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Features>
• Scene’s Midsummer Guide 2015
• Mykonos: Where friends meet
• Rocky’s celebrates 60 years of Harleys!
Social Digest
Social Life Listings
N E WS 7
Local & Provincial Digest
City Hall: Public and Political Input Meetings
Local Crime Report
National & International Digest
Features >
• An interview with Mayor Matt Brown
• 2015 Ontario Natural Championships
P O P C U LT U R E 12
Cover Story>
• Dale Watson keeps country real
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• Coal Chamber back and burning
• Summerfolk Set To Shine
• London Music Awards: A night to
remember
• RockinWheel 10 Ready To Roll
Scene&Heard
London’s Indie Pop Beat
Listings >
Concerts /Limited Engagements
• House Bands / DJ’s / Karaoke
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Tickets and more information available on our website:
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• An interview with Andy Finkman
Art Beat
London’s Indie Art
Listings > Visual Arts • Performing Arts •
Literary • Museums
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MIDSUMMER
GUIDE 2015
FEATURES
SCENE’S
Art in the Park
Sundays, weather permitting
Springbank Park, 1085 Commissioners Road
West, west entrance
Free
There will be work by various artists on display, Sundays from 10am-4pm for the remainder of the summer. A great way to get some
fresh air and chat with local working artists.
Blyth Festival
Ongoing until September 12
Blyth Memorial Community Hall, 431 Queen
Street, Blyth
1-877-862-5984
$30/Adults; $15/Youth
The 41st season of original Canadian theatre
has a playbill including Seeds, The Wilberforce Hotel, Fury, Mary’s Wedding, Edna Rural’s Church Supper, and the Young Company
plays.
Camping and ESAs
at Upper Thames
River Conservation
Authority
Get back to nature at one of three conservation areas run by the UTRCA: Fanshawe in
London, Pittock in Woodstock, or Wildwood
in St. Mary’s. Reserve a campsite toll-free
at 1-866-ONT-CAMP. London’s 16 public
environmentally significant areas (ESAs)
managed by UTRCA are Kains Woods, Kilally
Meadows, Meadowlily Woods, Medway
Valley Heritage Forest, Sifton Bog, Warbler
Woods, and Westminster Ponds/Pond Mills
Conservation Area.
Flat Track
Racing Canada
Championships
August 22
Western Fair District Raceway, 900 King
Street
519-438-7203
$21/Advance; $26/Door
Live flat track racing is fun for the whole family. Doors open at 5pm, with the races being
held from 7pm-10pm.
Greenbelt Harvest
Picnic
August 29
Christie Lake Conservation Area, 1000 Highway #5 West, Dundas
1-866-943-8849
$89.50; $19.50 (youth 11 - 15); kids 10 and
under free
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Gordon Lightfoot, Kathleen Edwards, Basia
Bulat, and Martha Wainwright are some
of the musical performers lined-up for this
year’s event on Christie Lake.
The Home Fires
Festival/Fanshawe
Frolic
August 1 & 2
Fanshawe Pioneer Village, 1424 Clarke Road
(Fanshawe Conservation Area)
519-457-1296
A Fanshawe ‘Ragtime Frolic’ vintage dance
weekend featuring the music of the WWI era.
Admission to the Family Frolic and tea alone
is covered by the $7 admission on Sunday;
tickets to whole weekend are $50 (+HST)/
person - includes two-day pass, dance workshops, a full country-style supper, an evening
ball with souvenirs and the Family Frolic informal dance and tea on Sunday (advanced
booking is required for weekend pass).
Improv Allstars
August 8, 8pm
Centennial Hall, 550 Wellington Street
519-672-1967
$52.50
Your best bet for stand-up comedy in London
for August. Celeb comedians Colin Mochrie
and Debra McGrath join local troupe Shut the
Front Door for an evening of laughs in support of the Crouch Neighbourhood Resource
Centre.
Iron Horse Festival
August 20 - 23
Grounds, Elgin County Railway Museum, St.
Thomas
519-207-4000
Free admission (tickets required to concerts
and select events)
Rides, musical entertainment, nosh, and free
train rides - this fest is steeped in the rail history of St. Thomas. August 20, 4pm-11pm;
August 21 & 22, 11am-11pm; August 23,
11am-8pm.
Ribfest
July 30 - August 3
Victoria Park, Downtown London
519-432-5189
Free admission, food prices vary
Ribbers vying for a place on your plate battle
it out for awards alongside dozens of other
food vendors over five finger-licking-good
days.
Riot Fest & Expo
Toronto
September 19 - 20
Various venues, Toronto
A multi-venue weekend of punk and rock
music now in its 11th year, Riot Fest has expanded to include Chicago and Denver.
SoHo Friday Night Farmers
& Artisans Market
Fridays, 4pm-8pm
Goodwill Industries, 255 Horton Street
Free admission
The SoHo Community Association hosts a
Farmers and Artisans Market each Friday
evening, where you can find fresh local produce, organic products, hand-spun wool,
natural products, preserves, and more.
Toronto Urban Roots
Fest (TURF)
September 18 - 20
Fort York Garrison Common, 100 Garrison
Road, Toronto
$69.50; $119.50 VIP. Tix available online.
Three days, three outdoor stages, and 46 artists including Wilco, UB40, The Avett Brothers, Neko Case, Skydiggers, Will Butler, Fishbone, and many more.
Walking Tours
Saturday mornings in August
Museum London, 421 Ridout Street N
519-661-0333
Free
Learn more about London’s history with a series of walking tours around the downtown
area, Saturday mornings. Themes: From
Castles to Cottages (Aug 1), Monuments
and Memorials (Aug 8), Public Art (Aug 15),
Forest City Modern (Aug 22), and Unsettling
the Thames (Aug 29). Wear comfy footwear
and meet on the front lawn of the museum
at 10:30am.
Western Fair Farmers
& Artisans Market
Saturdays, 8am-3pm
900 King Street
519-438-5942
Free admission
The place to be on Saturdays! This thriving
Old East hub is 52,000 square feet of fresh
farm produce, baked goods, ethnic food, arts
and crafts, and a wide range of entrepreneurs, all housed in an inviting old worldstyle market atmosphere.
- Amie Ronald-Morgan and Chris Morgan
MYKONOS: WHERE
FRIENDS MEET
O
n the corner of Adelaide Street North and Elias Street, skirting the Old East Village,
there’s a quaint little restaurant with a big heart.
Mykonos has been around for more than 40 years, and in that time, owners Heidi and
Bill Vamvalis have amassed quite a loyal customer base. Their success in an industry where
eateries open and close with great frequency is no secret to anyone who has dined here. And
really, who hasn’t? It’s like a home away from home.
As a former resident of this part of town, I have eaten at Mykonos many times, and consistency is the name of their game. Greek and Canadian comfort food in a relaxed and welcoming
place is what you will find here, and the large covered patio extends the dining area quite
handily for those who prefer the out of doors. It’s a singular mystery how a joint on a noisy main
artery can truly whisk you away.
The hostesses clearly enjoy their work and, on the day my dining partner and I were there,
were jauntily dressed to match the restaurant’s blue and white decor.
Our service was fast, cheerful and attentive without being intrusive. Ordering was not much
of a choice for me as I went with my favourite, the marinated shrimp brochettes with rice,
deluxe - meaning rounded out by a tasty Greek salad and freshly-baked bread. I implore any
seafood lover to try the shrimp here and not become addicted. The shrimp was fresh, garlicky
and zesty and grilled to lip-smacking perfection.
The rice is basmati, simple and aromatic, lightly seasoned with chopped baby carrot and celery pieces, and the Greek salad has not changed one bit over the years - and that’s okay by me!
It is heavy on the shredded feta, olive oil, and oregano.
My partner had the Beefteki - a lean ground beef patty
smothered in a savoury onion
and mushroom topping, with
roast potatoes and rice. Go big
or go home.
The danger with ordering
ground beef at any eatery
is having it served too overcooked, however, he was
pleased with his meal (and
I was pleased with stealing
some of the big, meaty mushrooms. On the patio you can get
away with bad manners!).
Some of the Greek fare
here includes lamb, pork, and
MYKONOS SHRIMP BROCHETTES DELUXE
chicken souvlaki, dolmanthes
(stuffed grape leaves), moussaka (another personal favourite), spanakopitaki (spinach and cheese triangles wrapped
in phyllo pastry), tyropitakia (cheese triangles), loucanica (spiced wood-smoked sausage),
scordalia (garlic potato puree that is perfect for dipping).
Their seafood menu is extensive and offers calamari, scallops, and an array of fish prepared in
either a traditional Greek manner or battered English-style with chips.
I didn’t order the tzatziki this time, but I highly recommend it - especially to those who can’t
get enough garlic. It has to be London’s finest tzatziki.
As a side note, there is a newish sign outside of the restaurant advertising that they are
open to hosting parties, but the truth is, Mykonos has been doing this for years. The restaurant
doubles as a community arts hub and in recent years has been the regular haunt of London
Open Mic Poetry Night.
The camaraderie that rules these kinds of evenings resonates throughout, leaving its traces,
adding to the jovial atmosphere here that really is second to none.
- Amie Ronald-Morgan
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MYKONOS IS LOCATED AT 572 A DELAIDE STREET NORTH AND IS OPEN
11AM-10PM, MONDAY TO SATURDAY; 4PM-9PM SUNDAYS. TAKE-OUT
MENU AVAILABLE. 519-434-6736 FOR RESERVATIONS OR TAKE-OUT
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ROCKY’S CELEBRATES
60 YEARS OF HARLEYS!
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t’s hard to believe but London’s premier Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealership is six decades young. Talk about keeping the motor
running!
On August 8 from 12-5pm, loyal customers as well as members of the
public are invited to attend Rocky’s Harley-Davidson 60th Anniversary
Bash. Admission to the event is free.
Attendees can spend some time in a beer tent, have a bite to eat,
view the vintage bike display or watch a bikini contest. Rocky’s is also
hosting a sidewalk sale and offering a bike wash service.
Musical entertainment for the event is being provided by popular London
band, After The Lounge and the‘definitive AC/DC tribute band’, Who Made
Who.
Organizers remind those planning to attend Rocky’s 60th Anniversary
Bash to imbibe responsibly and not to drink and drive.
Since 1955, Rocky’s (900 Wilton Grove Road) has been selling Harley-Davidsons to people from all walks of life, and are the authorized
Harley-Davidson dealer in the region.
For more information on the event or Harley Davidson products, call
519-438-1450 or visit Rocky’s Harley Davidson online.
- Chris Morgan
ON AUGUST 8, ROCKYʼS HARLEY DAVIDSON (900 WILTON GROVE ROAD)
CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF SELLING HARLEY DAVIDSON PRODUCTS
DIGEST
London celebrated Canada!
The festivities were in high gear on Canada Day as more than 40,000
people gathered in sunny Harris Park. Festivities began with a First Nations gathering and a parade including the RCMP and 1st Hussars cavalry
troop, with flag parties from HMCS Prevost and Scouts Canada leading the
procession to the stage. Entertainment was provided by the #WePlayOn
musicians, who performed the national anthem, complete with a perfectlytimed flypast by the Canadian Harvard Aerobatic Team. Nancy Poole, CM,
was presiding officer for a citizenship reaffirmation ceremony that included
several hundred Londoners. The day concluded with a spectacular fireworks
display.
Bottoms up! London will soon have its very own Oktoberfest, coming this fall to the Western Fair District. The famous Bavarian beer
and snack extravaganza will take place October 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17.
“We are thrilled to be expanding our Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest
celebrations to the city of London. It shows the Oktoberfest brand is
strong not only in Kitchener-Waterloo, but throughout Southwestern
Improv all-stars
come to London
Canadian comedy stars Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath touch down
at Centennial Hall (550 Wellington Street) for Improv All-Stars on August 18, appearing onstage with Shut The Front Door Improv group
(STFD) for what promises to be an unforgettable show. “This is the first
time, to our knowledge, that Colin and Deb will be performing in London, so that makes it special. They’ve never been here before in a performance capacity,” STFD artistic director Brandon Rudd said. “We want
our audiences to know is that it’s going to be a bit of a variety show as
well. We’ve added different production elements to it to make it a very,
very interactive experience – more than a show, really. From the moment you arrive, it will be an experience.” For Rudd, the show represents
a milestone for the improv group. “It’s the largest show in the history of
STFD. We’re excited to be working with Centennial Hall to be bringing
this kind of high-caliber talent to the city,” Rudd said. The show begins
at 8pm. Tickets are $50 + service charges. For more information, visit
the Centennial Hall box office or call (519) 672-1967. Two dollars from
every ticket sold for the show goes to the Crouch Neighbourhood Resource Centre, an organization that provides programming and outreach
in the Hamilton Road community.
#LiveLikeAlex walk for Alex
Foto, August 9
OOMPAH PAH! OKTOBERFEST COMING TO TOWN!
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World Vision Canada has organized a nationwide water walk fundraising event in memory of Alexandra Foto. A passionate World Vision
Youth Ambassador, Banting S. S. graduate, and Waterloo University
student, Foto died last summer when she was hit by a truck riding her
bike near the downtown area in London. The event takes place August
9 in cities across Canada and will have teams of six walking six kilometres with jerry cans filled with water to raise awareness for clean water
and draw attention to how a mother or child in developing countries
has to walk that distance daily to retrieve clean drinking water. The
London walk starts at Victoria Park, with registration beginning at 1pm
PHOTO CREDIT: WORLD VISION CANADA
Oktoberfest coming to London
Ontario. It is very exciting for us to share the spirit of Gemuetlichkeit
with our friends in London and wish them the best of luck with their
Festhalle in the Western Fair District,” enthused K-W Oktoberfest Inc.
President Alfred Lowrick. “As a year-round entertainment destination
this fun and enriching cultural experience will add another exciting
event to our calendar and provide our customers with an entertaining experience that highlights and savours the much-loved traditions
of Bavarian music, beer and authentic German cuisine,” Western Fair
District CEO Hugh Mitchell said.
ALEX FOTO IS REMEMBERED IN A WALK IN HER HONOUR
and the walk lasting 2:30-4:30pm, ending at Banting. There, participants will enjoy a BBQ party. For more info, visit World Vision Canada
online.
Iron Horse Festival:
August 20 - 23
The St. Thomas Iron Horse Festival gets underway August 20 for four days
of rides, live entertainment, food and drink, and of course, free train rides.
The fest takes place at the Elgin County Railway Museum lands in downtown St. Thomas; admission to is free, however paid admission is required to
various attractions including concerts and rides. Helix headlines on opening
night, then on August 21 the main stage acts include Foreigner tribute band
Jukebox Heroes and Led Zeppelin tribute, ZED. Autumn Hill play on August
22 (tickets are sold to individual shows or in packages - check online for
more info). There are many other activities planned, including the first-ever
Roots, Brews & BBQ event; a FreshFest dinner with food by local farmers
and chef-prepared; a midway amusement park, and free hourly train rides
departing from the CASO station. See you there!
- Amie Ronald-Morgan & Chris Morgan
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THE LISTINGS
ACFO DE LONDON-SARNIA (495 Richmond
St., Suite 200) - English Conversation Group,
Sat, once a month, 10 am – 11:30 am. Open
to newcomers with permanent residence interested in learning & improving their English speaking. The group is open to all levels.
Once a month, the group discusses different
subjects. 519-850-2236 x 223.
ATTIC BOOKS (240 Dundas St.) - Barhopping
Into History Walking Tour, Aug. 14, 7:15 pm.
Kym Wolfe leads a walking tour of Downtown’s historic pubs & landmarks - along
the way we’ll view some of London’s oldest
surviving taverns & heritage buildings now
operating as bars. Learn about local brewing, bars & other interesting historic trivia.
$15. [email protected].
BEACOCK LIBRARY (1280 Huron St) on Tues
& The Family Centre (335 Belfield Dr.) on
Thurs - Shared Beginnings Program, 9:3011:00 am. A family literacy based play group
for adults & their infant, toddler, preschool
& kindergarten aged children (0-6 years) crafts, stories, songs, rhymes & fun in a safe
& caring setting. 519-452-1466.
BEACOCK LIBRARY (1280 Huron St.) - Coffee
& Games Fun Group meets every Fri, 10 amnoon for Euchre, Cribbage, Scrabble, Chess &
lots of other card/board games available. We
also offer bi-weekly Craft projects, Tatting
lessons, & Line Dancing from 11am- noon.
Casual, friendly & inclusive atmosphere;
Open to All Ages. All activities, lessons &
materials are free. 519-451-1840.
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF LONDON &
AREA (543 Ridout St.) - Start something BIG
by donating your time at Big Brothers Big
Sisters of London & Area Big Brothers Big
Sisters of London & Area enriches lives by
providing quality mentoring relationships
to young people in need, helping to create
strong & productive community members.
519-438-7065 x 6223.
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY (St. George St.)
– Shop to Stop Cancer: Your Stuff can save
lives, July 27 – Sept. 30, 8 am – 8 pm. 519432-1137.
CARLING HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTRE (656
Elizabeth St.) - Community Aikido Club,
every Sat., 10 am. Free trial class. 519-6368482.
CENTRAL LIBRARY (3/F Arts Dept.) - Forest
City Backgammon Club weekly meeting,
every Thurs, 5 – 9 pm. New or experienced
players, young or old, all are welcome. 519719-4615.
CENTENNIAL HALL (550 Wellington St) - GNC
2015 Ontario Natural Championships, Aug
8, Pre-Judging 10am and Finals 6pm. Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure, Bikini & Physique.
All day $62.00 and Finals $52.00. Call 519672-1967.
DORCHESTER OPTIMIST CLUB (1653 Richmond St.) - Walk of Champions for Myeloma
Research, Aug. 16, 9am – 12:30 pm. The
Dorchester Walk was started by two members of the London & District Myeloma
Support Group Steering Committee - Keith
Fleming & Dan Childerhose. Proceeds from
the 2015 Walk will go to Myeloma Research
at the London Regional Cancer Program.
519-471-6653.
DUCHESS OF KENT LEGION (499 Hill St.) –
Mixed Dart League, every Mon, 7 pm. 519204-3775.
DUTCH CANADIAN CLUB (Gore & Clark Rds.)
- London Philatelic Society meets 2nd & 4th
Tues, 7:00 pm Contact Sherwin 519-4725786. Everyone welcome!
EAST PARK (1275 Hamilton Rd.) - East Park
Open the Civic Long Weekend, Aug. 1-3, 7
am – 10 pm. 519-451-2950.
EAST PARK (1275 Hamilton Rd) - 14th Annual Leo Kirwin Golf Tournament, Aug. 21,
10 am. Come on out for 12 rounds of golf,
lunch, silent auction, & prizes to support
Participation House. $80/person. 519-6606635.
EAST VILLAGE ARTS COLLECTIVE (757 Dundas St.) - Black Flag Anarchist Free School,
Every Wed, 5-9 pm. Free classes on a variety
of topics. // Safe Space London, Every Mon
& Tues, 6-11 pm. Drop- in centre for women
in crisis.
ELGIN COUNTY RAILWAY MUSEUM (225
Wellington St, St Thomas) - Iron Horse Festival, Aug 20, 4 – 11pm, Aug 21-22, 11am
- 11pm, Aug 23, 11am - 8pm. Helix, Mudmen, Damn Pigeon, Jukebox Heroes, ZED,
Dave’s Not Here, Autumn Hill, Sarah Smith,
Them Dang Rattlers, Last Highway PLUS
Midway, Railway Experience, Roots, Beers &
BBQ, Freshfest and Gallery. Call for more info
(519) 207-4000
ELSIE PERRIN WILLIAMS ESTATE (101 Windermere Rd.) – Summer Heat, Aug. 26, 6 – 9
pm. An outdoor concert & family fun featuring Scallywag with Taylor Holden – Blue
Vertigo & the Magic of Steve Seguin. Bring a
lawn chair or rent one of ours. Admission by
donation. 519-432-6620.
FORD ACCESS CENTRE (25 Ford Cres.) - 4th
EMAIL YOUR LISTINGS TO SCENE
Email: [email protected]. Please Include: Venue Name, Address, Event
Title, Date, Time, Brief Description, Admission Fee and Phone Number. Deadline for
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Annual Community Living London - Games
& Giggles Fun Fair, Aug. 7, 11 am – 2 pm. The
Ford Access Centre will be transformed into a
carnival-type setting & welcomes everyone
for an afternoon of games, activities, entertainment & food. $10. 519- 686-3000.
