jRock with Jason Bryant

#44jRock.09.25.09

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:53:07 -0700

With the California wild fires and the Australian dust storm, concern over climate change. The Fall T.V. line-up and video game releases. Console games have gone up in price! Are they too expensive now? Maybe that's why sales are dropping.

Music From...

The Good Luck Joes - Middle Of Me

Six Day Slide - Killer Is Me

#43jRock.07.02.09

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:35:36 -0700

The death of Michael Jackson. Gaming with Sims 3 and Infamous. Reading Outliers and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Music From...

Great Big Sea - Lukey

Six Day Slide - Listen

Anthony Rankin - Quicksand

#42jRock.05.23.09

Sat, 23 May 2009 11:51:49 -0700

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is cancelled by Fox. American Idol winner is announced, Kris Allen beats Adam Lambert. What's the future of Idol? 24, torture and Dick Cheney.

Music From...

Anthony Rankin - Since You've Been Gone (Album - The Distance)
Jeff Caylor - 15 Minutes Away (Album - What Birds Dream)

#41jRock.04.20.09

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:04:23 -0700

Some computer talk about the new Mac Pro. Then, the television season winds down with American Idol, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and the Canadian hit comedy Corner Gas signs off after six seasons.

Music From:

Jackopierce - Trials

Ingrid Michaelson - Lady In Spain

#40jRock.01.31.09

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:20:30 -0800

Amid massive layoffs and a new president, music to put a smile on your face. Two things that aren't cool anymore and a few things that are very cool.

Music From...

Great Big Sea - Consequence Free

Ingrid Michaelson - You And I

Adam and the Walter Boys - Letting Go

#39jRock.12.20.08

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:47:15 -0800

Jason and Ross talk hockey, new Macs, Dark Knight and more.

Music From...

Hollywood Drunks - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Ayla Brown - Grown Up Christmas List

#38jRock.11.21.08

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:50:58 -0800

Yes We Can! Obama wins. Reveling the president-elect's secret service code name. Enjoying Supernatural, 90210, Survivor and looking forward to a new season of 24 and Lost. Also, some cool games for the PS3 to check out.

Music From...

Jeff Mallon - Back To California

Ashanti - Let's Do Something Crazy

Jesse Malin - Broken Radio

Check out this funny video of Jensen Ackles of Supernatural rocking out to Eye of the Tiger.

#37jRock.10.31.08

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:16:10 -0700

Politics. Obama, voting machines and the Canadian Election. If you hate politics, I'm sorry! Just a few days until the election is over and we can talk about something else. I do talk PS3 games, Dead Space, BioShock, Fallout 3, and Resistance 2 and was Indiana Jones 4 any good?

Music From...

Ocean Street - Galveston

Jackopierce - Late Shift

#36jRock.08.28.08

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:41:05 -0700

Obama rocks. The Democratic National Convention is this week. An historic moment. PS3 games coming this fall, Star Wars - Force Unleashed, NHL 09, Resistance 2 and more! Great Blu-ray titles you should watch.

Music From...

The Crash Moderns - This Time

Katie Herzig - Sweeter Than This

Latch Key Kid - Miracle Mile

#35jRock.08.09.08

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:19:31 -0700

Jason and Ross get geeky with an all-talk episode about tech! Getting rid of the cable box. What PS3 games are we digging? Ross's You Tube Video, NHL Live Every Shift...74-thousand views! Blu-ray and the new Denon Amp. Uncompressed sound rocks.

Check out this hilarious GTA IV glitch we found...

And the NHL Live every shift parody...

#34jRock.06.03.08

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:55:54 -0700

Morning the loss of famous movie sets on the Universal Studios backlot. Giving up on cable. I'm finally pulling the plug and going all internet, all the time.

Music From...

Collective Soul - All That I Know

Jesse Malin - Prisoners Of Paradise

No Use For A Name - Under The Garden

#33jRock.04.12.08

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:20:00 -0700

We light it up with music from Buckcherry, I can't resist some politics and Idol talk. Canada's big comedy Corner Gas is coming to an end. Some economic talk about Canada and our resource-based economy. Why are there no big Canadian brands?

Music From...

Buckcherry - Sorry

Maren Morris Band - Sunkissed Days

Lee Alexander - Waiting For Someday

#32jRock.03.28.08

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:34:37 -0700

Two movies I woked on, The Englishaman's Boy and Sleepwalking make their debut. Charlize Theron on Letterman talking about Regina, Saskatchewan. The Democratic Primary drags on and on, END IT already. Gaming on the PS3.

Music From...

