Friday, August 19, 2011

Wake Up Winnipeg - Episode 90


Wake Up Winnipeg - Episode 90


Hosted Live/Produced/Recorded by: Andru Valpy, Natty Somers.

Air Date: 08/12/2011 6:00 PM on UMFM 101.5 FM
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Rebroadcast: 08/17/2011 on CJUM 101.5 UMFM - 6:30 AM

This week was a very busy week for us at Wake Up Winnipeg. We crammed as much excitement as we could into our 30 minute episode which included local news, concert and event listings and two guests who were welcomed into our program.

But first, we focused on headline news from around Winnipeg.



In Local News This Week:

The Winnipeg Police Service is investigating a shooting incident that occurred in the 300 block of Langside earlier this morning.

Police say that a gun was fired in the direction of a home around 1:50 this morning hitting a 19 year old male who was sitting in a nearby vehicle.

The male suspect was initially taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition but has since been upgraded to stable condition.


Meanwhile a 29 year old male was arrested in connection with a stabbing that took place in the 1'oclock hour yesterday afternoon in the 400 block of Langside street.

Winnipeg Police were dispatched to the area at approximately 1:20 PM where they located a 30 year old female who had been stabbed in the upper body.

The victim was taken to hospital in critical condition but has since been upgraded to stable condition.

The male suspect has been charged with Aggravated assault and detained.


The City of Winnipeg will be enforcing new dog licensing laws effective September the first and those dog owners who do not adhere to the new rules could be fined 250.00 and court costs.

Starting September 1st, dogs that reside within Winnipeg Limits will have to be licensed and registered with the city animal services agency.

Those dogs found not wearing a license could also be impounded at the City Animal Services office.

License are 27 dollars a year for dogs that are spayed and neutered and 62.00 for others. Residents may also purchase a two-year license and receive a 10 percent discount for the second year.

More information may be found at the city of Winnipeg website or by calling the city of Winnipeg information line at 311.


If you looked up to the skies last night, you may have seen a fantastic light show as a severe thunderstorm rolled through Winnipeg.


Dark Clouds started forming over the city skies around 8:00pm while wind gusts between 70 and 90 kilometers per hour were recorded during the storm.

Lighting was seen flashing in a near strobe light effect while loonie-size hail was reported in various neighborhoods throughout the city.

Last nights storm also delivered a well needed rain fall with 21 millimeters of rainfall recorded.

Despite the strong winds and hailstones last nights storm produced no tornado's or funnel clouds, and no reports of lighting have been reported at this time.

Though environment Canada is predicting more participation on Saturday, the temperatures for the remainder of August and September are expected to be relatively normal.
 

The NHL released it's national Television Schedule this week announcing that the Winnipeg Jets will be featured in 21 appearances on CBC's Hockey Night In Canada, and appearing five times on TSN with other games available on the NHL Network US.

The home opener game will take place on Sunday October 9th, at 4:00pm and will be seen nationally on the CBC and in the US on the NHL Network.

And though the home opener is expected to sell out, there are credible rumors that a seat is being reserved for Prime Minister Steven Harper who reportedly has every intention of being in Winnipeg for the home opener.

Officials from Harpers office could not be reached for comment.

After some concert and event listings we got right into our exclusive Aimless & Andy In Studio Session with Dave Hadgkiss of Folk Thief which was recorded live from UMFM Studios.

During the session Dave released a brand new never before single called The Lonesome Traveler which was only written two days before arriving in Winnipeg. 

After two practice takes, Dave recorded it for the first time with Andru live from our newly renovated studio. Post recording we had the opportunity to sit down and Chat with Dave where we learned about life as an independent artist on tour.

At the end of the episode we'll post the track exclusively in iTunes and share more details about our in studio session with Folk Thief here on our blog.


Our next guest was comedian classic Louie Anderson who was born in Minneapolis Minnesota and has been active in the comedy community since 1981. Anderson was perhaps best know in our generation from his three year run on Fox with his show Life With Louie.

