Operation Disk Drop

This is a great idea and everyone should participate!
Go to http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/blog/drop.html for more info.
What an awesome way to share your favourites and find out about new artists!

Ani DiFranco and Chris Jericho

November 14th, 2007 episode
Just a quick entry…
I think I first heard of Ani DiFranco from Sassy magazine back in the late 1980s. I think. Foggy memory. I enjoyed her music and her contributions as an independent artist, but I would not call myself a true fan as I don’t own any of her stuff. I [...]

After The Hour

After The Hour is a new section of The Hour website for various videos of interest. It features some web exclusive parts of interviews as well as some other random videos (right now there is some stuff from CBC archives, a bit on people who claim they have seen aliens and other YouTube kind of [...]

The Virgin Megaman, Newborn Alan Alda and a difference of opinion

Tonight’s show featured interviews with Richard Branson and Alan Alda… Two conversations that equaled a(n) (possibly?) unintentional argument about the pros and cons of celebrity endorsements.
First, Branson was available to discuss the death of the “record store,” and to promote Virgin Unite and their  endeavor to get aid to remote areas of Africa.  He estimated that chain [...]

A guy who plays with big cats, a Canadian legend and easy on the taste bud meds.

George was a big kid while interviewing Dave Salmoni. I can’t blame him for his enthusiasm – Dave’s job sounds like the ultimate combination of pure joy and a bit of danger on the side.  Who wouldn’t want to go play with the big kitties. George asked Dave to bring one with him the next [...]

A Dog, a baker and a fancy shoe maker…

KENNETH COLE (the fancy shoe maker)
Tonight on the Hour, Kenneth Cole was available to discuss his work in support of AIDS research, and the hip new fad called corporate responsibility. OK, that sounds like I disprove of the movement…and I don’t! Not entirely anyway…It depends on how the corporation decides to take responsibility…. I personally [...]

Jan Wong, Tony Robbins and giant turkey legs

November 6, 2007
I have to say, this is one of the most interesting evenings on the show to date.
Starting off with Jan Wong (speaking of her experience in the book “Beijing Confidential”). The story of her as a Maoist in college, turning in a woman trying to leave to the US, then learning later [...]

Ralph Mellanby and Ben Harper

November 5, 2007
Atticus Finch writes -
Who would have thought that Harold Ballard would have been an aid for the rise of a Canadian icon. This was one of the things I learned tonight during the interview with Ralph Mellanby. Now I’m a huge hockey fan and Don Cherry and Coaches Corner have been [...]

The Strombo Show – Today!

Well, another arrival.
The Strombo Show happens today on a radio dial near you….
99.3 Fox Vancouver @ 2-5pm
Power 97 Winnipeg @ 4-7pm
102.1 Toronto @ 5-8pm
FM96 London @ 5-8pm
Y108 Hamilton @ 5-8pm
Sure to have great music, laughs and inappropriate content at times (one can always hope!).
George is back on the air-waves….. Have fun guys.

Afghanistan, Daniel Lanois and Kanye

Tonight on The Hour, George interviewed conservative newspaper columist Christie Blatchford…. and it was a completely honest conversation about the complex realities faced by our Canadian soldiers both at home and abroad. I was particularly taken by her story about soldiers in Toronto being advised to not wear their uniforms in public for fear of the [...]