CBC Radio 3 Blog - TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

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oh my

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by suckamc

If I were living in Ontario still, I'd put my name in to do this just for the fun of it! :)

Lots of good Folk award winners, including Catherine MacLellan!

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MikeV

Wow!! Quite a deal! Way better than the time Craig allowed everyone to play with his best Hot Wheels.

also American Music Awards suck, no seriously the worse music awards EVER.

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Yes, Martin...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

Very cool and heartening to see Catherine win!!

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

good morning all! my jacket smells like quiche from last night's pie-making extravaganza at a friend's place. thought i'd share.

road trip to vancouver (via Winnipeg) sounds like fun, for the sake of helping out a band. yet, it's not in the cards for me. i did once drive a car from Waterloo to Wpg thus helping out a family needing their car moved, but moreover, getting me a cheap way home.

@Benoit: yes!!! great Fiftymen show on Saturday! I saw you dancing in the aisles! I didn't quite get my butt of the cushy red seats, but I did some good chair dancing. I even bought a t-shirt, something I rarely do. and it has skulls no less. i feel so bad-ass. I haven't watched their progression the whole 10 years, but yes, they're a great band. I wished that the fiddle was turned up louder though... almost went and talked to the sound-man...!

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Would they mind if…

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by tb3

I eighties conversion-van tricked that emmer-effer out? Shag carpet? Fuzzy Dice? A shaggin' bed? And 8-track Hifi with the entire REO Speedwagon library in the glovebox?

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@tb3

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

As long as you airbrush a warlock on the side.

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

How is Minto a name for a West Coast band? My Dad is from Minto. Minto, NB, I mean... Thus for me the name doesn't say "indie" or "cool" to me at all.

I feel a parental hometown Tuesday song connection coming on. Anybody know if there's a band called "Chipman" or "The Range"?

And for the record, I was made for that chauffeur gig. Do you suppose there's room for the two kids (and their 4 dozen Webkinz that they won't leave home without)?

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@Bio Spice speaking of westward road trips…

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by tb3

Okay here is a question for you.

If one were to drive from London to Winnipeg for say a certain WFF road trip, which way would you suggest going? I think going above the lakes is (North Bay/Sudbury) wrong from here. But everyone says I should go through northern Michigan and cross at the Soo. But, but Google Maps says going south, through Chicago and around Lake Michigan is 2 hours faster. Plus I'd get to go through Fargo!

So which way?

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Tuesday song connection..

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

Okay, I have my connection, Craig. But since it's only Monday, I'll wait and tell you about it tomorrow. Aren't you just dying in anticipation?

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by tb3

@Craig Norris: Wait! There isn't one already? WTF! I am OUT! I thought you said it was a van?? Did they have the Warlock painted over? Geezuss!

@axis: There is also a Minto (town and township) right near Craig's stomping grounds.

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@tb3

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

we went through Chicago, our goal being speed, safe winter driving, etc. (big highways).

since you're going in the summer, though, my family upbringing dictates that you should do the north-shore of the Lakes route and take in the camping and nature on your way (at least one way). you can sing the Arrogant Worms song for hours and hours: "there were rocks and trees and trees and rocks and rocks and trees and trees and rocks, there were rocks and trees and trees and rocks and rocks and trees and trees and rocks and... water!".

not sure how helpful all of that is...

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@tb3

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by stevierayk

Never go into America on purpose.

The drive over the lakes is amazing.

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by stevierayk

Craig often offers for me and the boys to reach into his pocket and help ourselves to his "mintos"

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@axis

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

I can wait. I'm a patient sort.

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@tb3

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by ATrain

I've done that drive from London to Winnipeg! We went up to Tobermory and took the ferry over to Manitoulin (I love ferries). We stayed in Wawa, which I would totally recommend, at a little place called the Kinniwabi Pines, not sure if it still exists. The drive from Wawa over the top of Lake Superior is not to be missed! One of the most spectacular drives I have ever taken, from a scenery perspective. It might take a little longer, but not much, and you get to stop at all the awesome roadside attractions.

