HOTSHEET Wknd May 28 and 29
Bob Haberkost
-- SATURDAY MAY 28, 2005 --
1. THE HOUSE:
Now what? This week, The House ponders Parliament after last week's Big
Vote. Host Anthony Germain talks with Conservative Whip Rob Nicholson, and
Jennifer Fry reports on the Commons Finance Committee, where the
Liberal-NDP alliance might just unravel. Also, trying to cut down on spam:
Anthony talks with a member of the government's task force and an
e-commerce about what needs to be done to liberate your Inbox. That's The
House, Saturday after World Report at 9 a.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
2. GO:
Break out your Light Sabre...this week on Go. Brent Bambury goes looking
for real live Jedis. In the last census, 20,000 Canadians identified
themselves as Jedis. What's next? Wookies in Whitehorse? And Ron Sexsmith
makes a visit to the studio to play a new tune. That's Go, Saturday at 10
a.m. (10:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
3. THE CBC FESTIVAL OF FUNNY:
If you grew up listening to CBC radio in the 80s, you grew up with the
comedy of the Frantics. After a 15 year absence, the Frantics reunited to
play a special show at the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival. And this week, The
CBC Festival of Funny brings you that special show, recorded live at the
Gas Station Theatre in Winnipeg last month. That's The CBC Festival of
Funny, Saturday morning at 11:30 (noon NT) on CBC Radio One.
4. QUIRKS AND QUARKS:
Getting the MOST from Canadian Astronomy...this week on Quirks and Quarks.
It's small, it's cheap and it's making discoveries that are changing the
rules for astronomy. For almost two years, Canada's Microvariability and
Oscillation of Stars Telescope, or MOST, as it's more commonly known, has
been measuring the light coming from distant stars. During that time, it's
made some of the most precise measurements of any telescope built, and
these have led astronomers to rewrite their theories of star formation and
function. Now MOST has turned its eye on the planets. Maybe it's time for
the space observatory once dubbed 'The Humble Telescope' to get a new
nickname. Also, dinner for two, coffee for one: why a dinner date with some
spiders always ends badly. That's Quirks and Quarks, with host Bob
McDonald, Saturday afternoon after the noon news (12:30 NT) on CBC Radio
One.
5. DEFINITELY NOT THE OPERA:
This week on DNTO... Guest host Amanda Putz explores the theme of "being a
fan" - from Star Wars fans who spend years making "homage films" to hanging
out with the most die-hard fans on the planet (Manchester United fans, of
course), DNTO gets to the bottom of what it means to be a fan. Also, DNTO
listeners spill the beans on the craziest thing they've ever done as a fan,
and a live concert break with Canuck indie superstars The Hidden Cameras.
That's on Definitely Not the Opera, Saturday after the one p.m. news (1:30
NT) on CBC Radio One.
6. THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND:
French Twist: The latest opinion poll shows over half of French voters
will choose not to ratify the European constitution in a national
referendum this Sunday. The constitution would provide the foundation for
the future of a united Europe, and it must be ratified by all EU members.
Hear that report Saturday on The World This Weekend, with Lorna Jackson, at
6:00 pm (7 AT; 7:30 NT) on both CBC Radio One and CBC Radio Two.
7. WIRETAP: ***also heard Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. (9 NT) on CBC Radio One***
This week on WireTap, How To: Goldstein gets lessons in stand-up
comedy...from a 10-year-old, and a tip on how to achieve the perfect poker
face...by shaving your eyebrows. Plus juggling on the radio. That's
WireTap, with Jonathan Goldstein, Saturday at 6:30 (7:30 AT, 8 NT) on CBC
Radio One.
8. BUNNY WATSON: ***also heard Sunday at 4 pm (4:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two***
(no advance info available)
9. FINKLEMAN'S 45s:
Danny spotlights Jackie Wilson this week on Finkleman's 45s, along with
tunes from the Del-Vikings, Jerry Lee Lewis, Patti Page and more. Danny
laments the excess of choice in paint in a major Canadian hardware chain.
