What’s up, y’all? New Clean Up Hour — I talk a bit about all of the legal drama in Hip Hop this past week.
Tracklist:
By Storm – Double Trio
Drake & J. Cole – First Person Shooter
Scrim – maserati slick
Casey Veggies & Iamsu! – Won’t She
Jack Harlow & Shloob – Wasted Youth
Westside Boogie – RATCHET BOOG INTERLUDE
Jay Rock – Numbers on the Board (freestyle)
Diggy & Jadakiss – 88
French Montana & J.I.D – Praise God
Shad – Flawless
Heems, Your Old Droog, & Lapgan – Sri Lanka
Non Phixion – Say Goodbye to Yesterday
Crownovhornz – No Dial Tone
Buck 65 – 463 (Remix)
Vince Staples – Sizzurp
jerry – the letter i wanted to write you
Ramriddlz – Gang $Igns
Cowboy5 – Daisy Dukes & Cowboy Boots
B. Stille & Audio Stepchild – Another Sofa Bed
JAY STONE – PATENT PENDING
The Neztiq Mute & DJ Concept – Just Want to Go Home
Schoolboy Q – Cycle
Lupe Fiasco – DRILL MUSIC IN ZION
Young Jeezy – Better Than Ever
6 Dogs – The Dash (Mindframes)
Travis Thompson & Jake One – Same Ole Drop
Wale & Lil Durk – Break My Heart (My Fault)
Home Brew – The Truth is Ugly
Jaden Smith – Offering
Lansky Jones – The Return of Danny Jones
Daniel Caesar – Freudian
In response to Israel’s allegations that 12 employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) approximately 30,000 workers were involved in the attacks on Israelis on October 7th 2023, Canada immediately announced they would end funding to the agency. Canadian officials have since admitted to CBC News that Canada has not seen any of the evidence for the claim. Additionally, Global Affairs did not respond to requests from CKMS News to explain the decision making process for cutting funds to the largest aid agency in Palestine even as Médecins Sans Frontières says the “humanitarian crisis has reached catastrophic levels” for millions of Palestinians.
This show features an Interview with Laurel Russwurm, an Elmira resident who authored a petition on ourcommons.ca calling for Canada to reinstate funding to UNRWA, and Kitchener Center Green Party MP Mike Morrice who supports immediately reinstating funding to the humanitarian agency.
Early Wednesday (Feb. 28), about 50 demonstrators in Kitchener blocked the entrance to local arms manufacturer Colt Canada on Wilson Avenue, demanding that the Canadian government impose an immediate and total arms embargo on Israel.
The demonstration is part of a broader protest across the country which is demanding a Canadian arms embargo on Israel and highlighting military exports from Canada to Israel. It was organized by Labour 4 Palestine, Labour Against the Arms Trade, and World BEYOND War, in response to the call by a coalition of more than 30 Palestinian unions and worker organizations to end all complicity and stop the flow of weapons to Israel.
About 60 people gathered in front of the Waterloo Region Police Services (WRPS) building in Kitchener on Friday to protest the fatal shooting by police of Nicholas Nembhard, a 31-year-old Black man.
Nembhard was killed in the evening of Feb. 19, the third such fatal shooting in the region since 2007. Police confirmed Feb. 20 that the Special Investigations Unit was investigating the shooting.
The next day, on Feb. 21, the African, Caribbean, and Black Network (ACBN) put out a statement condemning the WRPS’ killing of Nembhard, a “Black man in distress due to a mental health crisis.”
Organizers of the Friday demonstration explained why they felt the gathering was necessary and explained their demands of police, including changes to responses to mental health calls.
But some people felt organizers had not done enough to include the Black community and had used the killing of a Black man to push their own agenda.
Raechele Lovell is the chair of the Waterloo Region Arts Fund, and due to recent funding cuts has set up Save The Arts Waterloo Region. She also runs DiverseWorks, a safe space to practice the arts and teach de-colonialization.
