Monday, April 25, 2011

Vancouver homeless shelters closing

I got this email today from supporters of the year round shelters in Vancouver which are set to close.

I really thought that the best thing I could was to pass on the message by blogging it.

So here it is,


"Hello dear network of supporters. We need your help.

On Sunday night, 7 of us from Carnegie Centre Action Project, Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council, Vanact and Council of Senior Citizens visited 3 shelters that are closing:

Cardero - 27 April
Howe - 28 April
Fraser - 29 April

These shelters are slowly emptying out and now there are about 20-30 people remaining in each. Shelter residents have no options once they close. Many can’t rent apartments because of stigma from landlords. No social housing is available. Many will fail and be back on the street if they go back to an infested, unsafe Single Resident Occupancy in areas where they used to use drugs or have been “red zoned” by police.

As Marta from the Howe shelter said, “I’m going to stay right here in the alley. We are here because we don’t want to be alone. We got nobody. Everyone else has a family, we don’t. This is our family.” Marta said she doesn’t buy the excuse that governments don’t have money. She explained that each person in her shelter is eligible for $375 a month for rent on welfare and if you multiply this by 40 people per shelter that means BC Housing already has $15,000 a month to spend to keep her shelter open.

“I can’t go to an SRO”, said Chase from the Cardero Shelter. “I’ll go crazy and just end up back on the street. If this shelter closes, I guess I’ll head to the Super Value parking lot. That’s where we came from before they opened this place up.”

“If I lose this place, these regular meals and my guaranteed spot here, then I’ll go back to selling drugs to survive,” said Deanna, also from the Cardero Shelter.

Don from the Fraser shelter who is about 65 years old said: “Two women near IGA on Broadway got me to come here about a month ago. I’ve been outside a long time. I guess if they close this, I’ll be in the doorways, back laneways and
behind restaurants.”


Kerry from Howe said: If this closes I’ll find an abandoned house. I have my Coleman stove. I hope nobody will notice me. If this shuts down, the government will spend more money on corrections. People here will be panhandling, living in the allies. You would think they would rather we stay in the shelter.”

Please help us stop these people from losing their ground, their networks of support and these makeshift homes. And call on governments to fund these shelters, build homes etc.

We are planning a vigil at these sites with the shelter residents starting on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. at the Cardero Shelter. How much we can accomplish will depend on what support people on this list can provide.

Here are the things we need:

Food
Tents
Tarps
Sleeping bags
Placards and banners
Guardians
Legal advice
Transportation

Please be in touch with Wendy at 604-839-0379 to strategize about how you can support. Financial support is welcomed if you can’t volunteer time or provide donated goods. Ignore this appeal if you are under financial and social stress as many of us are --

In solidarity,

Don and Wendy from CCAP

Fraser and Dave from DNC

Nate and Tristan from Vanact!

Gail from Council of Senior Citizens of BC

PS, show your support and attend the media conference at the Cardero shelter on Tuesday at 10:30.

Address of shelters:

CARDERO SHELTER 747 CARDERO STREET

FRASER SHELTER 677 E. BROADWAY

HOWE STREET SHELTER 1442 HOWE ST

** Fir and 4th Street Shelter, run by MPA (???), closed already. The Stanley New Fountain, run by Portland Hotel Society, is rumoured to have a one month funding extension plus is already working on a separate campaign to keep that shelter open.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Just don't mention the wedding

Thankfully, thankfully - I'm in Canada, a long way from the hype surrounding the wedding of a young lad called William Windsor. As a son of England it is one of those happy moments for me at least when I am far far away from Blighty. Willi - what a great name, Willi Windsor. Of course he's better known as, well you know what he's better known as. Really seeing his mug and that of his bride to be on front of the glossies really makes me want to take a holiday in a land that time forgot. Well I always want to take a holiday there.

There's recession in Europe, war in north Africa, nuclear calamity following an earthquake in Japan and closer to home we are seeing Vancouverites suffer because of the collapse of their beloved hockey team to Chicago in the play-offs and are we interested in some tat from a bygone era, no we are not.

Everyone knows what the royals are about and it became explicitly clear following the death of Willi's mother Diana. This extreme wealth is part of the problem in this world. I'm thankful I'm here in Vancouver where the whole sorry affair can be easily avoided. Oh and Willi during your Canuck honeymoon please leave us alone in peace in Vancouver.

What the Canucks


What the Canucks indeed. The Vancouver Canucks look set to repeat a statistic that they'd rather not - taking a 3-0 lead in a play-off series only to give it up and go out 4-3. They haven't given up completely and the replacement of goal tender Roberto Luongo by Cory Schneider hasn't come a moment too soon. Of course there's a lot else wrong with the team - but don't ask me - what the Canucks do I know about hockey.

