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An unfortunate truth is that revolution is never a passive act.
Trump wants to not tax tips. So now businesses can pay a lot less and we become the arbiters of a wage slaves existence. It will put billions of moolah into the pockets of our betters. Medieval evil. Gotta give it to ‘em. Old tactics are the best tactics.
Songs of denial. Songs of Redemption. Songs of hope. Some you can dance to. Accapella Nico!
Quote for today
“To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” e.e. cummings
This weeks movie. Straw Dogs. Directed by Peckinpaw with his trademark graphic violence. Mild mannered Dustin Hoffman strikes back at his wife’s rapists but gets caught up in the cycle of insanity of a quiet local English village. Complex interwoven story lines and it begs the question of retribution.
Now you might not think it but I’ve been told I’m a bit abrasive and shouldn’t point out the truth. It’s not my job to make the truth palatable.
This weeks web site recommendation: https://risingtidefoundation.net. featuring the writing of one of the most brilliant women on the net, Cynthia Chung. An astounding range of topics that dissect history and politics into wonderful stories featuring complex interrelationships that resonate through history. You can get her free stuff sent to you or support her sub stack pages. This is the second time I have recommended her work. That’s how good it is. She makes me feel slow and stupid because her writing is so well researched.
Lots of contrariness. Yeah, I’m like that. Don’t care. lkj, phil oaks, an angry lightfoot cover.
A really good opener from a Grammy nominated Memphis based band called Southern Avenue. And i don’t impress easily. Good luck!
southern avenue-rum boogie. (New)
otis spann-i wonder why
ping rose-careful for what you wish for. (New)
phil ochs-in the heat of the summer
hip-black day in july (can)
billy bragg-it says here
lkj-sonny’s letter
p tosh-get up stand up
anthony b-slavery
black uhuru-dreadlock pall bearers
nico-all tomorrows parties
morphine-take me with you
tom waits-sweet little bullet
cesaria evora-sodade
paul simon-further to fly
bruce cockburn-silver wheels (can)
test dept-red dust
idiom colleagues-travels beyond (can)
hula-gelsoming
robyn hitchcock-pit of souls
modern lovers-pablo picasso
-roadrunner
patty smith-rock n’ roll niger
jim carrol-people who’ve died
english beat-tears of a clown
specials-little bitch
ska p-ni fu ni fa. (Spanish)
Bowie
Live your life with unforgiving passion. It’s tough but worth it.
Keep your sense of Humour.
Google is changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Boy, that looks a lot like 1984 doesn’t it.
Told you so…
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Host: Leah Gerber
Every other Friday afternoon anywhere from 120 to 180 people gather together at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex Community Pavilion to listen to a presentation about someone’s travel story.
The program has been meeting for well over ten years, and in the last few years has really begun to pick up steam with 2400 attendees in 2024.
Radio Waterloo spoke with Sarah Kelly, who organizes the program for the City of Waterloo, as well as long-time participant, volunteer host and presenter Rick Chambers to speak about the program and what exactly is drawing all these people together.
At the tail end of January we are cozying up, appreciating the now, and looking forward to the warmer and brighter days ahead. Tunes to drive, drink hot cocoa, or call up an old friend to.
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Waterloo, ON – During the city council meeting on January 27th, Waterloo policy planner Adam Zufferli presented an update on the city’s plan to reduce the number of parking spaces required for housing developments which include at least 25% affordable housing units.
Fewer parking spaces translates into a smaller footprint of each unit and a lower cost of development. The parking space reduction initiative fits into the city’s affordable housing strategy and is a part of the city’s Housing Accelerator Fund plan that was approved by the federal government in April 2024.
Council voted to receive the report and to instruct staff to “finalize the process, legal agreement template, and monitoring framework for reviewing parking reduction requests for affordable housing units”. Public comments on the plan were due on the day of the presentation and Zufferli mentioned they will be included in the final presentation in a month’s time.
