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ICEBERG moves to channel 151
 on Wednesday May 4, 2011!!

Sirius Satellite Radio will re-align many channels on Wednesday May 4, 2011. ICEBERG will be moving from channel 85 to its new home on channel 151 in the new "Canadian" section!


Here's what will happen when you turn on your Sirius Satellite Radio receiver on May 4th:

On May 4th, Sirius XM radio will receive an update and will need about five minutes to update the channel numbers the radio is turned on. During this time, the audio you hear may not match what is shown on your display and you may see messaging such as “updating channels” or “acquiring signal” on your radio’s display.

Sirius XM says subscribers should let the update complete before changing any channels which could delay the update from being completed. Presets should be updated as the preset buttons should automatically ‘follow’ any channels that you’ve preset to their new locations.



The Top 85 of 2010!

Sirius Dog
On New Year's Eve at 6:00 p.m. Eastern, I counted down the top 85 killer Canadian tracks of the year and the fun continued all day on New Year's Day on ICEBERG 85!!!

Here is how the list went down:



Happy New Year from ICEBERG 85 - Sirius Satellite Radio!!!


The ICEBERG 85 Top 85 of 2010

85   Crash Karma - On My own
84   Two Hours Traffic - Noisemaker
83   Gord Downie - The Drowning Machine
82   Stars - Wasted Daylight
81   Desperate Union - Don't Forget Me (Angel)
80   Mercury City - I'll Be There
79   Justin Nozuka - Heartless
78   Broken Social Scene - Texico Bitches
77   Highway 99 - Let The Sunrise Say Goodbye
76   KO - Kurt Kobain
75   Danko Jones - Active Volcanoes
74   Guilty About Girls - Candy Candy
73   Bryan Adams - You've Been A Friend To Me
72   Stanfields - The Dirtiest Drunk (In The History Of Liquor)
71   Toyko Police Club - Bambi
70   Dudes - Mr. Someone Else
69   Hawksley Workman - Chemical
68   Stars - Fixed
67   Hail The Villain - Runaway
66   Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait
65   Alexisonfire - Dead Heart
64   Jets Overhead - I Should Be Born
63   Neil Young - Walk With Me
62   Daniel Wesley - Drunk and Stoned
61   Fefe Dobson - Ghost
60   Tragically Hip - Love Is a First
59   Wintersleep - Trace Decay
58   Arkells - John Lennon
57   Jets Overhead - Heading For Nowhere
56   Social Code - Nothing Left To Lose
55   Trews - Highway Of Heroes
54   Hollerado - Americanarama
53   Jonas And The Massive Attraction - Big Slice
52   Tegan & Sara - Northshore
51   Theory Of A Deadman - Hate My Life
50   Hot Hot Heat - Goddess On The Prairie
49   Respectables - Sugar
48   Die Mannequin - Dead Honey
47   Bleeker Ridge - Small Town Dead
46   Nickelback - This Afternoon
45   Champion - Perfect In Between
44   Matthew Good - Us Remains Impossible
43   Thornley - Man Overboard
42   Metric - Sick Muse
41   Said The Whale - Camilo (The Magician)
40   Elias - All We Want
39   Matthew Good - Last Parade
38   Reason - The Longest Highway Home
37   Sweet Thing - Dance Mother
36   Trews - Sing Your Heart Out
35   Our Lady Peace - All You Did Was Save My Life
34   Bedouin Soundclash - Mountain Top
33   Metric - Gimme Sympathy
32   Thornley - Make Believe
31   Broken Social Scene - Forced To Love
30   Rush - Caravan
29   USS - Anti-Venom
28   Default - All Over Me
27   Toyko Police Club - Wait Up (Boots Of Danger)
26   Social Code - Satisfied
25   Nickelback - Burn It To The Ground
24   KO - Capable
23   Theory Of A Deadman - Little Smirk
22   Metric - Stadium Love
21   3 Days Grace - World So Cold
20   Arkells - Pulling Punches
19   Billy Talent - Rusted From The Rain
18   Crash Karma - Fight
17   Our Lady Peace - Dreamland
16   My Darkest Days - Porn Star Dancing
15   Gord Downie - East Wind
14   Default - Turn It On
13   Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
12   Crash Karma - Awake
11   Billy talent - Diamond On A Landmine
10   Hollerado - Juliette
9   Nickelback - Shakin' hands
8   Our Lady Peace - The End is Where We Begin
7   Billy Talent - Saint Veronika
6   Finger 11 - Living In A Dream
5   3 days Grace - Break
4   Tegan & Sara - Hell
3   Danko Jones - Full Of Regret
2   Metric - Gold Guns Girls
1   3 Days Grace - The Good Life



Merry Christmas!!!

