Deep Dish. Deep Songs. Suppertime. Wise hun bun.

Time for some deep thinking songs with a deep dish casserole!

This week's playlist highlights songs which may invoke profound life feelings and or thoughts. A tenuous list - not ever complete.

The recipe for turkey bisquit casserole:  

The guts:

1lb left over turkey or any meat

2 carrots, diced

2 celery stalks, diced

1 onion, diced

1 garlic clove, diced

1 acorn squash, roasted and smashed

1 tbs butter

1 tbs flour

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp rosemary

1/2 tsp thyme

Bisquit topping:

1 cup flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup of cold butter

1/2 cup milk

• Pre-heat oven to 400. Roast squash.
• Layer the bottom of a deep casserole dish with cooked smashed squash
• In a sauce pan over medium heat, saute onions, carrots and celery until tender. About 5-7 minutes
• Add 1 tbs flour and stir until flour is incorporated
• Add 1 tbs butter and stir
• Add milk
• Add rosemary and thyme and salt and pepper. Taste. Add more of a thing if you think it would taste good.
• Add your left over chunks of meat
• Add to casserole dish with squash
• Now make bisquit topping
• In a bowl, add flour, salt and baking powder. mix.
• Cut in butter with a pastry cutter or break up butter into small bits with fingers. Create a dry oatmeal consistency.
• Add milk
• Stir with fork until a ball forms
• Pat over top of the casserole
• Bake at 400 for about 15-20 minutes. yay!

A deep playlist:    

The Sing- Bill Callahan

Heartless People - Dean Wareham

Don't Want To Go - Wax Mannequin

Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen

In The Graveyard - Sunset Rubdown

In The Graveyard pt.2 - Sunset Rubdown

Blowout (acoustic)  - Radiohead

Needles - The Pack AD

Tell Me - Sharon Van Etten

Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods (Palate cleanser)

The History of Plastic - The War On Drugs

After The Gold Rush - Neil Young

Central And Remote - Grizzly Bear

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Upcoming: Erika Callewaert and Micah Green LIVE @ Shiraz Cafe

Prince George's very own Erika Callewaert and Micah Green will be filling Shiraz Cafe and Restaurant with some lovely sounds starting at 7pm tomorrow - Friday the 16th. These up-and-coming performers are both music teachers at Dreamland School of the Arts and have been at duo act for about half a year now. There's no better time to enjoy local music and cuisine than tomorrow evening! No cover.

Check out show info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/947352602005003/

Post by Dara Campbell

Drum & Bell Tower w/ Blocktreat @ The Legion

 

"I've never heard anything so... full." My friend stammered. His eyes were wide. We were standing in the middle of the dance floor. It was his first Drum & Bell Tower and Blocktreat show.

This past Saturday, Brent Morton (D&BT) and Brandon Hoffman (Blocktreat) graced the stage at the Legion, filling our ears with hearty folk-rock introspection and mesmerizing electronica.

"Full" is indeed one of many ways to describe Brent's music. Others are "electro-fusion," "folk-stomp," and "dusk-rock." With lyrics like We sell our souls/When the price is right/We sell our souls, his songs are genuine, well-crafted, and sure to stay in your head long after the set. However, the weighty content doesn't affect Drum & Bell Tower's enjoyability on a lighter level; his shows bode well for those who like to sing and dance along.

Similarly, Brandon's sound is one that blends genres and crosses lines - in the best way possible. His sample-based style fuses electronic and acoustic, creating a soundscape of lush textures and dreamy plot lines. Perhaps the most beautiful aspect of Brandon's music is that it belongs to many worlds: organic, electronic, dreams, and bittersweet reality. Blocktreat isn't bound to a particular genre, scene, or audience - this became evident in the success of his show at The Legion, where the audience comprised of students, elders, and everyone in between.

