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It’s funding drive time over at our headquarters, CHUO-fm89.1! Help CITY SLANG raise our goal of $300! 

Listen to the show LIVE TONIGHT for giveaways, and call in to donate! Donate online by emailing us at donation@chuo.fm.

Donate the following amounts and get OFF THE HOOK incentives.

$25 - Friend of CHUO card! Gets you mega discounts at killer shops like these!

$30 - CHUO bottle opener/key chain (this thing comes in handy) PLUS the Friend of CHUO card, AND THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE MUCH ANTICIPATED CITY SLANG ZINE!

$60 - Entry into two grand prize draws! (one entry into National Arts Centre draw PLUS one entry for Beau’s Natural Brewing Co. draw), a CHUO t-shirt, a CHUO bottle opener/key chain, the Friend of CHUO card, the CITY SLANG ZINE, and The Famines' Raymond Biesinger’s book of Black & White illustrations!

$120 - Entry into FOUR grand prize draws! (1 entry National Arts Centre draw PLUS one entry for Beau’s All Natural Brewing Co. draw PLUS one entry into Black Sheep Inn draw PLUS one entry into Via Rail draw!), a CHUO t-shirt, a CHUO bottle opener/key chain, a Friend of CHUO card, and the CITY SLANG ZINE, and The Famines' Raymond Biesinger's book of Black & White illustrations!!

Grand Prize draws!

National Arts Centre draw ($750 value)

One voucher (admission for two) for each of the following months in 2014: May, June, September, October & November!

Beau’s All Natural Brewing Co. draw ($350 value)

Delivery of one case of four bottles to your home every month! Starts in May 2014, ends until April 2015.

Black Sheep Inn draw ($400 value)

2014 Season Pass that gives you access to every concert for the rest of 2014!

Via Rail draw ($1200 value) 

Four return tickets from Ottawa to Quebec City!

You can get more info at CHUO!

MIKE KROL!

Designer turned rockstar MIKE KROL joins us to talk about buying fans, his signature sandwich, and his embarrassing ska past! We play a set of his killer pop songs, including a rare tape release! 

Plus a set of songs from bands played ARBORETUM FEST this weekend! 

Hear tunes from Mike Krol, Steve Adamyk Band, Sonic Avenues, Male Nurse, New Swears, Boyhood, Roberta Bondar, Mass, and Hunters!

PLUS! SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST FOR A BONUS INTERVIEW WITH MIKE KROL!

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Buy Mike’s records HERE!

Originally aired: August 13 2013.

AVERAGE TIMES!

This week, Emmanuel interviews Ottawa’s AVERAGE TIMES! They tell  us about Shitty Dad wine, working at Shmal-Mart, and their upcoming tape on BRUISED TONGUE!

Plus a set of classic Ottawa tracks from GOING GAGA records, some lost classics from the 80s, and new weird sounds as usual!

Hear tunes from Average Times, Savage Crimes, Uranium Comeback, Fucking Machines, Million Dollar Marxists, Diane, Pop Crimes, Gas Rag, Bad Sports, Elton Motello, The Sound, Hüsker Dü, The Figs, Crystal Swells, and Cheap Time! 

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Originally aired: August 5 2013.

BOYHOOD!

Caylie of the great BOYHOOD joins us in studio to talk about barfing on the highway, haunted rock shows, and her number-one-fan, Constantine! 

We play our favorite EARTHQUAKE songs to celebrate Ottawa’s recent earthquake! 

Plus tunes from Francois Hardy, Earth Quake, Little Girls, The Skunks, Anasazi, Coliseum, Mikal Cronin, and Slam Dunk!

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Originally aired: May 19 201

ALL VINYL, ALL NIGHT!

In honour of the 8th Ottawa Community Record Show, Emmanuel and Travis dug through their records to spin nothin’ but Ottawa gems, lost classics, and plain trash on vinyl!

Hear tunes from Uranus, Shotmaker, Sick Fits, Outdoor Miners, Women, Jonathan Richman, Honest Injun, Trapt, Yeah Yeah Noh, Walking Cliché, The Membranes, Krang, Holy Cobras, and more!

And subscribe on iTunes by clickin' here. OR ELSE!

Originally aired: April 9 2013

CHRIS MASON OF DIRT CULT RECORDS!

Emmanuel and Travis talk to Chris Mason of Dirt Cult records about punks in Los Cruces, New Mexico. Chris reveals how his mom feels about the new Misfits (it’s not good). 

Hear tracks from Chris’ band Low Culture. Plus, tracks from The Sediment Club, Alex Calder, Fuzz, Open Channels, Chloroform, Rational Animals, Hank Wood and the Hammerheads, Total Crush, and a Valley Boys song that might BLOW TRAVIS’ MIND.

Originally aired: Jan 21 2013