Hi, Folks, hope y’all are doing well so far in this new year! First and foremost, here is what has been added to Libretime since the last post:
Mon Doux Saigneur
Mon Doux Saigneur
Traditional
CanCon
Big Pacific
One
Blues
CanCon
Alka
The Color of Terrible Crystal
Electronica
No (presumed)
Terra Lightfoot
Live in Concert
Rock
CanCon
Catherine Leduc
un bras de distance avec le soleil
Traditional
CanCon
Derwood
Renegade
Rock
CanCon
Kim Doolittle
Into the Blue
Blues
CanCon
Michael Bridge
Overture
Classical
CanCon
Petit Biscuit
Presence
Electronica
No
Ghost Wagon
Crooked and Dark
Pop
Unknown
Kendall Patrick
Peaks and Valleys EP
Pop
CanCon
Joshua Gerowitz
Solano Canyon
Jazz
No
Spencer Murray & Pipeslinger
Sound & Fury
Pop
CanCon
Zachary Lucky
Everywhere a Man Can Be
Country
CanCon
The O’Pears
Like These Nights
Rock
CanCon
Tryyo
Flying Box
Jazz
No
Tea With Lincoln
Broke as Folk
Other
CanCon
Begonia
Lady in Mind
Rock
CanCon
Protosequence
Biophagous
Metal
CanCon
Godspeed You! Black Emporer
Luciferian Towers
Post-Rock
CanCon
Jerusalem in My Heart
Daqa’iq Tudaiq
Indie Rock
No
Kellie Loder
Benefit of the Doubt
Religious
CanCon
Mike Allen
Bob’s Piano
Jazz
CanCon
Amreed
Smitten With You
Unknown
Unknown
Harfang
Laugh Away the Sun
Rock
CanCon
Eddie Quotez
Otaku
Rap
NSFR
CanCon
Ice Tha One
In the Paint
Rap
NSFR
CanCon
Catherine M Thompson
Cool Cat
Jazz
CanCon
Vaughan Hoy
Great Prayer
Rock
CanCon
Tyson Ray Borsboom
Sinner EP
Alternative
CanCon
Muon Bluze
Quintessence
Country
Unknown
Icicle
Orbit
Electronica
CanCon
Sebastian Owl
Captain Tomorrow & the Dream Orphans
Indie Rock
No
Zach Slaughter
Nowhere Land
Jazz
Unknown
Jordan Klasses
Javelin
Indie Rock
CanCon
Lorraine Desmarais Big Band
Danses Danzas Dances
Jazz
CanCon
Jef Miles
Love & War
Pop
CanCon
Kris Muraro
Colours
Pop
No (sorta)
Larry Dane
Just Let It Ride – Single
Unknown
Unknown
Wil
Songs
Rock
CanCon
Groenland
A Wider Space
Indie Rock
CanCon
The Racket
The Racket
Indie Rock
CanCon
Cannons
Written On the Wall
Electronica
CanCon
Tanya Evanson
Zenship
Other
CanCon
Van Halst
The World of Make Believe
Metal
CanCon
Sal Lima
Goin Rockin
Rock
CanCon
Supermoon
Playland
Rock
CanCon
James Kasper
Grace
Pop
CanCon
DJ Champion
Best Seller
Indie Rock
CanCon
Sam Weber
Valentina Nevada
Rock
CanCon
Foxhart Fishman
Wreck Room
Rock
CanCon
Icicle
Reverie
Electronica
CanCon
Look Vibrant
The Up Here Place
Indie Rock
CanCon
Duotang
New Occupation
Rock
CanCon
Hello Moth
Slave in a Stone
Electronica
CanCon
Child’s Play
Generation Automation
Alternative
Unknown
Karen Potje
Somebody I Used to Be
Country
CanCon/KWCon
The Goatbox Rebels
Let Us All Bleed Internally
Rock
CanCon
Matt Patershuk
I Was So Fond of You
Country
CanCon
Nick Dehod
Out of Sight
Rock
No (presumed)
Rant Maggie Rant
Latitude
Other
CanCon
Tim Moxam
Soft Summer
Country & Folk
CanCon
Government Town
III
Rock
CanCon
Chucky Macdonald
Let’s Go To War
Rock
Unknown
Ron Beer
From Austin With Love
Blues
CanCon
Mallory Chipman
Nocturnalize
Jazz
CanCon
Emily Millard
By Heron & By Season
Indie Rock
CanCon
Velvet Vice
Urban Instinct
Rock
Unknown
Slow Down Molasses
100% Sunshine
Rock
CanCon
Kyp Harness
Stoplight Moon
Other
Unknown
And here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour is you need to access it when it’s not airing:
Tracklist:
Elisa Thorn – Sun Shadows
Elisa Thorn’s Hue – Magnolia
The Heartaches String Band – Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
Les Finnigan – Lullaby for a Bunny
Brian Baggett – Behind Blue Eyes
Dizzy – Bleachers
Bernice – One Garden
Joanne Lurgio – In the Garden
Trampoline – Emily’s Tea Party
Loic Zev – Winterhearted
Tragedy Ann – Neon & Velour
Tim Baker – Strange River
David Kaufman – Who Was Old Hannah?
