HOTSHEET Wknd August 5 and August 6, 2006
victori...@cbc.ca
SATURDAY AUGUST 5, 2006
1. THE HOUSE:
When you eat organic food - how do you know it's really "organic"? The
federal government is preparing a law to bring consumer confidence to
the food we eat. But some farmers are worried it'll increase both red
tape - and costs. Hear that report on The House, with guest host
Carolyn Dunn, Saturday after World Report at 9 a.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC
Radio One.
2. TEN TIMES TABLE:
This week on "Ten Times Table" Bill Richardson in conversation with
polymath, Sheila Heti...the author, dancer and event organizer Sheila
Heti gets to work on some pretty interesting projects. This week on
Ten Times Tables, she'll share some of her experiences with Bill
Richardson. And she'll share her sound piece on the theme of
temperance. Raise a glass - or not - to Ten Times Table, Saturday
morning at 9:30 (10 NT) on CBC Radio One.
3. SIMPLY SEAN:
This week on Simply Seán, great music from Jason Collett, Pavement,
Kathleen Edwards, and The Kinks. Seán gets outside and finds out from
two German visitors what summer time partying is all about in
Stuttgart. Special guest Ron Sexsmith drops by with his guitar for a
chat and to sing a couple of duets with Seán. That's Simply Sean,
Saturday at 10 a.m. (10:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
4. AND SOMETIMES Y:
It's all about translation this evening on And Sometimes Y, Host
Russell Smith tries to find out what gets lost in Translation. Among
other explorations, he polls a group of students learning English what
they think are some of the goofiest rules in the English language, and
what they'd do to improve it. And Sometimes Y, Saturday morning at 11
(11:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
5. CBC FESTIVAL OF FUNNY:
The Festival of Funny heads East this week, to Halifax, to hear the
Queen of Canadian Comedy, Cathy Jones. And they round it out with one
of the country's up-and-coming stars, Newfoundland's Jonny Harris.
That's the CBC Festival of Funny, Saturday morning at 11:30 (noon NT)
on CBC Radio One.
6. QUIRKS AND QUARKS:
One in four Canadians will suffer from depression, serious enough to
require treatment, over the course of their lifetime. But for a small
number of them, no treatment will bring relief from their darkness and
anguish. Now a team of Canadian scientists has developed a radical
solution for treatment-resistant depression: brain surgery. These
researchers have discovered a "sadness centre" in the brain, and by
stimulating that area with electrodes implanted in the brain, they've
been able to bring light into these people's lives for the first time.
Hear all about it on Quirks and Quarks, with host Bob McDonald,
Saturday afternoon after the noon news (12:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
7. DEFINITELY NOT THE OPERA:
Are you ready to laugh? Sure hope so, because this week, DNTO revisits
conversations with some very funny folks, including Amy Sedaris and
Sean Cullen. Plus Sook-Yin's extended chat with Ricky Gervais -
co-creator of the hit TV series The Office, podcast star, and
Hollywood's hottest Brit. That's on Definitely Not the Opera Saturday
after the one p.m. news (1:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
8. LOST AND FOUND:
Reality show judge and professional inventor Doug Hall has helped
create at least 18 products and services you may have in your home.
Davey Rothbart is making a living publishing the scraps of paper people
lose or leave behind in Found Magazine.
And we tell you what the latest trend is in big concert ticket sales.
Those mega-line ups may be a thing of the past. We're talking
Stuff....Lost and Found with host Matt Rainnie, Saturday afternoon at 3
(3:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
9. SOCKET:
The focus is on what host Angela Antle calls "uber-artists" this week
on Socket - people who make art in all kinds of forms, from painting
and making videos to designing wallpaper. Craig Le Blanc of Calgary
even uses his own body as art. He's just one of the uber-friendly
uber-artists you'll meet on Socket, Saturday afternoon at 4 (4:30 NT)
on CBC Radio One.
