Saturday, March 30, 2013

HBLB rounds up the arts


Picture via Kram Ran.  


This episode includes:
Kram Ran's The Pattern Of Abandonment



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Does Taylor lose the game? Y/N
No.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

HBLB investigates ESP


Picture via The Marriage of True Minds.

This week, we're exploring our Extra-Sensory Perception.
This episode includes:
  • Taylor begins the episode with a psychic anecdote of which reportedly happened to Mark Twain.
  • T plays his interview with the electronic duo Matmos. For their latest album, The Marriage of True Minds, they telepathically sent their new record to some subjects, who spoke their observations aloud. Matmos took those transcripts and used them as the basis for their new record.
  • T and Brynna play the parapsychological tests they had carried out.
  • B and T round the hour out with a discussion on their beliefs on the parapsychological.
Listen:






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Does Taylor lose the game? Y/N
No.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

HBLB checks our food security

Picture by Warren Humeny. 
 

This week, we looked at the availability of food in inner-city Winnipeg.
This episode includes:
  •  Brynna introduces the three pillars of food security.
  • Taylor points to the inspirations for this episode:
    • Extra Foods on Main St will close its doors by the end of March, but
    • Neechi Commons will have its grand opening on March 19.
  • Jasmine Tara of the North End Food Security Network explains the services they provide, including food boxes and a grocery shuttle.
  • Iain Brynjolson of Food For Folks and Neechi Commons' produce manager talks about his experiences of providing locally grown food through community initiatives he's been a part of.
  • Photographer Warren Humeny and collaborator/partner Jennifer Sparrling talk about their neighbourhood grocery store closing down, how it affected their lives, and the lives of the employees.
  • In between, we listen to TWIN all hour long. Previously, TWIN's Dave Fort has organized seed exchanges on their canoe tour. 
What we couldn't get to:
  • This week's Uniter has an article on a residents association letter writing campaign for more food options downtown.
  • B mentioned the Manitoba Food Charter, which aims for sustainability and healthy relationships between consumers and their food.
Listen:





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Does Taylor lose the game? Y/N
No.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

HBLB visits NYC

Photo by Brynna Stefanson

Includes:
  • Co-host Brynna Stefanson returns! She's full of tales from NYC.
  • Surprisingly still on New Yorkers' minds: the soda-pop ban.
  • While she was away, B interviewed Coney Island sword-swallower Betty Bloomers. She gives gritty details on damage from Hurricane Sandy. People looking to support the sideshow in recovering from the storm can donate at their website.
  • B relays the tale of heading into the Alexander McQueen store, where she was afraid to touch anything. T shows off his limited knowledge of the designer (not including the fact that McQueen is dead).
  • B runs down NYC's green spaces, including the High Line. She thinks it all great, until she mentions gentrification, and gets bummed out a little.
  • T explains (if possible) the premise of Simbiopsychotaxiplasm, a fav movie of his that took place in Central Park.
  • B relates her NYC art gallery visits to MOMA and New Museum's 'NYC 1993' exhibit. T scores an actual HBLB on Damien Hirst!
  • We hear a ticket lottery for the Book of Mormon--and B tells us all about the play.
  • We round the hour out with some high-quality NYC busking.
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Does Taylor lose the game? Y/N
No.