blog post Would you give up sex for music?

Good morning!

Sex!

No wait...

Music!

No wait...

I dunno.

I'm going to say.... no.

Good morning! As soon as I can get the stream to work I'll get to work on the topic. I've been trying for 5 minutes, the silly ad played without hitch. Now? Welp. Also, no iTunes at work. So if people have other links (which I'm searching for), I'm all ears.

@daa1982 Not likely. Try Canadian Tire.

@daa1982 [7] Interestingly, "Isuzu Impulse" was MikeV's street name.

Yeah, what's the deal with the Mr. Clean commerical? Is that new for other people? First time it's happened to me, really confused me this morning.

Oh it's working now. Yay! Anyway, sex or music? Tough choice. I really don't know. At least music doesn't ask for anything in return? Except my time and money. Shoot.

@Steph [13] They are necessary, yes, and the web developers made them as non-intrusive as possible.

I grew up with an ad-free CBC. I blame the boomers. Don't tell BfO.

Music or Sex?

Let's just say, order me up the official R3 chastity belt. Music is like MindSex, without the dreaded wet spot on the mattress afterwards.

Yes, bengineer, this generation doesn't remember ads on CBC Radio. But they used to be there!

Sorry lauren!!! I never thought aboit that...

@Steph [23] Actually, that pic is almost 4 years old!

I guess I'm flattered that you think it's recent!

Lauren - Haha, that sucks. I wonder if anyone else with strict firewalls is going to have that problem?

@lauren That is one restrictive firewall. Seriously does it just block everything that has the word sex in it?! That is pretty rediculous

I just realized that a similar topic was posted last night. That one has a much more simple answer: yes, the core of our music listening must be similar, but we should each have peculiarities to keep things interesting. Such as blasting Carly Rae Jepsen on car rides. As I said earlier, the sex/music one is really tricky.

@Canadajanes-Thanks

When the site first switched over there was someone saying they were going to see if things streamed better from a virtual server they set up. Anyone remember who that was and/or if it succeeded?

I've always considered Brasstronaut to be good background music for certain leisure activities, so I'd like to applaud Craig's choice.

Craig - I blame Rick Perry.

@lauren Well sports are just for perverts.

Steph - It depends on how much of the night is devoted to actual sleeping...

@oldmanjanes @steph and how much alcohol fueled the event.

Bengineer, Andy - Very good points, lads!

@Andy - I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW WEIRD IT WAS! HAHAHA!

sexy times! waka waka

Rolling Stone Magazine

Well, Glory Be! and Sake's Alive! Who's on the cover? Deadmau5!

I'm sorry but I find these types of questions pretty stupid.  The results of the survey can't be all the accurate b/c it doesn't reflect a situation that would ever happen.

I did no such thing, StephR!  (Did I?)

I have to second the new (yet buggier) website. I have to listen on my phone with the app. It's making me lose interest in trying each morning. And I REALLY don't want that.

I second LaurenElizabeth (45).. giving up sex for things (facebook or studying textbook-free, what does that even mean) seems like they're doing it wrong.

But sex for music.. that's tough. They are both on the same level - sensory, connectivity, joyful. I don't think I can do it. sex == music

Would you give up sex for music?

Yes!

Next question!

EricR, you just you took my breath away........ Did that sound weird?

how do you Ontario peoples handle this humidity!? derp a derp, it's hot

You adapt tp it after a while.

@marie_curious [69] - THANK YOU! I hate AC... Its a billion degrees outside right now and I'm cold... 

Tribe called Red - I downloaded this album, pretty enjoyable! Not my first pick for the short list, but a good listen!

@CDNJanes, Marie_C -- yes, I keep reading the name as, "A Tribe Called Quest".

@Airick -- Umm, maybe, yes... ?

Sports or music? That would be a tough decision!

@EricR:  Another tough decision, vision vs. hearing!

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!  Just signed it.  I will focus my anger and direct it at the Harper Government because i'm sure they are the blood sucerks at the root of this. That Beady Eyed smarmy ass of a prime minister makes me crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have enough addvertising in life.  The CBC should feel shame too for caving to corporate controll.

OK. I feel a bit better. A bit.

Morning!! Listening to the summer playlist here at Radio3, when Baby Got Back started playing...I was freaking out because i thought i was listening to the radio :P

@CdnJanes [#081] ... okay then, so would you give up music for books then?  Is that what you're implying?

canadajanes (72)

Is the download free? I was also curious from the one Tribe called Red song.

makes me so happy R3 is playing this kathleen edwards song now. so, so lovely.

@KristaMark [83] Or vice versa.

Good Morning!