Great Easter Sunday, I did a Schneider - sub that is, Victor Obossi out of action tonight on African Vibes. Yet Victor is on top of his game. Let's leave it there, before the Luongo massive rises up.

I should have compiled a set list to post on here. Never mind I will be back at Coop Radio hosting African Vibes for the last Sunday of May. Started the day out on Hollyburn snow shoeing, what a great mountain, so beautiful up there. Thinking seriously about investing in a pair of snow shoes - makes the mountain so much more accessible even if the snow banks are beginning to collapse aaarrrghhh.....

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Everything ever played on Last Call

This is a straight cut and paste from the word doc on my computer.

There's no formatting folks!

But this is everything ever played on the show

Last Call is every Tuesday night at midnight on Vancouver Cooperative Radio,
CFRO - 102.7FM

http://coopradio.org/station/archives/27


#pos Artist plays Nation City/Town
1 Supergrass 73 E Oxford
2 Manics 66 W Blackwood
3 James 50 E Manchester
4 The Clash 32 E London
5 Stone Roses 25 E Manchester
6 The Beatles 23 E Liverpool
7 The Charlatans 23 E Northwich
10 Joy Division 22 E Manchester

29 The XX 20 E Putney
8 The Smiths 20 E Manchester

33 Ian Brown 20 E Manchester
9 Jack Penate 19 E London
11 Billy Bragg 18 E Barking, Essex
64 Belle & Sebastian 18 S Glasgow

14 Hot Chip 17 E Putney
15 The Kooks 17 E Brighton
13 Franz Ferdinand 17 S Glasgow
12 Asian Dub Foundation 16 E London

48 Jamie T 16 E London
16 Pulp 15 E Sheffield
165 PJ Harvey 15 E Bridport
243 Esben and The Witch 14 E Brighton

24 The 1990s 13 S Glasgow
17 60 ft Dolls 13 W Newport
18 Digits 12 C Toronto
19 New Order 12 E Manchester
20 Gang of Four 12 E Leeds
21 The Fall 12 E Manchester

35 The Morning Benders 12 A San Francisco

27 Pete Doherty 12 E Hexham
105 Glasser 12 A San Fransisco
22 Oromocto Diamond 11 C Montreal
23 The Rapture 11 A New York
28 The Levellers 11 E Brighton

63 The Winks 11 A?
25 Happy Mondays 10 E Manchester

26 Old World Vulture 10 C Toronto
30 Egyptian Hip Hop 10 E Manchester
41 Julian Plenti 10 A New York
34 The Big Pink 10 E London

38 Efterklang 10 Denmark
32 Dodgy 10 E London
49 Nitzer Ebb 10 E Chelmsford

240 Broken Records 10 S Edinburgh
235 Stornoway 10 E Oxford
31 Mathematique 9 C Quebec City

42 Portishead 9 E Bristol
37 Cold Cave 9 A Philadelphia

43 Morrissey 9 E Manchester

40 King Tubby 9 Jamaica Kingston
47 Stereolab 9 E London

36 Andy Williams 8 A Wall Lake, Iowa
39 Kraftwerk 8 G Dusseldorf

250 The Streets 8 E

138 Radiohead 8 E Oxford
44 Miss Massive Snowflake 7 A Portland
45 The Torrent 7 C Toronto?
46 The Shagbots 7 C Calgary
50 Beth Orton 7 E East Dereham

54 Esser 7 E where in Essex?
60 The Beach Boys 7 A Hawthorne.California

106 The Maccabees 7 E London
51 Oasis 7 E Manchester
52 John Lennon 6 E Liverpool
53 Transparent Source 6 S Edinburgh
57 Beta Band 6 S Edinburgh

229 Madness 6 E London
76 Four Tet 6 E Putney

181 Underworld 6 E Romford
55 Steve Reich 5 A New York
56 MBMG 5 C Toronto
58 Rep By Pop 5 C Toronto
59 My Bloody Valentine 5 I Dublin

61 Bob Davenport 5 E
62 Snuff 5 E London
74 The Cocteau Twins 5 S Grangemouth
86 Frank Black 5 A Boston
71 The Stance 5 C Halifax, NS
81 Harlem 5 A Austin
77 Primal Scream 5 S Glasgow
225 Blur 5 E Colchester

95 The Specials 5 E Coventry

65 Dominic Alldis 4 E London
66 Stephanie Braganza 4 C Toronto
67 The Zolas 4 C Vancouver
68 Summer 5000 4 C Montreal
69 Everything but the Girl 4 E Hull
70 Vitamins For You 4 C Toronto

