Fun Palace Radio Variety Show

On this episode of The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show: Music from Jonathan Adjemian, Anand Rajaram and Thom Gill, recorded improvisation from the Sufferettes and the concluding chapter of The Mysterious Death of W.B. Find the Fun Palace Radio Variety Show podcast on the internet. in iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/fun-palace-radio-variety-show/id912005674?mt=2] | with RSS [http://www.funpalace.ca/episodes/?format=rss] | on Soundcloud [https://soundcloud.com/funpalace] | on Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/small-wooden-shoe/fun-palace-radio-variety-show?refid=stpr] If any of you listeners have notes for suggestions for me, please feel free to email them to cedric@funpalace.ca [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1454522669307-48EOGBDCHG1O5QQU4Y8C/image-asset.jpeg?format=1000w] SHOW NOTES: 02:58 –- THE SUFFERETTES IMPROVISE * The Sufferettes are Becky Johnson and Kayla Lorette * Website [http://www.thesufferettes.com/] * Space Riders [http://www.ctv.ca/SpaceRiders.aspx], the webseries turned CTV streamer that they’re in. 10:55 – THOM GILL WITH “FEEL THE HOUSES” BY CHRIS WEISMAN * Website [http://isthisthomas.com/] * Bandcamp [https://isthisthomas.bandcamp.com/] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/isthisthomas/] * Chris Weisman [http://nnatapes.com/available-releases/chris-weisman-the-holy-life-thats-coming-lp/] 13:59 – THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF W.B. CHAPTER 9 The concluding chapter of the saga. You may remember, not-so-retired private detective Gabriel Novus was following philosopher Walter Benjamin and his briefcase across Europe. Benjamin remains dead, but a slow-talking judge was just about to hand Novus the late writers briefcase - what will be inside? * Previous chapters on Bandcamp [https://funpalaceradio.bandcamp.com/album/the-mysterious-death-of-w-b] * Fun Palace Players: Susanna Fournier, Chris Stanton, Becky Johnson, and Jacob Zimmer, with sound design & mixing by Richard Feren, and musical director Jonathan Adjemian. Directed by Chris Earle. 23:48 – ANAND RAJARAM * Website [http://www.anandrajaram.com/] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1454522792632-WJ1IJBRDSIUNF3MRPH7N/image-asset.jpeg?format=1000w] 27:00 – DRAMATIC READING OF THE INTERNET * Website [http://www.google.com/] * Fun Palace Players: Susanna Fournier, Brendan Gall, Becky Johnson, and Jacob Zimmer, with sound design & mixing by Richard Feren, and musical director Jonathan Adjemian. Directed by Chris Earle. 36:22 – JONATHAN ADJEMIAN * Bandcamp [https://hooverparty.bandcamp.com/]

On this episode of The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show: Music from Vivek Shraya, Lisa Bozikovic and Gabe Lavine, career advice from a self identified career expert and the penultimate chapter of The Mysterious Death of W.B. with Fun Palace Players including Christopher Stanton, Susanna Fournier, Becky Johnson, Jacob Zimmer,  musical direction and piano by Jonathan Adjemian, and sound design & mixing by Richard Feren. Directed by Chris Earle. [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1453295543810-FIIOGO79IY0PSFI3XH1D/image-asset.jpeg?format=1000w] SHOW NOTES: 02:55 VIVEK SHRAYA * Website [http://vivekshraya.com/music/] * Soundcloud [https://soundcloud.com/vivekshraya] * Bandcamp [https://vivekshraya.bandcamp.com/] * Profile in Radical Notion [http://www.theradicalnotion.com/vivek-shraya-feminist-know/] 06:14 MOSTLY SCRIPTED CALL IN SHOW Christopher Stanton, Susanna Fournier, Becky Johnson, Jacob Zimmer, musical direction and piano by Jonathan Adjemian, and sound design & mixing by Richard Feren. Directed by Chris Earle. 16:00 LISA BOZIKOVIC * Website [http://www.lisabozikovic.ca/] * Bandcamp [https://lisabozikovic.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-how-we-swim] 21:30 THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF W.B. Christopher Stanton, Susanna Fournier, Becky Johnson, Jacob Zimmer, musical direction and piano by Jonathan Adjemian, and sound design & mixing by Richard Feren. Directed by Chris Earle. 29:00 GABE LAVINE, IVY MAIRI, MARTHA FARQUHAR-MCDONNELL * Gabe Lavine on Bandcamp [https://gabelevine.bandcamp.com/] / on Souncloud [https://soundcloud.com/gabe-lavin] * Kith and Kin on Bandcamp [https://gabelevine.bandcamp.com/]

