The Palgary Almanac

Curator for the Esker Foundation on upcoming events and new exhibitions at the Esker including CONSTELLATIONS: RACIAL MYTHS, LAND AND LABOUR, and TENDER TO THE FLAME in the project space.
PALGARY ALMANAC #189

Playlist:

• Louis Carnell - twelve
• ASKO - wahkotowin
• Jess Cornelius - Desire
• Ghostkeeper - Dark at the Helm
• Bay Ledges - Early 90s
• Sea of Lettuce - Another Way
• Dead Ghosts - Division in Me
• Nightshifts - Rover
• Bus People - Starcade
• Falcon Jane - Man of Action
• Cults - Open Water
• Skylar Gudasz - Mother's Daughter
• Soup Activists - I Don't Care What Gilchrist Says
• King Hannah - Suddenly, Your Hand
• Mt Fog - Crumbling
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Song of the Lake
• Angélica Garcia - Mirame
• Zsela - Brand New
• Meridian Brothers - Mi Pregunta
• Chris Cohen - Night or Day
• Nicole Miglis - All I See Is You
• Devours - Exposure
• ANIMA! - Power Inc
• Energy Slime - Throw Me a Bone
• Eels - Haunted Hero

Long time Green Line advocate and President of LRT on the Green Line explains the careful thought and decision by Calgarians that went into the design of the project and why the UCP's proposed substitute is likely to fall short.
PALGARY ALMANAC #189

Playlist:

• Louis Carnell - twelve
• ASKO - wahkotowin
• Jess Cornelius - Desire
• Ghostkeeper - Dark at the Helm
• Bay Ledges - Early 90s
• Sea of Lettuce - Another Way
• Dead Ghosts - Division in Me
• Nightshifts - Rover
• Bus People - Starcade
• Falcon Jane - Man of Action
• Cults - Open Water
• Skylar Gudasz - Mother's Daughter
• Soup Activists - I Don't Care What Gilchrist Says
• King Hannah - Suddenly, Your Hand
• Mt Fog - Crumbling
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Song of the Lake
• Angélica Garcia - Mirame
• Zsela - Brand New
• Meridian Brothers - Mi Pregunta
• Chris Cohen - Night or Day
• Nicole Miglis - All I See Is You
• Devours - Exposure
• ANIMA! - Power Inc
• Energy Slime - Throw Me a Bone
• Eels - Haunted Hero

PALGARY ALMANAC #189

Playlist:

• Louis Carnell - twelve
• ASKO - wahkotowin
• Jess Cornelius - Desire
• Ghostkeeper - Dark at the Helm
• Bay Ledges - Early 90s
• Sea of Lettuce - Another Way
• Dead Ghosts - Division in Me
• Nightshifts - Rover
• Bus People - Starcade
• Falcon Jane - Man of Action
• Cults - Open Water
• Skylar Gudasz - Mother's Daughter
• Soup Activists - I Don't Care What Gilchrist Says
• King Hannah - Suddenly, Your Hand
• Mt Fog - Crumbling
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Song of the Lake
• Angélica Garcia - Mirame
• Zsela - Brand New
• Meridian Brothers - Mi Pregunta
• Chris Cohen - Night or Day
• Nicole Miglis - All I See Is You
• Devours - Exposure
• ANIMA! - Power Inc
• Energy Slime - Throw Me a Bone
• Eels - Haunted Hero

Calgary artist and animator Michelle Ku shares about her latest short animation UNBLENDING, which delves into the challenge of people living with structural dissociation.
PALGARY ALMANAC #188

Playlist:

• King Hannah - This Wasn't Intentional
• Falcon Jane - I Get Myself
• Nicole Miglis - Sleep All Day
• Zsela - Play
• Angélica Garcia - Gemini
• DIIV - Everyone Out
• Ghostkeeper - Astum Ota
• Bay Ledges - Setting Free
• Halcyon Overdrive - The Death of Snake Plissken
• Maïa Davies - Stockholm (Good Neighbour Remix)
• Energy Slime - Live or Die
• Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Mik Mik (fat. Nizo Alimov)
• Meridian Brothers - En el Carib e Estoy Triste
• Chris Cohen - Sunever
• The Luvmenauts - Doing Jazz
• Sea of Lettuce - Oh My!
• Chicha Libre - Camintos de mi pueblo (remix) [feat. La SOnora Mazuren]
• Nightshifts - Arrival
• Skylar Gudasz - Fire Country
• Field Guide - Rootin' For Ya
• Cola - Nice Try
• Wyatt C. Louis - Carefree
• Eels - IF IM GONNA GO ANYWHERE
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Frog
• Weval - Dreaming