For the entire length of Saturday night's show, there was a solid smattering of people glued the dance floor, swaying and singing and watching the two musicians in awe. Brent and Brandon are BC gems, to say the least. Their unique yet complementary sets boast a level of honest talent and wholesomeness that all live shows strive for.

If you missed these guys in Prince George (or just can't get enough of 'em), D&BT and Blocktreat are playing at Sunset Theatre in Wells on October 31st and at a house concert in Smithers on November 7th.

To Brent and Brandon: Prince George would love to have you back! Until then - safe travels and happy music-making :)

Drum & Bell Tower: http://www.drumandbelltower.org Blocktreat: http://www.blocktreat.ca

Post by Dara Campbell

Ether in The Attic 101 - Thanksgiving Special

You know what, I'm thankful for? Still being alive, and hubcaps. Family & friends are pretty swell too. If you don't like Thanksgiving, don't do it, but feel free to party ;)  

Ether in the Attic - Episode #101: Spastic Plastic Electrostatic! - 20151005 by Hubcap Walter on Mixcloud

Celtic Fire Season 11 Episode 4

On tonight's episode: More of my focus on Kist O'Riches (Tobar an Dualchais) with a tune by Alasdair C. Whyte. Also, a comparison of traditional version vs modern version of a very old Gaelic song. Have a listen!

Celtic Fire Season 11 Episode 4 by Andrew Mcfayden on Mixcloud

Paul Brandt & Dean Brody Road Trippin' Through PG

Every once in a long while, a bush baby grows up playing a guitar, and learns to play it real well. In rare cases, these kids catch the right train and hit the big time. Two, not one but two, such people came to Prince George and lit the CN centre on fire. Dean Brody of Smithers BC, and Paul Brandt of Airdrie, AB. Let’s not neglect to mention the presence of rising star Jess Moskaluke of Langenburg, SK who, as of late, heated up the audience for the pair along the journey. Along with an arsenal of eye catching stage props (ie giant rubber duckies) and seasoned musicians, these two mainstream country artists put the miles on their “Road Trip” tour bus.

It was a Tuesday night but Brody convinced most of the crowd that we could treat it as a Friday. Our employers weren’t as convinved as we were the following morning, but that didn’t matter so much as Brody took us through jam sessions, ballads, hits, and sing-a-longs. Every other song he pulled a fun trick or stunt out of his hat. A ukulele appeared out of nowhere (I guess they’re fairly easy to hide), and he explained that one of his daughters had taught him the 3 chords the song consisted of. Though his family is off in Nova Scotia, it seemed he was trying to bring pieces of them with him throughout the show. Another trick to note, about as expert a musical performance on a chainsaw one could hope to see was doled out during, “Mountain Man.” A song that reassured us not to panic, because he could make bannock. His 100% Canadian band laid a gorgeous rhythm that kept the crowd dancing throughout.

It wasn’t an easy set to follow, Brandt had a big job promoting his heavy Alberta branding while in BC. It seemed like a hard sell. I recall Corb Lund landing his AB pitch more successfully. A point of applause was when he pointed out his drummer hailed from Salmon Arm. Brandt had a few tricks up his sleeve as well though. Perhaps if he was contracted under a bigger label, there would be an advisor saying,

“No Paul, you can’t spend all that money on 14 foot tall rubber duckies the audience can pass around. No, you can’t weld a CB radio mic onto your mic stand. That’s a bad idea Paul, we’re not funding that. You’re silly.”

However, Brandt did indeed get all those things for his big show, and they work together beautifully. You’ve got to admire a person with that many guts, and who doesn’t take themselves too seriously. Both headliners did a great job of involving as much of the audience as possible with Brody stepping out into the wings of the audience for Hi Fives, and Brandt moving to the rear of the floor area with a miniature stage to woo the back of the stadium on. Seemed odd to choose Alberta Bound as the encore song while in BC, though the next stop of the “Road Trip” Tour was in AB. You can be sure to catch an entertaining performance at any one of their stops. Prince George enjoyed a surprisingly intimate evening with two of Canada’s biggest (and fairly local) country stars in the town’s largest venue.