Raechele is the chair of the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund, which provides grant support for artists, both organizations and individuals. Raechele had received funds for her company, Diverse Works, but the production was thwarted by the pandemic, so she turned it into a film, shown at the Registry Theatre. Subsequent years she received funds for other, varied projects. Raechele runs down what other types of projects are funded.
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There are a lot of artists in Wateloo Region, but few opportunities. Federally, we’re considered an “artistic desert”; we’ve been systemically underfunded. There are several sources of funding, including the private sector and family. This artistic desert started with gentrification and the Mike Harris government (in 1995) reducing funding for arts in education. Private schools aren’t necessarily any better at teaching the arts, but they may have more capacity. The pandemic forced artists to change how they presented their art, but not equitably — not everyone has access to the equipment, or the learning capacity. And much pandemic funding is no longer available, even though the effects of the pandemic are still with us. Artists predominantly live under the poverty line. Raechele is lucky in that her day job is also in the arts. But people who need to work as servers, in retail, or a corporate job don’t have the capacity to do the art work.
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Talking about the KW Symphony shut down. Not unexpected, but still a big shock. The symphony was deeply in debt, and funding from the region had been denied. Raechele points out, as a racialized, younger person “If the symphony can’t make it, who can?” The symphony shutdown caused a lot of unrest in the arts community. Over 70 musicians lost their jobs, as well as executives, supporters, the people who worked at the Conrad Centre and the Centre In The Square. And the patrons of the symphony are now going to other cities to enjoy their music. But the KW Symphony funding is not the only funding that was removed. Regional Councillor Kari Williams proposed a 20% reduction to the Arts Fund, but Waterloo Regional Council approved a 10% reduction. Not just the Arts Fund is affected, but the entire portfolio: the key cultural institutions, the grassroots initiatives, the upstream fund, a climate action change fund, and entrepreneurial initiatives. And this loss in funding occurred after these organizations had established their 2024 budgets; the cuts were made after the Director of Culture and Art, Helen Chimirri-Russell, stepped down, so the department had no oversight. Raechele was personally affected by these cuts, and has set up Save The Arts Waterloo Region, hoping to grow an on-going advocacy body for the arts sector.
Raechele set up Save The Arts as a response to the systemic defunding of the arts, not just in Waterloo Region. Yet people are keen to approve a $14 million increase for the police budget which already has surpluses. Raechele is concerned about the funding of racist enforcement, that this is a delibrate effort to protect their colonial ways. There’s no interest in redirecting any of that money into community initiatives. There is data that putting money into prevention programs and affordable housing there would not be as much crime. The fact that this is being actively ignored feels intentional and like a systemic problem. Raechele feels very personally attacked. The hope is that Save The Arts will be able to address some of these issues. The campaign is for artists to have a safe space to come together to fight these battles together. Raechele’s goal is to move towards an arts council, to seek funding for the arts outside the Region.
28m39s
Raechele talks about making art accessible. Her show for the MT Space IMPACT23 festival took place outside, on the Gaukel Block, free and available for everyone. Art gives hope, entertainment, empathy, compassion; this is what art does for us. Funding is vital to put on these no-admission performances, and still provide an income to the artists.
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Communication about the cut in funding was poor — Raechele learned about the cuts from the news. This was just one of many concerns about governance alleged in the news. Raechele is joined in Save The Arts by some people from the Waterloo Arts Fund board and other artists, but this group is for everyone. The arts community in Waterloo Region is more vibrant that what Raechele has experienced in Toronto. The campaign can grow to benefit other regions; there are funding cuts at other arts organizations. Raechele sees the drop in funding as a step backwards to last century when artists needed to fight for civil rights, fighting for marginalized people. Raechele has had two meetings, the first a special Waterloo Arts Fund meeting to discuss the funding cuts, then a Town Hall meeting for the community. There’s a mailing list of around 200 people to keep informed of upcoming events. There are plans, but none Raechele is willing to share.
