blog post TCNH: Listener Co-Host Initiative w/ Nick "nickdane" Peppiat

it's artistic licence...

If you take a photo of Craig solo, a phantom Pedro will appear behind him usually messing with Craig's hair. 

no way!! interesting.... 

Did you just find it browsing through iTunes or something of the sort?

Good morning Nick and Craig!  Looking forward to the show, even though I'm going to miss a lot of it due to meetings!  :(

It was iTunes back in 2005 telling me that the top music related podcast was this CBC Radio 3 jobbie, and me giving it a go that got me hooked.  I still remember it was podcast 15 (still a great one to listen to to this day) that cemented my love for indie music and radio 3.  It has literally changed my life, in so many ways, as I spend my spare time and money on lots of music related endevours, from buying tons of merch, to photographing bands (and being in a show at the arts guild currently happening here in Charlottetown), to starting to film a documentary on the local music scene.  It's my passion.

Have a good show!

Martin

Don't worry. I'll get to Monica a lot during the breaks.

And that was a cool day in the Atrium. We should have snuck into the Hour to see Anvil...

That long-winded story is right here.

damnit you caught me!  ok, my second passion is Radio 3 and indie music...

@Nick, heh, I think it was a while ago now!  But the music is still relevant.

this is kinda in reference to tb3 post... 

Perhaps I shall just let you know now, since there's no less awkward way to say this... haha. Nick and I are just friends now :) 

It doesn't come up on the show, and we've never mentioned it since, really... how does one let the r3 community know?? lol. 

But now you know! :)

I think you know mr. nickdane!

It was you! 

Zeus the band or Zeus the god? lol. 

Both really. haha 

oh, i can see why that's confusing... Zeus, the thunder god! Well maybe Zeus the band did have something to do with its creation, although that would lead to some time-altering paradoxes...

As a former co-host myself, I wish you good luck Nick!

And don't let that Craig boss you around too much ;)

p.s. just learned I can listen to radio 3 at my new job! huzzah~

well I hope you're alive again!!!! 

yeah, i know its probably confusing from the comments I said with craig. But we did break up. But, we are still good friends. Don't worry tb3, everythings going to be alright. We are cool.

In 2007 i bought my first laptop.  I became a CBC Junkie instantly.  I saw r3 on the cbc website and have been hooked ever since  and even more now that the site has improved.  I don't have time to blog as much as most of the folks on here but i did manage to score a toque a few weeks back. Whohoooooo!

By the way, I saw that lightning strike at Hillside.  I struck just behind the kids tent!  Scary!!  I'll be at Hillside inside too.  Not as great as the Summer but it so nice to have a musical escape in the winter. 

Good morning everyone!

I wish I had a great story about how I got into Radio 3, but I honestly, for the life of me, can't remember how I stumbled across this website. What I do remember was that one of the first things I heard on Radio 3 was rocknrollloser's LCHI show. And now we're friends in real life!

Radio 3 has given me an appreciation for Canadian music that I didn't have before. I mean, I loved all of the mainstays - Stars, The Weakerthans, Broken Social Scene, Feist, etc, but I was totally oblivious to how many amazing Canadian bands are really out there! It has also given me a community full of people who love music just as much (if not more) as I do, which is amazing. And it's given me friends who are just as into shows as I am so that I don't have to drag my boyfriend out all the time. 

Hey Craig,

I got into radio 3 this past summer in small-town Elora Ontario, where I could listen to it at the office.

I just helped my brother set up an account here, he just released his first single.

Prince Caspian, "Nineteen", its on this site, you should check it out.

Cheers! - Caspianette

I heard about radio 3 on radio 1. Every now and then, there'd be a special of some sort on radio 1 that hinted that more of such music could be heard on radio 3 if only I ventured there. I had an inkling that there was so much more to the music universe in Canada than I was experiencing. So when I changed jobs to one that made listening to radio1 at work impractical because I found the talk too distracting (yeah - like the blog isn't distracting at all), I gave radio3 a try and haven't turned back. I have also evangelized to a range of family and friends, with mixed success.

Also, thanks for posting the link to the lightning storm at Hillside this past summer. I was there. It was epic.

  I have been listening in for a long time now; I had not made any sort of comments on the blog or made a profile until just recently. I get to listen in at work, which makes accounting a heck of alot better! I guess I stumbled upon radio3 because alot of bands that I was and am still into were played here. I have to also mention that I have been a long time radio 1 junkie so listening to radio 3 seemed like a natural transition.

I like meeting someone who transitioned from R1 to R3! We tend to think that it goes the other way 'round! Of course, there are some (me) who love both. And R2, as well!

I'm a total CBC addict. My Grandmother would be so proud. I listen to Radio 1 in the morning, Radio 3 all day at work and often I listen to Radio 2 in my car (especially for Radio 2 drive).

