Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 8 Dec 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Utah Phillips and Ani Difranco: "Brifdges"

M. Travis Lane: "The Book of the Thrones"

Catherine Kidd + Jack Beetz: "Global Warming"

Kyra Shaughnessy: "made in canada", and "admit"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 27 Oct 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Robert Joy: Reading from the beginning of The Big Why novel by Michael Winter.

Džo in Slovenia

All rooms in this hostel are named after a local legend. My room is "Dog-Eating Catfish". Yesterday, I was challenged to write a poem about this legendary catfish in a nearby lake where catfish the size of me are caught. Something of the Legend is below.

A Celje pedestrian street with flower "tree" that I like. In the farmers' produce market they are still selling pansies in bloom and the sell locally-grown lettuce year-round.

I love this building corner turret.

Some pieces of Roman ruins unearthed in Celje.

Student-made poster for my presentation yesterday at gimnazija v Celju.

This evening, 13 Oct 2015, at 7 pm, I appear at The Living Room in Maribor to meet with University of Maribor graduate students and professors to discuss writing poetry, to read some of my poems, and to drink a pivo or two.

Tomorrow, I will be back in Celje for an 8 pm reading with two Slovene poets at MC-Celje.

Thursday afternoon, I read and discuss my poetry at the University of Ljubljana ...

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Just received a $2,000 cheque for a jury-approved Career Development: Arts by Invitation grant for my "Poetry readings in SE Europe" tour last month. Thanks, artsnb! Big relief for my credit card. I heartily acknowledge their support of my arts practice.

Džo in Zagreb

No new Ashes, Paper, & Beans episode this week. Instead, I post several photographs to run through your speakers ...

On the ground in Brussels boarding a Bombardier 400 with Croatia Airlines. Crew collecting "Special Delivery" checked bags previously approved as carry-on baggage.

Džo in Caffe Bar "Inch".

Ban Jelačića Square where Upper and Lower city meet: another man on horse statue.

Balcony of the room where Džo works and sleeps this week. Thanks, AirBnB and Andrea!

Džo and Drakula.

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 22 Sept 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Hugh Hazelton: "the Imperial Birthday Party"

Utah Phillips and Ani Difranco: "Korea"

Catherine Kidd + Jack Beetz: "A Big Fat Hen"

Mary Elizabeth Grace: "Bring Me Brave"

Fortner Anderson: "The Birds"

Catherine Hunter: "Rush Hour"

Hugh Hazelton: "antimatter"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 1 Sept 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Catherine Kidd + Jack Beetz: "Happy the 3-Legged Ghost Hampster"

Andrea Gibson: "Photograph", "Andrew", and "Wasabi"

reg e. gaines: "Cab (I just Wanna Catch a Cab)", "Sweeper Don't Clean My Street", and "149th & 3rd"

Sheri-d Wilson: "Crow Fusion"

Clive Holden: "Trains of Winnipeg"

Swifty Lazarus: "West of an Idea/Hlinka Guard"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 18 Aug 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Catherine Hunter: "Rush Hour" (Cyclops Press)

Richard Lemm: various poems from Burning House (Wolsak and Wynn) recorded 2011-11-20 at Odd Sundays, Fredericton

Mary Smith: "Water God" and other poems (Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association)

Andrea Gibson: ""For Eli", "Profit"

Tom Pow: "The Football" and other poems (Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association)

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 11 Aug 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Cynthia Taylor: Gatskill Address @ CSEA, 2015-10-15, Fredericton, NB.

Reg E. Gaines: "Berlin Suite"

Judi Benson: "Adrift" and other poems

Judy MacInnes Jr: "Lure"

Catherine Kidd + Jack Beets: "Sea Peach"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 4 Aug 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Steven Galloway: reading from The Cellist of Sarajevo

Hamish MacDonald: children's poems

Hugh McMillian: "Suprise Attacks" and other poems

Jackie Galley: "Solway Sunset"

Fluffy Pagan Echoes: "Sound Poem"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 21 July 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Utah Phillips & Ani Difranco: "Bridges"

Jackie Kay: "English cousin", "Her", "Pride", "red graveyard", "somebody else", and "Waiting list"

Info on NB Hoghland Games 2015

Liz Niven: "Wick" and other poems

Douglas Lipton: "The yellow jersey", and other poems

Hamish MacDonald: "An ode: to commemorate the opening of the Robert Burns World Federation's first summer language school"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 16 June 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

2012-09-27 Angela Davis at Mt Allison University, Sackville, NB.

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 2015 06 09

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

2010-02-16 Guy Vanderhaeghe's Trudeau Foundation lecture on historical fiction at UNB Fredericton.

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 2 June 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Jeff Ferrell: Empire of Scrounge. Recorded at St Thomas University, Fredericton on 2011-09-30.