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| I Shall Be Released | The Youngbloods |
| This Wheels On Fire | The Band |
| Wanted Man | Johnny Cash |
| If Not for You | George Harrison |
| It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) | Bob Dylan |
| Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door | Warren Zevon |
| Buckets of Rain | Bob Dylan |
| You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go | Madeleine Peyroux |
| Goin’ To Acapulco | Jim James & Calexico |
| Blind Willie McTell | The Band |
| What Good Am I? | Solomon Burke |
| Everything Is Broken | R.L. Burnside |
| Huck’s Tune | Bob Dylan |
What’s up, y’all? As always — first up, here is what I’ve added to Libretime in the past week:
| Benjamin Russell | Waves | Pop | CanCon | |
| Faultlines | Rain – Single | Folk | No | |
| Sunday Riot Club | Out In the Sky – Single | Blues | CanCon | |
| Tilia | Drivers Seat – Single | Pop | No | |
| Seeds of Eden | Never Let Me Down – Single | Rock | CanCon/KWCon | |
| Seeds of Eden | Wish You Were Here – Single | Rock | CanCon/KWCon | |
| Slugs of Mars | Invasion | Metal | CanCon/KWCon | |
| Graeme Jonez | Ride or Die – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Darryl Lalach | It’s Groundhog Day – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| Alexander Bugarija | For You – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| NERiMA | Reverence – Single | Punk | CanCon | |
| Shane Pendergast | Winter Grace | Folk | CanCon | |
| Brock Geiger | After Later – Single | Alternative | No | |
| Thomas Thomas | One Lone Candle – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Dayside & Guffchild | Daddy’s Girl – Single | R&B | CanCon | |
| ERV ELLO | Flight to Heaven – Single | Country | No | |
| Back Seat Driver | The Mountain – Single | Funk | CanCon | |
| Patrick Smith | Pangea: Rebirth | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Jason Carter | In and Out of Time | Classical | No | |
| Danish National Vocal Ensemble | O Listen! | Classical | No | |
| Vampire Slumber Party | Polka King of the Midwest – Single | Punk | No | |
| De Beumb Project | Closer, warmer | Punk | CanCon | |
| Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra | Forest Party | Hip Hop | No | |
| Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra | Noodle | Hip Hop | No | |
| Bobby Joe Henson | Jumbalaya – Single | Country | No | |
| Tom Eaton | Traces – Single | Ambient | No | |
| Jeremy Hines | Long Day (10 Toes Down) – Single | Hip Hop | No | |
| Ron Ledoux Quartet | Views, Visions, & Destinations | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Les Canards | Conichibou | World | CanCon | |
| The OBGMs | SORRY, IT’S OVER | Rock | CanCon | |
| Steve Sandberg Trio | Live at Soapbox | Jazz | No | |
| Emma Gabriel | Patience – Single | R&B | Explicit and Clean Versions Available | CanCon |
| Amy Blanding with Reckless Burning | Sunbirds – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| DNA | déjà vu – Single | Hip Hop | NSFR | CanCon |
| DNA | Ghost – Single | Hip Hop | NSFR | CanCon |
| DNA | If I Die Young – Single | Hip Hop | NSFR | CanCon |
| DNA | Let Go – Single | Hip Hop | NSFR | CanCon |
| DNA | Little Do You Know – Single | Hip Hop | NSFR | CanCon |
| Dahlia Wakefield | GOODBYE – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Slugs of Mars – Becoming Rage
Seeds of Eden – Wish You Were Here
You Might Be Sleeping – Springdale
NERiMA – Reverence
Vampire Slumber Party – Polka King of the Midwest
De Beumb Project – No country for old punks
The OBGMs – GET UP
Stonehocker – In Need
Dahlia Wakefield – GOODBYE
Jeremy Hines – Long Day (10 Toes Down)
DNA – Little Do You Know
Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra – Capttalism (feat. Tom Thum, Saro Roro, Rivermouth, Blaq Carrie, & Nima Doostkhah)
Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra – Obscure Thought (feat. Lucie Pegna)
Emma Gabriel – Patience
Dayside & Guffchild – Daddy’s Girl
The Nathaniel Hardy Project – Love Is Just Too Precious
Starbuck – Coldest Night of the Year
Avi C. Engel – Near Snake Island
Danish National Vocal Ensemble – Salmo XLII
Jason Carter – Finlandia
Tom Eaton – Traces
Patrick Smith – Endless Construction (dedicated to Eglinton West)
Ron Ledoux Quartet – UFO 60s
Steve Sandberg Trio – Upper Manhattan Medical Group
Amy Blanding with Reckless Burning – Sunbirds
The Co-Conspirators – Dump the Bosses Off Your Back
Darryl Lalach – It’s Groundhog Day
Faultlines – Rain
Alexander Bugarija – For You
Shane Pendergast – Farewell to the Teacup
Icarus Phoenix – Pedantic
Boreal – Snow Falls Down
See y’all next time!
dan kellar
Waterloo, ON – The Icarus Album, which is the debut work of new classical composer Erik Lankin, is being released today with a listening party and discussion at the Waterloo North Mennonite Church, a place with deep connection to his family. Lankin, who “grew up slowly in Kitchener-Waterloo” and is now based in Montreal, has reinterpreted the myth of Icarus and Daedalus for this album, as a metaphor for losing his father to mental illness.
