Welcome to Episode #51 of From the Void – CKMS’ Experimental Music Show!
ALSO!!! I released a new album. Everything, Vol. 3 Spotify, You Tube and Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!
Full episodes to enjoy at your leisure https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1–fLGsdUzW5O_9sK_Bzt9fBvBW-GWKBG?usp=sharing
My Music https://deafbydesign.ca/music
See you in the Void!
Through The Static
The show where we play a little bit of everything! From beloved classics to cult classics, songs I’ve loved for years, or songs I’ve just discovered, every week I bring in my records and take you through the static to sonic delights and peculiarities alike.
Through The Static is hosted by Jordan Kalist and airs on CKMS-FM on Wednesday from 9:00pm to 10:00pm with a #Replay on Saturday from 11:00am to Noon.
by: dan kellar
An interview with Kitchener Centre Green Party MP Mike Morrice. Mike shares his reactions on the impending approval of Bill C-22, the Canadian Disability Act, which he sees as a stepping stone for more concrete supports – supports many Canadians have been waiting a very long time to materialize.
We discussed some of the problems with the bill due to push back from the Liberal government, which includes, ending the support at the age of 65 when the recipient becomes eligible for old-age-support. Morrice, who has been championing the bill for the past years noted that “disability does not end when you turn 65”.
With C-22 back to the senate after amendments, we should expect the bill to be approved in the coming weeks. Then the work to get the benefit in the budget will have to begin.
Mike’s twitter thread on the passage of C-22: https://twitter.com/morricemike/status/1669406607778693120?s=20
Read Bill C-22 and follow the progress here:
https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/44-1/C-22
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
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RadioNowhere230618Episode15.mp3, 59m00s, 81.0 MBytes
| Rock & Roll Music | The Beatles |
| Poison Ivy (Version 2) | The Rolling Stones |
| Stand Back | The Allman Brothers Band |
| Be Carefull With A Fool | Johnny Winter |
| Albatross | Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac |
| Boogie With Stu | Led Zeppelin |
| This Ol’ Cowboy | The Marshall Tucker Band |
| Angry Eyes | Loggins and Messina |
| You’re Breakin’ my Heart | Nilsson |
| Conquistador | Procol Harum |
| I Got a Line on You | Spirit |
| Ohio | Crosby Stills Nash and Young |
| Seven Seconds | Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry |
| Angel | Stella Rose |
| Messin With the Kid | Buddy Guy & Junior Wells |
It’s the last day of spring for CKMS Community Connections, and time for our annual Spring Funding Drive! If you’re a fan of CCC or just Community Radio in general, help keep CKMS-FM on the air with a donation! Radio Waterloo is a cooperative, so you can become a member with a donation of $24 or more. Then you’ll get a vote in how the station is run, and you’ll get to host an episode of CKMS Community Connections!
At Radio Waterloo we do things you don’t hear on mainstream radio stations: Live, On-Air, In-Studio performances by local musicians; Extended interviews with local service agencies, advocacy groups, and social justice activists; In-depth reporting and analysis of local news; News programs from across Canada and the world; and, of course, as much local music as we can get our hands on.
Today I’m doing an all-music show with some of that local music (sorry, no podcast or bonus video!) to showcase Waterloo Region musicians, but it’s also because I’m so very behind in writing up the show notes and producing the podcasts for the last few CKMS Community Connections episodes with in-studio musicians. The music in-studio has been great, but the broadcasts and audio files have not always been so good. That’s because our studio equipment is older than most of the performers, and parts of it need repair or replacement. The sound board is missing some channels, the microphones need refurbishing, our transmitter is weak… We’d like to get a new transmitter so our signal reaches all parts of Waterloo Region, but the budget for equipment replacement got eaten up by the 50% increase in rent this year. So we really need your donation!
Thanx,
–Bob.