-Allyson

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@stevierayk...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

i told you: what happens in belleville stays in belleville.

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Speaking of westward road trips...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

I have daydreams of going out west in time for the Olympics- drop my little ones into the capable hands of their dad's parents in Washington State, and couch surf for two weeks, while raking in tons of cold hard cash serving drinks to the thirsty masses. Alas, I'm thinking February is not the best time for a cross-Canada road trip.

See, I can be sensible, even if my heart is wayward.

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@Craig

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by stevierayk

Your right, I'm sorry.

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@ stevierayk

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

Never go into America on purpose.

That should be a bumper sticker.

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@axis re. bumper sticker

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

yes, except then you'd never get across the border, in the event that you were going there not on purpose...

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@Craig

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by suckamc

I think you mean Bellevegas!

Sidenote, this is the first year in forever I'm not going to be in Belleville for Christmas! :(

@Bio Spice, I love that Arrogant Worms song, we sing it all the time on our Canoe Trip, it's tres appropriate!

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@Axis

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by stevierayk

it's definitely my motto.

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@Craig, stevierayk

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MikeV

I really hope there is never a Behind The Music special on you guys. The world will never be ready for it.

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My road trip

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by tb3

In the interest of guiding your answers, it should be pointed out, that we will be traveling with a three year old. So scenic is lovely, but I don't think is something I want to exercise if it adds 6 hours to the trip.

My wife only gets a week off, I don't want to give her 4 days in the car as a reward.

Also, I have a friend in Chicago.

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@Atrain

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

Is that a photoshopped pic of you in the cowichan?

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@Craig Norris

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by ATrain

You betcha. It's one of the only useful things I learned in grad school - photoshop skillz.

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It looks much cleaner than it does in person.

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by brainwash

Whoa, that'd be a hell of a trip, a story for the grandkids it'd be!

I went to Seattle this past weekend to see King Khan & BBQ Show, and I had the best time, and the people were the best, too! Everyone was so nice and respectable, like what Vancouver used to be like before it got all massive and pretentious. I had my personal space intruded on constantly, and for once felt like the biggest jerk in the crowd.

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by michelka

@tb3 I'd totally do the Chicago drive, just as long as you won't be hitting it anytime around rush hour.. it's a nightmare there (I guess, as any big city.) If you think you'd be there around then, that time might be better suited driving Canada, besides, we have WAY better Tim Hortons, and there are convenient road-side stops without leaving the highway, hah.

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@tb3

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

i know where you're coming from; little kid, limited travel time. but my fam always did the Canadian route, even with little kids, and driving the 24 hours straight with no over-night stops. but that may be a kind of crazy that you're not into. the travel is part of the holiday/journey, and i'm pretty sure it won't add six hours travel time (but you'll know better than I)... and that drive is pure Canadiana. the other option is the northern northern route... highway 11, I think? straighter/faster roads... we used it for the trip with the U-haul from Wpg to Ottawa.

but yes, the Chicago route is the way to go if your #1 goal is get there as fast as you can, and not care what you see out the window on the way...

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the other option is…

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by tb3

To drive one way out and the other back.

I also should mention I have done the drive north and over as far as Killarney, so do know the beauty up there, but I do think going back from London up through Orillia and such is just not in the cards.

But I would entertain going through Tobermory and having another ride on the Chi-Cheemaun would be something I want to do.

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@tb3

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MikeV

Have you considered going there completely off road?

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@teebs

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

yes, just looked at the map... you'd be going a little backwardsish, eh? your plan sounds like a good one; one way there, other way back. just remember that border crossings may add some (unpredictable) time. huh, so you're seriously considiering the Wpg Folk Fest thing!?! Hmmmm, I wonder if I could swing being there...

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Yes @Bio Spice

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by tb3

We seriously are!

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playlist

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

i'm all over this playlist today. it's easing me into my work week. thanks Craiger. may I call you Craigy? no? okay.

