Highbrow Low Blows: January 2013

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Show date: January 27, 2013

Includes:

Brynna and Taylor deal with their winter boredom.
B becomes an introvert, T puts his hands into many clubs and activities.
B runs down some of the activities: Big Fun Festival, Festival du Voyageur, and RAW Almond.
To combat their boredom together, T and B took part in planning a surprise party for their friend--and recorded it!!
B and T discuss local art collectives like The Royal Art Lodge, and Places for Peanuts and related band The Girth.
T and B unveil their first "Slow Blow."

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Does Taylor lose the game? Y/N
No.

Photo of Winnipeg's Personality Crisis by Terry Cox, via

Includes:

Guest host David Skene starts things off with a twist--taking us back to railroad times, when the comedic greats came through town.
T goes on about how amazingly psychedelic the Guess Who are. DS reveals the Guess Who's secrets to winning over crowds.
T and DS poke fun at Neil Young cuz he left wpg, B knows a lady who fell asleep in the back of Neil Young's hearse.
Quick detour into classic rock.
We interview Julijana Capone about Wellington's, a Winnipeg punk club from the '70s thru the '90s. Bands from Personality Crisis to the Weakerthans all hung out.
B, T, and DS, all wax romantic about the venues, shows, and bands which they've loved from 2000 on.

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Does Taylor lose the game? Y/N
No.

Includes:

Brynna and Taylor discuss the Golden Globes, and the obvious winners of the Oscars. Lincoln's looking big with 12 nominations.
T laments the awful gut feeling he got while watching Django Unchained.
Beasts of the Southern Wild is the indie underdog which still got recognition. B and T discuss whether that's all the film will receive.
B runs down previous years' Oscar winners, including many-a cinematic masterpieces getting snubbed. T concludes that the Oscars are overly optimistic, and don't award bleak films.

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Does Taylor lose the game? Y/N
No.

Show date: January 6, 2013

Includes:

Brynna and Taylor predict 2013, what will be happening in Winnipeg and abroad.
B lists the big acts coming to Winnipeg - and Tegan and Sara are coming to Winnipeg on her bday.
B wonders if people are still into Skrillex.
T imitates Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap.
T predicts big releases by Boats, Matmos, Eat Skull, Azealia Banks, and the Bad Nerves.
T thinks parapsychology will be bigger than mysticism.
B runs down the space travel for the year: India to send up a Mars rover, and China to send up an unmanned moon exploration.
B explains how a test subject would rather kill many people than one fat person.
T and B compare #IdleNoMore and #OccupyWallStreet.