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Welcome to Episode #61 of From the Void
Tonight is all about Porcupine Tree
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!
Download: https://soundfm.s3.amazonaws.com/RadioNowhere230827Episode25.mp3, 58m01s, 80.0 MBytes
| Let’s Work Together | Canned Heat |
| The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) | The Doors |
| Uncle John’s Band | Grateful Dead |
| Hot Summer Days | It’s a Beautiful Day |
| Call me the Breeze | Lynard Skynard |
| Theme From An Imaginary Western | Mountain |
| Born to Wander | Rare Earth |
| Paint it Black | The Rolling Stones |
| Hot Fun in the Summertime | Sly & the Family Stone |
| Your Saving Grace | Steve Miller Band |
| Bang a Gong (Get it On) | T Rex |
| Bang On the Drum All Day | Todd Rundgren |
| Cisco Kid | War |
CxViolet comes into the studio for a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance, and talks to Bob Jonkman about his start in music, vocal training, composition, trying new things, and his upcoming EP Hackerboy and an album with The New People.
The interview starts at 4m10s.
Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-08-21-episode136-CxViolet.mp3 (52.8 MB, 54m58s, episode 136)
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 |
| 0m51s | Glimpse of Us |
 (YouTube) |
CxViolet |
| 4m10s | We are having a technical difficulty! Talking about Glimpse of Us by Joji. The musician or artist isn’t always in control of creating music or art. Inspiration from Mr. Alonzo in high school, then to university for a Bachelor in Classical Music, the Romantic Era. CxViolet doesn’t play much of that any more, but it influences composition now. Introducing the Introduction Piece. | ||
| 11m38s | Introduction Piece and Hackerboy |
 Live, On-Air, In-Studio |
CxViolet |
| 16m19s | Talking about CxViolet’s vocal range and voice training — everyone can find the voice they have to shape the art they create. Talking about the origins of Hackerboy, and the origins of CxViolet. | ||
| 22m25s | Bob makes a pitch to local musicians to submit their music to office@radiowaterloo.ca with KWCon in the subject line for people from Waterloo Region, and CanCon for Canadians further away. | ||
| 22m49s | CxViolet has played locally, but right now is taking time to hone his composition. CxViolet likes taking spaces that normally don’t play music and turning them into musical venues. Looking for venues and opportunities! Contact @_cxviolet on Instagram! Talking about other social media presences. The first self-hosted show was at AOK, a video game bar. Performing with The New People, working on starting a label / publishing house / band. Introducing “the roadies” Stevie and Naomi, and the next song, still untitled. | ||
| 27m40s | Untitled |
Live, On-Air, In-Studio |
CxViolet |
| 31m38s | Is this song autobiographical? All songs carry some biographical fingerprints. Talking about guitar technique. CxViolet is self-taught, claims he doesn’t know what he’s doing. Recently took up rock climbing, the forearm muscles are killing. Lyrics first, or music first? For this song, it came all at once. CxViolet pushes beyond the familiar, trying new things outside the norm. CxViolet writes for CxViolet, and the fans follow along. CxViolet doesn’t perform covers; for anything he likes well enough to cover he wants to do it justice. Talking about performance rights, SOCAN; any agents or managers should contact @_cxviolet. Music is a full-time gig, but CxViolet is sitting in the broke-artist trope. CxViolet got some grants from arts councils to offset recording expenses. CxViolet plays, records, produces everthing with the help of friend and artist-partner Stevie (more than a roadie!). | ||
| 40m34s | Bob asks for another song, CxViolet sets up to improvise something. Asks Bob for a key (G), sad or happy (happy), something for end-of-summer. | ||
| 41m18s | Improvisation |
Live, On-Air, In-Studio |
CxViolet |
| 43m00s | CxViolet claims not to have practiced this before the show, he just knows some chord progressions. Talking about piano lessons. | ||
| 44m26s | What’s coming up in the future? The Hackerboy EP in late September, followed by The New People album in October. CxViolet is working on 40 songs, ready to come out. He’ll be putting out music until he has no more music to put out, but feels there’s an infinite reservoir inside him. CxViolet has a three-year plan, maybe ending with a world tour. Playing outside Waterloo Region, playing at festivals, and playing in the classical sphere. CxViolet wouldn’t go back to playing classical, but might put those skills towards film scoring or video game scoring. Doesn’t do the restaurant / bar piano gigs, except for the pay. Prefers performing in non-musical venues. Maybe turn his attic studio into a venue, to host maybe ten people. Maybe doing secret concerts like Sofar Sounds. Working with The New People to help others find their voice, and playing with other artists. | ||
| 50m55s | Appearing in the Jillian video with I, The Mountain. CxViolet received the sweetest worded e-mail ever, and couldn’t say no after that. The idea was to get people together who are a little bit unique and have a unique sense of self. CxViolet was very impressed with how the production came together. | ||
| 52m29s |
Dealing with an unreceptive audience: CxViolet hasn’t really experienced that, has some tricks up his sleeve, such as asking “Name a key” and making an improvisation. But the fan base is well curated, so that hardly ever happens. The fan base exists as far away Europe and South America.
