Hello all
Here's the set list for today's show on CFRO, 100.5fm, www.coopradio.org/archives
At the coop radio website you can find the show by searching the archives starting at 10am.
The show begins at 10.30am so you will have to wait 30 mins or so for the start of the show or if you can't be bothered with waiting, life is busy I know, just go to the 11am link.
Tales of endurance (parts 4,5,6) - Supergrass
St. Petersburg - Supergrass
Melody emergency - Gossip
Pop song automaton - Zombies
Hollow mountain - Efterklang
Fiction - The XX
Meany - The Just Barelys
Stay gold - The Big Pink
Fulton Road - Bernard Adamus
The words that maketh murder - PJ Harvey
When Mum and Dad made me - Rory McLeod
Body knows best - Anya Marina
Kaleidscope - James
The coldharbour road - Stornoway
Here comes the blackout - Stornoway
Watching birds - Stornoway
Mr Important - Bis
How she boogalooed to it - The Beach Boys
Don't reach out - Long Weekends
Evil egg - Mary Cobham
Painted like a forest - The Holiday Crowd
Monday, November 12, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
Euro 2012 starts with a bang!
Wow - what a great start to the Euro 2012 competition. Especially from a neutral perspective which is pretty much how I increasingly feel with each tournie.
Two years on from the World Cup and my expectations for England to do well are pretty low. Today was the opening ceremony which I missed, come on please...Poland v Greece - day one 9am Vancouver Caffe Napoli on Commercial Drive.
On 17 mins Poland took the lead with a great piece of play. A crossed ball from the right wing and a lunging header from Robert Lewandowski put them ahead. The referee definitely needed a visit to the opticians for two yellow cards to Sokratis Papastathopoulos which saw him sent for an early bath.
Dimitris Salpingidis got a goal early in the second half to level the game and it had the feel of a draw but when Greece got a penalty kick the opportunity to take the lead and steal the game was there but Giorgos Karagounis spot kick was definitely telegraphed. Shame.
I missed the second match but the drama will continue tomorrow at Caffe Napoli at 9am.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Remembering Jack
Feels appropriate to re-post this.
Jack Layton will be remembered as a fighter. From his first political steps as a young man to the amazing surge of the federal NDP in this year’s spring election to his fight with cancer he always embraced the struggle.
It was this tenacity that endeared him to people all over Canada. To many he was simply known as Jack and in Vancouver on Monday night some five hundred people gathered at the Art Gallery in a vigil for him.
It was a beautiful event with NDP activists and supporters holding candles. I held a CUPE flag which drifted gently in the evening breeze. It was fitting that after the day’s heavy rains the clouds cleared. As candles glowed people talked of Jack and grieved. I chatted with an old friend - we knew each from our activism with the BC Health Coalition. Our interaction, just one of many such conversations taking place.
I got home at about 10pm and went online to Youtube where I found a video of Jack singing at the 2005 Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner. The event typically has a satirical edge to it and that year was no exception with Jack singing his own lyrics to the tunes of three popular songs.
‘King of the Road’ became ‘Party For Sale or Rent’ with Jack making fun of himself, his party and the general state of federal politics at that time. The medley continued with ‘Nobody knows you when you’re down and out’ again with different and comical lyrics. He ended with a variant of the Barenaked Ladies ‘If I had a million dollars’ becoming ‘If I Had Another $48.6 billion dollars’.
As Jack left the stage that night - the musician accompanying him sang Hit The Road Jack. That night Jack left the stage of the press gallery dinner but yesterday he departed this life. He will be greatly missed, but what a legacy!
Jack Layton’s letter to Canadians
http://media.thestar.topscms.com/acrobat/a8/44/ffee8eaa4928bb2bc366f943f7af.pdf
obituary from The Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1043514--jack-layton-dead-at-61
Statement from Barry O’Neill, President CUPE BC
http://www.cupe.bc.ca/news/2241
Statement from Paul Moist, National President CUPE
http://cupe.ca/paul-moist/paul-moist-remembers-jack-layton
Jack Layton will be remembered as a fighter. From his first political steps as a young man to the amazing surge of the federal NDP in this year’s spring election to his fight with cancer he always embraced the struggle.
It was this tenacity that endeared him to people all over Canada. To many he was simply known as Jack and in Vancouver on Monday night some five hundred people gathered at the Art Gallery in a vigil for him.
It was a beautiful event with NDP activists and supporters holding candles. I held a CUPE flag which drifted gently in the evening breeze. It was fitting that after the day’s heavy rains the clouds cleared. As candles glowed people talked of Jack and grieved. I chatted with an old friend - we knew each from our activism with the BC Health Coalition. Our interaction, just one of many such conversations taking place.
I got home at about 10pm and went online to Youtube where I found a video of Jack singing at the 2005 Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner. The event typically has a satirical edge to it and that year was no exception with Jack singing his own lyrics to the tunes of three popular songs.
‘King of the Road’ became ‘Party For Sale or Rent’ with Jack making fun of himself, his party and the general state of federal politics at that time. The medley continued with ‘Nobody knows you when you’re down and out’ again with different and comical lyrics. He ended with a variant of the Barenaked Ladies ‘If I had a million dollars’ becoming ‘If I Had Another $48.6 billion dollars’.
As Jack left the stage that night - the musician accompanying him sang Hit The Road Jack. That night Jack left the stage of the press gallery dinner but yesterday he departed this life. He will be greatly missed, but what a legacy!