Lankin says the musicians involved in the project are some of canada’s top classical soloists and neoclassical producers.
In an early review of The Icarus Album, Robin B. James of Igloo Magazine wrote “This amazing work of Erik Lankin creates a new triumph, which I would place high in the pantheon of significant human musical expressions.”
This show features an interview with The Icarus Album composer Erik Lankin. The listening party is a free event which starts at 7pm.
Host: Leah Gerber
These days, most Canadians source their sweaters, socks, hats, mitts, blankets, and all the other things we use yarn and cloth for, from abroad. The textile industry was once a major part of Waterloo Region and across Canada, but it’s been globalized away. For many farmers, selling their fleece isn’t worth the cost of transporting it, so much of Canada’s fleece is thrown away or burned.
But, there is a small contingent of people in Ontario joining in a movement to make their living in a local textile industry. This includes raising sheep or other fibre-bearing animals, processing their fleece, and selling new products.
Radio Waterloo spoke with Romy Schill, Lindsay Webber and Donna Hancock, all women who keep fibre animals and have blazed new trails to make products from Canadian wool.
It’s a cold one out there tonight, so we’ve got some chilly and chill tracks to hopefully warm you up a bit (even if just in spirit :). Thank you as always for listening to Through the Static.
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CKMS News -2025-01-22- Extreme cold elicits advocate pressure and forces regional government action
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Kitchener, ON – As daytime temperatures dipped below -20 degrees this week in Waterloo Region, anti-poverty advocates in Waterloo Region demanded action from municipal governments to open more indoor space for homeless community members. In response, the region teamed with local service providers to open a new 20 person emergency overnight warming space in Kitchener. A second emergency overnight warming space will open early next week in Cambridge.
This show features interviews with anti-poverty and housing advocate Regan Sunshine Brussé and councillor Jim Erb of the regional government.
Brussé discusses the human rights approach to housing which the regional government adopted in the 2024 Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and offers her thoughts on how to address the extreme cold this winter. Councillor Erb says the regional government and staff are working diligently to address the extreme cold, and he responds to ideas advocates have brought forward such as using Grand River Transit’s bus fleet or regional properties for emergency warming sites.
Host: Leah Gerber
Heading into 2025, the Region’s potential home buyers, sellers and renters are anxious to know what the outlook is for this year’s real estate market. Experts including Christal Moura of Cornerstone Association of Realtors and Anthony Passarelli of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation say the Bank of Canada’s recent decrease in interest rates means more buyers will be entering the market – hopefully helping the backlog of potential buyers who have been sharing homes or staying at home longer than intended finally buy a home. For renters, the recent federal cap on the number of international student permits will mean a decrease in demand for rental units. This, coupled with the increase of for-purpose rental units completed this year in the region will mean more choice, though not necessarily lower prices, for the region’s renters.
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| Blowin’ in the Wind | Bob Dylan |
| It’s a Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall | Leon Russell |
| It Ain’t Me Babe | Jesse Cook & Melissa McClelland |
| The Ballad of Hollis Brown | The Neville Brothers |
| My Back Pages | The Byrds |
| Highway 61 Revisited | Johnny Winter |
| Mr. Tambourine Man | The Byrds |
| It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry | Al Kooper & Stephen Stills |
| Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again | Bob Dylan |
| Just Like A Woman | Jeff Buckley |
| All Along The Watchtower | Dave Mason |
| Wicked Messenger | Faces |
| Tears of Rage | Bob Dylan |
What’s up, y’all? Here are this week’s additions to Libretime:
| Min Taka, Valfi, Particles | Parti Devam Etsin! [EP] | Electronic | No | |
| Min Taka | Eyesight – Single | Electronic | No | |
| Cosmic Crooner | Swimming Pool – Single | Pop | No | |
| Noha Sare | What Am I Made Of – Single | Pop | No | |
| De Toegift | Yparxi – Single | Pop | No | |
| Starbuck | Coldest Night of the Year | Rock | No | |