And Bob gives the end credits. |
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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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Last night your shadow fell upon my lonely room I touched your golden hair and tasted your perfume Your eyes were filled with love the way they used to be Your gentle hand reached out to comfort me Then came the dawn And you were gone I had too much to dream last night
CKMS News – 2023-08-27 – Gaukel Block and Beyond: Sam Nabi on placemaking in Kitchener
By: dan kellar
The practice of “place making” in urban design and “pedestrianisation” of urban spaces and downtown cores have been methods used to address well-being and connectedness of a city’s residents and boost health and safety of an entire population.
In 2019, noting the lack of a permanent pedestrian zone in the downtown and being long concerned about the safety of residents when getting around the city while not in their cars, local musician, community organiser, downtown shop owner, and Kitchener resident Sam Nabi amplified an idea on twitter – transform “Gaukel Street”, the short quiet road starting at city hall and leading down to the entrance to Willow River Park (aka Victoria park), into a pedestrian zone.
In Waterloo Region, while the number of collisions involving automobiles being driven into pedestrians and cyclists has been trending down for years, in 2020 (which is the most recent year with data available) there were still 67 people not in a car or on a bike who were driven into by driver of an automobile, and another 78 collisions involving people driving automobiles and people on bicycles. The plurality of these collisions occur at intersections or in crosswalks where the pedestrian or cyclist has the right of way, and the driver of an automobile was found to be inattentive.
Over the years in Kitchener, local advocates and some dedicated city staff have worked to implement more accessible, friendly, and safe neighbourhoods with a lot of attention being focused in the downtown core. For many years, King St through the downtown has been occasionally closed to car traffic during certain days or weeks for special events or holiday markets, but the area was always returned to its car-centric design for the majority of the year.
As popular “human scale” urbanist Brent Toderian has said, “The truth about a city’s aspirations isn’t found in its vision. It’s found in its budget.”, and through the cooperative efforts of community members and city staff, funding for Gaukel St pedestrianisation was included in the 2019-2020 budget. Subsequent years’ budgets have seen continued funding to accomplish a more comprehensive project.
In May and June 2023, after several years of more casual organising around the space, as approvals and permits were worked out, the first section of the fully pedestrianized Gaukel Block opened with more permanent features, dedicated booking options for the public, and a full schedule of community events through the summer.
Today’s show features an interview with Sam Nabi about the successful campaign to have Gaukel Street in downtown Kitchener, converted into the “Gaukel Block” pedestrian area, as well as a discussion of budget priorities, the effects of neoliberal economic thinking on public space, the importance of grassroots place making initiatives, and what is happening on Gaukel.
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
Welcome to Episode #60 of From the Void
My musical life in my college years. Dream Theater, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, NIN, Dredg, Tool
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!
