We just got this call out from the KW Critical Mass Committee… :)Howdy living humyns,
How bout a halloween critical mass?
a *WHAT?* a big old chunk of peeps on bikes riding from waterloo to
kitchener on halloween! Resisting car culture and honouring our dead
friends/ celebrating halloween (and/or whatever else you need to
release/celebrate/resist).
*WHEN? *This friday, the 31 of october at 6pm
*WHERE?* Meet at the Waterloo Park band shell, which is at the west end of
waterloo park..off of westmount. You can also get there from the iron horse
trail which runs through the park. When you get to the petting zoo, cross
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Mano A Mano nickname Battle
“Nickname/Pet Names” was the theme submitted by our Mano Amigo. See how DJ Steel and AdRock Interpret the theme in the podcast above!
With many shout out’s to past and future Mano A Mano DJ’s like DJ Jeff E Jeff, DJ APes, DJ RAM, DJ Cheese, The Lady Fox, DJ Pickey Pete, and Bailey.
Wektoberfest with Kandle and 54-40
This October we ventured out to Wektoberfest which was an AWESOME day!
I got there after all the Dragons Den festivities went down, but after talking with a few Toronto business owners (who thought I was in one of the bands) they said that the morning was was awesome too! Perhaps they got lucky and Mike Wekerle liked their business!?!
The early part of the festival was a time for business owners to mingle, connect and to pitch their idea and possibly get feedback or funding from the newest dragon Mike Wekerle. Check out the event website here: http://www.wektoberfest.com/
Upon thinking about it later…it would have been good to see if he was interested in a Canadian Arts and Culture promoting Audio Comic…. I didn’t look into all that part before the festival and at one point I had a millionaire (!?!) dancing right beside me! Anyways, I went for the great music he brought in: Kandle and 54-40. Kandle was playing a wicked set (this is the first time I have seen her live) when Mike Wekerle got on stage with Neil Osborne and danced in the background as seen above. The Kandle set was sooo good! I was able to chat with her briefly about it before one of my favourite bands of all time got to the stage!
As always 54-40 played a great flawless set! What was fun, the crowd was challenged to out-sing Mike Wekerle who was singing back-up at one point. The crowd was right into the 54-40 hits and were obviously right into this request. Then to close out the set…I have never seen 54-40 do this before, they invited anyone on the stage to dance with them.
This whole evening was quite exciting and I would have to say that my first Wektoberfest was a HIT! I hope Mike Wekerle will run this event yearly!!!
episode 95 agriculture show oct 20 2014
The awards banquet can be heard here. The rain held off until the match was over and everyone was on their way to the banquet.
Interview with Incumbent Sean Strickland, seeking re-election to Waterloo Regional Council
Interview from our regional reporter Brayden McNeill with Sean Strickland, incumbent candidate for the Waterloo Regional council.
Sean speaks to his campaign priorities including keeping taxes low while investing in the communities, accessible transit, good jobs, and affordable housing.
Brayden also asks Sean about the Line 9 tar sands pipeline reversal, regional climate change initiatives, curbing urban sprawl, and other environmental issues.
Sean also explains the need to move to having full time councillors to create better engagement in the region.
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The Great Bharat – Part 3
We heard episodes 8 and 9 and the drama is starting to heat up for the main characters. They are teenagers at this point and already their lives are on the line.
The Great Bharat – Part 2
In this part, we heard episodes 6 and 7 of The Mahabharata Podcast. Click below for the descriptions from Lawrence Manzo’s website:
Interview with Cameron Dearlove – Candidate for Waterloo regional Council
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Here is an interview from our regional reporter Brayden McNeill with Cameron Dearlove, of the “Family Centre”, who is running for a seat on the Waterloo Region Council.
Cameron describes his past community involvement and his main platform priorities which are based on bringing community voices to the table on the issues that impact us most including housing, transit, building caring and compassionate communities, environmental uncertainty and sustainability, and the use of tax dollars with triple bottom line thinking.
Voting in Ontario takes place on October 27th
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The Daily GRRR! – October 24th, 2014 – Waves Through Walls: Prison Radio
Welcome, I am your host Dan Kellar and you are listening to The Daily GRRR! Waves Through Walls: Prison Radio, on 100.3fm, CKMS in Waterloo, Ontario. Soundfm.ca on the web, today is Friday October 24th, 2014.
We are broadcasting from the centre of the Haldimand Tract, the occupied Grand River Territory of the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations).
The Daily GRRR! is a project of the Grand River Media Collective; and is supported by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and CKMS.
The …read more
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Interview with Jane Mitchell – Incumbent Candidate for Waterloo Regional Council
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Here is an interview from GRMC regional reporter Brayden McNeill with Jane Mitchell, an incumbent candidate for regional Councillor here in Waterloo region. Mitchell is also the current chair of the Grand River Conservation Authority. Brayden spoke to Jane about her campaign priorities and affordable housing (0-13min), the region’s climate change/sustainability initiatives (~13-18min) and line 9 and the regions LRT initiatives.
