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YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD PHARMACY IS BACK june 2010 | issue 26 Windsor Arts & Music Monthly (WAMM) is a free independent publication designed to keep you abreast of arts and culture in the Windsor area. Featuring music, visual arts, ﬁlm, theatre, literature and beyond, WAMM is your guide for entertainment in Windsor. WAMM will grow & evolve with every issue and continue to answer the question; “What do you want to do tonight?” editor: stephen hargreaves copy editor: kate hargreaves contributors: murad erzinclioglu, kate hargreaves,stephen hargreaves cover design: Denial visit us @ WAMM.wordpress.com also ﬁnd us on facebook.com, at myspace.com/WAMMmagazine & twitter.com/WAMMonline

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had a proper home.” The second album, entitled Egheven, gathers together several key works from the act’s slew of prior releases. Adjust your web browser accordingly. 87things.bandcamp.com

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Release Rush

UMMER! It’s here and along with it comes some the best times for the local independent music lover. Between ‘Red Bull Air Race’ Weekend (June 5th and 6th), which has become a great excuse for local acts of all ilk to take it to the streets, and Target Fireworks Night on Monday, June 21st, the best excuse to party in the history of our fair city, there will surely be some memories made this month. On Air Race Weekend look out for a collaboration between Angelo Marignani of Milk Coffee Bar and Tom Lucier of Phog Lounge. The two have combined forces to book a tonne of great acts on a stage that will be set up just outside the Capitol Theatre all weekend long. On Fireworks Night keep your ears to the street for live outdoor performances during the display on top of the inevitable bookings throughout the downtown core.

Since I really started following the Windsor music scene closely about five years back, I can’t remember a month holding so many album releases. June 2010 has a cavalcade of new releases with something for everyone. From experimental to folk, hip hop to metal, funk to IDM, with a seventeen act compilation thrown in for good measure. Experimental electronic musician 87 Things For The Future, also known as Martin Schiller (What Seas, What Shores), has, as he calls it “jumped on the bandcamp bandwagon” recently releasing not one but two free albums on the popular website. The first, Meta 4’s, is a 40 track album, the creation of which spans eight years. Schiller explains, “this release was created by compiling interesting bits of music that have been collecting digital dust inside my computers. They came from collaborations, pressing the record button and improvising, remixes of old stuff, remixes of remixes, and ideas that were recorded but never

Another local solo musician, but in a completely different vein of music, has also decided to share the latest release sans price tag. Pat Robitaille has a new theory on recorded music and it’s that it should be accessible and free! In addition to working on his next ‘studio’ album, he’s been tracking songs on his own at home. Four of those songs have been released on Myspace. A very limited run of hard copies, entitled The Wait It Out EP, which features a guest drumming appearance from Stefan Cvetkovich of Michou and

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available at shows, but the work can be downloaded in its entirety online. myspace.com/patrobitaille The Vaudevillianaires, who have made a reputation for themselves as the most theatrical rock bands in town, are set to release their debut recording. The band will launch the three song Satan’s Thundering Hooves EP at one of their biggest shows to date at the Blind Dog on Thursday, June 10th. The band opens for 89X buzz band Hail The Villain who are coming to the city with tour-mates Domenica. If there’s an independent act in town that has the energy to do the Blind Dog’s big stage justice, it’s The Vaudevillianaires. Fan of stoner and hard rock should make serious note of the date. myspace.com/thevaudevillianaires Last month we told you about Miclordz & Sauce Funky’s success throughout Ontario and the US mid-west, but little did we know the band was hard at work put-

ting the finishing touches on their latest EP Drop. The five track album will feature the title track along with two new

songs as well as acoustic versions of gems from their prior release Sunset Ammunition. The release acts as a middle point towards the forthcoming full length. Studio recordings don’t come cheap and the act sees the EP as an opportunity to give something new to their fans and raise some much needed funds to keep the ball rolling. Be the first to get a copy of Drop at the release party on Friday, June 11th at The Chubby Pickle. miclordz.com It may not be common knowledge to the average Windsor citizen or even music fan that IDM production wizard Kero (Sohail Azad) is easily one of the city’s most successful musicians. With over 13 releases on some of electronic music’s most celebrated and innovative labels such as Bpitch, Ghostly International, Shitkatapult, and most recently Touchin Bass as well as his own critically acclaimed Detroit Underground Records, Kero has developed an International following that dwarves his close knit community of fans here in the city. Kero’s latest effort sees him once again teaming with legendary Detroit DJ and producer, Kelli Hand, to create a follow up to their first collaboration in KeroHand 02. The record features new original tracks from both Hand and Kero as well as remixes from Kitchener’s Jesse Somfay and Detroit’s Punisher. sor should count Windit’s blessings that an artist that sees this kind of success is so accessible within our community, often playing free shows at various music events and art functions, the next of which happens on Saturday, June 5th at Milk Coffee bar. Kero teams with Dstructo and Josh Bryant for ‘Night Of The Living

Bassheads,’ a night of music filled with hip hop, drum and bass and dubstep. kero.fm A true family affair will take place at The Phog Lounge on Friday, June 25th for the release of Lewis Macleod’s newest album, For Sale As Is. Lewis Macleod was staple of the Windsor music scene a few years back alongside his brother Kenneth, but now resides in Peterborough as a university professor and family man. For Sale As Is, is a project Lewis has worked on for the past two years and promises to pump even more positive Macleod musical energy into the city (if that’s even possible). Opening the evening are none other than the Jammy award winning act Kenneth Macleod & The Windsor Salt Band, whose members Sally Zori and Max Marshall both recorded on Lewis’ album, as well as Years Of Earnest, a new act that features the youngest Macleod brother, Andrew, alongside Leigh Wallace, Paul Lonke of The Locusts Have No King, who also used to play with third member Brent Reaume in The Scarecrows. If all those connections weren’t enough, Marion Macleod, who also recorded on For Sale As Is will also be joining in on the fun too. If there is room to get into Phog after all the relatives have arrived, you might just catch one of the best folk shows you’ll see all year. If Macleod mania isn’t enough of a folk extravaganza, an arguably even bigger album release happens that same night (Friday, June 25th), but at the FM Lounge. Ron Leary’s long awaited sophomore recording Dependent Uprising will be made available to the public, a follow up to to his stunning debut theroadinbetween, one of the best received albums in the city in the past ten years. The album features original artwork created by Stephen “Earl” Nilsson,

