This morning I spoke with Charles Akben-Marchand, past-president of Citizens for Safe Cycling, about Sunday’s hit-and-run in Kanata and cycling safety more generally.
I do have more to say on this- it’s a pretty exceptional and terrifying event, and I think the city is rightly shocked- and will put something up tonight over at the bike blog.
Good Morning all! Adam is away, but I am still here. I’ll be on air from 7-9 AM on 93.1FM in Ottawa, www.ckcufm.com for everyone else.
At 8:30, I’ll be joined by Charles Akben-Marchand of Citizens for Safe Cycling to talk about Sunday’s terrible hit-and-run and bike safety more generally. In keeping with our look back to past shows, we’ll also feature a previous interview in the first hour.
Welcome to the middle of July! Bluesfest has taken over the city, and the weather has held (more or less) long enough for us all to enjoy it. As always, you can start your tuesday with me at 7am at 93.1fm, or online if you are from away.
At 8:30, my good friend and former co-host Luke Cote will be joining me via phone to give us his semi-regular otherside of the world update. It will be a little more free-wheeling than normal, but might include ongoing missile tests, allegations of cyber-terrorism, and the dear leader’s apparent terminal illness.
We will also continue to go through the greatest hits bag, replaying my conversation with Kelp Record’s Jon Barlett at 7:30.
The new album, Lost Channels, by The Great Lake Swimmers was one of ten albums included on the short list for the 2009 version of the Polaris Music Prize. On June 19th they played a show in Ottawa at First Baptist Church located at the corner of Elgin and Laurier. Prior to the show I spoke with the lead singer and songwriter for the band, Tony Dekker. The interview can be found below. In the interview we talk about a cover version the band did of Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s song “Don’t Cry No Tears”. I have included videos of both songs below.
At the end of the interview I throw to the song “I will never see the sun” from the band’s self-titled debut album. Since this isn’t live radio you can hear the song by clicking here.
As Adam probably mentioned last week, he is off to Kingston for the rest of the summer. Worry not, however, as I am still around and can more than hold up the fort. As always, I am on from 7-9am on 93.1 FM in Ottawa, www.ckcufm.com for people everywhere else.
This week will be a mix of a little bit more music than normal, reflecting the start of Bluesfest, some greatest hits interviews from earlier in the year, and fresh discussion.
Fellow Travellers 
