Tragedy in tough town: what happened in Ottawa, ON on WED 22nd OCT 2014

Thankfully, some of us have not stopped questioning authority. I promised on facebook to publish my questions about how WED 22nd of October went down in Ottawa, ON, the Canadian capital. After continuous screening of reactions being glued to the screen just like y’all (which brought in lots of Mecker from Brian that I should play my bass) yourself, I feel, that many talented people in our virtual (never really understood why you would call it that way, as if to demean it in comparison to “full-bodied” communities, when it’s really a place where people associate over their like-mindedness and share of thought and thought process to discuss and exchange, and one doesn’t smell their bad breath, farts and sweat, what’s not to like?) communities already make very good points, and I will list and embed here, what is interesting and odd, because:

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Police criminalizes dissent, report says.

Konzerttip April: Bahamas in England

Royal Albert Hall ist schon ausverkauft, ich spiele einen Titel in der Sendung am Samstag. Royal Albert Hall is sold out, I will be playing a title of this band on my show airing come Saturday. Tune in!

11am EST/ 17h MEZ live stream auf Radio Tonkuhle

what a storm – wind of change?

This is 2 let y’all know that the playlist 4 April is coming soon, but also really interesting show on CBC radio 1 Winnipeg, about the arts and how much and in which way the are or have been part of party policies – did u know that CTV and CBC both have a challenge b4 the courts 2 show that Canadian current law prohibiting the reporting on the numbers of votes b4 election day is actually UNCONSTITUTIONAL?

Couldn’t help thinking, how different the communication models and assumptions about political opinion forming seem 2 be:
Existing law favours traditional media channels and party advertisement – top-down delivery.

With popular social networks such as Twitter, the law is basically impossible 2 be enforced and with these channels spiking out and achieving 3-dimensional connectivity of any of their members, the possible intake and distribution of information is not only widely branched … Continue reading

BarKanada airing SAT 9th of October 11am EST / 17h MEZ

BarKanada October edition airing

SAT 9th (2morrow) 11 AM EST/17h MEZ
@ www.tonkuhle.de on fm, cable and live stream

this time with Julian Fauth LIVE from
Neat Café in Burnstown, Ontario

and that cold got me cold even noticed all the warnings

Happy Thanksgiving – happy folk-conference, Ottawa!

In der Sendung SAT 14: Konzerttip Shakura S’Aida

Damit kommen wir zum exquisiten Konzerttip des Monats August für Euch: Shakura S’Aida, Ihr erinnert Euch, die kanadische Blues-Queen kommt Ende August in die Schweiz, nach Belgien und Italien und hat auch eine neue CD mit dem Titel “Brown Sugar” veröffentlicht. Ich spiele “Break Your Heart”:

(Did It) Break Your Heart Shakura S’Aida Brown Sugar 2010

Shakura S’Aida mit Break Your Heart, von Ihrer lange erwarteten, im April veröffentlichten CD “Brown Sugar.” Dieser Song ist speziell für Dich, Netti, aber ich hoffe natürlich, daß auch alle anderen ZuhörerInnen diese fantastische Sängerin genießen können, zumal sie drei Konzerte in Europa gibt:

Freitag, den 27. August kann man sie in Sierre in der Schweiz zum Sierre Bluesfestival sehen, am folgenden Samstag im belgischen Gevarenwinkel anläßlich des Blues & Jazz Festivals und dann geht’s am Sonntag nach Pordenone, Italien, wo Shakura S’Aida für das Pordenone Blues Festival gebucht ist. Falls Ihr … Continue reading

BarKanada 2air SAT, FEB 14th (VALENTINE’S), 11h AM EST

BarKanada to air live stream, fm, cable @ www.tonkuhle.de
SAT, FEB 14th VALENTINE’S
11h AM EST

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Welcome to the February edition of BarKanada – cool as ice and blue as Toronto in winter. In this show: The fantastic Blues Summit in January, wonderful live cuts from the nominated and showcasing artists. In addition: details of our nightly strolls for pray in music research in the Big Smoke – or whatever u’d like to call that big, beautiful city on the lake.

Things or incidents that somehow didn’t make it the show, but still impressed us or killed us laughing often end up in my blog about my band PEACEWORK here:

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