The Hearts – Dead and Gone
Wellbad – Bad Day for the Blues
Ursidae – almost love
Whitebeard – Bent Out of Shape
Jon Brooks – Song of the Mournful World
Luke Maynard – Shades of Summer
Crybaby – Oh (the Buffalo Song)
Touching God – Messiah, Dismissed
I.R. Idiot – House of Stairs
Dave Chose – Chilling
Defend the Rhino – Somber Mafia
Stephanie Boulay – Le piege
Lutra Lutra – Psychopath and the Philosopher
Brian Holden – Storm Comin
Ariel Posen – Better Late Than Never
In Waterloo’s final open city council session of 2023, site-specific by-law and zoning changes were approved to allow a new residence at the University of Waterloo. The 510 bed, twelve-story building will be constructed on the northern section of the parking lot that sits between University Ave, Seagram Drive, and the Spur Line Trail.
First announced by the university in September of 2023, the new residence is now a collaboration with architect Diamond and Schmitt and will mainly house first year students. The University of Waterloo guarantees housing for all first year students, however, most upper-year students must compete for housing off-campus.
This show features audio from the December 11th meeting where staff presented the project, the architect spoke alongside representatives from the University of Waterloo and consultant GSP group, and delegates proposed even more car parking lots being transformed into human living spaces. Councilors voted unanimously for the motion.
After a successful 2023, DJ Hickdaddy is proud to present the top new Hip-Hop, Rap, and R&B songs from Mixtape Monopoly in 2023.
The shows motto for new music is “New music with an old-school vibe”. This is heavily reflected in the countdown. Which is a result of all the great new music that came out in 2023. Plus, the vibe of the individual tracks, and mix of artists.
The podcast is reflective of what aired on Dec 30 2023.
The now-defunct UK music magazine Sounds published its list of the Top 100 singles of the year in late December 1978. I recently came across this list (shown below) and picked out several that were unfamiliar to me, or that I hadn’t thought about for a long time, and cobbled them into this week’s offering. Hope you enjoy!
Walking down the street, kicking cans Looking at the billboard – also-ran Summing up the people, checking out the race Doing what I’m doing, feeling out of place
What’s up, y’all? It’s ya boy mophead. First and foremost, I forgot to post what was added to Libretime last week, so I have some catching up to do here.
Sludgehammer
Antechamber
Metal
CanCon
Jean Leloup
L’etrange Pays
Traditional
CanCon
Allison Lupton
Words of Love
Folk with Elements of the Irish
CanCon
Carl Chesna & Co.