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Craigs

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by brainwash

My girlfriend and I had a talk about you, Craig Norris, the other day. I mentioned you, offhand, and she asked "Didn't he front The Odds?" to which I replied that you probably didn't, since I thought you were a TO resident... then from out of nowhere I asked "Was that Craig Northey?" Then we were confused, and with no Wikipedia to check for sure. Now, I just did!

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@ axis (7): Minto

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

In the Ottawa area, for years, that name meant "housing development". Still is, in my mind.

Minto: housing tract. Cue Little boxes made of ticky-tacky. (Words are here, music here, 1) by Seeger and 2) by the composer)

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Hey I got news!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

Almost forgot! Wanted to mention a rivalry that cropped up in Saint John last week in case you hadn't heard about it...

You can probably guess which show I went to. But I'd have taken a cab across town to *Beep*-slap Helix for thinking they're even competition for the Brood.

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@axis!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

What?!?! WTF?!?

Elliott Brood is the reason that Helix didn't draw?!? Bottom line is that their audiences are so disparate that there's no way one could affect the other.

What a pissy thing that was for Helix to write.

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On the rivalry link that axis just posted,...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

..."hawk" put in the following MikeVism: "Ugh. Just put way too much rum in my cereal. Now what do I do? Add more cereal?"

Not at all bad.

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

i have the most ridiculous need to go on a crazy road trip (but can't) to somewhere farther than halifax. none of you are helping.

my coffee got cold halfway through and i am too tired & cranky to fix this situation.

@axis i read that thread. it amused me. i was going to mention it here but forgot. i am glad you are on the ball. i am clearly not.

i am going to go yell at the kids to get off my lawn now.

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Further to axis' #38

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

"on like Donkey Kong?"

That has to be a joke.

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Ya Craig, isn't that great?!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

The great feature, for others, of someone getting all pissed off is that they come across as pissy! I'd say "lame douchebags", but I don't write for South Park.

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Helix

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MikeV

Just so you know Elliot Brood isn't alone in drawing Helix's ire. I too drew criticism from them after my drunken street performance of selected songs from Jesus Christ Superstar while pissing my pants drew a bigger crowd.

It's not our fault Helix doesn't have enough family members around to fill up their shows.

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I have a feeling...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

that Helix may be joking.

or

it's passive aggression.

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@MikeV

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

I heard your gig was incredible.

How one makes it through "I Don't Know How To Love Him", while urinating is astounding.

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@ axis: cold coffee

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

That's a crime against humanity, you know.

Don't you have access to a microwave tower oven? That's one of the main thigs they're good for.

(Beep beep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Mine is now warmed up.)

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My preceding: not @ axis, but @ moe

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

sheeesh

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@ benoit

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

i do have one of those contraptions. but The Tired & The Cranky are preventing me from leaving the couch. (it's just too damn happy & sunny in the kitchen)

and the tummy aches.

which coffee probably isn't helping anyway.

/old & crotchety

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sympathy

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

Good thing your starring role on R3 wasn't today.

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@Craig

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MikeV

Thanks Craig. It takes years of training, and a pair of pants you really don't care about.

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Not enough Humpty Dumpty vice

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

Humpty Dumpty Barbecues by the Family Bag, arrrrrh, that's the ticket.

(My mouth is inverting from the over-salty memory.)

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@ Benoit

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

Well, even if it was not for me, I have to disagree on microwaving coffee. For me, icky. And I dislike microwaves so much I don't even own one.

What I do with cold coffee is make another cup of scalding hot coffee, and mix the two together. My excuse for drinking twice as much! Coffee I mean.

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Rum in my cereal

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by BritHayCity

I am thoroughly entertained by this whole blog this morning. Its making Monday morning a WHOLE lot less excruciating. Although so would have rum in my cereal.

hmmmm next time.

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@axis

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by suckamc

I find microwaving coffee changes it's flavour, so I'd rather drink it cold or make more as well! :) By the way, I am pretty much finished the coffee you sent through Said The Whale, it was really great! thank you! I'm going to try for a trip over there in the new year!

