This works! WOO

server.py

@@ -64,28 +64,46 @@ print('defining server', flush=True)
 async def server(websocket, path):
     print('subscribing to redis pubsub', flush=True)
 
+    queue = asyncio.Queue()
+
     mpsc = Receiver(loop=loop)
     async def reader(mpsc):
         async for channel, msg in mpsc.iter():
             assert isinstance(channel, AbcChannel)
             print("Got {!r} in channel {!r}".format(msg, channel))
 
+            #print('sending message over websocket we got from redis pubsub', flush=True)
+            #await websocket.send("Got message: {}".format(msg))
+            
+            print('enqueuing websocket message', flush=True)
+            queue.put_nowait(msg)
+
     asyncio.ensure_future(reader(mpsc))
 
-    redis_connection = await aioredis.create_connection(('localhost', 6379))
+    redis = await aioredis.create_redis_pool('redis://localhost')
 
-    await redis_connection.subscribe(mpsc.channel('channel:1'), mpsc.channel('channel:testing'))
+    await redis.subscribe(mpsc.channel('channel:1'), mpsc.channel('channel:testing'))
 
     print('starting websocket server', flush=True)
     try:
         while True:
             # Receive data from "the outside world"
-            message = await websocket.recv()
+            #message = await websocket.recv()
 
             # Feed this data to the PUBLISH co-routine
             #await publish_to_redis(message, path) 
 
-            await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+            print('sending ping', flush=True)
+            await websocket.send("Websocket ping")
+
+            if not queue.empty():
+                msg = queue.get_nowait() # TODO THROWS EXCEPTION
+
+                print('sending pubsub msg over websocket: {}'.format(msg), flush=True)
+                await websocket.send(msg)
+            else:
+                await asyncio.sleep(10)
 
     except websockets.exceptions.ConnectionClosed:
         print('Connection Closed!')