LOVED hosting the ICEBERG 85 holiday experience!!!  Lot's of fun and great music on ICEBERG 85 - Sirius Satellite Radio!

Iceberg Grinch



December 3 - 12
10-day Canadian Rock Radio Marathon!


Another fun marathon complete as I was on the air every day from 8:00 - 2:00 ET for 10 days straight playing great Canadian rock!!

Hey, that's what we do on   ICEBERG 85!!




November 27 - 28
More with Bedouin Soundclash, plus State Of Shock & Highway 99!


Bedouin Soundclash and Cam Melnyk

Bedouin Soundclash
returned to perform a live acoustic version of Mountain Top.  They were also  the featured artist on our ICEBERG 85 Canadian Concert Series live from the Capital Theatre in Ottawa which aired on November 28th at 7:00 p.m. Eastern.  I had a chat with Cam Melnyk from the band State Of Shock about work on their new record plus we got the lowdown on his new single with the band HWY 99 during my Sunday November 28th show!




November 20 - 21 Live Performances!

Bedouin Soundclash and A Fish Called Piranha
Cool guests dropped by during this weekend.  Bedouin Soundclash (with their new drummer) stopped  by to play live and chat on Saturday November 20.  Then, on Sunday - Kwong from A Fish Called Piranha did the same!

A great weekend on ICEBERG 85!!



November 13 - 14 is WACKY Weekend!
The Simpsons


Wacky stories, wacky surveys, wacky facts, balls and nuts.  Plus
wacky interview clips with Fefe Dobson and The Simpsons!!!

Only on the big George Christie broadcast...

Only
on ICEBERG 85!!!!



We re-rolled part II of my
"Top 100 Canadian Singles" special with Bob Mersereau on Saturday November 6 @ 7:00 ET on ICEBERG 85!

This was the weekend of my extra-long show thanks
to the clock change.  Remember, "fall back" !





HALLOWEEN WEEKEND!
George Christie Halloween

A scary good time was had  on the Halloween weekend on ICEBERG 85.  On Saturday I hosted the replay of  part one of our two-part special: THE TOP 100 CANADIAN SINGLES, where I went head-to-head with Bob Mercereau on his new coffee table book.

My drop-in guests included: Slave To The Square Wave and Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip!!!

Don't miss part two of THE TOP 100 CANADIAN SINGLES special which airs on Wednesday November 3 at 7:00 and re-rolls on Saturday November 6 at 7:00 ET!

Scary cool, Scary ICEBERG 85!!!!!  Rockin' the world!!



The Partland Brothers!
George Christie with The Partland Brothers

Well this one was a treat!!!  Many years ago, I was hired into a great Canadian band called Oliver Heaviside.  The band proved to be monumentally popular on the circuit.  Eventually, we went into ESP studios with Dee Long (Klaatu) at the controls and produced a demo.  The band's name was changed to "The Partland Brothers" and the band went on to have a huge hit pop single called "Soul City".

Well, on Saturday October 23, Chris and GP Partland dropped by on my show for our big reunion!!!!!   We chatted, spun some tunes and they performed a live version of their song "Divine Intervention" from their album "This Is Who I Am"!

If you missed it -- stay tuned, they'll be back!

You can't get any closer to the music than this and the only place to get it is on ICEBERG 85 - Sirius Satellite Radio!!



October 9 - 10
Triumph with George Christie

On  the Thanksgiving long holiday weekend in Canada.  Rik Emmett, Gil Moore and Mike Levine of Triumph dropped by and we chatted about the crazy contraption Triumph drum riser monster.






My Weekend Guest - Saturday October 2

Emm Gryner dropped by for a special double-shot with her brand new CD: "Gem And I".  It's a great duets record featuring the likes of Sass Jordan, Sara Quinn, Joel Plaskett and even Bubbles!!

Exclusively on ICEBERG 85!

Emm Gryner and George Christie

And, on Sunday October 3, 2010:

I covered:

Fefe Dobson marrying Justin Timberlake?
De-bunking Aldo Nova's "Fantasy"


My Weekend Guests September 25 - 26


A great weekend of Canadian rock on ICEBERG 85!

My drop-in guests included:  Fefe Dobson, The Stanfields and KO!!


Join in the Canadian music revolution!!!!

