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The Council - LIVE @ ROCK 104

The Council is now based out of Calgary and were cool enough to do a full rock block with me.

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RECOVER

NEW YORK CITY

WAIT

CARRY ME HOME

MILLION DOLLAR DREAM

Joshua's Habit - LIVE @ ROCK 104

The boys of Joshua's Habit swung by the studio a while back, and played a terrific mini acoustic set, so here it is in it's entirety.

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Joshua's habit performing live at Rock 104

110th Olds fair and rodeo

This past weekend I made my debut in broadcasting the all pro Canadian pony chuck wagon races.

I have never even seen a pony chuck race before Friday, so it was a learning experience to say the least.

In 3 days I not only learnt the sport, but also how exciting it can be...especially when it came to Championship Sunday. Heading into the final day of action, there was only .08 seperating first from second for the overall win. In some glorious foresight, the heat makers ended up having the top 2 drivers in the final heat of the day. It was hyped to be the biggest race of the weekend, and it lived up to hype in every sense of the phrase. It was a dead heat between Larry Myer and Marvin Hubl with it also being the fatest time of the weekend. a blistering 56.39! one of the fastest times on the year, not only this weekend.

So Larry Myer wins the title at the 110th annual Olds fair and rodeo by .08 of a second. Epic and Awesome.

I had a blast and can only hope that Galen and Cory go on holidays for next years rodeo so I can do it again!

April Wine Review

Well last night was our first birthday bash. To think that Rock 104 is already 1 is insane to think about, but talk about celebrating it right!

The show opened at 7:30 with the winners of our rock 104 star search, Eve's Reflection, and let me tell you, they gained a lot of local fans last night after their set. The riffs that comes from Ben's amp is something that instantly gets the crowd on their side, but when Rocky revs her voice into full rock mode, you could see the heads turning of people not paying attention, into wide eyes and head bopping.

Eve's Reflection delievered a performance that set the stage for an amazing night.

Shortly after 8:30 April Wine took the stage and kicked off a jaw dropping set of hits.

I got a set list after the show, but this is not exactly what they played...Myles decided to switch a few songs mid set, but I was already in "full party" mode, so I am not sure what exactly was changed. but here's the list I have -

Wanna Rock

Big city girls

Dawn

Say Hello

Enough is enough

Lady run, lady hide

Last time I ever sing the blues

Tellin me lies

All over town

Drop your guns

Tonite is a wonderful time

Just between you and me

Anything you want, you got it

Sign of the Gypsy Queen

Roller

ENCORE -

I like to Rock

Oowatanite

It was an incredible show, and I can tell you for a fact that the band had a blast being here. Myles hardly ever stops and really talks to the audience, and he did last night. They were so impressed with the way we filled the grandstand, and the way they were treated.

Thanks to everyone for supporting us at Rock 104!

People are already asking about our 2nd birthday bash...

One year on the Air @ ROCK 104

My personal concert list got me thinking about how many sweet shows we've sent listeners to in our first year.

• Nazareth
• Monsters of Rock - Ozzy, Judas Priest, Serj Tankien
• Alice Cooper
• Bob Dylan
• Metallica
• Crue Fest - Motley Crue, Buckcherry, Papa Roach
• Fleetwood Mac
• Bachman Cummings
• AC/DC
• The Trews
• Aerosmith
• ZZ Top
• Nickelback

Not too shabby for our first year.

Think we have earned our title of "Your concert connection"?

Concerts I've seen

I just wanted to start a list of all the fantastic bands I have been lucky enough to see, and as the list grew, I realized how incredible this list really is.

These are in no particular order -

• Nickelback
• Default
• Big Sugar
• Tragically Hip (6 times)
• Sam Roberts
• Los Lobos
• Kim Mitchell
• Our Lady Peace
• Theory of a Deadman
• Buckcherry
• Mobile
• Roger Waters
• Pearl Jam
• Rush
• Metallica
• Judas Priest
• Ozzy
• Serj Tankien
• The Trews
• Nazareth (2 times)
• B.T.O.
• Finger Eleven
• Blue Rodeo
• Mars Volta

and in the next month

April Wine

Aerosmith

ZZ Top

I know I'm forgetting a couple, and by the way, these are all since about 2002. so in 7 years, not a bad list.

The 4 types of Radio Jocks and my Idol

There are generally 4 types of people that choose radio as their career.

1) The "Newsie" - who enjoys journalism, always searching for that next news story and attending every public meeting they can.

2) The "Fame searcher" - These poor souls believe that if you are in radio, that means your famous and will make a lot of money...these people usually don't last too long in this biz. My broadcasting teacher said on day 1 of college - "If you're in this for the money, there's the door".

3) The "Class Clown" - pretty self explanatory. A lot of fun to listen to, but don't expect to learn anything, or have to think.

4) The "Music Lover" - This is what I strive to be on air. These are the people that want to share their love and knowledge of music. The ones who take every opportunity to see live music and can't wait to talk about it.

My radio hero is Alan Cross. He is the program director of The Edge in Toronto and host of "The ongoing history of new music" check it out @ http://www.exploremusic.com/ongoing-history-of-new-music/ What Alan brings is the story behind the song, and is more of a historian than a radio jock.

Anyone who truly loves music, you will love this guy. They use to be able to stream "OHNM" online, but due to copyright issues with the music, they had to pull it down, but it's still a great site with a ton of info. check it out!