a booklet including the lyrics and track notes with the packaging itself printed on 100% recycled materials using vegetable based inks. Leary explains that the new album is about “love, revolution, poverty, includes his first ever murder ballad and even an ode to his favourite bench.” The project was produced by Dean Drouillard (who kayyce closed also produced theroadinbetween) and features an all-star band including Mr Chill, Adrian Lawryshyn, Adam Warner, Dean Drouillard, Royal Wood, Chris Coole, Ray Whimsey, Kate Maki, Miranda Mulholland, and the Damn Shames. Travis Reitsma opens the show with his backing band The Avenue Pawnbrokers for a night of folk rock not to be missed. You can also can Leary earlier on in the month at the FM Lounge on Friday, June 4th with his quintet or on Saturday, June 5th for a more intimate performance at The Taloola Cafe. ronleary.com Coming in late June, Kayyce Closed, known

best for his work with the hip hop group Academy, will release his debut solo mixCD, This Is What I Do. Known for his freestyle prowess (he’s won many MC competitions throughout Windsor and was a semi finalist in the 2008 Ontario Freestyle Championship in London, Ontario), he’s retired from rap battles to solely focus on music. This Is What I Do is Kayyce Closed’s first foray into solo territory as an artist. With features from all of the Academy Records roster among others, Kayyce’s mixCD brings various styles of hip-hop music together that make up his unique sound. Following the release Kayyce Closed plans to work on his debut solo album “Klosed Kaption” to be released at a later date. windsorhiphop.com Local recording engineer and studio owner Mark Plancke is set for a late June release for the From The Tank compilation which has been a year in the making and features seventeen locally based acts recorded at his Shark Tank Studios. The disc will feature music from High Mother, ASK, The Golden Eagles and Citywide Vacuum among others and even has a

new song from Luxury Christ (the first in a decade!) See page 13 for more! sharktankpro.com

Off The Road & On The Tracks Michou plays their first big show back in the city after their successful tour through Ontario and Quebec this past May. The band that can seemingly do no wrong has been picking up momentum in a variety of avenues since the release of their latest offering Cardona earlier this year. The band plays one of its biggest shows in the city to date on Friday, June 25th at The Armouries alongside mega Canadian rock band The Trews. In other news, another one of the city’s finest acoustic acts is touring the country coast to coast, all be it in a different format than what would most commonly come to mind. Field Assembly, the project helmed by singer-songwriter Lyle Adam Fox will be teaming with east coast indie folk darling Gianna Lauren to tour the country by train acting as each others’ backing bands playing a variety of venues, cafes and art spaces. You can catch Field Assembly before he hits the tracks on Wednesday, June 2nd at Phog Lounge opening for Toronto’s Juno nominated Justin Rutledge. itsnicetomichou.com fieldassembly.com

Ragers For The Ages There are two great hard rock bills at The Coach & Horses this month that we had to mention. The first, Saturday, June 12th sees the much anticipated return of FiftyWattHead, who have been on a hiatus while their drummer healed from non life threatening injuries. The band who made a national impression with

their fantastic album Fugcutter on Signed By Force Records is eager to get back on the stage and start playing new material from the upcoming full length live. FiftyWattHead has consistently been one of the hardest hitting and awe inspiring rock bands in the area for the past ten years. With top level out of town talent in The Great Sabatini and I Accept Defeat, this night of rock mayhem is a sure winner. The second rager falls on the following Friday, June 18th, which sees Montreal’s Barnburner return to the basement venue they’ve repeatedly found success in. Barnburner, which features members of Canadian hardcore heavyweights The Gorgeous, are one of the highest energy rock bands in the country. With opening performances from locals Explode When They Bloom, who bring energy to match with songs from their latest release The Ugly, as well as Destroy Thy Will, who make their heavy sound permanent in the form of a debut album being recorded over the coming months, this is another amazing rock show that will go down in Coach history. myspace.com/fiftywatthead myspace.com/theinfamousbarnburner We finish this month’s Windsor Scene with a fond farewell to one damn fine guitarist, great sound guy and just generally fun guy to drink with. Sebastien Larocque, better known as C-Bass, will be leaving the city for Montreal this month, but not without one final show. C-Bass hosts his own going away party at The FM Lounge on Saturday, June 5th reuniting members of his past act Pitch Union for one last show. Also on the bill another one of C-Bass’ projects in 4 Letter Word as well as The Locusts Have No King, ASK, The Eric Welton Band and more! Let’s send C-Bass off in style... Wait, he already took care of that... Until next month.

behind the scenes with Sean McLeod Kate Hargreaves

renetic flashing lights, solar flare, fast cuts. Local director Sean McLeod’s video for “Chinese Women Unite” is as frantic and electrically charged as Yellow Wood’s song. Judges from the 2010 Windsor Music Video contest clearly felt the explosive energy surging through the clip, and named it grand prize winner of this year’s contest. McLeod is no stranger to

is a career in film directing. “Even then though,” he adds, “I’d still like to direct music videos between films.” McLeod’s successful film career in Windsor did not exactly begin with a bang. “When I got back [to Windsor from Seneca] I kind of sat around for a year not really knowing how to get my career going,” he explains. “I quickly realized sitting on my ass was definitely

accolades for his directorial work; his entry into last year’s inaugural WAMM video contest, a clip for Perilelle’s “Damages,” also won him top honours. “I love music videos,” McLeod says. “They give you the freedom to play around a little bit and challenge the way you might typically approach a project.” With training in film and television production from Seneca at York University, McLeod’s ultimate goal

not the way, so I convinced my dad to help me buy a camera and just starting creating my own projects. Eventually I started getting hired to work.” However, in the case of his winning collaborations with Perilelle and Yellow Wood, McLeod sought the musicians out himself. “I’m a huge fan of music in general, so being able to work closely with musicians I admire and on songs I’m into is awesome,” he says. For