London - I have a question is there a schedule out yet for HCFF? We maybe in the area that weekend!

(and by Shonice, I mean Shonica.  But if you ever wanted to release a slow-jam R&B album, I have just the pseudonym for you :))

@Craig  #90    True enough! 

@Shonica Glad you might be able to join us at HCFF. Facebook John and he probably has a rough idea of the schedule.

I'm going to HCFF.

Just sayin'.

I have an extreme urge to drive over to London for HCFF now that I missed NXNE.

Things that I need to make this happen:

- tickets

- a place to stay

- transportation to London

I think it's do-able, right?

See you there Craig! Its going to be great.

@westcrunch - Well, you can scratch one off right away - tickets - there are none! It's a donation only festival! :)

re:100 + 103   YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@westcrunch [104] Someone who has been to Home County can correct me if I'm wrong, but tickets are not necessary....

Correct? Londoners, please?

@Steph & @Craig -- WHEEE! This plan is off to a great start!

yes, Home County admission is by donation.  Suggested 5 bucks per day, which, come on - that's such a deal that "deal" isn't even the right word for it.

@loweeda 115....uh...what are you implying?  

$5 dollars per day?!?!? Pretty sure if I still lived in Vancouver I could fly to London and attend Home County for less than the cost of a weekends pass to Vancouver Folk Music Festival.

@loweeda, I second @daa1982 huh ????

my apartment is really small.  Someone would have to be sleeping in my bed to stay with me.  that's all I was saying. and then I tried to tie it back into today's topic, obviously failing badly.

Geez, you guys.  It was just bad jokes over here, as usual.  Especially bad ones today, I guess.

Loweeda's funny bone swells up in the humidity.

Self hi-o.

Which is in itself a hi-o.

wait.... THERE WAS A HULA LANA?!?!

Isn't it time to retire this song yet?

@daa1982    Damn star obsessed, screaming pre-teens ruining the fun for the rest of us. 

Yes Eric here is her twitter!

http://twitter.com/HulaLana

Here's what I don't get:

68% of women say they'd give up sex for a better body. But, when you're having sex, that's when you're showcasing your whole body the most. Take sex out of the equation and you're just another skinny girl wearing clothes on the street. Wouldn't you want a better body IF you were having sex, not INSTEAD of?

ahhhhh I saw a hula skirt, but not the Lana part.... I see know...

The two go together so well I dont think I could ever choose one over the other!

@MikeV [141] Yes, daa1982 went to a party troll college.

And daa1982, if The Kramdens stay at your place, you may be the one in the panic room.

@MikeV - I'm still aiming to Ghoul status rather than Troll.  Better medical benefits.

I gave up sex for sexy music long ago

daa - please don't

@carver49 You are not listening to porno music again are you?

@Canadajanes.  Thought so.  

hey, zammy, sorry again about the school stuff.  that sucks

PJ

Hiding from the sun. It's being mean today.

@loweeda, may i suggest bunk beds??? come on it's the newest trend: Bunk beds.  I want to get one for my wife and I, me on top obviously.

@KristaMark daa1982 has no face. He is a non-corporeal being.

Mike

Is that why he wears that dead-baby mask?

good idea, Michael Wynn.  In a small space, always build up.  And stay on top.

daa

Is that a new name for 'irritable bowel syndrome'?

@carver49 [167] I betcha music'll just use ya and spit you out. Don't come crawling back to us.

@zammy, that hi-O was uncalled for.  

@loweeda always stay on top, and if you do get a bunk bed, may i suggest the classic Captain/bunk bed hybrid.  it's cool and saves a LOT of space.

@Reloweeda: Do you have room for just me, my wife and son for Home County?

@Jojo.  Just put up a tent in Park.  Also a way to save good seats.

I really like Die Mannequin and they're playing at my favourite London venue on Friday but I won't be here. GOSH DARNIT!

@179  "I've saw"  Where is BFO to punish me?

haha, zammy, you'd better come here for HCFF then, so you can be one of those people crammed in my apartment.  

Seriously, it would be hilarious to try fitting in the whole group at some point.

Garf, just make sure your standards aren't set too high in either category, obviously you have a fine taste in music! Now get dat azz!

@daa - They're playing at CTO!

Way to go MikeV ... you woke Carver50.  Or should I say, "summoned"?

So mikev is carver50?

@StephR -- channelling Wayne Campbell this morning, are we?

re: 162 all the way through to 165

BAAA HAAA!!!!

@EricR - Bahaha! Hell yeah! Always..

I will also be co-hosting.

Also, considering how many people here are attending Home County, looks like my trip plans may just have to happen.

