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CKMS Community Connections for 16 June 2025: More Guest Hosts from St. Mary’s High School

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Show Notes

Four students from St. Mary's High School posing for the camera
Students from St. Mary’s High School. Back: Aman, Jaden, Devonne; Front: Armen

Today’s episode is again guest-hosted by students from Mr. Lacalamita’s music class at St. Mary’s High School. It’s a casual conversation between the musicians, Armen (artist name Shxnti), Aman (1gen), Jaden (Jayski), Devonne, teacher Dave Lacalamita, and regular show host Bob Jonkman.

The interview starts at 0m48s.

Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2025-06-16-episode203-More-Guest-Hosts-from-St.-Marys-High-School.mp3 (53 MB, 57m32s, episode 203)

Index

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CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at ccc@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.

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Video: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 16 June 2025 (YouTube)

Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders. The theme music is written and performed by Steven Todd.

CKMS Community Connections for 2 June 2025: Guests Hosts from St. Mary’s High School

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Show Notes

Two men sitting at microphones
Jaylen and Jensen

Today’s episode is guest-hosted by students from Mr. Lacalamita’s music class at St. Mary’s High School. Jaylen and Jensen come into the CKMS-FM studio, and Jensen interviews Jaylen about his journey in creating music.

The interview starts at 1m50s.

Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2025-06-02-episode200-guest-hosts-from-st-marys-high-school.mp3 (53 MB, 57m32s, episode 200)

Index

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CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at ccc@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.

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Bonus Video


Video: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 2 June 2025 (YouTube)

Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders. The theme music is written and performed by Steven Todd.

CKMS Community Connections for 5 May 2025: Guest Hosts from St. Mary’s High School

Show Notes

On 5 May 2025 students from Mr. Lacalamita’s music class at St. Mary’s High School returned to the airwaves as guest hosts for CKMS Community Connections!


A man wearing headphones, glasses, and a gray shirt talks into a microphone with a mic flag labelled CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo
André Leoncito

André Leoncito Online:



A man with black hair wearing a gray hoodie smiles towards the camera
Asuga Ikemoto

Asuga Ikemoto Online:



A man with kinky hair wearing a blue zipper shirt and glasses looks towards the camera.
Corey

Corey:

Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2025-05-05-episode195-guest-hosts-from-st-marys-high-school.mp3 (53 MB, 57m34s, episode 195)

Index

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CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at ccc@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.

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Video: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 5 May 2025 (YouTube)

Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders. The theme music is written and performed by Steven Todd.

CKMS Community Connections for 6 May 2024: Guest Hosts André Leoncita and Asuga Ikemoto

Show Notes

Two men with headphones around their necks smiling and laughing towards the camera.
André Leoncito and Asuga Ikemoto

Guest hosts Asuga Ikemoto and André Leoncito from St. Mary’s High School play music, some of their own productions, and provide interpretation and explanations.

Special thanks to David Lacalamita, teacher at St. Mary’s High School!

Asuga starts at 00m51s ; André starts at 27m15s.

Asuga Ikemoto Online:

André Leoncito Online:

Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2024-05-06-episode157-Guest-Hosts-Andre-Leocito-and-Asuga-Ikemoto-of-St.-Marys-Hight-School.mp3 (51 MB, 55m10s, episode 157)

Index

Time Title Album Artist
0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
CKMS Community Connections
Steve Todd
0m51s Asuga Ikemoto introduces the first number. (Technical difficulties cut off the start of Asuga’s introduction)
1m06s (unknown) Skrillex
6m30s I Want You Blonde woman in a black bikini with a gaping wound on her abdomen, rising up off an examination table and making a zombie-like gesture with her right arm)
YouTube
Chris Lake
11m04s Lazers HOWSLA, Noizu, Lasers (yellow letters on a red background beside a circle representing a 1960s chair with two yellow legs coming out wearing green high heeled shoes)
YouTube
Noizu
15m24s De Veldt ULTRA, Ultramusic (illustration of a black silhouette of a boy and girl in a field (of grass?), on an orange background)
YouTube
deadmau5 feat. Chris James
24m07s Teachers Daft Punk, Teachers (letters formed by pink serge stitching on a black background)
YouTube
Daft Punk
27m15s André Leoncito, aka Aleon introduces himself and his first track.
27m22s Sidechain Fever Scratchin' Melodii, Sidechain Fever -abducted- (illustration of a person wearing a purple conical hat peering around a corner, there is an illustration of a person with hair covering their eyes and wearing a pink hat with a speech bubble "Aleon made this!")
YouTube
Aleon
30m42s Bubble Up Screenshot of a video game with two characters apparently on islands, with coloured arrows floating around. At the top is a clock showing "0:38", at the bottom is shown "Score 31000 | Misses 0 | Rating: Sick! (95.43%) - FG"
YouTube
34m51s Deepsea Disco Illustration of a disco ball beside a pink seahorse
YouTube
Rareblin
38m55s Supergirl Anime style watercolour (?) illustration of a girl with purple hair.
YouTube
Snail’s House
42m45s André interviews Asuga
44m06s Colour Your Night Future Funk Remix Colour Your Night Future Funk Remix (illustration of a man with blue hair wearing a blue jacket)
YouTube
Aleon feat. Fienness Mendoza
46m37s Hold On Hold On! (jagged white letters on a mostly black background, some blue and purple lines looking like spiderwebs)
SoundCloud
Inverted Silence
50m31s Aleon’s Parents Illustration of a person with dark curly hair coverving their eyes, wearing a light purple hat and a dark purple uniform jacket.
(unreleased)
Aleon
52m39s André and Asuga give their online locations.
53m15s Bob talks to Asuga and André about the Music and Computers program.
54m15s Bob gives the end credits.

CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at ccc@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.

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Bonus Video

Video: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 6 May 2024 (YouTube)

Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2024 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders. The theme music is written and performed by Steven Todd.

CKMS Community Connections for 15 May 2023 with guest host Czar

Show Notes

Czar (a person with long hair, glasses, and a yellow shirt, with headphones around her neck sitting at a microphone with mic flag "CKMS 102.7 FM")
Czar

Guest host Czar from St. Mary’s High School gives us a sample of Memphis Rap, and then plays some of her own music recorded as Stunt Double

Czar takes the mic at 0m50s.

Online:

Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-05-15-episode126-Guest-host-Czar.mp3 (49 MB, 53m54s, episode 126)

Index

Time Title Album Artist
0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
CKMS Community Connections
Steve Todd
0m27s Bob Jonkman introduces the show, and guest host Czar.
0m50s Czar introduces herself, then introduces “90s Memphis Rap”, a sub-genre of rap that has infused a lot of our modern music today.
1m35s Mystic Stylez "DJ Paul & Juicy J" | Three-6 Mafia | Mystic Stylez (photo of four people wearing hoodies and masks, text is in a "horror" typeface)
(YouTube)
Three-6 Mafia
7m57s Czar makes a disclaimer: “All of these songs will have quite a bit of profanity in them.”
8m33s Introducing the next song.
10m00s All About Dat Cash Ten Wanted Men | Wanted: | Dead Or Alive | Produced by Tommy Wright III (Photo of a man in black suit lying down in a coffin in the lower right corner, surrounded by white text on black, rotated 90° clockwise on the left)
(YouTube)
Ten Wanted Men
14m16s Czar gives some background info, and introduces the next track.
15m31s Crucify Crucify (white cursive letters, as though painted on glass; background is two people kissing, very close-up and out-of-focus)
k-os
18m48s Some more musical analysis, then Czar introduces the next track.
19m57s Finesse Demons Finesse Demons (a red demon behind a red flame with glowing airborne embers)
(YouTube)
Jimmy Yitty
22m27s Rick Rick (white letters on an indistinct background, as from a closeup of a TV screen showing individual pixels)
(YouTube)
CASTRO x Warhol SS
25m15s Czar summarizes the previous track.
25m38s Czar has brought in an SP-404MKII by Roland (a synthesizer / sampler), and tells us about her own music. David Lacalamita, the teacher at St. Mary’s High School gives a quick introduction of the device, and Czar runs down some of the capabilities.
28m05s Czar plays samples from the Roland SP-404MKII.
28m44s Czar explains what we’ve been listening to, and explains how she gets the sounds from the device.
30m26s Czar demonstrates playing a live demo.
31m40s More explanations on how the tracks are made, and Czar makes some more samples. You can hear more of Czar’s music as Stunt Double on most social media and music platforms.
35m57s A track that Czar created while on her way to her grandparents.
38m03s More information on the capabilities of the Roland SP-404MKII.
39m41s Dave Lacalamita wants to hear a song that’s already available, and Czar searches through her Spotify account and her Bandcamp account.
40m57s Sweet Tender Love (a purple circular object, possibly a surveillance camera)
Generichiphopfouldr
Stunt Double
43m11s Czar tells us about her album Generichiphopfouldr, and introduces another track from it.
44m27s Eve (a purple circular object, possibly a surveillance camera)
Generichiphopfouldr
Stunt Double
47m15s Stunt Double signs off…
48m24s Two unidentified tracks by Stunt Double play out to the end of the show.
52m52s Bob Jonkman gives the end credits. In-studio technical production today was by James Mattar. Special thanks to David Lacalamita and Anabela Tadic.

CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at office@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.

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Bonus Video

YouTube: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 15 May 2023

Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2023 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.

CKMS Community Connections for 8 May 2023 with guest hosts Anabela Tadic and James Mattar

Anabela Tadic (a woman with long dark hair and wearing glasses and a dark sweater sits at at microphone labelled CKMS 102.7 FM)
Anabela Tadic
James Mattar (a man with dark curly hair wearing headphones and a blue sweater at a microphone)
James Mattar

Show Notes

Today guest hosts Anabela Tadic and James Mattar, students in St. Mary’s High School’s Music and Computers Program take over the airwaves!

Anabela tells us about the history of Industrial Music, and James analyzes the musical composition of some Electronic Music.

Anabela’s segment starts at 0m55s, and James’s segment starts at 27m50s.

Many thanks to St. Mary’s teacher Mr. Lacalamita for organizing this!

Online:

Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-05-08-episode125-Guest-hosts-Anabela-Tadic-and-James-Mattar.mp3 (56.2 MB, 58m35s, episode 125)

Index

Time Title Album Artist
0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
CKMS Community Connections
Steve Todd
0m28s Bob introduces the guest hosts, Anabela Tadic and James Mattar
0m55s Anabela introduces herself and Industrial Music, starting with the Post-Punk scene.
2m13s Down In It Nine Inch Nails | Pretty Hate Machine (stylized photo of a metal grille (?) with white text on a black strip 1/3 down the image, the Ns in "Nine Inch Nails" are mirror-image)
Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails
5m59s Anabela tells us about Throbbing Gristle.
6m36s Hot on the Heels of Love Throbbing Gristle bring you 20 Jazz Funk Greats (photo of a woman and four men standing in a meadow with yellow wildflowers beside a lake; the clothing they wear is reminiscent of the 1960s)
20 Jazz Funk Greats
Throbbing Gristle
10m55s Anabela introduces Canadian powerhouse Skinny Puppy.
11m24s Dig It Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse | Skinny Puppy (out-of-focus and overlit photo of a woman's nude upper body; the photo lays on a bluish surface with the texture of volcanic rock)
Mind — The Perpetual Intercourse
Skinny Puppy
18m45s Expanding Industrial Music to Alternative Rock and Electronic Music.
19m17s Megalomaniac KMFDM (red, black, and white cartoon-like illustration of an angry-looking woman slapping the face of a screaming man; there are some symbols underneat the illustration: explosion, skull-and-crossbones, cherry bomb, spiral, a fist smashing sticks(?) )
Symbols
KMFDM
25m15s Anabela signs off. Rock On!
25m30s Black Crow Loon Town | Slow space (illustration of birds flying to the left, with a very large bird with a human head in the centre, a woman with a pennant on a staff riding behind the head, and several organic-looking buildings on the back of the bird)
Slow Space
Loon Town
27m50s James Mattar introduces himself, and introduces Levels by Avicii.
29m21s Levels Avicii (white stylized upper-case letters on a black background)
(single)
Avicii
34m28s James analyzes Avicii’s music, explains “the drop”, and introduces the next track.
37m08s Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff (photo of a body in a sheet sitting up on a gurney, superimposed on a man laying down on the gurney)
For Lack of a Better Name
deadmau5 feat. Rob Swire
40m16s James tells us how deadmau5 created the song. Then James introduces the next track.
42m28s How To Let Go (two hands with fingers interlaced as though praying; orange background)
(single)
Roam
45m42s James dissects the previous track, and says goodbye.
47m19s Nomenclature Loon Town | Slow space (illustration of birds flying to the left, with a very large bird with a human head in the centre, a woman with a pennant on a staff riding behind the head, and several organic-looking buildings on the back of the bird)
Slow Space
Loon Town
51m02s Anabella announces the previous track, then Bob talks to James and Anabela about the Music and Computers Program.
56m33s Anybodies Loon Town | Slow space (illustration of birds flying to the left, with a very large bird with a human head in the centre, a woman with a pennant on a staff riding behind the head, and several organic-looking buildings on the back of the bird)
Slow Space
Loon Town
57m40s Bob gives the end credits while the music plays out.

CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at office@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.

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Bonus Video

YouTube: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 8 May 2023

Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2023 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.