Brave New Waves archive
Found out on Twitter that a guy has been uploading cassette recordings of Brave New Waves from the 1980s and 1990s to archive.org.
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Meezly 11:09 on 2020-05-10 Permalink
This is amazing! Brave New Waves was a lifeline. Thanks for sharing this discovery, Kate. Though it seems that they start in the 90’s and not the 80’s.
Kate 12:00 on 2020-05-10 Permalink
Ah. I was just quoting the original tweet I saw. Thanks.
dwgs 12:42 on 2020-05-10 Permalink
Holy crap, thank you so much!! About once a year I go looking for any trace of those shows, this is great. Now I just need to find some Night Lines to go with it.
Kate 12:51 on 2020-05-10 Permalink
Here’s a piece from 2018 about Brave New Waves but I’m not finding any Night Lines anywhere.
JaneyB 13:43 on 2020-05-10 Permalink
Doing god’s work, he is!
dwgs 19:29 on 2020-05-10 Permalink
Back when the CBC was relevant. It’s sad what it has become. Mulroney gutted it and no one ever had the stones to undo what he had done.
dwgs 08:02 on 2020-05-11 Permalink
Also, if anyone ever stumbles across copies of Lister Sinclair’s “Ideas” programs, especially the ” A is for Aardvark” radio series, I would be forever grateful.
CE 09:28 on 2020-05-11 Permalink
I’d be interested in episodes from the early 2000s. I know it’s not the golden age of the show but it’s when I listened to it. God know how many hours of sleep I lost over my high school years I lost staying up listening to BNW!
Kate 09:45 on 2020-05-11 Permalink
I wish I could oblige by finding these things, but my Brave New Waves discovery was simply a piece of luck.
Have either of you tried emailing the CBC and simply asking whether those things are available in their archives?
Francesco 10:05 on 2020-05-11 Permalink
I frequently listened all night, it formed part of my dreamscapes and informed my education throughout the following day at Abbott (or wherever).
I still remember Augusta La Paix’s tearful final sign off like it was last week: “It Says Here (Alternative Version)” by Billy Bragg, then closed out by Laurie Anderson’s iconic “O Superman.”
CE 11:40 on 2020-05-11 Permalink
I seem to remember emailing the CBC about their cancelling BNW years ago and getting a sympathetic but noncommittal response.
Kate 16:05 on 2020-05-11 Permalink
CE, but they still may have archives of some of it, even if there’s never been any intention to bring it back.
Kevin Mitchell 19:52 on 2020-05-11 Permalink
They definitely have archives. That’s where https://cbcbravenewwaves.bandcamp.com/ came from. I bought all the ones currently available and am listening now. The remastering quality is amazing. Do consider buying to encourage further more of the same.
Alas, I fear that these archive.org entries may shortly be subject to heartless takedown orders like https://networkeffects.ca/?page_id=1301 so download them while you can! For some reason, some are still available at https://networkeffects.ca/?p=1830, but many have been taken down that were once up.
See also https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCKyhaTGigDWozxs4fW2JGu64e3SJ_dtR