Fefe Dobson, The Stanfields, KO and George Christie



My guests on (September 18 & 19) were:


Sweet Thing  were in on Saturday to perform the "dirty" uncensored version of their hit  "Dance Mother"

The beautiful Kathleen Edwards dropped by on Sunday, where we continued the dirty theme by discussing her "potty mouth"

Irreverent fun -- ONLY on ICEBERG 85!!!

Kathleen Edwards, Stanfields & George Christi



Wednesday August 25th Show

Ladies Of The Canyon with George Christie

Complete foolishness ensued on Wednesday August 25, 2010 as I did an audio re-enactment of a pizza eating contest, get a wacky call from Conrad Black and performed a song tribute to John Lennon's toilet!

(That's right, they're auctioning it off!)

Also, there was NO Justin Beiber on the program!

Only on ICEBERG 85!!



Ladies Of The Canyon!


Ladies Of The Canyon with George Christie

Ladies Of The Canyon

(It's a tough gig, but somebody's got to do it!!)







Hot off of their opening gig for Great Big Sea at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto, the four stunning girls of Ladies Of The Canyon dropped by ICEBERG 85 on Saturday August 21, 2010 for a nice chat and to perform live.  Their new CD is called "Haunted Woman".




George Christie and The StanfieldsThe Stanfields were my special guests on Saturday August 14, 2010.  They're the guys with the single "The Dirtiest Drunk (In The History Of Liquor".   We did a special double-shot,  chatted and they performed live in our ICEBERG 85 studios

They have a new CD called: "Vanguard Of The Young & Reckless"



Rock Radio Marathon Shifts!

My 12 consecutive day Canadian rock marathon took place from July 30 - August 10 2010.  What a blast playing non-stop great Canadian music!!




HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!


I celebrated Canada Day (my favourite day of the year - July 1st) spinning great Canadian Music. on ICEBERG 85 from 2:00 - 8:00 ET!  I was also part of a round table discussion along with George Stroumboulopoulos on the Jim Richards' Showgram on NewsTalk 1010  in Toronto discussing Canadian music!



Dropping by on Saturday June 18th, it was none other than the beautiful  Sarah Harmer!!   We had a great chat and played a couple of tracks from her brand new CD: "Oh Little Fire!


Sarah Harmer and George Christie
Can you tell that I love Sarah Harmer!!!!



I hope you all enjoyed my full weekend Canadian Rock Marathon on ICEBERG 85!!!

 I filled in for Kella and loved spinning some new Rush, Gord Downie, and a TRIUMPH special....



ICEBERG 85 - Sirius Satellite Radio!!!



It's all in the name of great Canadian Rock!!!!

George Christie Delivers!

Triumph with George Christie
On the Memorial Day weekend it was the mondo shift from 8 - 2:00 ET as I filled in for the vacationing KJ.

My drop in guests were: Hawksley Workman, Justin Nozuka, and Rik Emmett, Gil Moore and Mike Levine from TRIUMPH!



Brad Roberts and George Christie

The Crash Test Dummies have a new CD called "Oooh La La!"  I hosted another ICEBERG 85  in-depth special with Brad Roberts of the band.

A very eclectic album and a very interesting artist.  Go get it!




Crash Test Dummies Oooh La La! CD


Our Lady Peace and George Christie



Our Lady Peace


On Sunday May 9, Raine Maida and Steve Mazur will drop by for a chat.  I will admit to my love of Chantal Kreviazuk during the interview.

The have a new CD called "Burn, Burn".







GOWAN: Return Of The Strange Animal
Gowan: Return Of The Strange Animal special on ICEBERG 85

It's been 25 years since the cloning incident - so it's time! ...

Gowan - Return Of The Strange Animal.......

ICEBERG 85 presented a unique special to coincide with the new CD/DVD release from Gowan: "Return Of The Strange Animal".

He had Lots of music, plenty of insight, some songs never before heard on radio PLUS some live performances from Gowan.  I put this on to warm you up for his full-blown live concerts at Niagara Fallsview Casino on May 7 & 8 2010!

EXCLUSIVELY on ICEBERG 85 - Sirius Satellite Radio!


Billy Talent
Our Sirius Canadian Concert Series
powered by Live Nation

continued on ICEBERG 85 in April!!

This time around, hot off of their Juno Award win for "Rock Album Of The Year" we presented BILLY TALENT live in concert!! Trust us, these guys KICKED!!!
 

 

Exclusively on ICEBERG 85 - Sirius Satellite Radio!



