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CONTENTS
3 eat your city
4 windsor scene
6 vote for the best of windsor
6 ten indians
7 pride fest
7 made in windsor
8
Windsor
Stars
you never knew about
9 Yarn Bombing
listings
10
11 album charts
august 2009 | issue 16
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which is refreshing to see. They’re
lthough Windsor has having their final show in Sarnia at
lost the residence of Norm’s Pub on Saturday, August 8th,
Ron Leary, the side- bringing fellow Windsor bands Hello
burned marvel still con- Bella and Time, as well as Kid Skeletinues to make the trek along the 401 ton.
back to visit us, which is always a myspace.com/thetreestreets
good thing. He returns to the area Saturday, August 1st with The Big It seems that right around the time we
Three (also featuring Kelly “Mr. lost one dusty highway troubadour
Chill” Hoppe and Scotty Hughes) (Ron Leary) we regained another one.
for an early evening showcase at The always lovely Lonesome Lefty is
Bob-Lo Beach House & Grille, the once again a Windsorite and it’s great
restaurant on Bob-Lo Island in
Amherstburg. There’s no cover and
the show begins around 6:30pm. It is
a great setting to see three fantastic
musicians outside on the monstrous
patio.
myspace.com/ronleary
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On a farewell note, local rockers The
Tree Streets have called it quits.
These guys have come a long way
over the past year or so, going from
one of the cover bands on the circuit
to becoming one of the most improved original bands. They really
turned a lot of heads with some greats
shows and sounds, landing a coveted
opening slot for Matt Mays & El Tor-
to have our resident King of Country
back on our stages. This man is an encyclopedia of old school country and
roots sounds and his originals effortlessly slide in to his sets and never feel
out of place with the treasure trove of
old school throwbacks he uncovers.
He’s back out playing around Windsor at any stage that will take him and
his band of minstrels, The Crying
Shames. This month, he’s got a show
on Saturday, August 1st at Mick’s
Irish Pub (28 Chatham St. East) , followed by a set at Leopard’s Lounge
(1190 Wyandotte St. East) on
Wednesday, August 12th.
myspace.com/lonesomelefty
It seems like big swirling bands of
gypsy folk music with North American roots are becoming all the rage,
with bands like The Unsettlers and
The United Steel Workers of Montreal
gaining momentum across the country. Nova Scotia’s joining the fray,
sending us The Tom Fun Orchestra
to play at Phog Lounge (157 University Ave. West) on Saturday, August
1st. Considering that Nova Scotia is
home to some of the most intense
kitchen party jams this country has
ever seen, these guys are probably
going to be bringing an intensity and
passion that can only be nurtured and
harboured by the sea air of Cape Breton. Also on the bill are Windsor’s
own The Locusts Have No King and
another Cape Bretonner in vocal powerhouse Carmen Townsend. Should
be a barn burner.
myspace.com/tomfunorchestra
myspace.com/thelocustshavenoking
Troubadour Lonesome Lefty returns to Windsor
myspace.com/carmecita
Ottawa’s Fuck The Facts are tearing
the North American hardcore circuit
apart, appearing on television, major
media and playing some huge shows.
Luckily, these guys (and gals) never
forget who made them and helped
them, and whenever they come near
Windsor they always play a show at
The Coach & Horses (156 Chatham
St. West, below Pogo’s). They’re on
the road again and making their
Coach pit-stop on Wednesday, August
5th. Should be a nice sweaty midweek excuse to bleed the ears out.
myspace.com/fuckthefacts
disc. Local thrashers Assassinate The
Following (who just recently released
their own new album, Massacre of the
North) and Guelph’s Farewell to
Freeway (whose new single “Portrait” just debuted on Headbanger’s
Ball on MTV2) will be joining Tyburn Tree in celebrating their long
awaited debut disc.
myspace.com/tyburntree
myspace.com/assassinatethefollowing
myspace.com/farewelltofreeway
Has it been twelve years already?
Long gone are the Princess Blacktart
days, but Blasternaut is still alive!
These veteran rockers have routinely
played the Michigan circuit more
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the dual citizenship of the band and,
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MUSIC SCENE EVERY MONTH IN WAMM MAGAZINE WITH JAMIE GREER!
play each gig with the enthusiasm of
the first. They’re playing a special intimate anniversary show at Phog
Lounge (157 University Ave. West),
which should be a shoulder-toshoulder sweaty affair indeed.
myspace.com/blasternautmusic
While The Guess Who may have
been permanently grounded a few
years ago, principal members Randy
Bachman and Burton Cummings are
still playing together and they bring
their greatest hits package to the
WFCU Centre on Friday, August 7th.
I have a lot of friends who are probably going to go to this, but I must
admit, Burton Cummings makes my
skin crawl. Maybe it’s his moustache
or his beady eyes, but he just plain
gives me the willies.
Last month we lost a vastly underrated and often under-appreciated
singer/songwriter in Charles Benn,
who has taken a job out in Alberta. His
farewell show/CD release show last
month was a great send off and
an even better testament to
the talent he truly is.
Speaking of losing more
talent, Kimberly Ann
Kukoraitis is the latest who has had
to leave the
fair city
i n
pursuit of higher education. Kimberly
Ann has been a fixture on the
singer/songwriter circuit for the past
few years under the moniker This Is
Me As A Woman. Late last year she
jumped into the band circuit as a member of the raucous, high energy rock
and roll of Vultures! With Vultures!
now on hiatus and Kimberly Ann getting ready to head to Toronto for
school, she’s throwing Windsor’s second farewell/CD release party in two
months on Saturday, August 8th at
Phog Lounge (157 University Ave.
West). She’s finally releasing a document of her songs, recorded at Rockerie Records by fellow Vultures! Scott
Warren and Andy Langmuir, entitled
Extravanganza! and she’s being joined
at the show by special guests Salt of
the Chief Cornerstone and Jamie
Reaume (The Golden Eagles, ex-Foreign Film Star).
myspace.com/thisismeasawoman myspace.com/saltinfo
myspace.com/jamiereaume
Our reigning Kings of
Power Pop, Inoke Errati
are back with another
Rock Show at The
Chubby Pickle (762
Ouellette Ave.) on Saturday, August 8th. These
guys are pure rock stars in
every sense of the word
but without a lot of
the rock star trappings that often
distance or alienate. Super nice
This is Me As a Woman is leaving us, but leaving a new CD to remember her
guys who write some damn catchy pop
songs. They’re bringing along The
Tragedy of Mariam and The Eclectic
Chair to add to the party.
myspace.com/inokeerrati
myspace.com/thetragedyofmariam
myspace.com/theeclecticchair
The Metal Gods have opened the gates
and the thunder will rumble at…Phog?