10. TALKING BOOKS:
(no advance info available)
11. THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND:
The City of Buffalo, New York, isn't known for its architectural
grandeur. But the community is working hard to restore one house that
has great architectural importance. The Darwin Martin House was
designed by famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright more than 100
years ago. But parts of the complex were destroyed, or fell into
disrepair. Now, the community has raised millions of dollars to bring
it back to life - and bring architecture fans to Buffalo in the
process. Marsha Lederman reports, Saturday on The World This Weekend at
6:00 pm (7 AT; 7:30 NT) on both CBC Radio One and CBC Radio Two and on
Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 137.
12. MADLY OFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS:***also heard Friday at 11 a.m. (11:30
NT) on CBC Radio One***
This week, Madly Off in All Directions comes to you from the
Confederation Centre in Charlottetown. Host Lorne Elliott welcomes
comedian Derek Edwards, and the brilliant guitarist and songwriter
Stephen Fearing. That's Madly Off in All Directions, Saturday evening
at 6:30 (7:30 AT, 8 NT) on CBC Radio One.
13. RANDY BACHMAN'S VINYL TAP:
Randy spotlights Number Ones this week on Vinyl Tap: a look back at
some of the Billboard Number One hits over the past few decades. An
exploration of the songs, and the people behind the songs. From Diana
Ross to ABBA, from the Bee Gees to the Beach Boys, the well known and
the lesser known. Plus some interesting music trivia: did you know, for
example, that Terry Jacks' hit Seasons in the Sun was originally
recorded - but never released - by the Beach Boys? That's on Vinyl Tap,
with Randy Bachman, Saturday night at 7 (8 AT, 8:30 NT) on CBC Radio
One.
14. FUSE:
Joel Plaskett stubbornly remains on the East Coast. But the rest of the
country has quickly caught on to his shining rock-pop tunes. And Tom
Wilson has been around the block with Junkhouse and Blackie and the
Rodeo Kings. But when he's solo, he tells hometown stories in his
endearingly gruff style. Fuse matches them up for a mix of Maritime pop
and gritty Steel City rock. And it's all tied together by the haunting
harmonica of Bob Lanois. Hear them on Fuse, with Amanda Putz, Saturday
at 9 p.m. (6 p.m. AT, 6:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
15. SAMPLE THIS:
(no advance info available)
16. SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES:
An interview with revered Canadian artist Jeff Healey this week in Hour
One of Saturday Night Blues. His new CD is a live recording with his
Jazz Wizards group, featuring British jazz trombonist Chris Barber as a
special guest. In the second hour, fiery Louisiana slide guitarist,
singer and songwriter Sonny Landreth. Known for his solo work and
performances with Clifton Chenier, John Hiatt, and John Mayall.
Landreth burned up the stage at the Ottawa Bluesfest last summer.
That's on Saturday Night Blues, starting at 11 (11:30 NT) on CBC Radio
One.
-- RADIO TWO --
17. THE VINYL CAFE:
It's "Vinyl Café: The Musical" this weekend. Stuart McLean and
Juno-nominated musician and songwriter Tony Quarrington tell the
history of Dave and the Vinyl Café through song. That's this week at
the Vinyl Cafe, Saturday morning at 10:00 (10:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
18. SOUND ADVICE:
Rick Phillips has a treat for Bach fiends this week on The Best of
Sound Advice: he's devoting the whole program to a new box set of the
Brandenburg Concertos. He'll compare them with great performances from
the past, and you'll hear at least one movement from each of the
Concertos. That's Sound Advice, Saturday after the noon news (1 AT,
1:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
19. SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA:
This week, from the Paris National Opera, Verdi's Simon Boccanegra,
starring Carloz Alverez in the title role, with Ferruccio Furlanetto,
Ana Maria Martinez, Philippe Fourcade, Stefano Secco, and Nicolas
Testé. That's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, hosted by Howard Dyck,
Saturday at 1:30 pm (2:30 AT; 3:00 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
20. GLOBAL VILLAGE:
This week, Global Village host Jowi Taylor continues his road trip with
a stopover in Montreal. Jowi's quest? To find the art, culture and
music that puts this ON THE MAP. Jowi alongside CBC local host Patti
Schmidt will be club hopping along The Main. The musical soundtrack
will be supplied by Plaster, Jerome Miniere, Bombolesse and Mandinka.
