What's a Mail Strike?

The union representing Canada Post letter carriers and inside postal workers has started a series of rotating strikes, shutting down postal services in a different Canadian city or region for 24 hours at a time. 

They are in a legal strike position and continue to negotiate with management...but they haven't completely shut down the postal system across the country yet.

The media declares that if these guys go on strike, it won't be as detrimental to Canadians as past Canada Post strikes were simply because they is a decline in actual use of these service by people.  In 2011, the postal system doesn't play as significant a role in the day to day life of Canadians as it did, say, 20 years ago.

Here is a brief list of what Canadians needed Canada Post for back in 1991 that in 2011 they have alternatives to:

• Package Delivery (couriers are an option)
• Music (remember the Columbia Record, Tape and CD Club?)
• Magazine subscriptions (can get them online now)
• The many bill sent and paid each month (both processes can be done exclusively online now)
• Any sort of payment (today it's a simple direct deposit)
• Personal mail (e-mail)

There is probably much more I could add to this list!  Feel free to do so via the comments section!

If you missed this past Sunday's DJ Joe D Show (June 5, 2011)

If you missed the DJ Joe D show this week (June 5, 2011), go the link below and you can download your own copy to listen to at your leisure (.mp3 file). It is one single file:

http://www.4shared.com/audio/Gd9lTkoI/DJ_Joe_D_Show-June_5_2011.html
From here, look for the big blue "Download Now" button on the page and click on it

Since this is a free site, a countdown timer will appear before the download will begin---wait for all the time to countdown and then wait for the actual download link to appear--in big letters--Download File Now--click on that link...choose your download location and the download will begin

The file is called: "DJ Joe D Show June 5, 2011.mp3"--it is approximately 284 mb in size.

As an added bonus, below is the song playlist from this week's show for you to follow along with:

If you prefer, you can listen to the entire show instead using the online player below:



Past DJ Joe D Shows (Downloads & Players) can be found on the DJ Joe D Blog; check the Archives section of the blog over in the right column .

Don't forget to tune in next week, Sunday June 12, 2011, for another DJ Joe D Show only on The Glow Radio @ 10AM Eastern

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Summer Concerts

As mentioned earlier on The DJ Joe D Show today (Sunday June 5), here is the spot where you can tell us what concerts you plan on catching this summer.

Simply leave you list here with us via the Comments link below.  Thanks for listening!

Listen Tomorrow (Sunday June 5)--The DJ Joe D Show-8AM & 10AM Eastern-On The Glow Radio!

Just a friendly reminder to listen to the world famous DJ Joe D Show--tomorrow, Sunday June 5, 2011, starting live at 10AM Eastern on The Glow Radio...it's the first Sunday of June and it looks like the good weather is here to stay...so tune us in while sitting on your patio or anywhere you are outside!


http://www.theglowradio.com/
Choose your media player on the intro screen (Tune In Here) and then sit back and listen

Join us for the brand new live 2 hour show @ 10AM Eastern; we also play back the great "instant classic" show from last week starting a little earlier--8AM Eastern---4 hours of the DJ Joe D Show each Sunday for you to enjoy!

Whether you have us on in the background at home, listen to us at the office, through your mobile device or car radio via your mobile device...tomorrow's DJ Joe D Show should not be missed!

If you are out of the house or office, there are multiple ways you can hear the show on your Blackberries, iPhones, Androids or any other mobile devices--a connection to the Internet is all you need!

As usual lots of music, talk, sports, information, regular features and special features

So make The Glow Radio your Sunday destination each week and catch The DJ Joe D Show! Live show at 10AM Eastern; replay of last week's show starts at 8AM Eastern.

We want to hear from you too!

Dedications, requests, feedback or shoutouts...to get yourself heard, you can go to my bio page on The Glow Radio website (http://www.theglowradio.com/) and click on the "DJ Bio" link at the top of the page.

Find the DJ Joe D bio page and click for all the feedback processes and links!

Thank you !

Grand Rapids LipDub

The video below has of course gone viral in a big way.  A local resident with some know-how and internet saavy took it upon himself to show America and the world that his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan was not a "dying city," but one full of proud people willing to show their civic pride to the world.

Rob Bliss is a 22-year-old Internet whiz who created a nine-minute, single-shot movie, set to a live audio recording of Don McLean performing his 1971-72 hit “American Pie,” and involving as many as 3,000 Grand Rapidians singing along and taking part in a constantly shifting series of 26 scenarios, all of them written, choreographed and directed by Bliss

Rehearsed in segments for a week in advance, and shot over four hours on a Sunday afternoon — city authorities shut down the city core so that Bliss’s enormous cast and ATV-enabled camera crew could complete five full “takes,” only one of which actually reached completion — the video took six months to organize

Renowned movie critic Roger Ebert calls it “the best music video ever made"

The $40,000 budget was raised from sponsorships by local and regional businesses.

Bliss said he chose “American Pie” because “it’s inspiring, and there are words within the lyrics that lend themselves to interpretation. “It’s the right length for a lipdub, and the live version has the audience singing along, which suited our purposes perfectly.

Take a look and judge for yourself.

Source of some material: thestar.com

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Now You're Up To Date!

• Vancouver Canucks take Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final Wednesday night with a 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins with 19 seconds left in the game
• Shaquille O'Neal (Shaq) announced his retirement from the NBA
• The Toronto Raptors of the NBA are looking for a new head coach
• After 23 years, Rogers Sportsnet Fan590 radio station has relieved Leaf's beat reporter Howard Berger his job
• The Canadian  federal House of Commons is electing a Speaker of the House today (June 1) and officially opens a new session of Parliament tomorrow with the Speech from the Throne
• Some weird e-coli epidemic is striking people all over Western Europe
• Still more tornados in the U.S., this time around in an unlikely place, Springfield, Ma.
• Canada Post is poised for a strike tonight at midnight--who still mails anything?
• A Toronto City councillor hopes by writing a letter to the NHL, the city will get a 2nd NHL team
• What's a better choice...thin crust or regular crust pizza (making my dinner order shortly)?
• It has been almost 4 straight days here in Toronto without any rain
• Too many reruns on TV means watching too many reality shows...just discovered Jerseyliscious and Extreme Couponing...Mrs. DJ Joe D likes My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

Feel free to add to the list!