FOREST CITY NATIONAL GOLF CLUB (16540
Robins Hill Rd) - Andie’s Fight for a Cure Charity Golf Tournament, Aug 12, 9am. Andie’s
Fight for a Cure Charity Golf Tournament was
started to raise money for Diamond Blackfan
Anemia Canada (DBAC) to support research
for a cure for DBA. $150. (519) 639-4716
GERMAN CANADIAN CLUB (1 Cove Rd) - Accordion Club of London Get Together, every
fourth Thurs, 7 pm. Bring you accordion &
play a few tunes or just sit back & enjoy the
music. $5. 519-439-9314.
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES (255 Horton St.) SoHo Friday Night Farmers & Artisans Market, to Oct. 16, 4 – 8 pm. The SoHo Community Association, in partnership with
Goodwill Industries, presents a weekly Friday Night Farmers & Artisans Market. Fresh
local produce, organic products, hand spun
wool, all natural products & now carrying
Y.O.U. Jams & preserves. 519-661-8581.
IMPACT CHURCH OF LONDON (220 Adelaide
St.) - Healing Rooms, every Thurs, 7:30–9
pm; Sat, 10:30 – noon. Come & be healed
by a group of well-trained, caring people.
519-438-7036.
JESSE DAVDSON PARK (731 Viscount Road)
- The Community Cup, Aug. 8, 10 am – 6
pm. The Community Cup is a FREE multigenerational & multicultural activity filled daylong event designed to engage the community. The Community Cup has always focused
on inclusivity, connecting people, & building
a welcoming community. 519- 432-1133.
LONDON BLOOD DONOR CLINIC (820 Wharncliffe Rd. S) - Canadian Blood Services,
Whole Blood Clinic Hours: Mon, Tue & Thurs
3 –7 pm, Wed noon – 8 pm, Fri & Sat 9 am
– 1 pm; Plasma Clinic Hours: Tues & Wed
12:30 - 7:30 pm, Thurs & Fri 7 am – 1pm,
Sat 9 am – noon. Platelet Clinic Hours: 519690-3929.
LONDON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (85 Charles
St) - Game On: Sports & active games for
children with neurological conditions, Sat.
mornings, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. Game on
provides children with neurological conditions & opportunity to learn physical literacy
skills in a safe, fun, & inclusive environment.
$60. 519-433-4073 x 204.
LONDON CITY HALL (300 Dufferin Ave.) Toastmasters Meeting, every Thurs, noon–1
pm. Come visit us & see how we hone our
communication & leadership skills to utilize
them in our work, home & social life. $40
initiation, plus $72 yearly. 519-661-2500 x
4879.
LONDON WALDORF SCHOOL (7 Beaufort St.)
- Open House, Aug. 8, 10 am – noon. Visit
early childhood & grade school classrooms,
meet teachers, see naturalized playground &
garden. 519-858-8862.
MARBLE SLAB LOCATION IN LONDON - 4th
Annual Cones for Kids Marble Slab & Lung
Association, July 31 – Aug. 3, 10 am – 10
pm. Marble Slab Creamery & The Lung Association have joined forces to help children
with Asthma. Buy a cone & support The Lung
Association with 0.25 from each cone going
to research childhood Asthma. 519-4539086.
MONTANA’S RESTAURANT (1345 Fanshawe
Pk Rd.) – Every Breathe Counts Montana’s &
The Lung Association, Aug. 20, 5 – 10 pm.
Every Breath Counts in support of The Lung
Association London: Colour a Moose, get a
ballot for our draws, enjoy the great food
& help support The Lung Association. 10%
of all dinner sales to the Lung Association.
519-473-6694.
PINE KNOT GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB (5421
Hamilton Rd.) – 2nd Annual Going Gold
Golf Tournament, Aug. 8, 10:30 am – 5 pm.
This tournament is guaranteed to be a fun
filled day. The fee is $110/ person & includes
18 holes, power cart, lunch & dinner. There
will be numerous on hole games including
longest drives, closest to the pin & closest to
the line. There will be a hole-in-one competition with the winner receiving $10,000.00.
& of course, there will be plenty of prizes &
silent auction items. To support Childcan, a
local organization that assists families with
children who have been diagnosed with
childhood cancer. 519-268-3352.
ROYAL CANADIAN FORCES ASSOCIATION 427
(LONDON) WING (2155 CRUMLIN RD. N) –
Sock Hop, Aug. 22, 8 – 11 pm. $15/person
$25 couple. 519-472-0729.
SKA-NAH-DOHT VILLAGE & MUSEUM (8348
Longwoods Road, Mount Brydges) - Tuesday
Night Hikes & Legends, Aug. 4, 11, 18 & 25,
7 – 9 pm. Night hikes with sing-alongs Or
Ska-Nah-Doht legends in the village. $4/car.
519-264-2420.
SPIKE’S INDOOR BEACH VOLLEY BALL (120
Weston St.) - Volley for ASD, Aug. 5 – 15, 9
am – 4:30 pm. $120/team. A beach volleyball tournament fundraiser to support Autism Ontario -London Chapter, in an effort to
give people with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(ASD) better resources & tools to live life to
the fullest. Email: [email protected].
SPRINGBANK PARK SITE E & F (1958 Storybook Ln) – ACFOLA Summer BBQ, Aug. 15,
noon – 6 pm. A fun filled Summer BBQ event
with a lot of fun activities, games & food! $5
per person, $12 per family. 519-439-9090.
ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL (NE corner of Richmond & Queens) - Knitting for Peace, Saturdays, 10 am - noon. Do you enjoy knitting?
Or would you like to learn? Knitters of all
abilities are welcome, so even if you have
never knit before, come on out & learn! Donations of yarn are always appreciated. Free.
519-951-8385.
THE POACHER’S ARMS (171 Queens Ave.)
- Retro Video Game Night @ The Poacher’s
Arms, Aug. 8, 4 – 11 pm. Come join Team
GOES for an evening of video game fun,
great food & good times. $10 venue fees,
gets you in plus a $5 gift card to spend on
food or drinks & two raffle tickets for a draw
we have part way through the night. Email:
[email protected].
TD WATERHOUSE STADIUM (Western Rd.) Head & Neck above Cancer, Aug. 23, noon
– 2 pm. The public are invited to come out
to this 5K walk/run. The Head & Neck above
Cancer charity walk began in 2013 by Kathy
Turbucz Poirier, a head & neck cancer patient
at LHSC. She continues to coordinate & support this worthy cause. All money raised
will support Head & Neck Cancer Research
at London Health Sciences Centre’s London
Regional Cancer Program. 519- 670-4016.
VICTORIA PARK (580 Clarence St.) – Ribfest,
July 30 – Aug. 3, 11 am – 11 pm. Ribs, beer
garden, Ribs, amusement rides, ribs, live
music. 519-432-5189.
VICTORIA PARK - #LiveLikeAlex Water Walk,
Aug. 9, 1 – 6 pm. Teams of 6 will walk
6km with Jerry cans filled with water. This
is a fundraising event to advocate & raise
awareness for clean water; in the developing world a mother or child has to walk 6km
daily to retrieve clean drinking water. Email:
[email protected].
VICTORY LEGION (311 Oakland Ave.) – Euchre, every Tues, 1 pm; Cribbage, every
Thurs; Bridge, every Wed & Thurs. An afternoon for seniors 55 & older. $3. 519-6492910.
WESTERN UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, ROOM 117 (1151 Richmond St) - Italian Conversation Club, every Wed., 2:30
– 4:30 pm. For those who want to practice
their Italian. All levels are welcomed! Free.
WESTERN UNIVERSITY, STEVENSON HALL
BUILDING ROOM 3101 - La Tertulia, in the
summer every Wed, 4:30 – 9:30 pm. Spanish
conversation group addressed to everybody.
Email:[email protected].
OTHER IMPORTANT DATES
CIVIC / PROVINCIAL DAY - Aug 3
NATAL DAY - Aug 3
ASSUMPTION OF MARY - Aug 15
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An end to strike at last
CUPE Local 101 members and London City Council voted unanimously to ratify a new four-year contract on July 22. The contract provides a wage increase of one percent in the first year and increases of
1.25 percent for each of the three remaining years; expands weekday
service delivery hours from 7am-8pm (including new Saturday hours
from 8:30am-4:30pm); and limits retroactive wage increases resulting
from arbitration awards related to job evaluations. The new deal also
limits early retiree benefits to new hires to those who work at least
30 years with the city, and allows for consideration of new factors like
performance appraisals when promoting employees. “This contract is
the result of many hours, days and weeks of bargaining and required
compromise from both parties to agree on a settlement that both sides
endorsed and recommended to their principals. Ultimately, this agreement is about our ongoing and future work relationships with our employees, about the ability to improve and modernize service delivery to
Londoners while being financially prudent, practical and responsible,”
City Manager Art Zuidema remarked. The 750 inside workers had been
striking for 59 days.
Feds support Artisan
Talks may resume in
Metal Finishing, London teachers’ contract dispute
Kathleen Wynne and Education Minister Liz Sandals met
Abused Women’s Centre withPremier
leaders of Ontario’s teachers’ unions and public school board rep-
London North Centre MP Susan Truppe was on hand at Artisan
Metal Finishing in London on July 9 to announce $974,338 in Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
funding to the company to expand its facility and provide new and
automated metal finishing services to existing and new market segments. “Through capital investment, innovative initiatives and a
strong management team, we have grown from six to 32 employees.
Artisan Metal Finishing is now considered one of the strongest competitors within the metal finishing industry and, with the assistance
of FedDev Ontario, we see even more growth for the future,” said Barry
Foley, the company’s president. The following week, on July 15, Truppe
- who also serves as Parliamentary Secretary for Status of Women - announced more than $700,000 will go to the London Abused Women’s
Centre to help those who want to leave prostitution; a portion of a
larger $20 million sum allotted to assist victims of sexual exploitation.
Local unemployment
levels hit 8-year low
The jobless rate for the London-St. Thomas region was at 5.9 percent
in June - down from 6.1 percent from the month previous, continuing
the downward trend and making it lowest rate for this area since 2007.
According to the latest figures by StatsCan, London added 4,700 jobs
in June, more than any other Southwestern Ontario city; however, the
rate is unchanged province-wide. Nationally, the unemployment rate
held steady at 6.8 percent for the fifth consecutive month. Employment was virtually unchanged in June as gains in full-time work were
offset by part-time losses.
MPS JOE PRESTON, SUSAN TRUPPE, AND ED HOLDER
STAND WITH BARRY FOLEY AND DAVE PRIESTLY
OF ARTISAN METAL FINISHING
resentatives in Toronto on July 24. The meeting – which was described
as “positive” by all sides present - sets the stage for a resumption of labour talks sometime before students return to classes on September 8,
but no firm date for discussions were set. “This [meeting] wasn’t about
negotiating, it was about how we move forward,” Sandals told reporters. Contracts for all 115,000 Ontario teachers expired last August, and
the unions have warned of increased work-to-rule job actions if there
are no agreements by September. Government claims that there is no
new money for compensation and teachers’ demands for limits on
class sizes are among the major sticking points in negotiations.
Canadians earn record
medal-haul for 2015
Pan-Am Games
The 2015 Pan American Games wrapped up on July 26 with Canada having earned a record medal haul over the 16-day competition. In the end,
Canadian athletes racked up 77 gold medals - a new national record for the
Pan Am Games - finishing second to the U.S. in the overall standings. More
than 80 Pan Am records were broken over the course of the Games. Despite a
slow start, tickets sales picked up after the Games began, and organizers said
1,050,000 were sold overall. Some 120 events sold out. Demand prompted
organizers to release an additional 100,000 tickets, bringing the total to
1.3 million, while another 200,000 were made available for the Parapan
Am Games, which begin August 7. The Games concluded with charged
performances from pop stars Serena Ryder, Pitbull and Kanye West, who
concluded his energetic set abruptly, after his microphone failed.
- Amie Ronald-Morgan and Chris Morgan
CITY HALL
Public and
Political Input
Meetings
• Committee of Adjustment - Aug 10
• London Housing Advisory Committee Aug 12
• Cycling Advisory Committee - Aug 19
• London Diversity and Race Relations
Advisory Committee - Aug 20
• Civic Works Committee - Aug 24
• Planning and Environment Committee Aug 24
• Corporate Services Committee - Aug 25
• Community and Protective Services
Committee - Aug 25
• Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee
- Aug 31
• Transportation Advisory Committee Sept 1
• Council - Sept 1
• Advisory Committee on the
Environment - Sept 2
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LOCAL CRIME REPORT
Cell phone
slaying
suspect turns
self in; one
outstanding
Officers with the London Police Major Crime
Section continue to investigate the tragic
murder of Jeremy Cook. The 18-year-old was
shot to death after tracking his cell phone to
a parking lot 1181 Highbury Ave North around
5:30am on June 14. One suspect, Muhab Sultanaly Sultan, 23, was found dead in Ottawa
days later, his death the subject of an unrelated
investigation being conducted by the Ontario
Special Investigations Unit. London Police applied for a Canada-wide arrest warrant for
another suspect, Mohamed Sail, 24, of Calgary,
on July 6. Sail turned himself in on July 10; a
third individual who was seen leaving the area
just prior to the shooting has been identified
but has not cooperated with police. Anyone
with information about this crime is asked to
contact police at 519-661-5670 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
“Friend” charged
in July 1 murder
A 50-year-old London woman is dead
following a stabbing on July 1. Suzan Aisha Jacob died from injuries sustained in
an incident that occurred the early morning hours at an apartment complex at
1825 Whitney Street. Police arrested Juma
Kuol, 49, also of London, and charged him
with second degree murder. “This is not a
domestic relationship nor is there a familial relationship. The victim and accused
were known to each other and considered themselves friends,” police reported.
Anyone with information is asked to call
519-661-5670 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477).
PUBLISHER &
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Stabbing was
over a bike
CO-ORDINATOR
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A double stabbing that took place just
a block away from London Police HQ last
month was determined to be over a bicycle. Officers were called to Dundas and
William Streets on July 5 around 1:30pm
where they found a 46-year-old man
and a 19-year-old woman suffering from
stab wounds. Both were transported to
hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Aaron Degrace, 23, of London, was
subsequently charged with two counts of
aggravated assault, and Amanda Dumont,
29, also of London, was charged with one
count of assault with a weapon. The accused both appeared in court on July 6.
Teen improperly
released from
Elgin-Middlesex
jail
A 19-year-old inmate from Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre is at large after
posing as his cellmate and walking out of
the maximum-security facility. On July 22,
Justin Kunz, of London, disguised himself
as another prisoner who was about to be
released from custody. When the corrections officer came for him, Kunz identified
himself as the cellmate and was subsequently released under the cellmate’s
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JUSTIN KUNZ, 19, WAS RELEASED FROM EMDC UNDER FALSE PRETENCES
name. Kunz had threatened the other inmate to keep quiet. Arrest warrants were
issued for Kunz for impersonating, uttering
threats, and being unlawfully-at-large. He
had been serving time for numerous offences dating from last November, when
officers seized two loaded firearms and
over $10,000 worth of drugs and cash after
a search of residence on Ernest Avenue. The
confiscated weapons included a Norinco AK
47-style rifle, 22 rounds of 7.62 ammunition, a Colt 45 handgun, 35 rounds of .45
calibre ammunition, and pepper spray. Police also seized 93 grams of cocaine (valued
at $9,300), and $1,080 cash. Police believe
Kunz does not pose a threat to the general
public. Anyone with information about his
whereabouts is asked to call police at 519661-5670 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477).
Vandals target
Westmount
schools
A Westmount community is upset after the
playground at their neighbourhood school
was vandalized. Climbing equipment and
swings at Arthur Ford Public School, located
at 617 Viscount Road, was set ablaze overnight on July 11. The school recently kickedoff a campaign to fundraise to build a new
playground for their Early Years students. An
adjacent property, St. Jude’s Catholic School,
was also vandalized. Anyone with information about this matter is urged to call police
at 519-661-5670 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477). Tips can also be submitted
anonymously online.
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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL DIGEST
Critics claim
trade deals
bad for Canada
Concern in Canada is brewing over the TransPacific Partnership (TPP), which is currently being
negotiated by several countries, including Canada.
Ratifying the proposed trade agreement has been a
goal of the Harper government, although with a federal election looming this October, the goal seems
unlikely to be accomplished before the end of 2015.
In spite of this, the chorus of voices rising against
Canada becoming a TPP signatory is growing. A recent editorial written by Larry Brown, the co-chair
of Canada’s Trade Justice Network , drew attention
to the loss of economic autonomy Canada would
suffer by signing on to the TPP. He also claimed that
the story had been neglected by the major national
news outlets. “The lack of serious reporting on this
proposed massive international agreement is shocking,” Brown wrote.
Another trade deal – which came into effect last
October – got the attention of Gus Van Harten, a
professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and author
of Sold Down the Yangtze: Canada’s Lopsided Investment Deal with China. In a recently published
article, Van Harten makes a strong case for the argument that the Canada-China Foreign Investment
Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) favors
Beijing while putting public money and democratic
institutions at risk. “(FIPA) is a license to be unfair to
Canadians,” Van Harten wrote. “[It is] perhaps the
most significant and irreversible decision by the
Harper government.”
Growing concern
for plight of
captive Yazidi
women and
children
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A recent documentary from PBS’s FRONTLINE entitled ‘Escaping ISIS’ aims to bring attention to grim
conditions faced by captured Yazidi women and
families. The documentary follows Khalil al-Dakhi,
a Yazidi activist whose network of contacts within
Islamic State (IS) territory has helped more than 100
women, most of whom were taken during last year’s
deadly attack on the Yazidi town of Sinjar. Al-Dakhi
estimates he receives dozens of calls a week from
women trying to escape IS, most having already
faced rape and torture, and most of whom he will
be unable to help. Filmmakers also interviewed
escaped women, including one held by IS inside a
home with 35 other girls, who tried unsuccessfully
to protect a 9-year old girl from mistreatment. Another, who was held for over 200 days, called her
experience “so difficult”, fearing too much time had
passed for her to be remembered or rescued. ‘Escaping ISIS’ can be viewed through the FRONTLINE
website.
Just weeks earlier, a Yazidi woman named Ghazala - who escaped IS territory with her sister Narin told her story to the media. The girls (whose names
were changed to protect them) were taken, along
with three brothers, during the Sinjar attack and
held in Syria before being rescued by Yazidi activist Abu Shujaa. In one of many trials, Ghazala had
to fight off forceful advances from a 60-year-old
militant, driving her to consider suicide, something
Ghazala says was common for captured women.
Though safe now, both girls remain physically and
emotionally scarred, and worry about the fate of
their brothers. Speaking about her brutal treatment, Ghazala called on the international community “to rescue these girls and boys, men and
women, from the grasp of IS.”
Beijing cracks
down on unrest
Xinjiang’s Uyghur people - predominantly Turkic
Muslims - were forced by Chinese authorities in
June and July to not “engage in fasting, vigils, or
other religious activities” as part of the Muslim
CHINESE SECURITY TIGHTENED IN XINJIANG, WHERE MUSLIM UYGHURS
WERE FORBIDDEN TO CELEBRATE RAMADAN
holy month of Ramadan. Tensions have existed
between Uyghurs and Han Chinese in Xinjiang
since before the founding of Islam, but deadly attacks against Han Chinese - usually followed by the
killing of Uyghurs by Chinese security or military
forces - have increased in recent years. Nationalism remains the primary motivation for Uyghur
independence, but religion has become the most
contentious issue, one that could spark a larger
Islamic movement in China.
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internet access. Chinese Human Rights Defenders
group criticized the law for giving too much power
to security agencies, arguing that it would “legalize
the Chinese government’s systematic suppression
of political, ethnic, and religious dissent and crack
down on civil liberties.”
Pluto landscape
icy, ‘youthful’
The solar system got a little smaller on July 14
when NASA’s New Horizons probe flew 12,500
km above the surface of Pluto, making it the first
spacecraft to explore the dwarf planet. Close-up
images released a day after the flyby showed a
“complete surprise” for the investigating astronomers: a range of “youthful” mountains, which
suggests that parts of Pluto’s exposed surface have
been subject to relatively recent geological activity. “We now have an isolated small planet that’s
showing activity after four-and-a-half billion
years,” said Dr. Alan Stern, the mission’s principal
scientist. The New Horizons flyby marks the final
stage in a 50-year undertaking in which NASA scientists and engineers sent a space probe to each
major planet in the solar system.