That's Global Village, Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. (7:30 AT; 8:00 NT)
on CBC Radio Two.
--- WEEKEND HOT SHEET, SUNDAY AUGUST 6, 2006 ---
1. THE SUNDAY EDITION:
Whatever happened to Dr. Latch? For more than twenty years Dr. Jack
Newman, the man who could "latch the unlatchable" has been the hero of
the pro-breastfeeding movement in Canada, celebrated for his
unshakeable insistence that virtually all
mothers should breastfeed their babies. Now he finds himself in the
medical wilderness, out of the mainstream hospital system. This week
on The Sunday Edition, Alisa Siegel discovers how he got there in her
feature documentary, "Dr. Latch". That's The Sunday Edition, right
after the 9 a.m. news (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
2. LITERARY ATLAS OF CANADA:
(no advance info available)
3. VINYL CAFE:
It's "Vinyl Café: The Musical" this weekend. Stuart McLean and
Juno-nominated musician and songwriter Tony Quarrington tell the
history of Dave and the Vinyl Café through song. That's this week at
the Vinyl Cafe, Sunday after the noon news (12:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
4. WIRETAP:
The Promise of Childhood...this week on WireTap. Jonathan Goldstein
describes how it feels when Zuuzuu discovers the Beatles. Gregor does
his best to save a precocious child from certain doom - a future of
adult mediocrity. Howard tries to convince Goldstein to revisit the
glories of childhood with a round of what he claims was the best game
ever: No Rules Octopus Rock Tag. That's WireTap, with Jonathan
Goldstein, Sunday afternoon at 1:00 (1:30 NT, 4: PT) on CBC Radio One.
5. THE INSIDE TRACK:
This week on The Inside Track... an interview with one of the NHL's
really nice guys - Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames. He's a great
player, captain, son, husband, father; he's very generous with his
time...he's always smiling...and Robin Brown dared to ask him if he had
any flaws. Also, judoka Amy Cotton is one of the world's best -
despite suffering from the very painful juvenile arthritis. That's
this week on The Inside Track, Sunday afternoon at 1:30 (2:00 NT; 4:30
PT) on CBC Radio One.
6. TAPESTRY:
At the end of the movie Capote, there's an epigraph from the writer's
last, unfinished novel. It says, "There are more tears shed over
answered prayers than unanswered ones." Which may simply be a more
spiritual way of saying, "Be careful what you wish for - you might get
it." Of course prayer is about more than just wishing. Mary Hynes sets
out to explore everything about prayer this week on Tapestry. Her
guests are Philip and Carol Zaleski, authors of a comprehensive new
book about prayer. That's on Tapestry, Sunday afternoon right after the
2 p.m. news (2:30 NT, 4 MT, 3 PT) on CBC Radio One.
7. WRITERS AND COMPANY:
This week on Writers and Company, from the Project theatre at the
Dublin Writers' Festival, "Where Does Poetry Come From?" Host Eleanor
Wachtel speaks with the winners of this year's Griffin Poetry Prize,
Roo Borson and Charles Simic, along with American poet Carolyn Forche
and Irish poet Theo Dorgan. That's Writers & Company, Sunday afternoon
at 3 (3:30 NT, 5 CT/MT/PT) on CBC Radio One.
8. CROSS-COUNTRY CHECKUP:
Sunday on Cross Country Checkup ... the best and worst of summer.
