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How to recognize insurgents who threaten democracy in Canada

As US President Barack Obama rejects the Keystone Excel Pipeline as proposed by Trans Canada Corp. today, the focus is on Canada’s Northern Gateway Proposal. Thankfully, die urwüchsige Nation scheint aufgerüttelt und für eine echte und öffentliche Debatte:

Harper warns pipeline hearings could be “hijacked” on CBC News
An Open Letter from Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver in The Globe And Mail
Harper says pipeline debate should be left to Canadians in CBC News
Opposition to oil tankers on the rise in Forest Ethics
Save the Fraser Declaration
Pipeline project a gateway to disaster The Ottawa Citizen
Canadian jobs lost to the tar sands The Huffington Post
Oil sands should be left in the ground: NASA scientist
Enbridge reports leak from U.S. pipeline as Northern Gateway hearings begin
The real foreign interests in the oilsands The Ottawa Citizen JAN 12
The Enbridge Pipeline: The “Largest and Most Insidious Threat to Our Culture.” (Gerald Amos, Former Chief Councilor, Haisla First Nation), in The Huffington Post

Tags: British-Columbia, Forest Ethics, Gerald Amos, Joe Oliver, Kitimat, Northern Gate Pipeline, Rick Mercer Report, The Huffington Post, The Ottawa Citizen

Playlist BarKanada DEC 2011

Shake It Upside Down Steve Marriner Going Up 2007
The Blues Came Calling Richard Carr Tell Everybody 2011
Bad Daddy Natalia and Montuno Moving North 2011
Silver Bells Liam Titcomb 2011
Mr. Businessman Blues Diem Lafortune Beauty And Hard Times 2011
Good Times Ray Bonneville Bad Man’s Blood 2011
Wanker Blues
She Doesn’t Want You both pieces by Hip Shakin Mama and The Leg Men
Write Me A Few Of Your Lines Dan Livingstone and the Griffintown Jug Addicts 2011
Lemon Cheeky THE LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA
True Soul / My People Kia Kadiri

Tags: Dan Livingstone and the Griffintown Jug Addicts, Diem Lafortune, Hip Shakin Mama and The Leg Men, Kia Kadiri, Liam Titcomb, Natalia And Montuno, Ray Bonneville, Richard Carr, Shelley Lynne, Steve Marriner, THE LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA

The Love Machine

The Ottawa Band The Love Machine just won $ 50 000 @ The Big Money Shot

Need an appropriate show during the fest of love? I recommend we go back stage with Metro News, and check out The Love Machine. FRI, 23 DEC @ Greenfield’s Pub.

Konzerttip DEZ 2011: Ray Bonneville in Norderstedt und Frankfurt

photo by Jan Guchelaar

Bad Man’s Blood, eine neue Scheibe und auf Tour in Holland und Deutschland, einer meiner kanadischen Blues-Lieblinge: Ray Bonneville. Am Samstag in der Sendung (live stream ab 17h MEZ auf http://tonkuhle.de) spiele ich den Titel Good Times, kann man auch umsonst von seiner Internetseite herunterladen.

Und Konzertdaten sind hier gelistet. Bis danski!

Tags: Ray Bonneville

One Voice Counts – HauptstädterInnen wollen singenden Busfahrer zurück

Lokale HeldInnen an Board eines Ottawa City Bus, sie singen eine nur leicht abgeänderte Version von Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” um ihre Unterstützung für den singenden OC Transpo Busfahrer premieren zu lassen. Dem Busfahrer war befohlen worden, während des Fahrens nicht mehr zu singen.

“So you think you can raise rates and cut back on rides. . . ” – I love it!

Tags: bus, bus driver, Busfahrer, flash mob, OC Transpo, Ontario, Ottawa, singende, singing, voice

Playlist barKanada NOV 2011

Emporte Moi Christine Ann Atallah and the Bassalindos Escapades 2006
You’re The One Pat Loiselle 2008
Dream Fabien Bonnefoi 2009
Si Pero No Alex Cuba Are You 2011
Out Of Air Ember Swift 11:11 2011
I found A New Baby (excerpt) Alex Pangman 33 2011
Yours, All Yours Alex Pangman Live In Montreal 2005
Déjà Vu The Jivewires Laughing In The Poorhouse 2003
Let The Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan) The Jivewires Jives Do Jordan 2011
I Don’t Know Enough About You ( ) Matt Dusk Good News 2010
Dance Me Outside Craig Cardiff Floods & Fires 2011
Cocaine Kisses Miss Polygamy EP 2011
Remember You Best The Sonic Defense Project 2011

Tags: Alex Cuba, Alex Pangman, Christine Atallah, Craig Cardiff, Ember Swift, Fabien Bonnefoi, Matt Dusk, Miss Polygamy, Pat Loiselle, Steve Berndt, The Bassalindos, The Jivewires, The Sonic Defense Project

Konzerttip November: Matt Dusk

Hey, wie wäre ein kanadischer Herzensbrecher gegen den Nebel?
Matt Dusk kommt ins flache Terrain, wie heißt’s, äh, Niederlande … bitte alle: Hingehen. Eyecandy und Ohrenschmaus im selben Konzert, also die Freundinnen gegriffen und los.

