Stop everythingI think I hear the PresidentThe Pied Piper of the TV screenIs gonna make it simpleAnd he’s got it all mapped outAnd illustrated with cartoonsToo hard for clever folks to understandThey’re more used to words like:IdeologyThey’re not talkin’ ’bout right and leftThey’re talkin’ ’boutRight and wrong, do you know the difference?Right and wrong, do you know the difference?‘Tween the right and the left and the east and the westWhat you know and the things that you’ll never see?
Bob Jonkman talks with VEFO, musician and animal rights activist about his social justice philosophy, the alter-ego that VEFO represents, animal liberation, the Plant Based Treaty, producing music, VEFO’s influences and other activities, mainstream music, and the VEFOFEST Popup + Jaqui NDS Tribute this Saturday 29 June 2023 from 4 pm to 8pm at the Arts Quad at the University of Waterloo.
The interview starts at 1m43s.
Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-07-24-episode134-VEFO.mp3 (51 MB, 55m32s, episode 134)
| Time | Title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc |
 CKMS Community Connections |
Steve Todd |
| 0m29s | Control the Voices |
 Genre-Bending, Pt. 2 (Beat Challenge) |
VEFO |
| 1m43s | VEFO does perform on Control the Voices, but his vocals are sampled and chopped up. VEFO likes both lyrical and instrumental tracks for balance. | ||
| 2m57s | VEFO wears a mask to create a character, an alter-ego, a new artist profile. VEFO’s music started to promote animal rights activism. In animal agriculture animals are viewed as though they don’t have a personality or a face, and so VEFO was created as an anonymous identity to show that you can turn yourself into whoever you want to, and VEFO is there to support. The mask reduces the ego, and shows how we are all a community of people trying to do better and trying to change the world for a kinder and sustainable future. VEFO has been doing music for six years, the activism for about four years, and hard-core animal rights for the last two years. VEFO draws inspiration from Regan Russell who was killed during an animal vigil in Burlington. Got Your Back was created as a tribute track to Regan. VEFO plays at both musical venues and animal rights rallies. Bob met VEFO at KW Vegfest. | ||
| 8m01s | VEFO tells us about VEFOFEST, this Saturday 29 July 2023 at the University of Waterloo through the UW Animal Rights Society. | ||
| 10m24s |
4 All the Animals (Save The World) Live, On-Air, In-Studio! |
 (single) |
VEFO |
| 13m37s | Talking about the lyrics in 4 All the Animals. Finding VEFO’s motivation in animal activism. Discussing animal liberation, and the trauma that animals experience in industrial agriculture. Are politicians paying attention? Yes, some politicians have endorsed the Plant Based Treaty, and VEFO is trying to get the University of Waterloo to adopt it. This is a world-wide campaign; the UK has had some success, but not so much in Canada. The treaty applies to institutions as well, such as hospitals, jails, schools. But Bob hasn’t seen much uptake in his mom’s long term care home. | ||
| 23m39s |
SHINE Live, On-Air, In-Studio! |
 (single) |
VEFO |
| 26m12s | Talking about VEFO’s production work. He’s been concentrating on sampling vocals. It’s a way to process his emotions, feeling on top of the world when working on one track, then next day your heart is just torn; music is always there for you. VEFO is a big fan of Moby, re-recording his tracks when the emotion strikes. We discuss dancing. VEFO plays guitar as well, will be playing electric guitar at VEFOFEST. VEFO is also a big fan of Prince. He performs solo, but is always open to collaboration. He’s been practicing with the Liberation Choir at the Wishbone Animal Rights Lab in Toronto, as well as practicing drumming. VEFO will be playing snare drum at the Toronto Animal Rights March 2023 on Saturday 26 August. Will there be a march in Waterloo? VEFO doesn’t think there are enough animal rights activists here to hold a march. | 34m40s | VEFO’s music isn’t mainstream; he doesn’t feel that he can make pop music. Is mainstream media ignoring this music because of commercial interests? Not even Moby releases animal rights music, there’s no commercial value. Maybe mainstream fans don’t want to hear social justice music. VEFO started @VeganLove4All on Instagram and Vegan Love 4 All on YouTube to promote animal rights. |
| 38m50s | Talking about V4EVA and the Beat Challenge, creating a new beat and a new genre every day. | ||
| 39m45s | V4EVA |
Genre-Bending, Pt. 2 (Beat Challenge) |
VEFO |
| 42m02s |
MotionRave Demo Live, On-Air, In-Studio! |
 (single) |
|
| 43m21s | Talking about MotionRave Demo. Music or lyrics first? Either way… Recap of VEFOFEST, doing it every month, next at University of Toronto. VEFO tells us how to release music on streaming services. Talking about the Burlington Vegfest (note: not at Spencer Smith Park, but at the Burloak Waterfront Park Map) | ||
| 49m21s | Talking about GuruuuV, an alter-ego that started VEFO’s music story. It combines “groove” and “guru”; the purple comes from Prince. There’s no politics or message with GuruuuV, just music. | ||
| 51m40s |
Got Your Back Live, On-Air, In-Studio! |
 (single) |
VEFO |
| 55m13s | Bob gives the end 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.
Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at ccc@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.
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A mix of chugging synths, upbeat indie, and slow, sluggy jazz for a hot and muggy Thursday afternoon. Episode recording also included in case you couldn’t make it, or just want to listen again, so enjoy!
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Axon Radio Naptown Hustle SINGLE 2023 axon-radio.com
Arthur Thompson Smile Single 2023 arthurthompsondrums.com
Aris (ROU) Streets Of Paris SINGLE 2019 genius.com/artists/Aris-rou
Laila Biali All The Things You Are YOUR REQUESTS 2023
lailabiali.com/bio/
Charles Unger Summer Rhumba SINGLE 2023 www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/charles-unger
D Mills Sandra’s Dream LIFE 2023 www.dmillsmusic.com
James McGowan Time To Rise REACHING IN 2023 jamesmcgowan.ca
Faut Tuac Immigrant 2023 fuattuac.com
Weather Report Havona HEAVY WEATHER 1997
http://www.guitarworld.com/…/come-and-see-this-inside…
Vincente Archer Message To A Friend SHORT STORIES 2023
www.whirlwindrecordings.com/vicente-archer/
Biran Lenair Can You Stand The Rain SILKY SOUL 2023 www.saxyblenair.com
Anthony Hervey The Glider WORDS FROM MY HORN 2023
www.anthonyherveymusic.com
Les Sabler Flying High FLYING HIGH 2023 lessabler.net
Welcome to Episode #56 of From the Void
All Les Claypool Tonight!
My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about deep listening to good music.
ALSO!!! I released a new album. Everything, Vol. 3 Spotify, You Tube and Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!
See you in the Void!
Artist – Song Title
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/RadioNowhere230723Episode20.mp3, 58m01s, 80.0 MBytes
| Brain Confusion | The Pleasure Seekers |
| East Side Story | Bob Seger and the Last Heard |
| Psychotic Reaction | Count Five |
| Journey to the Centre of Your Mind | Amboy Dukes |
| The House Of The Rising Sun] A – The House Of The Rising Sun | Frijid Pink |
| Detroit Breakdown | J. Geils Band |
| Long Red | Leslie West |
| Saw Mill Gulch Road | John Mayall |
| Funk 49 | James Gang |
| Exodus | Bob Marley and the Wailers |
| Garbage Man | The Cramps |
| Sheena is a Punk Rocker | Ramones |
| …And the Gods Made Love | The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away | The Beatles |
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/RadioNowhere230716Episode19.mp3, 58m00s, 80.0 MBytes
| Can I Make It Last (Or Will It Just Be Over) | Boz Scaggs |
| Walking Slow | Jackson Browne |
| One Kind Favor | Canned Heat |
| Christo Redemptor | Charlie Musselwhite |
| Crossroads (Live At Winterland) | Cream |
| Rock and Roll Stew | Traffic |
| 18th Avenue | Cat Stevens |
| It’s a Beautiful Morning | The Rascals |
| He Was a Friend of Mine | The Byrds |
| Sweet Baby James | James Taylor |
| Thank You | Led Zeppelin |
| If I Fell | The Beatles |
| The Place I Left Behind | The Deep Dark Woods |
| Walking on Broken Glass | Annie Lennox |
| Maggie Mae | The Beatles |
Jim Dyer and Gord Grant are the guests of The Agriculture Show today. Gord joins in while Jim covers his latest news from a research project about GHG , and from an interest he has with The Cambridge Pollinator Reserve. Our Playlist :
A chill, pre-thunderstorm episode where (after a bit of a late start 🙂 we play a mix of the deeply chill, the whimsically upbeat, and the slowly melancholy.