Download: https://soundfm.s3.amazonaws.com/RadioNowhere230820Episode24.mp3, 58m02s, 80.0 MBytes
| Mississippi Queen | Mountain |
| Get Off of My Cloud | The Rolling Stones |
| My Generation | The Who |
| Low Rider | War |
| Love Like a Man (Live at the Filmore East) | Ten Years After |
| Statesboro Blues | Taj Mahal |
| Dirty Water | Standells |
| Gimme Some Lovin | Spencer Davis Group |
| I Want To Take You Higher | Sly & The Family Stone |
| Jingo | Santana |
| South California Purples | Chicago |
| Break on Through | The Doors |
| A Little Help From My Friends | Joe Cocker |
Download: https://soundfm.s3.amazonaws.com/RadioNowhere230813Episode23.mp3, 58m00s, 80.0 MBytes
| Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | Country Joe & The Fish |
| Killing Floor | Albert King |
| We Gotta Get Outta this Place | The Animals |
| Fire | Arthur Brown |
| Mongrel | Bob Seger |
| Evil | Cactus |
| Plastic Factory | Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band |
| Liar Liar | The Castaways |
| Choo Choo Mama (2017 Remaster) | Ten Years After |
| Epitath | King Crimson |
| Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78: I. Russia under the Mongolian Yoke | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Kurt Masur |
| Our World Our Times | Alannah Myles |
| Man in a Box | Alice in Chains |
| Never In My Life | Mountain |
Last week I came across this terrific documentary on YouTube called Before 1976 Revisited: How Punk Became Punk and was inspired to search out some of the music that led to the punk and alternative movement. Hope you’ll enjoy!
Welcome to Episode #59 of From the Void
My musical childhood, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, B 52s, Talking Heads, Zappa and Jimi!
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 – 2023-08-13 – Resisting Renovictions in Waterloo Region
By: MP Holmes
Kitchener
Over the last few months there have been several rallies and multiple media stories on the group of tenants in the residential building at 267 Traynor Avenue in Kitchener, who have organized against an impending renoviction. Their building was recently purchased by a wealthy investor landlord who then issued N13 notices to at least 20 residents in the building and more in another on Ahrens St. in Kitchener
According to the 2023 Housing Hardship Report from the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario, almost half (46%) of renters in Ontario are concerned about their landlord wanting to evict them for some reason.
In Waterloo region, the Report notes that 37% of all tenant households are spending a third or more of their income on housing costs, and a person needs to make at least $24 an hour to afford a 1-bedroom apartment here.
Maribel Jagorin organized the tenants at 267 Traynor Ave., and she talked with CKMS about her situation and fight to save her home and prevent her own and her building’s renoviction.
CKMS news also talked with Jenaya Nixon, who up util recently was an outreach worker for the Eviction Prevention Program within the Social Development Centre. Jenaya was one of the initial supports for the Traynor Ave residents and she talked about how renovictions generally occur and how municipal and regional governments can play an important and meaningful role, regardless of the provincial and federal initiatives.
Information and support to access if you are facing a renoviction in Waterloo Region:
The Eviction Prevention Waterloo Region at the Social Development Centre:
https://www.waterlooregion.org/eviction-prevention-waterloo-region
Easy to access and up-to-date legal information specific to Ontario:
https://stepstojustice.ca/legal-topic/housing-law/eviction/
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
For one night only on Wednesday August 16
By MP Holmes
Kitchener
“These photos are very powerful. A lot of these photos are tied to some pretty intense experiences, especially if you were aware in April when there was a big wave of overdose deaths that were happening. These photos are taken in the midst of that crisis. It is reflecting the voices of people who are navigating intense experiences of displacement.”
“Waterloo Region had shelter capacity for less than half of the number of homeless people that we had in 2020, and we know the number is bigger now and there is a huge shelter capacity gap and we also know that shelters are not going to meet the needs of everyone.”
David Alton, the Facilitator Lived Expertise Working Group, Kitchener’s Housing Strategy of the Social Development Centre, talked to CKMS news about a photography exhibition, the value of using lived expertise, the scale of homelessness in the Region and the problems and consequences of not having accurate data, and the barriers between unsheltered and sheltered communities.
The Lived Expertise Working Group is a two-year pilot project hosted by the Social Development Centre in partnership with the City of Kitchener to advise on the implementation and monitoring of the Housing for All Strategy. The working group consists of twelve lived experts who have met twice a month from May 2022 and were expected to continue until April 2024, but the group’s second year of funding, worth up to $30,000, is up in the air because City Council did not like the Social Development Centre commenting on city actions at the Roos Island protests in April. City council delayed the vote on continuing to fund the second year of the Lived Expertise Working Group until the council meeting on August 28.
Falling through the cracks, a fundraiser and photography exhibit, will be held at the downtown Kitchener Public Library, at 85 Queen St, for one night only on Wednesday August 16 from 5-8 pm. The photographs, 16 in total, depict the meaningful ways unsheltered communities support one another, memorialize each other, and resist marginalization. The gallery opens at 5 and the presentations will start around 6.