Autumn Sweater Soup for Suppertime. Bunny loves. Lakes.

Welcome back! To school and to cooking and to music.

Right down to business. This week I made a very simple roasted autumn veggie soup. Leaves on soup for visual effect. Hair because I always cook with hair. So good! Paired with music which celebrates fallness and or the sounds of yellowish orange images atop dusty skies and falling leaves.

To make delicious soup a loooooooop:

1 large butternut squash, cut in half lengthwise and seeds removed

4 smallish or 2 real big potatoes

1 onion cut into 4 pieces

4 cloves of garlic, NOT peeled

3 big carrots

4 celery stalks

1 apple cored and cut into big chunks

1/4-1/2 cream

6-8 cups vegetable stock

glugs of oil and some pats of butter

lemon or vinegar

• Pre-heat oven to 350 f
• In a large roasting pan or cake pan or any big pan, throw all of the vegetables into that pan and add a few good glugs of oil and or lots of butter. Have the squash with the skin side facing up. Add about 3 tsp of salt and lots of pepper. Keep skins on garlic as the skin will provide a protective layer to roast the garlic in.
• Throw into oven covered for 20 minutes
• Uncover and bake for 25-30 more minutes, or until roasty with brown and tender.
• In the meantime, heat up 6 -8 or so cups of veggie stock in a big pot. Use whatever stock you have if not veggie stock, or use water.
• Veggies should be tender. Scrap out the lovely bits of squash. Squeeze out your garlic. Should be like toothpaste. Stir all veggies up and mash up. Put your hands in there and feeeeeeeeel it mon. Taste it too. Add more salt or pepper if you think it would taste better.
• Add your mushy roasty veggies to your big pot of stock
• Bring to a simmer
• Blend with a hand blender or in batches with your favourite Christmas present from 2011 the MAGIC BULLET!
• Add some cream if you want too :)
• Season with salt and pepper. Missing a kick? Add some lemon or vinegar to bring out flavour.
• EAT!
• Fanciful suggestions: top with crisp bits of apple, or goats cheese, or bacon, or croutons. Or. All.

Fall inspired playlist:

• Autumn Sweater- Yo La Tengo
• Killing the Blues - Robert Plant & Allison Kraus
• Hurry on Sundown - Vetiver
• Vaseline Machine Gun - Leo Kottke
• Unfolding Fans - Andrew Bird
• La Dispute - Yann Tiersen
• Anonominal - Andrew Bird
• Backstep Indi - Pharis & Jason Romero
• New Lonesome Blues - Pharis & Jason Romero
• Low Street- T- Nautilus
• If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt
• Chagrin Falls - The Tragically Hip
• Lazy Music - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
• Cherbourg - Beirut
• Let It Fall - Lykke Li

Listen to suppertime Jill on mixcloud:

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Help Protect the Ancient Forest

The Province announced in July that they're thinking about creating a protected area around the Ancient Forest Trail and they're opening it up to public consultation.

It'd be great to encourage them to designate this park, and consider making more in the inland rainforest in the future.

We decided that a letter thanking Shirley Bond (our MLA) might be a good start. Here's the letter:

The Northern Wetbelt Working Group would like to get lots of signatures before the public meeting happens, and then make this letter their official submission to the process.

If you feel the Ancient Forest should be a protected area, click on the picture above, and let it take you to the page where you can sign the bottom of the letter as well.

Affecting change has never been easier :)

Celtic Fire October 5, 2015 Season 11 Episode 3

Tonight's show continued my focus on the fantastic website Tobar an Dualchais, a site bringing a wealth of Scotland's culture to the world. Artists appearing on tonight's show: Blair Douglas, Mairi MacInnes, Calum and Isobel Ann Martin, and The Campbells of Greepe.  

Celtic Fire October 5, 2015 Season 11 Episode 3 by Andrew Mcfayden on Mixcloud