ROAR-2008-04-01 - Episode 64 - April Foolishness

This time on the ROAR:
60 minutes of audio idiosyncrazy and musical madness designed to unwind the bindings of the mind.  This one's for all you April fools!

Best listened to on something we can't mention here.  Listen to it over and over.  Burn multiple multiple copies to CD and hand them out at church, at work, to friends or on the street next to the hotdog cart with one wheel missing. 
Enjoy!

ROAR-2008-01-24 - Episode 63 - Quintonemy

This time on the ROAR:
Intro, greetings from Eddie Holder of Gyanna, Glynne Murray, Barbados's High Commissioner to Canada, Jay Wilson of Los Angeles, California and Indra from Barbados, opening remarks, first try at the interview, the dead hard drive, opening words about Gordon Quinton, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Mak Knopfler, Chet Atkins, some talk about Reality Time, scratch vocal tracks, Weapons of Mass Distraction and his friends, picking the songs for an album, the old 33 1/3 rpm LP, album dynamics, the concept of Reality Time, life in general, the meaning behind a few of the songs on the album, the Friendly Fire story, musings upon AtlanticFest 2008, Uncovering the Truth with Dr. Katherine Albrecht, dedication to Gordon, Patti, Poco-Henri and the listeners, a big thanks to the ROAR crew, intro for and talk about the Curra Road, the interview with Gordon Quinton, closing remarks, and a whole heap of tings.

Music: our intro: Genesis, beds for Weapons of Mass Distraction, Mash It Up, High Life, New World Revolution, Reality Time, and the Curra Road by Jim Fidler.  

A Windy Day, A Day In The Garden, The Water is Wide and The Snowy Road by Gordon Quinton.

Best listened to on headphones.  -  Without the ROAR, winter would really suck!

ROAR-2008-01-04 - Episode 62 - Journey Through Space And Time

This time on the ROAR:
Intro, greetings from Kevin in Alabama, Peter in Lewisporte, and Anne and Karen in Philadelphia, opening remarks, thanks to Kevin for the greetings and the pints, old Christmas day, eating, drinking, merry-making, the new album, the ShuttlePro, greetings from Lynne and Maria in New York, the Three Shoes Posse, the tasting of the beer, a photo session with Jim and Andrew, the 1st annual Grand Banks Reggae festival, sweat, muscles, eczema, greetings from Bob MacDonald of CBC's Quirks And Quarks, Cynthia of St. John's, Charlotte Story of Landwash Distribution, Eddy Mailbag and the story of the origin of the Christmas tree angel, greetings from Clyde Rose of Breakwater Books, An Offer Wadham's Miracle, greetings from Pam of Erin's pub, Jeff Dunn in Mount Cisco, New York, John of St. John's, a brief interview with Ronnie Power, greetings from Jim Fidler, yup, the other one in Pennsylvania, Eric Bogle, Tom Boland, Zebbie and Marion of Mount Pearl, count-down to 2008 and the ROAR party, fireworks, greetings from Doug from Paradise, Dave Dalton of St. John's, Ann of St. John's, Jim's compare/contrast of fur VS hair, greetings from Jim's brother Andrew, no greetings from Fred, words of wisdom from Jim, Eddy Grant, closing remarks, and more Jamaican rum than you can find in a punch bowl.

Music this time:
Our theme, Genesis and a bunch of background stuff by Jim Fidler
and The Flower Seller by The Power Family.

Best listened to on Andrew's new headphones, if he'll lend them to you.  - Happy happy, Joy joy!!!

ROAR-2007-12-27 - Episode 61 - Cheer And Beer

This time on the ROAR:
A special intro, opening remarks, eating, drinking and being merry, the "Ich bin Peter, Du bist Paul" thing, the Paul McCartney conspiracy, pop culture, some talk about the holidays, giving the kids a break, peace of mind, shout-outs to Peter, Mike, Mike, Anne, Jeff and all, fooie on tolerence, Jim's Christmas challenge, props to our listeners, reflecting over the past year, the new single, "Jingle Bells (Dubbin' Through The Snow)", season's greetings, making beer and a bunch of other silly stuff.

Music this time:
Our theme, Genesis and Jingle Bells (Dubbin' Through The Snow) by Jim Fidler
and background music by Gordon Quinton from his "From A Christmas Guitar" CD.

Best listened to on your brand new headphones you got in your stocking.  -  The Lord bless Charley Mopps!!!

ROAR-2007-11-28 - Episode 60 - Is There A Posse In Da House

In this episode of the ROAR:
Opening remarks, where is "out there", some talk about the "holidays", politricks, democrazy, our free gift-wrapping offer at jimfidler.com, the interview with Three Shoes Posse and Michael Wolsey, closing remarks and more than 5 other things. ???

