Shake It Upside Down Steve Marriner Going Up 2007
Need It Half Moon Run Dark Eyes 2012
Comin’ Through Blue King Brown Blue King Brown 2011
Never Falling Again Clear 2011
Times A Waistin’ Erykah Badu remix of DJ PhatCat Mixtape Vol. 5 The Roots & Erykah Badu 2009
Bag Lady Erykah Badu remix of DJ PhatCat Mixtape Vol. 5 The Roots & Erykah Badu 2009
Lost In The Light Bahamas Barchords 2012
Von der Bahamas Internetseite:
“Bahamas is the brain child of Afie Jurvanen, not exactly a band and not exactly a solo project. With a name like Afie Jurvanen you can quickly guess why a band name or moniker was needed. Nothing wrong with Afie’s name, but it sure doesn’t look as good in the music press as Bahamas.
Bahamas latest album is called Barchords and it just hit stores. The record is an intimate affair where the song and the singer are at the core. For a guy who knows how to rock (he’s been known to hang with Zeus) Afie also knows the importance of space and texture. Barchords has both in spades.
For this session Bahamas is made up of drummer Jason Tait of The Weakerthans fame with vocals by Carleigh Aikins and Felicity Williams and Afie on guitar and vocals.
For audio geeks there is something special in this session as well. Some old school Beatlesque panning. If you want to hear a solo Bahamas just mute the right speaker and you will hear only Afie and his guitar. If you like your Bahamas sans Afie (That would be strange, by the way) just mute the left speaker and you will hear Jason and the girls sans Afie.”
Update DEC 5h 2011: The “ominous” bill C10 just passed the first vote in Canada’s House of Commons.
Anti Crime Bill (C10) protesters in front of Canada's Supreme Court with the West Wing of Parliament in the back in Ottawa SAT 26NOV2011
I heard the demonstrators were 2 meet at Confederation Park @ NOON and then march to Parliament 2 protest the Omnibus Crime Bill C-10. Info here. I caught up on the hill and started taping when some of the protesters stopped on the Western leading 2 lanes of Wellington @ Kent Street. My estimate: there must have been around a 1000 people protesting Saturday, 26th of November 2011. Traffic was passing @ all times, even with some sitting down on that Northern half of the street. Although traffic had 2 slow down 2 pass the protesters, there was a rather supportive reaction from most of the drivers, some of which were sounding their horns and waving their hands. Please press play 2 see 4 yourself.
A number of interesting speakers on the steps of Canada’s highest court of appeal are next, the speeches are all complete, my edits aim 2 make my crappy recordings a little more bearable in a number of ways. In the order of their appearance:
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!
u know, just when I effing beamed my show over 2 good old, and my brother has it all set up (the 1 with the little kid, my gorgeous nephew) in the system (tonkuhle.de) u come out. This makes me wanna change the whole goddam production (bout 3 days of cutting it and a lifetime of screening). Deep breath. An die deutschen Freunde: Neun Stunden und 10 Minuten bis zur Sendung, dennoch ich wünschte, ich haette dieses Stück vor deadline gehört – soll ich ihm was bestellen von Euch? fast jeden Donnerstag @ Irene’s Pub. Cool or what? einschalten
17h in live stream auf www.tonkuhle.de. Radio macht glücklich!
wenn Ihr wollt und wenn Ihr könnt: Die Barkanada (Juni-Ausgabe) kommt diesmal live aus dem Blacksheep Inn in Wakefield, Québec, mit einem Konzert von Great Big Sea Frontmann Sean McCann und geht morgen auf Sendung. Ihr könnt im Internet mithören:
www.tonkuhle.de, 11h am EST oder 17h MESZ (Sommerzeit).
Oh Kanada, ich kenne Dich nicht wieder! Immer wenn man es am wenigsten erwartet, hat dieser verspannte Ort eine unerwartete Wendung auf Lager…
Erst ging es in diese Kampagne so gelangweilt und vorhersehbar wie eh und je (is’ ja nur die vierte in sieben Jahren), scheinen jedenfalls die hier ansässigen JournalistInnen sich alle einig zu sein, obwohl Premierminister Stephen Harper das Ende seiner zweiten MInderheitsregierung vermutlich selbst getimt hat – dass er mit seiner neuesten Heimlichtuerei über die im Haushalt nicht verbuchten Kosten der neu zu kaufenden Kampfjets diesmal nicht am Parlament vorbeikommen konnte, scheint auch Stephen Harper selbst klar gewesen zu sein – was im Zusammenhang mit der Tatsache, dass die konservative Partei Kanada’s über ein halbes Jahr negativ und personenbezogen auf der liberalen Opposition rumhackte in bezahlten Fernseh-Spots, aus den allgemeinen Töpfen der konservativen Partei finanziert, in eine gewisse Perspektive rückt – beides ist zu Wahlzeiten illegal, aber als die Regierung vor sechs Wochen fiel, schienen viele Wechselwähler und die konservative Basis schon genügend glotzophonisch weichgespült.
