Category: Radio

  • Grand Prize Draw- The Fund Drive is OVER!!

    Am I aware of the irony? Yes.  I’m glad the person who won will not be exercising the “shopping” aspect. I struck this deal with Lisa from Around the World Travel months and months ago, and it all came to fruition last Friday. Here’s the video!

  • Speakers Corner….I wonder if there’s an archive?

    Can you spot the appearance of a now famous Canadian?

  • CBC: National Conversation

    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.

  • 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…

  • 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

  • Mariko Ihara plays the swiss Hang

    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…