He also has an idea for a restful new feature that might soon be coming to
a movie palace near you. That's all on Finkleman's 45s, Saturday night at
8:00 (8:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
10. A PROPOS:
(no advance info available)
11. SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES:
A stand-up-and-cheer concert from the Toronto Blues Society's 'Women's
Blues Revue' concert this week in Hour one of Saturday Night Blues. How's
this for a line-up? Serena Ryder, Sue Foley, and Dawn Tyler Watson. In the
Midnight Hour, an interview with one of the wild heroes of modern blues and
boogie - George Thorogood. He talks about the blues and rock icons who
inspire him, and how comedy is a big part of his music. That's on Saturday
Night Blues, starting at 11 (11:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
-- RADIO TWO --
12. THE VINYL CAFE:
Head for the Vinyl Cafe this weekend. Host Stuart McLean has a concert
recorded in Goderich, Ontario, featuring songs and stories about the Great
Lakes, including the true story of a kid who went over Niagara Falls - and
lived. That's this week at the Vinyl Cafe, Saturday morning at 10:00 (10:30
NT) on CBC Radio Two.
13. SOUND ADVICE:
This week on Sound Advice, Rick Phillips devotes the whole show to film
music, including Star Wars 3: The Revenge of the Sith, and some vintage
stuff as well. The film music motif continues into the Library, as Part Two
of the series on William Alwyn focuses on his movie music. That's Sound
Advice, Saturday after the noon news (1 AT, 1:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
14. SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA:
The ethereal loveliness of Lakme by Delibes this week on Saturday Afternoon
at the Opera. It's a performance by the Calgary Opera, starring Amy Hansen
in the title role, with John Tessier and Dean Elzinga. Robert Dean
conducts. 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.
15. GLOBAL VILLAGE:
Skies and music light up Laos at the Boon Bang Fai rocket festival in Laos.
A festival in Cuba rockets back in time to recreate aboriginal rituals.
Plus stories from Barbados to Hungary and Korea to K'OS with the CBC
Vancouver Radio Orchestra. 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 MAY 29, 2005 ---
1. THE SUNDAY EDITION:
(no advance info available)
2. VINYL CAFE:
Head for the Vinyl Cafe this weekend. Host Stuart McLean has a concert
recorded in Goderich, Ontario, featuring songs and stories about the Great
Lakes, including the true story of a kid who went over Niagara Falls - and
lived. That's this week at the Vinyl Cafe, Sunday after the noon news
(12:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
3. MADLY OFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS:
It's a wild assortment of great stuff this week on Madly Off in All
Directions. Host Lorne Elliott welcomes comedians Bette McDonald and Brent
Butt, along with the music of Fred Eaglesmith. That's Madly Off in All
Directions, Sunday afternoon at 1:00 (1:30 NT, 4:00 PT) on CBC Radio One.
4. THE INSIDE TRACK:
The Ottawa 67s made it to this year's Memorial Cup tournament in London -
and along with sticks and skates, their coach Brian Kilrea made sure they
brought their homework. A look at education and major junior hockey, this
week on The Inside Track with Robin Brown, Sunday afternoon at 1:30 (2:00
NT; 4:30 PT) on CBC Radio One.
5. TAPESTRY:
A Modern Faith...this week on Tapestry. What is the role of faith in a
modern hospital? Who decides when to withdraw care from a dying
patient...the doctor? the patient's family? or religious law? Dr. Shabbir
Alibhai, an observant Muslim and practising physician, believes the answer
should be all three. Also, a feature interview with the Reverend Cheri
DiNovo, the minister of Emmanuel Howard Park United Church in Toronto. She
has transformed a dying urban congregation into one that is both thriving
and controversial. That's on Tapestry, Sunday afternoon right after the 2
p.m. news (2:30 NT, 4 MT, 3 PT) on CBC Radio One.