Not exactly known for its metal
shows, but Phog Lounge (157 University Ave. West) is opening its doors on
a big one on Friday, August 14th when
international metal sensation (homegrown here in Windsor!) Woods of
Ypres take “The Little Stage That
Could.” Frontman David Gold has
proclaimed that this will unfortunately
be the last time that Woods of Ypres
plays Windsor so make sure you get
yourself to this show for one last time
to hear Woods of Ypres in the town
where it all started! Joining the bill is
Arkayic Revolt, an impressive throwback to 80’s thrash metal, featuring exmembers of Lunacy.
myspace.com/woodsofypres
myspace.com/arkayicrevolt
The Vaudevillianaires, a new heavy
rock riff collective featuring past and
present members of The Golden
Hands Before God, Big Daddy A &
The Merves, Hogfat and The Tyres,
debut on Saturday, August 22nd at The
Coach & Horses (156 Chatham St.
West, below Pogo’s). The Vaudevillianaires are planning an ambitious
stage production in the coming
months, but this will be a musical
showcase to debut the new sounds that
these five have created over the past
few months. Drawing on sounds like
Monster Magnet, Eagles of Death
Metal and Moistboyz, The Vaudevillianaires are definitely looking to put
some sweat and blood onto the dirty
Coach stage. They’re being joined on
their debut show by special guests The
Unsettlers, who will be promoting
their new live EP, recorded during a
showcase for CBC Radio 2. The Unsettlers are garnering quite the buzz
nationally and, with several members
of this Montreal outfit from the Windsor area, always kill with their shows
in town. Opening up the show will be
the darkly romantic tones of Two For
The Cascade (hot off their CD release
for As God Intended) – if lead vocalist
Stefanie Buckridan is unable to perform (she is about ready to
give birth to her and Kevin
Buckridan’s child), the remaining members will be
performing under the
banner
The
Other
Woman.
myspace.com/thevaudevillianaires
myspace.com/theunsettlers
myspace.com/twoforthecascade
The CD release parties
continue in August
when local grunge rockers Crash Kondition
release their debut
album, Pretty Little
Chemical, on Friday,
August 28th at The
Coach & Horses
(156 Chatham St.
West). Crash Kondition are one of the
few bands who have
taken their fair all over Windsor and
haven’t limited their shows to just the
downtown core. The result is a growing legion of fans in all pockets of the
Rose City. They’re being joined at the
show by The Tyres and Desposed.
myspace.com/crashkondition
myspace.com/thetyres
myspace.com/desposed
The Coach & Horses (156 Chatham
St. West) is closing out August with a
loud bang, when our resident metal riff
sludge masters Fiftywatthead hit the
stage with Montreal doomriders Barn
Burner in tow. What a great way to
end the summer.
myspace.com/fiftywatthead
myspace.com/theinfamousbarnburner
Fiftywatthead, rises from the ashes of the fire that
charred their gear in 2008
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With Windsor establishments gaining national accolades recently and the city the focus of some international attention, WAMM is giving you the reader the chance to recognize your
favourite Windsor spots as the best our city has to offer. Give props to your amazing hairdresser, and shout out the curry that makes your eyes water. Tell us where you buy your bread and
where you spend it. Give kudos to comic shops, and big ups to blogs. In short, share your picks for the best everything of Windsor with WAMM in our annual reader’s survey. Vote online
at wammonline.com to make sure your favourites take home the titles of the best in Windsor.
Best Shawarma: _________________
Best Wine List (restaurant):_________
Best Woman's Clothier:___________
Best Open Mic:__________________
Best Local TV program:___________
Best Patio:______________________
Best Food at 3am:________________
Best Hair Salon:_________________
Best Bartender:__________________
Best Radio Station:_______________
Best Pizza:______________________
Best Bakery:____________________
Best Cosmetic Counter:___________
Best Pick-Up Bar:________________
Best Local Blog:_________________
Best Vegetarian Food:____________
Best Desserts:__________________
Best Spa:_______________________
Best Dive Bar:___________________
Best Locally Made Booze:___________
Best Café:______________________
Best Book Shop:_________________
Best Vintage Clothing Store:_________
Best Sports Bar:_________________
Best Locally Made Product:__________
Best Curry:_____________________
Best Comic Shop:________________
Best Antique Shop:______________
Best Beer Selection:______________
Best Neighbourhood to Live:_________
Best Burger:____________________
Best Record/CD Shop:____________
Best Band:______________________
Best Wine List (bar):_____________
Best Yoga Studio:________________
Best Sandwiches:________________
Best Musical Instrument Shop:_______
Best Songwriter:_________________
Best Art Gallery:_________________
Best Place for a Walk:_____________
Best Breakfast:__________________
Best Health Food Store:___________
Best Album Art:__________________
Best Commercial Art Gallery:_________
Best Park:______________________
Best Romantic Restaurant:__________
Best Place to Buy Produce:________
Best Place to Dance:_____________
Best Visual Artist:________________
Best Festival:___________________
Best Place for a Cheap Date:_________
Best Butcher Shop:______________
Best Live Music Venue:___________
Best Place to See Live Theatre:_____
Best Escape Without Leaving Town:
Best New Restaurant:____________
Best Men's Clothier:______________
Best Club DJ:___________________
Best Local Author:_______________
_______________________________
it was twenty years ago today...
TWENTY YEARS OF TEN INDIANS
Jamie Greer
T
wenty years ago, the world was
changing. The Berlin Wall came
down after thirty eight years of dividing a nation, Communism in Russia was
making way for Glasnost, and Jay Leno was
being groomed to take over The Tonight
Show from host Johnny Carson. Hair metal
was on its road to commercial success on
the radio, and Tim Burton’s Batman and the
third installment of Indiana Jones topped the
box office charts. And in a small audition
room in Windsor, Ontario, two young musicians met and the blueprint for a rock and
roll machine was born. Matt Weingarden
and Dennis Cantagallo formed the foundation that is now known as Ten Indians.
Joined a few years later by drummer George
Manury, Ten Indians became one of Windsor’s true rock and roll inspirations.