the 2009 contest, McLeod searched through Myspace pages of local artists until something hit him. “When I heard about the first contest, I knew I wanted to participate, but was unsure what musician I would work with,” he says. When he stumbled upon Stephanie Copeland’s page for her electro, trip-hop influenced project Perilelle, he found the sound he was searching for. “I was blown away, loved the mood of her music,” McLeod says. The collaboration with Yellow Wood also came about through social networking online. “Adam [RideoutArkell] and I actually kind of met through Twitter about a year ago and would occasionally chat about working together in the future,” McLeod explains. “As soon as I heard ‘Chinese Women Unite,’ I knew I wanted to do a video for it because it was such a unique and cinematic song, yet still undeniably rock.” McLeod sees the internet as a major factor enabling independent filmmakers to get their work seen. “It doesn’t matter if you’re in New York, LA, Windsor, or a shack in Yellow Knife. If you have an internet connection, you can find an audience for your story.” McLeod also sees events such as the Windsor Music Video Contest as beneficial to not only the local musical and film making community. “Thanks to WAMM and WIFF [Windsor International Film Festival] for putting this contest together and to all the judges for donating their time,” he says, adding, “events like this are great for the people, the community, and the city in general.” McLeod’s work is certainly making electrical waves in Windsor, as evidenced by his two video contest wins. While both slick in production quality, the winning videos for “Damages” and “Chinese Women Unite” could not be more different stylistically. “I think first and foremost my job as a director is to showcase the musicians in a way that accurately reflects who they are as artists,” McLeod says. “Secondary to that is to create imagery that relates to the material in a way that compliments the track, not overpowers or detracts from it.” McLeod’s skill is evident in the way in which his directorial decisions reflect and inhabit the

music.

aka Perilelle’s experience working with McLeod is any indication, these local artists will not be disappointed with their collaboration. “[McLeod is] very organized and has a great sense of time and professionalism,” she says. “Working with him was very easy.” Copeland was impressed with McLeod’s work ethic after they were rained out of the original shoot location for

that fantastic energy to be reflected in the visuals, just to keep pace.” McLeod’s videos are rhythmic and high energy when the music dictates, and build intensity as the music mounts, but never in a way that is predictable. “With every artist and every song, I feel like you need to come up with a different and fresh approach, otherwise you may fall into a formulaic way of doing things,” McLeod says. His ability to cross between styles, from the “slow burn” of ‘Damages’ to the “firecrackers” of ‘Chinese Women Unite,’ means that McLeod’s directing never gets boring. McLeod is also enthusiastic to work with other Windsor musicians whose musical approaches are again radically different. “I would love to work with Pat Robitaille, Michou, Finale of Detroit, and of course Perilelle and Yellow Wood again,” he says, noting that by no means is that list exclusive. In fact, McLeod is currently in the process of directing videos for Stereo Goes Stellar, and Magestik Legend, and will probably be re-uniting with Yellow Wood for another video on a bigger budget. If Stephanie Copeland,

‘Damages,’ and he had an alternate location comfortably set up within minutes. “We wrapped ahead of schedule and with all of our fingers and toes!” she adds. “It was a true pleasure working with everyone on the set. Sean had a very clear vision of what he wanted, which I think was why everything ran so smoothly.” McLeod will be making use of his artistic vision as he works on a new short for submission to film festival Cleaned Out, as well as another for an online contest. “Gotta stay busy,” he says. Also keeping him busy is the western he has in pre-production, once again expanding his body of work. Sean McLeod’s commitment and love of film is evident. “Being a very visually minded person, film/video is the perfect outlet for me,” he says. “I love the process of story telling and creating something from nothing.” Witness McLeod’s creation of wonderful somethings out of nothing, by checking him out at facebook. com/seanmcleodvideo or following @seanmcleod on twitter. Alternately, visit his website at sean-mcleod. com.

“With ‘Damages,’ I made a deliberate choice to be slow and methodical, without a lot of the standard music video conventions of quick cuts and flash. That whole video is a slow burn, as is the song,” McLeod explains, juxtaposing this tactic with his work on Yellow Wood’s video. “I felt [‘Chinese Women Unite’] definitely needed

WSO’s Aurora shines a light on Canada in Portugal

he Windsor Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Aurora by Jordan Nobles has been selected by the CBC to represent Canada at the 57th session of the International Rostrum of Composers in Lisbon, Portugal. “This is a wonderful honour,” said Nobles, when informed that his piece had been selected. “We’re very proud to present this recording, with the WSO members & Maestro Russell.

We believe it will result in many contemporary music broadcasters around the world increasing their knowledge of Canadian music,” stated CBC producer David Jaeger. He went on to note that Nobles has given us “a unique work that will make us all proud of what’s happening in Canadian music these days.” Aurora was performed as a part of the Windsor Canadian Music Festival on February 5, 2010, at the Windsor

Armouries. The concert was recorded for broadcast in March, 2010, on CBC Radio 2’s The Signal and is available on cbc.ca’s Concerts on Demand. The eight minute piece, scored for percussion and strings, was composed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2004. Its inspiration came not only from the slowly shifting shapes and colours that one can see in the Aurora Borealis, but more so from speculation about the mystery of whether there are sounds when it appears

over northern skies. The composer’s idea was that the Aurora might be an entity that hovers over our heads, trying to communicate with us. Therefore, the orchestra members are not only required to play their instruments, but also to whisper texts, just loud enough to be heard, but too quiet to be understood. The resolution of the idea is that the Aurora is ultimately unable to communicate any kind of message beyond the expression of its physical beauty.

