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A late-night disc jockey spins records and stories, broadcasting from a pirate radio station somewhere off the coast of British Columbia. Hosted by Ron Reed, the founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of Pacific Theatre. ”In theatre we have a tradition; whenever the theatre is empty we are always sure to leave one light on. Typically on a stand in the center of the stage, this light is known as the ghost light. There are many stories about its origin, but it‘s meaning is unmistakable. Though the theatre is empty, WE WILL RETURN. Until then, here’s a ghost light -- to let the world know we will be back.” Dalen O‘Connell, March 16 2020
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Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Broadcast like no one's listening! A tribute to radio DJs everywhere, from the Good Ship Ghost Light - Lester the Nightfly, The Count, Deke Duncan, Gary Keillor, Symphony Sid, and that Top Ten Thousand guy, whatever his name was.
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Thanksgiving weekend! At least here in Canada. So of course we'll visit an elevator in Utah, a place that sells used office furniture in Los Angeles, out on San Fernando Road, an unemployment office in France, the Hitsville recording studio in Detroit, a sheep farm in Kentucky, even (if only for a moment) a children's home in Liverpool... Folks are thankful all over the place! Pull up a chair and join us for a fine turkey dinner, with all the trimmings. Updated October 20, to make room at the table for the Mad Farmer himself, Mr. Loren Wilkinson.
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Tonight we bid adieu to September, and welcome October - with a return to the theatre! And all kinds of other great things. Will Eno's WAKEY WAKEY at Pacific Theatre, baseball in New York and Toronto and on the schoolyards of Vancouver, surprise election results in Richmond (don't worry, we won't talk politics), a rain dog afternoon at my local strip mall, and of course, great music of all kinds. Not forgetting Canada's first, and long overdue, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We might run overtime, just a little...
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Summer's over, and Soul Food heads back to school with one last look over its late-night shoulder - at summer movies and end-of-summer songs, at childhood and childhood's end, with even a couple poets (Diane Tucker and Brad Aaron Modlin) along for the ride. "They say that all good things must come to an end..."
Saturday Aug 28, 2021
Saturday Aug 28, 2021
It's late at night in the late summer, and we're keeping it alive here for you on the friendly Ghost Light airwaves - summer jobs, summer loves, and a visit to the state fair. We've got another selection from my dad's record collection, poetry by Barbara Crooker, a middle-of-the-night encounter with a much more mysterious DJ, August faves from the May family, and our tribute to a famed jazz drummer who said goodbye this week.
Saturday Aug 21, 2021
Saturday Aug 21, 2021
Late night memories of summer jobs in the Okanagan and fated encounters on "the ragged green edge of the world" - Susan Alexander thinks back to Osoyoos and I return to Tofino. We also remember summer music festivals with Sweet Honey In The Rock and The Original Sloth band, explore Nelson Boschman's Top Tunes 'o Summer, and soak in the sounds of Corinne Bailey Rae, Kacey Musgraves, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Boz Scaggs, The Langley Schools Music Project, a Daniel Amos side project, and a couple George Harrison tunes, one from his solo years, the other with his first band, the quaintly named "Beatles." Summer ain't over yet!
Saturday Aug 14, 2021
Saturday Aug 14, 2021
It's a hot night, and we take refuge from the heat in memories of summer music festivals, talking about The Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969 ("Black Woodstock"), Canada's Festival Express in 1970, the first ever Vancouver Folk Music Festival in 1978, and the return of Miles Davis in 1981. Featuring the hot sounds of The Lovin' Spoonful, Charlie Peacock, Nina Simone, B.B. King, The Band, Bruce Cockburn, Peter Tosh, Miles Davis, Sidney Bechet, and more. Cool.
Saturday Aug 07, 2021
Saturday Aug 07, 2021
Tonight we take our show on the road, with traveling companions Ira Glass, Carolyn Arends, Zaac Pick, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Chuck Berry, Charlie Peacock, Bobbies Dylan and Troup, Spencer Capier, Michael Hart, the Nordic Chamber Choir, and the Road Scholars. Buckle up, Radioland.
Saturday Jul 17, 2021
Saturday Jul 17, 2021
More summer music, and now poetry even! Ain't we classy. More Temptations, Los Zafiros, Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban, The Avett Brothers, Diane Tucker's Nostalgia For Moving Parts, Poolside, Jackie Mittoo, Marcia Griffiths, Aaron Chapman & The Milkshake Murder, two Quartets - Chico Hamilton and Charlie Haden - and the one and only Jo Stafford.
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
We're back! Mostly music this summer, with odd bits of other stuff. Ibrahim Ferrer, Percy Faith, The Flamingos, The Ink Spots, Rita Payés, Vic Damone, The Temptations, The Miracles, Bob Dylan, Toots & The Maytals, Etta James, Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Also the Top Ten Thousand anniversary, Danny Finkleman, Ross Porter, road trips, Dad and daughters and granddaughters and music, summer weddings, Barcelona jazz, Joe Versus the Volcano, Omega Man, The Princess and the Warrior.