Longevity in any scene is a thing of wonder, especially in today’s age of so much
media attention and radio and video stations’
insatiable hunger for new talent and mundane singles with which to brainwash the
masses. The competition and pressure to
perform – day in, day out – is often too
much for even the best of them. The Beatles only lasted eight years. The Sex Pistols
nearly two. The Clash never hit a decade
and Led Zeppelin only barely did it, but
Windsor’s Ten Indians – guitarist/vocalist
Dennis Cantagallo, drummer/vocalist
George Manury and bassist Matt Weingarden – have battled the odds, fought through
the trends, and remained rock and roll warriors in a sometimes disenchanted local
music scene for two decades. Now, twenty
years later, Glasnost Russia is seemingly
makes strides back to Communism, Conan
O’Brien has been groomed to take over for
Jay Leno, and The Dark Knight ruled the
box office, and a little rock and roll band
called Ten Indians has defied the odds and
continues to play rock and roll the way it
was intended – with a lot of sweat, a lot of
energy and a whole lot of heart. To celebrate
this beautiful career, on Friday, August 7th,
Ten Indians will be holding a very special
20th anniversary show at The FM Lounge
(156 Chatham St. West, beside Pogo’s). It’s
being recorded live by the SharkTank’s
Mark Plancke for a future release, with art
direction by George Rizok. WAMM recently talked to bassist Matt Weingarden
and drummer George Manury about twenty
years of Ten Indians.
manic depression, buckets of sweat, temporary breakups, drugs, great and fierce
women, respect, anger, love...hmmm?
Jamie, I could go on for pages so I’ll let the
readers do the math…
WAMM: First off, does it even feel like
twenty years??
George: Out of sheer necessity.
Matt Weingarden: Some days
yes, some days no…Recently we
were hanging around downtown
and some kid came up to us and
said ‘Wow! You guys are Ten Indians…my dad has all
your music. I grew up
listening to those
CDs.” That certainly
puts
some perspective on
the timeline
(and I felt every
one of my 46
years).
George
Manury:
There is a rock and
Rollrequation to calculate the answers to such
questions. Here’s ours:
a heaping amount of
ego, (which seemed
to have dissapated
over time according
to some), approximately $21, 379 in
shots, $17, 914 in beer
and $14, 623 in
mixed drinks, probably 500 to 550
shows from the
Spotted Dog to
Cuba, a healthy
portion
of
WAMM: So how did Ten Indians come to
be?
Matt: As I recall, Dennis and I were auditioning for the same lame cover band the
night we met. Immediately we began trading riffs, comparing heroes and indulging in
the grape. I felt bad for the guy holding the
auditions. We completely ignored the
chap…as I recall, he asked us to lock up
when we were finished and left us alone. As
it happened, Dennis lived right around the
corner from me. I believe we came up with
‘Ingrid,’ off our first album, during our first
time collaborating together. Amazingly, the
song seemed to write itself. Little did we
know at that time there would be a couple
hundred more songs to follow. The
band was lifted to a whole new
level when George came on board
in 1991.
WAMM: In two decades,
you guys have seen many
musical trends come and
go – from the late 80s hair
metal to early 90s grunge.
How have you managed
to keep Ten Indians
grounded and consistent
in its musical path?
Matt: We love rock and roll.
It’s that simple. We three have
distinctive musical tastes and
influences and have somehow
managed to bring the whole
maelstrom together into quite
the collective of music. We’ve
written and forgotten more
music than we care to think
about. Lately, we’ve been digging through some of the
songs of the past and asking
ourselves “wow, what were
we thinking when we wrote
that one?”
WAMM: Apart from a
short stint a year or so ago,
you’ve managed to hold up
with the same line-up for the entire duration.
What do you think is the key to keeping a
line-up together, both musically and socially?
Matt:True friendship…unconditional love
and support, even through the most difficult
of times, and there have been difficult times.
WAMM: You’ve played so many stages in
Windsor, most of which are now sadly gone.
What were some of your favourite places to
play in Windsor that may or may not still be
with us?
Matt: The Spotted Dog was a personal
favourite, The Press Club, Buzz’s, Smileys
(we were the house band Sunday afternoons
for a couple years), The Terradactyl, Slim’s,
The Carhole. Remember the ‘Green Arts
Festival?” That was a great event. The
Brunswick Hotel in London was a regular
stop over, the legendary Lili’s in Hamtramack, St. Andrews Hall, the State theatre,
The Whitney garden parties.
WAMM: You guys have paid your rock
and roll dues and come out of some good
and bad times with your band still intact.
What advice can you give younger bands
about maintaining longevity and remaining
relevant?
Matt: Stick to your guns, regardless of
what anyone tells you. I’d probably not
choose Windsor as a home base. There a lot
of temptations out there…behave yourself
and don’t allow these things to cloud your
judgement. There is a lot of hard work involved in the music business…you can’t be
lazy (like we were).
George: Maintaining longevity is one of the
most important good ideas we have for any
relationship, which is exactly what a band
is. A relationship. Communication, leadership, knowing that music and the song is
waaaaay bigger than you dude (that may
pride
in the name of love
take some time, but it'’s worth it), having a
fucking blast on stage whether it’s for the barmaid or a thousand people, tune your instruments if you are engaging in traditional
Western Hemisphere Rock and Roll (hits
harder that way), be friends if you can, be a
band, don’t be fooled/ lost or taken by all the
bullshit that modern popular radio stations and
that TV would have you believe. You figure it
out for yourself. Oh yeah, don’t concern yourself with being relevant.
WAMM: You’ve got some pretty big plans
for this upcoming show. How important is this
show to you guys?
Matt: Well, for me personally, it’s very important. The last couple of years I’ve had to
deal with some personal demons. I wasn’t sure
that I wanted to play music again. Today, I’ve
found a solution that works for me. It has given
me a second chance at living.
George: We have the likes of George Rizok,
Mark Planke, Dave White, Ryan Fields and
other greats helping us to make that night happen. It’s important to us to have others involved. Ten Indians can be quite insular at
times and this show will be a collective effort.
I like that. That’s important
WAMM: So what’s your favourite Ten Indians story from days gone by?
Matt: There are simply not enough pages in
this magazine if we were to start a Ten Indians
drunk-a-log…the clubs we’ve played, the
characters we’ve met along the way, the
right/wrong place at that particular time, the
infighting and personal struggles. There are too
many to mention, although, we have a great
story about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
Cleveland.
George: Our show in Cuba is a good story.
Flying around the countryside on scooters,
fresh squezed o.j. and cheap vodka for breakfast, the ocean, bringing stuff to the locals,
playing on some very primative equipment,
trying and failing to understand Cuban
polyrhythms. You know, it was good to spend
time as a band.