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Meanwhile, a popular Tibetan monk, known as a
community leader and advocate for the preservation of Tibetan culture, died at the age of 65 in a
Chinese prison. Tibetan group Free Tibet called his
death “suspicious” and blamed Chinese authorities
for ill treatment that left him in poor health and
with a heart condition. Just days prior to his death,
a Tibetan monk set himself ablaze to protest Chinese rule over Tibet, the sixth to do so this year and
the 142nd since a wave of such protests began in
2009.
In response to unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet, along
with territorial disputes in the South China Sea
and a wave of cyberattacks, China passed a new
national security law that allows authorities to
“take all necessary” measures to guard national
sovereignty over their territory and further control
ESCAPING ISIS SHINES A LIGHT ON CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN
AND FAMILIES HELD CAPTIVE BY THE ISLAMIC STATE
- Adam Shirley and Chris Morgan
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BODY: THE 2015
ONTARIO NATURAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS
DISPATCHES
FROM MATT:
AN INTERVIEW WITH
MAYOR MATT BROWN
M
att Brown has had an eventful 2015, and
there’s still five months left in the year.
Since officially taking office last December,
the first-time mayor has aided in the drafting and passage of the city budget, helped set priorities for council
and committees, and was faced with a two-monthlong inside worker strike that was settled on July 22.
Recently, SCENE interviewed Mayor Brown about his
first months in office, his perspective on the new contract reached with inside workers, and what the future
holds for the Forest City.
Here’s what the mayor had to tell us, excerpted from
correspondence.
ITʼS A BUSY YEAR FOR MAYOR MATT BROWN
Please make some general comments about the work
done by city council in the last six months?
“Within our first 100-days in office, city council approved its first budget - a budget that is responsible
and sustainable both in the short and long term…”
“Council also approved our four-year Strategic Plan.
We started working on the plan immediately after the
election. [It] defines our priorities, identifies where we
are going and what we want to accomplish over the
next four years and beyond…”
“This plan, which is unique in Canada, focuses on
four things - Strengthening Our Community; Building
a Sustainable City; Leading in Public Service and Growing Our Economy…”
“Two weeks ago, my council colleagues and I discussed and identified 10 priorities for new initiatives
moving forward. Civic Administration is now preparing
a business case for each of these will present them to
council for evaluation this coming fall…”
“This process will help us align Council priorities as
identified in our Strategic Plan with the resources required to bring them to fruition…”
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Were you satisfied with the deal reached with inside
workers?
“We are all glad that the strike is over and that our
employees are back at work…”
“From the outset, city council was united in its determination to reach an agreement that was fair to our
employees, that provided operational flexibility for city
services, and that was affordable for Londoners…”
“This is the agreement council was looking for. It’s an
agreement that’s fair to all parties. It provides for affordable wage increases in each of the four years and it
allows the city to expand and improve service delivery
beyond our traditional hours…”
What do the next six months hold for London’s mayor
and city council? Are there plans, initiatives or events
that you would like residents to know about?
“We are now in the process of pivoting towards a
multiyear budgeting process that links directly to our
Strategic Plan. It will allow us to both identify our
priorities for this term and link them to the resources
needed to pay for them…”
“We have been focused on several key ideas that will
move our city forward. Some of these ideas include
London Plan, our rapid transit initiative (Shift), The
Downtown Master Plan and Back to the River…”
“I like to call the London Plan the opportunity of a
generation. This plan will help us create a city for our
children and our grandchildren. Londoners recently
saw the second draft of this plan come forward. It will
come to council for final approval later this year…”
“Another project that Londoners will be hearing more
about is Shift - our rapid transit initiative. It’s about
creating a transit system that moves Londoners of all
ages quickly and efficiently. It’s about thinking longterm…”
“In the past few months, council approved an environmental assessment for the groundbreaking first
part of our Downtown Plan: the Dundas Place Flex
Street, or what we call ‘Dundas Place’…”
“This investment means we can start the planning
process to turn the four-block stretch of Dundas from
the Thames River to Wellington Street into a curb-free
‘flex street’…”
“The roadway will be able to transition easily from
traditional vehicle traffic during the business day to a
pedestrian-only space on evenings and weekends…”
“Finally, the City of London has partnered with London Community Foundation and the Upper Thames
River Conservation Authority to launch the Back to
the River Project. We’re looking forward to turning our
riverfront into an area that Londoners and visitors can
enjoy in the near future…”
For more information on the municipal programs and
services mentioned in this article, visit the City of London online.
- Chris Morgan
L
ondon, it’s time to flex
those biceps and crunch
those abs!
On August 8, entrants in the
2015 Ontario Natural Championships take over Centennial Hall
(550 Wellington Street) for a day
of competition dedicated to the
human physique.
SCENE had a chance to speak
with longtime bodybuilder and
event promoter Jim Morris about
the Ontario championship and
the rigors of preparing for such
a contest, as well as the value of
successfully competing.
“This is the first time we’ve
held the Ontario Naturals in London,” Morris told SCENE.
“We moved it from Hamilton.
And similar to our other shows,
there are the categories for men
and women of various ages,
weights and sizes,” he said.
“The main difference with
this one is that it’s the provinCANADIAN FITNESS CHAMPION MYRIAM CAPES PERFORMS AT THE
cial championship. You qualify by
2015 ONTARIO NATURAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ON AUGUST 8
placing in the top five of your catis that it forces you to get yourself in condition that
egory in a regional, natural, drugyou would never otherwise have the motivation to
tested show,” Morris explained.
“The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport – which do,” he said.
“You set a goal to attain this condition, do the
is the same organization that does drug testing at
the Olympics – will be at our event, and they will be diet and training to achieve that condition because
testing a number of people at the event,” he added. you’re putting yourself on stage,” he added.
Morris said that the August 8 competition was
Morris said that friends and family of competitors
commonly attended bodybuilding shows, but that scheduled intentionally to take advantage of the
he also hoped to reach a segment of the population date of the Canadian Natural Championships in Towho needed inspiration to set their own health and ronto on August 22.
“This show was strategically placed two weeks
exercise regime.
“We like to try and bring out people who want to before the Canadian Natural Championships, somebe motivated. What going to a show will do is moti- times called the world qualifier, or the Canadian
vate you in your own fitness goals. You’ll see women Natural,” Morris explained.
“It’s held two weeks after our show, in Toronto. So
with four kids who are 45-years-old competing in
bikini, and looking fantastic. You go home wonder- the people who place in the top five in the Ontario
contest will get a chance to go to that one.”
ing, what’s my excuse?” Morris said.
Canadian fitness champion Myriam Capes will also
“People have different fitness journeys. Some
started out as young people, and maintained it all make an appearance at the Centennial Hall competithe way through. There are many different stories,” tion, Morris said.
“[Myriam performs an] athletic gymnastics rouhe added.
As far as a bodybuilder’s reason for competing, tine, choreographed to music. It’s quite entertainMorris said there were a few specific things that ing. She’s from Montreal and has competed at the
Ms. Olympia bodybuilding championships, which is
drew people to the sport.
“I guess some of them want to go pro. But for most the top contest of its kind in the world,” he said.
Tickets for the 2015 Ontario Natural Championpeople, they’re competing because becoming a pro
is so hard to do; only a handful [of bodybuilders] ev- ships can be purchased at the Centennial Hall box
office by calling 519-672-1967 or 519-672-1968.
ery year turn pro,” Morris said.
- Chris Morgan
“The biggest benefit from competing in the show
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just mean sticking to your ideas about
what the heart and soul of country music
should be and not backing down about it.
Dale Watson falls solidly into the latter
category as one of the more visible musicians still staying true to their ideals about
the music they love and draw strength
from. Hailed as an alt/country hero in the
media, Watson instead refers to his style
of music based on the solid pillars of western swing, rockabilly, honky-tonk and
outlaw country as ‘Ameripolitan.’
“It’s what they exactly ignore and don’t
want to know about in Nashville and the
industry. What they call country music,
they’ve successfully changed the definition, the public definition as well as the
industry definition, of what country music
really is basically and we’ve just had to accede to that fact and move on. If this kind
of music is going to keep growing, and
naturally growing like it would have if it
wasn’t all polluted with the crap that’s going on, then it needed to change names
because the neighbourhood got taken
over by gentrification,” said Watson.
All working musicians who avoid bogus
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image-making know full well there’s no
replacement for paying your dues and
learning your craft in the classroom known
as ‘onstage.’ For Watson the time spent as
a member of the house band at the famed
Hollywood country music club, The Palomino, proved to be a breakthrough for him
as an artist and musician.
“California period was a big education.
The best move I ever did was to move to
California and be exposed to some great
musicians and writers there. I have to
give total credit to my time in California
for sharpening up my guitar playing because it was atrocious before I got there.
I’m still not really happy with my playing
a hundred percent by any means but I’m
definitely a better player for having gone
out there.”
Watson and his bandmates, steel guitarist Don Pawluk, bassist Chris Crepps
and drummer Mike Bernal are a seasoned
unit out playing night after night to an
appreciative and growing fan base. A
glance at the live clips on display online
make it crystal clear that they’ve done
their homework well and play their music straight from the heart despite the
sales figures being pored over in Nashville
boardrooms.
“It’s always been a for-profit business,
but the difference was the corporations
really wanted to appeal to people who
had more money and bought records and
that was kids. So to appeal to a different demographic you have to change the
music and that’s what that’s about. And
in my opinion country music was never
a young person’s music. That’s where the
outlaw thing came in with Willie and Waylon, they did songs they wrote, used their
bands. That’s what made it more real and
more personal.”
Watson’s latest album, Call Me Insane
(Red House Records) is earning some of
the strongest positive reviews of his career and his reputation for being the real
thing playing country music straight up
is growing daily. Produced by Grammy
Award winner and steel guitar wizard
Lloyd Maines, who’s worked with everyone from Jerry Jeff Walker to Joe Ely, the
release reflects the productive creative
relationship he and Watson established.
“Maines is a consummate professional.
What he brought to it was just being
meticulous, which I’m not really good at.
He pays attention to detail. I’ll take a cut
of something if I think it’s good enough,
I just let it go like that. He’ll do it till it’s
perfectly good enough. We went in with
about 30 or 40 songs and Lloyd chose
which songs to do. Most of them were
songs we’d already been doing and Lloyd
may have changed a few arrangements
on this and that but for the most part
the songs were done the way we’ve been
doing them live. It was nice having a producer that spoke steel guitar.”
- Rod Nicholson
Cover Image Photo: Sarah Wilson
TEXAS-RAISED DALE WATSON -- WHOSE FATHER WAS A TRUCKER -- HAS POSITIONED HIMSELF AS A TATTOOED,
STUBBORNLY INDEPENDENT OUTSIDER WHO IS INTERESTED IN RECORDING AUTHENTIC COUNTRY MUSIC
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COA L CH A MBE R
BACK A N D B U R N I N G
W
hen Coal Chamber crashed
into the California music
scene working a far darker
and more overtly goth-oriented take
on nu-metal with their 1997 self-titled
debut album, the effect was immediate. The record launched them to star
status and went on to influence many
upcoming bands while earning them
a devoted fan base with its unique
sound.
While the band soon earned a reputation for both their hard-rocking live act
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and their on-the-edge lifestyles, they
managed to tour the world and put out
two follow-up albums. Then, after the
release of 2002’s Dark Days (Universal),
the band broke up in 2003 after a series
of disagreements between frontman
Dez Fafara and guitarist Meegs Rascón.
Dez went on to form and record six
albums with his new band DevilDriver
after the breakup and for years Coal
Chamber fans had to content themselves with listening to the old records.
Then in 2011 a tentative reunion was
London Music Hall. Coal Chamber, wsg Fear Factory, Jasta,
Saint Ridley and Madlife, perform on Monday, August 10, 6:00
p.m. Call (519) 432-1107 for more info.
PHOTO CREDIT: DAN SANTON
US METAL QUARTET COAL CHAMBER REUNITE TO TOUR WITH THEIR NEW ALBUM RIVALS,
THEIR FIRST NEW RECORD IN OVER 13 YEARS
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announced along with live dates and
now the band’s followers are rejoicing
at the recent release of Rivals (Universal), an album that’s being hailed as a
return to Coal Chamber’s glory days by
Fafara.
“I wouldn’t have been part of this record first of all if they hadn’t really come
with songs when they started to demo
that were absolutely incredible. I don’t
think we as a team, none of us, wanted
to be part of anything nostalgic so I
don’t think you can really expect some
kind of throwback 90’s record. It’s got
a very fresh kind of now feel which is
exactly what Coal Chamber was when
we first came out in the day. We were
something fresh on the scene, something different and I think that’s what
we have now. We’re just moving on and
creating a brand new sound for ourselves, I think people are really going to
enjoy this record,” said Fafara during an
interview with rockpit.net.
Although Fafara’s time with DevilDriver has proven to be fruitful and he
intends to work with them again, the
manner in which Coal Chamber had
originally fallen apart and allowed
its signature sound to be diluted has
weighed on his mind. When the time
seemed right to reunite the band with
some strong song ideas on the back
burner he and his fellow bandmates
made sure things moved forward creatively without losing Coal Chamber’s
musical essence.
“Obviously, there’s a Coal Chamber
signature sound. I mean, I have the
same thing with Devildriver, there’s a
signature sound there. Lyrically, this
thing just flew out of me. There were
some days where I was writing multiple
songs and lyrically I tried to touch on
everything. I think that’s the only way
to be as a lyricist is to be totally stripped
away naked and let yourself flow.”
This renewed chance to take the Coal
Chamber sound forward to the next
chapter has Fafara, Rascón, drummer
Mike Cox and bassist Nadja Peulen eager to put on their best game and take
it to the fans. Now that the band is out
on tour playing a series of dates across
North America, Dez feels that all their
various personal difficulties in the past
have been dealt with and that Coal
Chamber’s back on the right track.
“Coal Chamber broke up due to horrible circumstances. Those guys had very
negative lives and vices that took them
down and I had to leave. And in doing
so I think I actually saved my friends, I
watched them come around. I just think
when you have a chance to get back together with somebody that you love,
make music that you love, having another shot at it when you see and hear
an evolution in the music and you see
an evolution in the writing then there’s
no reason not to do that. I feel blessed
that we got the chance and I feel we
made one hell of a record. I can’t wait
to share it with people.”
- Rod Nicholson
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50’s, 60’s & 70’s
dance with
“Midlife Crisis”
Live &
“Wolfeman” DJ
Sat August 1st
@ Polish Hall
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Downtown Kincardine. The 2015 Bruce Telecom Lighthouse
Blues Festival, hosted by CHRW’s Scott Wilkinson, takes place
from July 10-12. For more info, please call (519) 955-0547.
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SUMMERFOLK
SET TO SHINE
W
ith its idyllic setting near the shore of
Georgian Bay, its wide variety of artisans,
food, crafts, camping, activities for all ages
and great folk/roots entertainment, it’s no wonder
the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival has been
such a success since it first began in 1976. To celebrate its 40th Anniversary organizers have a number
of special events planned this year.
“For the first time ever we’ve added a fourth night
of music. Summerfolk normally runs from Friday to
Sunday, but we’ve added a special Thursday Night
Blues Bash. That’s our big promotional event this
year. We have a new tent for the Down By The Bay
Stage where acts like Ottawa’s MonkeyJunk and
New Brunswick’s Matt Andersen will perform. We’ve
also brought back a few of the musicians who have
meant a lot to the festival over the years and we’re
bringing in some big names who have never been
there. So it’s looking back and paying credit to that
and looking forward as well,” said Jon Farmer, Promotional Enhancement Coordinator Georgian Bay
Folk Society.
Farmer is quick to give Summerfolk Artistic Director James Keelaghan credit for putting together
such a stellar entertainment line-up year after year.
A fine musician in his own right who performed
at Summerfolk in years past, Keelaghan still gets
called into action when the need arises.
“James has been the artistic director for about five
years now. Last year there was a bit of a scheduling
mishap, so he showed up on stage with his guitar
and send ‘I’m going to play requests for the next 45
minutes. The audience shouted out requests and
he played them. It was a pretty magical moment.
In addition to the headliners, Summerfolk also features local artists and young talent from the area.
For example, the Mackenzie Blues Band are from
Owen Sound, Samantha Martin grew up in Lion’s
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Head, we’ve got a local country band called Sons of
Perry, and Jack Darby’s from Wiarton. We also run a
Youth Discovery Series every year where we open
up three or four slots on the Summerfolk stage for
young musicians under the age of 21.”
As is the case with any outdoor festival, Summerfolk is at the mercy of the weather and in that
regard, Farmer says they’ve had their share of bad
luck over the years.
“In the first 30 years, they had 20 years of rain
which earned us the nickname ‘Summersoak.’ If it
does rain we may take a hit at the gate, but folks
gather under the tents we have. I can remember
years when we had thunderstorms and they had
to shut down the public address system. In 2011,
Ken Whitely, The Good Lovelies and Kildear were
playing on the gazebo stage when it rained so
they invited the audience to crowd in and around
them and they preformed an all-acoustic set. For
our main stage we now have a bigger tent that can
hold over 1,000 people. Come rain or shine, it’ll be
a good time.”
An undertaking as large as Summerfolk would
not be possible without the help of a large group of
volunteers who perform a variety of essential tasks
throughout the course of the event.
“We have over 700 volunteers and they’re really
the grease that makes the festival work. There are
some crews that are staffed by an entire family, so
it becomes like a family reunion for them. Proceeds
all go back to putting the festival on again next
year. The Georgian Bay Folk Society also stages a
series of concerts throughout the year to help fund
Summerfolk. The overarching goal is to promote
folk music and the folk artist. They do things like
workshops for young folks and sponsoring open mic
nights. This year they also sponsored an organization called Fiddlefern for people who enjoy playing
Kelso Beach Park/Owen Sound. The Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival will
showcase over 50 groups and musicians from August 20-23. Call 1-800-6559090 for tickets
Deb Matthews, MPP
MULTI-AWARD-WINNING CANADIAN MUSICIAN JOEL PLASKETT IS AMONG THE SCHEDULED
HEADLINERS FOR THIS YEARʼS 40TH ANNUAL SUMMERFOLK
dance music, jigs, reels, and waltzes.”
In spite of the fact that Summerfolk is not held in
a major city, large crowds continue to flock to Owen
Sound to take in the music and the good times.
“Around 60% of our audience comes from within
50 kilometres of Owen Sound, but we get folks from
as far away as New York. Of course, we also get people from Toronto, Hamilton, London, and KitchenerWaterloo. There are people who plan their whole
summer vacations around Summerfolk.”
- John Sharpe
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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
O
n Wednesday, July 8, hundreds
of London and area music lovers
crowded into the Western Fair District’s Carousel Room to take in the 13th
Annual London Music Awards Ceremony.
The LMA Ceremony marked the culmination of a process that began several months
ago, whereby fans nominated their favourite artists, groups and industry supporters
in 30 categories and then cast over 20,000
votes to decide who would receive a prestigious London Music Award.
As for the ceremony itself, it began with
welcome remarks from Scene Publisher/
President LMA Bret Downe, followed by a
ognition of his multiple wins over the past
three years.
“It’s humbling enough that people want
to spend time consuming your work, because there’s so much entertainment out
there and so little time. Everyone gets,
what, 80 years on average? Some more,
some less... I eat a lot of bacon, so it’ll be a
lot less for me... so, for a person to then say
‘I like this person’s work so much, I’m going
to spend even more of my time going to a
website and voting for them to show them
how much I like their work’, it’s pretty crazy.
And to know that a bunch of strangers want
to spend any percentage of it on you, that’s
in the United States and in Europe with
their own brand of original, high-energy
rock ’n’ roll.
Accepting the award, Vollmer said, “I’d
like to thank Bret Downe and Scene Magazine for all their support over the years.
And I’d like to thank all the musicians, past
ANNOUNCING!
The Recipients of the
THE
2015
PHOTO CREDIT: ALLSTAGE
LIFETIME OF
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Helix
- Brian Vollmer
- Gregory Hinz
- Daryl Gray
- Chris Julke
- Kaleb Duck
- Brent Doerner
ARTIST OR GROUP
OF THE YEAR
(Hall of Fame)
Adam Buckley
- A Dose Of Buckley
BLUES/R & B ARTIST
OR GROUP
- Doug Varty
NICK PANASEIKO (L) PRESENTS BRET DOWNE WITH CANADAʼS RECORDING LEGACY AWARD
AT THE 13TH ANNUAL LONDON MUSIC AWARDS CEREMONY
strong rendition of ‘O Canada’ by vocalist/
pianist Laura G, who later in the evening
treated the audience to several of her original tunes.