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@ axis

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

Well, I don't have any objections of principle to mikes; they got a bad rap way back, and it's stuck to them like clay mud. (It's the ooooh radiation thing; b.s., actually)

But you still have to be "clever": don't reheat it too much. I often step it, that is to say one zap followed by another.

That said, nothing beats freshly made coffee!

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..in which i refer to people

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

@benoit: i agree. (RE:#50)

actually, since that show has ended, i have been pretty sick. i am sure the two are not related in any way shape or form.

@axis i agree with you. it is specific circumstances when i will microwave a coffee. i'm not sure what those circumstances are, but i am sure they exist.

when i lived in halifax, there was a while where we didn't have a microwave and the ONLY inconvenience was re-heating left overs. i am the queen of left overs. we had a toaster oven that worked well, but would make the plate hot and that made me sort of cranky.

also. it throws me off to hear "maureen". i sometimes feel like i did something i shouldn't have.

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i just re-read my comment and..

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

that's not to say that being called "maureen" is bad. which i think i just insinuated that it was. i only introduce myself as moe because maureen is hard for me to pronounce.

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Pants you don't care about?

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by tb3

You certainly care about them enough to eBay auction them off as Fergie of the Black Eyed Pees, pants.

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Re Castlemusic's tune, now playing

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

What on god's blue earth was used to play that solo?

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@benoit

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

not sure, but it sure made me smile! two guitars?

and the Gregory Pepper and His Problems are making me want to dance like Charlie Brown right now. In a good way.

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

i really really like gregory pepper and his problems! this is the only song i have heard, though...

maybe i should go make another cup of coffee...

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@tb3

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MikeV

You can't blame a guy for trying to make a buck. Besides, you should have known better than to buy anything from me.

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@ mynameismoe

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

I know a Maureen out Black Sheep way, and she's also a Moe. (Though I think of the nickname as Mau, pronounced the same way. Or Mo. Go figure.)

The thing is, I think, that the name Maureen may have aged. Its more from the fifties or perhaps sixties. (Now don't get me wrong: it's not Dotty or anything...)

Besides, it's not as though we were responsible for our names, mmm?

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by stevierayk

I had no idea Joel Plaskett was a folk artist!

Well, a tisket a tasket I’m getting sick of Joel Plaskett.

Now I’m a poet, give me an award.

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@ my PEI friends, mynameismoe, Martin, and fumblebee

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

@ mynameismoe: My daughter is occasionally a "Moe" too, but her name is actually Simone. So when she saw your blog name she was hoping you were a Simone as well. And I actually wasn't sure.

@ Martin: I'll have to keep an eye out on the schedule for the next band making the NB-PEI coffee run! Could've roped Elliott Brood into doing it if I'd thought of it.

@ fumblebee: Where are you, friend?

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I told mynameismoe this story, but here goes...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

I have a sister named Maureen and her friends nicknamed her "Mo".

When people used to phone our house and ask for "Mo", my Mom and Dad would say, "There's no one here by that name" and invariably hang up.

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@ stevierayk

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

"Well, a tisket a tasket I’m getting sick of Joel Plaskett."

It rhymes so it must be true. ;)

I understand your feeling; I myself went real big on Joel around la dee da time.

Still, awards, you'll admit, are often a few years behind R3 listeners' awareness, and liking, of singers and groups. <Fights back the demon Smug.>

Lastly, IMO, "folk" is short for "amplified mostly acoustic music, probz indie*". (Except in England, where it means old, traditional folk singin'.)

* see definition of "indie" elsewhere.

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@benoit & axis

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

the conversion from maureen to moe has always somewhat confused me. the spelling "mau" would be more pronounced with ah "ow" sound i think, and "mo" would have a short "o" sound. my baby sister calls me "reen". she's 3. also, maureen IS a bit of an old name, which is funny because i sound like i'm 9, and still get carded at alcohol type establishments (despite being 30)

simone to moe makes sense to me. i am sorry to disappoint your daughter. i really like her name, though, and will gladly trade with her. now every time i meet a simone, i am going to have to ask them if they get called moe. i know a molly who gets called moe. probably spelled mo, though.

i may or may not have given this whole situation way too much thought.