Music this week:
Our theme, Genesis, New World Revolution and Reality Time by Jim Fidler and Thief We Money, Red Money, Gun No Kill, Ten Second Free-fall and Ron Paul Is Here by Three Shoes Posse.

Best listened to on headphones.  -  Come we go chant down Babylon one more time!

ROAR-2007-11-09 - Episode 59 - The Fall Of The Autumn Empire

In This Episode:
Intro, opening remarks, the history of the Roots Cellar, Roots music, root cellars, root vegatables, the music industry, Orwellian "double-think" music as the language of the universe, props to Hope, the new album, a demo of the intro track for the new album, the walk-about segment, the barking seal-dog, the Columbus myth, Native North Americans, Newfoundland, Thanksgiving, turkey, the Beothucks, the John Cabot myth, Halloween, the blue-eyed Jesus myth, the cross flash-back, taking Jesus home to Daddy, the personification of God, The Ledrews, Richard Mixer and the other buskers, Neil Young, Mel Gibson and their conspiracy theories, The Beverley Hillbillies, some ham radio lingo, the dog in the truck, a little bit of Hope, designing a logo for The Audio Mirror, wav forms, Kate Bush's latest album, overhauling the ROAR website with Wordpress, Episode 1 of Little Becky, closing remarks, and more virtual jelly beans than you could ever hope to catch in a hard hat.

Music this time:
Our theme, Genesis, a demo from the up-coming album, a bunch of other stuff, and an Extro featuring Jan Carew by Jim Fidler.

Best listened to on headphones.  -  If you can't be with the one you love, maybe you should think about moving.

ROAR-2007-09-23 - Episode 58 - Sound On Sound

This time on the ROAR:
Greetings from Kevin in Ohio, Peter Quinlin of St. John's, Tim and Lou from Lakeville, Minnesota, Sarah from Portland, Oregon, Jamie Stevens of Newfound Cabs, Pamela Morgan, and Jim Fidler of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, no, not our Jim Fidler; his dad,
shout-outs to listeners Tom Peter of Buffalo, New York and Pat Leasck of Ottawa, Ontario, the Frappr map, the vowell movement, summer and fall in the republic, a call for listener shout-outs, Jim's mental block with Wordpress, greetings to folks in the distant future,
interview with Lindsay Ferguson, taking a walk on the mild side, R-09 woes, running in to Mike Walsh and all kinds of foolishness.

Music this episode:
Our Theme, Genesis by Jim Fidler
and all other tracks from the newly released CD, Sound by Lindsay Ferguson.

Best listened to on headphones.  -  Warning!  High phat content...

ROAR-2007-08-30 - Episode 57 - Back To Terra Nova

This episode of the ROAR:

Greetings from Frank Oram, great giggles all around, greetings from Dave Saunders, greetings from Denise of St.

John's, opening remarks including the clever copyright work-around, summer winding down and all dat wevver kind

of chat, greetings from Hope Povenmire, shout-outs from Elenore Dillabough and Ward, both of St. John's, a chat

with Paula Gobi, Executive Director of the Heritage Foundation of Terra Nova National park, a few words with

Ray Mathews, shouts from Barbados by Eddy Grant and Junior Paris, a wee chittychat with Anne Tenaglia from

Philly, Lilli on the beach, an ID from Bob McDonald of CBC Radio's Quirks And Quarks, the interview with Neil

Oldford and Aaron Collis, a bunch o bunch o tunes, greetings from Karla Marshall and a hidden message from the

future.  (Let's see who can find it)

Music this episode:
Our theme, Genesis, Terra Nova, and The Needfire by Jim Fidler,
For Now I'm 64 by Neil Oldford and Aaron Collis, featuring Jim Fidler on Dadgad guitar,
Arthur McBride, Maid Behind The Bar/Ships Are Sailing, Anna Biggin's, Black Is The Colour
and Under The Bush In The Garden/Pipe On The Hob/Out On The Ocean by Neil and Aaron.

Best listened to on headphones.  -  Warmest thanks to everybody involved!  It was wonderful!

ROAR-2007-07-24 - Episode 55 - Le 14

This week on the ROAR:
Warning, greetings from Colleen Power, Jean-Guy Bruneau of Montibello, Quebec, Yves Seguin of Ottawa, Ontario, MC of the Vu D'ici podcast in Montreal,opening remarks, summer in the prime of its life, le 14, Louis Carol, Nostradamus, John Quatraine, Bastille Day, freedom, consenseless, forming a sceptic tank, one egg is un oeuf, Facebook, the web VS the internet, a call for support, out on walk-about, the great mic technique tip, Lillian's slug fest, more greetings from Junior Paris and Colleen Power, Lillian and some franc talk, "either you're with us or you're with the tourists", finger VS singer, greetings from Lekbir Halili, Ringo Star and the Beatles, a chat with Richard Mixer, country music, cross-country skiing, more about Facebook, a chat with Howie Southwood, greetings from Lise Hanick, more about Bastille Day, a chat with Jim Lawlor about Ireland, the southern shore and other things, a surprise appearance by Jim Joyce and all sorts of

general silliness.

