hosts: Aaron Brown, Jeff "The Foat" Kraft. Website: generationannihilation.com. Facebook: faceboQk.com/generationannihilation. NDUSTRIAL The Vampire's Ball WED 1-4am Industrial, electro, noise, experimental, and synth-based music. thevampiresball@gmail.comthevampiresballoncitr.com. SPORTS Thunderbird Eye THU 3:30-4pm Your weekly roundup of UBC Thunderbird sports action from on campus and off with your host Wilson Wong. 70 CITR 101.9 FM • PROGRAM GUIDE DRAMA/POETRY Skald's Hail FRI 1-2pm Skald's Hall entertains with the spoken word via story readings, poetry recitals, and drama. Established and upcoming artists join host Brian MacDonald. Interested in performing on air? Contact us on Twitter: @Skalds_Hall. METAL Power Chord SAT 1-3pm Vancouver's longest running metal show. If you're into music that's on the heavier/darker side of the spectrum, then you'll like it. Sonic assault provided by Geoff, Marcia, and Andy. GENERATIVE The Absolute Value of Insomnia SAT 2-6am Four solid hours of fresh generative music c/o the Absolute Value of Noise and its world famous Generator. Ideal for enhancing your dreams or, if sleep is not on your agenda, your reveries. linnnm 5UBSCRI DISCORDERl Discorder is Vancouver's longer independent music magazine. Sho support for Vancouver's indepenc community and the development writers, editors, designers and art to have Discorder delivered to yoi Fill-out this form and mait-in cash cheque to: DISCORDER MAGAZINE #233-6138 SUB Blvd Vancouver. BC.V6T IZI inmg I would like: musk [Z an annual subscription to Discorder