| The Nathaniel Hardy Project | Love is Just Too Precious! – Single | Soul | No | |
| Pete Mancini | American Equator | Rock | No | |
| You Might Be Sleeping | Springdale – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Breakfall | Again – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Shirley | Death of a Bull – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Evan Cooper | Don’t Come Crying Back to Me | Pop | CanCon | |
| The Orphaned Bee | Rain – Single | Rock | No | |
| Chelten Jones | Mine – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| River Honey | Ultraviolet | Rock | CanCon | |
| Chick Boyd | Gay Like Me | Pop | NSFR | CanCon |
| Brett Hansen | Confluence | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Neil Little | Little Light | Folk | CanCon | |
| Papercapguns | Suicidal Wish – Single | Rock | NSFR | CanCon |
| Avi C. Engle | Nocturne (Soundtrack for an Invisible Film) | Alternative | CanCon | |
| Strat Adriotis | Exits | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Whiskey Jack | O L D – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Sara Kae | One Good Reason – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Distant Relatives | ST | Punk | No | |
| Regal Foul | Eyes | Punk | CanCon | |
| Upside of Maybe | Sinners and Saints | Rock | CanCon/KWCon | |
| Tristan Armstrong | The Lonely Avenue – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Savelene | A New End – Single | Metal | CanCon | |
| Stonehocker | In Need – Single | Alternative | CanCon | |
| Dany Horovitz | Way About You | Pop | CanCon | |
| Junestone | FIRST TRY | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Gerry Jack Macks | Too Many Times Down That Road / Two Melissas – Single | Country | CanCon | |
| Jade Turner | Breathe | Folk | CanCon | |
| kpec3 arrival | Technology Song (2024 Version) – Single | Rock | No | |
| Christina Tourin | From the Angelic Realm – The Best of Christina Tourin | New Age | No | |
| Naneum | Dreams Remembered | Ambient | No | |
| Blair Sparrow | Hands of Time – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Bob Donaldson | Wanna Be Like This – Single | Country | CanCon | |
| Various Artists | comp.02_canyons | Electronic | CanCon | |
| Icarus Phoenix | Pedantic – Single | Folk | No | |
| Icarus Phoenix | Solitude – Single | Folk | No | |
| Christie Ulicny | Conditional – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Boreal | Winterbirds | Folk | CanCon | |
| 20 Minutes Late | Peaks and Valleys | Rock | CanCon | |
| Boyboy Militia | Flowers – Single | Electronic | No | |
| Donny Don’t | Spirits Above – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| The Kings of Strings | Memento | Rock | No | |
| The Co-Conspirators | War is a Racket and Other Irrefutable Truths | Folk | CanCon | |
Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Christina Tourin – Fingal’s Cave and The Sea
Naneum – Shifting Stratosphere
David Zucchi & Ian Wadley – that used to be something else
Brett Hansen – Slow January
Strat Andriotis – Will It Ever Be the Same
Junestone – Back Porch
Nige B – Chase It (feat. Dubbygotbars & Txreek)
ZiyahtheArtiste – HAPPY TEARZ
Boyboy Militia – Flowers
Dany Horovitz – After Last Call
Sara Kae – One Good Reason
Christie Ulicny – Conditional
Bob Donaldson – I Wanna Be Like This
Evan Cooper – Don’t Come Crying Back To Me
Upside of Maybe – Boys From the North
Breakfall – Again
Shirley – Death of a Bull
Distant Relatives – Sunburned Teeth
Regal Foul – Night Owl
Savelene – A New End
20 Minutes Late – Arrested for Domestic
kpec3 arrival – Technology Song (2024 Version)
The Orphaned Bee – Rain
Chelten Jones – Mine
River Honey – Dancing Through Fire
Pete Mancini – Skid Row Skyline
Tristan Armstrong – The Lonely Avenue
Blair Sparrow – Hands of Time
The Kings of Strings – Between the Cushions
Gerry Jack Macks – Two Melissas
See y’all next time!
“An Act to prohibit the export by air of horses for slaughter and to make related amendments to certain Acts”
Thank you MP Louis for supporting humane treatment of horses.

CKMS News – 2025-01-17- MT Space hosting “Works-in-Progress” Mini Festival this weekend.
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Kitchener, ON – Theatre lovers in Waterloo Region will have a chance this week to peek behind the curtain and experience some of the creative process involved in creating a play, as MT Space hosts their first ever “Works-in-Progress” mini-festival, part of their 20th year celebrations.
Patrons are invited to the Registry theatre for presentations of plays which are still being worked on by their creators. Putting the “process over the product” each play will give audiences a glimpse into the creative process, and provide them the opportunity to give feedback to the playwrights.