The dancer and director behind the new short film CORPUS AND THE WANDERING explains how she created this surreal experimental film in which she uses her body and dance in large mosaic videos to depict macro imagery such as landscapes, animals and natural phenomena.
PALGARY ALMANAC #188

Playlist:

• King Hannah - This Wasn't Intentional
• Falcon Jane - I Get Myself
• Nicole Miglis - Sleep All Day
• Zsela - Play
• Angélica Garcia - Gemini
• DIIV - Everyone Out
• Ghostkeeper - Astum Ota
• Bay Ledges - Setting Free
• Halcyon Overdrive - The Death of Snake Plissken
• Maïa Davies - Stockholm (Good Neighbour Remix)
• Energy Slime - Live or Die
• Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Mik Mik (fat. Nizo Alimov)
• Meridian Brothers - En el Carib e Estoy Triste
• Chris Cohen - Sunever
• The Luvmenauts - Doing Jazz
• Sea of Lettuce - Oh My!
• Chicha Libre - Camintos de mi pueblo (remix) [feat. La SOnora Mazuren]
• Nightshifts - Arrival
• Skylar Gudasz - Fire Country
• Field Guide - Rootin' For Ya
• Cola - Nice Try
• Wyatt C. Louis - Carefree
• Eels - IF IM GONNA GO ANYWHERE
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Frog
• Weval - Dreaming

Writer and Director of the short film AM I THE SKINNIEST PERSON YOU'VE EVER SEEN? with her personal life shaping story and experience with anorexia.
PALGARY ALMANAC #188

Playlist:

• King Hannah - This Wasn't Intentional
• Falcon Jane - I Get Myself
• Nicole Miglis - Sleep All Day
• Zsela - Play
• Angélica Garcia - Gemini
• DIIV - Everyone Out
• Ghostkeeper - Astum Ota
• Bay Ledges - Setting Free
• Halcyon Overdrive - The Death of Snake Plissken
• Maïa Davies - Stockholm (Good Neighbour Remix)
• Energy Slime - Live or Die
• Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Mik Mik (fat. Nizo Alimov)
• Meridian Brothers - En el Carib e Estoy Triste
• Chris Cohen - Sunever
• The Luvmenauts - Doing Jazz
• Sea of Lettuce - Oh My!
• Chicha Libre - Camintos de mi pueblo (remix) [feat. La SOnora Mazuren]
• Nightshifts - Arrival
• Skylar Gudasz - Fire Country
• Field Guide - Rootin' For Ya
• Cola - Nice Try
• Wyatt C. Louis - Carefree
• Eels - IF IM GONNA GO ANYWHERE
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Frog
• Weval - Dreaming

Alberta filmmaker Neil Grahn on his latest series focusing on the mysterious and compelling nature of Indian horse relay racing.
PALGARY ALMANAC #188

Playlist:

• King Hannah - This Wasn't Intentional
• Falcon Jane - I Get Myself
• Nicole Miglis - Sleep All Day
• Zsela - Play
• Angélica Garcia - Gemini
• DIIV - Everyone Out
• Ghostkeeper - Astum Ota
• Bay Ledges - Setting Free
• Halcyon Overdrive - The Death of Snake Plissken
• Maïa Davies - Stockholm (Good Neighbour Remix)
• Energy Slime - Live or Die
• Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Mik Mik (fat. Nizo Alimov)
• Meridian Brothers - En el Carib e Estoy Triste
• Chris Cohen - Sunever
• The Luvmenauts - Doing Jazz
• Sea of Lettuce - Oh My!
• Chicha Libre - Camintos de mi pueblo (remix) [feat. La SOnora Mazuren]
• Nightshifts - Arrival
• Skylar Gudasz - Fire Country
• Field Guide - Rootin' For Ya
• Cola - Nice Try
• Wyatt C. Louis - Carefree
• Eels - IF IM GONNA GO ANYWHERE
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Frog
• Weval - Dreaming