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@ Craig

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

What moms and dads forget is that you don't so much give a name as set it free in the world. It is easy to forget, seeing as your baby starts so small, as an 'owned package'. But they get to be 12, 16, 21...

Besides, this is North America, right? With the States, the nicknamest place on Earth, just right there?

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@ moe

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

Too much thought?

AB-solutely not, as it's been taking your mind off feeling shitty.

Oops, sorry to remind you.

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

sort of in line with craig's story (which i told him but i don't think on air?), the first time my father heard my friends called me moe, he got pretty angry and corrected them.

it clearly had no effect and he has since succumbed to the inevitable. i even get christmas cards addressed to moe, but it's his wife who writes that.

my mother really doesn't care what people call me, as long as it isn't insulting.

i am commenting way too much and am going to stop now.

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@benoit

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

damn.

nice try, though.

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And back to Minto....

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

I got curious about what "Minto" meant in Spanish. It seems like a Spanish word, but I speak some Spanish and I can't think what it would mean. So I searched it, and got that it's a Portuguese conjugation of mentir (to lie). So basically it means, "Lie to me". Picture Brazilian supermodel Gisele whispering "Minto" to you. Or Pedro?

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@benoit

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by stevierayk

I saw Gordon Lightfoot Friday night, now there's a folk singer.

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@ mau

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

(Heh)

pronunciation, yes, you're mostly right (most -au words seem to come from German, no surprise).

However, the style of auto known as a landau seems to go like this. Oops, linkie automatics are failing (twice now). Here: http://www.wordnik.com/words/landau/pronunciations

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@ stevierayk

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

Undeniably. Great songs he's made, a great voice too.

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MoniSki

man, i wish i could drive to Vancouver... I'd love to help them out. Alas, I cannot plan a trip at the moment. darn. I hope someone helps them out!

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@benoit

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

ha!

that voice is super creepy.

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So no one is feeling adventurous?

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

vis a vis a van journey?

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They pay for my flight back

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by tb3

And my sense of adventure is piqued.

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Hell…

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by tb3

I'd even live blog my travels if they funded the arm and leg to fly back.

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@Craig

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Absotively

It's not that no one's feeling adventurous. It's just that no one's actually going to be adventurous.

I mean, if I lived in Toronto, liked and was better at driving, had a job where I could get the time off work, and had a way back, I would totally do it. I feel adventurous. But none of those conditions hold true.

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

if i could drive, i would definitely be interested.

and i had a way back east.

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Kalle Mattson tonight at Zaphod's

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

Ottawa

Free show (as every Monday).

Anyone know them (more of a him and others)? From the Soo.

Query: I seem to have gathered that Sault Sainte-Marie, Michigan (that's right, right?), is referred to as the "Salt" in the U.S.; here, of course, Sault Sainte-Marie's "the Soo".

I wonder if, locally, you distinguish the two sides that way. "I'm going down to the Soo." "I'm going across to the Salt."

Anyone?

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@mynameismoe

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by cathyort

Coming in somewhat late on the name discussion.

I have to admit we avoided Maureen when choosing a name for the first kid because of the whole "Mo" thing. We ended up with Moira. Which confounds most people here in the States. Something about the diphthong.

She ends up most often nicknamed "Moi" (pronounced Moy).

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@ Benoit

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by cathyort

No, it's the Soo here too. I've never ever heard it pronounced as in the condiment and I'm a lifelong Michigander.

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Wait… what about Pratt's Leer?

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by tb3

No I don't mean the way he looks at people…

I mean his jet.

Would he lend me a ride back on it? I'd even use the time on the way out in the van to visit and interact with every R3er I could on the way out.

And stop at Amigo's for some MexiYum.

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@tb3

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Absotively

I would offer you an air mattress in Edmonton, but the last time my parents visited they complained about the small leak that left them sleeping on the floor by morning.

Although I will probably either fix it or buy a new one at some point, so then I could offer you a (somewhat comfortable) place to sleep.