Juno Awards Set2010 Juno Awards!

What a blast I had hosting the 39th annual JUNO AWARDS special on ICEBERG 85 on Sunday April 18th.

Congratulations to all the winners!! There is a full list of all the 2010 Juno Award winners posted on the ICEBERG 85 fan page!




Bright Lights and Bruises CD
On my show on Sunday April 11th, I featured more of my chat with Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash!!


More Artists, More Music...


George Christie weekends on ICEBERG 85!




Chin and George Christie
On the Easter long weekend, I featured Chin!  He performed a riveting version of his new single "Mask On My Face" from his new CD D'Tach.  He is also part of the Canadian Young Artists For Haiti and performs on the Canadian re-mix of K’naan’s ‘Wavin’ Flag’



The Sirius Canadian Concert Series powered by Live Nation
rolled out again on Sunday  March 28, 2010!

The featured artist was THORNLEY and this time we spared no expense at bringing in the best recording gear.  We enlisted the help of LiveWire Remote Recorders.  Check out the pictures below of the rig  that we used to deliver this awesome concert experience to our ICEBERG 85 listeners!!
LiveWire recording truck

Below is the interior of the studio  capable of delivering 128 tracks of Protools HD.

Interior of recording trailer
Tune in on the last Sunday of each month as we feature:
 The Sirius Canadian Concert Series powered by Live Nation!!!!
Exclusively on ICEBERG 85!!!

Sirius Songwriter's Cafe
We had a great time at the
Sirius Songwriter's Cafe!!

The 2010 version of our annual Sirius Songwriter's Cafe - THE event of Canadian Music Week in Toronto aired on Sunday March 21, 2010!!

This year's stellar  lineup featured:
Joel Plaskett
Jeff Martin
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The Trews



Suzie McNeil & George Christie


Suzie McNeil dropped  by on March 22, 2010 for some shenanigans with her Blackberry PLUS I featured a live acoustic performance from DALA.






Dala with George Christie


Amanda and Sheila from Dala dropped by during my show on Sunday March 7 to chat and perform an acoustic version of their new single "Alive"!!







Jay Malinowski and George Christie
Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash dropped by on Sunday February 28 for an interview. He has a new solo album out called "Bright Lights & Bruises". There should also be a new Bedouin Soundclash album coming out likely in fall 2010. We chatted and played a track from his new record!




Hawksley Workman & George Christie

Hawksley Workman  dropped by for my show on Saturday February 13, 2010!   We were in the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games vibe here and Hawksley played a concert at the games!  Timely?  You bet it was - only on ICEBERG 85!!!




Splitting Adam with George Christie

On Saturday February 6, 2010 I featured an exclusive interview with the band Splitting Adam from L.A.  They had a Grammy nomination this year!!  We talked about their Grammy experiences from a Canadian perspective!!!




Lights with George Christie
Lights


On Saturday January 30, 2010 the beautiful, talented and lovely positive energy girl LIGHTS dropped by!!!!



George Christie Weekends!!!!






Neil Peart hockey drum kitNeil Peart of Rush

On Saturday January 23, 2010 I featured my full play-by-play detailed analysis of Neil Peart's new version of the famous Hockey Night In Canada theme!  Hey, if sports channels can do it so can we!!

A very different ICEBUZZ segment!



Sam Roberts and Mobile


Sam Roberts and George Christie

Sam Roberts dropped by during a special double-shot on Saturday January 16 and then Mobile did  the same on Sunday January 17, 2010!!








Billy Talent
Check This Out:

Ben and Ian from Billy Talent dropped by during my show on Sunday January 10, 2010 on ICEBERG 85!!!

Always a good time!!





On New Years Eve and New Years Day, I hosted:

THE ICEBERG 85 TOP 85 OF 2009!!


If you'd like your own copy of the ICEBERG 85 Top 85 of 2009 countdown list, simply log on to Facebook, search "ICEBERG 85" and you'll see it in our notes section!!  Thanks to all you listeners for your great comments about the show -- I had a blast!!



Jesse Labelle  live performance and interview

Jesse Labelle with George Christie

Jesse Labelle
dropped by my show on Saturday December 12, 2009.  We talked about what he's up to plus he performed  two songs live in our ICEBERG 85 studios!

Jesse Labelle is currently touring in support of his new EP "Perfect Accident".






Chantal Kreviazuk Returns to ICEBERG 85!!

Anybody who's ever heard my show knows that I've had a monster crush on Chantal since I first heard her music.  She has a new CD called "Plain Jane".