The International Rostrum of Composers is an annual forum organized by the International Music Council to promote contemporary creation in music via radio broadcasting and to provide contemporary musical creations the largest possible number of broadcasts worldwide. The works presented at the 2009 Rostrum received over 450 broadcasts by the participating radio networks as well as by other broadcasting organizations. On May 31 to June 4, the 2010

Rostrum will gather representatives from 34 national radio networks from four continents to present some 70 works composed within the last five years. These works will be presented in concerts and broadcasts by participating and other interested radio stations throughout the world. The winning composer and the winning composer under 30 will be announced in a press conference on June 4. Check windsorsymphony. com for updates.

photo: Dave Kendell

The piece by English artist Banksy at the abandoned Packard Plant painted mid May, before it was “liberated” from the site by 555 Nonprofit Gallery and Studios. The gallery said the work had been threatened with defacement or destruction, The Detroit Free Press reported. The 1,500 pound wall bearing the work was taken by 555 Nonprofit Gallery on on Grand River near the foot of the Ambassador Bridge in southwest Detroit, who said they were given permission by a crew removing scrap metal from the plant. Carl W. Goines, the executive director and co-founder of the gallery, told The Free Press, “There was a lot of anxiety with the threats, so our board of directors requested that we move it until it can be displayed safely.” The gallery artists said they were not seeking to sell the Banksy work and were trying to preserve and protect it, many people believe the piece should have remained where the artist intended it. Contrary to rumours, Banksy does not appear to have tagged Windsor.

Stephen Hargreaves

he most important artist Windsor has ever birthed is in Denial.

Denial, or D3N!@L, is the pseudonymous artist responsible for his now iconic tags

got arrested and in a bunch of shit and that’s why I decided to start painting on canvases, and develop the style I was creating in alleys on to canvases. Now I pretty much do cut stencils and spray paint on wood panels.” Using a pair of sticker laden

sarily want to be like them, I respect what they do but I defiantly don’t want to do what they do, I just try and do my own thing.” Denial’s supplies were, before demand overtook supply, originally all found on the streets and on garbage day. “The backgrounds [of the paitings] are acrylic that I get from the city dump; they give out free paint every couple months in different colours,” says Denial. “It’s amusing, when I think of it, I think about the movie Fight Club, when they steal the fat from the liposuction clinic and make soap to sell back to the rich people. I’ve done a tonne of stuff on wood that I’ve found out on the street and I find it amusing that the things that I find, reuse and recycle I can sell back to these rich people like liposuction fat soap.” And at the moment it is opulent loft types in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver that are keeping Denial in the black. “I’ve tried really hard in the last couple of years to sell work in Windsor, and I have sold some but not nearly enough to make a living as an artist, so I made other arrangements that are going full steam ahead this summer:” arrangements that include a rock band-esque cross-Canada art tour. “It’s the culmination of a couple of years of work. I’ve done a lot of research on different festivals and open galleries. I’ve spent a lot of money applying for things, and though I’m waiting on six or seven cities, I’ve applied to about 30 galleries and art shows and gotten over 20 yeses. I’m going out to Victoria, Calgary, Canmore, Regina, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Waterloo, Guelph, Brampton and all over the place.” Denial loaded his van and trailer last

When I see something distressed and beaten up it makes me happy, I get this warm feeling. Some people like flowers or rainbows; I like scratches, cracks and random chips out of my paintings and my city. -denial found everywhere from the New York to New Zealand and from London, Ontario to the real London and thousands of spots in-between. Denial is being called one of Toronto’s hottest artists, despite the fact that he lives, works and draws inspiration from his city, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. “I’ve never been to a city like Windsor and I’ve lived all over the country. I love it here; it’s a great home base for me,” says Denial. “I love turmoil. I’m an anarchist at heart and as far as the economy goes in inspiring me, Windsor is the front lines of the economic downturn, with the highest unemployment rate. It’s these circumstances I can relate to as I’m feeling inside and where I get my inspiration for my art. In Toronto I’m surrounded by people who tell me they love me and blah, blah, blah, but that’s boring and I don’t want that in my life.” \ The 33-year-old artist’s work not only draws inspiration from the gritty streets of Windsor, where it was born: “My art was born in graffiti; I’ve been doing graffiti for at least 15 years now. I

computers at his studio/shop space, networked to a 60 watt laser cutter, a Xerox digital printer, a vinyl plotter, Denial carves out his unique style with the use of “a few tricks, but I’m not going to let on to them.” The recent buzz English street artist Banksy has earned while tagging Detroit and Toronto while following around the opening of his debut film ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ has caused many to lazily draw lines connecting him to Denial. However, Denial’s art is quite dissimilar. The layering, time, detail and concepts of Denial’s pieces have far more depth and manifest on what he calls “canvas,” in his case his own pressboard and wood structures, rather than walls. This allows him to walk away and return to pieces repeatedly, achieving an effect unobtainable in the world of public graffiti. “I’ve been trying to keep my ideas original and uninfluenced by other artists. Of course there are the greats, you just can’t ignore Andy Warhol who was just ground breaking. Guys like Shepard Fairly and Banksy are brilliant in their own ways but I don’t neces-

month and hit the road, first debuting at the Ottawa New Art Festival, followed by a showcase at the esteemed Montreal Festival International Montréal en Arts. “Just because I don’t play a guitar shouldn’t mean I can’t go on tour.” It’s when his tour hits Toronto that he expects to run out of art and top-off his bank account. “I’ve been asked by a lot of places to put my art up [in Toronto] and I’ve turned them down because I want my work in high traffic areas. The whole point of my art is for people to experience it, that’s why I make so much and I try to do just as much free installation pieces as I do stuff for money. It’s been fulfilling to me as an artist to be able to do that.” The most recent series of “free installation pieces” debuts in tandem with his tour. “I am making these one foot square panels and I’m going to make a bunch of my signage pieces as small versions,” works depicting bold instruction, including: ‘Make Something Beautiful,’ ‘Support Your Local Anything,’ ‘Out of a Job Yet? Get Creative!’ Following the recent destruction of Banksy’s pieces in Detroit as people tried to liberate them from walls and failing to do so successfully, not only removed the art from its rightful home on the street but also destroyed the pieces forever. Denial is spinning street art thievery with the community in mind. “I am doing at least 100 pieces and I’m going to put them up all over the city. I’ll lean them on things or hang them in places where natural occurring places to hang art exist, hoping people will eventually take them down where on the back of the pieces there will be a set of rules that I came up