6. WRITERS AND COMPANY:
More in the special series Memory and Myth: The Rebirth of Central Europe
continues this week on Writers and Company. Host Eleanor Wachtel talks with
Eda Kriseova, a Czech journalist and dissident whose work was banned for
many years. She served as Speaker for Vaclav Havel during the Velvet
Revolution, later worked as advisor in his office, and became his official
biographer. That's Writers & Company, Sunday afternoon at 3 (3:30 NT, 5
CT/MT/PT) on CBC Radio One.
7. CROSS-COUNTRY CHECKUP:
Sunday on Cross Country Checkup ...books. Forget the news, the politics,
and the shenanigans, Checkup's book show is back. After being forced aside
for too long, book lovers finally get their chance. What books are you
reading ..and what do you recommend? Join host Rex Murphy on Cross Country
Checkup ..help compile a new list of good reading, Sunday afternoon from 4
until 6 (EASTERN) on CBC Radio One.
8. THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND:
(no advance info available)
9. SOUND ADVICE:
This week on Sound Advice, Rick Phillips devotes the whole show to film
music, including Star Wars 3: The Revenge of the Sith, and some vintage
stuff as well. The film music motif continues into the Library, as Part Two
of the series on William Alwyn focuses on his movie music. That's Sound
Advice, Sunday at 6:30 (7:30 AT, 8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One.
10. ON STAGE:
This week, On Stage presents The Joy of Creation: poet, short-story writer
and essayist, Irving Layton is perhaps the best-known of the Montreal poets
who battled against romanticism in the 1940s. His "tell it like it is"
style won him both enemies and worshippers, but Layton bestowed his love of
words, sound, and life itself upon audiences and readers. Veteran actor
Kenneth Welsh and Governor General's Award-winning playwright Jason Sherman
illuminate Layton's legacy, with music by David Buchbinder of the Flying
Bulgar Klezmer Band. That's On Stage, with host Shelley Solmes, Sunday
night at 8 (9 AT, 9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
11. SUNDAY SHOWCASE:
Sunday Showcase kicks off a whimsical new series called Hot Spots this
week. What happens when Canadians go astray - when the good citizens of
this calm land find themselves in international hot waters? Sunday Showcase
and Monday Night Playhouse have commissioned five new dramas from five hot
writers to explore that very question. This week, Chiapas and Other
Distractions by Lalo Espejo. Based on his travels through Chiapas during
the time of the historic Mexican elections in July 2000, this funny
monologue moves between issues of leadership, the opening of a Future Shop
in Vancouver, and the Zapatista uprising in Mexico. That's on Sunday
Showcase starting at 10 p.m. (11 AT, 11:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
12. JAZZBEAT:
A three-cornered chat - of the musical variety - this week in Hour One of
Jazz Beat. Ottawa bassist John Geggie and Montreal drummer Jim Doxas greet
New York tenorman Donny McCaslin in a session from our CBC Ottawa studio.
In Hour Two, two dynamic leaders, one musical vision: singer DeeDee
Bridgewater and saxophonist David Sanchez shared the stage at Montreal's
2004 Jazz Festival to paint a verdant "Latin Landscape". That's Jazz Beat,
with host Katie Malloch, Sunday night at 11 (midnight AT, 12:30 NT) on CBC
Radio One.
--- RADIO TWO ---
13. CHORAL CONCERT:
A Spotlight Concert this Sunday on Choral Concert. First, Icons and
Incense, featuring the Winnipeg Singers, under the direction of Yuri Klaz.