72 Elastica 4 E London

73 Sinead O’Connor 4 I Glenageary

75 The Enemy 4 E Coventry

78 Arab Strap 4 S Falkirk

104 Graham Coxon 4 E Colchester
92 U2 4 I Dublin

140 Rory McLeod 4 E London
84 Murder Ford Monument 4 C Montreal
129 Interpol 4 A New York
83 Cat Power 4 A Atlanta
93 Public Enemy 4 A New York
148 Gossip 4 A Portland
79 Nico Vega 3 A Los Angeles
80 Guided By Voices 3 A Dayton.Ohio
82 Aerosol 3 G Berlin
85 McCarthy 3 E London
87 Blue States 3 E London
88 Pine Tarts 3 C Calgary
89 The Rolling Stones 3 E London

90 Pleasure Bridge 3 C
91 Bettie Serveert 3 N Amsterdam

94 Ron Kavana
& The Alias Acoustic Band 3 I
96 Tim Buckley 3 A Washington DC
97 Bjork 3 Iceland Reykjavik

98 The Sundays 3 E London
99 Echo & The Bunnymen 3 E Liverpool
100 Coldplay 3 E London
101 They Came From The Stars, I Saw Them 3

102 White Lies 3 E London

103 Everything Everything 3 E Manchester
117 Spacemen 3 3 E Rugby
123 Bob Dylan 3 A Duluth, Minnesota
135 The Cure 3 E Crawley

144 Maximo Park 3 E London

152 Dutch Uncles 3 E Manchester

147 Marmaduke Duke 3

251 Seefeel 3 E London

143 Islet 3
107 The Dead Letters 2 C Winnipeg
108 The Flaming Lips 2 A Oklahoma City
109 David Guetta (DJ) 2 F Paris
110 The Jam 2 E Woking
111 The Killers 2 A Las Vegas
112 The Moody Blues 2 E Birmingham
113 Jeremy Nischuk 2 C Edmonton
114 Rhythm is Rhythm 2 E Detroit
115 Joy Williams 2 A Santa Cruz
116 Ride 2 E Oxford
118 We Were Promised Jetpacks 2 Edinburgh
119 Crystal Castles 2 C Toronto
120 The Buzzcocks 2 E Bolton
121 Bocce 2 C Waterloo
122 Robert Wyatt 2 E Bristol

124 Gotan Project 2 F Paris
125 The KLF 2 S/E London

126 Cast 2 E Liverpool

127 Pink Floyd 2 E
128 The Who 2 E London
130 The Paperbacks 2 C Winnipeg

131 The Book of Lists 2

132 Dubin Hood 2 C Dubwood Forest, B.C
133 Cornershop 2

134 Cut Copy 2

136 The Virgins 2 A

137 Wolf & Cub 2 Aus

139 Warpaint 2

141 Bombay Bicycle Club 2

142 Bis 2
145 Rubicks 2

146 The View 2

149 Enter Shikari 2

150 The Foals 2

151 Pugs and Crows 2

183 Pavement 2 A Stockton, California
205 Jon Hopkins 2

203 Temper Trap 2

245 Seething Akira 2 E Portsmouth

244 Beirut 2

193 The Woodentops 2 E London
172 World Domination Enterprises 2 E London

242 Loop 2

153 DJ Carne 1 C Toronto
154 John Fahey 1 A Washington DC
155 Fast Eddie 1 A Chicago
156 Gene 1 E London
157 Gomez 1 E Southport
158 Hardfloor 1 G Dusseldorf
159 Inspiral Carpets 1 E Oldham
160 Jesus & Mary Chain 1 S East Kilbride
161 The Luge Sessions 1 C Toronto
162 Mates Of State 1 A Lawrence.Kansas
163 Natalie Merchant 1 A Jamestown.New York
164 Moby 1 A Harlem
166 The Primitives 1 E Coventry
167 Gerry Rafferty 1 S Paisley
168 The Sex Pistols 1 E London
169 Shearwater 1 A Austin
170 Stockhausen 1 G Cologne
171 Verve 1 E Wigan
173 Depeche Mode 1 E Basildon
174 Taken By Trees 1 Sweden
175 Chuck D 1 A New York

