Monday, January 26, 2009

EPISODE FOUR

Hello regular listeners. Some of you may have wondered: "Hey, this show is great and all, but wouldn't it be radiotastic if Awkward Silences was live?" I hope that, in some small way, this week's episode answers that question for you. Enjoy (anyway)!

MUSIC CREDITS
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
Portishead - Magic Doors
Wolf Parade - Kissing the Beehive

LINKS
CAPS Conference
Wikipedia's article on the Quiet Revolution
Mad Lib
Fleet Foxes' SNL Video
Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews of Revolutionary Road

Friday, January 23, 2009

EPISODE THREE

Our third episode, and our first guest...enjoy!

GUEST: Ian Semple


MUSIC CREDITS

French Kicks - Said So What
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together
Land of Talk - BreaxxBaxx
The Specials - Rudi, A Message To You


LINKS

Soundboards:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Christopher Walken - Cowbell

Jon Stewart on the rhetoric

The Obama-Canadian Connection:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/11/05/obama-election-halifax.html

Rick Mercer Report - "Politics is no place for grownups":
www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/video

Barack Obama Inauguration Photos

Land of Talk

QI

Friday, January 16, 2009

EPISODE TWO

As always, we appreciate your comments. Enjoy!

MUSIC CREDITS

French Kicks - Said So What
Peter, Bjorn & John - Amsterdam
Animal Collective - My Girls
The Walkmen - Wake Up
The Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
Petula Clark - Downtown (German Version)

LINKS

For the article on Vaughn's city council and developers:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090113.wbarber0113/BNStory/specialComment

For our friend Ryan's radio show over at Western:
twoguysoneshow.blogspot.com
(and not "two guys, one blog", as Tyler erroneously called it)

If you're interested in reading the F Scott Fitzgerald short story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button:
http://www.readbookonline.net/read/690/10628/

Friday, January 9, 2009

EPISODE ONE

Here's our first episode. Please let us know what you think. Enjoy!
For those that can't get it directly from here, try:
Episode 1 - January 9th, 2009
MUSIC CREDITS - EPISODE ONE

French Kicks - Said So What
The Clash - Hateful
Justin Timberlake ft. T.I. - My Love
Booker T & the M.G's - Green Onions
LINKS - EPISODE ONE

Here are some links to media we discussed during our discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:

Palestinians dressed in concentration camp uniforms:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7820940.stm

King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein (1882-1951)

"As the Arabs see the Jews"
His Majesty King Abdullah,
The American Magazine

November, 1947