riddle me this

So the other day in my Folk Fest camping pass panic, I posted an ad on Kijiji.com in search of one. Yesterday I received an email from a woman named Marie, a reporter from the national Canadian radio (the CBC, my faaaaaave thing ever) wanting to do an interview with me.

I thought "well, if nothing else, this might help me get a camping pass!" So I emailed her back and she gave me her phone number. Today I called her and she said she will be interviewing me tomorrow morning over the phone and it will pose the question

"Why are people willing to go to such great lengths just to camp at the Winnipeg Folk Festival?"

And after hanging up the phone, I thought "Oh shit. That's a really good question. I'm going to make a fool of myself on the radio." But then this evening I decided to look through the photos of last year's Folk Fest and it alllllll came back to me:






click to enlarge these awesome photos were taken by my best friend Andrew Chipman. Genius.

If any folk-festers are reading this: why are you willing to do crazy things for a folk fest pass?

oh folk fest, dearest daisy

woe (panic) is me

a friend's roommate was holding a Folk Festival Camping Pass for me but suddenly forgot and sold it to another.

help me out if you can internets,
or at least keep your ear to the ground and if somebody asks if you need one say "NO NOT ME, BUT STEF JESNEY DOES, EMAIL HER AT stefinmotion@hotmail.com OK? OK."

sesame snaps and corn flakes

I really like you guys

When you were in elementary school music class did they ever make you play xylophones? If they did do you remember how there were all different sizes, the tiny annoying tinkly ones and then the great big wooden warm-sounding ones? Every kid in my class always fought over the huge wooden ones. We would line up outside of homeroom before the teacher took us to music class and always try to be first to claim them. Before you start thinking this is some analogy for something, it isn't; it's about The Acorn, this incredible Canadian band. My favourite song by them has the warm comforting sound of those great big wooden xylophones.

They recently played at SXSW and they're playing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival this year. Come come come see them in all their glory in the best venue you could ever ask for.

listen to the song:


then download it:
The Acorn - Crooked Legs

then go buy your Folk Fest tickets:
here