Brave New Waves

This looks good though. Brent Bambury at his best!

It's been funny seeing Brent make the transition to mainstream tv and radio host. I actually enjoy his new shows, Go and Groove Shinny quite a bit, because it gives him a chance to subvert a more mainstream audience and show off his wicked sense of humour. I'm not so sure I like the Go theme song though. Oh well.

Was anyone else here a regular Nightlines listener? Best show ever.

Brave New Waves has gotten a bit duller in recent years...Patti Schmidt has always been a good host, but Brent Bambury was terrific, especially his interviews. His conversation with a surprisingly eloquent John Lydon is the one I remember most vividly.

David Wisdom has his own show now called Pearls of Wisdom which, maybe you know isn't all that great. Surprisingly conservative, actually, especially when you consider that all the stuff he plays come from his "own personal collection." Still, he sounds like he's enjoying himself more than he did when he was forced to co-host and water himself down for that lousy Radio Sonic crowd.

All I remember aboot that interview was a brief detour into discussing whether the sound that had just come from somebody's body was a belch or a fart.

I hated Brent Bambury, and was so happy when Patti Schmidt took over, and stopped listening aboot 2 years into her run. I am glad, though, to see David Wisdom getting some love. I remember listening to his show when it aired after that terrible show with Lenora Cornfeld that CBC always promoted so much as their gateway into younger audiences, and being kinda upset he was so neglected.

I shouldn't say that I entirely disliked the avant-garde stuff that got played (and probably still gets played) on BNW. I often re-listened to a lot of it if I somehow managed to get it onto tape. Also, it was usually a good way to lull me to sleep at 3AM when I had to get up early the next morning and maybe it, uh, opened my younger, more impressionable mind up a little bit more, too. I never went out and bought any of it though.

i also concur that he is an excellent interviewer. possibly the only interviewer i have heard that puts more research into his subject is nardwuar the human serviette.

Yeah, it was my favorite. I still have a bunch of Nightlines magnets that David Wisdom was kind enough to send me!

Nightlines and Brave New Waves were the shows to exposed me to so much new music and so many wonderful bands that I would have never have gotten a chance to hear otherwise. It's nice to know that Brave New Waves is still around even if I'm never up late enough to listen to it anymore.

I'll second that.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Special/2002/2002/12/31/n123103A.jpg

...c'mon my southern neighbours....don't let ken's question about the photo peter out without someone trying!

Brave New Waves memories ... yeah, I concur .. helped open up my eyes/ears as a teenager. Was bored with the "rock" of the typical stations and BNW provided an ... well, an alternative, in the truest sense.

Nightlines I hold even more fondly in my heart, probably because I heard more if it as it aired on the weekends (the 11-2/5am... bnw weeknight slot was tough for a kid waking up at 6am to get to school). Brent was an excellent and intelligent host. Originator Augusta LaPaix also has a great voice (sometimes seems CBC requires a great radio host to get a show ... )

Speaking of Nightlines memories, how about Uni Despair?

Dark secret: I was "Sean From Brandon". I was the one who started the Uni Despair Ambivalence Association.

If I remember right, D.Wisdom created a contest of either just short clips of songs, or the beginnings of songs (I think that was it)...
there were a huge number 100+ and some of the clips were really short (I believe a dylan tune was in there with just one drumshot)

So Mr. Uni Despair, a partriotic American entered and wrote confidently that he would win and widely disparaged Canada + Canadians as a whole ...
general chaos ensued.

Then there was a followup contest -- and ppl grouped up, simply to beat "Uni" and I think they did, but he came in 2 or 3rd? ...

anyway around the same there was also a theme song contest, some of which played heavily on this controversy .l.. I dunno -- we're talking about 15 years ago!!

The seconds clips contest came about a year later and there was a concerted effort to keep Uni out of the #1 spot. I can't remember who won it. Maybe Stevie Ray Brown? (Stevie, if you're out there, REPRAZENT.)

