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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 14h

Spoke to Cale Plett about their debut YA novel, Wavelength ( @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social ). 11:30 am on 101.5 UMFM and online now. #winnipeg catch the book launch at McNally tomorrow! umfm.com/programming/...

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight's TGIFR episode (6:30pm CT on UMFM) is already up to stream & features a conversation with Shad about his forthcoming LP, Start Anew, and a live session and interview with Jared Adams ahead of his Oct 9 Public Domain show for the 5th Anniversary of Tragic Nostalgia. umfm.com/programming/...

Photo of MC Shad in a dark green t-shirt with a bright green background

Show poster for Jared Adams Tragic Nostalgia 5 Year Anniversary show with the singer holding a guitar in shadow against a lit window.

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 5d

LITERALLY listening to this right now and enjoying the heck out of it.

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 6d

Oppenheimer?

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 7d

Today's Turning Pages is with Patty Krawec discussing Bad Indians Book Club ( @gooselane.bsky.social ). On UMFM 101.5 in Winnipeg and online now. umfm.com/programming/...

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 14d

More Winnipeg International Writer's Fest coverage as I spoke to award-winning author David Bergen about Days of Feasting and Rejoicing (Goose Lane) on today's Turning Pages. 11:30am CT on UMFM 101.5 and online now. umfm.com/programming/...

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you!

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 15d

Most of these are self-evident, but can someone explain 4 and 6? Tried searching the terms and came up empty.

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 15d

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth” - these people just lie and lie and lie and lie and ...
www.insideaudiomarketing.com/post/fcc-s-b...

FCC's Brendan Carr Defends Comments On Kimmel.

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is pushing back against criticism that his recent remarks about ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel amounted to a government threat. Speaking at the C...

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 18d

There is no inherent virtue in caring about your own children; that is the bare minimum requirement for effective parenting. Virtue lies in caring about the safety and well-being of children you don’t know.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division.

www.thenation.com

Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 19d

TGIFR tonight (6:30-8pm on UMFM) I have Nuit Blanche GM Kurt Tittlemier, singer Judy Blank talking Big Mood and Jeff and Brandon from Yukon Blonde before their Oct 7 show at Sidestage. umfm.com/programming/...

Judy Blank's Big Mood album cover with the singer in the mouth of a plastic dinosaur

Yukon Blonde Friendship & Rock 'n' Roll tour poster with the list of Fall 2025 dates.

Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 21d

Return guest katherena vermette talks about Procession ( @houseofanansi.bsky.social ) ahead of the Winnipeg International Writer's Fest. umfm.com/programming/...

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 26d

Stacked show on UMFM tonight (6:30-8pm CT on 101.5) and online now. Carson McHone talks about her new album Pentimento (Sidestage Sep16) Brendon Ehinger talks Prairie Wires (Brandon, MB Sep19/20), Holly Cole talks Dark Moon (Club Regent Sep20) umfm.com/programming/...

Carson McHone tour poster with dates and a black and white picture of the singer

Prairie Wires Modular poster with the location Brandon Manitoba Canada

Holly Cole poster with the singer and an image of the moon and the date September 20 205 and location Club Regent

Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 28d

Turning Pages today features poet Zane Koss discussing his book-length poem Country Music. 11:30 AM on UMFM or online now! umfm.com/programming/...

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · Sep 5

New episode of TGIFR featuring Larisa from NADUH who play Sidestage NEXT FRIDAY. Head to @friendsofumfm on IG to win tix.
umfm.com/programming/...

NADUH show poster featuring a picture of the five band members on a red background with a white circle and the date, September 12 and location, Sidestage

Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's @bandcamp.com FRIDAY. Support music makers. Support nonAI art. SUPPORT.

Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is SOON

Polaris Music Prize @polarismusicprize.bsky.social · Sep 4

BIG NEWS. The 2025 Polaris Music Prize Concert & Awards ceremony at @masseyhall.bsky.social will be live streamed on CBC Music's YouTube page and CBC Gem, starting at 8 p.m ET on Sept. 16. Find all the details on how to watch at the CBC Polaris hub.
cbcmusic.ca/polaris
#Polaris2025

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today's Turning Pages episode features a conversation with Brittany Penner about her memoir Children Like Us (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social). Penner will be appearing at Thin Air 2025 on Sep24. umfm.com/programming/...

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · Sep 3

Woman haunts a vacuum.

Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · Sep 3

I've been watching an outrageous amount of TIFF movies ahead of the fest, and my sleeper picks include the excellent Blue Heron, the bonkers A Useful Ghost (woman haunts a vacuum!!), and many more: www.avclub.com/toronto-inte...

The under-the-radar movies you can't miss at Toronto International Film Festival 2025

Everyone wants to see Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein, but we've got the deep cuts from Toronto International Film Festival 2025.

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · Aug 29

Today's TGIFR is up online to stream / DL now. I spoke to Sam Beiko, the @prairiecomicsfest.bsky.social AD (Sep5/6 at the Manitoba Museum) & co-directors of The Nest, Chase Joynt & Julietta Singh abt the doc which screens at Dave Barber Cinematheque next week. umfm.com/programming/...

Prairie Comics Festival poster featuring magical creatures spilling ink on pages and the date (Sep 6/7) and location (190 Rupert Ave) of the festival.

Film poster of The Nest featuring a picture of the home in which the documentary is set and a photo portrait of women featured in the film.

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · Aug 27

“There’s this question of how do we keep festivals going? How do we make sure they are not just sustainable in terms of their environmental impact, but sustainable in terms of whether they can keep happening?”

Forecast uncertain — how the climate crisis is threatening the future of festivals:

Forecast uncertain: how the climate crisis is threatening the future of festivals

Becca Inglis speaks to organisers, researchers and industry figures about protecting sites and attendees, and how sustainability and climate resilience can go hand in hand

djmag.com

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today's episode of Turning Pages features return guest Linden MacIntyre discussing his history of Major General Sir Hugh Tudor, An Accidental Villain ( @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social ). On UMFM at 11:30am CT and online now. umfm.com/programming/...

Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · Aug 20

Today's episode of Turning Pages is a conversation with Max Brault about The Race to the Starting Line which covers the creation of the Accessible Canada Act and his role. 11:30am CT on UMFM and online now: umfm.com/programming/...

Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · Aug 15

Strawberry segment is up on UMFM's Soundcloud here: soundcloud.com/umfm1015/dei...

Deirdre Smith & Scott Garratt of Strawberry on Brokeheart Audio

Charlottetown, PEI's Strawberry released Brokeheart Audio in 1998. This year the album is one of the finalists for the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize and band members Deirdre Smith and Scott Ga

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · Aug 15

You can vote for Brokeheart Audio here:
polarismusicprize.ca/heritage-pri...

Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize

The Heritage Prize is a hall of fame-minded critics prize/public polling campaign meant to celebrate classic Canadian albums created before Polaris began in 2006. Like the Polaris Music Prize, winners...

polarismusicprize.ca