Donate: https://radiowaterloo.ca/donate
| Time | Title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc |
 CKMS Community Connections |
Steve Todd |
| 0m43s | Did I Ever Tell You? |
 A Henry Shade of Winkler |
Cameronoise |
| 4m44s | Wish You Could See Yourself | ||
| 7m40s | Free |
 (single) |
JSJ (Joshua Säde James) |
| 11m07s | The Squig |
 EP |
Space Kitchen |
| 12m47s | Zoo Keeper | ||
| 15m09s | what’s my issue (idk) |
 (single) |
Living Room for Small |
| 19m05s | Social Cues | ||
| 21m26s | Twelve Bar Prescription |
 Twelve Bar Prescription |
The FOG Blues & Brass Band |
| 24m50s | Hey Lucy | ||
| 29m00s | For Old Henry |
 Foul Weather Friends |
Onion Honey |
| 32m15s | Justified Shuffle | ||
| 35m27s | Forwell |
 Habitat |
Waterfowl |
| 38m37s | All My Time | ||
| 43m36s | Why? |
 Here Between |
Eric Bolton |
| 46m38s | Lessons In Love | ||
| 50m34s | Best |
 Bruises |
Missy Bauman with Ben Worcester |
| 53m51s | Finding My Wings |
 (single) |
Natalia Valencia |
| 57m17s | Bob gives the end credits. | ||
| 58m18s | Spotlight On |
 |
dana sonic |
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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Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2023 by the participants, and released under a 
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With the tagline “Love, Lax, and Land Back”, a Solidarity Day Unity Jam and Lacrosse game will take place in Waterloo park on June 21st. Taking place on the summer solstice and National Indigenous Solidarity Day, this free event seeks to celebrate solidarity and unity in honouring the Grand River, upholding Haudenosaunee rights and land stewardship in the Haldimand Tract, in which Waterloo Region was built.
This show features an interview with Protect The Tract organiser Courtney Skye. We spoke about the June 21st Solidarity Day Unity Jam and Lacrosse Game in Waterloo Park, the work of Protect The Tract, and the importance of honouring the treaty relationships which were a basis of sharing the land between settlers, the Haudenosaunee, and other Indigenous nations.
The free event has been put together in partnership with The Longhouse Hub, CAFKA, and O:se Kenhionhata:tie (also known as Land Back Camp), and features a friendly lacrosse game at 10am and musical performances and the Bead-The-Tract collaborative art and education project going from noon until 4pm.
For more info on Protect the Tract visit protectthetract.com, or find them on social media at @ProtectTheTract
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
Headlines for Saturday June 17th, 2023 from host dan kellar:
1 – Tenant Union pushes back against “high-pressure” landlord.
The recently launched ACORN Tenant Union of Waterloo Region is organising a demonstration targeting a landlord whom tenants say is trying to renovict all the residents in two buildings who are paying less than market rates.
2 – The Canadian Disability Act finally heading for final approval in the Senate
Disabled folks in Canada may soon receive a bit more support due to the impending approval of Bill C-22.
3 – Indigenous Solidarity Day Unity Jam in Waterloo Park.
With the tag line “Love, Lax, and Land Back”, a Solidarity Day Unity Jam and Lacrosse game, hosted by Protect the Tract, will take place in Waterloo park on June 21st.
4 – Forest fires push Waterloo Region’s air quality to the most dangerous levels in a decade.
Last week’s combination of the smoke from climate change fueled forest fires and a low pressure system off the east coast, led to Waterloo Region suffering its worst air quality levels in at least a decade
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
Be sure to tune into The Father To Son Indie Music Show this Saturday @ 12 Noon featuring music by Indie artist’s sent into the station and hand picked by us……this weeks show features music from all across Canada…………..British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec and yes even Ontario….check out the song list and thanks for listening!
After broadcast on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/user-163878073/sets/quinte-jazz
Bake Aaron Big Bounce LOVE AND RHYTHM 2023 www.blakeaaron.com
Anthony Hervey Yesterday WORDS FROM MY HORN 2023
www.anthonyherveymusic.com
JackSax Davies Midnight Magic 2023www.jacksaxdavies.com/music
Lauren Henderson Day Dream CONJURING 2023 www.laurenhendersonmusic.com/about.html
Kevin Flournoy Tell Me If You Still Care SINGLE 2023 www.kevinflournoy.com
Duncan Hopkins Foxy Trot THE MUSIC OF KENNY WHEELER 2023 www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/duncan-hopkins
Mira Choquette Love Crime IN REEL TIME 2023 https://orangegrovepublicity.com/…/mira-choquette-in…
Brien Andrews Atmosphere SINGLE 2023 www.brienandrews.com
Chris Big Dog Davis R U Serious 2023 www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/chris-big-dog-davis
Project Seb Parent Rat Pack PROJECT SEB PARENT 2023 orangegrovepublicity.com/Clients/projet-seb-parent
Frank Piombo Luca’s Groove SINGLE 2023 frankpiombo.com
Matt Ulery Left Window MANNERIST 2023 www.mattulery.com
Welcome to Episode #50 of From the Void – CKMS’ Experimental Music Show!