Later, Montreal - City of Music, featuring Concerto Della Donna, under the
direction of Iwan Edwards. That's Choral Concert, with host Howard Dyck,
Sunday morning after World Report at 8 (8:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
14. SYMPHONY HALL:
Trumpeter Guy Few joins the Windsor Symphony Orchestra this Sunday on
Symphony Hall...in a concert that includes Brent Lee's Stone and Star,
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Pergolesi's Suite, and Stravinsky's
Pulchinella Suite. That's Symphony Hall, with host Katherine Duncan, Sunday
morning at 10 (10:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
15. THE SINGER & THE SONG:
This Sunday on The Singer & the Song, Catherine Belyea showcases German
baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in honour of his 80th birthday. This
'complete singer' is featured singing songs by Schubert, Mahler and Wolf,
and also in some operatic excerpts by Mozart, Verdi and Wagner. A Tribute
to Fischer-Dieskau, on The Singer & The Song, Sunday at 1 p.m. (1:30 NT) on
CBC Radio Two.
16. ON STAGE:
This week, On Stage presents The Joy of Creation: poet, short-story writer
and essayist, Irving Layton is perhaps the best-known of the Montreal poets
who battled against romanticism in the 1940s. His "tell it like it is"
style won him both enemies and worshippers, but Layton bestowed his love of
words, sound, and life itself upon audiences and readers. Veteran actor
Kenneth Welsh and Governor General's Award-winning playwright Jason Sherman
illuminate Layton's legacy, with music by David Buchbinder of the Flying
Bulgar Klezmer Band. That's On Stage, with host Shelley Solmes, Sunday
afternoon at 2 (2:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
17. BUNNY WATSON:
(no advance info available)
18. ROOTS & WINGS:
This week on Roots and Wings, host Philly Markowitz has fiddles of the
world, including the new collaboration between Kiran Alhuwalia and Natalie
MacMaster. Also, Eastern electronica from Romania, Turkey and Morocco and
drum traditions from Nigeria and Wassoulou Mali. That's on Roots and Wings,
Sunday evening at 5 (5:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
19. PEARLS OF WISDOM:
This week on Pearls of Wisdom, host David Wisdom has a top-drawer mix of
songs on subjects such as slang and lingo, the rhythm of the railroad and
the plight of the aspidistra. Artists include Babs Gonzales, Lori Cullen,
Michael Buble, Flanders And Swann and Flotsam And Jetsam. 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.
20. JAZZ BEAT:
A three-cornered chat - of the musical variety - this week in Hour One of
Jazz Beat. Ottawa bassist John Geggie and Montreal drummer Jim Doxas greet
New York tenorman Donny McCaslin in a session from the CBC Ottawa studio.
In Hour Two, two dynamic leaders, one musical vision: singer DeeDee
Bridgewater and saxophonist David Sanchez shared the stage at Montreal's
2004 Jazz Festival to paint a verdant "Latin Landscape". 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.
21. TWO NEW HOURS:
This week, Two New Hours presents more highlights from the 2005 Montreal
Nouvelle Musique festival, featuring the virtuoso chamber ensemble
Court-circuit. The program features the world premieres of Alexina Louie's
Imaginary Opera and John Rea's Accident, plus works by Ralf Wallin, Martin
Matalon, Peter Klanac and Philippe Hurel. That's Two New Hours, with host
Larry Lake, Sunday night at 10 (11 AT, 11:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
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Dan Say
> HOT SHEET FOR WEEKEND OF MAY 28 & 29, 2005
>
> -- SATURDAY MAY 28, 2005 --
>
> 2. GO:
>
> Break out your Light Sabre...this week on Go. Brent Bambury goes
> looking for real live Jedis. In the last census, 20,000
> Canadians identified themselves as Jedis. What's next? Wookies
> in Whitehorse? And Ron Sexsmith makes a visit to the studio to
> play a new tune. That's Go, Saturday at 10 a.m. (10:30 NT) on
> CBC Radio One.
And here I thought that all the Jedis were
here reading and writing on A.R.N.CBC?
....Only a few more weeks of Finkleman and then another
block opens up for further "geniuses" like Wiretap's twit.