Episode Transcript
Speaker 0 00:00:00 I see, good morning, Fort McMurray, wood, Buffalo, and the rest of the world. You've tuned into the Mac city morning show. I am your host, Elliot Pierre, and we're going to start the show off the same way we start every episode off with a moment of gratitude. I know you could be doing a million other things with your time. So the fact that you spend with us truly does mean the world to me. So thank you on that note, Tanner hit them with the intro.
Speaker 1 00:00:20 Oh, she caught me loves you're listening to the next anymore show.
Speaker 0 00:00:30 All right. I'm excited about this episode. We, you might've heard us talking before we started filming. Cause we got a lot to talk about. It's going to be a good one. As you know, I don't introduce my guests because they can do a better job at that than myself. So, uh, can you please tell everybody at home who you are and what's your about?
Speaker 3 00:00:43 So my name is Lindsay . I'm a media marketing consultant with Harvard media and I also have my side hustle, which I'm a DJ and my DJ name is DJ sassafras,
Speaker 0 00:00:55 DJ sassafras. Okay. Well big, sorry to Harvard. I don't think we're going to be talking about your current job. So at least we got it in right off the bat. You work for them. They're an awesome organization to work for. You'll love it there. We're not going to be talking about them anymore. Okay. So let's just jump into this last question that we were last topic that we were literally just talking about, used to be a flight attendant. Now for everybody at home, we don't know each other now. So we're learning right
Speaker 3 00:01:26 Now.
Speaker 0 00:01:28 Yeah, exactly. Just like, Hey, how are you doing? Yeah, I didn't know. You were a flight attendant. Yes.
Speaker 3 00:01:35 Uh, I was a flight attendant with Canadian north, uh, before I moved to Fort McMurry. So I've been living in Fort Mac now it'll be nine years in February. And before I moved here flight attending for almost eight years and that was like my profession. So yeah, the Canadian north Canadian north. Yes. Serviced all the Arctic. Yeah. Everywhere like Yellowknife and beyond, uh, Cambridge bay. Inuvik Iqaluit pond in lit Greece Fjord. Um, a lot of random destinations that we've, I've been to the north pole. I've done a ton of different chartered aircraft flights out north. It was awesome. Like I've and also like we did a lot of different, um, charters within Canada. Of course. Like I had seen, well, Winnipeg, Montreal St John's Monkton, uh, and then everything else like Vancouver, Victoria, and the little bit in between. So,
Speaker 0 00:02:40 So this is a smaller airline. Like they go, like you said, literally
Speaker 3 00:02:44 Everywhere,
Speaker 0 00:02:46 Because like, know what I mean? They're big. They go to places there that WestJet air Canada don't go to.
Speaker 3 00:02:53 We had kind of an, there was an agreement. So they, and also their crafts just weren't able, uh, service those, the Northern, the Northern regions. So they just don't have the capability, like the aircraft that we were flying in, we're kind of older, but also had the durability to withstand the cold. Um, the coldness.
Speaker 0 00:03:16 Yeah. So when you were going to these Northern communities, when it played with touchdown, like did they just like pick up and go, are you hanging out for a bit
Speaker 3 00:03:24 More or less pickup and go, but there were times where like you would end up kind of hanging out in some places and being sometimes when I was on a dash eight, they would be in small, such small places and areas where I would literally be picking up the phone and like making phone calls to people saying like, Hey, the aircraft's been delayed or we're early, so can you make it down here? You know? And yeah, it's kind of like hilarious. Cause now you're acting as the flight attendant, the agent and then you're out there trying to make sure that cargo is getting loaded properly. Right. All these silly other scenarios that you wouldn't think that you would have to be responsible for, but you are right. You're the only one there. Okay. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:04:05 Very cool. So you did that for, like you said, seven years,
Speaker 3 00:04:10 Seven and a half years,
Speaker 0 00:04:11 But you were bartending
Speaker 3 00:04:12 At the same time. So what happened was, uh, I was there for seven and a half years and my husband who also is in aviation, um, he, we kinda did a long distance thing. Like we were both stationed. I was stationed out of Edmonton, was stationed out of emission as well. And then all his, you know, he gets sent, he's a helicopter pilot. So he gets sent to who knows where wherever there was a flight or whatever he'd have to go. And he was away for three weeks out of a month, come home for one week, go away for three weeks, come home for a week. And we did that for like seven and a half years. Oh, wow. And then near the seven and a half years, we obviously like, we like each other. So we were like, something has to give and we have to make a change.
