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Ethiopia film narrationBelow is the narration I wrote for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank film of Nanci and my trip to Ethiopia. I’ll be filming a bit more this weekend and then the producer will begin to piece together the documentary. I am quite exited about the END HUNGER FAST campaign to be launched this fall. I am [...] |
The Lemon Tree by Sandy TolanThe Lemon Tree an Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East Sandy Tolan 2006 Bloomsbury Publishing I travelled to Israel/Palestine in the fall of 2004. Most of my time was spent in the West Bank where I experienced the brutalization of the Palestinian people by the Israeli Defense Forces. Since then I [...] |
In Billy’s WakeI have finally written a new song! … Later (in the same, aforementioned GEEZ magazine) in a beautifully written piece called The Washing, Jessie Van Eerden recalls being interrupted while doing laundry, which she eloquently understands as redemptive work. A phone call from her father informs her that her cousin Billy has committed suicide… |
News 2 Convert to PostNews… (updated May 7/08) Crossroads Television System (CTS) is proud to announce an exclusive airing of Steve Bell in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO), presented in High Definition (HD) in Ontario on Saturday June 14th from 9:00-10:00pm, and in Standard Definition in Calgary and Edmonton from 8:00pm-9:00pm. Produced in Edmonton, Alberta with some [...] |
Accessories and ResourcesL R Baggs Dual Source Pick-ups. Pick-ups are a necessary evil. I don’t like the sound of any of them really – there’s a certain mid-range quack that I just hate hearing, and they all have it to some degree. However, to my ears, the LR Baggs Dual Source Pick-up (~ $250 + installation) is [...] |
Johnson JM 996 Resonator GuitarJohnson Resonator I picked up this instrument a couple of years ago here in Winnipeg. Modeled after the original, pre-World War II guitars, these resonators are probably the foremost affordable, decent, metal body guitars on the market. For me this is a novelty instrument. I don’t play it much but when in the studio, the [...] |
Perry GuitarsPerry 00 Custom german spruce top koa sides and back slotted headstock I met Darryl Perry about 25 years ago in my old neighborhood of Wolseley (Winnipeg). Darryl was a banjo maker and had a small storefront down the street from my house. His little shop served as a retail outlet for his banjos but [...] |
Walden Dreadnaught D550 EWalden Dreadnaught D550 – Price: $300 I picked up this guitar in Thunder Bay last fall but I think you can get them almost anywhere. I first encountered the Walden guitar at a store somewhere in the Okanagan valley a few years ago. Basically, they are an extremely good intro to mid-level guitar. I picked [...] |