On this episode: Music from Rick Campbell, Laura Barrett and Tasseomancy, a new chapter in the ongoing saga The Mysterious Death of WB, and a seasonal Radio Call-in Showwith the Fun Palace Playersincluding:Brendan Gall,Becky Johnson,Jacob Zimmer,Susanna Fournier, musical direction and piano by Jonathan Adjemian, and sound design & mixing by Richard Feren. Directed by Chris Earle. Find the Fun Palace Radio Variety Show podcast on the internet. * in iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/fun-palace-radio-variety-show/id912005674?mt=2] * with RSS [http://www.funpalace.ca/episodes/?format=rss] * on Soundcloud [file:///Users/JZMR/Dropbox/!!_Notes/soundcloud.com/funpalaceradio] * on Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/small-wooden-shoe/fun-palace-radio-variety-show?refid=stpr] Every so often a manila envelope is mysteriously hand-delivered to Cedric Littlewood’s door, containing a thumb drive with audio and text files which he then transform into a new episode of this podcast, and uploads it at the request of the enigmatic Fun Palace. If any of you listeners have notes for suggestions, please feel free to email them to Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes. All the other podcasts say that’s the way to get noticed, so we will say that too. SHOW NOTES [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1450809411306-99M926DHO0XMIYTMLAXO/image-asset.jpeg?format=1000w] 02:35: A SONG: ALBUQUERQUE, SUNG BY RICK CAMPBELL [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1450810239238-Q9XS0SY3KCV3G1DNOWOU/image-asset.png?format=1000w] 09:45: FUN PALACE PLAYERS PRESENT THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF WB * The next chapter in The Mysterious Death of W.B. with Fun Palace Players Christopher Stanton [https://arcstage.wordpress.com/christopher-stanton/], Susanna Fournier [https://twitter.com/susannafournier], Becky Johnson [http://beckyjohnson.ca/], Jacob Zimmer [http://www.twitter.com/jacobzimmer], sound designer Richard Feren [https://twitter.com/richardferen], and music director Jonathan Adjemian. Directed by Chris Earle. * If you want to catch up on previous chapters, that’s now possible through the Fun Palace Radio Bandcamp Page [https://funpalaceradio.bandcamp.com/album/the-mysterious-death-of-w-b] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1450809934191-H50QBQZLQ253YWYQTOWP/image-asset.jpeg?format=1000w] 20:00: A SONG: BLUE CRYSTAL FIRE BY TASSEOMANCY * Bandcamp [https://tasseomancy.bandcamp.com/] * Tumblr [http://tasseoblog.tumblr.com/] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1450810074863-SBYLPKELG8RXJVWWFI4O/image-asset.jpeg?format=1000w] 24:20: A MOSTLY SCRIPTED CALL IN SHOW - NOT GOOD ENOUGH * Fun Palace Players Christopher Stanton [https://arcstage.wordpress.com/christopher-stanton/], Susanna Fournier [https://twitter.com/susannafournier], Becky Johnson [http://beckyjohnson.ca/], Jacob Zimmer [http://www.twitter.com/jacobzimmer], sound designer Richard Feren [https://twitter.com/richardferen], and music director Jonathan Adjemian. Directed by Chris Earle. 33:40 A SONG BY LAURA BARRETT * Website [https://laurabarrett.wordpress.com/] * at paper bag records [http://paperbagrecords.com/artists/laura-barrett/] * Dana Snell [http://www.danasnell.com/] Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes. All the other podcasts say that’s the way to get noticed, so we will say that too. Thank you and have yourself a season full of variety.