Samstag abend könntet Ihr seine samtweiche Stimme hören, im Chasse Theater in Breda, am Dienstag den 15. November in Hoofddorp, am Donnerstag in Heerlen, Freitag den 18. gastiert Matt Dusk im Stadstheater in Zoetermeer, und dann am Samstag, 19.NOVember in De Meervaart in Amsterdam. Klickt auf die Links für Details.

Samstag spiele ich “I Don’t Know Much About You”, kann man auch überall im live stream hören: www.tonkuhle.de, jeden zweiten Samstag im Monat um 17 Uhr MEZ …

Tags: Amsterdam, Europa, Europe, Holland, Matt Dusk, Niederlande

Playlist barKanada OCT 2011

Simple Pleasures David Myles (produced by Classified) Into The Sun 2011
Fired Up Matt Andersen Coal Mining Blues 2011
YoYo Rebecca Everett YoYo 2011
Going Up To The Country Scott Cook Moonlit Rambles 2011
How Come You Never Go There Feist Metals 2011
Yesterday’s News David Francey Late Edition 2011
Prime Time (Sammy Nestico) The Prime Time Big Band feat. Alan Ogborne on piano Prime Time … Swings Again! 2009
The Journey Amelia LeClair 2010
Century 21 Mackenzie Rhythm Section 2010
Revolution Kate Reid Doing It For The Chicks 2011
My Favourite Book (Flack) Stars The Bedroom Demos 2011
Only Gold Pharis & Jason Romero A Passing Glimpse 2011

Tags: Alan Ogborne, Amelia LeClair, Classified, David Francey, David Myles, Kate Reid, Lassified, Mackenzie Rhythm Section, Matt Andersen, Pharis & Jason Romero, Phil Lafrenière, Prime Time Big Band, Rebecca Everett, Scott Cook, Stars, Steve Marriner, Up & Up Records

Konzerttip OCT: Feist’s “Metals”

Am 15. im Amsterdamer Carre Theatre, am 22. October im Berliner Tempodrom – vermutlich sehr interessant, das Berliner Konzert ist schon ausverkauft, höre ich – Tour Details kann man auf Leslie Feist’s Webseite nachsehen, gegen eine email Adresse kann man das neue Album auch anhören. Zwölf Titel, ich werde wahrscheinlich “How Come You Never Go There” spielen. Tune in

www.tonkuhle.de SAT 8 OCT 11am EST / 17h MEZ

A Note From Leslie - beautiful video from the making of the album on www.listentofeist.com

Tags: Amsterdam, Berlin, Carre Theatre, Feist, Leslie Feist, Tempodrom

SAT OCT 8: tune in2 barKanada

Wall Street Protests not photoshopped

Workin’ on it as I am typing, u can tune in from 11 am EST/17h MEZ via live stream here – anybody heard ’bout the protests on Wall Street in New York? Apparently somebody photoshopped a google earth pic 2 make the crowd look bigger – there is an interesting discussion about that right here. Just click the word “here”!

4 me, this is the most interesting comment, close 2 the 1 question everybody assessing the truthfulness of any publication should ask:

Who is profiting from the notion that the publications evokes? Who is the real author?

This is the comment (left by Jordan October 3, 2011 at 2:46 am)

“I think the real question for this community to get to the bottom of at this point is who is Jason Wettstein and did he even make this image at all? It looks like he stole the image from Scott Lickstein per @Terrence McNally’s comment, and then added his own clownish text commentary on top of it. The difference in writing styles b/w Scott and Jason are like night and day, and the all-caps, mangled grammar of the photo that went viral are clearly Jason’s voice and not Scott’s. Scott has a nice explanation of his work on his site that is not intended to deceive but rather to consciously provoke thought, as any good artist should. The difference in voice and professionalism (for lack of a better word) implies that the original thought provoking work is indeed Scott’s, and that Jason came along after and saw an opportunity to steal the work and create a troll-style image to go viral and provoke people in an unsophisticated, deceitful way.

The remaining question would be who is Jason Wettstein, is he real or a right-winger trying to discredit the movement, and what does Scott think about this? (and why hasn’t anybody – Scott of otherwise – tried to put out a version of the image w/ a different text that is true to the original intent?”

Tags: banker, banks, demonstration, finance, Jason Wettstein, New York, Tim Parkinson, Wall Street Protests