Dachtense alle.
Viele mehr oder weniger überraschende Sachen schienen darauf alle mehr oder weniger gleichzeitig zu passieren:
Die Spitzenkandidatin der Grünen Parei Kanada’s, Elizabeth May, wurde von denen im Fernsehen live übertragenen Fernsehdebatten auf Englisch und Französisch ausgeschlossen, darüber gibt es einen früheren Eintrag in diesem Blog … rechtmäßig scheint dies vorerst nur bis das Gericht die Frage ausreichend geprüft hat, ob hier das Konsortium aus Medien nicht anderweitig entscheiden sollte, die kanadischen Grünen hatten umgehend gegen den Ausschluss geklagt.
Rick Mercer, ein Fernseh-Entertainer, hielt in seiner Show ein glühendes Playdoyer, und wenn es nur eingedenk der arabischen Demokratie-Martyrer sei, auf jeden Fall am Montag zu wählen. Believe it or not, diese Schmährede (“young people don’t vote, and established parties like it that way”) inspirierte jede Menge “Vote-Mobs” quer durch’s ganze Land, meist junge Leute – so war derselbe Mercer nun sechs Wochen später in den Nachrichten zu sehen wie er zu ungefähr 15 000 auf Handy call hin super spontan Versammelten im Park zuruft: “Jump up and say: Surprise, we’re voting (Überraschung, wir wählen), woraufhin alle genau das tun – unglaublich, aber wahr (oder nur CBC-Propaganda, wie man sonst gerne von konservativen Anhängern zu hören kriegt)!
Diverse Schmutzkampagnen gegen die liberalen Gruppen weiter und Wochen mit Krimi-gerechten Anschuldigungen einiger konservativer Kandidaten, u.a wegen Betrug, später, scheinen die Separatisten in Québec die Nasen massenhaft von Separatismus gleichermaßen wie von konservativer Big Small Time voll zu haben und stattdessen zu glauben, dass die linksliberale Neue Demokratische Partei NDP mit langjährigem Parteivorsitzenden Jack Layton eine weit bessere Vertretung in Ottawa abgibt – the orange crush (grün und orange vor allem sind die Farben der Partei, jedoch “Orange Crush” ist auch ein Brausegetränk, dass ich einen Fan dem grinsenden Layton während einer Wahlveranstaltung in die Hand drücken sah) startete in der Provinz Québec mit elektrisierenden Wahlveranstaltungen, während derer der langjährige Volksvertreter es verstand, diesmal bei der Sache zu bleiben und nicht wie viele in die Attacken-Rede zu verfallen – Ottawa ist kaputt, lasst uns zusammenarbeiten, um es zu reparieren – dieser Slogan und die Egalität, den die Neuen Demokratischen Frauen anstreben, die kulturell weit gefächerten Prägungen ihrer Kandidaten, das pragmatisches Auftreten des Spitzenkandidaten, der ein alter Hase im Parlament ist, haben in diesem so trocken gestarteten Wahlkampf mit passioniertem Finish viele Kanadier auf NDP-Seite gebracht und jungen Leuten die Leidenschaft für Politik wiedergegeben – wenn alle wählen, dann sind Direktmandate am interessantesten, und das ist vielleicht der größte Gewinn, den wir in dieser Wahl feiern wollen: Ein Drittel mehr Kanadier als vor zwei Jahren haben schon per Briefwahl gewählt, wie auch immer, die Wahlbeteiligung wird höher sein, ein Sieg für die Demokratie, ich gratuliere, Oh Kanada, von ganzem Herzen!
