Iron Chef Comes to PG!

Who will test to the strength of SAE 7235!

Maybe CFUR's own Rosina Tassone!

The British Columbia Northern Expo is doing a number of outrageous things this year between

August 7 - 10th 2014

 Oh yeah!

LIVE MUSIC:

From the likes of

Alice in Chains,

The Pack A.D.,

Night Train, Destroyer,

Totally Tom Petty and The Women of Rock.

Crazy Rides! Big Fun Party Stuff!

AND

IRON CHEF IRON CHEF IRON CHEF IRON CHEF IRON CHEF IRON CHEF IRON CHEF IRON CHEF IRON CHEF IRON CHEF IRON CHEF IRON CHEF IRON CHEF

!#*IRON CHEF*#!

I know, "You're kidding. Right? Right Ian?"

"NO! I"M NOT!" I speak the truth folks. Iron Chef will be happening right here! CFUR's host of In the Moshpit, Rosina "ZINA" Tassone will take the stage in the style of the Iron Chef, where two chefs will have cooking stations side by side and when the judges say go, they have to whip up a four-course meal with the ingredients provided. So, just picture her...

among these challengers:

They don't stand a chance!

Who's hosting this chop off to the death you ask?

None other than the infamous

Bob Blumer

Wrap your head around that one people. Bob Blumer is a motivational speaker who can change your life and additionally, the author of an entire library of cookbooks that defy reality. In fact they enter the realm of SUR-reality. A state of being far better than our current level of awareness allows. These other worldly titles include The Surreal Gourmet: Real Food for Pretend Chefs; The Surreal Gourmet Entertains: High-fun, Low-Stress Dinner Parties for 6-12; Off The Eaten Path: Inspired Recipes for Adventurous Cooks; Glutton For Pleasure: Signature Recipes, Epic Stories, and Surreal Etiquette; and (co-authored) Pizza on the Grill. If you want to see the action up close and personal, which I know you will head to Kin 2 at the CN Centre During the Expo and look for a giant sign that says "Flavour Arena."

To get a handle on what Zina can dish out, check out her show on CFUR 88.7FM Tuesdays 10pm-12 Thursdays 4-6pm. She's also hosting wild Rock & Roll at a new venue in town, Papa Yianni's. Go ahead check them out. Listen to 

88.7FM

Anytime. Anywhere.

Get a chance to win one of two Papa Yinni's Gift Certificates awarded at random to lucky callers.

Community Powered Radio.

Pemberton- Yukon Blonde

Two things: these guys are a lot younger than I thought, and holy wowzers do they have a lot of young female fans. They burst onto the stage, posing for their lives, and the high-pitched screams were like demon goats shrieking. The music was good. the crowd was fun. it was pleasant.

Pemberton- Grimes

Media at Pemberton got to go into the pit and take photos for three songs. I was standing there, next to some guy named David, and just as we were taking photos and staring at each other, wideeyed over how awesome Grimes was, and how in love we were, the security guys pulled us out because we had apparently overstayed our welcome. What had felt like twenty seconds had been fifteen minutes. I clawed my way back to the front of the stage and stood, entranced, as Claire Boucher herself bopped about like some anime squirrel. She wound knobs, pressed pedals, and did what seemed to be very technical stuff (I have no idea about making electronic music, she could have been hitting the disco key on a keyboard and I would have been impressed), all the while dancing like a manic elf. Her two backup dancers whirled about, long periwinkle sweaters wrapped on their waists. Every once in a while, Grimes would throw back her head and positively GROWL. it was delightful. the atmosphere was very upbeat, and it seemed as though the music was floating in on air bubbles, as if we were underwater. Delightful.

Comedy @ Cariboo Calling - Alfredos!

Comedy, Poetry, Slam Performances, and more Comedy!

Every other Tuesday night @ Alfredo's Pub.

Head down to Cariboo Calling, a Spoken Word event, at Alfredo’s Pub on Tuesday, July 22nd @ 8p.m.  If you have some material you want to lay down upon the gritty 80's themed pub, or to the localized area of Prince George, the opportunity awaits you at Alfredo’s!

Don’t let New York's  bohemians and hipsters have all the fun. Let’s get to it and bring on the poems, the collaboration, the improvisation, and the beer. Alfredo’s offers specials by the way… 15+ people arrive and a plate of wings will be raffled off! The continuation of this Spoken Word night depends upon attendance. If you want to reinforce the presence of Poetry, Arts, Standup, and independent thought in Prince George, come out and enjoy the scene. The best way to enhance the quality and amount of performance, performance opportunities, and the avant-garde in general, is to attend and participate. With that in mind, please feel free to join us for the evening and get the poetic ball rolling.

Don’t have a car, or don’t want to drive? The busses come right to Alfredo’s! The 15 stops in front, the 17 & 18 turn up the corner on Foothills & University Way, the 1, 11, 5 & 55 stop within a stone’s throw, and the 46, 47, 88 & 89 all stop a 15 min walk distance down 15^th Ave. Sorry 91, 12, & 16, a transfer is in your future. It’s also located in an extremely flat, bicycle friendly, part of town.