WAMM: So what does the future hold now
for Dennis Cantagallo, George Manury and
Matt Weingarden?
Matt: Whatever the future brings for me, it
will definitely include writing and playing
music.
George: Staying friends is what I’d like to see.
Ten Indians – 20th Anniversary Show, Friday,
August 7th at The FM Lounge (156 Chatham
St., formerly the Old Fish Market), no cover
charge.
You’re probably wondering how anything can
be written or discussed about the Ten Indians
without the words of Dennis Cantagallo. After
all, anyone who has encountered or drank with
Dennis knows that being quiet is something he
can never quite do well. Let’s just say Dennis
had far too much to say about Ten Indians,
things that he said so well that I’ll let Dennis tell
them.
To read Dennis Cantagello’s reflections on Ten
Indians, check out his exclusive contribution at
wammonline.com.
C
Kate Hargreaves
omedy shows, drag
queens, bowling,
dance parties, and of
course a parade are
set to hit Windsor
this August as part of Windsor
Pride 2009. The annual celebration of Windsor’s LGBTT community runs August 5th through the
9th, and promises to be the best
Windsor Pride yet.
Since its inception back in 1992,
Pride has expanded into five days
of events for adults as well as families. This year’s festival kicks off
with the traditional raising of the
Pride flag at City Hall on August
5th, followed by the annual Pride
family bowling night on August
6th at Rose Bowl Lanes on
Dougall.
The Pride committee has this year
teamed up with Caesars Windsor
to bring celebrated comedienne
Sandra Bernhard to the city for Friday Night OUT!, a comedy show
hosted by MuchMusic’s Trevor
Boris and held at the Caesars Augustus Ballroom on August 7th.
Saturday features a wine tour
across Essex County, with a bus
departing and returning to Riverfront Festival Plaza right in time
for Saturday evening festivities by
the river. Audiences can catch the
Next Top Drag Superstar competition, featuring drag queens and
kings from across North America
strutting their stuff for the chance
to win the title and $1500. Hosted
by the fabulous Miss Conception,
and featuring judges Sunny Fong
(winner of Project Runway
Canada), and HGTV’s Ambrose
Price, the contest will see three finalists compete on Sunday for the
Superstar title. Stick around after
the drag show for a reprise of last
year’s successful Saturday night
dance party, featuring DJ Shawn
Riker, DJ Jamal, Windsor’s own
DJ Josh Karmin, and international
drag star Sofonda with her male
dance crew. New this year is the
Rave’n on the River Pride boat
cruise, which features DJ Josh
Karmin spinning for a luxurious
dance party on the river, also taking place Saturday evening.
Sunday starts off early with a worship service at the Festival Plaza
stage, followed by Pride Brunch at
Mick’s Irish pub downtown. Once
brunch is done, head outside for
the annual Pride parade, featuring
a diverse mix of over two dozen
groups, floats, and countless
marchers. Finally, to wind down
the week, Sunday features a day of
family activities, food, and entertainment, featuring Kelly & The
Kellygirls, The Joys, and the Drag
Superstar finale judging.
For more information on events,
times, and tickets, please check out
windsorpride.com or pick up the
2009 Windsor Pride Guide at
many Windsor businesses. Tickets
for Sandra Bernhard are avalible
at ticketscene.ca, WFCU locations, Scotiabank and the Pride
Office.
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Adam Fox
W
e in Windsor are all too aware of
the pains of recession. Jobs are
leaving town, and money is
tight, but there is a silver lining in the dark
clouds of our current local economic condition. A spat of recent initiatives with the philosophy of buying local has helped curb the
doom and gloom of Windsor’s economy. One
such initiative, Made In Windsor, is set to take
a big step with a new retail store.
Christine Rideout-Arkell is the brains behind
Made In Windsor and I caught up with her at
her new store on Ottawa street to discuss her
motivation, the resurgence of support for local
artisans, and the challenges of entrepreneurship.
WAMM: Where did the idea for MIW come
from?
Christine Rideout-Arkell: I lived in Toronto
for a couple of years, and Toronto has a lot of
little and huge craft shows. I was there for two
years, and then I came back to Windsor and
there was just a period where I just happened
to meet a bunch of people around the same
time that were all making things. They were
making their items as gifts for people or they’d
have a few friends over and try to sell stuff in
their living room, but nobody really had a bigger venue to try to sell them. There’s craft
shows in the city but either they’re fairly expensive like Art in the Park or they’re small
scale church basement craft bazaars.
WAMM: So you decided to start your own
event – how were the initial events?
Christine: The first couple I did in the basement of the downtown library, which were
great but we just weren’t getting a tonne of
traffic. So then we brainstormed and came up
with the idea of using an art gallery. We rented
Nancy John’s Gallery and Vincent Franzoi
Gallery. We’ve done five now and they keep
getting bigger and bigger..
WAMM: What was the feedback like from
the public?
Christine: People would come through the
doors and say ‘this is awesome I wish there
was something like this year-round.’
WAMM: So you’re making a leap of faith
and turning this into a full-time retail thing.
What kind of support have you received since
you made this decision?
Christine: Im opening this a sole proprietorship but by ‘we’ I’m talking about me and the
(over 40 people) I hope to have selling stuff
in here as well as the countless people that
have been in here helping me out. Every day
I have people just knocking on the door asking ‘hey can we come in and help out.’.I’m
hoping it has that kind of feel – I want it to be
a place where people just pop in and hang out;
I want it to be more than just a store.
WAMM: You’re a children’s librarian (at the
downtown Windsor Public Library) by profession; are you going to be pulling double
duty?
Christine: I adore my job, I’m so lucky I go
to work everyday with a job I love. [Made in
Windsor] is also something I love.
WAMM: What kind of variety of goods will
Made in Windsor carry?
Christine: Im opening it up to anything handcrafted in Windsor, with the exception of
framed art – I don’t have a lot of wall space
once I put up my shelves. I have about 15-20
categories, anything from jewellery, clothing,
accessories, handbags, pottery, wood working… I even had a lady contact me the other
day who makes all natural dog-treats, I have
soaps, shampoos, and personal care…I’m
pretty much open to anything.
WAMM: Is the store going to be strictly a retail space?
Christine: No. Mornings and evenings I plan
on doing all kinds of programs and workshops…. Clothing swaps, sewing classes,
book launches… I also hope to see music and
book readings in the space.