Jeff Malon - Fire

Chris Trapper of The Push Stars - Wish I Was Cool

The Alice Project - I'm Having A Great Day (new mix)

Mike McGill - Keep It Clean

#31jRock.02.16.08

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:19:36 -0800

When will winter end? The U.S. Primary season continues. My friend made a YouTube video that has been viewed 50,000 times! Even though I hate to admit it, I'm loving American Idol.

Music From...

Sister Hazel - Shame

Matthew Ebel - Downtown

Mike Errico - Skimming

Here's my friends NHL commercial Parody video. If you don't know hockey you may not get it, but here it is...

#30jRock.01.18.08

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:06:17 -0800

A smokin' new tune from Georgia's Black Crowes with a story about getting the finger from Chris at one of their early concerts. Macworld launches MacBook Air. Enough Britney! American Idol is back and why Ryan Seacrest is the best host on television along with Jeff Probst of Survivor. How to stop the enonomic slide. It starts with your thoughts. Political wonderings and another rant about lousy network television.

Music From...

The Black Crowes - Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution

The Stirring - Can You Hear Me?

#29jRock.01.04.08

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:13:43 -0800

A look back at 2007 in music, movies, television and an inspiring story of recovery. The top songs from the year, and a look back at all the cool people that came into my life this year.

Music From...

The Daisy Riots - Girls Don't Play Lego

Ayla Brown - Know You Better

Carbon Leaf - The Boxer

Jackopierce - The Vineyard

Jeff Mallon - Summer Song

Jonathan Coulton - Code Monkey

Natives Of The New Dawn - Good Day

Ocean Street - Where It Hurts

The Fire Apes - Tuesday's Fine

Links...

Jason Bryant Blog

New Human Being

We Heart Joel

#28jRock.12.17.07

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:42:50 -0800

Let it snow! Massive amounts of snow everywhere. Harry Potter Blu-Ray is cool. Courier stories. Old movies on HD. Playing Uncharted Drake's Fortune, Ratchet and Clank on PS3. Garage Band still doesn't launch on my Leopard install. Winter darkness. Year end politics and Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer remasterd in HD.

Music From...

Carbon Leaf - What About Everything?

Black Lab - Hole In My Heart

Winzenride - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

#27jRock.12.08.07

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:53:48 -0800

Getting geeky as I install Leopard and try out the iLife 08 Applications. Trouble with Garage Band and a re-design of my website. Plus a couple of Christmas tracks from the podsafe music network.

Music From...

Dokken - Santa Clause Is Coming To Town

Ocean Street - Save Me

Jeff Mallon - Christmas Morning

#26jRock.11.26.07

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:18:15 -0800

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are the 2007 CFL Grey Cup Champions! For those who don't know, The Grey Cup is Canada's Super Bowl. Football is pretty serious business in Saskatchewan, and no, hockey isn't our only sport. Time for some celebrating and thoughts on what it means to this province to have the Grey Cup back home for the first time since 1989.

Music from...

David Usher - So Far Down

The Fire Apes - It's Over

Geoff Smith - Christmas Time Around The World

#25jRock.10.20.07

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:07:09 -0700

Is it just me or are there more insects and rodents now that the weather is getting warmer? Thoughts on the Canadian dollar hitting parity and exceeding the U.S. dollar and how we're getting ripped off. PS3 is the first big product to be the same price in Canada as it is in the U.S. Loving my iPod touch and Blackberry.

Mainstream culture is lame. Britney runs over some guys foot...again. Network television is in the tank.

Music From...

The Fire Apes - For A Day

Suzanne Vega - Pornographer's Dream

Matthew Ebel - Lost My Way

#24jRock.09.15.07

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:34:00 -0700

Summer winds down with some great music. Apocalypto is like nothing you've ever seen before. Looks great on my new HD Television. The Apple iPod touch is on the way. Getting excited about music again, thanks to iTunes and Podshow. They are still talking about re-instating that iPod tax here in Canada...idiots.

Music From...

jackopierce - Vineyard

Courtney Jones - Ride

#23jRock.08.25.07

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:08:00 -0700

Playing Ann Wilson reminds me of an old Heart concert I went to in 1990. Joel's recovery. Why I chose the PS3 over the Xbox 360. I'll be doing more gaming this fall because network television sucks.

Music From...

Ann Wilson - Where To Now St. Peter

David Usher - The Music

Ann Wilson - The Immigrant Song

Links...

Joel's Blog

Jason Bryant Blog

New Human Being

#22jRock.08.11.07

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:51:13 -0700

The serious injury of a member of Regina, Saskatchewan's film community, Joel Bancescue, gets us all thinking about what is important. Life can change in an instant and we have to start treating each other better.

Joel's story

Joel Bancescue's Blog

Jason Bryant's Blog Post About Joel

Music From...