Please pass the word on to any Poets, Spoken Word Artists, or aficionados you know. If you would like more information, or to receive updates about future Spoken Word events, email me at programming@cfur.ca and ask to be put on the Spoken Word Mailing List.

Special Guest:

On August 5th Mwanasi Loongo joins us for a round and some serious laughs. Performance credentials include nation wide comedy festivals and our own PG PLayhouse. How about that!? ↓

Pemberton Day 2: ZZ Ward and The Incredible Voice

Welp, I just left the ZZ Ward show. SHE AND HER BAND ARE INCREDIBLE. Her control over the audience was unbelievable. ZZ Ward prowled the stage like some sort of weird wildcat, if there were a variety of wildcat that lived exclusively at festivals and wore suit-jacket onesies (I'm not a style blogger. I have no idea what that look is called). She would peer out across the vast sea of sexy (everyone at Pemberton is hot. I'm almost worried that they hired a bunch of models and I'm the only uggo/normie here) and flick one finger in the air, and the place would just pulse in response. She played a whole lot of songs about who done her wrong, and the onlookers roared in response, obviously wanting to dismember whomever would have the audacity to hurt her. ZZ Ward would call out the names of her extremely talented band members, and they would wail on whatever instrument they had. ZZ Ward herself is a very proficient harmonica player. Never have I seen so many twenty-somethings get so excited about a harmonica. And what vocal control! Sometimes I would worry that she'd taken on too much, that the note was too high to sustain or too long to follow. She delivered every time. Her voice punched everyone listening straight in the teeth. Bravo, ZZ Ward. You are incredible. I'm a little bit in love.

Pemberton- Gord Downie & The Sadies

Gord Downie & The Sadies are the coolest. Period.The band is cool, the music is cool, Gord's hat is cool. Gord Downie, on top of being super cool, is the world's biggest ham. On top of singing the rollicking and raucous tunes he is known for, he pretended to shoot hoops, hunt fans with a spear fashioned from his mic stand, and gave Gene Simmons a run for his tongue-sticking-out money. He's the best. I love him.

Pemberton- Dan Deacon

Dan Deacon, for those who don't know, is an electronic musician and composer from Maryland.  I did not know who Dan Deacon was, but after last night's show I am diehard fan. I was in my tent when I heard a sound so groovy I had to put on pants (a huge sacrifice, as everyone knows) and wander over to Bass Camp. There he was, evangelical, a soundsmith serving up his digital sermon to the world.He shouted, he implored, he pleaded for peace and love. Anyone else, I would roll my eyes at. But doing it, Dan Deacon seemed so sincere I couldn't fault him for it. During his set, Deacon had everyone put their hands on the head of a complete stranger. He told the audience to visualize the faces of the person or people that they loved the most. Then, instructing the audience to apply intensifying pressure to the head of the person in front of them. he had the audience visualize what they felt most guilty about. Then, he told everyone to release, to put their hands in the air and dance their freedom. The crowd loved it, screaming his name and waving their limbs every which way like raving giraffes. needless to say, the music was incredible, and the light arrangement intense. At the end of his set, Dan Deacon graciously turned the applause to the crew, volunteers and staff of the festival, thanking them for his job. He then left his board, and came down to the floor, speaking with every fan who stayed behind, chatting about their lives and thanking them for enjoying his music. He even gave little old CFUR a station ID. It cannot be emphasized enough how kind, humble, and appreciative Dan Deacon was. Come for the pulsating bass, stay for the great guy who makes it.

Pemberton Music Festival: Day One

Pemberton Music Festival: Day 1

Pemberton, it turns out, is beautiful. It's a strikingly obvious thing to say, but so many festival grounds are not. I arrived wednesday night after a rollicking ride with two ladies I found on Ricky Rides: Pemberton, rather smartly, has a link to the ridesharing service on their website. After the long slog to the campgrounds, I set up my tent next to some kind strangers. Security at Pemberton, as I was relieved to discover, is taken very seriously. Uniformed folks abound on foot, golf cart and horseback. I've been able to leave my tent basically unattended (but for the watchful eye of the friendly gentleman in the golden shorts one site over) for the whole day and nothing has happened. It's a credit to the organizers that I've almost forgotten that I'm here for a music festival. The mountains surrounding the site are so beautiful that I am left feeling like I am simply here to camp out with 15,000 nice people. A wonderful time is being had by all and the festival grounds have not even opened yet.

 Tonight's lineup:

5:15pm - 6:00pm

GORD DOWNIE, THE SADIES

7:00pm - 8:15pm

MATT MAYS

9:30pm - 11:00pm

RUCKUS DELUXE

6:00pm - 7:00pm

THE BOOM BOOMS

8:15pm - 9:30pm

BLUE SKY BLACK DEATH

5:15pm - 6:00pm

BREAK SCIENCE

7:00pm - 8:15pm

DAN DEACON

9:30pm - 10:30p

And here are some gratuitous site photos.     

Rock & Roll This Saturday Night (July 20th)

Hello,

                what's this?

A new music venue exists in town!

Let's check it out this Saturday night (July 19th) for ZERO dollars! That's right, absolutely free.

Hosted by 's metal  guru ZINA

of In The Moshpit fame!

Drink specials, appy specials.

1165 5th Ave - Upstairs in the Lounge above Papa Yianni's