Die letzten Umfragen zeigen: Elizabeth May hat gute Chancen für einen Wahlkreis in Britisch-Kolumbien als erste Grüne kanadische Abgeordnete ins nationale Parliament gewählt zu werden, und Jack Layton könnte theoretisch Kanada’s nächster Premier sein – die Aufregung hilft köstlich über den trüben Frühling hinweg und trumpft sogar handfeste Ablenkungen wie die NHL-playoffs und die königliche Hochzeit in England – schön, dass so viele sich nicht mehr ablenken lassen, Kanada, alle Achtung.
Langjährige FreundInnen werden bestätigen, dass ich dieses “schon ümma” vor mich hingemurmelt habe:
Alles neu macht der Mai. Some change finally. I’m ready!
JW Jones und Schlagzeuger Art Mak geben noch zwei Konzerte in Freudenburg und Twist. Mit Art Mak konnte ich vor 2 Monaten vor der Tour dieses Interview in der Kneipe Irene’s in Ottawa führen:
Update March 28 2011 6.23h pm
I got to double check the map and had to correct direction of marching protesters from “north north east” to ” north north west”. To illustrate that better, I embedded said map into this post below.
Slowly there’s the footage of Saturday’s Solidarity-For-Bahrain-demonstration surfacing: March 22 2011 3.05h am
http:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=vL-ev0J57DY two space bars make the link address visible in this post
now here u see exactly, how the protest moves north north west on Sussex Drive, with the US embassy on the right, and the Ottawa river up Sussex in the viewer’s back, approaching the second stop after parliament, the Saudi-Arabian embassy. The movie ends, with images shortly before the crowd crosses onto the river side of Sussex Drive, just at the curve to the East where that road has 2 follow the river for a while, if I interpret that correctly – what do you see?
I joined a group of protesters Saturday afternoon at about 4.30h pm EST on Sussex Drive/US embassy and would like 2 note the following observations – March 20th, 4.31 am EST:
A.
First of all, a very basic check (asked different protesters if they knew where the Bahraini embassy in Ottawa were with all of them declining any knowledge, then google with a listing in Washington, DC) seems 2 indicate that Canadian-Bahraini affairs are dealt with over only two North American diplomatic missions of the Island Kingdom, one to the US in the capital of Washington, the other to the Unites Nations in New York. No diplomatic mission of Bahrain to Canada, according to the web site of the government of Bahrain:
B.
Boteler Street was closed off and so was Sussex Drive, yet that safety measure was taken by what appeared a well present but considerate and relaxed police, mostly it seemed, not 2 interfere with car traffic of which there was hardly any on Boteler Street. At 125 Boteler Street located, however, is the Embassy Of The United Arab Emirates to Canada (1), in front of which protesters chanted their protest to King Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2), the president of the UAE, allegedly having authorized the deploy of security troops 2 take down pro-democracy protests in Manama, the Bahraini capital, which a press release from the web site of the UAE embassy to Canada confirms (2), as well as holding a prayer for killed protesters at home in a later phase of the demonstration. At the same place, a quarter of the assembled Ottawa-protesters also condemned Bahraini King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for calling in Saudi and Emirate troops to suppress and fight his own people. These chants were translated 2 me by a participating Canadian grandmother born in Syria as well as Canadian girls in their twenties from Bahraini parents on different occasions. The manifestation with many young families thus moved around the Saudi Embassy from Sussex Drive, where
C.
the peaceful crowd initially had expressed their opposition to what protesters called “an invasion” of Bahrain by 2000 troops from Saudi-Arabia, in front of the Saudi-embassy, a very modern built overlooking the Ottawa River, where many participants and their posters with shot and tortured victims of the reportedly peaceful protests were seen by frequent car traffic passing on Sussex Drive. Traffic on Sussex was stopped to let protesters cross the street onto the riverside, where grass covered green space offered more room for the demonstration than the narrow sidewalk of the east side walk of Sussex Drive.
D.
My estimate is it might have been around thousand people, a videotaping man in suit in his mid-fifties claimed 2,000 when I asked him how many protesters had participated according to his estimate.
E.
So far, I found three major news outlets reporting on a none existing embassy, completely ignoring the two real targets of the protest, the monarchs of Saudi-Arabia and The United Arab Emirates:
Bahrain protest forces road closure
By SCOTT TAYLOR, OTTAWA SUN
Last Updated: March 19, 2011 5:52pm
A demonstration outside the Bahraini embassy has prompted road closures in downtown Ottawa Saturday afternoon.
Police say about 450 people are involved in what they describe as a peaceful rally.