ALSO!!! I released a new album. Everything, Vol. 3 Spotify, You Tube and Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!
Full episodes to enjoy at your leisure https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1–fLGsdUzW5O_9sK_Bzt9fBvBW-GWKBG?usp=sharing
My Music https://deafbydesign.ca/music
See you in the Void!
Listen:
By MP Holmes
On Friday May 26th, a month after the City of Kitchener closed public access to Roos Island in their effort to relocate people who had been living in an encampment on the island, a demonstration was held to remind the public that just because the tents are gone does not mean the housing crisis is over.
The Region of Waterloo currently has less than 250 emergency shelter beds, but there are more than 1,000 unsheltered community members, and this number is growing all the time.
In response, the Unhoused Experience: 24hr Challenge invited people to pitch tents for 24hours in the park, and despite a heavy presence from by-law and security, around 50 people participated in workshops and to listened to advocates and people who have experience being unhoused tell their stories.
We talked to organizers and participants about the housing and homelessness crisis and their 24 hour event.
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
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RadioNowhere230611Episode14.mp3, 58m02s, 79.7 MBytes
| Rock ‘n’ Roll | Detroit | Detroit |
| Fearless | Pink Floyd | Meddle |
| Wigwam | Bob Dylan | Self Portrait |
| 96 Tears | Question Mark and the Mysterions | 96 Tears |
| Goin’ Up the Country | Canned Heat | Living The Blues |
| Rocky Raccoon | The Beatles | The Beatles (The White Album) |
| I Just Want to Celebrate | Rare Earth | One World |
| While My Guitar Gently Weeps | The Beatles | The Beatles (The White Album) |
| Music for My Mother | Funkadelic | Funkadelic |
| I Can’t Explain | The Who | My Generation |
| Sonido Amazonico | Chicha Libre | Sonido Amazonico |
| Here She Comes Again | Chris Hillman | Bidin’ My Time |
| Mission Bells | Armistice | Armistice |
Bob Jonkman talks with Dan Jancar, Hills Walter, and Tim Palser of the FOG Blues & Brass Band about the origin of the band, recording the album, writing Twelve Bar Prescription, their trip to Memphis, and, of course, about the blues. And they perform two songs, Live, On-Air, In-Studio!
The interview starts at 3m52s.
Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-06-12-episode130-The-FOG-Blues-and-Brass-Band.mp3 (52 MB, 56m54s, episode 130)
Exclusive tracks recorded in the CKMS-FM 102.7 Radio Waterloo Studio are now available! Right-click on a linked track title to download!
| Time | Title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc |
CKMS Community Connections |
Steve Todd |
| 0m46s | Too Deep |
 Live, On-Air, In-Studio |
FOG Blues & Brass Band |
| 3m52s | Introducing the band. In the studio is Dan Jancar, Hills Walter, and Tim Palser; other band members are Bobby Becker, Joe Dublanski, Domenic Di Nino, and Al Hosack. In studio we have Tim playing guitar and Hills on harmonica, and everyone on vocals, other instruments in the band are saxophones, bass, keyboards, and drums. Sometimes Dan plays baritone sax. But there are no horns, so there is no brass in the FOG Blues & Brass Band. Even though the sax is made of brass it’s considered a woodwind. But the band was named “Blues & Brass” through marketing genius. Orginally the band was a five-piece, and named for “Five Old Guys”, hence the capitalization. | ||
| 7m40s | How does a seven-piece band get gigs? Not all venues can afford all the musicians, but they stand their ground. They all have day jobs, even though managing the band is a full-time job. Band members have different hours, so they can take shifts in doing the admin work. Talking about other people, producer Robi Banerji, and recording in Dan’s basement, the Jancar Studios. How the album Twelve Bar Prescription came to be. The title song was written by Grant Heywood, then reworked by the members of the band. Working through the Covid pandemic, working with software, building the studio, doing all the Covid mitigation. | ||
| 15m44s | Twelve Bar Prescription |
Twelve Bar Prescription |
FOG Blues & Brass Band |
| 19m07s | Analyzing the song Twelve Bar Prescription, how it changed from the way Grant Heywood wrote it. Grant and Hills have both been in Musician’s FAQ. Coral Andrews first broke the first record on CKMS. | ||
