This Week's Jumbalaya

I've been fortunate enough to have understanding bosses over the past four months--I'm looking at you, Ron and Heather!--that I've been able to sneak out of work to do my weekly radio program at CJSF.

This week, however, due to the amount of workload, I'm needed in the office on Thursday morning. Not to worry, though, as I've pre-recorded the Jumbalaya show and it will air in its regularly scheduled time on Thursday! I'll admit, it was tricky to say things like, "The auction ends today, Thursday, May 17th," when it in fact wasn't the 17th. Real tricky! Will post the links when it airs this week.

This will be the first of many pre-recorded Jumbalaya shows. I do it with Smitten by the Written, so it's not a biggie.

Jumbalaya with KP Wee - May 10, 2012 (Part 2)

Some highlights here this afternoon:

*music by Jon Brooks (Because We're Free), Katie Rox (Leave Me Here), Sharon van Etten (Joke or a Lie), Safety Show (Dry Spell), Roger Chong (Neo & Lego; The Grandpa Squad), Steph MacPherson (Open Book), Terri Hendrix (Roll On), and more
*an annoucement about Chris Ronald's gigs
*an annoucement about Kenya Kondo's webisodes

For the first part, click here.
For the second part, click here.

Jumbalaya with KP Wee - May 10, 2012

Some highlights here this morning:

*a shout-out to Roger Chong and his new album
*music by Jon Brooks (Fort McMurray), Katie Rox (Now or Never), Sharon van Etten (All I Can), Safety Show (City Bones), Roger Chong (Tin Tin; Bordertown), Steph MacPherson (The Verdict), Terri Hendrix (Roll On), and more
*an annoucement about Chris Ronald's gigs
*an annoucement about Kenya Kondo's webisodes

For the first part, click here.
For the second part, click here.

"Lunch Poems @ SFU" on Smitten by the Written with KP Wee - May 9, 2012

Here is the second of the "Lunch Poems @ SFU" series from April 18, 2012. Due to time constraints, I edited the recording to fit it into a half-hour segment. The highlights can be heard here, with the event beginning 3:19 in (after the announcements).

The next "Lunch Poems @ SFU" event is coming up next week, on Wednesday, May 16th, from noon to 1pm, at the SFU Harbour Centre. It will feature Sandy Shreve, who has published four poetry collections, with her guest poet, Rob Taylor.

Jumbalaya with KP Wee - May 3, 2012

Highlights on today's show:

A big boo-boo made in the second half. Yikes. Pressed the wrong button.

A little shout-out to Katie Rox for the poll she conducted on Facebook, where she asked which one Katie Rox song everybody likes. By my unofficial tally, it seems "Airplane" got the most votes, so that's what I played in honour of that.

Also, a little shout-out to Chris Ronald for his May 13th Mother's Day gig at the Tipper.

Click here for the first half.
Click here for the second half.

Adrian Brijbassi with KP Wee - Smitten by the Written - May 2, 2012

This interview was pre-recorded during the first round of the NHL playoffs, and before the NBA playoffs started.

Adrian Brijbassi discusses some myths about sportswriting, including the answers to questions such as:

As a writer, should you read more than you write?
How do you incorporate love into a sports story?
... and more.

Here is the first part.
Here is the second part.

Jumbalaya with KP Wee - April 26, 2012

Click here for Part 1.
Click here for Part 2.

Here's the music video I was referring to at the beginning of the program, with Katie Rox's "I Won't."

Programming update: Smitten by the Written

We have a date nailed down for the Adrian Brijbassi interview for CJSF 90.1 FM’s “Smitten by the Written” program, and it will be airing on Wednesday, May 2nd, at 4pm Eastern (1pm Pacific) as he and I will be discussing the topic of sports writing.
 
Questions such as the following will be discussed:

As a writer, do I read more than I write, or the other way around?

What are examples of showing the characters’ personalities through actions and interactions?

What do you do if you’re not sure whether to use the first or third person?

The following week, on Wednesday, May 9th, at 4pm Eastern (1pm Pacific), we’ll bring you a recording of the Wayde Compton poetry reading performed in the “Lunch Poems @ SFU” series from mid-April. The poetry reading, which took place on April 18th at the SFU Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver, lasted an hour, but for radio purposes the recording has been condensed to half an hour to fit into the “Smitten by the Written” segment.

