Hey kits and kats, Fernwood Autonomous Radio took a hiatus with last weeks show but we have the super short super sweet show from February 9th all ready to go! It was submitted in two parts and here you can download it the same way. Enjoy a half hour of Fernwood Autonomous Radio followed by a half hour of A Letter to the Room Full of Mirrors with Morgan Tams! Good times.

Fernwood Autonomous Radio – Episode 09!

A Letter to the Room Full of Mirrors – Episode 04

It has been an exciting time here at Fernwood Autonomous Radio! Due to the recent press we will not be broadcasting tonight.The article in Monday Magazine was one thing but the CTV News feature is putting a bit too much heat on FAR 99.1 and we feel it is for the best if we lie low. Fear not for we shall be returning to the airwaves next week for an all new episode of Fernwood Autonomous Radio!

Next week we will  include tales from East Van, on air poetry, an update from the Minister of Casual Living and Hundy Thou will be presenting some tracks from their upcoming album.

Can you believe it? The coolest episode of Fernwood Autonomous Radio and it’s a week late? And missing the first minute? Well folks, next time catch the terrestrial broadcast live and it won’t happen for you!  But really, our apologies for that. We’ve been busy with the ‘real’ media. Whatever that means.

Episode 8 was stellar. Christina Chan from Heart and Hands Community Health collective came on and performed acupuncture. Serina Zapf discussed community gardens and the death of zines, Aubrey let us know about some fantastic events with the Ministry of Casual Living and lastly Nasstasia Yard performed one of the most beautiful and breathtaking live performances I have ever witnessed.

Episode 8 of Fernwood Autonomous Radio. Check it out HERE!

FERNWOOD — They say we spend too much time online, they call the internet a corpse. But they insist radio is living and breathing. So at the top of a ladder outside a Fernwood home late last year, in the dark, a pirate radio station is born.

“Hello, hello, this is Joey Chaos giving you Fernwood Autonomous Radio….Victoria’s only pirate radio station, 12 watts of pure FM power, sludging its way toward your stereo system.”

The signal from Victoria’s only pirate radio station reaches from about Fort to Hillside, but it’s strong enough to pay tribute to the counterculture of the 1960′s. “What the local groups are doing is almost an homage to a time when pirate radio was really subversive, associated with subversive movements and the left, to get out a message” says Royal Roads University Communications and Culture Professor Gil Wilkes.

Their potential audience all lives in the same neighbourhood, a very different approach than what’s going on in one living room in Sooke.

Stan Schinners has setup a 24/7 online heavy metal station that can be heard around the world.
“I was actually applying at a different radio station, and I was being denied for whatever reason. My son saw my frustration, and said hey why not start your own” he says.

And so he did six months ago to the delight of headbangers in more than 100 countries, good news for unsigned Vancouver Island talent like group Rotten Rails.

Schinners hopes his favourite pastime can become a career. Gil Wilkes at Royal Roads University says online copyright law could be a buzzkill. “As long as it’s a hobbyist, or someone who really loves what they’re doing, with their niche, everybody’s happy. Once it becomes commercially viable, those already in business will have a problem with it.”

For now the people behind Fernwood Autonomous Radio and Broken Neck Radio are just having a lot of fun.

Follow Andrew Johnson on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/CTVNewsAndrew

Good news everyone!

Monday Magazine wrote a sweet article on Fernwood Autonomous Radio! I’m not sure about going to jail but I sincerely hope the CRTC doesn’t crack down and shut us down.

Read it HERE!

Episode 7 of Fernwood Autonomous Radio was another laid back feel good sort of night. Check it out HERE! Just a lazy ol’ music show for you guy tonight. Thanks to Union Sound System for popping by and keeping us locked on what’s bumpin’ locally!

1. Elevenn Seraphim – Clockwork
2. Hundy Thou – Alzu’s
3. Tribal Machine – Eye Spy
4. Germany Germany – Radiowave
5. Dezine – Wave Function
6. Cedar Senior – Eckied
7. Okibi – Already Seen
8. Philthkids – Take Cover
9. Joey Chaos – Disco Fire House Track (Escape From Wherever Remix)
10. Bridge People – We’re Coming In
11. Buy Product – Ii’ve got a ghost
12. The Ink Pneumites – Irradiator
13. Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
14. Buyproduct – A Tonne of Misticking

The Eleven O’Clock Album is Behold by The Jon Cohen Experimental.

Find the rest of the album HERE

Alright everyone, tomorrow night’s show is gonna be a big one!

Christina Cham from Hearts and Hands Community Health Collective will be performing on air acupuncture and we will be discussing the aims and goals of Community Acupuncture. Serina Zapf will come on to talk about The People’s Apothecary and her living art installation/community herb garden.

Finally, Nasstassia Yard will be performing her brand new EP For Someone Else Live on Fernwood Autonomous Radio as part of the Eleven O’Clock Album Series.

Aubrey Burke (aka Minister of Casual Living) will be popping by the studio to give us the haps on local art events and DJ Danny Tanner will be on air with another instalment of ‘Hold On to your Pants, it’s the Weather!’

By the way after this weeks show the heat might be on us so we might be laying low for a little while so keep us locked in if you need your Pirate Radio fix!