| 21m47s | Talking about their trip to Memphis representing the Grand River Blues Society for the International Blues Challenge. Starting with 12,000 bands, the organizers knocked it down to 300 bands, including FOG. It was a contest, with stringent time constraints. And FOG made it through to the semi-finals! They went not expecting to win, but to make contacts. They made quite a few, but then Covid shut it down. Then they had some smaller gigs like the Kitchener Blues Festival in 2020 at Bobby O’Briens, but there were lots of constraints for Covid. | ||
| 29m13s | Beaterland |
Live, On-Air, In-Studio |
FOG Blues & Brass Band |
| 33m33s | This is a first, FOG Blues & Brass Band haven’t done their music acoustically before. Why blues? Each band member has their own story. Dan has a metal background, Hills is wearing a Bob Dylan T-shirt. Blues only has five chords, but they stretch every facet of five chords, and throw in some jazz elements. They’re playing “Canadian Blues”. Kitchener has a rich history, not just Mel Brown, but others like Sonny Boy Williams. Each performer has the opportunity to play with others. Hills did a dance album during Covid, and he does jazz, classical, funk, blues, rock, even country. Everybody in the band is pretty diverse in their musical interests. Talking about the other members’ contributions. | ||
| 42m25s | Adapting their music to different circumstances, like doing Beaterland acoustically, which was the biggest production number on the album. Talking about working with other musicians. Talking about live music in Kitchener, new venues opening, including The Boathouse. Guelph has a buzzing underground scene, very eclectic. | ||
| 46m14s | Hey Lucy |
Twelve Bar Prescription |
FOG Blues & Brass Band |
| 49m27s | Hey Lucy ends with Jacob The Cat purring, he gets a credit on the album liner notes. Discussing how many chords there are in Hey Lucy. Talking about upcoming gigs and events. Covering the various social media accounts. Talking about the Grand River Blues Society, how FOG got the gigs in Memphis. Talking about the work they do with the Youth Blues Camp. | ||
| 55m12s | Introducing Why Get Up as the regular closing song. | ||
| 55m30s |
Why Get Up Bob gives the end credits. |
Twelve Bar Prescription |
FOG Blues & Brass Band |
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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YouTube: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 12 June 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.
Artist – Song Title
Mason Tikl – Klausterfokken Opener
Pendulum – Halo (ft. Bullet for my Valentine)
Sleep Token – The Summoning
Their Dogs Were Astronauts – Against All Odds
Manic Focus – Fractured
Devin Townsend – Evermore (Live in America)
Sleep Token – Aqua Regia
dopeSMOOTHIES, Lil Dream – Hyperspace
The Ocean – Sea of Reeds
Zeds Dead, HNTR, AIDN – Aftertaste
Pick a Piper – South to Polynesia
The Mars Volta – Televators
Leprous – The Sky is Red
Delerium – The Astronomer
Crash Test Dummies – Sacred Alphabet
Polyphia, Anomalie – The Audacity
Monuments – Nefarious
Figure – Underground Program
Veil of Maya – Artificial Dose
Infinite Replay – Fiends
Robert Rich – Feathers on a Barefoot Path
Rammstein – Zeit
Let me tell you about Sweden
Only country where the clouds are interesting
Big brother says it’s the place to go
Too much time to think, too little to do
Wonderful show today at Bollywood Mirchi.
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Listen to CKMS News headlines here:
Headlines for June 7th 2023:
1 – Waterloo’s Trinity Bible Chapel at the forefront of christian fundamentalist anti-LGBTQ movement.
Waterloo based pastor Jacob Reaume of the Trinity Bible Chapel again brings national attention to Waterloo through his anti-LGBTQ sermons and involvement in nationwide network Christian fundamentalist churches who have been supporting anti-LGBTQ candidates in municipal and school board elections across the country.
2 – Former teacher has her day in court over book censorship presentation “censorship”.
Former teacher Carolyn Burjoski’s has taken the Waterloo Region District School Board to court demanding she be allowed to continue her presentation which was arguing that some books available to students with LGBTQ themes were not appropriate and could mislead those who read the books about sexuality and gender.