(no, seriously. I'm for real this time, guys. No jokes. I'll make it happen. Like, a sure thing.)

@westcrunch - I don't believe you.

So, let's firm this up; for HCFF we're all crashing at loweeda's?

Ugh. I've been doing some garden work for my Mum's boss this week. Apparently she didn't get my message last night that I wouldn't be in today for heat-related reasons. She was disappointed in me.

Seriously. Not worth the hassle.

Craig:  yes, on my Michael Wynn-approved bunk beds.

I really liked that song

an aside:  every time I make fun of my tiny apartment I worry that Steph feels bad because she's the one who went to look at it for me.  Steph, I really like my apartment!  And it was so great of you to help me with that.  it's just something to joke about now, that's all.

OMG AUSTRA

I <3 Austra.

I will not be held responsible for Carver50's actions.

@loweeda, if you're serious, I would recommend looking here for some of those approved thingees.  BTW - I only approve of the idea, you need to make that final decision, I can't be held responsible!

@Loweeda:  I don't have the heart for a sauna...we'll be staying at the Metro!

@bengineer, have you seen their video for spellwork???  I have a feeling if they do one for shoot the water, it may be in the same vein (sorry for the pun).

If anyone is brave enough there are lots of little pockets of bush near the Thames and i have come across tents in there.  The people living there must really like having fresh breath and smelling nice because there were a lot of bottles of mouthwash and aftershave.

I wen to to a client's (they don't mind if sex is in the URL) so, hello blog! :) The timing for HCFF is off for me (stupid work again) but otherwise I would have flown to London to HCFF because damn that is a cheap and amazing festival.

@laurenelizabeth, gotta love clients who like sex!  

Garf: haha, auditing services ONLY!

@Lauren #232, is that what you kids are calling it these days?

I am shy

Things I Wouldn't Give Up for Music

- My bitter hated for the colour aubergine

- Exclamation points!!!

- Sarcasm

bengineer [233]: Hi-O!

@KC: it's mid/late July. Last year's was great. I was blown away that such a festival could be put on as a by-donation thing...because sure enough many d-bags don't pay. 

My player isn't giving me names. Who is this?

You guys [sarge, garf, wynnzie, bengineer] are making it very hard for me to do my job. I want to burst out laughing.

@zoot #238, I honestly don't think I know if I could stop being sarcastic

@Zammy

Cookie Duster - Two Feet Stand Up

Tanks, blog. You all are bombdiggity.

@laurenelizabeth - Bursting out laughing during an audit will make your client very nervous and uncomfortable.  I like it.

@TheIceman 

YES!!!!!

Zamm is a lucky dude. I think it's been more than a month for me. I'm not a hugger though. 

ha, nice.  My song of the summer 2011 (Graham Wright:  Soviet Race) back to back with my song of the summer 2012 (Japandroids:  House that Heaven Built).  Craig Norris, are you inside my heeeead?  

If so, I'm sorry for everything you find in there.

@Zammy #257, my last hug was from MoniSki at the NxNE picnic last year ☹

re: hugs - I hug myself every morning before I leave for work. It's awesome. 

I totally forgot it was Wenzdee til right now... Sweet!

Everyone who doesn't want their sex anymore please donate to MikeV!

Iceman

I'm curious to see how a charity like that would work...

First of all, good morning from Sunny California.  Supposed to be about 40C here in Sacramento today.

And as for the question of the day, there are so many different ways I could run with it, but I'll just boil it down: no.

Thanks for the WENZDEE song Craig!

Sex is better than music.

I think.

Unless it becomes rather vanilla (the sex or the music).

I don't know what I'm trying to say. Can't I just have both?

@KJ 277- You should have got on the train and jumped on him and hugged him in bed!

re:278 - blog schnuggle?

@Lee #272, Good Morning from sunny 61°f (16°c) Witton Gilbert

@Steph - 280 - THAT's a keeper - Garf - blog schnuggle

You can stream the new Divine Fits (Dan Boekner's new project) song if anyone is interested.

i woke up, like, five minutes too late for that! If Christine had called instead of texted, I probably would have made it... 

(that's right, i'm blaming Christine for my being asleep!)

@zamm - I am too wrapped up in federal politics to even think about Queen's Park.

I can't handle that kind of humidity and high temp! I'm so glad it is cooler here on the Prairies right now! Today 19C is the forecast high with rain later today.

Kid

Wrapping yourself like that would work well. The Conservative party is so cold they'd be the perfect accessory for beating today's heat.

OK Blog Schuggle has been added to the R3 lexicon here

@iceman - nice! It says the Deadly Snales are an associated act - I like 'em already!