Boteler St. is closed from Dalhousie St. to King Edward Ave. As of 5:45 p.m. police didn’ t know how long the closures will last.
Protest at Bahraini Embassy forces downtown road closures
Updated: Sat Mar. 19 2011 6:48:03 PM ctvottawa.ca
A crowd of 450 protestors marched in front of the Bahraini Embassy in downtown Ottawa Saturday, forcing police to close several roads.
Boteler Street between Dalhousie Street and King Edward Avenue was closed for several hours. They re-opened shortly before 7 p.m. Police said the demonstration was peaceful but the closures were necessary to ensure public safety in the area.
The crowd was protesting against a recent crackdown from the Bahraini regime on anti-government protestors in the island nation, located just off the coast of Saudi Arabia.
Protestors have been demonstrating against the government there since February as part of the larger pro-democracy movement sweeping across the Middle East.
BY CLAIRE BROWNELL, OTTAWA CITIZEN MARCH 19, 2011
OTTAWA – Police have closed Boteler Street between Dalhousie Street and King Edward Avenue for a demonstration in front of the Bahraini Embassy Saturday afternoon.
Police said about 450 people took part in the demonstration, which started on Parliament Hill and called for an end to the Libyan regime of Moammar Gadhafi, and then marched, late Saturday afternoon, to the Embassy of Bahrain in the ByWard Market. Police said the demonstration is peaceful and the road closures are in place to ensure public safety.
Recent pro-democracy protests in Bahrain have been violently repressed by the government.
Those reports corroborate exactly the info I heard from a female African American officer who answered me, she had heard, 450 people participated in the protests.
Ever since I joined protesters on Sussex when passing the US embassy, I have not seen, met or spoken with either one of those seeming to report on the demonstration. I saw one camera team, no channel fonts or logos or the like, though, and none of their reporters spoke to me nor did I have a chance to enquire about their coverage. No recent footage on You Tube either tonight.
I would like to find out:
1. was there any representative of the listed media really in communication with participating protestors? when and where?
2. where does the quote “Bahraini Embassy in Ottawa/Byward Market” originate? where is that embassy, svp?
3. do media professionals now simply quote what the police tells them happened while reporters do not have time nor ressources to witness demonstrations unfold for themselves, first hand, that is, nor do the simplest of fact-checking before they put their news together?
As to the copyright of concerned outlets, it’s kinda crucial 2 document these grave mistakes on reporting in the same place, greater good and all, but also, who knows if those racing reporters might not remove those pages altogether.
(1)
from the website of the United Arab Emirates Embassy to Canada (http://www.uae-embassy.ae/Embassies/ca/news/2011/03/18/225)
quote start:
UAE sends security troops to Bahrain
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Mohammed Gergash stated that the United Arab Emirates, in response to a request from the sisterly Kingdom of Bahrain for assistance in and contribution to establishing security and domestic stability, has decided to dispatch a security force to take part in preserving order and security in Bahrain. “The United Arab Emirates affirms that this step represents a lively embodiment of its commitment to brothers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). It is also evidently expresses that the regional security and stability at this time requires us all to unite our ranks to protect achievements, keep sectarian strife away as well as to lay foundations for the future,” Gergash added. “This is based on the United Arab Emirates’ belief in the solid historic relations, fraternal ties, kinship and common destiny that the Arab GCC member states share. It also comes in light of the sublime principles which the GCC charter established, affirms the commitment of GCC member states to close ranks against any dangers facing them and considers the stability and security of GCC member states as one indivisible whole and also as a commitment to conventions and defence and security treaties,” he further said. Gergash also noted that the United Arab Emirates follows with concern the developments in Bahrain, in particular the national dialogue initiative launched by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain and Deputy Supreme Commander. “The UAE calls on all the Bahraini people to respond positively and without prior conditions to this invitation to contribute to the reduction of tension, end the current crisis and find suitable solutions that would preserve the achievements of the brotherly Bahraini people,” Gergash noted.
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3 years on the air!
In November 2011 it's been 3 years that "BarKanada' has been airing every month. For your following I thank u very much!
"BarKanada" ist schon seit 3 Jahren auf Sendung, jeden Monat! Für Eure Unterstützung und Treue bedanke ich mich herzlich!
Ça fait 3 ans que "BarKanada" soit diffusé sur les ondes de tonkuhle.de. Merci pour votre fidèle appui!