3 – WRDSB trustee Mike Ramsay takes the school board to court over “free expression” suspension.
Represented by the the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, WRDSB trustee Mike Ramsay was in Ontario Superior Court on June 6th as he tries to have a suspension struck from his record and for the court to declare that the School Board violated his charter right to free expression. The school board still holds that the suspension was based on an accurate assessment of the situation, and that freedom of expression does not mean freedom from consequences.
4 – ACORN launches in Waterloo Region to support tenants’ rights.
On May 25th, 2023 a chapter of the Canada-wide social and economic justice organisation ACORN launched in Waterloo Region in an effort to support tenants and form strategies to combat “High Rents, Renovictions, and Slumlords.”
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
After broadcast on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/user-163878073/sets/quinte-jazz
Anthony Hervey Better Days WORDS FROM MY HORN 2023
www.anthonyherveymusic.com
Dino Soldo Fool Me Twice SINGLE 2023 www.dinosoldo.net/bio
The Allen Carman Project All For One SINGLE 2023 theallencarmanproject.com
Art Ruprecht Peace Meal SINGLE 2023 artruprecht.com
Erik Friedlander Summit SHE SEES 2023 www.ericfridlander.com/about
2unues Sensual SINGLE 2023 2unes.net
Duncan Hopkins Who Are You THE MUSIC OF KENNY WHEELER 2023
www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/duncan-hopkins
Warren Hill Simple SINGLE 2023 www.warrenhill.com
Warren Hill Toronto POP JAZZ 2005
Jeff Coffin Look for Water LOOK FOR WATER 2023 www.jeffcoffin.com
Matt Ulery Under A Dusken Crown MANNERIST www.mattulery.com
Welcome to Episode #49 of From the Void – CKMS’ Experimental Music Show!
ALSO!!! I released a new album. Everything, Vol. 3 Spotify, You Tube and Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!
Full episodes to enjoy at your leisure https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1–fLGsdUzW5O_9sK_Bzt9fBvBW-GWKBG?usp=sharing
My Music https://deafbydesign.ca/music
See you in the Void!
Download: https://storage.radiowaterloo.ca/RadioNowhere230604Episode13.mp3, 59m01s, 81 MBytes
MBytes
| Come Together | The Beatles |
| Little Red Book | Love |
| Cecom | Baba Zula |
| Comin’ Home | Delaney and Bonnie and Friends |
| Pushin’ Too Hard | The Seeds |
| Voodoo Child | Angelique Kidjo, Buddy Guy & Vernon Reid |
| Soul Sauce (Guacha Guaro) | Cal Tjader |
| Travellin’ in the Dark (to E.M.P.) | Mountain |
| Ice Cream Cakes | Jeff Beck Group |
| Paper Sun | Traffic |
| Pressed Rat and Warthog | Cream |
| Sisyphus | Andrew Bird |
| Comin’ Into Los Angeles | Arlo Guthrie |
| Tell Her No | The Zombies |
| Begging You | Ronnie Whitehead |
| Who’ll Stop the Rain? | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Natalia Valencia joins Bob Jonkman in the studio for a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance!
The interview starts at 3m27s.
Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-06-05-episode129-Natalia-Valencia.mp3 (50 MB, 54m53s, episode 129)
Exclusive tracks recorded in the CKMS-FM 102.7 Radio Waterloo Studio are now available! Right-click on a linked track title to download!
