2016 LIVE and DIRECT on Cowbell Radio (Dec. 30, 2016)

2016

Privileged

Best year ever

Mother earth

Overwhelming terror

Internet

Always

Stressing

Technology

People

Confessing
And often guessing

While professing

Sipreano
Processing

Grammy

Love

Shared

Love
Wagmatcook
Deepest love

Feeling

Scarface

Love

Being

Sky

High

Travel

Pass the shovel

Empathy
Here to help
Budget Shoes

Triple double

Flow like water
Bring back the barter
We are living in medieval times
Proof

New
Beginning

Old

Repeating

Loss

Seekers
Seekers
Seeking

With

NNA

Not retreating

More

Wayne

More love
Yes

Your brain

Kissing near the lane
Trust

No shame

No blame

Zero game

Please explain

Time

Ben under ten
Now

World citizen
Without a doubt
And into the next...

Still V I N!!!


Tune(s) (old): 





*Props to Quaker Sound...


Tune(s) (new):





Album(s):

Lt. Frank Dickens - Sunburned

Malcolm Jack - Inner Circle

Solange - A Seat At The Table

Badbadnotgood - IV


Crew:

https://seekersinternational.bandcamp.com/album/skrsintl-presents-the-raggapreservationsociety-ep

Event(s):
Native North America at the Winnipeg Folk Festival featuring Elder Dr. Duke Redbird, William Prince, Eric Landry, Shingoose, Willy Mitchell, Willie Thrasher and Linda Saddleback

Suoni Per Il Popolo

Wagmatcook Arts & Culture Festival


PEACE

*VIN 001 SOON COME!!!

About ready to say goodbye to 2016 (in 2008)

SKRS DISCORDER feature (November 2016)

*Hard copies available in the Lower Mainland and online worldwide!@#$%!!! PEACE

LEVEL 42 (An invitation)

"Happy Canada Day"

July 1, 2016, Canada "fun" fact #1: This country was founded by theft and genocide (actually, not fun OR funny in ANY way). Apart from our iconic Canadian cultural touchstones that many of us enjoy (Google, Apple, TMZ... Shit, I think these are from the States!$&@?!), the RIEL strength of Canada today (as I see it) is the diversity of its people. Reconciliation must be at the forefront of our national dialogue and put into meaningful action (no joke). Indigenization of the school curriculum appears to be a key (to me). How about clean drinking water for all, EH? The land and animals speak for themselves, but we must respect and heed what they are saying. So let's continue to listen to one another, learn from each other, and share knowledge and understanding like brothers and sisters from different mothers. How else could I say "Happy Canada Day" from #VoluntaryInNature (World) PEACE

THE STONE ROSES WILL RELEASE A NEW SINGLE TONIGHT AT 8PM

Record Store Day 2016

It’s April 16, 2016: Record Store Day

Now for a lunatic like me, (almost) every day is (or could be) record store day. I frequent local record stores on the reg and enjoy being surrounded by vinyl, cassettes, CDs, books, and posters. Um, nerd alert!? Record stores are also important community hubs and places of great debate and conversation (mostly about the prices that certain rare records command online, but that’s another story).

Earlier this morning, I saw an Instagram photo of a lengthy snake-like line forming outside of Vancouver’s Red Cat Records, a good few hours before the store’s opening. Folks of all ages appeared to be rip, roaring, and ready to get their hands on an exclusive selection of limited RSD titles sold specifically on this day. I have heard reports that a great number of these titles go unlistened to by their consumers and that many who buy vinyl don’t even have a working turntable. Some are simply in it for the “collectability” factor (picture discs, coloured vinyl, special packaging, etc…) or resale value rather than the music contained within the grooves. I hope that these folks find what they are looking for.

Thankfully, some of the better record stores in the area are also hosting live performances on this special day, a celebration of music, its makers, and those who help to spread the good word in support.

As we know, in 2016, music is digital and (mostly) free. Whether this is a good or a bad thing is up for discussion at your local watering hole or doughnut shop (for the non-drinkers out there). Is there a need to press music onto vinyl records in this day and age? For nostalgia? Yes! For aesthetics? Yes! For convenience? No! For fidelity? Let’s get Neil Young on the dial!

To me, the best thing about vinyl records is that they were the medium of recorded sound from the era of music in which I love, research, and champion, primarily, the 1950s-80s. Now if my math is correct, the 1990s began just over 25 years ago. This was the era of the CD boom, when vinyl production trailed off, pressing plants shut down, and new vinyl was mostly for hip-hop and dance music DJs as well as independent rock, jazz, classical, and audiophile specialists. Today, vinyl manufacturing has increased significantly and sales are up, hence Record Store Day, an opportunity to continue to commercialize what, for me is, at its best (when speaking of the world of vintage used records), a subversive form of consumerism and communication more inline with recycling than crass corporate capitalism.

Do independent retailers deserve a day to make a lot of money in a challenging market? Mostly definitely! Is RSD a gateway into the wonderful world of records for young listeners? I hope so! Do I love music on wax? Yeah, for sure! It’s just that I won’t be buying any RSD releases this year. Well, maybe that Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill demos album on clear vinyl. The rest, I can easily enjoy online.

Sipreano will be playing records at Beat Street Records (439 W Hastings St., Vancouver) at 5 pm today as part of Record Store Day

Flying south (again)

let these proceedings begin! (pt. II)