Catch Up

If, like me, you hear the news only in passing, specifically the headline about the Demise of the CBC Radio Orchestra, then today, while catching up on my podcast listening, I hear on the April 8th, Best of The Current podcast that Radio Two will no longer be the bastion of classical music, that we have all come to love and admire, instead will play five hours, count them only five hours of classical music per day. The rest of the day will be taken up with other stuff. I assume not the indie alternative music available on radio three.

I used to belong to the Classical music email list over on classical net. We used to refer the Americans on the list to CBC Radio Two, telling them that CBC Radio Two is the best place, besides the BBC, to listen to classical music, then feel chuffed that we had a one up on them. When I lived in the boonies of the BC Peace our TV reception was almost non existent, radio reception only slightly better. After a particulary long winter I broke down and bought a Satellite dish, we still have it although it is not hooked up, so I could get my classical music fix listening to Radio Two.

Since moving to PG, Radio Two is just a little bit further down the dial and when I'm not after local news I'm probably listening to it. Needless to say all this CBC classical music shut down is making me sad.

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Talking about Radio three- today Meow Records, here in PG, won Radio Three's search for the #1 independent record store in Canada. Bryndis Ogmundson, the owner, has been all over the local news outlets urging everyone to vote for her record store. I think it is quite a feat and has put Prince George on the map.

The latest edition to the Best of Ideas podcast from the CBC radio show of the same name, features Adam Gopnik & Malcolm Gladwell, staff writers from the New Yorker magazine, both are Canadian, debating the question, Canada: Nation or Notion. It is an eloquent, enjoyable hour of listening. I particularly enjoyed Gladwells comparrison of Canada to being like the ethnic immigrant Chinese.

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