How to get funding: Running community workshops on how to get money from the Arts Fund, how to get money from the Ontario Arts Council. There’s no database of available options. Workshops on dealing with tax problems, how to make investments, and more. Most artists don’t have a financial background, but Raechele does. She started in the corporate workforce, but quickly realized she wanted to pursue her dreams. Recently Raechele made a trip to Barbados to celebrate her grandmother’s 100th birthday, and turned that experience into a documentary that she presented last year at THEMUSEUM. Her roots go back to the British slave trade on Barbados.
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Raechele’s company DiverseWorks sprang out of frustration in giving dance lessons six days a week. It provided a creative outlet, and she had the experience to make it work. Working on de-colonialization sounds more like teaching, but Raechele still views it as art. She is in the process of building the DiverseWorks de-colonial arts hub, a physical safe space to practice, perform, dance, teach, all with racialized representation.
51m15s
Raechele gives out the contact info for the Save The Arts campaign, and encourages everyone with concerns about funding in the arts sector to come to the Committee meeting on Tuesday 5 March 2024 to speak to Council. And go see art!
55m00s
Bob gives the credits.
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
Rights Back At You is the Amnesty International Canada podcast that examines anti-Black racism, policing, and surveillance. They delve into stories of resistance and meet the people making change unstoppable. From facial recognition and the right to protest to the war on drugs and defunding the police, this series connects the dots and passes the mic to people building a better future now. They unravel the Canada you think you know and challenge the systems that hold back human rights.
Meet the Host
Daniella BarretoDaniella Barreto is the host and producer of Rights Back at You and the former Amnesty International Canada Digital Activism Coordinator. She was an organizer with Black Lives Matter Vancouver when the group discovered they were under police surveillance. She has a background in epidemiology and public health and is concerned with the intersections of racism, health, and policing. She co-produced RUDE the Podcast and was runner-up in the 2019 Hot Docs Podcast Festival Pitch Competition. Daniella is an immigrant from Zimbabwe to unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories (aka Vancouver, BC).
Rights Back At You is syndicated from Amnesty International Canada. It is not currently on the CKMS-FM schedule.
Many of this year’s guests have worked or volunteered in campus and community radio.
Rendez-vous de la Francophonie is hosted by Catherine Fisher, and is syndicated from RVF and the NCRA, and aired on CKMS-FM on Sundays from 3:30pm to 4:00pm during the month of March 2024.
List of podcast guests
3 March: Dr. Claire-Marie Brisson hosts the North American Francophone Podcast and is a Preceptor in French at Harvard University. In this conversation, Claire-Marie talks about growing up in Dearborn, Michigan in a bilingual family, sharing her love of language through teaching and her podcast, some Franco-American history. She also offers insights about her upcoming book, Michiganaise.
10 March: Amélie Sauquet-Davidson is the Sponsorship Coordinator at Kootenay Co-op Radio, a community radio station in Nelson, BC. Amélie talks about growing up in France, learning Spanish and English, coming to Quebec, and finally, coming to British Columbia, where she lives and works in English and French.
10 March: Shelley Robinson is the executive director of National Capital Freenet in Ottawa, Ontario, and the former executive director of the National Campus and Community Radio Association. In this conversation, she speaks about how anglophones can support bilingualism, being a life-long French learner, and her experience working and volunteering in community radio in Canada, Rwanda, and Afghanistan.
17 March: Francella Fiallos is a Program Officer and Communications Director at the Community Radio Fund of Canada. In this conversation, Francella talks about speaking Spanish and English as a child in Ottawa, her experience of learning French, and her history working and volunteering in community radio in Halifax, Montreal, and Ottawa.
17 March: Kallee Lins is the executive director of the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council/Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance. She talks about learning French in school and living and working in French and English in Montreal and Ottawa.