Jeff Mallon - Summer Song

Carbon Leaf - The Boxer

#21jRock.07.17.07

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:13:02 -0700

Jason and his buddy Ross discuss video games and the recent E3 gaming conference. PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii? Xbox 360 wins out after they fix the machines and update the CPU from 90 nanometer to 65 nanometer.

Blue Ray Vs HD DVD. Jason's new dream iMac will have Blue Ray drive, 45 nanometer CPU and LED back light display. So a new Mac with a Blue Ray drive and Xbox with HD DVD drive would be perfect. Still better than buying two stand alone players.

Cannon cameras are fantastic. The Cannon Digital Rebel XTi is a great SLR, and the Cannon PowerShot SD800 IS rocks as a point and shoot.

NHL free agent sigings and the draft.

http://www.oddyoh.blogspot.com
http://www.jasonbryant.wordpress.com

Music From...

The Surefire Way - Good Stuff
http://www.thesurefireway.com/
Ingrid Michaelson - The Way I Am
http://ingridmichaelson.com/

#20jRock.06.30.07

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:24:45 -0700

Canada Day Long Weekend! iPhone launches, Canada waits. If you can afford an iPhone, please be aware of how luck you are. Facebook? Who cares? Twitter rocks.

Music From...

Ryan Shupe and the RubberBand - Banjo Boy

http://www.shupe.net/
Sarah Donner - Prime Meridian
http://www.sarahdonner.com/
Jeff Mallon - Peaked In High School
http://www.myspace.com/jeffmallon

#19jRock.06.09.07

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:49:57 -0700

My latest gadget is a Canon Digital Rebel XTi. I also got the Sandisk 4GB Extreme III Compact Flash, a Lowepro bag to carry my gear and a monopod from SLIK.

The Stanley Cup is finished. Does anybody care?

Plus a word about Paris. Yes she has to take responsibility, but the Circus has to stop.

Music From

Industrial Salt - Sugar Bomb Baby

http://www.industrialsalt.com/

Robin Tymm - The Trouble With You

http://www.myspace.com/robintymm

Ingrid Michaelson - Breakable

http://ingridmichaelson.com/

#18jRock.05.31.07

Thu, 31 May 2007 13:36:47 -0700

Surveillance has wrapped. It was an amazing experience. Jason Calacanis launched a new search site called Mahalo. Seems to work pretty well. http://www.mahalo.com

jRock with Jason Bryant was mentioned on TWIT by Patrick Norton. How did this happen? It seems this show comes up as the fifth item when you search for TWIT on podshow. That's probably because I talk about TWIT in my show notes.

One of the greatest shows on television is nearing it's last episode. Saying goodbye to the Sopranos.

Music From

Paper Or Plastic - West Virginia

http://www.paper-or-plastic.com/

Emerson Heart - If You're Gonna Leave

http://www.emersonhart.com

Douglas Kay - How Can I Be Sure

http://www.douglaskay.com

#17jRock.05.07.07

Mon, 07 May 2007 14:25:26 -0700

This is my favorite time of year. Lots of movies. Spiderman Number One! Piracy. HDDVD Crack.

Summer Movies I'm looking forward to.
   Shrek The Third May 18
   Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End May 25
   Ocean's Thriteen June 8
   Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer June 15
   Transformers July 4
   Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix July 13
   The Bourne Ultimatum August 3

The Daisy Riots - Girls Don't Play Lego
   http://www.myspace.com/thedaisyriots
Geoff Smith - Digg The Code
   http://thegeoffsmith.com/
Brett Dennen - Ain't No Reason
   http://www.brettdennen.com/
Natives Of The New Dawn - Good Day
   http://www.nativesmusic.com/

#16jRock.04.23.07

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:58:55 -0700

Gun violence and the tragedy at Virgina Tech. Gun Control-More Guns, Less Guns. Clinton, Peter Jennings and how Bush doesn't do comfort. New Hard Drive. New iPod Nano. HD Televisions. Avril Lavigne is my guilty pleasure. Best Damn Thing! Make 5 Wishes Manga, Hana. I'm working on a new movie.

Music From...

Jonathon Coulton, Code Monkey
Ocean Street, Pandemonium
Edie Carey, Hollywood Ending

#15jRock.04.06.07

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:46:45 -0700

Grindhouse looks like a totally crazy B movie. Sopranos final season set to begin. Apple and EMI drop DRM, raise quality of downloads. 8 Core Macs. Nerding it up.Music From Ayla Brown, The Fire Apes.