Music this week:
Our theme, Genesis, Jacamo, Dariya, Welcome Back To Cairo Street and Dub Illusion by Jim

Fidler
Vive La Rose by Emile Benoit (compliments of Amber Music)
Grandpere by Thierry Artur,
Boite En Plastique and Chickadee by Colleen Power,
Mina Mina by Lekbir Halili,
Salama by Musaik,
Klaxon by Lise Hanick.

Best listened to on headphones.  -  If you don't have any, get some!

ROAR-2007-07-11 - Episode 54 - A Whole Lot Of Something About Nothing

This week on the ROAR:

Greetings from Eddy Mailbag, "I Have No Hamster For You By 14", greetings from Adrian of St. John's, Shawn Fulford of Torbay, Jim's Dad in Pennsylvania and the kids from Standup Radio in Philadelphia,

greetings from Eddy Grant, opening remarks, bigups to folks in the distant future on the Mars Colony, Moon Colony..., greetings to Jeromey Hartley, subscribing to the ROAR info, the OPML file offer, Leo Laport, In Our Time, the Y2K conspiracy, the 2012 mystery, pubs and pub culture, greetings from Bob McDonald of CBC's Quirks And Quarks, the "Nothing" segment, digression, congress VS progress, what is nothing, walking in circles to throw listeners off, the back-masking contest, the Combination Lock Ness Monster, whining about Hotspot Clicker, the Airport Security Story by Cynthia Bennett, gusts of hot air about gusts of wind, the many words for snow, lodge hats, free the Masons from Satan, If Hitler had won the war, the rectangular, cork tray saga, things that will make you better in bed, thanks to Rory Hoffman, a apple, the big cat shock, the "what it is is" cunundrum, a gust of Lillian, more kvetching about language, aliens outside the window, illegal aliens on the roof, how hard it is to do nothing, smarties, the Alphabet Song, some America bashing, even more kvetching about language, date jumbling, water spinning down the drain, the show spinning down the drain, audio waves and farewells, the blind and the naked, Lillian's movie picks, Apocolypto and Scoop, bleeping out the dandylions and more nothing about nothing than you could shake a tail at.

Music this week:

Our theme, "Genesis", "I Have No Hamster For You By 14", and Number 1 (Hospitality's Pavillion) by Jim Fidler

and The Airport Security Song by Cynthia Bennett.

Best listened to on mushrooms. - O, what it is to whistper sweet nothings into your ears.

 

ROAR-2007-07-02 - Episode 53 - We'll Rant And We'll ROAR

This time on the ROAR:
Greetings, greetings and more greetings, Canada day, memorial day, Newfoundland and World-war 1, the queen, Barbados, progress on the new album, the Stand Up Radio podcast, baseball and MLB.com, the walk downtown, jackets, man breastsss, the span worms, Lillian hikes up her skirt, Jim and Lillian's 11th wedding anniversary, the grand appeal for funds, fast women verses slow women, the present is a gift from Bob, Mayor John Murphy, the principle of "morphemy", the "burn" building, Mike Hanrahan and a goodly number of very insignificant stuff.

Music this week:
Our theme, "Genesis", Midnight Rover, Merrigan's Reel, The Curra Road, Flow On Waterford River and The Merman by Jim Fidler
and
The Lost Watch (Tick Tick Tick) by Roaring Lion

Best listened to on headphones.  -  Praises to the never-lasting Bob!

ROAR-2007-06-10 - Episode 52 - President Jim And The BirthdayCast

This week on the ROAR:
Greetings from:  Lynn and Maria in NYC, Hope in Ohio, Carrie in Ohio, Kevin in Alabama, Jim's brother Andrew, David Dalton, Clyde Rose, Graham Dillabough, Joan from Tipperery, Max, Helen, Joy Dillabough, Sandy the NBC, Pam from the pub and Roseanne,opening remarks, thanks, birthday babble, the new sax, the new clarinet, welcome back to the Mad Player, ... the walk downtown, Newfoundland weather, the new Bob Marley t-shirt, ice bergs outside the harbour, the new forum, audio puppet porn, the Romper Room story, physcodelic cartoons, insomnia, the border-line 911 event, where the Jeep Cherokee used to be parked, the buskers, Jim's Richard Nixon impersonation, the human crow, Lillian's old band, born off the back of a Harley, our new religion, greetings from Bob McDonald of CBC's Quirks And Quarks and many more things that could be considered sillier than a bag of hammers.