Municipal Elections in Ontario Take Place on October 27th.
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Interview w/ Waterloo Regional Council Candidate Elizabeth Clark
Today’s feature is an interview from regional reporter Brayden McNeill with local YWCA CEO, Elizabeth Clark, a candidate for regional council here in Waterloo.
They speak to Elizabeth’s campaign priorities which revolve around affordable housing, transit and sustainability.
The interview also goes into regional climate change initiatives, a municipal fracking ban, and the Out of the Cold program closures.
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The Daily GRRR! – October 23, 2014
Welcome, I am your host dan kellar and you are listening to The Daily GRRR! on 100.3fm, CKMS in Waterloo, Ontario. Soundfm.ca on the web, today is October23, 2014.
We are broadcasting from the centre of the Haldimand Tract, the occupied Grand River Territory of the Six Nations (Haudenosaunee).
The Daily GRRR! is a project of the Grand River Media Collective; and is supported by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and CKMS.
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episode 96 agriculture show oct 21 2014
John Holman is running for mayor in North Dumfries. We talk about some of the issues in a rural municipality. John brought some great tunes for us to play.
Internationa Solidarity News Oct.22nd
Welcome, I am your host Julian Ichim and you are listening to The Daily GRRR!International Solidarity News on 100.3fm, CKMS in Waterloo, Ontario. Soundfm.ca on the web, today is October 22nd, 2014.
We are broadcasting from the centre of the Haldimand Tract, the occupied Grand River Territory of the Six Nations (Haudenosaunee).
The Daily GRRR! is a project of the Grand River Media Collective; and is supported by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and CKMS.
Today’s feature is a discussion with Santiago Escobar on Chevrons Dirty Hands)
We will begin …read more
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The Daily GRRR! – Oct. 21, 2014 – “Too Bad It’s Only Tuesday” Edition
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Welcome back to SoundFM! You are now listening to The Daily GRRR! live on the airwaves at 100.3fm, CKMS in Waterloo, Ontario, and SoundFM.ca on the web. This is Kathryn and I’ll be your host on this Tuesday morning show for October 21, 2014.
As always, we are broadcasting from the heart of the Haldimand Tract, the occupied Grand River Territory of the Six Nations, which we continue to recognize as Haudenosaunee land.
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police and poverty
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A discussion with greg throrton on policing poverty and other community issues
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So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Oct. 20, 2014
1. George Thorogood, Twenty Dollar Gig
2. Soft Machine, Hazard Profile Part 1
3. Sly And The Family Stone, Sing A Simple Song
4. The Rolling Stones, Title 5
5. The Rolling Stones, I’m Not Signifying
6. Aerosmith, Somebody
7. Albert King, Oh Pretty Woman
8. Andre Williams, Tricks
9. Black Sabbath, FX
10. Black Sabbath, Wheels Of Confusion/The Straightener
11. Blood, Sweat And Tears, More And More
12. Gregg Allman, Dark End Of The Street
13. Blue Oyster Cult, Transmaniacon MC
14. Cactus, Alaska
15. CAN, Sunday Jam
16. Chuck Berry, Wuden’t Me
17. Cream, Four Until Late
18. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Nighttime For The Generals
19. Deep Purple, Nobody’s Home
20. Free, Mourning, Sad Morning
21. Gov’t Mule, Thorazine Shuffle
22. Jethro Tull, No Lullaby
23. Jimi Hendrix, Room Full Of Mirrors
24. J.J. Cale, You Keep Me Hangin’ On
25. Little Feat, Rock And Roll Doctor
26. Pink Floyd, Sheep
27. Maria Muldaur, It Ain’t The Meat (it’s the motion)
28. Led Zeppelin, Thank You (live, BBC sessions)
The Daily GRRR! – Oct. 20, 2014 – Your “Ugh, Monday Morning” Edition
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Welcome back to SoundFM! You are now listening to The Daily GRRR! live on the airwaves at 100.3fm, CKMS in Waterloo, Ontario, and SoundFM.ca on the web. This is Kathryn and I’ll be your host on this Monday morning show for October 20, 2014.
As always, we are broadcasting from the heart of the Haldimand Tract, the occupied Grand River Territory of the Six Nations, which we continue to recognize as Haudenosaunee land.
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episode 94 agriculture show oct 16 2014
The The Waterloo Federation of Agriculture held their AGM in the New Dundee Community Centre on Oct 16. Our guest speaker was Gary Doyle. His topic was “how the media reports on agriculture”. Other reports were from the Waterloo Junior Farmers, Waterloo Rural Women, and the Waterloo/North Dumfries Plowmens Association.
The Daily GRRR! – October 17th, 2014 – Waves Through Walls: Prison Radio Edition
Welcome, I am your host Dan Kellar and you are listening to The Daily GRRR! Waves Through Walls: Prison Radio, on 100.3fm, CKMS in Waterloo, Ontario. Soundfm.ca on the web, today is Friday October 17th, 2014.
We are broadcasting from the centre of the Haldimand Tract, the occupied Grand River Territory of the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations).