Goods are sold on consignment and local artisans who are interested in selling their wares
can call Christine at 519-973-0776 to set up
an appointment. The response from the
art/crafts community has been exceedingly
positive and Christine admits for some categories, notably jewellery, she’s already at capacity, and there is a waiting list for new
artisans who want to get their goods in the
store. Made in Windsor is located at 1465 Ottawa Street and will open its doors to the public for the first time on Saturday, August 8th.
Stephen Hargreaves
W
hen one thinks of
notable Windsorites, names of
NHL stars like Ed
Jovanovski, Bob Probert and Tie
Domi come to mind, or perhaps
the mind turns from the ice to the
political arena and the likes of
former education minister Dave
Cooke and former Prime Minister Paul Martin. Suits will surely
be quick to point out Chrysler
CEO Tom LaSorda was born and
bred in the City of Roses, and
while LaSorda’s new boss, Fiat
CEO Sergio Marchionne, was
born in Italy, he graduated along
sid LaSorda from University of
Windsor in 1980.
However, this is not a sports, political or business publication,
thank god. So presumably when
you are asked “anyone famous
from Windsor?” you would
likely mention the successes of
The Tea Party or Richie Hawtin,
perhaps more recently Daniel
Victor of Neverending White
Lights or 2009 Polaris Prize
nominees Elliott Brood, hopefully avoiding any mention of
Shania Twain, who moved to
Timmins, Ontario before she
could walk. However, most of us
forget to mention “the greatest
Canadian rock and roll singer of
all time,” “America’s singing
sweetheart,” the “North American Syd Barrett” and many others who have made their mark
and sadly seem to have been all
but forgotten.
Over the next few months, we
will dust off some old records,
both the cardboard folder and the
round vinyl varieties and let you
in on a few pieces of Windsor’s
creative past.
JACK SCOTT
“
O
the greatest Canadian rock and roll
singer of all time......
n January 24, 1936, the
man dubbed “undeniably
the greatest Canadian rock
and roll singer of all time,” by
Rolling Stone was born in Windsor.
Giovanni Dominico Scafone, Jr., or
Jack Scott as he became known,
was one of the first white rock and
roll singers to receive notoriety.
Despite being virtually ignored by
the Canadian recording industry,
Scott released records with the
help of New York’s ABC and Carlton Records, with Carlton waxing
a double-sided international hit in
1958 “Leroy” / “My True Love.”
Later that same year, Scott released
another US top 40 hit “With Your
Love.” In all, six of 12 songs on his
first album became hit singles. On
most of Scott’s tracks, he was
backed up by a Windsor based
French-Canadian vocal group
called the Chantones, a group with
”
whom he later recorded an album
of Hank Williams songs.
While spending most of 1959 serving in the army, Scott’s singles
“Goodbye Baby” and “The Way I
Walk.” rocked the top ten, the latter
becoming a punk rock anthem,
covered in the '70s by Robert Gordon, in the '80s by The Cramps; it
later found itself featured in Oliver
Stone’s 1994 film cult classic Natural Born Killers.
By the beginning of the 1960s
Scott was on fire, recording four
Billboard Hot 100 hits – “Oh, Little One,” “It Only Happened Yesterday,” “What In the World’s
Come Over You” and “Burning
Bridges,” the latter two cracking
the top five. In fact, Scott had more
U.S. singles (19), in a shorter period of time (41 months), than any
other recording artist [with the exception of The Beatles.] His sin-
gles were so widely received
they made their way from the
pop charts onto the “black” and
“country” charts as well.
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Elvis included, Scott
wrote all of his own hits, other
than one cover, “Burning
Bridges.” In total, Scott penned
four US gold records including
“Goodbye Baby,” a song Elvis
Presley adored and legendary
music journalist Dave March
claims to be one of the “greatest
rock and roll singles of all
time!” Jack Scott: “undeniably
the greatest Canadian rock and
roll singer of all time,” an inspiration to Elvis, a hero to Robert
Plant, and a Windsorite.
Jack Scott is alive and well and
living in Michigan; believe it or
not at 73 he’s still occasionally
playing, including a concert at
the Vintage House (31816 Utica
Rd.) in Fraser, Michigan on
September 25th and the following day at the Ford Community
Center in Dearborn. For more
information about Jack Scott,
including
music,
visit
jackscottmusic.com
M
arjorie Chandler
was born November
18th
1926 in Windsor, though
before she had finished
school,with her sights set
on stardom, she adopted the
Hollywood-sounding stage
name of Dorothy Collins.
Stage name in hand,
Collins began singing on
radio stations in Windsor
and Detroit at every opportunity, and at the tender age
of 14 she was heard by
bandleader and composer
Raymond Scott. Much to
the chagrin of many in
Windsor, the famous American musician, 18 years her
senior, whisked Collins
away. She became the featured vocalist with Scott’s
orchestra, performing on
radio and on tour. Scott
groomed her for stardom,
which included coaching her
vocals (pitch, phrasing, and
delivery) and mentoring her
performance skills. In the late
1940s, she contributed vocals
to the revived Raymond Scott
Quintet, a group that released
records on the bandleader’s
own Master label and served
as house band on the radio
program ‘Herb Shriner Time.’
In 1949, after Scott was hired
to conduct the orchestra on
the popular CBS radio program, Lucky Strike’s ‘Your
Hit Parade,’ he trained Collins
to lead his sextet in his absence.
Recommended listening:
Jack Scott's ‘Greatest Hits’
When ‘Your Hit Parade’
(Curb Special Markets | 1991)
moved from the wireless to
television, Collins’ fame exploded as America gathered
around their sets to watch the
beautiful woman with the
golden voice. She began regular guest appearances on The
Steve Allen Show and a slew
of popular television programs of the day, occasionally
joined by singers including
Bing Crosby and Danny
Kaye. In 1952 she wed Raymond Scott who was spending his days composingnow
classic music for Warner
Brothers cartoons and his
nights inventing the “Electronium” a music synthesizer, 15
years before the first Moog.
Scott’s busy schedule left
Collins enough free time to
release the hot-rod inspired
single “My Boy Flat Top,”
that reached #16 on the BillDorothy Collins with her husband Raymond Scott board charts and lent her
DOROTHY COLLINS
“
America's singing
sweetheart
”
‘SKIP’ SPENCE
”
voice to some of the incredibly futuristic electronic compositions produced by her husband’s Manhattan Research Inc. This work
has been given new life by contemporary
artists such as J Dilla and Aphex Twin.
