Co-op News: CFRO Finally Enters the 21st Century

Radio Station Offers Its Programmers Podcasting Capabilities

In the 8 or so years I've been co-hosting and producing Wax Poetic, the biggest thorn in my side has always been how difficult it was to record our show for our own archival purposes and to be able to thank our guests in some small way for participating in our show.
Until now, the only way to obtain copies of our show would be to either bring in a tape and tape it ourselves, or burn a CD from the station's logger computer database, which was not accessible from any outside computer via the internet.

The difficulty with the first scenario is that a) tapes cost money and b) the studio's recorders don't always work or have even been stolen before.
The second solution relied on one of us (translate: ME) to either come about an hour before or after our show (with CD in hand). The guest had to bring their own CDs and I had to try and keep track of it. Not a good system.
The computer is used alot so it meant often have to go in quite early to be able to sit down and do it.
Now it is possible for anyone - average listener included - to listen to our show at any time.
And it means that i can open up my laptop anywhere and pull the show off the internet, edit it down if necessary, then post it on this blog.
I experimented with last week's show featuring slam poet Chris Gilpin and it worked flawlessly.

You too can listen to it by following this link.

http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/45241/WP_Jan9_08_ChrisGilpin.mp3

Finally we have an effective archive of all the great poets who grace our studio every week.
Truthfully, it leaves me a little sad to think of the ones we've lost to the ether.
But kudos to Co-op anyway, for putting this technology in place and firmly in the hands of the people.

Chris Gilpin

Had a great time in-studio with Chris, "aka Faust MacKenzie". Living up to his promise, there were actual donair-eating sound effects. And we have the pictures to prove it!

We like poets who bring food!!! We tried to get RC to eat one, but despite the fact that the lamb in the donair had been a vegetarian, he wouldn't try it. His loss!

Watch the video of "Donair Days" (Part 1) below, recorded live in-studio.

Raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Chris become involved in the theatre scene there at an early age. He held leads in a number of well-received plays in high school. His one-man, self-directed production of “Krapp’s Last Tape”, captured the highest award at the provincial one-act play competition. He was also given the distinction of “Excellence in Drama” as the top graduating dramatic student from the Edmonton Public School Board in 1994.

Chris completed a B.A. in Film Studies at the University of British Columbia. His graduating project, a 16mm short film called “Remembrance Dance”, was accepted as an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival. He has worked in the film industry as both an editor of images, and an editor of screenplays. With credits on such films as “Better than Chocolate”, “It’s All Gone Pete Tong”, and the currently unreleased documentary “Growth Rings : Elder Woodsmen of the West Coast”.

Besides his work in film, Chris has continued to follow his interest in the fields of both writing and performing. His literary work has been published in vancouveReview, Forget Magazine, 42opus, The GIG, and others. He has qualified for the Vancouver Poetry Slam playoffs with his spoken word performances, and he continues to act. Some recent acting credits include a lead role in “The Spoon River Anthology”, and a supporting role in “The Merry Wives of Windsor”.

Listen to the whole show here (Quicktime Required):

http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/45241/WP_Jan9_08_ChrisGilpin.mp3

A Year In Spoken Word Roundtable

We began the New Year with our traditional "Year In Spoken Word" and brought in some of the city's most influential spoken word organizers. We talked about the year's triumphs and challenges, as well as discussed what plans were in store for this new year.


Wax Poetic host RC Weslowski with Story Slam host Ivan Penaluna.


President of Vancouver Poetry House Sue McIntyre with Vancouver Poetry Slam Master Lisa Slater and Pandora's Collective founder Bonnie Nish.



Story Slam host Ivan Penaluna discusses how he plans to take the Story Slam to the "next level" this year with a venue and format change.


Sue McIntyre, Vancouver Poetry House president, spoke eloquently about the importance of inclusion in the local poetry community.


The group: RC Weslowski, Lisa Slater, Ivan Penaluna, Sue McIntyre, Bonnie Nish.

Doris Lavoie

Doris was a member of the Jubilation Singers and longtime cohort of Wax Poetic co-host Diane Laloge.
That's other WP anchor RC Weslowki you can hear on background echo. He and I both help out with beatboxing.

The Fugitives

Irene Livingston

Irene Livingston
Dubbed the CelticFest 2007 limerick queen, the spry and sometimes shocking Irene Livingston gets us in the mood for this year's festival happening March 14 - 18. www.celticfestvancouver.com