#14jRock.03.09.07

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:08:17 -0800

We kick things off with a jazz number from Flattstreet. The snow is melting. I went for a run today with my new Nike shoes. While driving home I came accross a guy driving down the wrong side of the road. I moved my blog to jasonbryant.wordpress.com.
Also visit jasonbryant.vox.com and I'm Twittering! Go to twitter.com/jasonbryant to see what I'm doing right now. I have one follower, Robert Scoble! The Attorneys. Insane copyright fees for internet radio. Pete Hopkins and talk about books.

#13jRock.01.25.07

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:01:10 -0800

We rock out with music from The Lemonheads, spring clock wonder and Jeremy Rowe. Defending Adam Curry from the rabid TWIT army and new Nike Plus Shoes that will work with the iPod Nano.

#12jRock.01.18.07

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:27:36 -0800

Talk about the iPhone in Canada, looking for the widescreen video iPod. Would you trade your girlfriend for a cool gadget and fighting the January Blues. Music from Uncle Seth, Down To Earth Approach, Concetta, David Ippolito and more.

#11jRock.12.29.06

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:19:36 -0800

The top movies, the big trends, the things that grabbed our attention this year. jRocks picks of the year from the podsafe music network including Matthew Ebel, Geoff Smith, Ayla Brown, Brother Love and more. Do not miss the final thought of the year, the two big problems facing humanity, a plea for peace and a rejection of violence as a way to solve our problems.

#10jRock.12.18.06

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:27:31 -0800

Geoff Smith - Some Christmas Huggin and Kissing. Time Person of the Year is YOU. Slau - If Every Day Were Christmas. I have New Gear! Uncle Seth - You Don't Need an iPod. My holiday plans, music, books, movies, xBox 360. Final though before the Holidays. Remember what's important. Geoff Smith - My Own Merry Christmas.

#9jRock.12.13.06

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:15:48 -0800

The movie I have been working on the past couple of months is finished and I will let you know how it went. It is called Ferris Wheel and stars Charlize Theron, Dennis Hopper, Woody Harrelson and Nick Stahl!

As always, music from the Podsafe Music network from Alya Brown, Black Lab and caplyn. And what would a jRock episode be without some bitching, this time I am pissed at the Cable Company/'s HD channels dropping out. Digital Downloads are looking more attractive now.

#8jRock.11.10.06

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:22:09 -0800

Danko Jones kicks things off with a rocking tune. The Starbucks Experience and iWoz are two interesting books. Ocean Street with Where It Hurts. Jason's iTunes picks include The Tragically Hip, John Mayer, Snow Patrol and classics from Kansas and Blue Oyster Cult. Bill Vivino Band, Nemesis Army, Howard Jones round out the playlist. Also thoughts on the recent US election.

Howard Jones Tour dates...

http://www.podcastlive.co.uk/downloads/HJ_tourdates.pdf

#7jRock.10.21.06

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:50:46 -0700

Fall rolls in and brings cold and darkness. Brrr. We warm things up with music from Rebecca Haviland, squint and The Fire Apes. Reviews of all the shows Jason is watching this season.

#6jRock.09.26.06

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:22:08 -0700

Music from The Fire Apes, The Gorskys, Ocean Street and Pets In Trees. The top movies. Is Jackass causing kids to make violent videos? Back to using MP3 because it works with the Podshow player.

#5jRock.08.25.06

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:37:43 -0700

My Anthem for Closure by Squint. Tom Cruise dumped by Paramout. Jason defends Tom and coments on how there are too many famous people! Love Arcade. New movies. Brother Love. DRM, online vs brick and morter stores. Patent Pending. This epidsode is AAC not MP3 because of the better sound quality. Click download to play with iTunes or Quicktime.

#4jRock.08.04.06

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:29:15 -0700

Matthew Ebel. Mel Gibson's Meltdown. Who's seen Suri Cruise? Rebecca Haviland. Top movies. The Sharking.

#3jRock.07.27.06

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:27:05 -0700

Cruisebox. Rolling Stones coming to Regina, SK. Candy Butchers. Top ten movies. Metallica allows iTunes downloads. Geoff Smith. I wish I could play Nelly Furtado.

#2 JRock.07.22.06

Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:17:11 -0700

Jason plays some tunes from the podsafe music network. Brother Love "Sumertime", Amplifico "Homeade Hurricanes" and The Avids "Only You" plus talk about movies and an iPod rival from Microsoft.

#1 JRock:07.13.06

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:28:25 -0700

Introductions, My History, New Human Podcast, New Media, Jon Stewart on Net Neutrality, Britney naked! Visit...http://www.jrock.podshow.com http://www.jasonbryant.podshow.com http://www.newhumanbeing.com Jon Stewart on net neutrality...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DClkE64nFDY