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Monday, 5 September 2011

Let's go to the Ex !!

Today is the final day of the 2011 Canadian National Exhibition (CNE, commonly referred to as "The Ex").

I haven't made it there for several years, but have many fond memories of the crowds, the rides, the games, and most of all, the music.

Aerial view of Lake Ontario, taken from the Alpine Way at CNE (cable car)

Aerial view of CNE from the Alpine Way (cable car)

One of the many rides at the CNE

Princess Margaret fountain at CNE

CNE Grandstand Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CNE Prince's Gates

CNE Dufferin Gates

CNE Bandshell

David Bowie, CNE Grandstand, 1983

Serious Moonlight Tour

Happy Birthday, Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury would have been 65 years old today.


Farrokh Bulsara

The King is dead -- long live Queen Freddie !!

Sunday, 8 June 2008

WDVR Rocks !!

I recently found this New Jersey-based radio station. If you check their website, http://www.wdvrfm.org/ , you'll see by their schedule that they really have music to suit all tastes. You can call the DJ's during their show (just call 609-397-1620 & press 5 for the on-air DJ) or email them during their show ( host@wdvrfm.org ). And, yes, they do take requests. It's a lot of fun !!

[You'll find WDVR streams here:

WDVR High Speed: Stream URL = http://www.wdvrfm.org/wdvr45_10.asx
WDVR Low Speed: Stream URL = http://www.wdvrfm.org/wdvr24_11.asx ]

How I stumbled across this station is quite the story !! I used to listen to CING Radio 108. One song I really luved was "Rainbows, Pots of Gold, and Moonbeams". CING no longer exists and I can't find the song anywhere, including ITunes. I do recall asking at one time and being told that the artist was none other than Studebaker Hawk.

A Google search led me to a DJ at WDVR in New Jersey called Studebaker Hawk. I turns out that this is not the same person, but I have become a regular listener to his show, Hot Wax, aired on Fridays, from 6 AM - 9 AM. Studebaker has quite the following of regular listeners !!

[Incidentally, I have since located the song, "Rainbows, Pots of Gold and Moonbeams", available for download here http://www.littleshopofvoices.com/tuneman/studebaker.rm .]