Author: Ashta
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CBC: National Conversation
The Canadian Broadcasting Company gets government funding. Last time they got any kind of increase was when Mulroney was Prime Minister. Ever since then, funding has been maintained- until Mr. Harper’s majority government started chopping off limbs.
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SSVH: Episode 14
This morning on the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour was a melding of different things… We heard music from Massive Attack, Ween and lots by Ratatat. A TEDxTalk by the “Earth’s Lawyer” Polly Higgins on her proposal to the UN for designating “Ecocide” a real crime. After that we heard the second episode of Foodocracy…
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Foodocracy Now! The Fruit and Veggie Report
Here are the two episodes you can find of the Nanaimo- produced food news show Foodocracy Now! Featured on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, Wednesdays at 8am- streaming online at CHLY.ca Right click and Save As, or just click to play Episode 1 Episode 2
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Mariko Ihara plays the swiss Hang
This is a Hang (pronounced hung) and after discovering the ravishing Mariko play this flying saucer looking contraption at a Corner Lounge open mic night, I asked her to come on the air and play it Sweet and Sour Variety Hour listeners during the FunDrive show last week. I won’t post the audio from that…
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Weird phone call tonight! “What does it meeeeean?”
On 7:13pm May 11th 2012 I received a call-back from a survey company hired by the City of Nanaimo looking for input (answers to questions) from residents aged 18-30 regarding important community information.
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SSVH: May 2nd, 2012
Today on the SSVH, I yammered on about the Fund Drive next week! A fair warning to listeners that next week, we’ll be holding all the programs HOSTAGE!!! We need to raise some money for the station. It’s gotta happen.