with.” His ‘rules’ entitle the discoverer to keep the art free of charge as long as they then contribute “something to something, make a charitable donation, volunteer or something like that, then log on to a web page where you can post where you found the art and what you did to pay for it. I’ll make it for free, you get it for free, but you have to do something for the community that proves that you appreciate the project and art.” “I want people to question what is around them and realize that you can change what you don’t like, that’s part of my philosophy. The series I’m working on right now with the signs is commenting on the fact that we are surrounded by signs and now people are buying my signs as art and hanging these signs in their house as art.” No stranger to signs, Denial has been known to alter signs for comedic ef-

it’s the revenue from art sales that keeps a roof over his head, food in his belly and his car on the road. “The shop [Denial owns] contributes to paying the bills, but for the most part, I’m making way more off of art now than the business. I feel extremely lucky, as I’ve seen so many people not able to do what I do, I try not to take anything for granted.” No matter the success this, or any future summers bring him, Denial’s heart is a firmly glued to Windsor as one of his many vinyl tags. “I’ll stay in Windsor because I love this city for one and I love how cheap it is and I think Windsor is in its infancy of what it could be. People shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. When I see something distressed and beaten up it makes me happy, I get this warm feeling. Some people like flowers or rainbows; I like scratches, cracks and random chips out of my paintings and my city.”

In Toronto I’m surrounded by people who tell me they love me and blah, blah, blah, but that’s boring and I don’t want that in my life. -denial fect, including the Vanilla Ice inspired ‘collaborate and listen’ addition to the lower half of a stop sign, and various additions to construction signs aimed to confuse motorists and pedestrians. “I’m a comedian at heart, there is a lot of humour in my art, I’ve found that humour is a good lubricant for getting your ideas across. If you can make someone laugh you might be able to make them think.”

Keep up to date with Denial’s tour, work and projects @ denialart.com

Whatever Denial does, it seems to work, despite maintaining a day job, in fact running his own business,

[all images courtesy of the artist, except ‘Anglocentric’ (bottom right) courtesy of a private collection]

Vol.1:

The Bulletproof Tiger & D3N!@L @ Pelissier Street Gallery Murad Erzinclioglu

elcome to the first installment of a new monthly WAMM feature! We’re excited to bring you greater coverage and access to our cultural community through this new project that shares our commitment to the contributions made by the tremendous amount of creative talent offered in the area. But you may be asking yourself, “What is exactly is Rose City Sessions?” Rose City Sessions is a collaborative project that brings together Windsor, Ontario based filmmakers, visual artists, musicians, writers, photographers, and recording engineers to shine a light on our community’s burgeoning artistic and musical talents. Rose City Sessions is operated and produced in Windsor, by Windsorites, for Windsorites. The mission is simple: to create live audio/visual representations of Windsor-Essex County talents in the highest quality possible. Each month, more free online materials and downloads will become available. Each live session pairs a Windsor-Essex County based visual artist with a musician or act. In addition to the audio and video content, read blogs about the production process, profiles and interviews with featured artists and musicians or peruse the project’s growing photo archive. Each month here at WAMM we’ll be giving you a heads up on the featured talents. The inaugural Rose City Session took place at The Pelissier Street Gallery featuring the work of the artist known as D3N!@L (see this month’s cover story) setting a backdrop to the instrumental musical stylings of The Bulletproof Tiger. The Bulletproof Tiger (BPT) got their start just a year ago combining drummer James Norris, guitarists Corey Temesy and Drew Krech with

photo: Crustina

bassist Joe Di Maio, players who had worked together in one combination or another for the past eight years. The group first came together as Dull Set with the members still in high school; later they were part of several acts in a variety of combinations as D., Hurting People and Ark, before finally finding a home in the Windsor music community in their current form and name. BPT is an act that defies categorization; a blend of indie, math and progressive rock, jazz, postpunk and dance, they simply cannot be pegged down. Even the band’s members can’t quite decide what genre of music they fall under. While Temesy and Krech clearly view the band as math rock, Norris hears dance, while Di Maio says indie rock. “I think we all have different ideas of what we do, I think we primarily look at what we’re doing as individual members of the band and label it as that.” Norris explained. Song writing comes naturally to the act, with more time put into structure and arrangement than the development of rhythms and riffs. BPT’s debut EP Stabbing The New Cherry was written and recorded in a little under three months and since its November release the act has consistently packed shows, continually impressing new and long time fans with their technical instrumentation and unique sound. We here at WAMM whole heartedly encourage you to see this band live, before they move shop to Toronto at the summer’s end. Connect to more media about this act @: www.rosecitysessions.com www.myspace.com/thebulletprooftiger See The Bulletproof Tiger live: June 6th @ The Coach & Horses w/ Frontiers and The Famines June 8th @ The Phog Lounge w/ Yellow Wood and The Dead Letters

the art of noise noise fest returns W Stephen Hargreaves

hen Italian Futurist Luigi Russolo débuted his 1913 manifesto, L’Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noises) he believed that the industrial revolution had given modern men a greater capacity to appreciate more complex sounds. He designed and constructed a number of noise-generating devices called ‘Intonarumori’ and assembled into a noise orchestra to perform his ‘Gran Concerto Futuristico.’ Russolo’s noise met with strong disapproval and violence from the audience, a Mufate Russolo himself had predicted. Over the past 97 years, found sounds, Eric Satie, John Cage, musique concrete, Lou Reed’s double LP ‘Metal Machine Music,’ No Wave’s Glenn Branca, glitch, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, NON and countless others have brought Russolo’s abrasive caress of the eardrum to millions in their own ways. In Windsor it is not hard to see our love/hate relationship with noise. Windsor’s ambient soundtrack of factories is a part of our daily lives; the low rumble of GM’s transmission plant, the rhythmic clanging of the stamping plant on McDougall and countless other audio by-products of our industrial landscape, whether we realize it or not, change the way we use our ears. “The first Noise Fest took place in 1996 and was created to give a platform to local experimental and noise music from the Windsor Detroit area,” says curator Chris Mangin. “Over the years it started to draw a more international line-up, featuring acts from across Canada and the USA.” Despite being imitated in other cities including London (the fake London, where the closest they get to physical labour is folding their beige trousers,) Windsor’s Noise Fest was one of the most talked about noise events in North America. Now, after a long hiatus, Mangin is returning with what he has dubbed

turned Torontonian Corpusse and Pittsburgh veteran filmmaker/author/ non-artist tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE, a.k.a. Tent.