| Time | Title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc |
CKMS Community Connections |
Steve Todd |
| 0m43s | Saturday Night |
Live, On-Air, In-Studio |
Natalia Valencia |
| 3m27s | Introducing Natalia Valencia and Saturday Night. Talking about Natalia’s start as a musician, and the process of writing Saturday Night. How Natalia met her producer, Trevor. Natalia tells us about her upcoming EP and the concept behind it. Natalia introduces the next song. | ||
| 12m30s | Finding My Wings |
Live, On-Air, In-Studio |
Natalia Valencia |
| 15m40s | Talking about pre-show nerves; Natalia’s live performances, going to University of Waterloo, getting a Master’s degree in Social Work in Social Policy. Finding the time to write music, playing at open-mic venues, commercial venues. Playing for Sofar Sounds, secret performances in people’s homes. Talking about the production of the recordings, and the new songs coming up. Does a producer who contributes to background music get a writing credit? No, only the person writing the lyrics and music is the songwriter, background music writers get a producer credit. Natalia introduces My Kind of Paradise. | ||
| 26m07s | My Kind of Paradise |
Live, On-Air, In-Studio |
Natalia Valencia |
| 29m13s | Discussing the feel of My Kind of Paradise. Natalia tells us how she writes music. Lyrics first, or music? For Natalia, it’s lyrics first. Natalia also plays ukelele, and is learning piano. Natalia has not yet written Christmas music or other festive music, but she does covers of other people’s music. Talking about Natalia’s inspirations, and the genre of her music. She’s just been introduced to heavy metal, and is learning to appreciate it. Introducing Living With Your Memory | ||
| 42m40s | Living With Your Memory |
Live, On-Air, In-Studio |
Natalia Valencia |
| 46m34s | Bob listened to the lyrics, found it very sad, but could be a favourite. Playing different venues, concert gigs or background music. Talking about nerves again. Natalia goes back to the studio in a few weeks, every night for a whole week. Natalia’s a perfectionist, will do 40 or 50 takes for song. Any live gigs? Natalia has just got her busker’s license, will be playing on the streets and in the subways of Toronto. | ||
| 53m25s | Bob gives the closing credits, and Natalia plays us out to the end of the show. | ||
| 54m05s | Intertwine (partial) |
Live, On-Air, In-Studio |
Natalia Valencia |
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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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.
The Triple A Show is an African Immigrant Personal Success and Lifestyle Show. With discussions on trending topics especially about the African Immigrant’s quest for a successful life, career and business in Canada. With tips and ideas on how to achieve your goals and some good afrobeat music to go with it.
The Triple A Show is hosted by Alex Adefemi and airs on CKMS-FM on Friday from 7:00pm to 7:59pm with a replay on Saturday at 5:00am.
Fabian Fletcher, president of the board at tri-Pride Community Association Inc. comes into the studio to talk about the tri-Pride organization, the tri-Pride Summer Festival, the performers, the history of Pride, some other 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations including Spectrum, and ideas for future activities and events.
The interview starts at 2m45s.
Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-05-29-episode128-Fabian-Fletcher-of-tri-Pride.mp3 (50MB, 54m34s, episode 128)
| Time | Title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc |
CKMS Community Connections |
Steve Todd |
| 1m00s | Dredd |
 Generichiphopfouldr |
Stunt Double |
| 2m45s | Introducing Fabian Fletcher, the President of the Board of Directors of tri-Pride, an all-volunteer organization. In addition to the summer festival there’s Winter Pride, in February or March, and PRIDEtoberfest during the Octoberfest weekend. The Board works on organizing the events, but also works on policies and procedures, governance issues, and work more on advocacy and doing grass-roots community organization. The Board is eight or nine folx, a Vice-President and other Board directors who take on roles like vendors market, sponsorships, a treasurer, a development director: a small but mighty group. But there are twenty-plus volunteers who do the work of setting-up and tear-down, oversee the vendors market, volunteers to manage the stage area. There are enough volunteers for the summer festival, but people can sign up now for the fall and winter events. To volunteer, contact info@tri-pride.ca or look for the volunteer call-out on social media. | ||
| 6m45s | Planning for the summer event started in January; lots of paperwork. The summer festival this year is taking place at Willow River Park, officially known as Victoria Park. The vendor market filled up really early this year, but there are still people looking for spots. This is the second year back after a Covid absence. Last year was really well attended, hoping to increase that for this year. | ||
| 9m54s | Aside from the vendor booths, there will be performances from Noon to 4pm, local live performers, music, spoken word, standup. From 4pm to 8pm there will be the drag performances. Alysha Brilla is the musical headliner, and the headline drag performers are Ongina and Trinity K. Bonet, both from Ru Paul’s Drag Race. tri-Pride has a sign-up sheet for local performers, but the headline acts were cold-called. There’s a great drag scene in Waterloo Region. | ||