Prayer to the Black Madonna
Alterna-Folk/Americana/Rock
No
Vonreason
Boughs & Eros
Folk
CanCon
Basic White
The Second Half
Rock
CanCon
Lungbutter
Honey
Indie Rock
CanCon
Rhett Repko
Lately Baby – Single
Rock
Unknown
City on Down
Used to Be Young
Alternative/Synth-Pop
No
THNDR
Plus
Electronic
CanCon
Sunday Brave
Taking Over
Alternative
No
Mark Schirmacher
Bird in Your Tree
Pop
No
Everett Bird
People Person
Indie Rock
CanCon
Chastity
Death Lust
Indie Rock
CanCon
The Blaze Velluto Collection
Weatherman
Indie Rock
CanCon
Avi Granite 6
Orbit
Jazz
CanCon
Nicholas Krgovich
Ouch
Indie Rock
Unknown
Ways in Waves
Bloodless Arches
Rock
CanCon
Bleeding Horse Experiment
Going South
Rock
Unknown
Jo Passed
Their Prime
Indie Rock
CanCon
Julian Taylor Band
Avalanche
Rock
CanCon
Deer Tick
Hit Kringles
Rock (Christmas)
No
Vintage Lapointe
No Forgiveness Within Me
Unknown
Unknown
Matthew Chaim
Homemade
Unknown
Unknown
John Paul Kleiner
Intercity
Rock
CanCon
Big Little Lions
Alive and Well
Country/Folk
CanCon
Tracy Lynn
The Young Old Woman
Country/Folk
CanCon
Cliff Grant
Sweet Lover Woman
Indie Rock
No
John Lewitt
All Good Things
Country
No
Steve Poltz
Shine On
Pop
No
Among the Automated
Schematic
Electronic
Unknown
Benedikt
Fascia
Alternative
Unknown
Eric Chenaux
Slowly Paradise [EP]
Indie Rock
CanCon
Dorjee Tsering
Thank You Canada
Traditional
CanCon
Omhouse
Eye to Eye
Rock
CanCon
Jay Ross vs. Teekay
Str8 6 Shoota EP
Rap
NSFR (likely)
CanCon
The Faps
Grimelda
Punk
CanCon
Barbara Lica
You’re Fine
Jazz
CanCon
Various Artists
New Soul
R&B
CanCon
Backstabber
Conspiracy Theorist
Metal
CanCon
Emily Jean Flack
Throwing Shapes EP
Country/Folk
CanCon
Anything But
Do or Try
Rock
CanCon
Les Lepages
There’s Two Sides to the Story & Then There’s the Truth
Country
CanCon
Sabo Forte
The Most Obvious Loophole
Hip Hop
NSFR
CanCon
The Steady Rebels
Common Ground
REggae
CanCon
Gen Gorman
For a Friend
Rock
Tracks 5 contains the word “sh*t” in the opening second
CanCon
Astin Clark
Love & Self-Loating
Hip Hop
NSFR
CanCon
Bloom Filter
Bloom Filter
Metal
CanCon
Adrian Underhill
CU Again
Alternative
CanCon
Haviah Mighty
Flower City
Hip Hop
NSFR
CanCon
Honey Beard
Dreamless Sleep
Alternative
CanCon
Kubla Khan
One of These Days
Alternative
CanCon
Busty and the Bass
Uncommon Good
R&B
CanCon
Ramon Taranco
Desperate Love and Devil Can Blues
Blues
CanCon
Warcall
Invaders
Metal
CanCon
Mary-Catherine Pazzano
You’re Gonna Hear From ME
R&B
CanCon
Shadow of Whales
What we Do
Rock
Unknown
The Real McKenzies
Two Devils Will Talk
Punk
CanCon
Saltland
A Common Truth
Indie Rock
CanCon
Dante Mantas
Midnight Sun
Pop
CanCon
Eamon McGrath
Tantramar
Folk
CanCon
The New Customs
All Walls Fall
Rock
CanCon
Rory Taillon
Only Whispers
Alternative Folk
CanCon
The Utilities
Heavy South
Folk
CanCon
The Velveteins
Slow Wave
Indie Rock
CanCon
David Mott & Vinny Goila
“Have You Heard?”