Canadians are kicking back into three long dog days of summer this
weekend. That can mean barbeques, drinks on the dock, basking in the
heat . . . It can also mean bugs, sweat and too many beers. Is this
short, intense season to be relished or endured? What do you love - or
hate - about summer? Join guest host Ann Medina for Cross Country
Checkup, Sunday afternoon from 4 until 6 (EASTERN) on CBC Radio One.
9. THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND:
Sunday on The World This Weekend, a disturbing look at the changing
face of big-city poverty in Canada. It is on the rise - but not where
you'd expect to find it. The shift has been pronounced in Vancouver,
Montreal, and most of all Toronto - where the United Way has
graphically mapped it out. The agency found that poor neighbourhoods in
the central city have actually shrunk - while pockets of suburban
poverty are on the rise.
And the poor people who live there are -- in disproportionately large
numbers - new immigrants. Mary Wiens visits an area called "The
Triangle" in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough. It's a cluster of
dismal low-income high-rises...and it offers a grim example of how
suburban life has changed. Hear that report Sunday on The World This
Weekend at 6:00 pm (7 AT; 7:30 NT) on both CBC Radio One and CBC Radio
Two and on Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 137.
10. HERE'S THE THING:
Here's the Thing delves into some dirty laundry this week - and some
clean laundry, too - as they take a closer look at that favourite
labour-saving device - the Washing machine. You'll even find out how
astronauts wash out their space skivvies when the nearest Laundromat is
thousands of kilometers away. Here's the Thing, Sunday at 6:30 (7:30
AT, 8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One.
11. THE CONCERTO ACCORDING TO PINCHAS:
It's Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Opus 77, this week on The
Concerto According to Pinchas. The 19th century virtuoso Pablo Sarasate
refused to touch the Brahms concerto in its early days. Hear how
Pinchas turns Sarasate's objections into a virtue. The Concerto
According to Pinchas, Sunday at 7 p.m. (8 AT, 8:30 NT)
12. ON STAGE:
This week, On Stage presents Part One of a four-part series presenting
The Four Corners of the World: North America, Latin America, Asia and
Eastern Europe, featuring the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. It begins in
North America, with guest conductor Alain Trudel leading the MCO in The
NAFTA Flag and Chambers by Ian Ross:, Robert Turner's Manitoba Memoir,
Michael Oesterle's Ironman, Musica Celestis by Aaron Jay Kernis, and
Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. Join guest host Andrea Ratuski for
On Stage, Sunday night at 8 (9 AT, 9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
13. SUNDAY SHOWCASE:
"Words & Music" continues this week on Sunday Showcase with the
conclusion of "Eastcoasting" by George Elliot Clarke, starring Phil
Akin as Clarke, with original music by jazz great Joe Sealy, sung by
Arlene Duncan. Born near the Black Loyalist community of Windsor
Plains, Nova Scotia, and raised in Halifax, George Elliot Clarke is a
poet, novelist and librettist. His poetry and prose is firmly rooted in
his Black Loyalist heritage. His poetic "Whylah Falls" was part of the
1996 CBC Radio Drama series and an acclaimed stage play in 1997. In
2001, Clarke won the Governor General's Award for Poetry for his
collection Execution Poems. Clarke often collaborates with composers
and his libretto for "Quebecité" and "Beatrice Chancy" have been
performed nationally and internationally. That's on Sunday Showcase
starting at 10 p.m. (11 AT, 11:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
14. JAZZBEAT:
2005 saw the twenty-fifth anniversary of Hugh Fraser's VEJI project,
but he didn't neglect his quintet, either. This week, JB has The Hugh
Fraser Quintet in a concert performance from Toronto. In Hour
Two...electric bassist Steve Swallow has made some great new musical
friends in Denmark, and he took them on tour last summer to show them
off. He calls the trio Tin Pan Aliens, and you'll hear their Montreal
Jazz Festival concert. That's Jazz Beat, with host Katie Malloch,
Sunday night at 11 (midnight AT, 12:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
--- RADIO TWO ---
15. CHORAL CONCERT:
The Summer European Choral Odyssey continues from Munich this week on
Choral Concert, with Haydn's Te Deum, Kodaly's Psalmus Hungaricus, and
Four Sacred Pieces by Verdi, performed by Bavarian Radio Choir and
Orchestra under the direction of Mariss Jansons. That's Choral Concert,
with host Howard Dyck, Sunday morning after World Report at 8 (8:30 NT)
on CBC Radio Two.
