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<\/a>\n\n\u00a0\n\nHe looks like a decent fellow, doesn\u2019t he?\n\nMore decency is found <\/a>\n\n\u00a0\n\nHe looks like a decent fellow, doesn\u2019t he?\n\nMore decency is found here!<\/a> Yes, it\u2019s true\u2026behold\u2026his own personal podcast.\n\nFor those of you who do not click links and listen to podcasts wantonly, I\u2019ll give you a little prepatory description of what\u2019s at stake here: \u201cAn eclectic mix of folk, pop, electronic and experimental music and vocal clips.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s pretty cool, and I can say this with conviction because You Say Party We Say Die were on this show<\/a> on Oct. 24th and I, at the moment, am convinced that this band is cool\/edgy.\u00a0\n\nAnyhow, someone out there might be wondering how I got close to anything so interesting.\n\nRest assured, there is a perfectly logical explanation.\n\nCIUT<\/a>, the University of Toronto Community Radio station (nestled [for now] in that quaint little building on 91 Saint George Street), held their semi annual \u2018Friends of CIUT\u2019 fundraiser last week (that is, Nov 3-9).\n\nThe staff in this place is small, so volunteers a-plenty were relied on to help out.\u00a0\n\nThis kind of thing happens regularly (fundraising, that is) because CIUT is listener supported, and relies largely on listener donations to function since it doesn\u2019t pick up huge amounts of cash via commercial advertising, as most other stations on the dial do.\n\nThis means independent programming (yay!), but yes, it also means frantic fundraising.\nPicking up phones, taking pledges\u2014these were the tasks required\u2026 but some hosts, such as the above mentioned Berube, went out a little bit extra.<\/p>\n\nAs a result, some facebook invitations were sent out\u2026\n
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\u00a0<\/p>\n\nIs it bad that it was the mention of cake kind of sealed the deal for me?\n
It was in fact a delicious cake, all full of chocolate-y goodess and not stale in the least, and when I showed up on Friday for the 12:00 show, there were also party hats and noise makers to make the atmosphere all the better.<\/p>\n\nYes, there were others there, yes they were all cool, and definitly, we were probably the best live studio audience ever: full of enthusiasim and perfect in our dictation of the number to call to donate to CIUT.\n\nFinally, I think I have to conclude this by saying the following:\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0- congrats to Chris\u2019s mom for making fridge magnets to give as prizes to those who donated<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -\u00a0a thanks to Chris for the cake and the goodtimes<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -\u00a0a double thanks to the people who donated<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -\u00a0a hearty good luck to our electric Boogaloo host on making that pie he promised as a prize to one special winner.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0 -a congratulations to myself for reading a typed list of prizes on air with such professionalisim, nay, panache.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was a good way to spend a Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
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