Jack Layton’s letter to Canadians
http://media.thestar.topscms.com/acrobat/a8/44/ffee8eaa4928bb2bc366f943f7af.pdf
obituary from The Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1043514--jack-layton-dead-at-61
Statement from Barry O’Neill, President CUPE BC
http://www.cupe.bc.ca/news/2241
Statement from Paul Moist, National President CUPE
http://cupe.ca/paul-moist/paul-moist-remembers-jack-layton
Red Bull prepares to cross Rocky Mountaineer picket lines
Red Bull's Mini Drome tour, a lapped bicycle ride comes to Vancouver and controversially the site of a Lock Out at the Rocky Mountaineer terminus, Cottrell Street on October 23.
The soft drink maker boasts that Mini Drome "brings skill, speed, balance, and bravado together on a steep and shrunken version, far from the traditional velodrome, to give competitors the most challenging and treacherous ride of their lives." At the same time competitors are having the time of their lives they will have to think on the fact that in taking part in this event they have crossed a picket line.
Rocky Mountaineer locked out its on-board attendants in June of this year and refuses to negotiate with the union Teamsters Local 31.
In addition spectators are also invited to cross the picket line. There is no admission charge.
The Super Champion Bike Shop at the foot of Main Street near Cordova is acting in partnership with Red Bull to organize the event. The store is taking registrants information.
The Vancouver International Film Festival also held an event at the Cottrell Street site. A large picket and mobilization by the B.C Federation of Labour persuaded film lovers to boycott the event.
The soft drink maker boasts that Mini Drome "brings skill, speed, balance, and bravado together on a steep and shrunken version, far from the traditional velodrome, to give competitors the most challenging and treacherous ride of their lives." At the same time competitors are having the time of their lives they will have to think on the fact that in taking part in this event they have crossed a picket line.
Rocky Mountaineer locked out its on-board attendants in June of this year and refuses to negotiate with the union Teamsters Local 31.
In addition spectators are also invited to cross the picket line. There is no admission charge.
The Super Champion Bike Shop at the foot of Main Street near Cordova is acting in partnership with Red Bull to organize the event. The store is taking registrants information.
The Vancouver International Film Festival also held an event at the Cottrell Street site. A large picket and mobilization by the B.C Federation of Labour persuaded film lovers to boycott the event.
Rocky Mountaineer Lock Out continues | Radio is Radio
The Lock Out at Rocky Mountaineer is far from over.
Here's an interview I did with Heather Donily, one of the on-board attendants for the Rocky Mountaineer. I spoke with her on The Rational on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, Monday 3 Oct.
The latest on Rocky Mountaineer is that Red Bull plan to hold a bicycle event at RM's train terminus Oct 23.
Rocky Mountaineer Lock Out continues | Radio is Radio
Here's an interview I did with Heather Donily, one of the on-board attendants for the Rocky Mountaineer. I spoke with her on The Rational on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, Monday 3 Oct.
The latest on Rocky Mountaineer is that Red Bull plan to hold a bicycle event at RM's train terminus Oct 23.
Rocky Mountaineer Lock Out continues | Radio is Radio
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Resistance to Cheney book bash
Today's newspapers and last night's web reports from CTV and CBC carried reports from the protest at the Vancouver Club where Dick Cheney appeared at a $500 a seat Bon Mot book club event.
Outside on the street the mood was jubilant almost celebratory as opponents to war and torture made their thoughts and feelings known. Protestors dressed in orange suits as a representation of Guantanamo Bay detainees sat at the front steps of the VC before the arrival of the first guests. Cheney arrived by other means as the venue became a fortress surrounded by the Vancouver Police and the RCMP.
A bevvy of media - TV, radio and photographers remained poised to get sights and sounds. Indie media also got their fix. Both indie and mainstream media were able to capture the image of people linking arms in an attempt to prevent Cheney guests from entering the club. The sidewalk was blocked with guests struggling to get through the rumbustious gathering.
Organizer of the Bon Mot event Leah Costello said it was not an endorsement of Cheney but an opportunity for debate and discussion. The former U.S Vice President continues to defend the interrogation techniques deployed during his tenure. It is a stand that has politicians at the highest level in Canada speaking out. Don Davies, the New Democratic Member of Parliament for Vancouver Kingsway voiced his opposition to allowing Cheney to enter Canada.
The disastrous invasion of Iraq and the ongoing war in Afghanistan remain front and centre in the minds of those opposed to these wars. Given Cheney's connection to this history it's of no surprise that the protest outside the West Hastings venue was as militant as it was.
Outside on the street the mood was jubilant almost celebratory as opponents to war and torture made their thoughts and feelings known. Protestors dressed in orange suits as a representation of Guantanamo Bay detainees sat at the front steps of the VC before the arrival of the first guests. Cheney arrived by other means as the venue became a fortress surrounded by the Vancouver Police and the RCMP.
A bevvy of media - TV, radio and photographers remained poised to get sights and sounds. Indie media also got their fix. Both indie and mainstream media were able to capture the image of people linking arms in an attempt to prevent Cheney guests from entering the club. The sidewalk was blocked with guests struggling to get through the rumbustious gathering.
Organizer of the Bon Mot event Leah Costello said it was not an endorsement of Cheney but an opportunity for debate and discussion. The former U.S Vice President continues to defend the interrogation techniques deployed during his tenure. It is a stand that has politicians at the highest level in Canada speaking out. Don Davies, the New Democratic Member of Parliament for Vancouver Kingsway voiced his opposition to allowing Cheney to enter Canada.
The disastrous invasion of Iraq and the ongoing war in Afghanistan remain front and centre in the minds of those opposed to these wars. Given Cheney's connection to this history it's of no surprise that the protest outside the West Hastings venue was as militant as it was.
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