24 March: KL Kivi is an author and activist living in Sinixt tmxʷúlaʔxʷ (homeland) in the Columbia Mountains of British Columbia. KL grew up speaking Estonian and English. They learned French in school and then spent a year in southern France as a young adult. In this conversation, KL speaks of their love of learning and language and how different languages open us up to new perspectives and ideas.
24 March: Victoria King is a manager at the Executive Office at The University of Winnipeg Foundation. Victoria talks about growing up in an anglophone family, learning French in Canada through her school’s late immersion program and working and volunteering at CKUW, a campus radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
31 March: Ness Benamran is a manager at Kootenay Career Development Services in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. In this conversation, Ness talks about his childhood living in France, England, and Cyprus, learning and then relearning French, living in Barcelona, Spain, as a young adult, and immigrating to a majority English-speaking region of Canada, where it is sometimes difficult to use his other languages.
Episode 2 of Readers Delight – featuring authors: Ana Dee, Kristopher Mielke and Jennifer Willcock.
Ana Dee read poems from her poetry collection “Untouched: A Poetry Collection”. This book is available on Amazon in paperback. The Genre is: Canadian Poetry. Kristopher Mielke read from their book “Losing Hit Points”. This book is available on Amazon as paperback or hardcover. The Genre is: LGBTQ2S + Romance for young adults. Jennifer Willcock read from her book “Into the Forest”. This book is available on Amazon in paperback and hardcover. The Genre is: YA Contemporary Romance & Fantasy.
What’s up, y’all? First up, here’s what I have added to Libretime since last week:
Revenge of the Trees
EP
Rock
CanCon
Ed Henderson
Guitar Wall
Easy Listening
CanCon
Randy Lyght
A Return to Romance
Pop
CanCon
Brahja Waldman
Cosmic Brahjas
Jazz
CanCon
Brahja Waldman
Closer to the Tones
Jazz
CanCon
Monique Angele
Monique Angele
Pop
CanCon
Man Made Lake
Zine
Rock
Indeterminable
Brishen
Brishen
Jazz
CanCon
Scott Cook
One More Time Around
Folk
CanCon
Brendan Benson
You Were Right
Rock
No
Eugene Ripper
Fast Folk Undground III quiet light
Other
CanCon
Shua James
The Return of Nigsy Brown
Rap
NSFR
CanCon/KWCon
Adulthood
Girlfriend
Indie Rock
CanCon
Litterbug
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Alternative
CanCon
Brave Parents
Someone to Jump Out at You
Rock
CanCon
Darryl Alexander Sr.
Transitions
Jazz
No
Various Artists
Musicworks 147
Various
CanCon
Here is tomorrow’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Nicole Rampersaud – Natural Decay, excerpt
Myriam Alter – No Man’s Land
Joel Kerr – Water Talk
The Christian Overton Quartet – Chasing Ghosts
Anne Lindsay – Roro/Swedish Seven
Kubla Khan – Unemployment
Shadow of Whales – Talk
The Real McKenzies – Drunkards Lament
Dante Matas – Race to a Red Light
The Velvetians – Strange Side of the Street
Dom Mar Kz – If I Was God
Big Pacific – Rockin on the Water
Terra Lightfoot – No Hurry
Ramon Taranco – Devil Can Blues
The New Customs – The Old Farmhouse
Rory Taillon – Warmest Regards
The Utilities – Pigeon
Mon Doux Saigneur – Chaque Matin
Catherine Leduc – La Fin Ou Le Debut
Derwood – Did My Best
Kim Doolittle – Under a Memphis Moon
Ghost Wagon – Yonder Stands Your Juggler
Kendall Patrick – Grocery Store Parking Lot
Zachary Lucky – South Colorado Murder Ballad
Spencer Murray & Pipeslinger – Sheapstealer
Public hospitals in Ontario have been starved of billions of dollars under the Ford government while private health clinics have received a windfall of taxpayers’ funds, according to a new report by the Ontario Health Coalition.