NICE. I lived there till I left for university.

It's a nice, artsy little town. You should do a live show from there sometime!

..then they had bands downstairs in "The Coal Bin".

Thanks to the magic of an iPhone, I was able to listen to the show all the way into work today, and caught all the breaks.

You sound great.  And I hope you found it so much easier - not to mention more fun - doing it in studio rather than over the phone.  However, did Craig make you buy him breakfast?

Lee Hower - Sacramento, California

I was lucky enough to catch a pretty amazing show at Nathan Phillips Square. However it was UNBELIEVABLY cold that night. They still put on one hell of a show and I think the crazy cold actually helped bond the band with the audience. It was like we were all in it together.

Thanks a lot Lee. It was really fun going into the studio and recording it. So many gadgets and computers and Craig made it look so easy.

I gave CBC Radio 3 a listen starting at work. Along with Radio 2 and Terry O'Reilly's program the Age of Persuasion, I like have dialogue/conversation/not fluffy chatter going on in the background.

You've got a voice for radio, Nick! Listening from Waterloo, ON with delight, and cheering you on. -Sam

Tnx Sam. That sounds like a ton of distractions going on, just like when I was at Waterloo in rez. Oh, the old days...

I started listening to R3 when I started looking for a job at the Ceeb. Now I listen to Radio 3 and Craig Norris whistles at me when I'm standing at the urinal. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

I would gladly add you to the list of soon-to-be co-hosts!!

Too bad you missed it. I found some video from the show. It says it was -27 with the wind.

Ok so maybe that isn't CRAZY cold for everyone else in Canada. But it sure was a chilly night for a bunch of Southern Ontarians.

Craig, when you walk around official-like at the Ceeb showing people around before lunch, and then hang an unannounced louie into the loo to use the facilities, you will have a group of 3 guys follow you in.

  AHAHAHHA helix, that is great! I have a world tour 1982 tee from the Hall and Oats private eye tour..at which I was almost born at.

 The record store downtown by (the old) sherry champagne’s is called Cheeky Monkey, they are good friends of my boyfriend and I..very, very, very nice people. You can get some vinyl there, mostly special order if they can get it. So, at the moment my significant other and I are working on opening a record shop. Only vinyl!!!! Alot of rare- hard to find stuff and we wanted to specialize in Canadian Indie and alot of local artists. Yup it's alot of work since we will both have to keep our day jobs, but it's something that we are both really excited about starting. We are hoping that by the spring it will be up and running..under the name "Red Vinyl".

 About the old Sherry Champagnes; that is now a live music venue. Sarnia Hosts independent music shows every month called: "empty spaces shows". The idea was to have a live show every month hosted in the empty spaces that are all over our downtown. There is one coming up on Feb/5th 10 in which Make Me Young will be playing with some amazing local talent.

That has only happened once.

"No one whistles inches from my ear while I pee in Quebec's Eastern Townships"

You're obviously not staying at the right B & B.

That's why Roger Whittaker is huge in France.

yes! awesome! thanks for playing!

Wow I completely forgot about that band. 

Your Kramdens comments. New record coming in the spring!

It makes sense if you were. So creamy and silky... I need to go to the grocery store.

I refuse to believe Craig that you've only peed once at work.

In a washroom, yes.

Funnily enough, I've never actually listened to an R3 podcast

hey thanks for the offer to help I really appreciate it..like I said we are shoting for spring. (cross your fingers) Well i'll find you facebook...i'm Typhani D'Angela in real life so that would be me adding you as a friend!

got a new job in 2007, working with a charity, and my work computer did not have a cd drive that worked and my long-distance partner had custody of the ipod.  i was listening to radio 1 a lot.  too much in fact.  so i just started looking around the cbc site and suddenly music was coming out of the speakers!  i don't think i turned it off for a few weeks (i was working in an office in a cabin in the woods where i also lived, so i am completely serious, it was not turned off!).  helped me adjust to my new life and now i am an r3 pusher.

The first thing that really got me into CBC Radio, was that late-night show hosted by Patti Schmidt - Brave New Waves.

When I was at art school, I'd do my best work between midnite and 5am... BNW was always there, sending out floor-scrapin', fridge-hum, squeaky music - I love that part of my life - feeling that eerie sensation of being awake while the world sleeps - with strange music as my soundtrack - thank you CBC.

Later on, I was using Pandora for allot of my music. When that was cancelled in Canada, I went looking for a way to listen to music - finally, I came accross the Grant Lawrence Podcast - I listened to all of them (from the very first to the most recent) - from there, I found this station - I have it on all day, every day while I do my job.

Besides that, I'm a CBC nerd totally - R1, R2, Podcasts - the whole bit.

CBC for Prime Minister!