She mothered two children with Scott before
the two divorced in 1965 and she left the big
fame of the small screen for the stage. In 1971,
Collins made her Broadway debut in Stephen
Sondheim’s Follies. Her dramatic rendition of
the song “Losing My Mind” routinely stopped
he 1985 hit single “We Built
the show and was one of the production’s
This City” was not written
highlights, earning her a Tony Award nominaabout Windsor, thankfully;
tion for Best Actress.
in fact Starship has nothing to do
with Windsor, nor does their previDorothy Collins died in 1994 from respiratory ous incarnation Jefferson Starship.
distress, as a result of a long-standing pul- Honestly, even their prop-powered
monary disease, at her home in upstate Water- initial branding of Jefferson Airvliet, New York. Despite spending much of plane had little in connection with
her working life away from Windsor, she Canada’s deep south, save a gifted
spoke of her life here often and the girl the songwriter and singer who sat beNew York Times called “America’s singing hind a set of drums and penned a
sweetheart” seemingly held on to her Cana- number of songs for the psychedian citizenship, “because that’s me, and you delic band, Alexander “Skip”
can’t be what you aren’t.”
Spence.
Skip Spence was born in Windsor
Recommended listening:
in 1946 and after a visit to San
‘My Boy Flat Top’ 1955
Francisco, California in his early
‘Unchained Melody’ adulthood, he joined a number of
from ‘Your Hit Parade’ 1955
acts and by 1966 had made enough
‘Lightworks’ connections to found Moby Grape,
from Manhattan Research Inc. 1959
(all on youtube.com)
the band journalist Jeff Tamarkin
T
later called the “greatest rock and
roll ever to emerge from San Francisco.”
Spence wrote a couple of tunes that
appeared on Moby Grape’s debut
including the much
loved
“Omaha,” a song identified in 2008
by Rolling Stone Magazine as one
of the 100 greatest guitar songs of
all time. While promoting Moby
Grape’s debut LP, Spence introduced John Hartman to Tom Johnston
who,
with
Spence’s
encouragement, went on to form
The Doobie Brothers.
It was 1968 when Moby Grape entered the studio to record their second album, Wow. At producer
David Rubinson’s request, the band
was to record the new LP in New
York City, and take hotel rooms as
homes, a move that didn’t sit well
with Spence. “Skippy changed radically
when we were in New York,” said
bandmate Jerry Miller. Spence had
traded his dashiki and marijuana for
black leather and LSD. “And the next
thing I know, he axed my door down in
the Albert Hotel,” Miller continued.
“They said at the reception area that this
crazy guy had held an axe to the doorman’s head. He thought he was the antiChrist.” Bandmate Peter Lewis recalls
that Spence wanted to kill bandmate
Don Stevenson with a fire axe “to save
him from himself,” and later “went up
to the 52nd floor of the CBS building
where they had to wrestle him to the
ground.”
Spence was arrested and sent to The
Tombs [a jail in lower Manhattan], and
then to Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric
facilities, where he was diagnosed with
schizophrenia. He spent six months in
Bellevue, and wrote what was to become his masterwork. Upon his release
he commandeered a motorcycle and,
dressed in only his hospital pajamas,
drove to Nashville to record his only
solo album Oar.
Recorded almost exclusively on a threetrack recorder, ‘The Best Windsor
Record Ever’ (WAMM Issue 5 | August
2008) “combines the ramblings of a
man on the brink of mental collapse
with some real moments of flippancy
and laughter,” says Ross Bennett.
Themes of saints and demons weave
through the minimalist folk as you, the
listener, sympathize, fascinate, and
wonder away with Oar’s 12 tracks.
“Just take a look at the tousled-haired,
half-smiling figure gazing out from the
record sleeve and tell me you don’t
want to peer inside.”
Sadly, mental illness, drug addiction
and alcoholism thus prevented Spence
from sustaining a career in the music in-
dustry, ultimately leaving him homeless. At one point he overdosed to such
an extent that he ended up in a San Jose
morgue with a tag on his toe, until he
sat up and asked for a glass of water. He
reappeared for a few Moby Grape reunion shows, and recorded a song for
the X-Files soundtrack, the stunning
“Land of the Sun” but when Spence
saw the program he found it “too real”
and “scary” and refused use of the song.
“There’s no other record in history that
sounds like this,” George Sarostin said
of Oar, which, following its initial weak
reception has become a cult classic inspiring 1999’s More Oar: A Tribute to
Alexander “Skip” Spence featuring
Robert Plant, Beck, Tom Waits, Mudhoney and other Spence fanatics.
Alexander “Skip” Spence died of lung
cancer May 19, 1999, a month before
the tribute album was released; still, the
music and the legend of Windsor’s
golden son continues to inspire hundreds of thousands every year.
Skip Spence
the North American
Syd Barrett......
Dorothy Collins
“
WAMM| issue 16 | august 2009 9
Recommended listening:
Alexander "Skip" Spence – Oar
(Columbia | 1969) or (Sundazed | 1999
| re-release with 10 bonus tracks)
YARN BOMBS HIT WINDSOR
Kate Hargreaves
arn bombing has nothing to do
with explosives. There is no
mass destruction or property
damage involved. On the contrary, this knit graffiti, which
many have noticed popping up
around Windsor lately, is all about beautification and making the city a little bit more colourful.
Yarn bombing, or guerrilla knitting, is the
process of using knitted, crocheted or otherwise crafted projects as a form of street art or
graffiti to spruce up boring city streets.
Thought to originate with knitters in Texas who
were looking for a use for scrapped projects,
yarn bombing has taken hold across North
America and Europe.
In Windsor, where many complained about
the “messy” state of downtown, yarn graffiti
enlivens otherwise drab public areas, and
brightens the city’s core. Several parking meters now have a cozy new look and bike racks
have gained wooly coats.
Nicole Drouillard started yarn bombing around
the end of April with a bike rack cozy, which
went up in front of Phog Lounge. Since then,
she has covered different surfaces across the
downtown area, and most of her pieces remain
on display. While most people have taken
kindly to the yarn art, some pieces have not
fared so well.
“A few have been taken down, burned with
lighters, ripped,” Drouillard explains, noting
that she witnessed a dog marking her art as its
territory when it slipped to the bottom of a
parking meter.
Not discouraged, she has no intention of giving
up on yarn bombing. “I’m trying to cover as
many parking meters as I can,” she says. During the city strike, her yarnbombing turned the
disused meters into street art. “They have to
serve a purpose of some sort,” she said. “Why
not turn them into an art display?”
Drouillard is also co-founder of Oh! C.N.A.P!