16. SYMPHONY HALL:
Harpist Erica Goodman joins Symphony Nova Scotia this week on Symphony
Hall, in a concert that includes Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri,
Somers' Suite for Harp and Orchestra, Handel's Harp Concerto Op.4 No. 6
and Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 500. That's Symphony Hall,
with host Katherine Duncan, Sunday morning at 10 (10:30 NT) on CBC
Radio Two.
17. THE SINGER & THE SONG:
Join Catherine Belyea on Sunday afternoon for Gypsy songs from Central
Europe; for the most part presented by solo singers and gypsy bands
from Slovakia, Hungary and Serbia--with the addition of a few concert
versions by Dvorak and Brahms. Gypsy Songs from field to salon, on The
Singer and The Song, Sunday morning on Sirius channel 137 and Sunday
afternoon at 1 (1:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
18. ON STAGE:
This week, On Stage presents Part One of a four-part series presenting
The Four Corners of the World: North America, Latin America, Asia and
Eastern Europe, featuring the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. It begins in
North America, with guest conductor Alain Trudel leading the MCO in The
NAFTA Flag and Chambers by Ian Ross:, Robert Turner's Manitoba Memoir,
Michael Oesterle's Ironman, Musica Celestis by Aaron Jay Kernis, and
Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. Join guest host Andrea Ratuski for
On Stage, Sunday afternoon at 2 (2:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
19. SKYLARKING:
Sunday on Skylarking, host André Alexis visits London, England: a
city filled with odd museums, drunken locals, colour blindness and a
collision of pulses. That's Skylarking, Sunday at 4:00 p.m. (4:30 NT)
on CBC Radio Two.
20. ROOTS & WINGS:
This week on Roots and Wings, host Philly Markowitz has Ottawa's young
Creole songwriting sensation Melissa Laveaux, music by "Cavemen" and
sublimely strange gamelan from Indonesia. That's on Roots and Wings,
Sunday evening at 5 (5:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two
21. PEARLS OF WISDOM:
This week on Pearls of Wisdom, host David Wisdom pays tribute to a
sadly overlooked American composer, Harry Warren. You'll hear some of
his very best songs performed by Dean Martin, Carmen Miranda, The
Spitfire Band and heaps more. That's Pearls of Wisdom, Sunday at 6:30
p.m. (7:30 p.m. AT, 8:00 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio Two.
22. JAZZ BEAT:
2005 saw the twenty-fifth anniversary of Hugh Fraser's VEJI project,
but he didn't neglect his quintet, either. This week, JB has The Hugh
Fraser Quintet in a concert performance from Toronto. In Hour
Two...electric bassist Steve Swallow has made some great new musical
friends in Denmark, and he took them on tour last summer to show them
off. He calls the trio Tin Pan Aliens, and you'll hear their Montreal
Jazz Festival concert. That's on Jazz Beat, with host Katie Malloch,
Sunday at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 AT, 9:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
23. TWO NEW HOURS:
Join Two New Hours for performances from the MusiMars festival in
Montreal, including the Canadian premiere of R. Murray Schafer's String
Quartet No. 10 and host Larry Lake in conversation with the composer.
Larry also talks with Ana Sokolovic and Lasse Thoresen, prior to
performances of their works. You'll also hear Penderecki's String
Quartet No. 2 played by the Molinari String Quartet, and violinist
Ellen Jewett playing Sokolovic's Cinq danze per violino solo. That's
Two New Hours, with host Larry Lake, Sunday night at 10 (11 AT, 11:30
NT) on CBC Radio Two.