| 12m27s | tri-Pride has been operating since 2002, doing summer festivals and other events. The City of Kitchener has an events team that coordinates with tri-Pride to arrange all the applications and paperwork. tri-Pride is very privileged to have the Board members it does to fill out paperwork and applying for licenses. Fabian wishes were ways to make the process more accessible to smaller organizations and community-based folks to have space in the park to have events. The requirements for audited financial statements are out of reach of organizations on shoe-string budgets that have no finances. | ||
| 16m12s | Postlude (I Love The Way It Flows) |  This Garden |
Andrew Jacob Rinehart |
| 19m27s | The tri-Pride festival this year is on Saturday, 10 June 2023 in Willow River Park, from Noon to 8pm. “tri”-Pride covers all three cities, Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge, although they have not been out in Cambridge as much as they want to. But Grand River Pride has just started up in Cambridge, having their summer festival also on Saturday, 10 June 2023! | ||
| 20m58s | Covering some of the history of the Pride movement, starting with the Stonewall Riots in 1969. Are things getting worse today? Not necessarily, intolerance has always been there, but people today are less hesitant about sharing their hate. Life has become more difficult for Queer folx, actions v transferring over from the United States. Fabian knows of incidents across Canada, not so much in Waterloo Region, although there is the example in Oxford county with the municipality of Norwich refusing to fly the Pride flag. | ||
| 25m26s | What actions can tri-Pride and other organizations take? It’s tricky, because the organizations need to ensure the safety their membership. Non-Queer folks can show up for the Queer community at events, protests, and rallies, get involved with local organizations, and lobby their elected officials. tri-Pride joined #Act4QueerSafety, and signed a letter addressed to government officials at both provincial and federal levels to say “Enough is enough, you need to act for Queer safety.” But while getting involved, there will be spaces strictly reserved for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. For example, tri-Pride is trying to create safe spaces geared toward BIPOC Queer folk, IndigiQueer youth, Two-Spirit youth, and those intersecting personalities. But non-Queer folk should show up for the larger festivals and use their voice and use their privilege to advocate for their 2SLGBTQIA+ community members. | ||
| 28m57s | What actions are taking place? There is Cait Glasson’s petition to extend to transgender and nonbinary people the right to claim asylum in Canada. There is also a petition to both federal and provincial representatives at Momentum Canada #Act4QueerSafety. | ||
| 29m55s | Talking about tri-Pride‘s online presence; keeping it up-to-date is tough with volunteers. The main website needs to be updated, there’s a new volunteeer to do that. | ||
| 31m42s | She |  (single) |
Courtney Wolfe |
| 34m51s | Talking about other Pride organizations across Canada. There’s a Canada-wide organization, and a world-wide organization called InterPride. Joining such a federation gives tri-Pride a chance to hear from other organizations what’s working for them, to support each other, and to brainstorm ideas for festivals. There’s no Canada-wide Pride festival, although Captital Pride in Ottawa has what is deemed the nation-wide Pride festival, and InterPride has a festival as well. | ||
| 37m43s | Pride festivals aren’t so much a protest any more, but a celebration. Fabian says it’s building communities. Talking about other events, like PRIDEtoberfest, a dance / drag performance / other performance. It’s an indoor event, unlike the summer festival. Winter Pride is a bit smaller, a dance with one or two drag performers. Fabian would like to have more social, low-key events like coffee nights, or speed friending. | ||
| 39m50s | Talking about other Pride organizations, like Spectrum, in the same building as the CKMS-FM studio. Fabian is a staff member at Spectrum, overseeing their volunteers and operations. But tri-Pride is careful not to step on anyone’s toes, looking to support and uplift other organizations. Talking about some of Spectrum‘s programs, Fabian mentions “capacity building”, to be more accepting and creating safer space for Queer folks. tri-Pride focuses on the events, and focus on creating spaces. They’re looking at ways to do smaller events throughout the year that are tailored to different parts of their community. | ||
| 43m35s | Gender Rollz |
 Human |
Alysha Brilla |
| 48m47s | Fabian tells us how Alysha Brilla came to be the headliner for this year’s festival. This year’s lineup was chosen to highlight diversity to represent what our community actually looks like. | ||
| 50m45s | Bob and Fabian go over the details of the coming tri-Pride festival: Noon to 8pm on Saturday 10 June 2023 in Willow River Park, followed by a dance starting at 9pm hosted by Queer Night Out. | ||
| 52m35s | Bob thanks Fabian for being on the show, and gives the end credits. | ||
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These are my demons, ones that I’ve grown
These are my demons, from seeds that I’ve sown
These are my demons, leave them alone
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