(Craft Night at Phog) alongside Sam Cooper, a
group that meets every first and third Thursday
at Phog Lounge to work on a variety of art projects.
Back on the sidewalk, Drouillard too has forayed outside knit graffiti occasionally. “I’ve
also gone out a few time with sidewalk chalk
and written fun messages and drawn little pictures,” she says. “That has gotten me in trouble though, so I usually stick to knitting.”
If you are interested in yarn bombing, or joining in on the Oh! C.N.A.P! fun, you can check
out Nicole Drouillard’s blog at knitnicoleknit.blogspot.com, the Oh! C.N.A.P! Blog
at ohcnap.wordpress.com or search Oh
C.N.A.P. on facebook.
“Many of the crafters at C.N.A.P. are knitters,”
she says. “There have
been several
knitting lessons given
since
we
started, and I
can
only
imagine
more will
come.” The
night is not, however, limited to
knitters and other yarn
crafters. C.N.A.P. has
seen not only knitters
and crocheters, but
writers, painters, chain
maille artists, jewelery
makers, people who
sew, and photographers. “Basically, if
your work is portable
and you don’t make a
mess, you’re welcome
to come out,” saysDrouillard.
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Milkmen
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Credible Witness & Michou
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WEDNESDAY 12
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Series feat: Pat Robitaille
& guests
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TUESDAY 25
L & M Open Band Jam
Night
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Randy Bachman and
Burton Cummings
WFCU Centre
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Field Assembly
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This is Me as a Woman
(CD release)
Phog Lounge
Loretta Lynn
The Colosseum at Caesars
Windsor
FRIDAY 14
Open Mic w/ Tara Watts
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THURSDAY 13
SATURDAY 8
Open Mic w/Jamie
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Series feat: Pat Robitaille
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Sarafianos
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Open Mic w/ Andrew
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THURSDAY 20
Open Mic w/Jamie
Reaume
Twig N’ Berries
Dutch Oven w/ Iron Giant
Coach & Horses
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WEDNESDAY 26
Open Mic w/ Brian
VanderPryt
Mick’s Irish Pub
L & M Open Band Jam
Night
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THURSDAY 27
22nd Annual St. Angela
Merici Festival
Sal Panetta, Big Lou &
the Band
Erie Street
Inoke Errati w/ The
Tragedy Of Mariam, The
Eclectic Chair & The Day
After Yesterday
The Chubby Pickle
SUNDAY 9
22nd Annual St. Angela
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Big Lou & the Band
Erie Street
Open Mic
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MONDAY 10
Milkmen
Milk
Open Mic w/ Tara Watts
Phog Lounge
Open Mic w/ Clinton
Hammond
Kildare House
Woods of Ypres w/
Arkayic Revolt
Phog Lounge
Pitch Union w/A Point In
7, Sixty First Second,
Evelyn Falls & Silent
Movie Type
The Chubby Pickle
Whoa Nellie
Phog Lounge
Red October w/ The Rowley Estate & Assassinate
The Following
The Chubby Pickle
RockStock ‘09
Collective Soul w/ Marianas Trench, Preistess,
Crash Karma, Faber
Drive, Stereos, Mobile,
Futures Past, Ashes of
Soma, Square Root of
Margaret, Time & Latency
Chatham Airport
Open Mic w/ Clinton
Hammond
Kildare House
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ARTS
“The Arrow & the String”
Call for Cast & Crew
LeBel Building (University
of Windsor)
Sunday 2
Sundays in the Studio:
Artist Trading Cards
Art Gallery of Windsor
agw.ca
Wednesday 5
Open House: curator-led
exhibition tours (2pm)
Art Gallery of Windsor
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Thursday 6
Nancy's Fabulous Wine
Tasting Event
Nancy Johns Gallery &
Framing
Sunday 9
Sundays in the Studio:
Cartooning
Art Gallery of Windsor
agw.ca
Wednesday 12
Open House: curator-led
exhibition tours (2pm)
Art Gallery of Windsor
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FRIDAY 21
Art of Eating Festival:
Pat Robitaille with Jackie
Robitaille & Big Wiggle
Lake St. Clair Shores,
Tecumseh
The Speakeasies
Phog Lounge
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FM lounge
Open Mic w/ Brian
VanderPryt
Mick’s Irish Pub
FRIDAY 28
Michou
Milk Coffee Bar
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Hazzard
Phog Lounge
SATURDAY 22
SATURDAY 29
Art of Eating Festival:
Mr. Chill and the Witnesses, Leah Harris,
Dusty & Jenna, New
Brothers of Soul & Thornetta Davis
Lake St. Clair Shores,
Tecumseh
FiftyWattHead w/ Barnburner
Coach & Horses
SATURDAY 15
Locusts Have No King
Taloola Cafe
Open Mic w/ Tara Watts
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SATURDAY 1
Milkmen
Milk
Open Mic w/ Clinton
Hammond
Kildare House
WEDNESDAY 19
Open Mic w/ Brian
VanderPryt
Mick’s Irish Pub
Milkmen
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Open Mic w/ Stephanie
Sarafianos
The Mill
L & M Open Band Jam
Night
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Lonesome Lefty & the
Cryin' Shames
Leopard's Lounge & Broil
MONDAY 31
MONDAY 24
Tyburn Tree (CD release)
w/Farewell to Freeway &
Waking Without Remorse
(10pm |19+)
The Chubby Pickle
Open Mic w/ Stephanie
Sarafianos
The Mill
Clare Renauds Session
Kildare House
Open Mic
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James OL & the Villains
Phog Lounge
Tuesday Nights Concert
Series feat: Pat Robitaille
& guests
FM Lounge
Open Mic w/Jamie
Reaume
Twig N’ Berries
Donna Summer
The Colosseum at Caesars
Windsor
Beneath The Sky w/ Forever In Terror, The Juggernaut, Sirens, Cyreene
& Desertion
(4pm | all ages)
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Dear Solace w/Brighter
Brightest, The Mission,
District, Epik & My Last
Summer Sky
The Chubby Pickle
Open Mic w/ Andrew
MacLeod
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Of, Jade Lester & River
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The Unsettlers and Two
For The Cascade
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RockStock ‘09
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Sunday 16
The Future of Food
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Every Little Step (USA |
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Grand Funk Railroad
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Spirits of Sandwich Ghost
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Stitch 'n Bitch and Artist
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Artcite Inc.
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THEATRE
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Windsor last month on the street right smack-dab
in front of the venerable Phog Lounge.