Assuming you don't end up here when I'm in the middle of moving.

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Okay, Craig, please spill the beans:

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

What principle is it that makes you play, as everyone else, always the same one song from an album?

Girls, Gold, Guns (Metric) is all very nice, but there are other cool songs on that very ceedee -- of which I believe one has been played previously, months ago.

So what requires that? Inquiring minds...

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Thanks, cathyort

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

It must have been someone from somewhere else in the U.S.

What about the long form, how's that pronounced in your neck of the woods? Assuming it's ever said?

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@ Craig

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MoniSki

well I'd be adventerous if I could... but at the moment I can't.

However, I think you should drive the van and create your very own business. Something like, "take a ride on the Minto Van and visit all the hometowns of Canadian indie bands". Kinda like a Kramer type thing. It'd be fun! And you can broadcast from the road... it'd be perfect! Plus, you'd make some money along the way. Do it Craig... Do it.

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@tb3

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MusicSoop

I realize this discussion might be over, but as stated by michelka traffic in Chicago would be a major concern for going that route. Your 2 hour advantage could disappear because of one broken down truck or whatever. I've looked at that route before from Toronto and the simple conclusion i came to is that there's a reason people invented airplanes.

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@benoit re. same song...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

craig expounded on that on moe's co-hosting day... to do with the principle that people won't really internalize the song until they've heard it three times, and accomodating the people that don't listen to R3 for 8-12 hours solid, it means lots of repetition...

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

Now that I get the logistics of this I actually am considering it. Seriously. I thought at first that I would be driving smelly musicians back to Vancouver, which doesn't sound like much fun after two days, but now I get it.

And so the kids and their bajillion Webkinz wouldn't be a problem. And a trip to Ama's house (that's the Taiwanese word for grandma). hmmm....

My wayward heart is going pitter-patter again.

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Correct, Bio Spice...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

And I could drop off coffee to the R3 bloggers all along the way...

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Yeah yeah yeah

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by stevierayk

I hear ya about playing songs over and over but, surely Elliot Brood has another song!!!

hey hey hey.

my my?

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@axis re. coffee...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

what's the story with the coffee? do you roast coffee at Paul's Wharf? or have some other special source??

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@ MusicSoop

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

But Chicago + airplanes is crazy too! Probs as bad as traffic. Took me a whole hour of non-stop dashing (7 months pregnant to top it all off) to catch my connection at O'Hare.

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@axis

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MusicSoop

Do it.

102

@Benoit

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by cathyort

I think we pronounce Sault Ste. Marie pretty much the way you would, except without the Canadian accent.

103

@ Bio, Craig

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

Thanks.

Still, that means that when a song is successful, it climbs up the chart and gets played 30 or 60 times.

Here, and I may be wrong about this, GGG has been played since July or August.

Perhaps when a song gets successful, it could go on being played however often in the R3-30, but be replaced by another one elsewhere on R3?

104

@axis

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

yes! do it! and then tell us all about it so i can live vicariously through your awesome road trip!

105

@ cathyort

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

Slight amendment: "without the Canadian accent, eh?"

106

@benoit

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

i'm with ya... you should write to the R3 "brass" with your suggestions...

107

@ Bio Spice

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

I am such a coffee snob! I've been trying to get them to brew amazing coffee here at Paul's Wharf, but it's complimentary for our customers, so they get the okay stuff. I bring really awesome coffee that I've ground at home in baggies and I take it out for myself and my favourite coffee drinkers. That roasting company actually created a special CBC Information Morning organic blend and the proceeds went to Saint John's CBC R1's annual Christmas fundraiser for the area foodbanks. And the coffee was delish! Hoping they'll do it again this year.

108

@ Bio Spice

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

I can probably leave it for Craig to carry forward, if he agrees.

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@Benoit/Bio

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

The appropriate people have been tapped to have a look at the blog and your concerns today!

110

@ Craig

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

Hey, where I come from "tapped" is a very bad word.

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@axis

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

thanks! i'm a coffee snob myself... if ever i'm in Saint John, I'll check it out!