According to the OHC report, over the last few years, private clinics in Ontario received a 212 per cent increase in funding in one year, rising from approximately $38 million in 2022-23 to over $120 million in 2023-24. At the same time, public hospitals received an increase of 0.5 per cent to their operating budgets. In Kitchener alone, this underfunding has manifested in 140 vacant RN positions due to lack of funding.
What’s up, y’all? Mophead here with this week’s Clean Up Hour. Tonight’s show is the 55th All Things Considered in which I make the case for Amir Obe. Here’s the mix:
Tracklist:
Liqour Store
IGNITE + GOODNIGHT
Don’t Belong Here
9 Milli
Truth For You (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR)
Fifteen
Famous
Feel It
Before the Vomit
Bloodshot
Dinner for Two
TALK TO ME NICE (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR)
On a Ride
Detroit Cartier
Tell Stories Interlude
Welcome to Rehab
Took You Seriously
BLINDED INTERLUDE (feat. Naomi Wild)
Still No Good (feat. Eli Sostre)
Where Did You Go
EXIT SIGNS
The Only
WHO I WAS
BAD TIMING INTERLUDE
MARILYN
YELLOW LIGHTS
WALKING ON WATER
EVERYONE TAKING SELFIES AT YOUR PARTY
ENEMIES
If I Jump
NATURALLY
Jay Z, Kanye, Esco
Drugs & Cam’Ron
Radio Waterloo had a booth at Winterloo this past Saturday, 17 February 2024. We were supposed to broadcast live from 11:00am to 5:00am, but it was cold! How cold was it? It was so cold that the computer we use to link to the studio froze up! Our wonderful Technical Committee managed to find another computer, which we put inside the DJ Dome so it wouldn’t freeze up too. But that meant we couldn’t use our microphones to chat with the people at Winterloo. Happily, DJ King Kadeem did an excellent job as a radio host, so our Live To Air broadcast was a success!
What’s up, y’all? First things first, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:
Pat Metheny Unity Group
Kin
Jazz
No
Stereophonics
Graffitti on the Train
Indie Rock
CanCon
Norine Braun
Conventus the Eye of the Heart
Rock
CanCon
Eightcubed
Sheath & Beyond
Unknown
CanCon
Marinol Nation
Suburbia & Minivans
Other
CanCon
Gruvoria
The Sixth Knuckle
Jazz
No
Moths & Locusts
Mission Collapse in the Twin Sun Megaverse
Indie Rock
CanCon
Eternal Husbands
Eternal Husbands
Jazz
CanCon
Unknown Colour
Barely See the Sun
Pop
Indeterminable
Timegiant
A Night to Remember
Alternative
CanCon
James Vincent McMorrow
Post Tropical
Indie Rock
No
Unwed Mothers
Unwed Mothers
Rock
CanCon
Michael Flynn
The First Time the Last Time
Folk
CanCon
Rebekah Stevens
Here I Am
Folk
CanCon
The Dead South
Chains & Stakes
Country
CanCon
Laney Jones
Stay at Home – Single
Rock
No
Ducks Ltd.
