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Movin’ On Up

Mitchell Bundy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:56:36 +0000

Look out Calgary! Your favorite radio station is about to get a whole lot more Vitamin D and fresh air! Hopefully that translates into more great programming streaming online and through the atmosphere.

CJSW has been working some time on moving from the dingy space in the bowels of the MacEwan Student Centre at the University of Calgary, and now that moment has come! This coming Friday the 13th (yea, I know) CJSW is going to be flicking on the switch to their new studios and office space three levels above what will now be known as the “old space”.

The hard work of staff and volunteers has paid off. The new CJSW space features windows (!), air filtration systems and fancy RFID coded entry (!!). With state of the art production studios and on-air booths, this is sure to inspire creativity within CJSW volunteers.

Make sure to tune in to 90.9FM or www.cjsw.com on Friday to get the down-low and listen to a moment in Calgary history and the switch is flicked and the wires are connected to a new CJSW.

Check out the CJSW Expansion Blog for photos of progress and updates!

Holy Fuck Calgary

Mitchell Bundy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:41:58 +0000

Censorship is not my style, in any way, shape or form (distasteful swearing is a little different). So when I saw this news story on CBC Calgary, I felt my stomach growl in disgust.

If you don’t feel like reading the entire story, let me summarize. Family restaurant owner Ali Clark had a child in her restaurant point out the band name “Holy Fuck” and complained to Sled Island festival organizers. Sled Island is reprinting all their posters to censor the band name. The saddest part is that this story is at the top of CBC Calgary news and they are censoring the band name themselves.

This world needs to stop thinking their child will become corrupt from hearing or reading a swear word. I heard plenty in my elementary and pre-school years and I’m pretty sure I turned out just fine. Though, I really should get off this internets thing, it corrupts minds.

Sled Island 2009 – Rockin' it New School

Mitchell Bundy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:26:36 +0000

Sled Island 2009 is coming up next week! And I thought I should mention some groups I plan on going to see, and hope you do as well. Passes are only $99, and you have access to over 250 bands. Full lineup at www.sledisland.com

To kick things off, I will be heading out to Central United Church to catch Final Fantasy, after which, I will be heading down to the Bamboo Tiki Room (Drum & Monkey) to catch hip-hop artists Dragon Fli Empire, Ricca Razor Sharp and Cam the Wizzard.

Dragon Fli Empire, one of my favorite local groups, of whom I’ve missed many shows, will be laying it down at Bamboo Wednesday night, be sure to check them out!

Thursday I will be heading out to Central United Church to catch some of our favorite local groups, KNOTS, Woodpigeon, Mount Eerie, and Rural Alberta Advantage. I may possibly head over to Broken City to catch the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir or go catch Monotonix at the Distillery. Afterwards, time for a good night’s sleep.

Friday is when the party begins with some of my favorite groups playing at Broken City. We have No Gold, HEALTH, Azeda Booth, Japandroids and Ladyhawk. I may head out to Dicken’s Pub after Azeda Booth to attempt to catch Monotonix if I wasn’t able to catch them the night before. Definitely the group I’m most excited to see at this year’s Sled Island.

Saturday morning I will be heading down to the Market Collective in Kensington to check out some of the wonderful art and music happenings there. In the evening nothing really catches my eye, I will likely play it by ear and see what others are heading out to go see. I will likely be checking out something new. I am leaning to heading down to the Warehouse to catch some wicked acts there.

Sunday, time to relax. Maybe i’ll check out some stuff happening down at Plaza Theatre.

CJSW Funding Drive

Mitchell Bundy — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:54:15 +0000

CJSW, Calgary’s one and only campus radio station, is having one of it’s biggest funding drives ever! Working on expanding to a new space, this 50 year old campus radio station, with over 20 years on the FM dial, is looking for your support in order to raise it’s goal of over $250,000. In exchange for your support you can get some awesome swag. The usual t-shirts, toques, hoodies, ear plugs and other awesome stuff. Along with the CJSW swag, the shows are individually giving away some awesome stuff for a certain pledge amount during their show.

Help CJSW raise over $250,000, call the pledge line at 403-220-5000 or at least give them a listen from anywhere around the world.

You can check out some of their awesome swag at their brand-spanking-new website.

Calgary Folk Music Festival

Mitchell Bundy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:47:55 +0000

Yesterday I attended probably, in my opinion, the best annual event in Calgary, even better than the Calgary Stampede.
Even thought it cost $45 for 1 night, it was definitely worth it. All the bands that played during my time there were incredible! I must say, I was given a false impression when listening to one of Aimee Mann’s songs online, because she is definitely an amazing performer.

However, the one band that blew me away was the Sam Roberts Band. I must say, in my experience of viewing live performances, Sam Roberts is definitely on top. I do get depressed when listening to their recorded stuff because of the lack of energy that the live concert had. After this awesome concert, Sam Roberts has definitely been placed in my top 10 favorite bands.
However, the Calgary Folk Music Festival lacked in many ways. There wasn’t too much to do other than watch the music.
Watch out Pemberton, Sam Roberts is gonna rock your socks off.