Jazz
Unknown
Dom Mar KZ
Destiny
Rock
CanCon
Next up, here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Manitoba Hal – 30 Odd Days
Manitoba Hal – When Leadbelly Walked the River
Unfaithful Servants – Baracuda
The Marrieds – Lying Next to Me
Katherine Fischer – Mess for Two
Son Roberts – Not ‘Nuff Night
The Bluesland Horn Band – Stone Man Blues
The Sturgeons – Drunk On Wine
The Black Fever – Marketing
Eamon McGrath – Yellow Sticker on an Empty Fridge
Eamon McGrath – This Town Dies When Festival Season Ends
Deep Cover – Nature Makes a Scene
Bridal Party – Jukebox Cutie
Science is Fiction – Getting Late
Fred Fortin – Redneck (Microdose)
Bretton Lee John – Hospital Coffee
Ken Stead – Be Peaced
The New Project Alternative – Sunshine & Lies
Carter & the Capitals – The Roller
Andre Akinyele – Call Me
Busty and the Bass – Dance With Someone!!! (Live from London)
Busty and the Bass – Dead Poet
Mary-Catherine Pazzano – Manhattan/New York State of Mind
Exdream – $exdreams$
Josh Ritchie – Paid What I Owe
Ostrea Lake – Grind Your Teeth
Adrian House – Short Back & Sides
Shotgun Jimmie – Tumbleweed
The Jump Off – Pasture
The Fizzgigs – End of the World
Rachelle Van Zanten – Peace for the Children
Heads up that The Horizon Broadening Hour is not on next week, so see y’all in the new year!
Over 200 people went to Waterloo City Hall on Tuesday December 19 to sing for peace. The ‘Mennonite Day of Action Hymn Sing for a Ceasefire’ was put on by the group Mennonite Action, which says it is a movement of Mennonites who believe they have a responsibility to speak out for peace and justice.
Sam Ramer of Mennonite Action talked about the purpose of the hymn sing and why they are focusing on Palestine.
But Mennonite Action’s event was not only in Waterloo. On December 19, over two thousand people came to sing hymns in 42 cities and towns across North America.
Thank you to A.S. Compton, for permission to play their recording of the hymn sing on the show.
Tensions simmered when the topic of A Better Tent City (ABTC) came up at the last Waterloo Regional Council meeting of 2023. ABTC is tiny home community in Kitchener that currently houses 50 chronic homeless people.
On one side were those who supported the motion from Councillor and Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic which granted $236,390 for the next two years to ABTC. On the other side were those who said the grant was unfair and inequitable.
Several Councillors insisted the wording of Councillor Vrbanovic’s motion be removed as they felt it was insulting to staff. Another criticism arose because six other groups had been denied original funding but did not afterwards ask Council for money, some councillors felt this was unfair and inequitable
Despite the criticism, Council carried Councillor Vrbanovic’s motion granting ABTC $236,390 for the next two years
Cambridge – Joined by 4 city councilors on December 19th, Cambridge mayor Jan Liggett voted against a motion to investigate the plausibility building affordable housing in raised buildings above city owned parking lots.
The motion, brought forward by ward 7 councilor Scott Hamilton was supported by all the delegates who presented at the meeting including resident Matthew Rodgers, the advocacy groups “Citizens for Cambridge”, “For the City”, and “Waterloo Region Yes In My Backyard”, and as stated by councilor Earnshaw, the Cambridge Business Improvement Association was also on board.
Despite strong support for the motion from delegates, and the voting support of councilors Kimpson, Earnshaw, Roberts, and Hamilton, the motion was ultimately defeated, wIth Mayor Liggett suggesting churches should be converting their own parking lots for housing. Before calling the vote, Liggett stated that voting “no” does not mean that a councilor is against building affordable housing.
On October 18 of this year, the House of Commons unanimously passed the right to repair amendment under the Copyright Act (Bill C-244). The bill, originally tabled by Cambridge MP Bryan May, will allow the circumvention of a technological protection measure (TMP) so long as it is for diagnosis, maintenance, or repair purposes.
TPMs are meant to protect proprietary information or software, but they also inhibit an individual’s right and ability to repair any device that they own, and so often devices end up in landfills. Waste diversion concerns are among the key reasons for this amendment, as is the expense that repair places on people.
Murray Zink is the founder of 4RepairKW and the UW Repair Hub and has been promoting repair for many years. CKMS News talked to both Bryan May and Murray Zink.
So whatever you say It’s all fine by me Who the f*ck anyway wants a Christmas tree? Cause the snow keeps on fallin’ Even though we were bad It’ll cover the filth We should both just be glad
Waterloo Region residents will know the site of their new hospital by spring, according to the presidents of local hospitals.