The music on today’s show is called “Maple Music” by Godmode courtesy of by Expectantly Maple Music on YouTube.
You have been listening to CKMS News on 102.7FM, Radio Waterloo. This is MP Holmes, and thank you for tuning-in.
When my feet go through the door I know what my right arm is for Buy a drink and pull a chair Up to the edge of the dance floor Bouncers bouncing through the night Trying to stop or start a fight I sit and watch the flashing lights Moving legs in footless tights
A more laid-back show today, we’re back in the studio after a stormy afternoon and playing tracks spanning decades and genres. Enjoy!
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Welcome to Episode #58 of From the Void
Tonight is al about Jeff Beck!!
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!
Download: https://soundfm.s3.amazonaws.com/RadioNowhere230803Episode22.mp3, 58m01s, 80.0 MBytes
| His Holy Modal Majesty | Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield |
| You Don’t Love Me | Al Kooper & Stephen Stills |
| Jumpin’ Jack Flash / YoungBlood (Medley) | Leon Russell |
| Nashville Cats | Lovin’ Spoonful |
| Slim Slow Slider | Van Morrison |
| Here Comes the Sun (Live) | George Harrison |
| Political Science | Randy Newman |
| Pete’s Blue | Roy Buchanan |
| Let’s Go Get Stoned | Ray Charles |
| Sabatoge | Beastie Boys |
| Lagrange | ZZ Top |
| Scratch my Back | Slim Harpo |
Megan Ruttan of Waterloo Region ACORN joins Bob Jonkman to talk about evictions, renovictions, tenants’ rights, and setting up a tenants’ union in Waterloo Region.
The interview starts at 10m02s.
ACORN was previously on CKMS News on 23 June 2023, 17 June 2023, and 7 June 2023.
Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-07-31-episode135-Meg-Ruttan-of-Waterloo-Region-ACORN.mp3 (50 MB, 54m11s, episode 135)
| Time | Title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc |
CKMS Community Connections |
Steve Todd |
| 1m02s | Black Eyed Suzie |
 Foul Weather Friends |
Onion Honey |
| 2m51s | 4 All The Animals |
 (single) |
VEFO |
| 6m35s | Unknown Monster |
 Genre-Bending Pt. 2 (Beat Challenge) |
GuruuuV |
| 6m41s | try and catch me next time | ||
| 7m42s | Shake the House | ||
| 10m02s | Introducing Megan Ruttan and ACORN: The Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now, a low- to moderate-income tenants union, but they take on any issues that their members want to take on, for example payday loans. The union is just getting set up now to help fight renovictions and demovictions. Megan herself is experiencing attempts at renoviction. This has been happening for at least six years. This pre-dates ACORN, but ACORN would have fought it by drawing attention to it by direct action such as protests. There have been rallies against other renovictions in Kitchener. Landlords intimidate tenants by withholding information, so that tenants do not know what their rights are, or even who their landlord is. ACORN in Hamilton has helped create a by-law that makes it illegal to evict people in Hamilton for renovations. But each municipality will have different by-laws. ACORN has just held a national day of action on the financialization of housing. They’re asking for a law that will give first right of refusal will go to housing organizations, co-ops, and other businesses that want to build affordable housing. Waterloo Region ACORN has about 500 members; about 15 full members who pay $15/month in dues, but many people can’t afford that. Waterloo Region ACORN started about three months ago, in April. | ||
| 19m44s | Beam Blues Live |
 (YouTube) |
Nick Bordman |
| 23m59s | Waterloo Region ACORN has a three month plan, meeting in August to plan an action to take place in September. They’re building membership; anyone is welcome to join, not just renters. The August meeting will be hybrid, both in-person and online for Covid safety. The national organization in Ottawa and the chapter in London have provided a lot of help in the form of flyers, handouts, mailing lists, &c. The money from dues goes towards copying costs and SDCWR for use of their facilities. The entire region of Waterloo has an epidemic of unsheltered people. The chapter was named Waterloo Region ACORN to include everyone in the region; it’s not just a Kitchener issue. | ||