The day-long outdoor concert was Phog’s prize
for winning as CBC Radio 3’s best live music
venue in Canada.
I only bring this up because Radio 3 also filmed
portions of the event and posted a re-cap on
YouTube. Search R3TV Episode #88: Holy Phog.
The
link,
for
the
search-lazy,
is
youtube.com/watch?v=w00TBN1Ptz0.
Spirits of Sandwich Ghost
Tour (begins at 8:30pm)
Mackenzie Hall
SUNDAY 30
Spirits of Sandwich Ghost
Tour (begins at 8:30pm)
Mackenzie Hall
SATURDAY 8
Larry the Cable Guy
The Colosseum at Caesars
Windsor
Spirits of Sandwich Ghost
Tour (begins at 8:30pm)
Mackenzie Hall
get updated
listings @
WAMMonline.com
Film-goers Alternatives
D
ocumentary filmmaker Matt Gallagher,
a Windsor native whose locally shot
film The Rise and Fall of the
Grumpy Burger showed in 2007 at the Windsor
International Film Festival, has another Windsorbased project in the works.
Gallagher and five other Canadian filmmakers
were recently hired by the NFB to film Web documentaries that portray the influence of the recent
recession on Canadians. The project is called
GDP: Measuring the human side of the Canadian Economic Crisis.
The website says perfectly: “Filmmakers and
photo essayists across the country will give a
voice to the men and women who through resilience and ingenuity have become change makers in their communities. New stories will be
posted each day in this innovative project that the
public can follow live on the internet for a whole
year.”
Gallagher won’t say who they are yet, but his
subjects are from Windsor and perhaps you even
know one of them.
To find out, visit gdp.nfb.ca.
Casting Call
Kingsville’s Tim Swaddling is holding auditions
Aug. 1 from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. at the LeBel Building (University of Windsor, School of Visual Arts
building) on the corner of College Ave and Huron
Church.
The casting call is for a Windsor/Essex Countybased feature film titled The Arrow & The String.
Written and directed by Swaddling, the film is
being made in association with the University of
Windsor's Communications Department Studio 5
Production Guild and the Toronto based The Dot
Film Company.
Production is slated for Aug 20-Sept. 8.
Auditions are for males and females of all ages.
No experience required. The leading roles are
paid positions.
E-mail [email protected] to schedule a time. If you have a demo reel, provide a link
online.
For more information, search on Face book “Call
for Cast & Crew: Independent Film.”
Phog Phest Immortal
For those who didn’t go or didn’t know, the first
annual Phog Phest live music event took place in
Are you sure you know what you’re eating? It
may look like a tomato, but I’m telling you, I’ve
seen some pretty eye-opening documentaries that
will straighten out your intestines. One such doc
is coming to Windsor this month. If you really are
what you eat, perhaps sitting through the screening of The Future of Food will help you understand what those genetically engineered tomatoes
are turning you into. Also, the Windsor International Film Festival’s monthly screenings wind
down with a final film in August--a documentary
of the production of A Chorus Line.
The Future of Food (Deborah Koons Garcia,
U.S., 2005, English language)
The Future of Food examines the complex web
of market and political forces that are changing
what we eat as huge multinational corporations
seek to control the world’s food system. The film
also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial
agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today.
The free screening is Sunday, Aug. 16, at 7 p.m.
at the Gourmet Emporium (1799 Wyandotte St.
E.) as part of FedUp Windsor’s Summer Harvest
Festival (Aug 15-16).
The screening will be followed by a community
discussion
with
panel
guests.
fedupwindsor.blogspot.com has details.
Every Little Step (James D. Stern and Adam Del
Deo, U.S., 2008, English language, 96 min., PG)
Broadway has produced many legendary productions, but A Chorus Line and the story behind it
remain special. Every Little Step captures the
magic of the show by following the process of
casting the 2006 stage revival. The concept is
self-referential, given that the very plot of A Chorus Line is about casting a musical, but the filmmakers add another layer by examining how the
original show was born when Michael Bennett
recorded a group of dancers speaking in confessional mode. Fans of the show may get goosebumps hearing those audio tapes, while
newcomers will discover what made Bennett (in
the words of the finale song) "one singular sensation/every little step he takes."
Every Little Step screens Friday, Aug. 21, at 9
p.m. at Sprucewood Estates Winery, Tickets are
$10 and can be purchased at the Uncommon Market Gift Shop
E-mail [email protected] with your filmrelated tips, audtions, screenings and ideas.
independent album
charts
1. The Got To Get Got / Sahalee / Noyes 1
2. Tito Puente / Dance Mania (Legacy Edition) / Columbia
3. Reverie Sound Revue / Reverie Sound Revue / Boompa 1
4. Bibio / Ambivalence Avenue / Warp
5. Coeur De Pirate / Coeur De Pirate / Universal 1
6. Field Assembly / Broadsides & Ephemera / ind 1 (local)
7. Flotilla / One Hundred Words For Water / ind 1
8. Boogie Boarder / Pizza Hero / Famous Class
9. Cass McCombs / Catacombs / Domino
10. Regina Spektor / Far / Sire
11. Dinosaur Jr. / Farm / Jagjaguwar
12. Sonic Youth / The Eternal / Matador
13. The Evaporators/Andrew W.K. / A Wild Pear / Mint 1
14. Wilco / Wilco (The Album) / Nonesuch
15. Deer Tick / Born On Flag Day / Partisan
16. Various / Panama! 2 / Sound Way
17. Bidiniband / The Land Is Wild / Pheromone 1
18. Chali 2na / Fish Outta Water / Decon
19. God Help The Girl / God Help The Girl / Matador
20. Ty Segall / Lemons / Goner
21. The Danks / Are You Afraid Of The Danks? / Collagen Rock 1
22. Rum Runner / What's The Music Mean To You? / Stumble 1
23. Coalesce / Ox / Relapse
24. Royal City / Royal City / Asthmatic Kitty 1
25. Bonnie Pope & Micah / My Name Is Caleb And I Like To Dance / ind 1
26. The Peace Leeches / ROYGBIV / ind 1 (local)
27. Dave Brubeck Quartet / Time Out (Legacy Edition) / Columbia
28. Tiny Vipers / Life On Earth / Sub Pop
29. Dirty Projectors / Bitte Orca / Domino
30. Church Of The Very Bright Lights / Pagoda Faults / ind 1
Album charts are arranged according to number of plays on CJAM 91.5FM in Windsor over a four (4) week
period prior to the publishing of this issue. 1 denotes canadian artist, (local) denotes local artist.