Month: August 2008
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Free Downloads from Pony Da Look
When Sloan relaunched their Murder Records label they signed two bands (other than themselves) – my friends from Waterloo Will Currie and the Country French and Toronto’s Pony Da Look as of today both of those bands have music in this site’s Podsafe Download section. Pony Da LookPony Da Look is composed of Temple Bates…
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Time to Unite Against Stephen Harper
In his speech at the Democratic convention Barack Obama laid out plainly the choices before Americans, pointing out the failure of George Bush neo-con policies on almost every front. Canadians will soon have a similar choice to make. Stephen Harper is, perhaps more than Bush himself, a George Bush style neo-conservative. Harper’s policies are essentially…
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Free Downloads from the Choir Practice
Rumor has it that the Choir Practice was originally formed “as an excuse to drink wine and sing with friends.” If that is true then the logic follows that if you are going to “drink and sing with friends” you might as well do it on stage and get paid. The Choir Practice is an…
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Arts Funding Petition
An online petition has been started to make sure the Government of Canada knows that Canadians support the arts, and arts funding. It reads: “Canada Supports the Arts Target: Government of CanadaSponsored by: Professional Association of Canadian Theatres Canadians depend on our artists and their work to tell Canadian stories. Government investment is a crucial…
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Harpers War on Art: The Myths Around Taxes
If, as I have, you’ve been following the online debates on the issue of Harper’s cuts to the arts you will notice that Harpers supporters only really have one argument (framed in various ways). That argument is ‘tax dollars’. I have already suggested that we may be able to do something to take it out…
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Letter From A Veteran
Although this is outside the boundaries of where I usually go on publicbroadcasting.ca, I got an email today from this person that I thought I’d pass along. I am not sure who the MP is that he refers to, but if you’re a journalist in search of a BC story – have at it. If…
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The Berkeley Sessions to Broadcast on Bravo
Thanks to Joel Plaskett for the heads up on this: The Berkeley sessions are coming to Bravo TV this fall. Recorded at Toronto’s Berkeley Church the series will feature Episode 1 (Sept. 10): Canadian indie-rocker Joel Plaskett performs, alongside his father Bill, the acoustic versions of his hits Nowhere With You and Happen Now. Episode…
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Bruce Mcdonald Brings Zombies to TIFF 08: Pontypool
Bruce McDonald, director of such films as Hard Core Logo, Highway 61 and the Tracey Fragments has now made one of the scariest movies ever. At least he hopes it’s scary, I haven’t seen it – but the premiere is coming to the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is called Pontypool and is…
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Coming Up in Toronto
Thursday, August 28Squiggfest 08 – Day 4Facebook Event Page NO SHAME : Green Go / The Magic / TACSO w. TSRE / Europe in Colour @ RanchoFacebook Event Page Bulbs (ex-Axolotl) w/ The Dead Are Those Who Have DiedFacebook Event Page CrueFest After PartyFacebook Event Page Friday, August 2929.97A night of stand up comedy, live…
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Harper’s War on Art: The Backlash Continues
It’s been a busy 24 hours for those interested in Stephen Harper’s attempts to muzzle Canadian artists. It started with an emergency Heritage Committee Meeting where opposition parties accused Harper of censorship and abuse of power: “”There is real concern the government is picking and choosing which artists it is supporting and which artists it…