The Neoist Tent is know for his avant-garde film and video art and has produced over 350 films and what he calls “vaudeos” over a threedecade period. His mediums range from 16mm film to Fisher-Price toy cameras to films made with no camera at all. It is near impossible to guess what tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE will manifest as when he appears at Windsor’s reborn Noise Fest, but it is fair to guess there will

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“Thee Return ov thee Revenge ov thee Bride ov thee Son ov Noise Fest.” Featuring a disturbance of locals and international raconteurs of racket including the return of The Whitechaple Fishmonger Faction Marching Klezmer Band, a modular analogue synthesizer set by Kero, former Thinkbox founding member Chris Mcnamara, the debut live performance of Chris White’s acclaimed Fortunately Everything Dies and Natural Sympathy Orchestra’s Le Grand Concert de la Maladie. To add an internatonal flair to the evening of din the cast of locals are joined by the return of Montrealer kero

be some degree of live instrumentation in tandem with post-avant-garde film. The role of visual complements to sound falls in the lap(top) of Kero during the other six performances. Corpusse’s live appearances have become the stuff of legend. Described by the Montreal Mirror as “somewhere between ’60s Living Theatre and absurdist humour, with lowbrow references to Kiss and wrestling thrown in to throw us off,” his performances have been know to include fake blood, simulated suicide, destruction of property and ample make-up. While the over-the-

top stage show of an overweight goth borders on the comedic, the no wave meets electronic-protopunk soundtrack of the visually jarring stage presence of Corpusse is surprisingly impressive. find tENT @ hi-beam.net/mkr/tac/ tENTHome.html and Corpusse @ myspace.com/corpusse “Thee Return ov thee Revenge ov thee Bride ov thee Son ov Noise Fest” lays waste to the ears of anyone caught at the FM Lounge (156 Chatham Street West) on Friday June 18th, doors at 9:00, suggested

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17 new tracks ‘From the Tank’

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I FELT THAT THERE WAS A BIT OF A VOID FOR A QUALITY COMPILATION FEATURING GREAT ARTISTS,” says studio owner/producer/engineer Mark Plancke, whose ‘From the Tank’ compilation of unreleased Windsor music hits record shops on the 26th of July. Plancke, who has sat behind the desk for some of Windsor most revered recordings including Anneke’s Star’s Hello, Patrick Ballantyne’s self titled effort, Citywide Vacuum’s Pact and the debut releases from The Golden Eagles, Mr. Chill & The Witnesses and Lodown amongst many more, was also behind Windsor most successful compilation to date, 1999’s ‘ROOM: Sound Proof Sessions.’ Following the move and subsequent completion of his Shark Tank Studios to a custom designed space in Walkerville Plancke saw a compilation as an opportunity to introduce his new space to local musicians. “It was the perfect opportunity to contact bands that I really enjoyed and with whom I could bring something to the table in terms of production.” The disc features a staggering 17 tacks from some of the areas most celebrated acts including Mr. Chill, The Vaudevillianaires, The Locusts Have No King and ASK woven together seamlessly with new artists like Natural Sympathy Orchestra and Four Letter Word. Perhaps the most surprising names on the sleeve belong to Luxury Christ and Theory of Everything. “I approached Trevor [Malcolm of Luxury Christ] with the idea of reforming the band for the compilation; he thought it would be great to do a new song. The track was built up piece by piece out of nessecity. Peter [Burton] wasn’t able to attend the sessions since he lives in Montreal, so Trevor started with an acoustic guitar track and we gradually added all the pieces. It took a while to complete, but ev-

eryone was pleased with the resulting track. With Theory of Everything, Eric [Pelotte] contacted me six months before the compilation idea got rolling about recording some new material while his brother Luke was in town. We ended up with six new tracks at the end of the session. I think it was drums, guitar, keys and guide vocals. When I approached them about the compilation we choose a track from those six to complete. The cool thing is that I have about twelve additional unreleased tracks in the archives, including six on 2-inch analog from 2001 or so. I’m fairly certain we’ll see a new Theory album at some point!” With every song previously unreleased and entirely recorded by Plancke at The Shark Tank, the near 80 minute disc acts acts as a audio resume for the new studio, covering multiple genres yet still, thanks to Plancke’s techniques and equipment, the album sounds comfortable as a whole, unlike many compilations. “Recording the album here was the only way I could assure great results. It also afforded me the opportunity to work with the artists and lend my production skills.” Though Plancke is keeping it a secret at this point, rumour has it songstress Nancy Drew appears on a number of tracks. Being a member of ASK, Luxury Christ and Citywide Vacuum assures her on at least three numbers, but as a staple of the scene and a personal friend of Plancke, rumour has it she appears an additional three times. “Nancy has a way of showing up when the tape is rolling,” Plancke laughs. “Part of it was luck of the draw because she’s in three of the bands that appear of the album, in the other cases she was asked by the bands to appear on their tracks. I’ve worked with Nancy many times over the nineteen years I’ve been doing this and it’s always a treat to record her.” Plancke’s relationships with the artists on the disc combined with his experience and skill in the studio creates personality