Speaker 3 00:04:58 And, uh, a base pilot job came up in Fort McMurray and he had done a couple of like stunts here in Fort McMurray and really liked it. And he, you know, told me all about it. I already was servicing the oil sands and going to Elvin and CNRL. So I had never really experienced for McMurry. So I had no, I had no idea what I was getting into, but it's like, well, maybe we could give it a shot and like move out there. And I, I mean, I'm open to anything. I love traveling. We always travel and I like going to new places and meeting new people. And so we rented out our house in Edmonton, moved up here and I mean, it didn't take long, like obviously within a couple months that I knew this is, this is for us, like the demographic up here, you know, the median age being 31.
Speaker 3 00:05:50 Um, the people, everyone always says the people, but it's true. Like the people up here there's, there's not another right. The community, you just felt like this is where I belong and why, why didn't I do this sooner? So obviously like I tried to do a little bit of community and selling my shifts. It didn't work out. And then within two months I was like, Nope, I'm done with that. So started bartending working my way into the system here and trying to meet people. And it didn't take long before my network just grew. So I just got to know like most of Fort McMurray and everyone who's everyone and making all these connections and then just feeling, just feeling inclusive, like right away, everyone was just like, oh yeah, like you, you know, you have such like a spunk and you're so exciting. And you have like all this travel behind you, but you know, you've seen so many places and you've talked to so many people, so let's like, we need to hang out. And I, yeah. Like, I mean, there's so many different types of people here. Right. So, yeah. I just, I just love it. I mean, it was kind of like going on a world travel, but being in one city. Right. It's just, it's crazy to me. That's awesome.
Speaker 0 00:07:06 Yeah. So you come in, you're in aviation now we're working in bars. Yeah. When did you pick up the DJ component?
Speaker 3 00:07:15 So, oh, okay. So my background, I guess, growing up, I grew up in Saskatoon. I'm from Saskatoon originally. And when I was probably in grade five, I was that kid who was not popular with the girls. I had all the guy, friends, I was into sports. I played all the sports and my grade five teacher, she saw something in me and wanted to do something for me cause I got bullied a lot. And um, so she put me on the news. So in Saskatoon there was this like kids, city news. And so she, like, she goes, Lynn's, you've been picked to be on the kid city news. And of course I'm like, I dunno, okay. I've been watching it. Right. And there's always a feature student from different schools. So as soon as I got put on that, it made me popular and I came back to school and everyone was like, oh Lindsay, you know, she was on the news now and blah, blah, blah.
Speaker 3 00:08:13 And then in grade five I started having more friends over. And from that my, um, I guess like my friend base just grew and having my friends over, I would always be the one to like play the music and know what music was the up and coming. And then I got, uh, I guess I, they were like, you should do the deejaying for the school dances. So as soon as I was able to do school dances, I started doing all the school dances in grade five. And then I continued on through high school. Oh, wow. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:08:52 Is doing this for a while now.
Speaker 3 00:08:54 Like, I mean the set, like it wasn't anything, I'm not, you know, pulling out a records and doing scratching or anything like that. Right. But I still had a passion for it. Like music's been a passion for me. It was the double cassette. And then I would be listening to the Chris shepherd on pirate radio, you know, and having to put in my cassette and then like listen to it and trying to get like the perfect record and then trying to match it and then blend it. So it like, wasn't just so stop songs. It actually blended into another song with cassettes, you know? And then eventually things as you get older or as time passes and everything progressed, I'm the person who's at a party right away. I noticed like, is music playing? No, there's no music playing. Okay, well, who's going to put the music on, well, I'm going to put the music on.