Vincent Tinguely: poems from I Am Burdened With a Past: poetry recordings 1986-2006 (in a bootleg style)

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 19 May 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Tanya Evanson: "I am not Together", "Blood and Honey", and "Slow Man"

Ruth Forman: "Stoplight Politics"

Tracie Morris: "Project Princess"

Amiri Baraka: "The X is Black (Spike Lie)"

Kyra Shaughnessy: "Made in Canada", "Admit", and "Managua"

Maggie Estep: "I'm an Emotional Idiot"

Lou Reed: "Romeo Had Juliette"

Fortner Anderson: "The Natural State of Man"

Christine Germain: Calvitie du coeur

Alex Boutros and Kaarla Sundstrom: "You Said"

Ian Ferrier: "Exploding Head Man"

Leonard Cohen: "Democracy"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 5 May 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Fortner Anderson + tape/head: "he sings"

Live interview with Peter Hicks and John Heinstein of Fredericton band Sleepy Driver featuring two songs "I Know You know I Know" and "Rosalyn"

bpNichol: "Pome Poem"

Christian Bok: "Sea Horses and Flying Fish"

R.C. Weslowski: "I've been Thinking/It's About Time"

Penn Kemp: "Sin Tax"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 31 March 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Beverley Mathurne: Je vas vendre mon chasse-neige / Sellin' My Snow Blowin' Machine; Le blues pour Rosa Park / A Blues Poem for Rosa Parks

marc lemyre: Insomnie perpendiculaire; Toronto Love

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Ian Ferrier: Exploding Head Man

Mitsiko Miller: Pandore

Officious Little Students: Comfortably Canadian

Jean-Paul Daoust: Priere new-yorkaise

bpNichol: Pome Poem

Christian Bök: Sea horses and Flying Fish

Steven Ross Smith: Two Kinds

Stephen Cain: from Alph Bites, A Primer, Rhinoceros, Poem for Vikor Shklovsky

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 24 March 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

bill bissett: "Opening Chant"

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marc lemyre: Assistance annuaire

Nobuo Kubota and W. Mark Sutherland: "Lullaby for Kurt Schwitters"

Sharon Singer (poems) & Bob Mover (jazz sax): "Becalmed", "Global Warming", "Carny Boy", "Rock-a-Bye Baby", "Degrees of Closeness"

Hugh Hazelton: "Emergency"

Patricia Lamontange: "Reel scratchy"

Debbie Young: "Revolution"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 17 March 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Mary Louise McCarthy: "Deconstructing Narratives of Identity" talk recorded in an Atlantic Canada Studies Seminar at UNB Fredericton on 17 February 2015.

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Sheri-D Wilson w? Russell Broom: "Big Sky Alberta

Catherine Kidd and Jack Beetz: "Global Warming"

Tanya Evanson: "Book of Human Being"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 10 March 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

A recording of Paul Craven launching his book Petty Justice (UTP for Osgood Law Society) at Provincial Archives of NB, on 14 Nov 2014.

Jo Aabbot: "Factorial Flowers" and other poems

Hamish MacDonald: "An Ode to Commemorate the Opening of the First International Robert Burns Summer School"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 24 Feb 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Dr Jennifer Tupper: "Since Time Immemorial": Unpacking the Canadian Colonial Narrative through Treaty Education. Recorded 19 Feb 2015 at The Dr. Ottilia Chareka Memorial lecture in education and social Justice, faculty of Education, UNB Fredericton.

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 17 Feb 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Alan Sears (2014) "Measuring what Matters: Taking Citizenship Seriously as an Outcome of Education", Education Colloquium, Faculty of Education, UNB Fredericton.

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 10Feb 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Crina Bud, Jacques Rancourt, et Joe Blades on the work of Jacques Rancourt. Recorded by Joe Blades on 2010-04-28 during the 4th International Unconventional Conference of Young Canadianists in Baia Mare, Romania.

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 3 Feb 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

M. Travis Lane: "Divinations, Book Three, The Book of the Throne"

Hugh McMillan: "surprise attacks" and other poems

Kyra Shaughnessy: "managua"

Ian Ferrier: "Exploding Head Man"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 20 Jan 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Teresa Devor What’s a Little Ice Age Anyway? Cool Canadian Climate History

Peter Wright: Robert Burns' "To a Haggis:

Ruth Kirkpatrick: "Thomas the Rhymer"

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: 13 Jan 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

A recording of Paul Craven launching his book Petty Justice (UTP for Osgood Law Society) at Provincial archives of NB, on 14 Nov 2014.

Phoebe Tsang, poet, recorded 2010-03-20.

Ashes, Paper, & Beans 6 Jan 2015

Ashes, Paper, & Beans: Fredericton's Writing & Arts Show, Tuesday, 5–6 pm.
Host: Joe Blades. CHSR 97.9 FM Fredericton, NB.

Historian--novelist John Johnston recorded 22 Oct 2014 in UNB History Department.