On this episode: Songs from Sasha Chapin, Gabe Lavine, Liz Peterson and Matt Smith.Questions in the Dark with Michael Lewis Johnson and The Mysterious Death of WB with the Fun Palace Players including: Brendan Gall, Becky Johnson, Jacob Zimmer, Susanna Fournier, musical direction and piano by Jonathan Adjemian, and sound design & mixing by Richard Feren. Directed by Chris Earle. The next live recording is December 14, 2015 in Toronto. Get tickets here [http://burdockto.com/shows/?show=71]. Find the Fun Palace Radio Variety Show podcast on the internet. * in iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/fun-palace-radio-variety-show/id912005674?mt=2] * with RSS [http://www.funpalace.ca/episodes/?format=rss] * on Soundcloud [file:///Users/JZMR/Dropbox/!!_Notes/soundcloud.com/funpalaceradio] * on Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/small-wooden-shoe/fun-palace-radio-variety-show?refid=stpr] If any of you listeners have notes for suggestions for me, please feel free to email them to cedric@funpalace.ca [cedric@funpalace.ca] FP-2014-select-17.jpg [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1447704819555-EI4QSZTDNUC2ML459DIE/FP-2014-select-17.jpg?format=1000w] SHOW NOTES: 03:57: A SONG : GOLDEN TICKET BY SASHA CHAPIN * Website [http://sashachapin.com/] * Bandcamp [https://sashachapin.bandcamp.com/releases] * on Twitter [https://twitter.com/sashachapin?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] * Articles * Dreams are Boring [http://hazlitt.net/feature/dreams-are-boring] * Elliott Smith is Sad, Like You [http://hazlitt.net/feature/elliott-smith-sad-you] 06:30: FUN PALACE PLAYERS PRESENT THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF WB In the previous chapter the clearly alcoholic private eye/business owner Gabriel Novus, visited the eccentric sister of Walter Benjamin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benjamin]. So far we know that Benjamin might be suicidal and is carrying a heavy briefcase that may or may not contain a manuscript, that may or may not exist. Now he is once again on a train he loathes heading South to find out more. [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1447709065894-BMYZ8U87XLEEBZSZQVYO/image-asset.jpeg?format=1000w] 13:10:  A SONG: RANGE OF EMOTION BY GABE LAVINE WITH IVY MAIRI, MARTHA FARQUHAR-MCDONNELL * Gabe Lavine on Bandcamp [https://gabelevine.bandcamp.com/] / on Souncloud [https://soundcloud.com/gabe-lavin] * Kith and Kin on Bandcamp [https://kithandkintrio.bandcamp.com/] 17:04: QUESTIONS IN THE DARK WITH MICHAEL LOUIS JOHNSON * on CBC3 [http://music.cbc.ca/#!/artists/Michael-Louis-Johnson] * Lemonbucket Orkestra [http://www.lemonbucketorkestra.com/#tour] * Michael Louis Johnson on Myspace [https://myspace.com/michaellouisjohnson/music/albums]! * Rambunctious on Myspace [https://myspace.com/rmbnxs/music/songs] 29:55 A SONG: BLOOD WEDDING LULLABY BY MATT SMITH & LIZ PETERSON * Liz Peterson Website [http://www.eventsinrealtime.org/about] * Prince Nifty Website [http://princenifty.com/] / on Bancamp [https://princenifty.bandcamp.com/]

On this episode: Music from: ANAMAI, Andrew Penner and Felicity Williams. A call-in show with a security expert, and Chapter 5 of The Mysterious Death of WB with the Fun Palace Players including: Brendan Gall, Becky Johnson, Jacob Zimmer, Susanna Fournier, musical direction and piano by Jonathan Adjemian, and sound design & mixing by Richard Feren. Directed by Chris Earle Find the Fun Palace Radio Variety Show podcast on the internet. in iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/fun-palace-radio-variety-show/id912005674?mt=2] | with RSS [http://www.funpalace.ca/episodes/?format=rss] | on Soundcloud [https://soundcloud.com/funpalace] | on Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/small-wooden-shoe/fun-palace-radio-variety-show?refid=stpr] If any of you listeners have notes for suggestions for me, please feel free to email them to cedric@funpalace.ca NEWS! NEXT LIVE SHOW DATE ANNOUNCED: NOVEMBER 2ND AT THE BURDOCK MUSIC HAL [HTTP://BURDOCKTO.COM/]L [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1443623564178-1MX3OXSX4US23011VY8N/image-asset.jpeg?format=1000w] SHOW NOTES 2:06 ANAMAI -- ABRIS * Buzz Records [http://buzzrecords.ca/] * Bandcamp [https://buzzrecordsto.bandcamp.com/album/sallows-lp] * Soundcloud [https://soundcloud.com/anamaimusic] 6:32 MOSTLY SCRIPTED RADIO CALL IN SHOW -- THE SECURITY EXPERT Written and performed by the Fun Palace Players: Brendan Gall, Becky Johnson, Jacob Zimmer, Susanna Fournier, musical direction and piano by Jonathan Adjemian, and sound design & mixing by Richard Feren. Directed by Chris Earle. [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1443623729840-GGAFRB0140L62KB3NFP7/image-asset.jpeg?format=1000w] 21:37 ANDREW PENNER -- BLESS THIS CITY * Sun Parlour Players [http://www.sunparlourplayers.com/] * iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/the-living-proof/id839896353] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1443623829514-1I6MFON8RNWBIA5D8RZV/image-asset.jpeg?format=1000w] 26:49 JESSICA MOSS -- TIMELESS NEWS REPORT. * Twitter [https://twitter.com/jessiemercury] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52792a48e4b061ca915ddd62/1443624148001-1C1TVJFMB1BAEEQPMZK5/image-asset.jpeg?format=1000w] 33:00 -- THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF WB -- CHAPTER 5 In the previous chapter the retired detective Gabriel Novus, the hero of the story and train-o-phobe, visited Hannah Arendt. In Chapter Five, he continues on his search for Walter Benjamin by visiting his eccentric sister. That’s Walter’s sister, not Gabriel’s. 38:36 FELICITY WILLIAMS & JUSTIN HAYNES ON GUITAR -- BELOVED LIGHT. * Discogs [http://www.discogs.com/artist/2142201-Felicity-Williams-2] * Justin Haynes on Bandcamp [http://justinhaynes.bandcamp.com/]