As for how I got started. I guess I'm pretty new to being a frequent listener. My brother (User: Team Quiggan) sent me some Final Fantasy and Jill Barber and told me that with the way the site is I can upload my band. Sounded good to me and I signed up late 2008. Then there was a long incubation period, about a year, where I didn't listen other then the songs my brother sent me. I just listened to my long MP3 list and some mainstream radio in Toronto. About last November I started to listen everyday at work. I'm starting to listen at home too, we are becoming one.

My work has a no music stream rule. Whoops. Oh well, they can go ahead and send as many "STOP STREAMING" e-mails as they can muster. They are going to have to physically unplug me from the internet before I'm going to stop listening to R3.

i was son angry when they cancelled Pandora in Canada. But at least CBC is way better anyways.

I Wicki'd Miltonite, and Googled it, and I'm still looking for an accurate definition.

What is a Miltonite?

Its just a person from Milton, ON. Or Miltonian works as well.

It was their last show of the tour, and they may have been enjoying a drink or two.  Alexei came on stage for the encore drinking vodka straight out of the bottle.  It was very rock star.  They're back on March 16th at El Mocambo, you should try to get out for that one!

miltonite = one from Milton ???

2 things...

First, I work completely by myself in a windowless basement office and so many times I lose focus on work and the blog offers a lovely release from staring into the nothingness that is my office. I'm excited to get a real desk and cabinates to make my offic elook like an office, instead of a cmputer and printer on a table in the corner. Needless to say I often creep on the blog, even if I don't read it. Mostly for Craig and Grant's shows as that's when I'm at work.

Secondly... R3 Love

I discovered R3 back in the days when it was two seperate sites, NMC and R3, and there was less as far as podcasts and shows then. I think it was 2003 or 2004?

My lovely friend introduced me to NMC to listen to some of her favourite artists which included The New Pornographers. I have come and gone, forgetting and remembering about it. Then a few years ago (I'd have to check my member page to get the date) R3 had grown and engulfed NMC a little more and I signed up because I thought the playlist creation was PERFECT. I often forget song and artist names, even if I can sing the whole song all the way through, HA! So I could just click and add anything and everything to a playlist, it was AWESOME! I had again fallen away from R3, distraction, iTunes, other people's music selstons, etc. But coming to work HERE (see above) I needed something to keep me going, it all started when I gforgot my ipod but somehow had head phones. I have no speakers on my computer. And it is in the last handful of months I have discovered the blog...

And made a few blog friends

I love R3

and all you fine folks that help me get through work every day. Even if on some days I do more blog reading than working...

<3 

An inhabitant of Milton, Ontario?

I hadn't read recent posts under his.

No don't ignore it, we have unanimity!

and it is also a synonym of bassanite!  So maybe @NickDane is from Bassan as well.

Holly cow that is kind of gross that Milton has grown that much in such a few short years. Talk about your town completely changing with in a few years.

Wait I live in Calgary and until this year there were 25,000 people moving here every year for quite a few years. High my name is Levi and I am the kettle calling the pot black.

Owen Pallett will be on Jian Gomeshi's Q, next week (Radio 1). Don't know anything more.

(He'll surely be playing something live, is why I'm bringing it up.)

I live rather close to Spruce Meadows (Place they hold the National Equestrian Championship) and I remember there being nothing but farmland out there when I was about 13 years old and visiting family. Now I live less than a half mile from it and there are house right up to it. Urban sprawl is really disgusting.

It makes me so sad to see all the farmland being taken over. Its crazy in Milton because the developments are getting really close to the supposedly protected Escarpment.

it might have been Canadian Playlist that drew me also - I'm not sure. I definitely remember some Grant Lawrence guest appearances showing me the way.

Welcome as a blogger (said he, noticing the recent creation of your page).

This site and the posters are such plusses...

Good job.  Great to hear you on the air/computer.

Lee

great show, nick!!

my story of how i came to cbc radio 3 probably changes every time i tell it. it wasn't one specific event/thing. it was many instances over a long(ish) perdiod of time which eventually brought me here. radio 3 seemed to ebb in and out of my life for awhile.

but what(who) got me listening every day was befriending fellow blogger, suckamc.

I seriously suspect Radio 1 (and perhaps R2 too) of actually looking to R3 for new things -- so that R3 would actuallly be '"breaking new sound".

(I still miss Amanda on here though. Her little hour on R1 Saturdays at 5 just isn't enough.)

Great show! I really enjoyed it :)

Although I didn't post how I came to R3 (I've told the story before, and I have it on my profile), I do agree that getting in to R3 and Canadian Independent Music was also a very pivital point in my life too.  Heck, most of my Facebook friends, many of whom are the age of my own children, are R3 friends.

Great place, this is!

Lee