and intimacy from track to theory of everything track, whether a folk song or an abrasive electronic bombast. “When I produce a track I feel that my job is interpreting the artists vision by taking queues from them about how they see the song coming together. That will start with us discussing various elements of the song, what instruments will be used, what will be tracked live or over dubbed, what kind of sound they are going for, wide open and roomy, tight and explosive or somenancy drew thing in between. I try to craft that picture of the song in their head and ultimately exceed their expectations. There may be opportunities to “I hope everyone will go out add something to the mix that is and buy a copy of the CD and spontaneous; ideas are presented support our community. Many and tried. It could be something very talented folks lent their simple like a delay on a guitar talents to this project, I think that adds depth and texture or it there is something in there for could be an additional instrument everyone.” or an arrangement idea. I will push the envelope and strive to record something that is unique Hear for yourself when the CD and inspires everyone involved. drops at 9:30 Saturday, June The best compliment that I can 26th at Motor Burger, 888 Erie Street East. Tickets are $10 adget is when an artist puts on the headphones and says; ‘Wow, that vance or $15 at the door. Admission includes a complimentary sounds really good!’” copy of the disc. Live entertainment appears courtesy of a few “Really, the best times are when select artists on the album and you can pull something out of Citywide Vacuum’s Pat Petro an artist that maybe they thought will be spinning tracks from the they weren’t capable of. I’ve album all night long. asked people to run around the block a few times to get up a ‘From the Tank’ - various artists certain energy for performing [Sharktank Productions - 2010] a part. Performing to your best release date: June 26 2010 ability is generally a state of mind, anything I can do to put 01 Luxury Christ | Peanut Butter an artist in a good mind frame I 02 ASK | Don’t Have a Gun will do.” That’s where Plancke’s 03 The Vaudevillianaires | Your Filthy Swagger (Race Hell) 04 Mr. Chill | Gas Town Cab strength lies; not only are his tal05 Citywide Vacuum | Waka Bowa ents in the studio and his array of 06 Patrick Ballantyne | Hey Jamie vintage and state-of-the-art gear 07 Theory Of Everything | 21 Gun at a level unmatched by anyone 08 The Locusts Have No King | Nightmare Away in the city, but it is his comfort 09 The Golden Eagles | Ballad of Humanity with the musicians that brings 10 Trevor Malcolm Jazz Trio | Dope Robot 11 Four Letter Word | The Put On the output of the Shark Tank to 12 George Manury | MilesDavisKindaBlueSundayMorningRain another level. “I’m amazed at the 13 High Mother | My Creation level of talent in this city. We are 14 Gregg Koval | Esther’s in Town truly blessed with great musi15 Mrs. Smith | Sex is for Students cians, songwriters and artists 16 John Hurst | Auras and it’s a privilege to collaborate 17 Natural Sympathy Orchestra | Keep Calm and Carry On (Op.1) with them.”

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TUESDAY 1 Elephant Stone w/ Oblisk & Magic Hall of Mirrors Phog Lounge WEDNESDAY 2 Justin Rutledge w/ Field Assembly Phog Lounge Mike Hargreaves & Efan Milk Scott Hamel Billie`s Place THURSDAY 3 For The Fallen Dreams w/ Counterparts, Hundredth, Faithful unto Death, Cyreene & Hellraiser The Blind Dog Acoustic Thursday Chubby Pickle FRIDAY 4 Ron Leary and Mr. Chill w/ Johnny Rocca Band & Johnny V Blues (510pm) Willistead Park (Art in the Park) Cedric Gervais Boom Boom Room NuRokSol Phog Lounge

Jackie Robitaille & Sara Fontaine The Gourmet Emporium

Earth, Wind & Fire The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor

Daren Dobsky The Manchester

Ron Leary Quintet FM Lounge

Open Mic w/ Mike Hargreaves Milk Toast & Jam The Whiskey Lonesome Lefty Mick’s Irish Pub SATURDAYS Jamie Reaume The Manchester Splatterday w/ Chad & Joey FM Lounge SUNDAYS Open Mic FM Lounge

SATURDAY 5 Capitol Theatre Red Bull Concerst (in front of the) Capitol Theatre Ron Leary Taloola Café Pitch Union w/ 4letterword, The Locusts Have No King, ASK & Eric Welton FM Lounge The Rose City Rags w/ Carlo Lio Boom Boom Room

listings

British Beat 66 w/ Super 70s live, The Eccentrics, Dream Catcher, Toast and Jam, (3-11pm) Willistead Park (Art in the Park) Lindy Phog Lounge SUNDAY 6 Windsor Symphony Youth Orchestra: Picnic on the Lake (2pm) Viewpointe Estate Winery

Bobby Brew Orchestra w/ Speakeasy Trio (125pm) Willistead Park (Art in the Park) TUESDAY 8 Yellow Wood w/ The Bulletproof Tiger & The Dead Letters Phog Lounge THURSDAY 10 Hail The Villain w/ Domenica, The Vaudevillianaires & Pulp City Inn The Blind Dog WSO: Quintets & Sunsets Belle River Big Wheel and The Spokes Phog Lounge FRIDAY 11 Kenneth MacLeod and The Windsor Salt Band Phog Lounge Farewell To Freeway w/ Dancing With Paris, Yours To Call, What’s Left & Desertion Blind Dog ‘Dance for Africa’ featuring DJ Furs St. Cyril’s Slovak Centre Creedence Clearwater Revisited The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor WSO: Quintets & Sunsets SATURDAY 12 Megan Hamilton (solo) Taloola Café Megan Hamilton and the Volunteer Canola w/ The Locusts Have No King, The Eric Welton Band & Ryan Bourne Phog Lounge

New Kids on the Block The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor SUNDAY 13

Lucas Straszak, Kim McInnis, Brandon Deline Kevin Cosette, John Dobmeier, Derrick VanMackelberg, David John Zelko & Kaleb Stropkovics The Blind Dog TUESDAY 15 Rah Rah w/ Olenka and the Autumn Lovers Phog Lounge WEDNESDAY 16 Fanshaw w/ Colleen Brown Phog Lounge THURSDAY 17 Forever the Sickest Kids w/ These Kids Wear Crowns, The Tragedy Of Mariam & The Classix Blind Dog Wax Mannequin w/ Jenny Omnichord Phog Lounge FRIDAY 18 High On Fire w/ Priestess & Skeleton Witch Blind Dog ZZ Top WFCU Center Barnburner w/ Destroy Thy Will, Explode When They Bloom & Gypsy Chief Goliath Coach & Horses Corrina Keeling w/ The Paperbacks Phog Lounge Windsor Elvis Fest: Vegas Years Champions with Pete Paquette (7:30pm) The Capitol Theatre SATURDAY 19 Windsor Elvis Fest: 2006 – 2009 Finalists (1pm) Early Years Champions with Stephen Kabakos (7:30pm) The Capitol Theatre The Vaudevillianaires & High Mother Phog Lounge Jethro Tull The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor

Mattew DeZeotte Taloola Café Mattew DeZeotte Milk Bar

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SUNDAY 20 Donny Walsh Place Concorde Windsor Elvis Fest: GaryElvis Gospel Show (10:30am) The Capitol Theatre MONDAY 21 TUESDAY 22 The Zolas w/ We Are The City Phog Lounge WEDNESDAY 23 Nightwood w/ Welsh Cinema & Michou Phog Lounge THURSDAY 24 Khari McClelland Phog Lounge FRIDAY 25 Michou & The Trews The Armouries Cute Is What We Aim For w/ Tonight Tonight, Credible Witness & The Mission District Blind Dog Kenneth MacLeod Phog Lounge SATURDAY 26 Paul Anka The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor Library Voices w/ Pascale Picard Band Phog Lounge Derek Harrison Taloola Café SUNDAY 27 Ill Scarlett w/ Mic Lordz & Sauce Funky, The Classix & Bleach Blind Dog WEDNESDAY 30 Billy the Kid Phog Lounge

THURSDAY 3 DRAG (8pm) KordaZone Theatre 519-562-3394 FRIDAY 4 DRAG (8pm) KordaZone Theatre 519-562-3394 The Snow Queen (7:30) The Capitol Theatre wdxtheatre.ca SATURDAY 5 DRAG (8pm) KordaZone Theatre 519-562-3394 The Snow Queen (7:30) The Capitol Theatre wdxtheatre.ca THURSDAY 10 Biloxi Blues (8pm) Theatre Windsor theatrewindsor.com FRIDAY 11 Biloxi Blues (8pm) Theatre Windsor theatrewindsor.com Dancing with the Local Stars Finals Caesars Windsor dwtls.com SATURDAY 12 Biloxi Blues (8pm) Theatre Windsor theatrewindsor.com SUNDAY 13 Biloxi Blues (2pm) Theatre Windsor theatrewindsor.com THURSDAY 17 Biloxi Blues (8pm) Theatre Windsor theatrewindsor.com FRIDAY 18 Biloxi Blues (8pm) Theatre Windsor theatrewindsor.com SATURDAY 19 Biloxi Blues (8pm) Theatre Windsor theatrewindsor.com

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ARTS

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Wit (8pm) Capitol Theatre 1213productions.com

Ice Cream Dreams (A collection of Ice Cream themed art pieces) Mudpuppy Gallery (Amherstburg)

Carrousel of the Nations Riverfront Festival Plaza carrouselofnations.ca

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SATURDAY 26 Wit (2 & 8pm) Capitol Theatre 1213productions.com SUNDAY 27 Wit (8pm) Capitol Theatre 1213productions.com

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Veer (screening) Chanoso`s bikefriendlywindsor.com

FRIDAY 4 “GOOD DOG BAD DOG” by Ed Janzen (opening reception) Artcite Inc. artcite.ca Art in the Park (5-11pm) Willistead Park artintheparkwindsor.com SATURDAY 5

SUNDAY 13 Carrousel of the Nations Riverfront Festival Plaza carrouselofnations.ca Photo Montage (12:30pm) Art Gallery of Windsor agw.ca

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WEDNESDAY 30

Women Without Men (Shirin Neshat & Shoja Azari 2009 Germany/ Austria/France - 6:45pm) Capitol Theatre windsorﬁlmfestival.com

Mike Edwards, Jay Drummond & Steve Burrell (opening reception) Phog Lounge

Iodine (Mike Stasko 2009 Canada - Screening and Reception - 8pm) Capitol Theatre windsorﬁlmfestival.com

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Still Life Painting (12:30pm) Art Gallery of Windsor agw.ca How to Get Published (1-4pm) Optimist Community Centre WEDNESDAY 9 Juice Open Mic Poetry Phog Lounge FRIDAY 11 Carrousel of the Nations Riverfront Festival Plaza carrouselofnations.ca

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Caly Day (12:30pm) Art Gallery of Windsor agw.ca

Print Making (12:30pm) Art Gallery of Windsor agw.ca

Art in the Park (10am-5pm) Willistead Park artintheparkwindsor.com

independent album charts

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Art in the Park (10am-11pm) Willistead Park artintheparkwindsor.com

Mother (Bong Joon-ho 2009 South Korea - 9pm) Capitol Theatre windsorﬁlmfestival.com

spotted

Caribou / Swim / Merge E

2. Explode When They Bloom / The Ugly / self-released E y 3. Library Voices / Denim On Denim / Young Soul E 4. Jenny Omnichord / All Our Little Bones / Label Fantastic E 5. The National / High Violet / 4AD 6. Frog Eyes / Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph / Dead Oceans E 7. The Cougarettes / Milk Fangs / self-released E 8. The Salteens / Moths / Boompa E 9. Dean Drouillard / The Bear Lake / self-released E y 10. Birthday Boys / Bad Blood / self-released E 11. Huron / Huron / Latent E 12. Holy Fuck / Latin / XL E 13. Flying Lotus / Cosmogramma / Warp 14. Mantler / Monody / Tomlab (CC) 15. Shotgun Jimmie / Paint It Pink / Just Friends E 16. The Kissaway Trail / Sleep Mountain / Bella Union 17. Plants And Animals / La La Land / Secret City E 18. Slow Club / Yeah So / Moshi Moshi 19. Tracey Thorn / Love And Its Opposite / Merge 20. Two Door Cinema Club / Tourist History / Glassnote 21. Nedry / Condors / Monotreme 22. Guilty Simpson / OJ Simpson / Stones Throw y 23. Dosh / Tommy / Anticon 24. Tony Allen / Secret Agent / World Circuit 25. The Arboreal Quartet / The Arboreal Quartet / self-released E 26. Canteen Knockout / Broken Down Town / Weewerk E 27. Eulorhythmics / Green St. & Avers / All Natural Inc. 28. Delhi 2 Dublin / Planet Electric / self-released E 29. Goldfrapp / Head First / EMI 30. New Young Pony Club / The Optimist / The Numbers compiled by

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album charts are arranged according to number of plays on CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor over a four (4) week period prior to the publishing of this issue. (E) denotes canadian,(y)denotes local artist.