While all of those who won awards are
deserving recipients, it should be noted
here that Adam Buckley was the big winner
at this year’s event. A past winner in 2013
and 2014 in the ‘Print, Internet, Radio, TV
or other Media Personality’ category, the
popular Internet commentator (A Dose Of
Buckley), scored the trifecta this year. Not
only did Buckley do a great job as Master
Of Ceremonies, with assistance from R&R
vocalist Scott Bollert, but he also carted
home LMAs for favourite ‘Print, Internet,
Radio, TV or other Media Personality,’ ‘Artist
Of The Year,’ which is awarded to the person
or group who accumulates the most votes
in all categories, and ‘Hall Of Fame’ in recJ U LY 3 0 - A U G U S T 2 6
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very humbling,” said Buckley.
In a night full of good feelings and great
vibes, Casper The Ghost (Marcus Morris)
raised the energy level even higher when
he took the stage following his win in the
‘Hip-Hop/Rap’ category. Accompanied by
fellow rapper Kemak, Casper brought the
crowd to its feet, arms raised, swaying to
the beat. Later in the evening, London rockers Dustbin Flowers raised the roof with a
rousing set that showed why they are considered one of the most explosive bands to
emerge on the local music scene.
During a special presentation London
hard rock/heavy metal band, Helix -- Brian
Vollmer, Gregory Hinz, Daryl Gray, Chris
Julke and Kaleb Duck – received a welldeserved ‘Lifetime of Achievement Award.’
Helix, who recently celebrated their 40th
Anniversary, has entertained fans at home,
and present, who have kept Helix rockin’ all
these years.”
The biggest surprise of the night may
have come when London producer/promoter/label executive Nick Panaseiko stepped
to the podium to present Bret Downe with
an award on behalf of Canada’s Recording
Legacy. Founded by Mel Shaw, who was
also the Founding President of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
(presenters of the Juno Awards), Canada’s
Recording Legacy’s mission is to honour
individuals who have made an impact in
creating the atmosphere for growth of the
CLASSICAL
INSTRUMENTAL GROUP
- #WePlayOn
(the former Musicians of
Orchestra London)
CLASSICAL SOLO
INSTRUMENTALIST
- Joseph Lanza
CLASSICAL SOLO
VOCALIST - a tie
- Gina Farrugia
- Sophie Louise Roland
CLASSICAL VOCAL
GROUP
London Pro Musica
- Vicki St. Pierre
Artistic Director
COMPOSER: CLASSICAL
- Jeff Smallman
COUNTRY OR BLUEGRASS
ARTIST OR GROUP
- Tanya Marie Harris
DISC JOCKEY:
BAR / CLUB
Steve Hajosi
- DJ Daz
DISC JOCKEY:
WEDDINGS/FORMAL
OCCASIONS
Schwartzentruber Music
Service
- Derek & Tammie
Schwartzentruber
ELECTRONIC ARTIST
Kyle Anderson
- Inukshuk
ELEMENTARY OR
SECONDARY SCHOOL
ARTIST OR GROUP
HOUS
(Hamsters of Unusual Size)
- Courtney Maslen
- Josue Cadavid-Rubiano
- Peter Graham
- Logan McArthur
HIP-HOP OR RAP
ARTIST OR GROUP
(Hall of Fame)
Marcus Morris
- Casper The Ghost
INSTRUMENTALIST:
NON-CLASSICAL
Ken Ross
- Ken The Zen
JAZZ ARTIST
OR GROUP
- Denise Pelley
MANAGER OF ARTIST
OR GROUP
- Marty Marsh
Canadian music industry, particularly in
print media. Downe received the award in
recognition of his support of local and international talent over the course of Scene’s
25-year history.
In his brief remarks, a very surprised and
grateful Downe said, “I’m happy that Scene
could play a small part in encouraging and
supporting artists to achieve their goals.
The thing to remember is that everyone
benefits when we all co-operate and collaborate with one another to help grow the
music scene in London.”
- John Sharpe
METAL OR HARDCORE
ARTIST OR GROUP
Abandoned Souls
- James Todd
- Derek De Kort
- Tim Thompson
- Tom Dobrentey
- Ray Solomon
- Steve Thomas
POP ARTIST OR GROUP
Upside Of Maybe
- Michael Bannerman
- Scott Bannerman
- John Munroe
- David Dresser
- Brad Vaughan
- Charlie McEvoy
PRINT, INTERNET,
RADIO, TV OR OTHER
MEDIA PERSONALITY
(Hall of Fame)
ROOTS OR FOLK
ARTIST OR GROUP
Rhapsody Rebelz
- Dylan Howlett
- Dylan Robson
- Bernie Paquette
SCENE BUILDER
Jim McCormick
- Allstage
SINGER:
NON-CLASSICAL
- Allison Brown
SONGWRITER:
NON-CLASSICAL
- Dylan Howlett
SOUND / MIXING
ENGINEER
- Mike Woroniuk
TRIBUTE ARTIST
OR GROUP
ZED
- Shaun Sanders
- Dwayne Errington
- Michael Bonnell
- Ry Guy
- Rob MacEachern
Adam Buckley
- A Dose of Buckley
PRODUCER
- Sean “Sean White”
McQuiggan
PUNK ARTIST
OR GROUP
The Alcohollys
- Dana Hartman
- Mercedes Lander
- Bri Lue-Kim
- Kira Longeuay
VOCAL GROUP:
NON-CLASSICAL
London Chorus Sweet
Adelines
- Julia Beadle, Master
Director
RECORDING STUDIO
Simon Larochette
- The Sugar Shack
WORLD ARTIST
OR GROUP
Light Of East Ensemble
- Panayiotis Giannarapis
- Jedd House
- Fil Stasiak
- Graham Lord
- Mary Ashton
- Dharlene Valeda
- Sheldon Valeda
ROCK ARTIST
OR GROUP
- Sarah Smith
- Ken Ross
- Bobby Reynolds
- Guy Miskelly
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO
NOMINATED AND VOTED
IN THIS YEAR’S AWARDS!
Sponsored
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about the dangers of checking from behind.
Saddened by the passing of actor Christopher Reeve, who was also left quadriplegic
due to a horse riding accident, Allore decided to do something special to help others
with similar injuries. In 2005, Allore founded the RockinWheel Festival in Mt. Brydges
to raise funds to benefit spinal cord research
and neurotraumatic sports injury awareness. Over the years RockinWheel has presented such well-known acts as The Trews,
and The SheepDogs and The Sam Roberts
Band, just to name a few. To celebrate its
10th Anniversary, RockinWheel will feature
Finger Eleven, Econoline Crush, along with
London rockers Bobnoxious, The Audio Device, Zed and Mt. Brydges’ own Life Line at
RockinWheel 10 takes place on Friday, August 14, 5:00 p.m.
For more info, please call (519) 871-0233
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PHOTO CREDIT: DUSTIN RABIN
n 1986 when Ken Allore was a promising teenage hockey player, he suffered
a tragic accident that changed his live
forever. During a playoff game in Belmont
the young defenseman was going back for
the puck when he was checked from behind and driven into the boards. The impact
broke his next and injured his spine, rendering him a quadriplegic. Since his injury, he
has focused his energy on educating young
athletes on how to avoid similar injuries.
To date, he has spoken to thousands of
school children all over Southwestern and
Eastern Ontario and helped implement the
‘stop’ sign on the back of all Canadian minor
hockey player jerseys. Allore even appeared
on Hockey Night In Canada to warn kids
Lions Park (Mt. Brydges) on Friday, August
14, 5:00 p.m.
“I thought; ‘I love music and there hasn’t
been anything like a music festival for
spinal cord research, maybe it can catch
on throughout North America.’ I definitely
wanted to make it an annual event, maybe
even to host it at the Budweiser Gardens in
London, Ontario one day,” said Allore in a recent statement. “If we can prevent a needless spinal cord injury from happening to
someone else then all our efforts will have
been successful.”
For the first six years of its existence RockinWheel was held indoors at the Mt. Brydges Arena. Eventually, the crowds grew so
large that Allore decided to move the event
outdoors. To date, RockinWheel has raised
more that $200,000 to support spinal cord
research. RockinWheel is a non-profit organization run by volunteers.
“I would like to thank all our sponsors
and volunteers that have been involved
with RockinWheel and everyone who has
attended the events over the last 9 years.”
All proceeds from RockinWheel 2015 will
FINGER ELEVEN WILL HEADLINE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF
ROCKINWHEELS IN MT. BRYDGES ON AUGUST 14
go directly to Parkwood Hospital St Joseph’s
Health Care London, Ontario. This all-ages
concert is free for all people in wheelchairs.
- John Sharpe
SCENE& HEARD
Turn Onto Turf
Riot Fest Rocks
Van Halen Is Back
Featuring an eclectic mix of musical acts from pop and indie rock to punk, blues and
country, the third instalment of the Toronto Urban Roots Festival (TURF), returns to Toronto’s Fort York Garrison Common, almost 17 hectares of treed green space adjacent
to the old fort, on September 18 to 20. “The fact that Fort York has come along and
made their space available is a godsend,” said Jeff Cohen, TURF founder and owner
Founded in 2005 in Chicago, Riot Fest is a multi-day music festival specializing in
punk, rock, alternative, metal, and hip-hop. In 2012, Riot Fest’s main organizer Michael A. Petryshyn decided to expand the event to include dates in Toronto, an area
he was most familiar with. “I grew up in Buffalo, NY, so Ontario was always a second
home to me. Even my lovely sister lives in Ontario now. But with that said, the city of
Toronto is amazing. It’s vibrant, the people are great and it’s one of the most multicultural cities I’ve ever been too. Plus, growing up listening to Toronto bands like The
Viletones, Diodes, Teenage Head and so forth, has always led me to have an affinity
towards the Toronto music scene…even later in my teenage years with Lowest of
the Low. I grew up going to shows there, so at least, personally, it means a lot that
Riot has grown up enough that it can cross the Peace Bridge, like I used to,” Petryshyn
told musicemissions.com. Riot Fest 2015 will take place on September 19 and 20 at
Toronto’s Downsview Park
(35 Carl Hall Rd.). The entertainment line-up includes Alexisonfire, Wu-Tang Clan,
Rancid, Motörhead, Eagles of Death Metal, GWAR, the Thurston Moore Band, Jazz Cartier, Tomahawk Love and many, many more. Please call 1-888-732-1682 for tickets.
The boys are back! For the first time in three years, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Van
Halen are back on the road. On Wednesday, August 5, 7:30 p.m., David Lee Roth, Eddie
Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, and 24-year-old bassist Wolfgang Van Halen, will rock the
Western Fair District, one of two Canadian dates on the band’s schedule. The Kenny
Wayne Shepherd Band will open. During an interview with www.vhnd.com, Eddie
explained that, while the band is happy to play fan favourites like ‘Panama,’ ‘Runnin’
VAN HALEN IS SET TO SHAKE UP LONDON ON
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 AT THE WESTERN FAIR DISTRICT
ECLECTIC AMERICAN INDIE FOLK BAND EDWARD SHARPE AND THE
MAGNETIC ZEROS WILL PERFORM AT TURF 2015
Collective Concerts. “Not only does it bring millions of dollars of tourism money, it
makes the city fun and sexy and not boring. That’s what a major city does.”TURF’s 2015
line-up, which features 46 artists, includes Of Monsters and Men, Edward Sharpe and
the Magnetic Zeros, Wilco, the Avett Brothers, Neko Case, UB40, Cake, Lord Huron, Desaparecidos, Deerhunter, and Built to Spill, among others. “When you see the whole of
our line-up, it seems obvious to me it’s hands down the best one we’ve had yet, said
Cohen. In addition to shows that will take place on three stages at Fort York, additional
performances from TURF artists will take place at Lee’s Palace and the Horseshoe Tavern between September 17 and 21 as part of the festival’s Club Bonus Series. Please
call 1-888-732-1682 for tickets.
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With the Devil,’ ‘Jump’ and ‘Hot for Teacher,’ he’d like to introduce some of the band’s
newer material into their set list. “We put out A Different Kind of Truth in 2012, but
then you go onstage and play those new songs, and the audience looks at you like,
‘What’s this?’ They really want to hear the classics. It’s kind of a double-edged sword.
Thank God we have so many career tunes that people want to hear. That’s what they
remember and want to get back to. But at the same time, it would be nice to be able
to put out new music that people would give a chance. Maybe 10 years from now stuff
off of A Different Kind of Truth will be considered classic and people will want to hear
those.”Tickets are available by calling 1-855-985-5000.
CANADIAN POST-HARDCORE ROCKERS ALEXISONFIRE WILL
REUNITE FOR THE TORONTO RIOT FEST STOP THIS YEAR
- John Sharpe
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A Stunning Release
Since forming in the mid-80s, London-based glam/punk rockers ’63 Monroe have endured several changes to their line-up and
a number of break-ups and make-ups. Yet, unlike old soldiers,
they refuse to just fade away. Led by vocalist Scott Bentley (aka
Steven R Stunning), Monroe recently released their latest recording, with one side containing three Steven R Stunning original
tunes and the flip side showcasing six original ‘63 Monroe songs.
“Two songs on Side A were recorded at Beach Road Studios in
PHOTO CREDIT: REG QUINTON
Incisions with a concert at Shangrila Yoga (111 Mount Pleasant
Ave.). Recorded over the course of two sessions at Andy Magoffin’s House Of Miracles studio in Cambridge, Ontario, Stitches
And Incisions contains eight tracks, including four songs that
previously appeared on Brown’s Secret Identity EP. “Stitches And
Incisions is a lyric that comes from the chorus of the title track,
‘All Our Emergencies.’ It’s about an abandoned hospital in Windsor (Grace), but could also reflect the now-demolished South
Street hospital. The song explores the significance of hospitals to
the identity of a community. Stitches And Incisions also reflects
some more of the themes of the album; healed wounds, repairing what’s broken, and finding value in what’s left behind. Shaela
Kinting did some amazing artwork for the cover where it looks like
me into some casinos and I was told they preferred backing tracks
to a live band. So, I have decided not to use a live band and the
response from my audience has been great.” As for covering Presley’s vast catalogue of hits, Timmermans prefers to stick to the
tried-and-true. “I try to do a good mixed set covering everything
from the early Elvis to when he was doing the concerts. I try doing songs that people can easily relate to instead of doing a lot
of tunes that are not very well known to my audience.” While
Timmermans knows song selection is important, he puts a lot of
emphasis on interacting with his audience and making them part
of the show. “It takes confidence, a pure love of performing Elvis’
music and interacting with the people that makes a show work.
That’s been proven to me many times over. When people come to
see King Creole they can expect a very professional and personable performance of the best Elvis songs, often right to your table.
That’s the way I like it.” Please call (519) 601-5535 for more info.
JACK TIMMERMANS WILL SERVE UP A HUNK, A HUNK OF
BURNING LOVE AS ELVIS PRESLEY ON AUGUST 15
- John Sharpe
PETER DEKOKER (BASS) AND SCOTT BENTLEY (VOCALS)
OF ʼ63 MONROE SHAKINʼ THE CEDAR LOUNGE, CIRCA
1983. THEYʼRE STILL ROCKINʼ HARD TODAY
Goderich (‘Punk Rock Soldier’ & ‘Prostitute’), the third song, ‘Bleed’
was recorded at Willie Boy Studios and remixed at the Vault. All
six songs on the Monroe side were recorded at The Vault by Jimi
James,” said Stunning. In addition to Steven R, musicians performing on the Beach Road tunes included Spanky Wallflower (guitar/
vocals), Mercedes Landers (drums/vocals), and Laurie Coleman
(bass/vocals). ‘Bleed’ features Stunning (vocals), Tim Thompson
(guitar), Brad Lavard (drums), Pete Dekoker (bass), Brian McMillan (guitar), and Steven R Stunning (vocals). The Monroe side
was recorded with Pete Dekoker (bass/vocals), Brian McMillan
(guitar), Jeff Depew (drums) and Steven R Stunning on vocals
and a bit of rhythm guitar. “The record is available in bubblegum
punk rock pink and slime green on the Speed City Records label.
All records come with a digital download card and various stickers.
The Monroe recordings with Jeff were the last things he recorded
before his untimely death last fall. We have the rest of this session
mixed and ready to be released this fall in a special Monroe tribute
CD tentatively titled, Jeff.”
Allison Brown CD
Release
On Saturday, August 1, 8:00 p.m., London vocalist/guitarist Allison Brown, wsg Uncle Dan Henshall (mandolin) and Jedd House
(bass), will celebrate the release of her third CD, Stitches And
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ALLISON BROWNʼS ORIGINALS FIT NICELY ALONGSIDE
A CLASSIC ROOTS REPERTOIRE INCLUDING COUNTRY,
GOSPEL, BLUES AND BLUEGRASS
I’m sewing myself together,” said Brown. “The show is going to be
a quieter concert, at a very intimate outdoor venue. To honour
and protect the Yoga surface we’re asking the audience to remove
their shoes, so that’s a bit different. The audience will be sitting on
yoga chairs, pillows and benches and anyone who wants to bring
their own lawn chair is encouraged to do so.” Following their CD
release celebration Uncle Dan Henshall and Allison Brown will
embark on a three- month tour that will take them to the East
Coast, Newfoundland, Northern Ontario and Manitoba. Call (519)
878-3888 for more info.
