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Fences are up and inconveniencing hundreds of thousands of people in Toronto a full 3 weeks before the summit.

Do you like the Flecktones/Grisman style of bluegrass/jazz fusion? If yes then I'd bet you'll enjoy this show, happening this weekend, the night after the free Bela Fleck show in Queens park @ Luminato!

With the G8 and G20 summits lurking right around the corner, hiding behind a billion dollar wall of cops, armor, and 'non-lethal weapons' that our tax dollars paid for, thought it might be a good time to put a list of songs and albums together appropriate to the occasion...

If anyone was under the illusion that Ottawa would not fully harmonize our copyright laws with Washington's, maybe its time you started learning about the SPP?

You're welcome. Glad you found it interesting. Likewise I hope others are willing to contribute to this conversation, its pretty much our best chance to participate democratically on the topics the G8 and G20 people will be discussing behind that wall of a billion dollars worth of cops and guns.

Happy Birthday!

Nobody wants to comment about ^ that video ^ eh?

In relation, I heard a soundbite on CBC radio a couple days ago wherein the speaker was explaining that 'the days for Canadians sharing files on P2P neworks are numbered.' It was quite the arrogant statement- not sure who it was but the guy must have been a Tory.

http://delhead.com/DelAlphaListing.htm Lyrics (no tab) for most of the Del McCoury Band material

Last time I went searching the web for lyrics/tab resources was about ten years ago and there wasnt too much to choose from. Nowadays theres a ton of sites to choose from, some more useful than others. Post your favorite ones here!

I was hopin for some Roy Ayers or Ruth Underwood content

strobe tuners have been around for a long time

Umm, that Bela show sounds like its going to kick ass! Hope I can make it!

If staying in key is what you desire, you're better off using a tuning fork or set of pitch pipes. That way you are still teaching/relying on your ear to notice the difference or similarities in pitch. tangent side story: Bill Monroe NEVER used an electric tuner. He would tune his mandolin to his own voice everyday... that way, on days where his voice could hit a fractionally higher top note, the whole band tuned up accordingly. Thats the way the father of bluegrass did it... but to each their own.

Apparently not- and thanks to control-freak antics of the douchebag jambands promoters of Toronto, no afterparty planned for this year.

Go see them!

If you're in town tonight, broke or too cheap to see Avett Bros. but you feel like seeing an awesome new local bluegrass band, The Saturday Saints are playing a free show in Parkdale at Not My Dog, on Queen West. Their debut CD releases later this month (June 18th) so tonight is your last chance to catch them before their popularity takes them onto larger more expensive venues. Featuring Kristin Cavoukian and Danny Simmons singing and playing their hearts out, Sam Petite sitting in on bass. Kristin Has been sitting in with Crazy Strings, the Foggy Hogtown Boys, The Stagger Lees, and other Toronto area bluegrass bands for years.

Some hot shows on the Nathan Phillips Square mainstage bill this year, much respect to the organizers of the festival for continuing to provide the opportunity to see these great musicians for free from the beer garden Maceo Parker plus Lori Nuic Fri Jun 25 8:00pm Herbie Hancock Imagine Project plus Brandi Disterheft Sat Jun 26 8:00pm James Hunter, Taj Mahal & The Trio Sun Jun 27 8:00pm Stanley Clarke Band featuring Hiromi plus Dave Young Quartet Mon Jun 28 8:00pm The Roots Tue Jun 29 8:00pm

Our media (and Israeli media) fail to show how many Israelis stand in solidarity with Palestinians, but they never fail to cover the story when it degenerates into bloodshed and violence. If Fort Chipewyan warriors fired rockets into Fort McMurray, and the Canadian Army went into Fort Chip with guns blazing, casualties piling up, then would Canadians finally take a stand and speak out against the silent war against the indigenous people of Canada? I know many Canadians who claim solidarity with the injustices faced by Palestinians, and the actions others (Rachel Corrie etc) have taken to address their plight, yet at the same time we stay mostly silent and uninformed, turning a blind eye to the plight of indigenous North Americans in our own backyard. Why is the land theft of all of British Colombia, or the silent chemical poisoning of Fort Chipewyan residents not considered newsworthy, whereas the violent standoff in Caledonia received constant coverage? Same for Dudley George? Oka. Etc. Etc. Sad to realize that it still takes violence or the threat of violence for an unresolved issue to get deserving MainStreamMedia attention. It would be nice for a change to see Canadians peacefully standing in solidarity with indigenous Canadians; rather than perpetuating 400 years of ethnocentric violence and suffering in our own backyard. OKA STANDOFF CALEDONIA STANDOFF IPPERWASH STANDOFF

Nice link, but I believe you may have your threads mixed up, try this one instead

Herbert's distorted phonetics are awesome... free men of the desert, the planet IRAQ-US... etc... If you like your sci-fi with a healthy dose of geopolitics, weaponized chili peppers, and you rank Dune as a favorite book, I recommend reading Chung Kuo by David Wingrove . Highly underrated!

original article here at wsws.org Douglas Harold Brown, the top mechanic and acting engineer on the Deepwater Horizon, told the House Judiciary Committee this week that downsizing by Transocean had contributed to a breakdown of basic safety measures. “Because of the cuts in the number of engine room personnel, we were often days, weeks and even months behind in completing the necessary preventative maintenance requirements,†Brown said in prepared testimony. Brown confirmed accounts from other survivors that in the immediate aftermath of the explosion workers were not allowed to contact their families, but were instead interrogated. “I was then immediately taken to a room and interrogated by two lawyers from Transocean in front of a court reporter,†said Brown, who was suffering from leg injuries at the time. Stephen Stone, a general laborer on the rig, said that Transocean officials forced him to take a drug test and asked him to sign a waiver forfeiting his right to sue in exchange for $5,000. “I never would have expected for my company to treat me like a criminal after I had survived such a disaster by making me submit to a drug test, and they try to tempt or trick me into giving up my legal rights by signing forms without a lawyer present,†Stone said. etc. read the entire original article here