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Wellness at Canada Place – Urban Vancouver #1

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Host Dave Thorvald Olson discusses innovative products and noteworthy entrepreneurial endeavours with exhibitors, plus makes observations on consumer attitudes, economics and public policy at the Wellness Show at Vancouver’s Canada Place on February 4th, 2006.

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Canada Place Walkaround – Choogle On! #21

Canada Place Walkaround – Choogle On! #21
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Uncle Weed wanders around the Canada Place compound in the rain and tries to spark the last of a doob while gazing at a Latvian or Danish ship, Stanley Park, World Trade Centre and more rain o’er Burrard Inlet and diggin the Seabus. 

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Talking Picasso and Snowboarding at the Ice Rink – Choogle On! #20

Talking Picasso and Snowboarding at the Ice Rink – Choogle On! #20
Talking Picasso and Snowboarding at the Ice Rink – Choogle On! #20

While seeking refuge in the ice rink, Uncle Weed profers discource about about Picasso, Emily Carr, “classified items,” at the Vancouver Art Gallery plus ponders the meaning of art, Canadian Federal election, and other podcasts including Penmachine, Radio Zoom and the Krug and Scales show. 

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Superbowl Special with Speculations – Canucks Outsider #23

Dave Thorvald is joined by Mark Sommer during half-time of the Seahawks’ big battle to talk about the horrible Superbowl officiating plus the Canucks’ recent wins versus Phoenix and Calgary and the Edmonton game. Topics include: Bertuzzi’s desire, Olympic speculation, faceoff woes, Latvian fans, vodka, Dave’s SLC 2002 photodiary, plus look ahead to games versus Blue Jackets, Blues and more.

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self-pic by Dan Funboy

 

Curiosity in Rainstorms from the Woodshed – Postcard #25

Postcards from Gravelly Beach - Galle New Lane

The fifth Woodshed session choogles along with a free verse extravaganza with Bill Lenker playing on the guitar and singing in-betwixt as I spiel forth words, memories, ideas and rhymes – topics include George Washington bridge, Providence parks, postcards to friends, and going nowhere.

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Belize and Bookshelf Observations at the Woodshed – Postcard #24

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Go on a trip for this next Woodshed session, again Bill Lenker on guitar and singing, and Dave busting some narrative about items on a bookshelf and reminiscing about Caye Caulker, Belize.

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Temporary Lighthouses from the Woodshed – Postcard #23

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Rolling along with the Woodshed Sessions, here’s number 3 … again Bill Lenker’s guitar and songwriting/singing skills along with my free verse and lyrical snippets – this time about lighthouses, aspen trees and an insinuated scandalous incident.

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Considering Vancouver Cobblestones from the Woodshed – Postcard #22

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The second Woodshed Session again features Bill Lenker on guitar and DaveO with free verse and lyrical snippets. This time, observations from a rainy night in Vancouver is the tangible topic – the intangibles are for you to determine.

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Cascadia Starlight in a Woodshed Session – Postcard #21

Postcards from Gravelly Beach - Blue Sri Lanka Foreign Letters

A postcard from (along with the next few) the Steamboat Island woodshed with Bill Lenker’s guitar and vocals (see Postcard #13) dove-tailing with original free verse and lyrical works – fortified with spontaneous word-i-fication. First up in this series comes Bill’s song combined with my semi-rhymey verses about riding trains through Cascadia.

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Meet the Numbskulz – Choogle On! #19

Meet the Numbskulz – Choogle On! #19photo by daveo (duh)

Visiting in Pe Ell, Washington, Uncle Weed talks with rock n’ roll youngsters, Graham, Seth and Nolan – collectively, “The Numbskulz.” After a bit of witty banter, they debut an original song called “Lifestyles (of the Rich and Famous).”

Also check out Clubside Breakfast Time and Radio Zoom podcast for more Numbskulz tunes and talk (BTW Numbskulz are on Podshow). 

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