Speaker 3 00:09:44 Okay. So I just take over, like, I'm kind of that takeover person. Right. Um, so that's where I get that from. And my dad growing up, we would, every time my dad and I like in the mornings on the drive to school, he, we would always listen to the radio and my dad be like, who's this artist who what's the artists name and the song names. So I had to know all the artists and song names from the seventies and up, it didn't matter what it was. It was already, yeah. He was already creating like a library in my mind. Like you got to name the song and the artists. So it stuck with me. And it's obviously something that creates nostalgic memories, you know? And then, and then now, so let's fast forward to being in Fort Mac. And throughout the years, obviously I've blown like huge parties at my own house, mostly private stuff, always theme parties.
Speaker 3 00:10:39 And then my husband, he's like, you know, maybe we should invest in, get some DJ stuff and I'm always supportive of everything he wants to do as he's supportive of what I want to do. Right. So he is the best. So then we just kind of, he's like Kate, I'm going to do a DJ course. You should do it too. So we did a bunch of DJ courses and then this started probably, oh, I don't know, maybe three years ago where we started getting a little more serious about it. Right. And then started building up our library and then getting music together. And throughout the times, obviously I've had friends that are DJs and my mentors that have helped me kind of develop, uh, the way that I want to, I want to go kind of music that I want to play, but it's not always what everybody else wants to hear.
Speaker 3 00:11:35 So you really kind of have to bend with what the client wants or what the crowd wants. Right. It's not always what you want to play. And that's been a learning, a huge learning curve for myself being a mobile DJ because I can go at my house or I can go to a private party. And yes, I have the friends circle that I know that they love what I'm going to play, but it's not going to be the same stuff that if I'm going to go out and play at a public event, that's not what that doesn't reflect the kind of music that I like. That's right. That's right, right. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:12:12 Tell it to the audience. Yeah. Okay. Very cool. Listen, I got a bunch more questions with Tanner. I hit me with the SIG signal saying, Hey, I'm ready for my segment. So we're coming on to this part of the show called the max city minute Tanner it'll with the Maxine minute. My man,
Speaker 4 00:12:26 Question number one. What is your weirdest story from your time stewardess thing.
Speaker 3 00:12:32 Okay. So I have quite a few, but um, there was a time I was, um, securing the cabin for, uh, it was turbulence and I walked through the cabin and I knew that this one woman had a baby with her. And so I went through the cabin and I saw she didn't have her baby with her. So I kind of, and people in, in the north there, it's not an, it's not uncommon for them to kind of like pass their baby to somebody else. And like, you know, have somebody else hold their child. But I walked through the cabin and I was like, where's your child? And she's like, he's sleeping. And I was like, where's your baby? And she's like, she's, he's sleeping. But she put him underneath the seat in front of her. Right. Stowed the child underneath the seat in front of her so that he could sleep. Right. And it's like, no, you can't do that. You know, your child, you have to hold your child. So yeah, that was just, that was, that was, yeah, definitely one of those I'm like, you have to hold your child. So I mean,
Speaker 3 00:13:39 Would do that now. I don't know. Listen, it happens different
Speaker 4 00:13:44 Strokes for different folks. I'm pretty sure my mom would stow me in a few areas.
Speaker 3 00:13:47 People still their dogs in the overhead bin. Oh yeah. And then go to close it. And the dog was yelping and I pulled the bag out and there was a puppy in it. And I said to somebody, I was like, whose dog is this? And it was literally wrapped in, um, a reusable grocery bag. So they just put the, they put the puppy in the grocery bag and just stuck it in the overhead bin and just, you know. Yeah.
Speaker 4 00:14:13 So good question. Number two. What is your favorite part of being onstage while D
Speaker 3 00:14:19 Oh, the reaction of the crowd? I mean, I've been lost in the crowd so many times, you know, I mean, there's been moments just recently where I, and I mean, I'm in the zone, but then I look at the crowd and I see if they're having a great time or whatever's happening and almost lose my cues because something's happening. It's just so interesting and exciting that I'm going, oh God. And then I literally mashed the next song in, because there's something interesting happening on the dance floor. So yeah, it can be kind of distracting.
Speaker 4 00:14:53 Okay. Question number three. What is, what was your favorite part of being a bartender?