The presidents, Ron Gagnon, Hospital President and CEO, Grand River Hospital, and Mark Fam, President, St. Mary’s Hospital, updated Kitchener City Council on the plans for a new hospital and new hospital system in Waterloo Region.
They are waiting for site selection to be finalized and for approval from the Ministry of Health before proceeding to the next phase of planning in spring 2024. The next phase will consist of functional programming, which determines what programs and services will be accommodated in the new facilities, and what resources are required to make that happen.
The main priorities currently are to identify the preferred site for the new hospital and to create a vision for working together in shared facilities.
This year has been another year full of frustration, if not outright despair, for housing in Waterloo Region. But at the all-councils meeting on December 15, Build Now Waterloo Region offered some hope.
Build Now Waterloo Region is a new local collaboration of for-profit and not-for profit groups which was announced back in July. The objective of the coalition is to build 10,000 non-market and perpetually non-profit homes by 2030.
Philip Mills, the chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region, one of the central players in this initiative, updated the all-council’s meeting on this ground-breaking project.
Of these 10,000 homes, 7,000 will be available for purchase and 3,000 will be available for rent. A one bedroom home is set to sell for $280,000, a two bedroom for $330,000 and a three bedroom for $400,000. This project will specifically prevent ‘flipping,’ investment property acquisition, or other profit-seeking schemes.
Of the three firework celebrations allowed in Kitchener in 2023, Diwali fireworks drew the most complaints, leaving Mayor Berry Vrbanovic to speculate if this reflects less tolerance in the community towards the Hindu festival.
Other councillors believed it was more of a lack of education by both those setting off the fireworks and those calling the bylaw office to complain. To counter this, new fireworks regulations include a comprehensive education campaign to educate residents and an increase in the number of bylaw enforcement officers on duty from two to eight for firework days.
Councillor Ayo Owodunni announced that 184 complaints were made to the bylaw office regarding fireworks in 2023, with Diwali accounting for 63 of these, Victoria Day, 54 and Canada Day, 32. Complaints are likely underreported as email/phone complaints after the fact are not included in these totals.
The motion introducing these new regulations about non-compliance with city’s fireworks regulations was carried.
What’s up, y’all? Another week coming to an end, another Horizon Broadening Hour. I am changing these posts a bit: I will be posting a stream link as well as the soundcloud, if you cannot wait until 10:00 PM.
Tracklist:
Vintage Lapointe – Travels from Winnipeg
Robert Ross – Jack Daniels
Frantically Atlantic – Carleton County Girl
Zachary Lucky – Raining in December
Doug Smith – Pub with No Beer
Jessica Rhaye & the Ramshackle Parade – One More Cup of Coffee
Billy Oxkidd – Hot Pants (You Got It)
Billy Oxkidd – Slipping Away
Chron Goblin – Giving In To Fun
Adrian Chalfour – The Collapse
The Golden Seals – Idiot Kid
Danny Blueberry – One Bedroom Apartment Blues
Matt Zaddy – Little River
Foreign Diplomats – How Cool is That?
Jason Doel – …Long to Reign Over Us…
Nathan Shubert – A Thought, Persisted
Kathryn Ladano – Masked
Justin Wright and Kate Maloney – Flutes
Hellrazer – Necropolis
Greber – Backhanded Interest
Pyramids on Mars – F-22 Raptor
Ooluu – Tickbait
BornBroken – No Stranger to Failure
Waterloo – On December 11th, following discussion, presentations, and legal clarifications, the first stages of a 12-tower development on the former Kraus Flooring factory lands in North Waterloo were approved through a unanimous vote from city councilors. With support for the project and the necessary changes to the site’s zoning and by-laws, the developer can move further into project planning.
This show features clips from the council meeting, focusing on updates to the original 2021 site plan, the status of a pedestrian bridge over the adjacent highway, and questions about promises for affordable and attainable housing in this purpose built rental development which features a proposed total of 5,452 bedrooms in 3,353 residential units.
Delegates included site owner Richard Boyer of 65 Northfield Drive Inc, consultant Chris Pidgeon of GSP Group, and Waterloo resident Ashwin Annamalai. Councilors Hanmer, Bodaly, Roe, Freeman, and Vasic also spoke, as did Mayor McCabe.