Here is the bandcamp page for Larry and His Flask, a six piece hellbilly mountainman band from Oregon.

@KristaMark 295 - Yes, sad but true.

@Garf - Thank you Sir!

@Shonica #297, I planned to record the evening rerun but it was replaced with Tuesdays new releases, sorry.

@FT - 301 - The Deadly Snails v. The Diamond Ants From Space.

This Danko Jones song is great! I bet you could play any DJ song and it would be appropriate for this topic. Ha! Oh Danko..

Did anyone else notice at the Horseshoe during NXNE that there was a dancing couple who were randomnly invited up on stage for brief periods while various artists were performing? What's the story with that?

nvp

Ha! That would be an interesting source of supplemental funding for the Ceeb, wouldn't it?

Good morning all!

#104 + 120 - Callan - YOU MUST GO TO HCFF!!

sex / music - I have to agree with #60 & #83

#92 - Shonica?  going to HCFF ?  that's so exciting - Joy & John going as well?  Hi to Joy from me!

#272 - Lee, I think Toronto has your '40' beat with that humidity!

Last time I lived in Ontario during the summer there was a solid week of sleeping on my then girlfriend's sister's couch. She didn't have AC, but there was a much nicer breeze (and more trees) around her apartment than ours. The heat can be unbearable!

I'm also reminded of a former roomate (from southern Ontario) who asked me & the other roommate if she should bring an air conditioner with her when she moved. We laughed. The East Coast needs AC 2-3 days a year.

@zammachus [314]    yup, Radio3 continuing to think .. um .. outside of .. the box.  nevermind.

I LOVE SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND IT'S WEATHER!!!!*

*Just trying to be postive.

Oh yeah. I booked my full-G road test yesterday. Hopefully a weight will be off my shoulders in about a month.

RE318 - that's what I'm talking about. I also love the weather (88% of the time) on the east coast. Southern Ontario has the best weather in Canada so let's all just get on with it shall we?

The 12% of the time I don't like the weather on the east coast is when its sideways raining right into my face.

@carrieg

Your listening to Craig's show!!!!!!!

@flannel tom - That's totally fair. I don't think anyone anywhere likes sideways rain right into their face!

@326 - no volume

*just kidding

@carrieg [325] First off, better blog pic, btw.

Second, carver50 was created after carver49 admitted that he didn't like his blog name. We chat about that on the co-host show tomorrow.

Apple users

Reading Rainbow has just released an app for you! Go get it.

@Steph 263 - I had planned to go to HCFF, but it seems other plans have been made and I will be going to Bobcaygeon for a celebration (birthdays, graduation, new house), so I fear I will miss it again!

the ending of that last song was very painfull

@bengineer 3333 - yeah, to be honest I don't know that I have ever owned an umbrella.

GASP!!! VISH!!!

@carrieg [337] You've seen too much.

@TheIceman

I will be in Woodville on Saturday night!!!!

@Ian - Alas! Those sound like great plans1 :) You can sing that song the whole time!

@garfielduk [349] As it turns out, I'll be hosting the show on Monday.

Sorry.

Re Southern Ontario weather - I love it how everybody explains the weather by saying "Lake Effect" . I'm pretty sure that nobody actually even knows what lake effect is... I sure don't.

@TheIceman [351] I might as well come clean and tell everybody what is happening with me...

...I'll be taking a vacation.

@Craig - I hope that's not a CBC euphemism.

too many CBC changes  :(

[#354] *gulp!*

[#356] *phew!*

...okay, so I was just going to lurk today while getting ready, but this topic is so hilarious that I HAD to pop up and say hi so...HI!

and the answer is....

is....

...*brain explosion*

although currently my life seems to have chosen music over sex, so there you go.

Craig - going to the Lake Huron cabin?

@Steph 365 - Maybe you need to ask your cuz.

@cjanes [366] Perhaps.

@ft [359] KITCHENER!?!? What am I, made of money?

@laurita.snow [371] Could not agree more.

@'s

- Craig - haha! Maybe sae up for next year?

- Zam - that's what I'm not sure of. When I lived in Ontario, (maybe its different in the lakeshore east/ptbo region) it seemed like everybody was always saying "oh, lake effect. lake effect lake effect" when describing the weather.

*that may not be a direct transcibe of the dialogue.

le [375] Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri next week.

@ FT: the lake effect refers to the crazy amounts of snow that southern ontario gets in the winter.

I don't know if there's also a summer component but my folks and I used to go there every summer and I seem to only recall a lot of pretty towns, a lot of lakes, a lot of sun and a lot of cornfields.