This show features an interview with MT Space artistic director Pam Patel. Patel discusses the themes of the plays being presented and speaks about the value of developing a piece of theatre with audience feedback. Visit MTSpace.ca for more information about the festival. Tickets for shows on January 17th and 18th are still available and are pay-what-you-can.
dan kellar
Kitchener, ON – The second annual Palestinian Art Exhibition will take place at Kitchener’s city hall this weekend and will feature poetry, music, dancing, visual artworks, and several interactive workshops. Organised by grassroots groups Sporas Scattered, the exhibition is “celebrating Palestinian culture, heritage, and resistance”.
This year, organisers have added an art camp to the exhibition geared for youth and have included workshops on Tatreez embroidery and Dabka dancing.
Organisers are also hoping folks will come out and celebrate the tentative ceasefire that has been announced in Palestine after 15 months of devastating violence.
This show features an interview with Malak Sameh an organiser with Sporas Scattered. The exhibition runs from 9am to 9pm on Friday January 17th through the 19th and is free to attend. For a full schedule of events, check out the Sporas Scattered instagram page and look for the pinned post.
Cheers to 50 episodes of Through the Static! While the theme tonight isn’t necessarily celebratory, it is (in my opinion) a good reflection of the type of stuff we like to explore here on Through the Static. So thank you all for listening, and here’s to the next 50 episodes!!
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CKMS News -2025-01-15- Exploring Indigenous futurisms at WPL’s first Indigenous reading circle.
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Waterloo – A new Indigenous reading circle at the Waterloo public library will explore a variety of short stories, essays, and poetry by Indigenous writers. Amy Smoke, a co-facilitator of the reading circle, told CKMS News “people think we are stuck in the past and only write about ceremony or history”, however, she noted “we write sci-fi, we write all kinds of things”. Smoke added “we are so much more than our trauma”.
The first book to be discussed is Love After the End, an anthology of queer Indigenous speculative fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead.
The casual reading circle at the WPL’s main branch is a collaboration with the Willow River Centre.
This show features an interview with self-described “book fanatic” Amy Smoke, an IndigiQueer, two-spirit parent, teacher, and community organizer, and a co-director of the Willow River centre.
Two dates are booked, January 16th and February 13th from 7-8pm, register at wpl.ca.
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RadioNowhere250111Episode97.mp3, 57m43s, 82.0 MBytes
| FM | Steely Dan |
| Speak to Me/Breathe | Pink Floyd |
| Chauffeur Blues | Jefferson Airplane |
| I Can’t Get Next to You (Single Version / Mono) | The Temptations |
| Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone (Single Version) | The Temptations |
| Cuts you Up | Peter Murphy |
| My Tornado | Raveonettes |
| Flying over Water | Jason Isbell |
| Ain’t Found Nobody | The Mavericks |
| Black is Black | Los Straitjackets |
| Boom Boom | The Animals |
| Boom Boom | John Lee Hooker & Jimmie Vaughan |
| Mkanyeni Mwanangu | Juwata Jazz |
| Can’t Find My Way Home | Blind Faith |
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RadioNowhere250104Episode96.mp3, 57m43s, 82.0 MBytes
| You Got Me Floatin’ | P.M. Dawn |
| Red House | Buddy Guy |
| A Girl Like You | Smithereens |
| Chaise Longue | Wet Leg |
| Every Time The Sun Comes Up | Sharon Van Etten |
| Bargain | The Who |
| You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere | Bob Dylan |
| You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere | The Byrds |
| Waves | The Red Plastic Buddha |
| We’ve Been Here Before | The New Pornographers |
| Darling Shade | The New Pornographers |
| Water Song | Hot Tuna |
| You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away | The Beatles |
CKMS News -2025-01-09- New accessible mental health tool for youth in Ontario
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Ontario – A recent report highlights that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated a decline in mental health in Canada. The Canadian Mental Health Association’s State of Mental Health in Canada 2024 report shows 26% of people reported “poor” or “fair” mental health in 2021, up from 8.9% in 2019.
The report, which was released in November 2024 revealed that “2.5 million people with mental health needs in Canada reported that they weren’t getting adequate care”.
One initiative to help address mental health care is “One Stop Talk”, which “provides immediate access to mental health services, when they’re needed, wherever they’re needed.” The service, which launched in the fall of 2024, and is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health, is free to access and is available for youth up to 18 years of age.
In Waterloo Region, Camino Wellbeing and Mental-health are One Stop Talk partners, but were unavailable for an interview.
This show features an interview with Robert Royer, the Vice President of strategy for Strides Toronto, a mental health and development support organization and a leading partner of the One Stop Talk initiative.