Speaker 3 00:15:00 Um, obviously the connections that I got with some people I can be a therapist at most times, and I just, I just like, and when people come in and they're excited that they see that I'm the one who's bartending, you know, now
Speaker 4 00:15:16 Question number four. What is one thing about Fort McMurray that shocked you upon arrival? Hmm.
Speaker 3 00:15:25 Um, shocked me. Um, that's a hard one. I don't know. Yeah. Like, I dunno if anything like necessarily shocked me because I didn't know what to expect. So, uh, I had zero expectations. Um, I guess like just the, just the inclusive inclusivity that they had, you know, I mean, I've never lived in a small town. I've lived in some pretty big cities in my life. I moved from Saskatoon, kind of being a city girl. There lived in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, um, and never being able to really find my way. So when I moved to formic, Marie, um, just everyone being actual, genuine, the genuine city that people have here. And when people say, Hey, do you want to, like, we should hang out. You actually hang out. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. When I lived in Edmonton, do you want me to times I lived off way out for seven and a half years. I ran into the same people over and over and over because I was always kind of go out there and, you know, passing numbers and whatever. But people now that I know the term are at the, you know, at the time you didn't know, but ghosting. So when I moved to Fort Mac and people said we should hang out, they were genuine about it. So I guess that did shock me that we're going to actually be friends. That's right. Yeah.
Speaker 4 00:16:49 And your final question, what is your favorite way to enjoy for McMurry?
Speaker 3 00:16:54 Uh, the outdoors a hundred percent like, um, my husband and I moved here, we obviously just dove in to the outdoor lifestyle. He bought a dirt bike. I bought a racing quad. We didn't take long before we met that kind of group where we were always going places. And then the amount of trails that were out there and that you could go down. Geez. We could go down so many different trails every day and never be on the same trail twice in almost a month. Yeah. Right. So it's pretty cool.
Speaker 4 00:17:30 There you go. And those have been your five questions. Okay. I know we're running out of time, but I got asked the question before you go, how did you pick this DJ name? Where does it come from?
Speaker 3 00:17:37 Or like sassafras. Okay. So growing up, I mean, okay. Um, growing up, like we have so many different terms and names and my mom, you know, I just remember like being called, like you're such a, and then there were times, I mean, I'm pretty sassy and saucy. So there was always like, don't be such a sassafras or your sassafras, or there's a sassafras. And it just is something that kind of stuck in my mind. And not that I wanted to commit, I honestly couldn't commit to anything, but more and more recently because I'm getting, um, I guess booked more and more recognition myself. I'm like, I need to commit to something and it just it's, it can kind of hit on all levels. It's kind of funny too, you know? Yeah. Like sassafras, it sounds good. So we'll go
Speaker 0 00:18:28 With it so we can credit your mother for the nickname then. Yeah. Thanks
Speaker 3 00:18:30 Mom.
Speaker 0 00:18:32 All right. Listen, I know that's the end of the show. We've got a few minutes left, but that's for the end of the show, which is your shameless shout out or plug. So the Mike's on you, the camera's on you. Let's hear
Speaker 3 00:18:43 What'd. You got all right. I'm going to give a shout out to Fort McMurray because I want to thank everybody for always including me on everything that's going on and people that maybe I haven't met yet, um, for giving me a chance to provide a story, a memory, however, that may be whether it's through my music or through an experience. Um, I just, I just want to thank everybody for always being open-minded and being inclusive.
Speaker 0 00:19:12 There we go. Beautiful. Shout out. Well, listen, thank you very much for coming on the show. There's so much more, I want to talk to you about obviously they weren't a part of like the pre filming. So please come back again. I have so many more questions. Thank you for being here. Thank
Speaker 3 00:19:25 You very much for having me. Awesome.
Speaker 0 00:19:27 All right. Well Fort McMurray, wood, Buffalo, and the rest of the world. That's been another episode of the Mac city morning show. Thank you so much for tuning in. It does mean the world to me. I hope you're having a great day and we'll see you tomorrow. Peace.
Speaker 5 00:19:39 Oh, it just dies that this is another Mac city morning show Dawn.
Speaker 6 00:19:55 Yeah. Talk about quenching your ugly thirst.