Chantal Kreviazuk with George Christie
I had a great time chatting with her recently  in our interview and during the recording of her "Takeover" show. Sam, the label rep from Maple Music always gets a little nervous with me when he brings in beautiful Canadian female singers because he knows that I always fall in love with them.

Well, this time was no different.  Completely unfazed by the fact that Chantal has been married to Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace for about a decade, I decided to fulfill my dream and propose to her!!!

Chantal Kreviazuk punching George Christie in the head

Well, here is a shot of Chantal Kreviazuk punching me in the side of the skull.  Worth every minute!





I love this girl!!!!!



I'm proud to be working for a corporation that allows me to be myself.  I have to have fun in what I'm doing.  So it was no surprise that I would arrange a prank on my program director's last day before moving to Montreal.  The premise was that all the jocks on our Sirius channel - ICEBERG 85 received a parka from Sirius Canada as a Christmas gift, but he did not!  (I think he might have been a little miffed about it).  I ended up negotiating a jacket for him and to present it to him, I pulled him into the studio with the premise that he was approving a piece of station imaging that was an angry holiday greeting from a staffer.

Here it is...






The One and Only SASS JORDAN!!

Sass Jordan with George ChristieSass Jordan was my special guest on Saturday November 14.  She has a brand new CD called "From Dusk Til Dawn".   She's a fireball, so as you can imagine, we had a very animated chat for this one!!

Sass performed a song from her new CD during her visit to our ICEBERG 85 studios!


Rockin' North America on your all-Canadian choice:


ICEBERG 85 - Sirius Satellite Radio!!




Here's what we did on some recent shows:
ELIAS live performance and interview

ELIAS with George Christie


The boys from ELIAS  dropped by during my show on Saturday December 5, 2009 for an interview and to perform two songs from their new CD called:
"Lasting Distraction"





I was partially pre-empted on November 29th so I didn't have any special guests - because I didn't need any!!!
Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy


On Sunday November 29 @ 7:00 p.m. ET, we ran the Sirius Canadian Concert Series (Powered by Live Nation) SPECIAL!!

This time around it was BLUE RODEO live from the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto!!  Two hours of solid Canadian music from these long-time pros!!!!



 
Hey ICEBERG 85 Listeners!!

My specal guests were:


Joel Plasket on Saturday November 21
Fairchild on Sunday November 22

Join me each weekend from 8:00 - 10:00 ET for Great Canadian Music,
 artist interviews, live performances and more!



Canada loses a brilliant talent....

Haydain Neale - "Jack Soul"

Released on behalf of the Neale family:

At 39 years of age Juno Award-winning artist Haydain Neale of jacksoul passed away Sunday, November 22, 2009 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, after a very private seven month battle with lung cancer.

On a beautiful, sunny morning with his wife Michaela, daughter Yasmin, brother-in-law Shawn Hudson and friends Davide DiRenzo and Jennifer Hyland by his side, Haydain passed away peacefully.

Throughout his rehabilitation after a car accident in August 2007 and during his illness, Haydain always maintained a positive spirit.

In a statement from his wife Michaela; “Through all these challenges, Haydain’s sense of humour and love of music were ever-present. He constantly brightened the room with his singing and his smile. His joyful presence and beautiful voice will be missed by us all.”

An interment with a private family gathering will take place later this week.

The family appreciates your messages of condolence but requests that you respect their privacy during this difficult time.

Send a message of condolence or share your memories of Haydain Neale:

haydainnealefamily@gmail.com


Hey ICEBERG 85 Listeners!!

On Saturday November 7 DEFAULT dropped by for a chat, plus they performed a live a track from their new CD "Little Too Late"!
On Sunday November 8, my special guests were FAIRCHILD!


I filled in for KJ on Sunday October 25, 2009 and here's why:

KJ hosted a crazy 70's retro party for our sister station 97.3 EZ-Rock and we felt that it just wasn't safe to put him on the air on our all-Canadian rock station ICEBERG 85 until he unwound from that disco mode a bit.  He's back on halloween!  (How fitting!!!!)

Here's the photographic proof that we did the right thing!!!!!
 
Disco KJ rockin' it out!

OK, now if the above pictures aren't proof enough of our concerns, check out the limited edition KJ laminate from
 the private masquerade Disco Ball!!


Disco KJ

Don't worry - we'll have KJ back up and running in no time so that he can resume rockin' the Canadian Tracks on

ICEBERG 85 - Sirius Satellite Radio!!




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