112

@axis...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

Maple syrup country?

113

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Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by stevierayk

To me your average everyday coffee (see Tim Horton) taste kinda like sucking on a mouthful of dirty pennies.

So a coffee snob I must be

114

re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Corbin

Not about to read all the above posts. But I'm game, and done the drive a number of times.

Let me know.

115

ooh, listen kids!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Bio Spice

a new Corb Lund song!

116

@ axis: ooooooooh!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

Does that mean what I think? For which the French would be "faire une pipe".

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@ Craig

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

Tapping maple trees this time of year? Why, the idea!! Everybody in NB knows it's tipping time now. And I don't just say that because I'm a bartender.

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@ Benoit

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

Ceci n'est pas une pipe!

119

Whoever is into the Minto drive...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

Please email feedback@cbcradio3.com and let us know! Put "Minto Van" in the subject line, though!

120

@Benoit/axis

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Craig Norris

Simmer down.

121

@axis

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MusicSoop

"tipping time"? Sounds like a dangerous time for sleeping cows in NB.

122

re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by cathyort

Count me in the coffee snob club. I am most blessed to have an excellent boutique roaster just up the road. Which, if you were familiar with this area, you would know what a miracle this is.

123

"tap": look at this, wordfreaks

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

this Pretty neat, huh? (The spider is mouse-dragable)

124

@ axis & Craig

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

WAAAAY too many people understand speak French, now!

125

@ MusicSoop

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

Relax, the cattle are lowing peacefully. We make Christmas wreaths with these kind of tips.

126

@MusicSoop

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by tb3

Speaking of the summer road trip to the 'Peg… Are you thinking about the WFF?

127

Incidentally, Craig, ...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

..thanks for feeding the idea monward. I figured that at R3, "the brass" isn't very far from "the peons". Matter of fact I suspect two hats are involved.

128

!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

i am in a really fucking shitty mood, but i just laughed a whole bunch while reading all the comments. (oh noes! a swear! oops..)

i love coffee! when i am in charlottetown i lower myself to drinking tims. there just isn't good coffee here. when i am in halifax (or know people going back & forth) i get beans from java blend. IT IS DELICIOUS.

@axis if i am ever in your neck of the woods, i am coming for coffee!

129

monward

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

We need that word. I did mean onward though.

130

@benoit

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

from your use of the word "spider" i suspect i will see one if i click that link. this means i will not, under any circumstances, click that link.

sorry.

131

@tb3

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MusicSoop

At this pint I'd call it unlikely for 2010, but nothing is written in stone. It would be fun to see the R3 Winnipegers.

132

@tb3

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by MusicSoop

And it would be fun to see the R3 Brandontonians.

133

@ mynameismoe

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by axis

You're always welcome for coffee. And perhaps we'll all meet up at Sappyfest and have another Sappyfest Pancake Party complete with free-flowing coffee.

134

No, moe, it's...

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Benoit from Ottawa

...a word-relation graphic. Not yicky at all.

135

people!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by mynameismoe

@axis oh man. i swear i AM NOT MISSING ANOTHER SAPPYFEST! i even had an early bird ticket to the last one, but sold it mere days before.. martin rubs it in frequently how awesome it was.

@benoit ok! i can check it out then. :)

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Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by young_lion

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@axis

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by young_lion

hey there, in response to your earlier question about the name Minto... you're bang on about the origin of the name -- New Brunswick, not Portuguese.

Wally, the singer from Minto, is from NB I believe (some of the other members may be from back east as well? not sure)

AND your mention of Chipman is funny too -- before they were Minto, they were Minto Chipman! (and before that, they were the Smokes)... then they just shortened it to Minto... at the suggestion of Steve Albini I believe.

cheers!

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re: TCNH: Monday Morning Music News & Minto Motorcar Mania!!

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by eiregreen

o wish this had come out a week ago. i'm heading vancouver-toronto in december then back in january.. i'd so drive over fly. i am sure someone will drive it back.. and hopefully that person is honest!

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