176 The Wind Up Radio Sessions 1 C/E Ottawa/Montreal

177 Was Not Was 1 A Detroit

178 Descendents 1 A Hermosa Beach, California

179 The Orb 1 E London

180 M83 1 F Antibes

182 Lavice & Company 1 A

184 Imogen Heap 1 E London

185 Smokekiller 1 C Saskatoon

186 Julian Cope 1 W Tamworth, Staffs

187 VIM 1 E

188 Trip The Off 1 C Montreal

189 Ege Bam Yasi 1 S

190 Steve Earle 1 A

191 Linda Thompson 1 E

192 Gerry & The Pacemakers 1 E Liverpool

194 Buffalo Tom 1 A

195 Jose Gonzales 1

196 Teenage Fan Club 1 S Glasgow

197 The La’s 1 E Liverpool

198 Hot Chip w Robert Wyatt & Ceese 1

199 Magneta Lane 1

200 LCD Soundsystem 1

201 Mercury Rev 1

202 Muse 1

204 Jello Biafra 1

206 Shotgun Jimmie 1

207 Matt Costa 1

208 St Etienne 1

209 Miramichi 1

210 The Prodigy 1

211 Willi Williams 1

212 Cake 1

213 John Mayall & His Bluesbreakers 1

214 Naum Gabo 1

215 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 1

216 DJ Dan 1

217 A Guy Called Gerald 1

218 Scott Dunbar 1

219 Easy Star All Stars 1

220 Nina Simone 1

221 The Proclaimers 1

222 Lucky 1

223 David Bowie 1

224 Mike Scott 1

226 Passion Pit 1

227 The Alarm 1

228 Tracey Thorn 1

230 Chumbawamba 1

231 The Auteurs 1

232 The Creatures 1

233 Jo & Danny 1

234 Neu 1

236 Spiritualized 1

237 Joey Beltram 1

238 Sleeper 1

239 Pete Lawrie 1

241 The Killers 1

243 The Pack A.D. 1

246 Glasvegas 1

247 Chapel Club 1

248 The Moldy Peaches 1

249 Elvis Costello 1

252 Stereophonics 1 W

253 Elvis Presley 1 A

254 Decades In The Fall 1 ?

255 Karen Dalton 1 A

Last Call Top 30

Last Call Top 30

Last Call Top 29 (20-26 April)
# (LW) Weeks on chart

1 (1) PJ Harvey 4
2 (2) The Streets 4
3 (4) Esben and The Witch 10
4 (5) Ian Brown 23
5 (9) Glasser 18
6 (11) Seefeel 4
7 (20) Broken Records 10
8 (23) The Winks 16
9 (6) James 29
10 (8) Nitzer Ebb 7
11 (re) Radiohead 12
12 (14) Stornoway 10
13 (–) Decades In The Fall 1
14 (–) Islet 1
15 (3) Manic Street Preachers 31
16 (7) Belle & Sebastian 18
17 (10) Stereolab 9
18 (12) The Woodentops 2
19 (13) Stereophonics 2
20 (15) Gossip 8
21 (16) Primal Scream 7
22 (17) The Charlatans 9
23 (18) Marmaduke Duke 2
24 (19) Madness 7
25 (21) Jamie T 19
26 (22) Franz Ferdinand 15
27 (24) The Kooks 19
28 (25) The Maccabees 12
29 (26) Underworld 8
30 (27) Four Tet 7

REMEMBER YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE MOST RECENT SHOW AT

http://www.coopradio.org/station/archives/27

Last Call is every Tuesday night at midnight on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, CFRO, 102.7FM
www.coopradio.org

The chart is based on song plays by each artist over the last four Last Call radio shows. Each artist gets a point for a song played, and then once four weeks have passed points get deducted from the show from five weeks ago. Clear as mud right?

So what are you looking at.

Well the figure on the far left is the number that the artist holds in the chart; 1, 2, 3 that’s easy right.

Then the figure in brackets is last week’s position, (re) is re-entry to the chart, and (–) is a new entry.

The figure after the artist name is the total number of weeks on the chart.

Last Call set list 20 april 2011

Time - Supergrass
Hexagons IV - Esben & The Witch
Mirrorage - Glasser
It's happening - The Winks
Let England shake - PJ Harvey
Morning Mr. Magpie - Radiohead
Dead guitars - Seefeel
Essex dogs - Blur
Heaven for the weather - The Streets
We can never be friends - The Streets
In the year 2525 - Ian Brown
Ringerz - Islet
Hotsy girl - World Domination Enterprises
Marching song - Esben & The Witch
The nail will burn - Loop
The words that maketh murder - PJ Harvey
Interzone - Joy Division
You know you're not dead - Broken Records
The Coldharbour Road - Stornoway
Burning love - Elvis Presley
We'll have everything and realize it's nothing - Decades In The Fall
Too much too young - The Specials
Rub 'til it bleeds - PJ Harvey
Take me - Karen Dalton
Man-size - PJ Harvey
Lotus flower - Radiohead