But I love you. Sorta.

Having read some obits and tributes to the feller in the photo above, I now sense his worth. More so than I sense the worth of what'shisname who keeps insulting me in this thread, who are you again?

!

You got namechecked on Nightlines a lot, iirc.

I loved those song clip contests, even though always made me feel sort of musically ignorant.

Here's the form letter that was sent to people writing in expressing their concern:

Dear so-and-so

We at CBC Radio recognise our important role in developing Canadian
talent. It is a mandate that I take very seriously and support
whole-heartedly. Please be assured that CBC Radio is not altering its
responsibility for promoting and showcasing new and up-and-coming
Canadian talent.

CBC Radio has an ongoing commitment to younger audiences and to
emerging Canadian musicians, with a focus on Canada's independent music
scene. In fact, CBC is looking for new ways to increase the exposure we
give to new artists. There is currently an application before the CRTC
to launch a new service on satellite radio; we are exploring
opportunities to augment our commitment to independent artists on
existing platforms and we are constantly looking at alternative
strategies to expand our promotion of Canadian musicians. Until such
time as new opportunities are identified, Brave New Waves will
continue.

If you'd like to know more about the changes and new opportunities for
Radio 3, you may visit the following links to our website:

http://www.cbcradio3.com/changes.cfm

http://www.cbcradio3.com/faq.cfm

Translation: if the CRTC grants CBC radio 3 a satellite broadcast license (an "alternative strategy to expand our promotion of Canadian musicians"), bnw is over. My understanding is that all of this satellite business will be happening out of vancouver... brave new waves comes from the montreal studios. I don't know if that's a factor as well.

I hope that you will continue to tune in and to enjoy the programming
we offer, and that you will support our endeavours in promoting the best
in emerging Canadian talent more effectively and to wider audiences.

Sincerely,

Jane Chalmers
Vice President, English Radio
CBC - English Radio Management

That would be Jane_Chalmers@cbc.ca if you feel like voicing your concern.

I'm too young, so I know Brent Bambury from Midday on CBC TV. I'm a Schmidtite, she is the best interviewer in radio. Keep it alive!

You really, really have to get some old Brent Bambury interviews, then... The 15th anniversary show is a good place to start!

Is there any way we could start a real Forum? Would anybody be interested?

Last question...I tuned in on Friday's show (February 11, 2006) and missed the entire name for an amazing electronica track. I think Patty said "The Blow Dough" but I can't find that band on Google. Does anybody have more details?

could the track have been THE LOVE THAT I CRAVE (STRATEGY'S STRATA CLUB REMIX) by the blow?

here is a link to a video by the blow with animation by E*Rock.

No, but I can tell you that Bambury was the interview subject (I don't remember who interviewed him; it was a woman, but not Patti) and he gave a neat history of BNW up to that point, and the profile was on the procedure of trepanation, and involved playing songs aboot having a hole in your head.

I remember when he left, he said he'd been there for ten years. Patti must be coming up on her 11th anniversary, right?

Just so you know, I've first heard this show about 15 years ago, and immediately soaked up the music, barely passing 8th grade as a result, haha. Then I was without it for a few years due to a move, then went back to it around 1999, and have been listening off and on since. Now, I already have some of Patti's shows in my archive, but I'd love to have more of Brent's, especially his last, since I've been looking for that for ages. I'll never forget the night he introduced me to a crazy track by Mr Bungle, "Quote Unquote". 14 years later, it's STILL in my head.

It took me 3 year and in february 1999 i actualy discoverd BNW when i woke up during the night about 1:30 there where this crazy bleepy noise music on the radio well i actualy went crazy over wath ever was playing i actualy stayd awake up until 4AM to lisnen to BNW then

After i got the information on when this program played and started to record every single episode of BNW on vcr tape today i got so many BNW tape in my archive that it fill a whole shelf that expand the whole lenght of my room

Bnw was so influantial that at the end of the year 2000 i started making my own bleeping and noisy music.