Jumbalaya with KP Wee - April 19, 2012

Not so much chatting on today's program but just music, with Rebecca Lappa (and an interesting blurb about her at the beginning), Charlotte Cornfield, Long Distance Runners, The Record Holder, Katie Rox, Bleeding Horse Express, Roger Chong (twice), Kenya Kondo, and much, much more.

Click here for the first part.

Click here for the second part.

Poet and Writer Wayde Compton with KP Wee - April 18, 2012

On today's "Smitten by the Written" program on CJSF 90.1 FM, we aired an interview I conducted with Vancouver-based writer Wayde Compton, who coincidentally was doing a live public poetry reading at SFU Harbour Centre at the same time the program was aired!

The interview with Wayde, which was pre-recorded a week earlier, lasts about 32 minutes. He spoke about the "Lunch Poems @ SFU" series as well as what he's currently working on as far as his writing is concerned, and how he got started in his writing career.

The first part of the interview can be heard here.
The second part can be heard here.

For more information about the "Lunch Poems @ SFU" series, click here to visit their Facebook page.

Coming up on "Smitten by the Written"...

I had the opportunity to pre-record interviews with Vancouver-based writer Wayde Compton and travel journalist Adrian Brijbassi of Vacay.ca for the CJSF 90.1 FM program, "Smitten by the Written."

Compton, who wil be the featured poet in the "Lunch Poems @ SFU" series on Wednesday, April 18th at the SFU Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver, spoke with me about his writing career.

Brijbassi, who is a returning guest on the show, discusses sports writing and shares another excerpt from his novel-in-progress, "Triumph the Lion."

The two interviews will be aired in the next couple of weeks on CJSF 90.1 FM, so stay tuned!

Jumbalaya with KP Wee - April 13, 2012

A special shout-out to my bosses, Ron and Heather, for allowing me to sneak out of work early to do a Jumbalaya show in Burnaby. Thanks, guys, for being super flexible with me for the last three months - it's great to have terrific bosses! Also, received an email from Heather during the show, but didn't want to read it on air!

Also on the program today, some discussion about a company which was irresponsible with Twitter. No, not the LA Kings' tweet of "To everyone outside of BC, you're welcome," but a different company. Besides, I loved the Kings' tweet following their Game 1 victory over Vancouver.

Some follow-up on the Rick Jessup beer story too...

This was probably the first time in a long time that I didn't have any Jim Cuddy or Roger Chong music on the program... but I'm super happy that Roger's new album was featured in Tandem Magazine this week. Way to go, Roger!

Click here for the first half.
Click here for the second half.

Jumbalaya with KP Wee - April 12, 2012

A Jumbalaya show this morning before heading off to work:

A special shout-out to Rick from Toronto for submitting the beer story in the second half of the show! Also, a reminder in the first half about Vancouver-based songwriter Chris Ronald's gigs on the 13th (Cuppa Joy Coffee House) and 14th (The Naam).

Click here for the first part.
Click here for the second part.

Jumbalaya with KP Wee - April 5, 2012

A fun show today; I shared a couple of bus stories on air, and even talked about the stories about Wyoming and "My dog ate my tickets."

In the last half-hour, I also shared some news about Chris Ronald's new gigs coming up in April, and music by Kenya Kondo (Train), Roger Chong (Boo's Bossa), and Current Swell (Long Time Ago).

Click here for the first half.
Click here for the second half.

Okay! Show's over! Off to work now!

"Lunch Poems @ SFU" with KP Wee - April 4, 2012

It's a pleasure for me to narrate the recording of the inaugural event of "Lunch Poems @ SFU" series, which took place on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012. This series will be held once a month at SFU Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver.

The inaugural event featured Vancouver's Poet Laureate Evelyn Lau, as well as guest poet Daniela Elza, who read some of their favourite poems to the public.

Click here for the first half-hour.
Click here for the second half-hour.

The second of the "Lunch Poems @ SFU" series will take place on April 18th, featuring Wayde Compton.