Harm’s Way
Indie Rock
CanCon
Ken Yates
Twenty-Three
Indie Rock
No
Boats
Marblemouth
Indie Rock
Indeterminable
Crossword
Different Light
Rap
NSFR (presumed)
No
Mushy Callahan
Makings of a Man
Indie Rock
CanCon
Julia Rose
Rewind – Singe
Rock
NSFR
CanCon/KWCon
Here is this week’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Julia Rose – Rewind
Laney Jones – Stay at Home
The Dead South – Tiny Wooden Box
Ducks Ltd. – Train Full of Gasoline
Bleeding Horse Express – Waiting on the Rapture
Jo Passed – Millennial Trash Blues
Julian Taylor Band – Sweeter
John Paul Kleiner – Someday, Girl
Big Little Lions – Find Your Tribe
Tracy Lynn – Winter Season
Cliff Grant – Stormy Monday
John Lewitt – Sucker Punch
Steve Poltz – Windows of Halifax
Eric Chenaux – Wild Moon
Dorjee Tsering – Tashi Delek
Omhouse – I Have Loved Your Ghost
The Faps – We Make Our Own Gravy
Barbara Lica – The Birds and Bees
Emily Jean Flack – Throwing Shapes
Anything But – Muckenfuss
Les Lepage – Sunset Surprise
Gen Gorman – Joe (You Gotta Save Yourself)
Mike Allen – Murph’s Turf
Catherine M Thompson – Those Tender Lips
Lorraine Desmaris Band – Habanera
Mallory Chipman – Cry for Somewhere
Michael Vlatkovich – The Eventual Supremacy of Reason
What’s up, y’all? New Clean Up Hour, tap in early:
Tracklist:
Michael Christmas – Felash
Schoolboy Q – Numb Numb Juice
Kyprios & Moka Only – Vancity Giants Freestyle
Pharohe Monch, Black Thought, Kanye West, & Talib Kweli – Guerilla Monsoon Rap
J. Stone – Numbers Lie Too
BlakRoc, Ludacris, & Ol’ Dirty B**tard – C**chie
Benny the Butcher -TMVTL
Travis Thompson, Logic, & Jake One – 81
Young Black Teenagers – On the DL (Down Low)
Young Black Teenagers – Nobody Knows Kelli
Main Source – H*llavision
Hip Hop Wieners, Gumshoe Strut, Yy, Gruf, Mcenroe, Gordski, Kunga219, & Birdapres – Studio Time
Jeymes Samuel, Adekunle Gold, Kodak Black, & Doja Cat – JEEZU
Kid Cudi – FUNKY WIZARD SMOKE
Ice Spice – Butterfly Ku
Lais & Skizzy Mars – Distance
D’Angelo & Jay-Z – I Want You Forever
Asher Roth & Heather Grey – Ash Roth!
Nonchalant – It’s All Love
Aesop Rock & Billy Woods – Living Curfew
Torae – Pardon Me
Juice & Molemen – Sincerely
AZ – Your World Don’t Stop
Boldy James & Nicholas Craven – Speedy Recovery
Ameer Vann & Merlyn Wood – SONG 2
D12 & King Gordy – Mrs. Pitts
Serengeti – Softball
Little Simz – Far Away
Tate Mcrae – plastic palm trees
Add-2 – Leave a Message
Machine Gun Kelly – Home Soon
Valentines Day edition! Playing a selection of songs that reflect all (or at last some) sides of love; the good, the bad, and the bittersweet! From romantic love, to long-distance love, to unrequited love, to self-love, to platonic love, check out this week’s episode for the scoop on love!
As Canada continues supplying military equipment and components to the Israeli government amidst the attacks on Palestinians, the federal government is coming under increased scrutiny. On February 1st, the Nicaraguan government announced they were initiating action against Canada, Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands at the International Court of Justice for supporting the Israeli aggression in Palestine.
This show features Rachel Small of World Beyond War discussing the groups activities, and the new online map which highlights locations and production details of weapons companies involved in arming the Israeli military, including 8 locations in Waterloo Region. CKMS News also discussed accountability and transparency in the Canadian weapons industry with Kitchener-Centre Green Party MP Mike Morrice.
CKMS News asked the ministry of International Development to confirm that the government has received letter from the Nicaraguan government regarding the initiating of actions against Canada at the ICJ for arming Israel. John Babcock, a spokesperson for the ministry told CKMS News that “Global Affairs Canada has seen the Nicaraguan press release.” He concluded “We are not in a position to comment further on this matter”.
We are attending Winterloo! This is the second time, as we were there in 2019 as well (super chilly that year). Come out say hello! Winterloo has stuff for the whole family.
*New location. Due to mild weather many of the wintery activities are cancelled. Thereof, Winterloo Lite will take place in Waterloo Public Square. Come find us!
More information about Winterloo at www.winterloofestival.ca
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