Music this week:
Our theme (Genesis) by Jim Fidler and Days Like These by The Cat Empire.

Best listened to on headphones  -  Ain't life just a slice?

ROAR-2007-06-01 - Episode 51 - The Answer To The Question Of Life, The Universe and Everything

This week on the ROAR:
Greetings from Kevin in Alabama, Hope in Ohio, Slau in New York, Chris Trapper in Philadelphia and Carrie in Ohio,
a wee bit of foolishness, opening remarks, the up-coming birthday, having verses being 42,

The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, album titles, the Kick Inside, a call for feedback regarding the new player, a call for shout-outs from listeners as wav files, sendspace.com,

bugmenot.com, the new forum, an invitation to all to AtlanticFest 2007, some sucking up to the listeners, the segment about making the new album, greetings from Mary Emerson in

California and lots of stuff just like all the rest.

Music this week:
Welcome Back To Cairo Street, our opening theme (Genesis), High Life (Demo), Livin'

(Acoustic Demo), Weapons Of Mass Distraction (Acoustic Demo), Cherokee Chant (Demo), Reality Time (Bed Tracks), Dub Illusion and New World Revolution (Bed Tracks) by Jim Fidler,I'm The One by Slau, If I Was Cool by Chris Trapper, Acoustic Aerobics and Irish Lullaby by Mary Emerson.

Best listened to on headphones.  -  If you don't have a good set, get some!  They're yummy.

ROAR-2007-05-23 - Episode 50 - Go ROAR It On The Mountain!

This time on the ROAR:

Greetings from:  Linda from Seattle, Columbine from Boston, Mike from Rochester, Anne from Philly, Hellen from Colorado and Kevin from Alabama,opening remarks, the loss of the theme music and jingles, celebrating the 2nd anniversary and the 50th episode of the ROAR, bad luck to good, working on the new Reggae album, you don't own the song, the song owns you, the new guitar amp, musical click tracks, will the ROAR roar on?, an appeal for listener feedback, changes to the ROAR website, the new player on the site, show highlights, things are warming up in the Republic of Avalon, shovelling snow, Damian Perkins' belt, ID from Standup Radio, Paddy's weekend, a brief chat with Anna-Maria from Germany and Paddy O'Pression, shout-outs from Beverley Pardy and Crystal Stacey of Arnold's Cove, Newfoundland, going into the pub, a brief interview with Ralph O'Brien, day 1 of the new record, a trip into the studio, looking at some bed tracks, Jim and Lillian in the kitchen, Gypsy's many multi-coloured lovers, Jim's hording habits, Scott and the hidden candy, album titles, men and the dead coyotes, Ma had a "pop" filter, the ever wonderful grapetizer, nutty snacks, Brigadier Stanley and the wool sock breakfasts, Mrs. Kennedy and the sugar bread lunches, hard tack, strange eating and listening habits when far from home and more general silliness than you could shake a stick at.

Music this time:
A Breeze From Alabama by Scott Joplin,
Bed tracks for Reality Time, New World Revolution, War Party and High Life, Cherokee Chant

Demo and Curra Road by Jim Fidler.
Note:  War Party written by Eddy Grant.

Best listened to on headphones.  -  Spring has sprung, the grass is riz; now, what the heck's this monkey biz?

ROAR-2006-12-25 - Episode 49 - Ho Ho Home On The Range

This week on the ROAR:
Intro by Eddy Mailbag, greetings from Robert Peace of the Orkney Islands, Brian Rutherford

of New Castle, England, Liz Hanrahan of St. Johns, Newfoundland and Clyde Rose, also from

St. Johns,
Jim and Lillian in the kitchen cooking Christmas brunch and dinner, talking about Hanukkah,

Christmas, Quanza and all sorts of foolishness, a trip to the Fairmont hotel, a choir

singing Christmas caroles, lunch at Belbin's Steakhouse, the story of the angel and the

tree, Offer Waddem's Miracle, closing remarks, a blooper and more fun than you could fit

into a barrel.

Music this week:
Our theme Genesis and Jingle Bells by Jim Fidler,
Mary's Boy Child by The Quintessential Vocal Ensemble
and
The Animals' Christmas by Gordon Quinton.

Best listened to on headphones.  -  Happy happy to all all!!

ROAR-2006-12-10 - Episode 48 - Up Up And Away!

This week on the ROAR:
A statement from Steve McLean of the Canadian Space Agency, opening remarks, announcing the ROAR DVD contest and the coverage of the launch of space shuttle Atlantis in September, 2006.

Music this week:
Our theme Genesis, Hibernia and more mad mad music by Jim Fidler.

Best listened to on headphones.  -  Big thanks to Yves Seguin for his great work and his wonderful submission.