He then went on to become the host of a recreation of Family Feud from 1999-2002. He's most recently taken up his own stage show in Las Vegas Nevada and performs at the Louie Anderson Theater nightly at the palace station and will be performing at Rumors Comedy Club in Winnipeg as part of their Summer Concert Series from August 18th through the 20th.

 Louie joined us on tonight's episode to fill our listeners in on what he's been doing these days.

Wake Up Winnipeg - Interviews Louie Anderson
Conducted by Andru Valpy. 

Andru Valpy - Hello Louie how are you?
Louie Anderson: - Fine, how are you?

Av: I'm doing quite well. Welcome to Winnipeg.

Louie Anderson: Thank you. Thanks for having me on the show.

Av:No Problem. Now a lot of people from my generation specifically remember you from Life With Louie Back on Fox...

Louie Anderson: Oh Really!? Is that so? (said in his Life with Louie voice). So Andru, what about these Canuck's huh? My dad used to do a lot on the Cartoon about the Canadians. He had a really great line that goes "When the Canadians Invade, and they will..." You know, about the Canadians taking over the US. He loved it. You know, like that love hate relationship. He loved doing the cartoon Life With Louie. We did it for three years, we're working on a movie to tie it all off and that should be a lot of fun. We got great joy out of that.

Av: Let's face it, you've been busy you're doing a nightly show in Vegas at the palace station and now you're on tour here in Winnipeg..

Louie Anderson: Yeah, I'm working on a new special that I'll probably debut in February or March and I'm really excited about that. You know it's been almost 20 years since I've been to rumors and that club is the only place where you can work on new material and have the full comedy experience. You know, it's just a great room. You know Winnipeg.....I grew up in St Paul (Minnesota) so I'm part Canadian. 

Av: Yeah, you're so close! Now you've got a show coming up in just a few minutes here.

Louie Anderson: Yeah, we're sold out for the first show and it's so good to be sold out, I think we still have a few tickets left for the late show on Friday and Saturday, but you know I'm really excited because you know...I have a whole bunch of new material that I'm doing, but then all my classics too. It's going to be one act and then I'm going to do the rest of the night. I'm always excited about that where people really get their money's worth.

Av: For someone who hasn't seen you in a while, what do you think they'll walk away from your show with?

Louie Anderson: I think the most memorable things will be the "After you turn 50" I think people will really get into that. I think what people have been saying to me quite literally is "I forgot how funny you were". It's kind of a bittersweet comment in a sense, you know I always thought I was funny, but you know I've really got connected to the very beginning when I used to do stand up. When it was so pure and such a good thing to have that pure comedy when you first start out. I'm back in that vain and I think people will really like the things I'm talking about  because they're just from the same place that all the Life With Louie stuff was about and all the stuff that really made me a great comic.

Av: It must be exciting to go full circle eh?

Louie Anderson: Yeah  it is great to go full circle. You know this will probably be my last special and I'm really proud of it and I'm really glad I'm here. We still haven't found a city that we're taping in yet so we're looking at all of the cities we play and you know, it's really going to be a great experience. I'm really looking at kind of pulling this one off. I really think it's going to be my best special.

Av: When do you think it will be done?

Louie Anderson: I think February or March it will be out, but it will probably be done in December some time.

Av: How do you manage to do that? I mean with you doing all of the nightly shows in Vegas, how do you manage to tour and film a special at the same time?

Louie Anderson: Well, I think what you do is you have to have some really great people  behind you to plan all of that, and then I just show up.

Av: Well there you. Nothing wrong with that eh?

Louie Anderson: Nothing!


We will feature more from our conversation with Louie Anderson later on this season on Wake Up Winnipeg. More information about Louie Anderson and his upcoming tour may be found on his website at http://louieanderson.com/

We are always looking for bands to take part of the Aimless & Andy In Studio Sessions. If your band would like to learn more about recording for our show, please contact us at info(at)wakeupwinnipeg(dot)com. More information can also be found on the Aimless & Andy website.

We'll catch you all next week where we'll release a brand new track from My Boy Rascal exclusively on Wake Up Winnipeg.

Until then,

-Av


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