Yo hope that Bnw will last for the next generation to hear and and you rock Patti Schmidt.

I really took off on BNW and have been listening off and on ever since. I even listened while living in Japan by using the live stream.

Here's a tip for everyone who can't stay up to listen to it. There's a program called Total Recorder that lets you record whatever is going on in your computer's audio mix. So either you tune in to the audio stream or plug your radio/stereo into the computer's audio input. Total Recorder lets you schedule when it starts recording so you set it up to record Monday to Friday 12AM to 4AM (or whatever in your time zone). The files are big but you can save them as MP3s. Then either listen to them on your computer, burn them on to CD, or put them on a MP3 player. You can even edit the files and make mixed tapes/CDs! Just like in high school!

Anyway, BNW is an incredibly important show. There is nothing like it anywhere in the world. If you know otherwise please share.

Happy listening!

Jeff Mirza

I have recently began to archive the recent shows in MP3 with my software, but I'd love to hear some of Brent's again (because at the time, I was in rough shape and tapes were a pain to get a hold of), and someone here mentioned his last show, I'd love to get a hold of that myself. Anyway, if some of you do have some of the older stuff (late 80s early 90s), give me a holler.

I have recently began to archive the recent shows in MP3 with my software, but I'd love to hear some of Brent's again (because at the time, I was in rough shape and tapes were a pain to get a hold of), and someone here mentioned his last show, I'd love to get a hold of that myself. Anyway, if some of you do have some of the older stuff (late 80s early 90s), give me a holler.

This is the final broadcast of Brave New Waves. My name is Patti Schmidt, and it has been my great joy and privilege to have worked on this program for sixteen of its 23 years. My deepest thanks to everyone who stumbled in, and stayed, either by accident or design. When the new Radio 2 schedule launches next week, I'll be hosting the weekend edition of Canada Live, a concert show seven nights a week, 8 to 10pm, highlighting what's on stage across the whole country, from classical to contemporary. I hope you can tune in.

I am using the playlists from:

http://ranta.dyndns.org/BNW/about.html

Along with a lot of videos now available on YouTube and am assembling playlists based on the Brave New Waves playlists. Another YouTube'r will be assembling playlists using the ORIGINAL playlists (IE: Brave New Waves in two different flavors)

The first playlist can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E2872AF8BCBEB51D

Other playlists can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_playlists&search_query=brave+new+waves

As of November 13, 2009, I had put together 35 playlists starting from January 7, 1999.

The spirit lives on!

Huh. A lovely idea!

Coming back to this thread makes me nostalgic for BNW all over again (as well as Nightlines of course). It's kind of funny -- with the whole internet at our fingertips and sources like The Wire for some of the more experimental music to look for, it still doesn't feel as exciting as sitting there in the dark waiting for whatever came next. I still remember when Brent played the Severed Heads' Dead Eyes Opened EP in its entirety, I had the feeling that I was discovering something important (and from a musical taste development perspective, I certainly was). I don't get that from the net. Too bad.

I still remember the special sessions they had on BNW too - the Sevs and Puppy sessions are still faves.

I wish those playlists went back to 93-94!

I'm now at playlist number sixty six:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=01B7180F5C6CF4B3

Oh how I wish I could do more with these! :) I'll keep pumping them out until I run out of them!

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_playlists&search_query=brave+new+tube

A long idle thread, but I found this forum while looking for something else and saw a few names that I remember from the glory years of late night CBC FM. A time to remember, when music seemed to matter more.

......and another 8 months on. This is a little bit like calling quietly into a dark cave. So...... does any one know where Uni Despair is now. I have some information for him.

This is one of the reasons I should probably visit ILX more regularly - I can't believe I missed Stevie Ray Brown. Steve, if you're reading this at some point in the future, do get in touch.