Mountain FM

Donovan Tildesley was often heard on Mountain FM years ago during the morning show and he is also one of Canada’s most decorated Paralympic Swimmers.  A few years ago I had the pleasure to ski a few runs with this man and what a great guy as well as athlete.  At the age of 16, he earned a bronze medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games int he 200m individual medley.  His prowess in the pool was further established when he went on to win 5 Golds at the 2002 World Championships, 2 Silvers and a Bronze at the 2004 Paralympic Games and 5 Gold Medals at the 2007 Para-Pan American Games.

As a blind Athlete, Donovan has learned the value of team work in overcoming challenges in life.  Donovan has suppored BC Children’s Hospital through his fraternity’s annual fundraiser and this year wanted to go a step further by becoming a part of the Miracle Maker Panel.

Please support the children of BC by becoming a member of Donovan’s team and pledging your support to BC Children’s Hospital!  For more information, click here

‘donovan’ will get you points for the blog today!

Another oldie, but goodie!  Some people got upset with the prank call that was on the air last Friday, so I’m just going to keep it here for my blog friends!

Enjoy

I stole this post from Ted because I think it’s a worthy cause!!! 

I’m sure I don’t need to insert pictures or tell you about what’s going on in Myanmar right now.  A lot of people could really use some help and it looks like things are getting settled so they’ll be able to get it.  Here are a couple links to sites where you can donate to cyclone victims.

www.WorldVision.ca 
www.redcross.ca
www.thehumanitariancoalition.ca

Alright a few things for the blog today, first off…MADONNA!!!
She’s finally coming to Vancouver.  The closest she’s come to performing in Vancouver was a 1988 Seattle show.  I’m pretty excited that we’ve finally made the cut.  The show is going to be at BC Place Stadium on October 30th and tickets go on sale May 24th.  I know, I know…BC Place Stadium, but it’s Madonna AND it’s the day before Halloween. 
Madonna - BC Place Stadium - Tickets May 24th $55 - $350

A few weeks ago, Swollen Members were in Whistler with Gene Simmons for a show at Garf’s.  It was a ton of fun and I want to give a shout out to Adera who works at one of our sister stations in Vancouver.  She was at the show and took a cam and mic behind the scenes, check out the video below.

AND finally, I played a bit of this song earlier this morning and got a bunch of calls about it, thought I would post the video for your enjoyment.  His name is Ray LaMontagne and he’s covering Crazy which is originally done by Gnarls Barkley.

To get points this morning, you have to know what Adera’s last name is…can you find it?
Good luck and have fun…use your points wisely and keep it real!

Quick post for you today…

People ask me all the time what I do when songs are playing…I like to think I answer the phones, get ready for my next break on air, gather audio…blah blah blah.  What I really do is watch videos on youtube…like this one which is now my new favorite!!! check it out

By now, I’m sure you know that I’m what some would call a geek.  I like movies that would fall into a ’super hero’ category.  I like the spidermans, batmans and other various comic books characters that have been turned into big screen adventures.  However, I don’t think I’ve been as excited for a super hero movie before as I am for the new batman film, Dark Knight.  From the previews that I’ve seen, it looks amazing and I’ll be sitting on the edge of my seat for the next few months before it comes out.  Check out the latest trailer below and dark knight will get you points today

I had gotten an email a few days ago from a girl named Natasha who said she liked when I use to prank people.  Natasha asked how come I don’t know it anymore and I can’t say I really have a good response to that.  Why did I stop?  No particular reason, I guess I just ran out of ideas and people to prank.  This is one a did a long time ago and it got my mind juices flowing again and perhaps I’ll work on some new ideas to prank our friends of the world!  Check this one out…

the type of the animal featured in this prank will get you a TON of points…

WOW, have you seen the Olympic clothing that our athletes will be sporting in the Beijing Olympics? haha oh my god or omg as the kids are saying.  I’m going to be completely honest with you, I respect the fact that the designers are trying to be unique and I like some of the clothes, however there are a few items that resemble something most people would wear in bed.

What are your thoughts on the Canadian Olympic Clothing? Leave comments below.
 

Thanks to everyone for all the comments in the posts below, that is great!  Ryan Seacrest set the record straight yesterday morning with Paula Abdul on his radio show from LA, 102.7 KIIS FM.  Click here to see if in fact she was drunk, or if it was just a mistake. 

SEA TO SKY BATTLE OF THE BANDS IN WHISTLER!

Congrats to EVERYONE who took part in the Whistler Battle of the Bands.  A lot of hard work by Luna paid off and once again they organzied a great event.  So much fun! The winners for the Band section of the battle was the Jon Shrier Band & the solo artist winner was Mike McDonald.  Both of which played live on Mountain FM

Jon Shrier Band - Band Winner

Mike McDonald - Solo Artist Winner 

Also check out this video about Battle of the Bands

something that will get you points until midnight tonight is ‘Whistler Battle of the Bands’

It’s all over the internets today…I was talking about it earlier and here is the video of why millions of people are going to speculate if American Idol is really scripted or not. 

What do you think?  Mistake? Scripted? Alcohol?