PALGARY ALMANAC #188

Playlist:

• King Hannah - This Wasn't Intentional
• Falcon Jane - I Get Myself
• Nicole Miglis - Sleep All Day
• Zsela - Play
• Angélica Garcia - Gemini
• DIIV - Everyone Out
• Ghostkeeper - Astum Ota
• Bay Ledges - Setting Free
• Halcyon Overdrive - The Death of Snake Plissken
• Maïa Davies - Stockholm (Good Neighbour Remix)
• Energy Slime - Live or Die
• Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Mik Mik (fat. Nizo Alimov)
• Meridian Brothers - En el Carib e Estoy Triste
• Chris Cohen - Sunever
• The Luvmenauts - Doing Jazz
• Sea of Lettuce - Oh My!
• Chicha Libre - Camintos de mi pueblo (remix) [feat. La SOnora Mazuren]
• Nightshifts - Arrival
• Skylar Gudasz - Fire Country
• Field Guide - Rootin' For Ya
• Cola - Nice Try
• Wyatt C. Louis - Carefree
• Eels - IF IM GONNA GO ANYWHERE
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Frog
• Weval - Dreaming

Milan Uyeno (of Motte and Bailey) is in the booth today, going through an eclectic set of great tunes. First hour is all about folk, second hour is electronica, and the third hour is a mix of many genres with a highlight of the amazing jazz musicians on Toronto's Elastic Recordings.

Playlist:

• Concrete Cedars - Why Do I Have to Lie Down That Way
• East of the Valley Blues - Automated Biography
• Curved Walls - Ring Dulcimer
• Gerycz / Powers / Rolin - Sun Rays
• Johnny Blue Skies / Sturgill Simpson - One For The Road
• Mabe Fratti - Descubrimos un suspiro
• Chad VanGaalen - bit reducer
• Caribou - Mammals vs Reptiles
• Gustavo Cerati - Raiz
• Fishmans - Walking In The Rhythm
• Four Tet - 31 Bloom
• Cindy Lee - Kingdom Come
• Magdalena Bay - That's My Floor
• aphextwinsucks - asking myself questions
• Hakushi Hasegawa - The Blossom and the Thunder
• The Art of Noise - Dreaming in Colour
• MALNEEZY - Burn Until It's Quiet
• Ghostkeeper - Storm Chaser
• Axiology - Winter Queen
• Ahmed Moneka - Treed Trooh
• Tommy Crane - Life Is So Much Better In The Lounge
• Michael Davidson, Dan Fortin - H Moll (Zeitweise)
• Dan Fortin - Act 1
• Tijs Klaassen Quintet - Nelles

Alberta Wilderness Assocation conservation specialist speaks about the Alberta Government's back door changes to the Alberta Wildlife Act to reintroduce the decades-banned hunt on the threatened grizzly bear species in Alberta.
PALGARY ALMANAC #187

Playlist:

• Eric Chenaux Trio - Light Can Be Low
• Cassandra Jenkins - Delphinium Blue
• Hermanos Gutiérrez - Sonido Cósmico
• Bonny Light Horseman - Lover Take It Easy
• Jessica Pratt - Empires Never Know
• Clairo - Sexy to Someone
• Zsela - Watersprite
• Kairos Creature Club - Deleuzean
• Abby Sage - Phantom Arm
• Crumb - AMAMA
• Future Star - Maybe Just a Moment (Just Starting)
• Jon McKiel - Still Life
• Porij - Marmite
• Tei Shi - Shooting Star
• Habibi - My Moon
• Mo Kenney - Evening Dream
• Bloomsday - Bumper Sticker
• La Luz - Poppies
• King Hannah - New York, Let's Do Nothing
• Cindy Lee - Deepest Blue
• The Golden Age of Wrestling - Paperhouse
• Mabe Fratti - Enfrente
• néomí - Low
• Lightning Bug - On Paradise
• Owies - Glue Moon
• The Decemberists - America Made Me
• Loren Kramar - Hollywood Blvd
• Joe Goddard - Moments Die