King Creole At Victory
On Saturday, August 15, 8:00 p.m., King Creole (aka Jack Timmermans), will present a tribute to ‘The King’ at the Victory Legion
(311 Oakland Ave.). Timmermans has performed Elvis tunes in all
the bands he’s worked with, but in 2000 he decided to put all his
efforts into producing an Elvis Tribute Show. “A promoter booked
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THE LISTINGS
CONCERTS/LIMITED
ENGAGEMENTS
(SEE ALSO HOUSE BANDS, DJS, KARAOKE)
THURS. JULY 2
APK- Messes & Miracles/Taylor Holden/JoJo Worthington
CALL THE OFFICE-Hogarth/The Sky Vines
FITZRAYS-Leah Morise (8pm)
FOX & FIDDLE-Three Penny Piece
GRINNING GATOR-Smokin’ Dave Open Mic
JIMBO’S PUB & EATERY –Open Jam w/JT & Starting Point
LAVISH-DJ Eddy
LONDON MUSIC CLUB- The Big Rock Electric Jam (8:30pm)/
Independent Musicians Workshop (8pm)
LONE STAR TEXAS GRILL-Shawn Cowan
MOLLY BLOOM’S-Fiction
NORMA JEAN’S – Nasty Alex Live Band Karaoke
POACHER’S ARMS-The Fairmonts
RICHMOND-Billy Paton
ST. REGIS TAVERN-Jeffy B. (4-8pm)
TOWN & COUNTRY – Karaoke w/Lady Heidi
VICTORIA PARK-The Tutwiler Blues Train (6pm)/C & The Gig
Masters (9pm)
WINKS EATERY-Open Mic w/David Usselman
FRI. JULY 31
BACKDRAFTS- Smokin’ Dave
CALL THE OFFICE-Gypsy Ghosts/St. Andrews/Bodhi Jar
DAWGHOUSE PUB-Shawn Cowan
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL –The Geoff Masse Band
FITZRAYS-Pacanomad/Jim McGinley
FLAVURS-Gig
FOX & FIDDLE-Karaoke w/Joe
GRINNING GATOR- Comedy Show (8:30pm)/Stone
JIMBO’S PUB & EATERY – Karaoke w/Maggie
LONDON MUSIC CLUB- Acoustyle Open Mic w/DeRoK (8pm)
MOLLY BLOOM’S-Live Music
NORMA JEAN’S-Bucket List
OLIVE R. TWISTS-Greg Lirette (5-9pm)
POACHER’S ARMS- Two For The Show
RICHMOND-Duane Lauzon & Friends
ROXBURY-DJ Hex
RUM RUNNERS- Small Town Lungs/Komorebi/House Art
Collective
ST. REGIS TAVERN-Outcast (4:30pm)/Heartstring (8pm)
SCOTS CORNER- Live Music
VICTORIA PARK-Panic Button (4pm)/RumbleBees (6pm)/
Mudmen (9pm)
VICTORY LEGION-Wayne Holden & The Tutwiler Blues Train
(8pm)
WESTERN FAIR DISTRICT-The Gypsy Ghosts (8pm)
WINKS EATERY-Jason Mercer
WORTLEY-50 Shades Of Groove
YUK YUK’S- Sam Easton/Mayce Galoni/Michael Harrison
SAT. AUG. 1
APK-Kehmak & Casper/JR Fillion/Lyrical Mind/Bizzy Highchlass/DollathePaperchaserr/Young Stunna/Ender Prime/O
Beast
CANADIAN CORPS.-Acoustic Jam (3-6pm)
CROSSINGS GRILL (HYDE PARK)-Jeff Cain
CROSSINGS GRILL (LAMBETH)-Nathan Ouelette
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL-Full Petty Fever
FITZRAYS-Rebel Few/Smoke ’n’ Stone
GRINNING GATOR-Open Mic (3pm)/Paisley Road Band
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR-Hideaway House Party
MOOSE LODGE-Allen James (1-4pm)
NORMA JEAN’S- Monkey Junkies
PLAYERS ATHLETIC LAGER-UFC
POACHER’S ARMS-Greg Lirette
POLISH HALL-Midlfe Crisis/DJ Wolfeman (8pm)
RICHMOND-Out Of The Ruins/Fragile Existence/Necrosaurus
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SHANGRILA YOGA-Allison Brown/Dan Henshall (8pm)
STROKERS BILLIARDS-DJ Hex (7pm)
TABU-Uncle Doobie/Bounty/Mark Furious/Silent C/Kurtious K
VICTORIA PARK-Jim Ashby (2&5pm)/The John Glover Band
(6:30pm)/Dustbin Flowers (9pm)
VICTORY LEGION-The Kards (2-6pm)/Joe Passion (8pm)
WESTERN FAIR DISTRICT-Doug Varty
WINKS EATERY-UFC/Tskyler
WORTLEY-50 Shades Of Groove
YUK YUK’S- Sam Easton/Mayce Galoni/Michael Harrison
SUN. AUG. 2
APK-The Mongrels (3-7pm)/Luxe Taylor
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL-Blues Jam (3-7pm)
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE-Open Jam
GRINNING GATOR-Karaoke
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR-Board Game Night (6:30pm)
JIMBO’S PUB & EATERY –Stu’s Sunday Jam (3-8pm)
LAVISH-DJ Pablo
POACHER’S ARMS-Board Game Night
SPRINGBANK GARDENS-The Dave Priest Trio (2-4pm)
VIBRAFUSIONLAB-Molly Drag/Anit-Freeze/Fairgrounds/Fish
Food (7pm)
VICTORIA PARK-The Ozarks (1pm)/Glen Reid (5pm)/Bobnoxious (9pm)
WINKS EATERY-Karaoke
MON. AUG. 3
APK-Forward Unto Dawn/Sinthetik/The Luminary/False Origins/SeaGrave (7:30pm)
GRINNING GATOR-Karaoke w/Shannon Melissa
LAVISH-DJ Pablo Ramirez
POACHER’S ARMS-Funny Comedy Show w/Nitish Sakhuja/
Amanda Brooke Perrin/Mathew Ferguson/Aaron Allen/
James Hardwick/Leanne Burt (8pm)
TOBOGGAN BREWING CO.-Pat Maloney
VICTORIA PARK-Nathan Ouelette (12:30pm)/Colonel Flanders & Country Road (6:30pm)
TUES. AUG. 4
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE-Open Mic Night
GRINNING GATOR-Stu’s Open Mic
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR-DJ DoubleDown
JIMBO’S PUB & EATERY –Karaoke w/Maggie (8pm)
LONDON MUSIC HALL-Between The Buried And Me/Animals
As Leaders/The Contortionist
POACHER’S ARMS-Trivia w/Richie
TOWN & COUNTRY – Karaoke
VICTORY LEGION-Don Thornton (8pm)
WINKS EATERY-Rock ’n’ Roll Bingo w/Eedy
WED. AUG. 5
APK-Mobina Galore/Ship Of Fools (7pm)
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL- Open Jam w/The After 8 Band (8pm)
GRINNING GATOR-Gator House Band
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR-DJ TeenWolf
JIMBO’S PUB & EATERY –Smokin’ Dave
NORMA JEAN’S-Open Jam w/Vinnie
O’MALLEY’S-Karaoke w/Music Central (8pm)
POACHER’S ARMS- Open Mic w/J-Me
ROXBURY-Open Jam w/Shawn Cowan
WESTERN FAIR DISTRICT-Van Halen/Kenny Wayne Shepherd
WINKS EATERY-Pub Stumpers Trivia (8:30pm)
THURS. AUG. 6
APK-Patrick James Clark/Laura G
CALL THE OFFICE-Sparrows/Tandem Eagle/Limiter/A Year
Dead
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE-Big League Comedy Night
GRINNING GATOR-Smokin’ Dave Open Mic
LAVISH-Karaoke w/DJ Amy
LONDON MUSIC CLUB- The Big Rock Electric Jam (8:30pm)/
Larry Smith (8:30pm)
POACHER’S ARMS- The Fairmonts
RICHMOND-Open Mic w/Billy Paton
FRI. AUG. 7
APK-Becomes Astral/Elements/Horse Lung/Eyeswithoutaface/AEpoch
BACKDRAFTS-The Geoff Masse Band
CALL THE OFFICE-Dead Fibres/BSHC/I Smell Blood/Livestock
& The Bodies
CENTENNIAL HALL-MuchMusic Pre-Teen Video Dance Party
(7pm)
DAWGHOUSE PUB-Smokin Dave
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL-After Midnight
EAST VILLAGE ARTS COLLECTIVE-EVAC Acoustic Jam Night
(7-9pm)
FITZRAYS-AskHer
FLAVURS-The Chris Trowell Band
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE-Cailey
GRINNING GATOR- JT & The Starting Point
LONDON MUSIC CLUB- Acoustyle Open Mic w/DeRoK (9pm)
MOLLY BLOOM’S-Highway 21
NORMA JEAN’S- 8 Second Ride
POACHER’S ARMS-The Villains
RICHMOND-The Uterson Investigation
ROXBURY-DJ Ruckus
RUM RUNNERS-Ol’CD/Heart Attack Kids/The Kerouacs
SCOTS CORNER- Sole Motive
VICTORY LEGION-Brett Baker Rockin’ Country Dance (8pm)
WINKS EATERY--David Usselman
WORTLEY-Electric Popsicle
YUK YUK’S- Michelle Shaughnessy/Cal Post/Christophe Davidson
SAT. AUG. 8
BLACK PEARL PUB-Karaoke w/Jimmy Angus
BYRON LEGION-Toast & Jam (3-6:30pm)/Tom Cat Prowl
(7pm)
CALL THE OFFICE-Ramonesarama 5
CROSSINGS GRILL (HYDE PARK)-Justin Plet
CROSSINGS GRILL (LAMBETH)-Rhapsody Rebelz
DAWGHOUSE PUB-Larryoke
DUTCH CANADIAN CLUB-DJ Wolfeman (8pm)
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL- One Ugly Cowboy
FITZRAYS-Glass Ampp
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE-Bryan O’Gorman
GRINNING GATOR-The Chris Trowel Band
LONDON MUSIC CLUB-Live Band
MOLLY BLOOM’S-Highway 21
MOOSE LODGE-The Kards (1-4pm)/Neil Diamond Tribute
Show w/Joey Purpura (8pm)
NORMA JEAN’S-Hot Tub Hippies
ONYX-DJ Energy
POACHER’S ARMS- Vultures Without Wings
RICHMOND- Voice Of Addiction/Last CH4NC3/The He-Jobs/
Straight Jacket
ROCKEY’S HARLEY-DAVIDSON-After The Lounge/Who Made
Who (12-5pm)
VICTORY LEGION-Bridlington Road (2-6pm)/County Road &
Friends (8pm)
WINKS EATERY-Jay Davis
WORTLEY- Tommy Solo & The Night Crew
YUK YUK’S- Michelle Shaughnessy/Cal Post/Christophe Davidson
SUN. AUG. 9
APK-Drum ’n’ Bass Sunday
MOLLY BLOOM’S- Karaoke w/Axle
POACHER’S ARMS-Video Game Day
RICHMOND-Tom Dunphy & The Cold Hard Facts (4-7pm)
ST. REGIS TAVERN-Outcast (3:30-7:30pm)
SPRINGBANK GARDENS-Nora Galloway & The Tearjerkers
(2-4pm)
VICTORY LEGION-Bob Lizmore (1-4pm)
MON. AUG. 10
APK-King Pin/Mourning/Lesser Men/Heart & Harm
LONDON MUSIC HALL-Coal Chamber/Fear Factory/Jasta
MOLLY BLOOM’S- Karaoke
POACHER’S ARMS-Open Mic Comedy
RICHMOND-Karaoke
TUES. AUG. 11
RUM RUNNERS-The Casualties/Thirty Helens/The Filthy Radicals/Gatgas (7pm)
WINKS EATERY-R&R Bingo w/Eedy
WED. AUG. 12
APK- Comedy Night
CALL THE OFFICE-The Dead Projectionists
COWBOYS RANCH-The Brothers Osborne
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL-Open Jam w/The After 8 Band (8pm)
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE-Karaoke
LONDON MUSIC CLUB-Super Chikan/Big Dave McLean/Raoul
Bhaneja (8:30pm)
POACHER’S ARMS-Open Mic w/J-Me
ROXBURY-Open Mic w/Shawn Cowan
WINKS EATERY-Trivia w/Mike (8:30pm)
THURS. AUG. 13
APK-Old School Funk w/DJ Cuz Green
CALL THE OFFICE-Black Cat Attack/Darrow Chemical Company
GRINNING GATOR- Smokin’ Dave Open Mic
LAVISH-DJ Eddy
LONDON MUSIC CLUB- The Big Rock Electric Jam (8:30pm)
FRI. AUG. 14
APK-Fresh Fridays Rap Night
BACKDRAFTS- Pop The Hood
CALL THE OFFICE-The Alcohollys/Kill Matilda/Kink/Motive
Force
DAWGHOUSE PUB-Nathan Ouelette
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL –Bender
(7-9pm)
FITZRAYS- The Mammals
FLAVURS-The Geoff Masse Band
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE-Stewie/Wycked Truth/4Sure/TK/Lyrical Mind
GRINNING GATOR-AskHer
KELSEY’S SOUTH-The Old Man Band
LIONS PARK (MT. BRYDGES)-Finger Eleven/Econoline Crush/
Bobnoxious/ZED/The Audio Device/Lifeline (5pm)
LONDON MUSIC CLUB- Acoustyle Open Mic w/DeRoK (9pm)/
LONDON MUSIC HALL-Every Time I Die/Real Friends/Counterparts/Gnarlwolves
LONDON ROUNDHOUSE-Sarah Smith
MOLLY BLOOM’S-Silk Tonic
NORMA JEAN’S- Diamond Dust/Kill Effect
POACHER’S ARMS-Spoonmen
RICHMOND- Duane Lauzon & Friends
ROXBURY-DJ Hex
RUM RUNNERS-Texas King/Bestie/The Stereo Division
SCOTS CORNER- Live Music
VICTORY LEGION-North Of 60 (8pm)
WINKS EATERY-Jason Mercer
WORTLEY-Bucket List
YUK YUK’S-Johnny Gardhouse/Eric Andrews/Mark Walker
SAT. AUG. 15
APK- Vow Of Thorns/Amiensus/Ashbringer/Unbowed/Panzerfaust
CANADIAN CORPS.-Acoustic Jam (3-6pm)
CALL THE OFFICE-Carly Thomas/Fiona Noaks Band
CROSSINGS GRILL (HYDE PARK)- Rhapsody Rebelz
CROSSINGS GRILL (LAMBETH)-Justin Plet
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL-The Wives
FITZRAYS-The Black Holes
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE-Sole Motive
GRINNING GATOR-Hurtin’ Merv
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR-Hideaway House Party
LONDON MUSIC CLUB-Roxanne Potvin (8pm)
MOLLY BLOOM’S-Silk Tonic
MOOSE LODGE-Gary McGill (1-4pm)
NORMA JEAN’S- Live Music
POACHER’S ARMS-Conner Willson
RICHMOND-Three Impotent Males/The Hillbilly Bugger Boys/
Excelsior
ST. REGIS TAVERN-Patrick James Clarke (3:30-7:30pm)
STROKERS BILLIARDS-DJ Hex (7pm)
VICTORY LEGION-CW Country (2-6pm)/King Creole Elvis Tribute Show w/Jack Timmerman (8pm)
WINKS EATERY-Verbal Karate
WORTLEY- Chris Trowell
YUK YUK’S- Johnny Gardhouse/Eric Andrews/Mark Walker
SUN. AUG. 16
EAST VILLAGE ARTS CO-OP-The Dead Bees
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR-Board Game Night (6:30pm)
LAVISH-DJ Pablo
POACHER’S ARMS-Board Game Night
SPRINGBANK GARDENS-Parallax (2-4pm)
VICTORY LEGION-Sunday Jamboree (1-4pm)
MON. AUG. 17
CALL THE OFFICE-Agathodes/Fatal Flaw/Dislecksick/Poison
Spur/Lapsaria
CAREY’S-Open Mic Night
Email: [email protected]. Please Include: Venue Name, Address, Event Title, Date, Time,
Brief Description, Admission Fee and Phone Number.
Deadline for August 27, 2015 issue~August 21, 2015 ~ John Sharpe
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POACHER’S ARMS-Open Mic Comedy Night
TUES. AUG. 18
ROXBURY-Comedy Open Mic (8pm)
WED. AUG. 19
APK-Our Place Of Yours/Have You Seen Syd/Choices/My Dear
Dilemma/Youngest And Only
CALL THE OFFICE-Barrence Whitfield & The Savages/Marcellus Wallace
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL- Open Jam w/The After 8 Band (8pm)
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR-DJ TeenWolf
ROXBURY-Open Jam w/Shawn Cowan
WINKS EATERY-Pub Stumpers Trivia (8:30pm)
THURS. AUG. 20
CALL THE OFFICE-Molly Drag/Intrusions/Heavy Gloom/Shipley Hollow
GRINNING GATOR- Smokin’ Dave Open Mic
KELSO BEACH (OWEN SOUND)-MonkeyJunk/Matt Andersen
(8pm)
LONDON MUSIC CLUB- The Big Rock Electric Jam (8:30pm)
RAILWAY PARK (ST.THOMAS)-Helix/Mudmen/Damn Pigeon
(6pm)
FRI. AUG. 21
BACKDRAFTS-Mike Fagan
DAWGHOUSE PUB-Live Band
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL-Second Chance
(7-9pm)
FITZRAYS-Jeffy B
FLAVURS-Greg Lirette
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE-Brad Shank
GRINNING GATOR-The Track Mark Band
KELSO BEACH (OWEN SOUND)-James Hill/Shari Ulrich/Joel
Plaskett/The Young Novelists/Sons Of Perry/Sarah MacDougall/MacKenzie Blues Band/Digging Roots/James Hill
(5:30pm)
LAVISH-DJ Zoltan
LONDON MUSIC CLUB- Acoustyle Open Mic w/DeRoK (9pm)/
London Poetry Slam (8pm)
NORMA JEAN’S-Ugly Stepsisters
POACHER’S ARMS-Two For The Show
RAILWAY PARK (ST.THOMAS)-Jukebox Heroes/Dave’s Not
Here/Zed (5pm)
RICHMOND-Live Music
ROXBURY-DJ Ruckus
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SCOTS CORNER-Sole Motive
VICTORY LEGION-Country Versatiles (8pm)
WINKS EATERY-Smokin’ Dave
WORTLEY- The Geoff Masse Band
YUK YUK’S- Derek Seguin/Nigel Grinstead/Jeff Elliott
SAT. AUG. 22
BYRON LEGION-Spinback (8pm)
CALL THE OFFICE-Millennium
CENTENNIAL HALL-Queen: It’s A Kinda Magic (8pm)
CROSSINGS GRILL (HYDE PARK)-Nathan Ouelette
CROSSINGS GRILL (LAMBETH)-Shawn Cowan
DAWGHOUSE PUB-Larryoke
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL-Two Clever
FITZRAYS-The Ugly Stepsisters
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE-Shades
GRINNING GATOR-Racing The Low (9pm)
KELSO BEACH (OWEN SOUND)-Kim & Reggie Harris/Steve
Poltz/Donovan Woods/De Temps Antan/Claire Lynch/
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar/Trout Fishing In America
(6pm)
NORMA JEAN’S-Genevieve Fisher/Counting Down The Hours/
Five Oceans/Alyssa Sestric (4pm)
ONYX-DJ Energy
POACHER’S ARMS-Live Music
RAILWAY PARK (ST. THOMAS)-Autumn Hill/Sarah Smith/
Them Dang Rattlers/Last Highway (5pm)
RICHMOND- Motive Force Audio/Device
VICTORY LEGION-County Road (2-6pm)/Country Classics
(8pm)
WINKS EATERY-David Usselman
WORTLEY-The Geoff Masse Band
YUK YUK’S- Derek Seguin/Nigel Grinstead/Jeff Elliott
SUN. AUG. 23
APK-Acoustic Patio Jam (3-7pm)
GRINNING GATOR-Dayglo Abortions/The Matadors/The Nasties
JONES FAMILY FARM (DORCHESTER)- The Marrieds/Newport
Electric/Pete Denomme & the Cosmic Cowboys/Stegall/
Sarah Halabecki Band/Engine 86/Taylor Holden/The Brent
Jones Band/Holy Roller/Stacey Zegers/Jamie Dean Hudson/
Jesse Nestor/Dave Dillon/Justine Chantale/Black Heart Machine (Noon-7pm)
KELSO BEACH (OWEN SOUND)-Delhi 2 Dublin/The Becketts/
Sarah MacDougall/Digging Roots/Summerfolk Choir/Beckon/David Francey/Evalyn Parry/Whitehorse (6pm)
MOLLY BLOOM’S- Karaoke w/Axle
POACHER’S ARMS-Video Game Day
QUAI DU VIN (ST.THOMAS)-The Chris Murphy Band w/Denise
Pelley/Cecile Doo-Kingue/Steve Burnside & The Marquis/The
Michael Shatte Band (2-7pm)
SPRINGBANK GARDENS-Licorice Allsorts (2-4pm)
VICTORY LEGION-Jamboree (1pm)
MON. AUG. 24
APK-Motives/Bungler/Amnesty/Take Heart
MOLLY BLOOM’S- Karaoke
POACHER’S ARMS-Open Mic Comedy
RICHMOND-Karaoke
TUES. AUG. 25
GRINNING GATOR-Stu’s Open Jam
JIMBO’S PUB & EATERY –Karaoke w/Maggie
WED. AUG. 26
APK-Hindsight/Heavy Hearts/Acid Priest/Subtle (6pm)
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL-Open Jam w/The After 8 Band (8pm)
WINKS EATERY-Pub Stumpers Trivia w/Mike (8:30pm)
WOLF PERFORMANCE HALL-Shannon Bryant (7pm)
HOUSE BANDS/DJS/KARAOKE
THURSDAYS
CIROC-DJ Futurestep/DJ Ruckus
CEEPS-DJ
COBRA-Top 40 & Hip-Hop
DAWGHOUSE PUB-Smokin’ Dave
GRAD CLUB (UWO)-Rick McGhie (6pm)
GRINNING GATOR-Smokin’ Dave
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR-DJ Rick O’Shea
HOOPS HOUSE PUB-Karaoke w/Greg (8:30pm)
JACK ASTOR’S (RICHMOND ROW)-Extracurricular Thursdays
JOE KOOL’S-Sweet Leaf Garrett
LONDON MUSIC CLUB-Trivia Night
LONE STAR TEXAS GRILL-Shawn Cowan (8:30pm)
NORMA JEAN’S- Live Band Karaoke w/Nasty Alex
SCOTS CORNER-Iain Marais
SPOKE (UWO)-Trivia Night
FRIDAYS
BARNEY’S- Samurai Night Fever
CANADIAN CORPS.-Karaoke w/DJ Cowboy Shea (8pm)
COBRA-Dirty Disko
CELLO SUPPER CLUB-DJ EverFresh
CEEPS-DJ
CIROC LOUNGE-Hip-Hop Fridays
COWBOYS RANCH-Freedom Friday
FATTY PATTY’S-Karaoke w/Sharpe Sound
FOX & FIDDLE-Karaoke w/Joe (10pm)
GRINNING GATOR-DJ Dominic
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR-DJ Focus
HUSTLER BILLIARDS-Karaoke w/Pepsi Pete
JACK’S-Graham & Kailen
JOE KOOLS-DJ Jamie Allen
LAVISH- DJ Zoltan
McCABE’S IRISH PUB-Verbal Karate
MONGOLIAN MARTINI BAR-Empyrean Productions House DJs
MOOSE LODGE-Karaoke w/Doug Tucker & Karen Turner (8pm)
ROXBURY-DJ Hex
SILVER SPUR-Karaoke w/Rob Middleton
SPOKE (UWO)-Coffee House Night
SWAG LOUNGE-DJ
TALBOT ST. WHISKY HOUSE-Shawn Cowan (3pm)
TIGER JACKS - DJ Sebastian
SATURDAYS
A.N.A.F. – Karaoke w/Leeann
BACKDRAFTS-Karaoke
BARNEY’S-The Fairmonts
CEEPS-DJ
COBRA-Spotlight Saturdays
COWBOYS RANCH-BX93 Night w/Heidi Reichert
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL- Karaoke w/Ken Richardson (6-9pm)
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR-Hideaway House Party w/DJ Rick
O’Shea
HOOPS HOUSE PUB-Karaoke w/Jukebox Jeannie (9pm)
JACK’S-Jason Mercer
KUBBY’S BAR & GRILL-Bill Savage (8pm)
