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Kayaks and Jams at the Church of Komasket – Choogle On! #97

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Kayaks and Jams at the Church of Komasket – Choogle On #97
Kayaks and Jams at the Church of Komasket – Choogle On #97

Wandering through the festival grounds, Uncle Weed talks to first aid crew, interviews a 2nd year attendee about a kayaking trip, tipi camping, Brazilian capoeira and dancing workshops, while Canadian entertainer Fred Penner shows his multi-linguistic skills.

Plus bits of other artists, and chatter about vendor alley, African drums and recounting jam tent performances. Musical interludes feature Fred Penner, and the jam session with Bocephus King, Oka and Kia Kadiri — plus various snippets from Doug Cox and Pacific Poi Boys and other artists. Part 6 in a series from Komasket Music Festival. 

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Love and Freedom with The Wailers at Komasket – Choogle On! #96

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Love and Freedom with The Wailers at Komasket – Choogle On! #96
Love and Freedom with The Wailers at Komasket – Choogle On! #96

Koolant, sitting in the Bob Marley hot seat singing with the legendary Wailers featuring Aston “Family Man” Barrett, speaks about the joy of singing reggae music for people around the world.

He recounts growing up in Jamaica learning the music and mentions the beauty of the Komasket location and audience.

Plus peaceful warrior troubadour Fred Penner sings about our right to be free and happy. Musical interludes feature “Redemption Song” from The Wailer’s Saturday night performance and “Right to be Happy and Free” by Fred Penner from Sunday jam tent performance. Part 5 in a series from Komasket Music Festival.

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Cowboy Bandit Renegade Storytime at Komasket – Choogle On! #95

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Cowboy Bandit Renegade Storytime at Komasket – Choogle On! #95
Cowboy Bandit Renegade Storytime at Komasket – Choogle On! #95

Renegade musician Ken Giles recounts stories about backwoods huckleberry pancakes and picking with the Beaver Bottom Boys with Uncle Weed backstage at Komasket Music Festival near Vernon, BC.

He also tells about hijinks ensuing when moose hunting en route to recording sessions, hijinks with Merry Pransters and Hunter Thompson, and the importance of living a life worthy of original songs.

Musical interlude by Wolf Child and the Cowboy Bandits recorded Sunday. Part 4 in a series from Komasket Music Festival.

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Reconstructing Mesopotamia with Lt. Magnum – Choogle On! #94

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Reconstructing Mesopotamia with Lt. Magnum – Choogle On! #94
Reconstructing Mesopotamia with Lt. Magnum – Choogle On! #94

With a US Naval Lieutenant at the table, Uncle Weed traces the history of the Tigris and Euphrates crescent and discusses the ground level experience of life in Iraq. Lt. Magnum explains his rebuilding mission to Kurdistan, plus quests to various coalition bases including visits with Korean, Slovakian and Polish forces.

Anecdotes include Haliburton food, hookah shishas sessions in Qatar, religious concessions, cables on marble walls, hiking in rolling hills and meeting local folks getting just getting by in their war-torn world. 

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Oka Improvising from Australia to Komakset – Choogle On! #93

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Oka Improvising from Australia to Komakset – Choogle On! #93
Oka Improvising from Australia to Komakset – Choogle On! #93

Australia’s organic electronic band Oka talks with Uncle Weed backstage at Komasket Music Fest to discuss trips across Canada, the perils of equipment damage, psychology of jamming, global nature of music, combining ancient and modern instruments and keeping it all together — plus the happiness of the lovely locations and the power of community and the tubes.

Featuring Oka’s DidgeriStu and drummer Zappa. Musical interludes feature jams Oka‘s Friday night closing performance. Part 3 in a series from Komasket Music Festival. 

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Jesus with a Guitar in a Tipi at Komasket – Choogle On! #92

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Jesus with a Guitar in a Tipi at Komasket – Choogle On! #92
Jesus with a Guitar in a Tipi at Komasket – Choogle On! #92

Walking around the campground at the Komasket Music Fest near Vernon, BC, Uncle Weed and Quebecois Correspondent discuss the layout of the performance stages, various yoga workshops, Moroccan shisha lounge, and the movie tipi.

Plus they recap pleasing performances by Bochephus King and Oka while previewing The Wailers and other leisure time activities. Musical interludes feature jams with Bocephus King and Oka. Part 2 in a series from Komasket Music Festival. 

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Candlelight Kick-off at Komasket Music Fest – Choogle On! #91

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Candlelight Kick-off at Komasket Music Fest – Choogle On! #91
Candlelight Kick-off at Komasket Music Fest – Choogle On! #91

Sitting around a candle, Uncle Weed kicks of a weekend at the Komasket Music Festival with pals including the Quebecois Correspondent. After a journey through Manning Park with canoe trips, wildlife sightings and botanical changes, they preview bands and workshops ahead.

Musical interludes feature jams with Bocephus King and Oka, beatboxer Shamik and various announcements of lost souls. Part 1 in a series from Komasket Music Festival. 

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Fleeting Memories of Bar-B-Q and Soul – Choogle On! #90

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Fleeting Memories of Bar-B-Q and Soul – Choogle On #90

Hazy with a sore throat, Uncle Weed documents journies to the legendary Salt Lick bar-b-q for a slice of rural Texas, plus breakfast oysters, trip to riverside green belt, and rocking out to Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears at the Twitter party at The Parish.

Plus riffs about drought, reasons for free beer, Big Muff guitar pedals, and forgetfulness, and plans a scant agenda of conferencing and recording. 

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Anecdotes about Burlesque and Beer at SXSW – Choogle On! #89

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Anecdotes about Burlesque and Beer at SXSW – Choogle On #89
Anecdotes about Burlesque and Beer at SXSW – Choogle On #89

En route to breakfast at SXSW, Uncle Weed recounts a night of arts and crafts burlesque and barbarians at Emo’s Jr. and forays to various Austin bars and various dot-com parties for tasty beers.

Stops include smoothies at The Hideout, Counter Cafe for pancakes, plus field notes about lanyards and badges, making marketing envelopes, living on appetizers, creekside flora, joys of the quaffable Shiner Bock, magicians and performance troupe, beat/stump boxer, pedi-cab escapes, and closing down an elegant hotel loaded with drunkards in disarray.

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Poetic Stories about Goalies – Postcard #62

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Poetic Stories about Goalies

Poet Randall Maggs discusses his book “Night Work” about the troubled soul of legendary hockey goalie Terry Sawchuk plus the nuances of story-telling, conversations with goaltenders, Sawchuk’s Ukrainian heritage and convergence of history and hockey with host Dave Thorvald Olson at the Robson Square covered outdoor rink in Vancouver following a poetry reading promoted by publisher Brick Books.

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