| 28m47s | “The financialization of housing” treats housing as an investment, not as shelter or homes, or as a human right. Municipalities are not building purpose-built rental housing; many politicians to make this happen to own rental properties, and seem disinclined to reduce their holdings to build affordable housing. Globally, the climate crisis is creating climate refugees, who need housing. Do we have shelter for these people? We need to build housing. The municipalities need to build the housing, not just pass by-laws or re-zones. The City of Kitchener is not acting to build housing or reduce renovictions when they had the chance to vote on zoning changes. Their answer seems to be to police housing. If they don’t build housing, people will die. Who could be affected by the housing crisis? Almost every renter. What happens with the laws that require landlords to provide the renovated units to former tenants? It gets ignored, landlords just rent to new, higher-paying tenants. People in this situation don’t have the capacity, “the spoons”, to deal with this. Megan has the spoons to deal with this because she’s connected in the community, and knows the resources. | ||
| 38m14s | How did Waterloo Region ACORN get started here? There were already people with memberships in other chapters; people contacted the national chapter; they already had a mailing list! Everything is connected, Megan was already active in climate organizing, political organization; if one issue is advanced, the others are too. | ||
| 39m36s | Who’s Gonna Suffer |
 Twelve Bar Prescription |
FOG Blues & Brass Band |
| 43m04s | How do people get involved if they have no background in tenant organization? Come to the meeting in August, ACORN will provide training on door knocking, &c. They’ll knock on the doors of tenants to let them know help is available. They’ve reached out to local politicians, but not all have responded. Talking about other events where ACORN has had a presence. Giving credit to Maribel and other leaders, their appearances in local media. | ||
| 48m25s | What about all the local construction? It’s mostly condominiums, only 15% affordable housing. Condos aren’t affordable housing. The tenants’ union is the opposite of a Home Owners’ Association, the union lifts you up, doesn’t repress your rights. | ||
| 50m36s | Reviewing Waterloo Region ACORN‘s presence on social media. Talking about Project Mushroom, an online presence for social activists. It had some setbacks when the founder discovered it could not be monetized, but Megan and others are still keeping it alive. | ||
| 53m12s | 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 31 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.
You’ve done too much, Much too young Now you’re married with a kid When you could be having fun with me
Welcome to Episode #57 of From the Void
Tonight is al about Modern Fusion!!
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!
Download: https://soundfm.s3.amazonaws.com/RadioNowhere230730Episode21.mp3, 58m27s, 80.0 MBytes
| Summer | War |
| White Summer | The Yardbirds |
| Little Wing | The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| Yazoo Street Scandal | The Band |
| Long Time Gone | Crosby, Stills & Nash |
| Devil in Her Heart | The Beatles |
| Pictures Of Matchstick Men | Status Quo |
| Pickin’ Up The Pieces | Poco |
| I’ll Bet You | Funkadelic |
| Black Cat Bone (live) | Johnny Winter |
| Born in Chicago | The Paul Butterfeld Blues Band |
| El Matador | Los Fabulosos Cadillacs |
| Rebirth of the Cool | The Afghan Whigs |
| Golden Slumbers | The Beatles |
Listen: 2023-07-29 – Mobilising to defend the Greenbelt and “Stop the Sprawl”
By: dan kellar
Kitchener
Premier Dog Ford and the Ontario Conservative party have pushed forward with legislation which will allow housing development across swaths of the previously protected land, despite previous promises to leave the Greenbelt alone.
Across the province residents have organized against the changes to Greenbelt protections, and in Waterloo Region many groups and individuals have been working to “Stop the Sprawl”. Ahead of the July 29th “Rally Against the Big Sprawl” in Waterloo, CKMS News spoke with Kevin Thomason of the Grand River Environmental Network and a number of other social and environmental justice oriented organizations.
Thomason spoke about efforts to mobilize against of the Ontario government’s actions and legislation which they he argues will dismantle the rules protecting the Greenbelt from destruction by development (such as with Bill 23) and undermine local democracy (such as with Bill 39). He also spoke of continuing to engage in public participation processes, the work of GREN, and some of the solutions that could be implemented to address the housing crisis without causing further damage to the ecological services associated with Greenbelt lands.
Photo: dan kellar
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
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! |
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| 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! |
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VEFO |
| 55m13s | Bob gives the end credits. | ||
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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!
