What did Jon Williams say, “we made a lot of memories.” Rifflandia was something special. Team Zone was in full battle mode with our friends at Wolf/Sheep and Tectoria.(how is that for partners? an art collective and TECHNOLOGY!) Tindy and Allie worked with Wolf/Sheep to create the world of Zonelandia in the Royal Athletic Park… and I’ll tell ya, I have never seen a radio set up at an event anything like it, ever. It almost looked like an American theme park… we even had a RIDE! (or you know, a scissor lift). Thank you to Tindy and Allie for building the whole world of Zonelandia. The best country on the planet. And thank you to all the volunteers for helping to run Zonelandia and Rifflandia.
Laid a lot of high fives. Thank you to all the Zoners that made it down.
Thank you Bud and Dave Wallace and the Zone Social team for capturing those high fives on digital film. I like it!
Thank you to Nana for coming to get Maddy on Friday so me and Coral could be dumb and drink too much and have fun.
Thank you Alyx for bringing Coral some money when I left to DJ and Coral discovered she had no debit card. Ruh roh.
Thank you to The Whole Beast for the hot dogs. The BEST hot dogs.
Thank you to Pig for the poutine(s).
Thank you to Prima Strada for the late night night Za when Coral needed it most.
Thank you to the Refiner Diner for making food all weekend! those sliders???? SWA? Amaze-balls (its a word, look it up!)
Thank you to Lando Rock for sharing the stage with me a couple times and letting me up there to brand the radio.
Thank you to security for letting me back stage without a pass!
Thank you to Boitano for scheduling me and keeping me organized.
Thank you to Kelsey and Nick for drinking with me and Coral.
Thank you Wolf/Sheep for the times and scissor lifting.
Thank you to Kidlandia and the workers there. (the top picture was after Madelyn got creative in their realm)
Thank you Cinevic and Bryan for the popcorn and the beanbag chairs.
Thank you to Caleb for being the Captain of Drinking.
Thank you to Chris Vickers for being a stud.
Thank you Bossman Johnny for the WRISTBANDS! (wouldn’t be able to afford to go without the love).
Thank you Nick, Dimitri and everyone at Atomique for the vision, creativity and work to make Rifflandia.
Victory Barber Shop for the haircut while watching Bright Light Social Hour.
Thank you rock & roll and the bands that play it.
hmmmm…there must be more shout outs, perogy truck!, and…. right its time to get the music.
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My MP3 today comes from a Rifflandia discovery. I loved listening to Jinja Safari on Sunday. This Aussie band reminded me a whole lot like Vampire Weekend.
Jinja Safari – Vagabond
Download MP >> Vagabond 1
I am hoping Nick Blasko from Rifflandia will come on the show tomorrow for a post-Riff review and debrief. That will be fun.
Thats all I got. Go with yourself.
Rifflandia was such a great time! I was happy to help you, Jade and Bryan get backstage. I remember saying “Don’t you know who they are? They’re from The Zone!”
The Maddy Cam was awesome! I’m standing next to Pirate Pol right before Maddy takes off!
I can’t wait for next year!