Sunday, July 08, 2007
Yellowknife City Where The Grass Ain't Green But The Girls Are Pretty
Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers)
Physical State: tired
Mental State: dozey
Music: Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara
Fashion sense: green t-shirt, pajama pants
Ok yes it's been months since I wrote anything on this blog. A lot has happened as you may recall from April. I moved to Yellowknife, NWT to work at a radio station and I have been very busy (sometimes too busy) for the past month and a half. But the station gives me lots of opportunities to do things in radio that I might not be able to do in Toronto. Right now I do remotes and production in addition to my regular afternoon shift on the station. I am also being trained to work as a music director. So lots on the go. Yellowknife is a lot different from Toronto, like a small town big town. Also the sun rarely disappears up here, i walked home from a bar at 2 am and the light looked like about 6 pm back home. Weird.
We also have a huge music fest up here, Folk On The Rocks which I have been doing interviews for. In the past week I have talked to Dallas Good of The Sadies, Kytami a violinist and electronic artist from Vancouver, The Bebop Cowboys as well as my friend Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers, seen above). That is a still from his new video done by Roncesvalles Village indie director Scott Cudmore. Great to see both Tony and Scott getting so much exposure. I can't wait to hang out for a beer with Tony up here at Folk On The Rocks.
The title of this post alludes to a great hip hop song by local rapper Godson (who I also interviewed for the station). He's got some great songs that we play on the station.
I've met a lot of cool people up here in a very short time and it feels like a big family up here. There are many talented and interesting people in this town. I have to start looking for a new place to live though which has got me a bit anxious. We shall see what happens.
Well that is it for my first attempt to keep this blog up in north of 60 here.
Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers)
Physical State: tired
Mental State: dozey
Music: Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara
Fashion sense: green t-shirt, pajama pants
Ok yes it's been months since I wrote anything on this blog. A lot has happened as you may recall from April. I moved to Yellowknife, NWT to work at a radio station and I have been very busy (sometimes too busy) for the past month and a half. But the station gives me lots of opportunities to do things in radio that I might not be able to do in Toronto. Right now I do remotes and production in addition to my regular afternoon shift on the station. I am also being trained to work as a music director. So lots on the go. Yellowknife is a lot different from Toronto, like a small town big town. Also the sun rarely disappears up here, i walked home from a bar at 2 am and the light looked like about 6 pm back home. Weird.
We also have a huge music fest up here, Folk On The Rocks which I have been doing interviews for. In the past week I have talked to Dallas Good of The Sadies, Kytami a violinist and electronic artist from Vancouver, The Bebop Cowboys as well as my friend Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers, seen above). That is a still from his new video done by Roncesvalles Village indie director Scott Cudmore. Great to see both Tony and Scott getting so much exposure. I can't wait to hang out for a beer with Tony up here at Folk On The Rocks.
The title of this post alludes to a great hip hop song by local rapper Godson (who I also interviewed for the station). He's got some great songs that we play on the station.
I've met a lot of cool people up here in a very short time and it feels like a big family up here. There are many talented and interesting people in this town. I have to start looking for a new place to live though which has got me a bit anxious. We shall see what happens.
Well that is it for my first attempt to keep this blog up in north of 60 here.