LAVISH-Seductive Saturdays w/DJ Pablo Ramirez
McCABE’S IRISH PUB-Black Belt Jones
MONGOLIAN MARTINI BAR-Empyrean Productions House DJs
ROXBURY - DJ Mystic
SCOTS CORNER-Karaoke
SWAG LOUNGE-DJ
TABU-House Music
TALBOT ST. WHISKY HOUSE-DJ Milo
TIGER JACKS - DJ Sebastian
SUNDAYS
BARNEY’S-Open Jam w/The Audio Device
CALL THE OFFICE – RayGun (9pm)
GRINNING GATOR-DJ Dance Party w/The Mechanic
LONDON ALE HOUSE-BuzztimeTrivia Nite w/Chris
McCABE’S IRISH PUB-Black Belt Jones
RICHMOND-Karaoke w/Lizzy
ROXBURY- Karaoke w/DJ Tatz
SCOTS CORNER-Casey Jones (8pm)
MONDAYS
APK-Mosh Mondays
FIRST ST. ANDREWS UNITED CHURCH-Southern Ontario Ukulele Players Open Jam (7pm)
GRINNING GATOR-Karaoke w/Shannon M
JACK’S-Mike Todd
MONGOLIAN MARTINI BAR-DJ Double Down
MORRISSEY HOUSE-Team Pub Quiz
NORMA JEAN’S- Open Band w/Shepherds Pie
ST. REGIS TAVERN-Acoustic Open Mic (7pm)
TUESDAYS
BACKDRAFTS-Karaoke
FITZRAYS-Sundown Tuesdays w/Becky & Jeffy B. (7-10pm)
GRINNING GATOR-Open Mic w/Stu
McCABE’S IRISH PUB-Karaoke w/Jessie & Laura
MOLLY BLOOM’S –The Jevon Rudder Band
MOOSE LODGE-Karaoke w/Mike Micks (7pm)
NORMA JEAN’S- Karaoke w/Maggie
POACHER’S ARMS-Trivia Night w/Richie
ROXBURY- Karaoke w/DJ Tatz
SCOTS CORNER-Open Mic w/Vinnie Vincenzo
SPOKE (UWO)-Live Band Rockaoke w/Nasty Alex
WEDNESDAYS
CALL THE OFFICE-PunkPins
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL-Open Jam Nite (8pm)
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE-Karaoke w/Stewie
GRAD CLUB-Open Mic (8-11pm)
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR-DJ Teenwolf
JACK’S- DJ Dani & DJ Rick O’Shea
JOE KOOL’S-The Mammals
LONDON ALE HOUSE-Karaoke w/Amy (10pm)
McCABE’S IRISH PUB-Jessie & Jordan
MONGOLIAN MARTINI BAR-Jeffy B
MOLLY BLOOM’S –Pub Stumpers Trivia (7-9pm)
SPOKE (UWO)- Rick McGhie (9pm)
VENUE•INDEX
AEOLIAN HALL 795 DUNDAS ST. 672-7950
AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION 2155 CRUMLIN RD. 455-0430
A.N.A.F. 797 YORK ST. 432-0104
APK 347 CLARENCE ST. 858-9900
BACKDRAFTS 1101 JALNA BLVD. 649-7110
BARKING FROG 209 JOHN ST. 850-3764
BLACK DIAMOND PUB 1440 JALNA BLVD. (226) 663-3263
BLACK PEARL PUB 705 FANSHAWE PK. RD. W. 601-4782
BLACK SHIRE PUB 511 TALBOT ST. 433-7737
BUDWEISER GARDENS 99 DUNDAS ST. 667-5700
BYRON LEGION 1276 COMMISSIONERS RD. W. 472-3300
CANADIAN CORPS. 1051 DUNDAS ST. 455-7530
CAREY’S BAR & GRILL 1569 OXFORD ST. E. 951-6886
CASEY’S BAR AND GRILL 310 CLARKE RD. 455-4392
CEEPS AND BARNEY’S 671 RICHMOND ST. 432-1232
CELLO SUPPER CLUB 99 KING ST. 850-8000
CHAUCER’S PUB 122 CARLING ST. 679-9940
CHRISTINA’S PUB 1131 RICHMOND ST. 660-8778
CIROC LOUNGE 335 RICHMOND ST. 860-2582
COBRA LONDON 359 TALBOT ST. 661-0761
COWBOY’S RANCH 60 WHARNCLIFFE RD. N. 679-0101
CROSSINGS GRILL 2300 WHARNCLIFFE RD. S. 652-4020
CROSSINGS GRILL 1269 HYDE PARK RD. 472-3020
DAWGHOUSE PUB 699 WILKINS ST. 685-0640
DUCHESS OF KENT 499 HILL ST. 438-6521
DUTCH CANADIAN CLUB 1738 GORE RD. 433-2579
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL 750 HAMILTON RD. 951-6462
EAST VILLAGE ARTS COLLECTIVE 757 DUNDAS ST.
EAST VILLAGE COFFEEHOUSE 754 DUNDAS ST. 226-271-6141
FACTORY 89 KING ST. 645-2582
FATTY PATTY’S 390 SPRINGBANK DR. 473-5521
FIRESIDE GRILL 1166 COMMISSIONERS RD. E 680-9899
FIRE ROASTED COFFEE CO. 105 KING ST. 438-5225
FITZRAYS 110 DUNDAS ST. 646-1112
FLAVURS 855 WELLINGTON RD. 649-1103
FOREST CITY GALLERY 258 RICHMOND ST. 434-5875
FOX & FIDDLE 355 WELLINGTON ST. 679-4238
GATSBY 50 PICADILLY ST. 495-3014
GORDY’S BREWHOUSE 1631 OXFORD ST. E. 601-4673
GRINNING GATOR 391 RICHMOND ST. 672-5050
GROOVES 353 CLARENCE ST. 640-6714
HIDEAWAY RECORDS & BAR 545 RICHMOND ST. 936-0268
HOOPS HOUSE PUB 924 OXFORD ST. 659-6766
HUSTLER BILLIARDS 1116 DEARNESS DR. 649-2138
JACK’S 539 RICHMOND ST. 438-1876
JACK ASTOR’S 660 RICHMOND ST. 642-0708
JIMBO’S PUB AND EATERY 920 COMMISSIONERS RD. E. 204-7991
KELSO BEACH 2ND AVE. W. (OWEN SOUND) 371-2995
KUBBY’S BAR & GRILL 312 COMMISSIONERS RD. W. 472-9455
LAVISH NIGHTCLUB 238 DUNDAS ST.
1286 JALNA BLVD. 680-5001
LOCKER ROOM
LONDON ALE HOUSE 288 DUNDAS ST. 204-2426
LONDON CONCERT THEATRE 60 WHARNCLIFFE RD. N.
LONDON MUSIC CLUB 470 COLBORNE ST. 640-6996
LONDON MUSIC HALL 185 QUEENS AVE. 432-1107
LONDON ROUNDHOUSE 240 WATERLOO ST.
LONE STAR TEXAS GRILL 660 RICHMOND ST. 434-4663
MCCABES IRISH PUB 739 RICHMOND ST. 858-8485
MOLLY BLOOM’S 700 RICHMOND ST. 675-1212
MONGOLIAN 645 RICHMOND ST. 645-6400
MOOSE LODGE 6 WESTON ST. 434-9361
MORRISSEY HOUSE 359 DUNDAS ST. 204-9220
MUSIC BOX 1472 DUNDAS ST. (226) 236-3877
MUSTANG SALLY’S 99 BELMONT DRIVE 649-7688
MYKONOS RESTAURANT 572 ADELAIDE ST. N. 434-6736
NORMA JEAN’S 1332 HURON ST. 455-7711
O’MALLEY’S IRISH PUB 99 BELMONT AVE. 649-7688
OLD SOUTH VILLAGE PUB 149 WORTLEY RD. 645-1166
OLIVE R. TWISTS 130 KING ST. 204-9184
PLAYERS ATHLETIC LAGER CO. 1749 DUNDAS ST. E. 452-1030
POACHER’S ARMS 171 QUEENS ST. 432-7888
POLISH HALL 554 HILL ST. 434-2576
QUAI DU VIN 45811 FRUITRIDGE LINE 775-2216
RAILWAY PARK (ST.THOMAS) 207-4000
RICHMOND TAVERN 370 RICHMOND ST. 679-9777
ROCKY’S HARLEY-DAVIDSON 900 WILTON GROVE RD. 438-1450
ROXBURY BAR & GRILL 1165 OXFORD ST. E. 951-0665
RUM RUNNERS 176 DUNDAS ST. 432-1107
SADDLE UP BAR & EATERY 93 KING ST.
ST. REGIS TAVERN 625 DUNDAS ST. 432-0162
SCOTS CORNER 268 DUNDAS ST. 667-2277
SHOELESS JOE’S 805 WONDERLAND RD. S. 474-9505
SILVER SPUR 771 SOUTHDALE RD. E. 681-5161
SWAG LOUNGE WESTERN FAIR DISTRICT 438-7203
TABU NIGHTCLUB 539 RICHMOND ST. 438-1876
TALBOT ST. WHISKEY HOUSE 580 TALBOT ST. 601-2589
TIGER JACKS 842 WHARNCLIFFE RD. S. 690-0292 TOBOGGAN BREWERY 585 RICHMOND ST. 433-2337
TOWN & COUNTRY SALOON 765 DUNDAS ST. 433-4741
VIBRAFUSIONLAB 355 CLARENCE ST. (226) 272-5185
VICTORY LEGION 311 OAKLAND AVE. 455-2331
WINKS EATERY 551 RICHMOND ST. 936-5079
WOLF PERFORMANCE HALL 251 DUNDAS ST. 661-5120
WORTLEY ROADHOUSE 190 WORTLEY RD. 438-5141
YUK YUK’S 900 KING ST. 936-2309
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VINYL, CDS & BLU-RAY
HOT INDIE
Proper Snobs •
Thoughts
Proper Snobs may be new to the London scene,
but its members are hardly newcomers to the
music biz. In fact, singer/songwriter Eddie
Carrigan has released a number of albums under
various guises and drummer Rob Richards is
one of his long-time collaborators. The rest
of the group is comprised of Lanny Fisher (bass) and Lee-Anne Fochesato (alto
sax/ flute/percussion/vocals). Written and produced by Carrigan, Thoughts is a
14-track collection of intricate, atmospheric tunes that recall the early works of
Bowie, Pink Floyd and Genesis. The band’s Facebook page describes their music as
‘Contemporary Trans- Atlantic Music for the discerning listener,’ so those seeking
simple pop ditties are advised to look elsewhere. But if you’re craving music with a
little ‘meat on its bones,’Thoughts should satisfy that hunger.
– John Sharpe
> Performance: B/Production: B
> Pompous Records
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Renowned Canadian composer Ann Southam
created a series of minimalist pieces for solo
piano during the Eighties that took their
cue from the deceptively simple sounds
that characterized the work of Philip Glass.
Southam’s works created a stir in the music landscape at the time of their
introduction to the world and their resonance is destined to generate everwidening ripples with this absolutely brilliant recording of six of those pieces
arranged for marimba by Taktus. This duo (Greg Harrison and Jonny Smith)
have taken a loving approach to these ethereally beautiful compositions
and in the process used the unique acoustic properties of the marimba to
bring out colours and tonalities that serve to take this music to even greater
heights. Ambient music redefined and renewed. – Rod Nicholson
> Performance: A+/Production: A
> Centrediscs
This is one seriously audacious take on the
idea of a blues album. It’s been described as
‘stripped-down’ and that often bandied-about
phrase is dead on the money here. The only
sounds you’re going to hear on Been Around A While are the soul-drenched
vocals provided by Dalannah Gail Bowen and the bass guitar mastery of Owen
Veber. Both pillars of the Vancouver music scene, these two manage to pull off
the kind of musical tightrope act that would almost certainly be the downfall
of any lesser talents. Instead of imposing limits, the marriage of bass and voice
in fact opens up so much space in these tunes that all the light and shade come
through loud and clear. Blues deluxe for those who know. – Rod Nicholson
> Performance: B+/Production: B+
> Quest
Legendary Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey,
who succumbed to cancer at the age of 41
in 2008, recorded four vintage jazz/swing
projects for the Stony Plain label. Although
Healey could rock with the best, his first love was jazz and blues and this
Best Of collection contains 11 tracks that highlight his love of those genres.
On tracks like ‘Guitar Duet Stomp,’ ‘Some Of These Days,’ and ‘Sweet Georgia
Brown,’ a track previously released on a promotion-only CD sampler that
also features English virtuoso trombonist Chris Barber, Healey demonstrates
why fellow guitarist held him in such awe for his outrageous technique and
unique style. A fitting tribute to a consummate musician who’s sadly missed
on the Canadian music scene. – John Sharpe
> Stony Plain
HOT INDIE
Monica Chapman •
P.S. I Love You
The follow-up to Toronto-based jazz vocalist
Monica Chapman’s debut CD, But Beautiful, P.S.
I Love You is a fine, 10-track collection of jazz
standards and show tunes, many rendered in a
bluesy, New Orleans style. Chapman possesses
a strong, sultry voice that shows she’s been
influenced by such legendary vocalists as Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, and Nina
Simone. Chapman receives solid support from an all-star group of Canadian
musicians, including pianist/arranger Bill King, bassist Dave Young, Juno
Award-winning jazz guitarist Nathan Hiltz, drummer Mark Kelso, and trumpeter
William Sperandei. The biggest surprise on the disc comes with the closer, an
Afro-Cuban twist on the theme from the James Bond flick, From Russia With
Love, which features a sizzling solo from Sperandei. – John Sharpe
> Performance: B/Production: B
> LME Records
Anthony Strong •
On A Clear Day
Dalannah And Owen
• Been Around A
While
HOT INDIE
HOT INDIE
Every so often a band comes along and the
promo machinery starts crowing about ‘vintage
sounds’ and ‘rock and roll heyday’ and other such
cack because a few youngsters bought a wahwah and a couple Marshalls and think they’re
hitting it. And then along comes a band like Australia’s Datura4 (fronted by
former You Am I and Stems kingpins Dom Mariani and Greg Hitchcock) and
from the first note it’s crystal clear they’ve got the whole thing down cold.
Demon Blues is a guitars/bass/drums travelogue that’ll take any fan of the
true rock catechism to the exact place they want to go. All those who know of
which I speak, get this record, take it home, listen to it loud and proud and then
rejoice. – Rod Nicholson
> Performance: A+/Production: B+
> Alive Natural Sounds
Taktus • Glass
Houses For Marimba
Soulstack • S/T
Canadian blues/roots front-runners Soulstack
further establish their well-deserved status
as a band to be reckoned with both live and in
the studio. Frontman Jon Knight does a great
job of putting all the required grit and soul
into his vocals to create the necessary mood
here. The rest of this fine line-up throw all the
considerable fire and excellent musicianship at their disposal at these tunes as
well. A special tip of the hat must go to Tom Bona on drums who exemplifies
the axiom that the man behind the kit makes or breaks a band. This self-titled
release contains a powerful mix of deep feeling and crackerjack artistry that
stands out amongst the often ho-hum stuff passing itself off as the real thing.
Recommended.
– Rod Nicholson
> Indie
HOT INDIE
Datura4 • Demon
Blues
HOT INDIE
London’s legendary punk/glam rock rebels, ’63
Monroe may be a tad older than when they first
rocked local dives like the Cedar Lounge and the
Blue Boot in the early-80s, but judging by their
latest release they’ve lost none of the hardcore attitude they became known for.
A split release -- Punk Rock Soldier contains three tunes from Monroe vocalist
Steve R Stunning, while Party Like A Rockstar features Stunning, along with his
’63 Monroe bandmates Pete Dekoker (bass/vocals), Jeff ‘Heffae’ DePew (drums),
Brian Mc Millan (guitar), rockin’ hard on six original tracks. Released on 12”
green vinyl that comes with a digital download card from CD Baby, both sides
seethe with high energy, rebellion and a passion for never giving up on your
dreams. As Stunning states on his side’s title track, ‘I may be older. But I’m still a
punk rock soldier.’ Rawk on. – John Sharpe
> Speed City
Working in an intriguing mini-genre he calls
‘pop-noir’, The Old Ceremony’s Django Haskins has
carved out his own distinctive sound and ethos
working with tried and true instrumentation in
unique ways. Haskins is accomplished in the subtle
art of using lyrics to not only tell a story or describe a situation but to allow the
listener to enter the world he creates and find some sort of unexpected familiarity
in their sudden twists and turns. Sonically an air of mystery dominates Sprinter
due to canny instrumentation and production values that accent mood over beat
and flash touches. These songs don’t merely play out so much as they impress
themselves upon the imagination while passing by like landmarks in some sort of
compellingly odd psychic landscape. – Rod Nicholson
> Yep Roc
Jeff Healey • Best
Of The Stony Plain
Years
The best way to describe vocalist/pianist
Anthony Strong would be to say that he may
be London, England’s answer to Michael Buble
and Harry Connick Jr. For his latest release, On A
Clear Day, Strong’s smooth, jazz-infused voice is
front and center on a varied repertoire full of Great American Songbook classics,
three originals and more contemporary material like Stevie Wonder’s ‘Higher
Ground,’ Elvis Costello’s ‘Baby Plays Around’ and a toe-tapping, samba treatment
of Michael Jackson’s ‘Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough.’ The thing that really drives
this album is the work of Strong’s 16-piece, brassy big band comprised of some
of the finest UK-based talent who wail, swing and strut their stuff throughout.
– John Sharpe
> Performance: B+/Production: A
> Naïve
Noise Level • Bliss
HOT INDIE
Steve R Stunning/
’63 Monroe • Punk
Rock Soldier/Party
Like A Rockstar
HOT INDIE
LA-based glam/metal rockers Black Veil Brides
take a step back from their studio escapades and
offer their fans this video document of a concert
filmed at the notorious City of Angels rock/riot
venue The Wiltern Theater. This show came at
the close of their ‘Black Mass 2015 Tour’ and finds the band in road-hardened
shape. One noteworthy facet of this release is the fact that the show is presented
in its entirety, avoiding the by-now clichéd song/interview alternating format
that’s a sure-fire buzz-killer for fans who just want to see the show and later
for the gab. Alive And Burning is an expertly-shot presentation that allows BVB
followers to take in the wall of amps stage setup and impressive lighting effects
in all their glory. – Rod Nicholson
>B
> Eagle
The Old Ceremony •
Sprinter
HOT INDIE
Black Veil Brides •
Alive And Burning
HOT INDIE
HOT INDIE
NEW RELEASE
POP
physical reviews
It’s been an interesting musical journey
travelling alongside Ed Matthews as a listener,
watching his Noise Level project grow and
mature and blossom. This release finds him
building on the past work he’s done and the
results are very encouraging indeed. Bliss is
an artfully entitled album as the auditory nirvana being sought and attained is
there for both the musicians involved (Matthews is now working with vocalist/
lyricist Ryan Robertson) and those taking this all in from the outside. It’s also
worthy of note that the Noise Level sound seems to be edging closer to the
traditional song format all the time and one can only wonder what doors might
open in terms of creativity and wider notoriety should that path be explored
further. – Rod Nicholson
> Performance: A/Production: B+
> Indie
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physical reviews
Aaron Jay Kernis –
Three Flavors
This new Naxos recording features the work of contemporary American composer
Aaron Jay Kernis. Listeners unfamiliar with Kernis’ catalogue will be likely intrigued by
his music, presented courtesy of pianist Andrew Russo and James Ehnes. Accompanied
by the players of the Albany Symphony Orchestra – under the baton of Grammy
Award-winning conductor David Alan Miller – Russo masterfully voices the distinctive
mood of each movement in Three Flavors, the CD’s title track, which was originally
scored for toy piano and premiered in 2002. This aspect of the music’s legacy is evident in the opening Ostinato, as Russo’s
piano assumes the quality of a mechanistic plaything. The composition’s remaining movements evoke both the lush
soundscapes of Ravel and the smoky jazz clubs of young America - an influence that listeners will find recurs on the CD’s
remaining tracks, Two Movements (With Bells) and Superstar Etude No. 3.