The Daily GRRR! is a project of the Grand River Media Collective; and is supported by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and CKMS.
The …read more
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Fixing Ol’ Betsy Mano A Mano battle
Check out the podcast above as we rock out some super hard hitting tracks while I explain to AdRock about the repairs that were done to “ol’ Betsy” my beloved van.
If you or any of your loved ones are experiencing heat problems in one of your vehicles and don’t have the money to get someone to fix it…Go to this site! Perhaps you can make a change in someones life:
Bring the Foo Fighters to Waterloo!?! + The Unicorns!!!!!
James Brown is/was trying to bring the Foo Fighters here to the illustrious Waterloo. I include “was” in my previous sentence because as I type this and visit his kickstart page it says (canceled). His Kickstart page that can still be found here (at least for now).
There are a few problems that I see with this whole situation….
1)The Foo Fighters need $350 000 to come to Waterloo! WHAT! That is quite the pay off for one night of rock. I have been working to get the Unicorns to come play in Waterloo just for the betterment of the city.
2) CANCON – I wonder if James Brown told the masses of Waterloo that a Canadian Classic band such as the Unicorns was opening for the Foo Fighters if it would have gotten more pledges. Although American music is great, I think that Canadians are waking up to the amazing Canadian culture that is right before them. We don’t have to pay the high prices to import culture anymore – WE HAVE IT!
3) What I think he thought would have happened (and still may) is that a big company like Blackberry or Manulife etc would jump on board and endorse the concert. Blackberry has brought in Huge bands in the past for its employees and has thrown some amazing concerts in the city.
Perhaps he can appeal to the creators of “Big Music Fest II” and get the Foo Fighters on that bill. But that is a rant for another time!
Our own plight: We have had some success with Canadian Indie bands to contact them and have them play concerts in the area but the Unicorns are difficult guys to reach. They broke up approx. 10 years ago and played a handful of shows this past August. If you are unfamiliar with their brand of music check out the podcast above! We have had our own radio campaign to have the Unicorns come and play here in Waterloo which is why I push for them to become the Foo Fighters openers! We also want the Unicorns on the Mano A Mano program (and I guess we would take members of the Foo Fighters too, but they have to work around the Unicorns busy schedule) Hopefully one day James Brown and MAM’s hopeful concerts can all be realized!
Tamara Neill of Idea Exchange and Michael Gabriel’s Strings Attached.
Idea Exchange (formerly the Cambridge libraries) is a very successful Art + Design initiative which has flourished in the city of Cambridge.
Tamara Neill, of Idea Exchange speaks about how this innovative re-branding has fosters relationships with other arts organizations in Waterloo Region, and beyond, in visual arts, cultural activities for all ages, film and music.
LA based singer/songwriter Michael Gabriel is a great example of Idea Exchange’s mandate.
He contacted them from his home base in LA regarding his traveling orchestral series “Strings Attached.”
Thanks to Idea Exchange who provided the facilities, (and also hosted these events) Michael was able to conduct a youth song writing workshop, and “Strings Attached” preview concert with cellist Trina Nadeau. He also worked with St. Benedict’s High School choral ensemble and Cambridge based adult choir The Hoot.
On Friday October 17 Michael Gabriel’s “Strings Attached” will be performed at Cambridge Arts Centre featuring these two choirs, and his mini-orchestra which includes core members Trina Nadeau, cello, and Sandy Ludwig, piano, in addition to Karen Spithoff, violin, and newest member Joy Schuster who on viola.
Or more info and tickets. Partial proceeds will go the Cambridge Shelter Corporation. http://www.cambridgesheltercorp.ca/
For Strings Attached tickets www.cambridgecommunityplayers.com
For more about Idea Exchange http://ideaexchange.org/
For more about Michael Gabriel www.michaelgabrielmusic.com
Here is my chat with Tamara Neill from Idea Exchange featuring the music of Michael Gabriel including “Bye Bye So Long” (with choir accompaniment), “Penelope Rose”, and radio single “Angel Wings.” –
I think this will be very special night for the community – Coral FM
Disappointing Discussion At Environmental Election Forum
by: Brayden McNeill October 15th 2014
It’s surprising how little can be said during 90 minutes of environmentally related election campaigning. On October 14th a coalition of seven local environmental organizations hosted the Environmental Election Forum, ostensibly to environmental issues affecting the Region. Almost 40 candidates from across the Region were in attendance, including candidates for Regional Chair, Regional Council, Mayors and City Councilors. Each candidate was given a strict two minute time limit to outline their position on the environment.
The series of short briefings were filled with self-praise and tired platitudes on environmental awareness. Most candidates praised existing environmental …read more
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International Solidarity News October 15th
The Daily GRRR!
HEADLINES for october, 2014
1. Rally and March to save Out Of The Cold!!!!
2. Demand Candidates take a stand in defense of all!!!
3. Survey for social investigation in the needs of the community to create alternatives to the drug problem.
4. Phone Jam British Consulate in Solidarity with Appeal Protest #JFTC2
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