Listen: CKMS News – 2023-07-20 – CAFKA
By: MP Holmes
Kitchener
The theme of this year’s CAFKA (Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area) festival is ‘Stay with Me’. Tara Cooper, CAFKA’s Chair of Programming and Board Director, explained,
“In a way, it came out of our last biennale, which was during the pandemic two years ago. And the idea was literally just to stay with me, the idea of being together but also the idea of giving room for the things that are uncomfortable or hard to talk about.”
Tara also talks about the history, some of this year’s unique artworks within the exhibition, and what it takes to produce the exhibition.
CKMS news also talked to the Director of Cultural Services at the Region of Waterloo Helen Chimirri-Russell about how the Region approaches funding arts organizations, such as CAFKA.
CAFKA runs until Saturday July 22, 2023, and you can find information on exhibits and shows at CAFKA.org.
On Friday, July 21, 6:00–7:30 pm, join CAFKA for a walking tour of Stay with Me installations in the Kitchener exhibition zone. Admission is free. Meet in front of Kitchener City Hall (200 King Street West, Kitchener) at 6pm.
The music on today’s show is called “Maple Music” by Godmode courtesy of by Expectantly Maple Music on YouTube. This music is copyright free and used with gratitude.
Check out the archived versions of this program on radiowaterloo.ca/news
If you want to get in touch with comments, or ideas about stories to cover, email us at news@radiowaterloo.ca
After broadcast on SoundCloud
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Chase Huna East Coast Swing SINGLE 2023 www.chasehuna.com
Roberto Tola Driving To Madrid UNDER THE LEO SIGN 2023 robertotola.com
Kat Hawley Keep On Keepin’ On SINGLE 2023 www.kathawley.com/about
Chris Standring Liquid Soul THE LOVERS REMIX COLLECTION 2023 chrisstandring.com/lovers-remix-collection-album.html
Dhaivat Jani PLUS Change Is The Only Constant SUM//PARTS 2023 www.dhaivatjani.com/dhaivat-jani-plus
Marc Jordan Rio Grande WAITING FOR THE SUN TO RISE 2023 marcjardan.com
Dixie Demons Sunnyside Stomp FOSSIL FUEL 2014 www.dixiedemons.com
Howard Rees Belleville Jazz Festival Interview bellevillejazzfestival.com
Kate Cosco When I Fall In Love SOUL EYES 2010 www.katecosco.com
Brian Katz TropiCanada LEAVES WILL SPEAK 2013 briankatz.com
The Rodriguez Brothers Lulu’s Song REUNITED RECORDED LIVE AT DIZZY’S CLUB 2023 lydialiebman.com/index.php/2023/06/05/rob-and-mike- rodriguez-reunited
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol And What’s Next The Sacrifice TURKISH HIPSTER TALES FROM SWING TO PSYCHADELIC dunyainc.org
Today we’re playing lots of KW Content: Music by musicians from Waterloo Region. Then we speak with Mark Higgins, the promoter/producer/impressario for Canada’s Teen Jam.
The interview starts at 38m16s.
Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-07-17-episode133-KWCon-Music-Mark-Higgins-from-Canadas-Teen-Jam.mp3 (49 MB, 53m58s, episode 133)
| Time | Title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc |
CKMS Community Connections |
Steve Todd |
| 0m47s | Promised Land |
 (single) |
No Service |
| 6m29s | My Happy Place |
 (single) |
Cameron Oakland |
| 9m41s | Living With Your Memory |
 CKMS Community Connections Live, On-Air, In-Studio Performance |
Natalia Valencia |
| 14m27s | Any Other Way |
 Any Other Way |
Clarissa Diokno |
| 17m28s | Liquor |
 Stockholm Syndrome |
Paige Warner |
| 21m02s | Steel Rail Blues |
 Foul Weather Friends |
Onion Honey |
| 25m07s | The Last Two Years |
 The Last Two Years |
Carla Muller |
| 28m14s | My Love To You |
 (single) |
Space Kitchen |
| 31m56s | A Song Is Born |
 (singles) |
Tim McInnes |
| 34m49s | Piano Carousel | ||
| 38m16s | Mark Higgins tells us about Canada’s Teen Jam: A program of musical discoveries for teens with dreams, the next generation of superstars. The mission is to take this across Ontario and Canada. Many teens have sports and other programs but teens with musical talent have nothing. Mark is not releasing the names of the performers yet, that will be revealed on Saturday. Bob offers to bring the performers into the studio for an interview and a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance! Mark is impressed with the professionalism and demeanor of the performers. Canada’s Teen Jam launched in January, and is now starting the tour to get the performers into other festivals and showcases. Kitchener is the first stop. Canada’s Teen Jam goes from 3pm to 5pm, followed by the Wayback Festival performers. Mark appreciates the irony: Canada’s newest performers followed by Canada’s superstar rock performers. Mark has had a lot of experience promoting and producing performers, notably The Tragically Hip at Bobcageon, which was filmed for a documentary. Covid has affected the start of CTJ, everyone is catching up from the performances that were missed. | ||
| 53m04s | Bob gives the end 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.
Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at ccc@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.
Subscribe to the CKMS Community Connections podcast!
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YouTube: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 17 July 2023
Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2023 by the participants, and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.
Welcome to Episode #55 of From the Void
Dream Theater, Zappa, Patton, Wilson, Keenan, Flaming Lips!!!
My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about deep listening to good music.
ALSO!!! I released a new album. Everything, Vol. 3 Spotify, You Tube and Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!
See you in the Void!
CKMS News – 2023-07-16 – Grocery Rebate
By MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON
How has the grocery rebate impacted people in Kitchener-Waterloo, and are there alternatives that can be implemented to address sharply rising costs, including a universal basic income?
Today’s show talks to Kim Wilhelm, interim CEO of the Food bank of Kitchener-Waterloo and MP for London North Centre and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue, Peter Fragiskatos, and listens in to the testimony of Neil Hetherington, the CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto, in front of the the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance about the recently announced grocery rebate as part of the 2023/24 budget.
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The music on today’s show is called “BAIKAL” by @scandinavianz courtesy of by BreakingCopyright on youtube.
This music is used under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license.
This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, Heritage Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.
Check out the archived versions of this program on radiowaterloo.ca/news, and listen to all the LJI content at canada-info.ca.
If you want to get in touch with comments, or ideas about stories to cover, email us at news@radiowaterloo.ca
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Tape Five Bad Boy Good Man SINGLE 2023 www.facebook.com/officialTapeFive/posts/761896705500859
Byron Miller To The Floor SINGLE 2023 byronmillerpsychobass.com/bio
Castella Intoxicated Love SINGLE 2023 www.castellamusic.com
Andrea Lisa Vortex SINGLE 2023 www.andrealisa.com/about
Christine Jensen Twenty Twenty Blues DAY MOON 2023 www.christinejensenmusic.com/bio.html
Dhaivat Jani PLUS It Might Rain SUM//PARTS 2023 www.dhaivatjani.com/dhaivat-jani-plus
Alex Cuba No Puede Ser EL SWING YO TENGO 2023 /mendo.alexcuba.com/about/
Derek Hines Artistic Director Waterloo Jazz Festival Interview 2023
Alex Cuba Son Para Tu Boca EL SWING YO TENGO 2023
So Long Seven Mara ONLY ELEPHANTS KNOW HER NAME 2023 solongseven.com
Fran Eshilian Ruben Vaneske Atando Los Cordones THE IANS 2023
www.facebook.com/fran.eshilian
Tommy Davidson Kid Zero SINGLE 2023 www.thetommydavidson.com
Will Donato Deep Dive SINGLE 2023 www.willdonato.com
Look at me making a post for fun!
Ok, we’re really doing this now! A combination of playing my own records and queueing up music online, this time it’s real and in person! This episode is a bit of a post-punk spectacular (unintentionally) but you’ll still find a good variety.
A collection of songs from the CKMS Libretime database queued up by myself.
A collection of songs from the CKMS Libretime database, queued up by myself.
… to bring you the constant variety of retro-alternative music!
The thrill of New Wave!
The agony of goth!
The human drama of punk!
This is 81 82 83 84 on CKMS-FM
102.7, Radio Waterloo!
CKMSNews-2023-07-15-headlines:
By: M.P. Holmes
The music on today’s show is called “Reggae Music Upbeat Chilled Happy Island | EASY JAM” and it’s by We Have A Tripod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, Heritage Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.
Check out the archived versions of this program on radiowaterloo.ca/news., and listen to all the LJI content at canada-info.ca.
If you want to get in touch with comments, or ideas about stories to cover, email us at news@radiowaterloo.ca
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