– Chris Morgan
> Andrew Russo (piano), James Ehnes (violin)
> Naxos, 2015
Strings in Swingtime
The normally reclusive arranger takes center stage on this recently released recording
from Bridge Records; two arrangers, actually: Charles Miller (1899-1985) and
Wladimir Selinsky (1910–1984). Miller was known for his string arrangements of
Jerome Kern’s work - the composer responsible for ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ and
‘Smoke Gets In Your Eyes’ - two classic melodies from the Great American Songbook,
which both appear here. Eight Popular Songs for String Quartet arranged by Selinsky
casts a wider net, and includes versions of songs from Duke Ellington (‘Solitude’,
‘Mood Indigo’, ‘Sophisticated Lady’), Jerry Herst (‘So Rare’), Joe Venuti (‘Apple Blossoms’), Frank Signorelli (‘Blues
Serenade’), Fats Waller (‘Honeysuckle Rose’) and Victor Young (‘Sweet Sue’). It’s ambitious repertoire realized brilliantly
by the Philharmonic Chamber Soloists, who bring elegance and refinement to their interpretations of these unforgettable
pieces of music.
– Chris Morgan
> Philharmonic Chamber Soloists
> Bridge Records, 2015
Mozart is often cited as a child prodigy when it comes to music, but early flowering
of genius in this regard was hardly Wolfie’s gift alone. Case in point: Romanian
composer George Enescu (1881-1955), who graduated from the prestigious Vienna
Conservatory at the tender age of 13 and at 16, staged a concert featuring his own
work. This recent Naxos release features compositions from this early period in
Enescu’s life, including his Violin Sonata No. 1, a compelling aural artifact of surprising
sophistication. Enescu’s youthful brilliance intimates his prolific, inventive career as a violinist and composer, the spirit of
which is captured on the 23-minute suite, Impressions d’enfance, Op. 28 (Impressions of Childhood) that closes out the CD.
Overlooked for years by scholars, Enescu’s work is receiving the attention it deserves, thanks in no small part to the efforts
of violinist Axel Strauss and pianist Ilya Poletaev, who have applied their own musical genius to the composer’s repertoire
on this recording.
– Chris Morgan
> Axel Strauss (violin), Ilya Poletaev (piano)
> Naxos, 2015
Philip Glass –
Glassworlds 1
When it comes to modern symphonic music, one would be hard-pressed to find
a more well-known and respected composer than Philip Glass. He has worked in a
variety of musical styles, including opera, concertos, quartets and symphonies, as
well as writing film scores and pop songs. Not surprisingly, Glass has also composed
beautiful piano music, some of which appears on this new recording from Grand Piano.
‘Opening’ - the first movement from 1982’s Glassworks - is the inaugural track on the
program and sets the tone for what’s to come. The Orphée Suite, adapted from one of Glass’ operas, is uniquely reimagined
here by arranger Paul Barnes, while the eastern-flavored How Now and the cathartic Dreaming Awake offer a sense of the
composer’s artistic development over the years. Pianist Nicolas Horvath - a Scriabin Competition first prizewinner – exhibits
skill and inventiveness in his performance, qualities which allow him to go wherever the music leads.
– Chris Morgan
> Nicholas Horvath (piano)
> Grand Piano, 2015
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There are books to curl up with on lazy summer afternoons: guilty pleasures
and romantic page-turners. Cauchemar by Canadian writer Alexandra
Grigorescu is such a book; a stolen moment of pure fantasy, elevated by the
author’s mesmerizing brand of descriptive, evocative language. The novel
centers on Hannah, a 20-year-old woman who has lived a hermetic life in
Louisiana with her adopted mother Mae. When Mae dies unexpectedly,
Hannah is thrust into adulthood and independence, and a growing awareness
of the supernatural. She sees a creature: “Its back was singular, fracture lines
like a roadmap across the carapace-like surface....Down in the grass, it released
a wet, phlegmatic sound, and she saw its eye roll toward her. It had seen her.
‘Oh,’ she breathed, and backed away.” Grigorescu casts a spell with her writing,
humid and textural, sleepy and thrilling. Hannah’s fate is braided into her sexual
awakening, a tumultuous love affair that opens the door to the crossroads - that place between the other world and our
own. Cauchemar easily surpasses its rivals of Twilight and True Blood, due to the poetic quality of Grigorescu’s writing,
though it delves not as deeply into our psyches as a Neil Gaiman story might. It is a mystery novel of a sort - both
whimsical and dark - and Hannah is an unconventional and compelling amateur sleuth, exploring a world of intrigue.
- Amy Andersen
> Alexandra Grigorescu
> ECW Press, 2015 • 316 pages
Notes and Dispatches:
Essays
ESSAYS
VIOLIN & PIANO
FIC TION
Cauchemar
Enescu – Complete Works for
Violin and Piano, Vol. 2
PIANO
B O O KS
Notes and Dispatches is a rambling but highly readable collection by widely
published poet, author, editor and publisher Rob McLennan. While the work
revolves around literary reviews, McLennan includes interviews and excerpts
of poetry and prose - his own and that of others - largely as a process by which
to organize his thoughts, better understand the literature, or elaborate upon
themes and ideas sparked by the work. McLennan compares his collection
to “missives composed out of what I have been attempting to learn, as
correspondences to those back home.” Essay subjects and McLennan’s interests
are wide ranging, including fiction of various types and styles, but also nonfiction writing on geography, history, films and a wide range of other subjects,
frequently Canadian. McLennan’s eye for connections stemming from a poem
or a work of literature is fascinating and impressive, as he relates culture, people, history, and language into his
discussions. While the collection is interesting and entertaining, Notes and Dispatches is primarily directed to a literary
audience and those who read multiple styles of writing, especially poetry and short stories. Writers of all kinds will
appreciate McLennan’s confident and straight-forward thoughts on both his own writing process and the writing he
reviews.
- Adam Shirley
> Rob McLennan
> Insomniac Press, 2014 • 317 Pages
Orient
P O E T RY
STRING QUARTET
PIANO CONCERTO
CLASSICAL CDS
Poet Gillian Wigmore’s latest offering, Orient, offers a truly Canadian
experience - including one extended poem dedicated to the struggle
and relationship between man and fish! At times shocking and often
amusing, each re-reading of the book suggests additional nuances
and brings new details to light. A review of how relationships can
change drastically over time, ‘beer with the mayor’ ends with “I used
spray paint and swear words and he became the mayor – he bought
me beer in 1970 then locked me up for mischief, astute indeed”.
From the plaintive and heartfelt ‘tavern’, profane ‘home’, informative
‘gals’ and beyond, Gillian Wigmore runs the gamut, deftly expressing
profound emotional states with intellectual honesty and immediacy.
Far from rhyming couplets, Orient has a stark yet engaging style that will appeal to readers who don’t
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A D V I C E G O D D E S S
Mourning Breath
I was engaged to a woman 20
years ago. We were in college
and in our mid-20s. I realized
that I wasn’t ready to get married
and called off the engagement.
I loved her and wanted to stay
with her, but she broke off the relationship. I’ve had relationships
since then, but I still regret not
marrying her. She’s married now,
and I shouldn’t even be thinking
about her so many years later,
but I can’t seem to shake the loss
of her. How do I get her -- and,
moreover, the regret -- out of my
head?
--Stuck
The reality is, you’re the envy of a
number of people -- like those who
ran up $80,000 in legal fees battling for joint custody of the suede
sectional and are now working
as a manservant for their divorce
lawyer while living in a tent in his
backyard.
You’ve got a bad case of the “coulda shouldas,” which, in psychology,
is called “counterfactual thinking,”
as in thinking “counter” to the actual “facts” of what happened.
It’s basically a mental redo of the
past -- imagining what could have
been. There’s healthy counterfactual thinking -- using how things
turned out as a reminder to act differently in the future. Also healthy
is recognizing that things could
have turned out worse, like with all
the divorcey fun above, plus having to borrow your kids like library
books on alternate weekends.
The unhealthy kind of counterfactual thinking is what you’re doing
-- setting aside the now to obsess
over how great things surely would
have been, “if only…” Never mind
how pointless this is, considering
that the closest thing you own to
?
a working time machine is probably a battery-operated cuckoo
clock your grandma gave you. And
never mind how this woman is forever 24 in your head -- preserved
like a bug in amber at the peak
of her hotitude -- and never does
things those pesky real women do,
like nagging you to fix that broken
thingie until your head is about to
explode all over the kitchen wallpaper.
You can get out of Regretsville.
You just need to have a funeral
for your relationship. And yes, I
know this sounds like a ridiculously
hokey stunt, but more and more,
researchers are finding that the
physical is tied to the psychological
-- like that physical acts of “closure”
lead to psychological closure and
that treating thoughts as physical
objects makes them as disposable
as objects. In a study by psychologist Pablo Brinol, participants who
wrote down troubling thoughts
and then ripped them up were
found to have “mentally discarded
them” and actually experienced
relief. Following their lead, put this
behind you psychologically by doing it physically: Write down what
happened. Burn the paper in a
dish. Maybe do a little ceremony.
And then scatter the ashes as you
would those from Fluffy’s urn.
And, finally, have a little compassion for yourself. Okay, so it’s best
not to follow up “Will you marry
me?” with “Uh…take-back!” But
you were young and probably immature, and you realized that you’d
gotten yourself in over your head.
And to your credit, you had the guts
to admit that you weren’t ready,
unlike all the people who come to
the realization that they aren’t but
go through with the wedding anyway. (“Who’ll join me in a toast to
‘miserably ever after!’?”)
respectful because this is coming through our mutual friend? (I
figure it can’t be worse than truly
blind dating online.)
--Jerk Magnet
Jerk du Soleil
Is there a thin line between longing and longing to throttle someone?
Justin Garcia, an evolutionary biologist at The Kinsey Institute, told
me that “in general, relationship
satisfaction and sexual satisfaction
seem to correlate.” In other words,
when your love life is in the toilet,
your sex life is quick to join it for a
swim.
A good male friend (going back
20 years) is a great guy -- fiercely
ethical and very kind -- and is
irate about the jerks I’ve been
out with recently. He has two guy
friends he thinks I’d like. Is it safe
to assume that they’ll be cool/
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A friend who cares about you
wouldn’t knowingly put you together with jerks -- which would
be like recommending a prospective tenant to his landlord with “He
just wants a quiet, safe place…” and
neglecting to mention “…where he
can pursue his hobby of balcony
chicken farming.”
And the good news is that a good
guy is likely to have friends “of a
feather.” Studies by psychologist J.
Philippe Rushton suggest that we
have a genetically driven preference for both mates and friends
who are similar to us -- especially in
age, ethnicity, and educational level
but also in opinions and attitudes.
So, if this guy likes and respects
women, there’s a good chance his
friends do, too. But a “good chance”
is not the same thing as an “ironclad
guarantee.” In other words, go in
with your eyes wide open, because
it’s still largely a gamble; it’s just
less likely that your friend will be all
“Found the perfect guy for you. We
all call him ‘B’ -- because it’s easier
than saying ‘Beelzebub.’”
Sleepless in
Fallujah
I just broke up with my girlfriend of seven months. We
fought constantly, but the sex
was amazing. Reviewing my relationships, it seems I have the best
sex in the volatile ones -- those
where we argue all the time and
really don’t get along. I’m wondering whether there’s a connection between anger and sex.
--Just Curious
That said, Garcia says there’s some
evidence for a “subgroup of people
who can have very volatile relationships but very passionate sexual
lives together.” This seems to have
something to do with the body’s
response to stress. (Researchers
call this stress response “arousal” -which is cute, because it’s erotic on
the level of having a condominium
placed on your chest.)
Sex researcher Cindy Meston and
evolutionary psychologist David
Buss explain in “Why Women Have
Sex” that a stressful situation activates a “fight or flight” reaction in
the sympathetic nervous system,
making your heart race and your
blood pressure zoom and leading
your brain to release norepinephrine, a brain chemical that, molecularly, is the first cousin of speed.
This helps explain why prolonged
activation of the sympathetic nervous system -- as in, prolonged
stress or anxiety with no physical
outlet -- can be physically unbearable. Many who regularly experience this sort of stress-athon take
anti-anxiety drugs like Xanax to
calm down. But in Meston’s research
on female arousal, some women
found sex to be a substitute chill
pill (and, depending on the partner,
far less tedious than climbing six
tall buildings on the StairMaster).
Some women even reported that
stress makes them feel turned on.
Which makes stress sound like it
has its sexy points -- that is, unless
you’re a man, because sympathetic
nervous system overarousal is the
body’s little erection-killer.
Seeing as this doesn’t seem to
be a problem for you, when you’re
in one of those boringly healthy
relationships, sure, you could pick
fights and hope this leads to more
exciting sex and not less sex, no
sex, or no more girlfriend. Or…you
could opt for a more positively energizing activity, like paintball, Super Soaker tag, or an intense pillow
fight. Aerobic exercise and competition both boost testosterone
-- a libido picker-upper in both men
and women. They also increase energy and arousal -- and probably
more so if you add a little playful
goading and teasing to the mix.
But, as Meston and Buss point out,
what you should definitely avoid is
the advice of many self-help books
to “romance” a woman with soothing music, a bubble bath, or a massage. Remember, you’re trying to
get a woman in the mood, not put
her in a coma: “Oh, baby, you make
me so -- wait…are you snoring?”
Hat Crime
My boyfriend of six months
lives an hour away. We’ve had
weekend overnights, but now he
wants to come visit for an entire
week. I’m super-excited but -don’t laugh -- worried about his
seeing me in my shower cap. (My
hair takes 45 minutes to blowdry, so I wash it only once a week.)
My ex-husband used to make fun
of me for wearing it, telling me
how unsexy and stupid-looking
it was. How do I introduce my
boyfriend to this thing?
--Embarrassed
Consider that there are lots of hot
sex scenes in movies that take place
in showers. Note that no woman in
any of them is wearing a shower
cap. This is not an accident or omission on the part of countless movie
directors. Male sexuality evolved to
be visually driven -- and no, not by
the sort of visuals that scare a man
into thinking he’s walked in on Aunt
Bea. (And -- nice try, shower cap
manufacturers! -- calling it “Bath
Diva” or making it in an animal print
doesn’t change that.)
Yeah, I know, it’s what’s on the
inside that counts -- but not if a
guy doesn’t want to have sex with
what’s on the outside. And by the
way, it’s hard enough to find a romantic partner attractive over time.
Do you really want to give your
boyfriend a visual obstacle course?
Instead, be open about your deepest hopes, fears, and dreams -- right
before you lock yourself in the bathroom with the elasticized stepsister
of the plastic grocery sack.
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2015, Amy Alkon, all rights
reserved.
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SOMEWHERE IN THE
MIDDLE: LONDON
COMMUNITY PLAYERS’
MIDDLETOWN
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f the truth be told - at the Palace, the curtains do
not go down in the summer.
Directorial workshops and the talented kids involved with the LYTE (London Youth Theatre Education) camp keep the boards occupied.
The theatre is a community hub that is continually abuzz with creative energy that will effectively
stretch out until LCP’s 41st season begins in October.
The first title of the season is Robert Harling’s
Steel Magnolias, popularized by the 1989 film adaptation.
Before then, however, there will be a special presentation of Middletown by Will Eno, which hits the
main stage September 17 to 26.
The dramatic two-act comedy centres on life in
small-town America and the strange happenings
after a young woman moves to town, eager to assimilate and start a family and reap the creature
comforts that is supposed to bring.
Things here are not what they seem, however.
In 2010, Eno won the Horton Foote Prize for Promising New American Play. Not long after, John Gerry
saw the production at Steppenwolf in Chicago and
thought it would be a good challenge to direct it
here.
“There’s birth, there’s death, and a little bit of all
that comes in between. It’s about a year in the lives
of these individuals of Middletown. (Eno) was certainly influenced by Wilder’s Our Town - that great
American classic - but there is a little bit of David
Lynch thrown in there to keep things interesting.
It’s his take on life; his ruminations on individuals,”
Gerry said.
“Middletown is like The Simpsons’ Springfield where the heck is that? It could be anywhere,” he
added with a laugh.
Theatre-goers know that if Gerry’s at the helm,
they’re in for a smooth ride, as he is known to focus
THERE ARE GOOD THINGS ON THE HORIZON AT LONDONʼS COMMUNITY THEATRE
on the strength of his cast and staying true to the
material.
“It’s really a unique piece. Any live theatre, when
done well, is always captivating, and this one struck
a chord with me. It is very lyrical in the writing; I
thought it would be so much fun to do.
“You don’t have to constantly keep to the precepts of how a show is regularly presented; it comes
down to not altering the intent that the playwright
had. My actors will be comfortable up there with
what they have to say, and then we let the audience interpret. But we will be off to a great, unique
start with the (play’s) opening, which addresses the
audience,” Gerry remarked.
The cast includes Jeff Werkmeister, Kara Riepert,
and Deighton Thomas. You’ll not want to miss this
SAYETH THE DIRECTOR: AN
INTERVIEW WITH ANDY FINKMAN
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COMEDIAN KEVIN JAMES HEADS TO VEGAS IN
PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2, DIRECTED BY ANDY FINKMAN
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n mid-July, Sony Pictures released the DVD and Blu-ray editions of
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 starring Kevin James and Nick Bakay.
Sequel to the 2009 movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop, this latest comedic adventure takes place in Las Vegas, where our hero, Paul Blart –
played by Kevin James – becomes ensnared in a high-stakes art heist.
SCENE spoke with director Andy Fickman from Los Angeles about
the movie, what motivated him to get involved with having it made,
his relationships with the cast, and what comes after Vegas.
How did you get involved in the making of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2?
“My son Austen and I saw the first movie together and really, really loved it. When a sequel came around, the producer [Todd Garner]
contacted me and asked if I would be interested. I read it, and me
being a fan of Kevin James - really enjoying the first one and how
much it meant to my son - it was all too much fun to not pursue. At
the time, I was doing an Off-Broadway musical in New York – based
on the old movie Heathers – and everyone at Sony worked very hard
to make the schedule work. It all came together really nicely.
What did you set out to accomplish with this sequel?
“Kevin is such a gifted actor and it reminded me of Peter Sellers as
Clouseau [in the Pink Panther] and even more so, since we were doing elevated crime in Las Vegas, stealing art pieces. It felt very David
Niven, very Robert Wagner, Clouseau-type shenanigans. For people
who loved the first movie, I wanted to give them another great adventure. And for people who may not be familiar with the franchise, I
wanted to give them a way in to enjoy this version as a stand-alone.”
piece of intriguing theatre by one of today’s hottest
up-and-coming American playwrights.
Outside of the regular season, Middletown will be
followed by the aforementioned drama Steel Magnolias, running October 8 to 18. The remainder of
London Community Players’ 2015 - 16 season is All
the King’s Women (October 29 - November 8), The
Trials of Robin Hood (December 3 - 20), The Catering Queen (February 4 - 14), August: Osage County
(April 7 - 17), and ending with Noel Coward’s Present Laughter (May 12 - 22).
Call the Palace box office at 519-432-1029 to subscribe or for information about ticket prices.
Talk to me about directing physical comedy on stage vs. on
screen?