Pirate radio is a viable option when building community. It is the goal of Community Pirate Radio to localize and re-centralize our communities through grassroots means back to our neighbourhoods and away from the consumer based ‘community’ pushed down by government and media. Connecting local artists, creatives and community members through the medium of radio is a powerful reminder of the shared space and physical contact required for communal culture to grow. The temporary and aural nature of terrestrial radio creates a unique and intimate experience in which the listener can connect to local voices coming through the air waves. Community Pirate Radio is a valuable tool in creating a local dialogue in which we build community.

Community Pirate Radio is vital in the reclamation of public space. Social networking offers a disconnected experience through selective access to an increasingly patrolled perceived public sphere. Instead of tuning into a broader cultural movement through the internet we have dropped out of our community. By creating a weekly autonomous space on air members of the community are able to pass on their stories and passions to build cohesion in the community. Through low watt transmission the audience is physically constrained in terms of coverage and therefore programming will be directed towards a smaller geographic range.

Programming for Fernwood Autonomous Radio is driven through by community. As an aural medium radio allows the listener to become physically liberated while choosing to be mentally engaged. Radio offers a shared experience in which community can come together. Through limited use of social media we are able to breathe new life into an old but gold medium. Furthermore, the move to digital television is opening up the UHF spectrum which is potentially the new pirate broadcast frontier.

Episode 6 of Fernwood Autonomous Radio was a laid back feel good sort of night. Check it out HERE!

We kicked off the night with a set by Cedar Senior. In his own words;

I recorded this little drum and bass mini-mix in mid-December. The majority of the tunes in the mix are liquid funk tunes from producers like: Technicolour, Komatic, Blu Mar Ten, etc. Near the end of the mix things start to get a little bit darker and heavier with songs from Noisia & Phace, Davip and Encode. All these tunes have been super inspiring for me in some way or another. I hope you guys enjoy these songs as much as I do!

Afterwards I played a set by local and ex-local artists. Elevenn Seraphim will be performing at this upcoming saturdays United put on by Union Sound System held once a month at the Sunset Room.

Nasstassia Yard will be performing the entirety of her debut EP “For Someone Else” on February 2 as part of the Eleven O’Clock Album series. Check out a fantastic article in Monday Magazine. Germany Germany has also promised to appear in one way or another as part of the Eleven O’Clock Album series for their album Radiowave II.

Seth Eggler of Bridge People co-hosted this evening with a wonderful set of local, handcrafted tunes by artists originating north of the Malahat. Orange Owl made clear the need to restore the gender balance of on air music (from all across the spectrum) and we delved into a half hour of nonstop empowerment.

Finally Coleman Younger of Escape From Wherever came by and dropped a ten year retrospect by his other band The Quail titled Euphoric Desolation. Links will be posted and on the blog.

Finally some community announcements.

Hearts and Hands Community Health Collective is holding a free acupuncture day & documentary screening February 5 starting at 9:00 am. Christina Chan will be on air February 2 to perform on air acupuncture and talk about the health collective.

Serina Zapf wishes that everyone will check out the Greentongue People’s Apothacary. She will be on air soon to discuss the living art installation she has developed and its role in community building.

Cedar Senior Set:

Formant None – Reikon
Commix – Justified (SpectaSoul Remix)
Mage & Nelver – There Where No Us
Komatic – Make The Most Of Now (Cedar Senior Edit)
Blu Mar Ten – Whisper
Technicolour and Komatic – The Deepest Blue
Davip and Encode – High Technology
Noisia & Phace – Program
Davip and Encode – Vamonos
Tehnicolour and Komatic – Daydreamer

Local Picks:

Elevenn Seraphim – Rust and Dust
Seawasp – Nomad
Dezine – The Move
The Ink Pneumites – Bulwark
Germany Germany – Radiowave

Seth Selects:

Jackson McDonald – Homecoming
Deluxxe Reverb – The SUper Existential Breakup Action Compact Disc Etractor
Fall Far Car – 100% natural
Dane Latoutneau – Volumes/The Lantern
The Ink Pneumites – Bulwark
Germany Germany – Intro II
Gold and Shadow – Builders
The Chantrelles – Knock On Wood (Eddie Floyd cover)
Elgin-Skye – Give Me More
Nasstasia Yard – Our Dreams
The Chantrelles – Ooo Eee
Young Galaxy – Cover Your Tracks
Germany Germany – Radiowave
Bucan Bucan – Kibari

Hey Fernwood!

Last weeks show was brought to you by the letter ‘awesome’ and you can totally download it HERE!

We had over an hour of local independent music including tracks from previous guests Bridge People. Morgan Tams prepared another episode of A Letter to the Room Full of Mirrors titled ‘Making Tempeh with Sam‘  and The Ink Pneumites Dropped their latest self titled EP.

This weeks episode finished with Brian Metatron performing some spoken word to local and international beats.

Playlist:

Germany Germany – River
Cedar Senior – Rubato
Dezine - Wave Function
Clams Casino – She’s Hot (Okibi Edit)
SUBCORR - Where U From
Elevenn Seraphim – Clockwork
Buyproduct – The Future is War
Joey Chaos – Occupy
Tribal Machine – I’ll Tell You Stories
Beat Poet Massive – Here we go, Beautiful
Inhaler - The Fire
Bridge People – We’re Coming In
Escape From Wherever – Apathy

The Eleven O’Clock Album:
This weeks album is The Ink Pneumites EP