“I think when it comes to comedy onstage, we don’t have a lot of
opportunity to edit the scene and make it the perfect angle for the
audience to get the laugh. So you tend to set up a little bit, in terms
of guiding the audience, and getting their eyes to where you want
them to be when the pratfall happens. Kevin knows his body well and
I think that’s crucial for any actor - especially doing big comedy. It was
great fun for the two of us to work together. It felt very theatre-like as
far as day-to-day collaboration.”
Will you tell about working with the other cast members?
“Raini Rodriguez – who plays [Blart’s] daughter Maia – I’ve known
for a while. I have a show on the Disney Channel [Liv and Maddie] and
Raini was the star next door on [Disney show] Austin and Ally. I had
a chance to direct Austin and Ally, so working with Raini again was
dreamy. Eduardo [Verástegui] and Daniella [Alonso], David Henrie –
it was so great to have them along. It was my second time working
with Ana Gasteyer. We did [Showtime movie musical] Reefer Madness together, so anytime I can work with Ana Gasteyer, I’m thrilled.
And Neal [McDonough]. Every time I see Neal’s work I marvel at what
a great powerhouse of an actor he is. It was one of those occasions
where you’re lucky every day to be working with so many wonderful
actors.
Now that you’re back from Vegas, what’s on the horizon for
Andy Finkman?
“I have a movie coming out from Paramount directed by Chris
Landon - also partnered with Tom Garner - called Scout’s Guide to the
Zombie Apocalypse. It’s a very different tone - kind of Superbad meets
Zombieland. It’s a total ride and I can’t wait for people to see that this
Halloween!”
- Chris Morgan
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ART BEAT
Literary world
reels over new
Harper Lee novel
After 55 years, Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a
Mockingbird has a sequel. Published by HarperCollins reportedly from a manuscript recovered in the
89-year-old author’s safe-deposit box late last year,
the novel - titled Go Set a Watchman - has met with
much enthusiasm and criticism. Set two decades
after Scout leaves home, she returns to Maycomb to
visit her father Atticus Finch. Readers will recognize
many of the same characters from To Kill a Mockingbird as Scout struggles with her personal issues
and the larger societal issues surrounding postwar
America. Of particular interest is that Lee penned the
novel in the mid-1950s as a first draft of Mockingbird, which, famously, was Harper’s only previously
published work. Fans have since spoken out with
concerns about the bigotry demonstrated by Atticus
in the new book.
Game of Thrones leads the charge with 24 nominations for the 67th annual Emmy Awards, followed by
the limited series American Horror Story: Freak Show
with 19 noms. “This was truly a remarkable year in
television. From the 40th anniversary of Saturday
Night Live, to David Letterman’s retirement and the
conclusion of Mad Men, television’s creativity, influence and impact continue to grow and have never
been stronger,” said Television Academy chairman and
CEO Bruce Rosenblum. More than half of the nominees in the four lead performer categories are either
first-time nominees or from new series, including Kyle
Chandler in Bloodline, Viola Davis in How to Get Away
with Murder, Taraji P. Henson in Empire, Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black, Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul,
and Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan. Nominees in the
Outstanding Lead Performer for a Comedy Series category include Anthony Anderson in ‘blackish, Will Forte
in The Last Man on Earth, Amy Schumer in Inside Amy
Schumer, Jeffrey Tambor in Transparent, and Lily Tomlin
in Grace And Frankie. The Emmy Awards take place at
Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on September 20.
The work of London photographer Claus Andersen
can be seen in the exhibition Track and Field Sports
Photography, currently on at The Dylan Ellis Gallery
Menopause the
Musical: Come join the
sisterhood!
The ‘change of life’ is coming to the Grand Theatre
main stage. From August 4 through 9, Broadway in
London presents Menopause the Musical, a humorous romp through hot flashes, forgetfulness, mood
swings, wrinkles, night sweats, sexual predicaments
and chocolate binges. Set to tunes from the ‘60s, ‘70s,
and ‘80s, the story follows four women - a housewife
(played by Teri Adams), a career professional (Linda
Boston), an ‘earth mother’ (Megan Cavanagh), and a
soap star (Judy Blue) - as they converge upon a department store for a lingerie sale. You don’t have to be a
middle-aged female to appreciate these four seasoned
Broadway touring actresses singing and dancing their
way through menopause. Show times are August 4 - 7,
7:30pm; August 8, 3pm & 8pm; August 9, 2pm & 7pm.
For tickets, contact 1-866-455-2849.
Emmy favours Game
of Thrones, American
Horror Story
Sports photography
by Claus Andersen
on exhibit
GO SET A WATCHMAN WAS PUBLISHED ON JULY 14
in Toronto. Renowned for his photos of top athletes
in action, horse racing and other striking shots capturing a multitude of subjects, Andersen has been in
Toronto covering track events at the Pan Am Games
DECATHLETE AND PAN AM GOLD MEDALIST DAMIAN WARNER, AS
PHOTOGRAPHED BY CLAUS ANDERSEN AT THE 2012 OLYMPICS
and was on hand at the gallery for its opening on July
16. Andersen will soon travel to Beijing for the IAAF
World Track and Field Championships - an event he
has shot each time since 1983. Sharing space alongside Bob Carnie Printmaking, the Danforth gallery is
dedicated to showcasing the work of world-renowned
photographers who are committed to their craft and
to the process of photography. Claus Andersen: Track
and Field Sports Photography is on display until August 16.
Let the African
Children’s Choir lift
your spirit Aug. 9
The African Children’s Choir will make two special local appearances on August 9. The inspirational group
- comprised largely of kids ages 7 to 10 who have lost
one or both parents through war, famine and disease
in Africa - will appear at Stoney Creek Baptist Church at
10:30am, and First Lobo Baptist at 7pm as part of their
cross-Canada tour. There is no cost to these uplifting
concerts but a freewill offering will be received. It will
go in its entirety to the Music for Life Institute and the
ongoing ministry of the African Children’s Choir. At First
Lobo Baptist, seating is limited and registration is required. Pre-register by August 7 by visiting the church’s
website or by calling program leader Dean Dolbear at
519-245-0641.
LONDON’S INDIE ART
London photographer Jennifer Squires Ross has the distinction of having her work included in a group exhibit on now at the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario’s Suite at Queens Park. Two of her photos - Lake Erie #9,
taken in Port Glasgow in 2010, and Lake Erie #12, taken the following
year in Erieau - were chosen for Identity: Art Inspired by the Great Lakes.
Squires Ross traveled to Toronto in June for the opening of the exhibit, as
well as to meet Her Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell. Water comprises
much of Squires Ross’ atmospheric landscape photography. “Not only
are the Great Lakes big, beautiful bodies of water but they nourish and
support 33 million Canadians and Americans. We need to protect them,
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keep them safe, and keep them clean. Our lives depend on it,” Squires
Ross remarked. A professional photographer now for two decades, the
experience has motivated her on many levels. “It’s definitely inspired me
to move forward in full force. Not only to explore new subjects, or approach old subjects in a new way, but it makes me realize that art can
make a difference. My photographs effect the mood of the viewer but it
can be more than that too. It can bring awareness and change the way
people think,” she added. Squires Ross is currently working on a series of
impressionist photographs of her favourite muses - lakes, beaches, and
trees - and another series of soothing underwater landscapes. Identity:
Art Inspired by the Great Lakes is on until June 2016 and is open to the
public by guided tour.
PHOTO CREDIT: JENNIFER SQUIRES PRODUCTIONS
Local photographer
selected for Lieutenant
Governor’s art show
JENNIFER SQUIRES ROSS AND HER HONOURABLE ELIZABETH DOWDESWELL
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imagination soar! Many different genres &
age groups! We are always looking for book
donations. Drop off at the Arts Centre. //
Acrylic painting classes: Sunday afternoons
from 2pm-4pm! Each week a different
theme. Aug 09 Ponds; Aug 16 Beaches; Aug
23 Moonlight; Aug 30 Winter // Watercolour
painting classes: Aug 12/19 6-8pm - $50
for 2 sessions// Playwrighting Workshop:
Aug 15 Learn to write a play 10am-1pm.
$8 // Coming soon: “Alcohol Ink Painting
Class” - Are you looking for something new
& different! Well here it is! // Coming soon:
“Sculpting” - Learn to sculpt with plasticine.
Contact for more info on coming soon dates
or to register for a class at: westart785@
gmail.com or call 226-884-8620 or drop
into the Arts Centre - 785 Wonderland Rd
(Westmount Shopping Centre - across from
Stokes)
THE ARTS PROJECT (203 Dundas St) - Summer Art Fundraiser: Ongoing. Alan R.
Heatherington: Stark Naked: Graphic Depictions of the Male Nude, until Aug 1. Spirituality Forms: Aug 11 - 15. Reception Aug
15, 4pm-6pm. Tatau: Aug 18 - 29. Reception
Aug 19, 6pm-9pm. 519-642-2767.
FOREST CITY GALLERY (258 Richmond St) Uncooperative / Biennial Emerging Artist
Exhibition: Sept 4 - Oct 9. Reception Sept
12, 6pm-9pm. 519-434-4575.
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES (255 Horton St) - Art
Fight! Live painting, chalk expression and
the opportunity to express your inner artist.
Donations welcome. Aug 22, 11am-4pm.
519-878-9579.
MCINTOSH GALLERY (Elgin Drive, Western
University) - Matt Tarini: Liminal Space &
Mike Pszczonak: Hand-eye, Aug 7 - Sept 12.
Closing reception: Sept 11, 5:30pm. 519661-3181.
MICHAEL GIBSON GALLERY (157 Carling
St) – James Kirkpatrick: New Special Good
Times Forever, until Aug 1. Terrence Houle:
Urban Indian Series, until Aug 1. 519-4390451.
MUSEUM LONDON (421 Ridout St N) - Events
- Walking Tours: From Castles to Cottages,
Aug 1. Monuments and Memorials, Aug
8. Public Art, Aug 15. Forest City Modern,
Aug 22. Unsettling the Thames, Aug 29. All
free, meet on the front lawn at 10:30am.
Exhibitions - Ed Zelenak: Divining the Im-
measurable, until Aug 16. Reading the Talk:
Until Aug 30. Souterrain Impressions, until
Sept 7. London’s First World War: Until Sept
13. Work and Perseverance: Paintings by
Women Artists, until Nov 8. Visible Storage
Project: Ongoing. 519-661-0333.
SPRINGBANK PARK (1085 Commissioners
Rd W, near west entrance) - Art in the Park:
Sundays, weather permitting, all summer.
10am-4pm. Free.
THIELSEN GALLERIES (1038 Adelaide St N) –
Group Exhibition featuring Johnnene Maddison, Frank Caprani, Patrick Landsley, and
Ron Milton: Until Sept 28. 519-434-7681.
UNITY OF LONDON (501 Nelson St) - 5” x 7”
Art Exhibit and Church Fundraiser: Aug 14,
6pm. $5/Admission. 519-439-7887.
WESTLAND GALLERY (156 Wortley Rd) Square Foot Show 2015: Until Aug 15. 519601-4420.
PERFORMING ARTS
AEOLIAN HALL (795 Dundas Street) - Clark
Bryan in concert: Edvard Grieg’s Complete
Lyric Pieces Part I, Aug 20, 7:30pm. Part II
will be presented Aug 27, 7:30pm. $23/Adv;
$26/Door; $15/St&Sr (per concert). 519672-7950.
THE ARTS PROJECT (203 Dundas St) - Voices
of Resilience: Aug 5, 7:30pm. $20/Gen. 519642-2767.
CENTENNIAL HALL (550 Wellington St) Improv Allstars featuring Colin Mochrie and
Debra McGrath: Aug 18, 8pm. $52.50/Gen.
519-672-1967.
DELAWARE UNITED CHURCH (2708 Gideon
St) - Piano 4 Hands Concert featuring Josh
MacDougall and Jan Earnshaw, Aug 16,
2pm. $12/Adv; $15/Door. 18 & under free.
519-652-2845.
FANSHAWE PIONEER VILLAGE (1424 Clarke
Rd, use Fanshawe Conservation Area entrance) – AlvegoRoot Theatre: The Angel
of Long Point, until July 30. $15/Gen. 519457-1296.
FIRST LOBO BAPTIST CHURCH (22907 Nairn
Rd) - The African Children’s Choir in Concert,
Aug 9, 7pm. Free, donations accepted. 519657-0821.
FLAMENCO DANCE LONDON (432 Waterloo
St) - Registration open for 2015-16 Season.
Registration form will be emailed upon request. $40 per month per class, for members
and friends if done before July 16. Regular
monthly fee is $55. 519-673-5671.
GRAND THEATRE (471 Richmond St) - Menopause the Musical: Aug 4 - 9. Tickets start at
$49.50. 1-866-455-2849.
Email: [email protected]. Please Include: Venue Name, Address, Event Title, Date, Time, Brief
Description, Admission Fee and Phone Number. Deadline for August 27, 2015 issue~August 21, 2015
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HARMONY MANOR (55 MacKay Ave) – The
London Men of Accord: Ready, set, sing for
men of all ages! Learn to sing for free every
Monday evening, 7:30pm-9pm. More info
or register at menofaccord.com/ 519-6671418.
HILLSIDE CHURCH (250 Commissioners Rd
E) - Find your voice! If you love to sing, check
out the Shades of Harmony (ladies acappella chorus) practice Monday evenings 7pm10pm. Experience and ability to read music
an asset, not required. Come and see if we
are a good fit for you. Call Mary at 519-6866618 or Donna at 519-290-0948 for more
information.
KOLYFE ART CREATION (233 Wellington St)
- KoLyfe Art Creation and DRnR Studios:
The I LeVeL Experience Show Season Five:
Sundays, 2pm-5:30pm, until Sept 13. Live
recording weekly for upcoming albums; join
in on the music, or just listen as songs are
created. Private tours of the Art House available during and after the jam session. Free
community event.
PALACE THEATRE (710 Dundas St) - London
Community Players: Middletown, Sept 17 26. $23/Adult; $20/Sr&St; $12/Youth. 519432-1029.
SPRIET FAMILY THEATRE (Covent Garden
Market, 130 King St) - Original Kids Theatre
Company: The Big Bad Musical & Rapunzel
Rapunzel, until Aug 2. $11 - $16. 519-6798989.
ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL (472 Richmond St)
– Noon Hour Organ Recital Series: Every
Tuesday at 12pm - Please not there are no
recitals in August. 519-432-3475 x 225.
LITERARY
ATTIC BOOKS (240 Dundas St) - Barhopping
Into History Walking Tour: A walking tour
to view some of London’s oldest surviving
taverns & heritage buildings now operating as bars. Learn about local brewing, bars
and other interesting historic trivia. Ends at
Chaucer’s Pub. Aug 14, 7:15pm. $15/Person;
re-registration required. Max 15 people.
519-645-6340.
LONDON MUSIC CLUB (470 Colborne St) Ignite Your Soul Author Event: Aug 8, 1pm4pm; After party 8pm-1am. $10/eventbrite
or $15/door. 519-640-6996.
STRATHROY & AREA SENIORS CENTRE (137
Frank St, Strathroy) - Event: Michael Arntfield, author of the book Murder City. Aug
28, 6:30pm. Call/visit the Strathroy Library
to reserve your free ticket. Tickets must be
picked up at the Strathroy Library prior to
the event. 519-245-1290.
WESTERN UNIVERSITY DEPT. ENGLISH AND
WRITING STUDIES (University campus AHB
2G02) – Starting in September, Writer-inResidence Tanis Rideout will hold weekly
office hours to offer feedback to, and consultation with, creative writers from the
university and the London community. Free.
519-661-3403.
MUSEUMS
BACKUS-PAGE HOUSE MUSEUM (29424
Lakeview Line, Wallacetown) - Explore the
life of an 1850s family in the Talbot Settlement within a Georgian-style brick house.
Heritage Farm Show: Sept 12, 10am-4pm
& Sept 13, 9am-4pm. Historic farming
demonstrations & exhibits, antique equipment, musical entertainment, food booth,
vendors, children’s activities and Sunday
morning breakfast available for purchase.
$6/Person, 12 and under free. Regular admission: $5/Adults; $2/Students, children.
519-762-3072.
BANTING HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
OF CANADA (442 Adelaide St N) – Explore
the Birthplace of Insulin and learn about
the discovery that saved millions of lives.
Regular admission: $5/Gen; $4/St&Sr; $12/
Family. 519-673-1752. CANADIAN MEDICAL HALL OF FAME (267
Dundas St, Suite 202) – The only national
organization dedicated to celebrating the
accomplishments of Canada’s medical
heroes. Admission by donation. 519-4882003.
ELDON HOUSE (481 Ridout St N) – London’s
oldest residence is a provincial historic site
preserved from the 1830s. Exhibition: Milly
Takes a Holiday, through Aug. Events - Summer Tea Program: Until Aug 30, Tuesday
through Sunday, 2pm-3pm. Tea, scones and
jams with fruit and cream are served on the
lawns of Eldon House. Reservations highly
recommended. $12/Adults; $6/Kids. Teddy
Bear Picnic: Aug 8 (rain date Aug 15), drop
in 2pm-4pm. $6/Person. Tours - After Hours
Tours: Aug 20, 5pm-8pm. Regular admission: by donation. 519-661-5169.
FANSHAWE PIONEER VILLAGE (1424 Clarke
Rd, use Fanshawe Conservation Area entrance) – A reconstruction of rural communities in the former townships of Westminster, London, North Dorchester, Delaware,
West Nissouri and Lobo in Middlesex County
from 1820 to 1920. Exhibition - The Rotary
Club of London: Celebrating 100 Years of
Service, until Dec 11. New exhibit in the Historic Village- Dr. Jones’ House: the Practice
of a Rural Doctor. Ongoing. Events -AlvegoRoot Theatre: The Angel of Long Point, until
July 30. $15/Gen. Fanshawe Frolic vintage
dance weekend: Aug 1 & 2. $7/admission.
Regular admission: $7/Person, kids 3 and
under free. 519-457-1296.
1st HUSSARS MUSEUM (1 Dundas St) - Displaying the history of London’s oldest regiment. See artifacts from 1st Hussars partici-
pation in 20th century conflicts, including
D-Day Invasion during WWII. Open Monday
to Friday 9am-4:30pm and Saturdays and
holidays 1pm-4pm. Free. 519-455-4533.
JET AIRCRAFT MUSEUM (2465 Aviation Lane,
unit 2) - Jet Blast: Aug 8, 9am-5pm. Free;
donations are gratefully accepted. 519-4537000.
LONDON REGIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
(21 Wharncliffe Rd S) – A playful learning
environment that engages children through
hands-on exhibits and interactive experiences. Regular admission: $7/Gen; $2/1 – 2
years old; members and kids under 2 admitted free. Free admission Friday evenings
from 5-8pm. 519-434-5726. MUSEUM OF ONTARIO ARCHAEOLOGY (1600
Attawandaron Rd) – Devoted to the study,
display, and interpretation of the human
occupation of Southwestern Ontario over
the past 11,000 years. Exhibition - Santee
Smith: No Word For Art. Regular admission:
$5/Gen; $4/St&Sr; $3/5-12yrs; $12/Family.
519-473-1360. SECRETS OF RADAR MUSEUM (930 Western
Counties Rd) – Preserves the history, stories
and experiences of the men and women
who helped develop military radar in Canada and abroad. Regular hours: Thurs-Sat
10am-4pm. Admission by donation. 519691-5922. THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT MUSEUM
AT WOLSELEY BARRACKS (701 Oxford St E)
– Celebrates the achievements of Canada’s
oldest regular infantry. Regular hours: Open
Tue, Wed, Fri 10am-4pm; Thu 10am-8pm;
Sun & Sat 12pm-4pm. Regular admission:
Free for general public, please call for group
visits. Financial donations much appreciated. 519-660-5275/5524 or 519-660-5102.
MISCELLANEOUS
ACFO DE LONDON-SARNIA (495 Richmond
St, Suite 200) – English Conversation Group,
Saturdays once a month, 10am-11:30am.
Open to people interested in learning &
improving their English speaking, all levels.
Volunteers are also needed to help newcomers to integrate in the community. 519-8502236 x 223.
ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL (472 Richmond St) –
Knitting for Peace meet weekly on Saturday
mornings from 10am-Noon. Knitters of all
abilities, including those who want to learn,
are welcome. Free. 519-951-8385.
WESTERN UNIVERSITY (Stevenson Hall
Building, rm 3101) - La Tertulia: Spanish conversation group open to all. Every
Wednesday in the summer, 4:30pm7:30pm. Free.
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