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the Art is your Business issue
Inside: The business of making art Pages 4 & 5 Third Degree debut Page 2 The Barter Directory Pages 15
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According to WebMD: A third-degree burn injures the top layer of skin (epidermis), the tissue (dermis), and the fatty tissue (subcutaneous tissue) under the skin, and spreads into muscle tissue. Ouch!
Taking rock to the Third Degree BY JULI HARLAND THE STEW MAGAZINE
On the Cover: Earlier this month Williams Lake paid host to the Art is Your Business conference, an event which helped to inspire the theme of this issue (another inspiration: The fact that what we do every month here is our personal attempt at art as business). We visited the opening night event for the conference, held at the Station House Gallery, and Juli snagged this pîcture of Jason Romero enteraining a crowd of both participants and presenters. We hope everyone who rolled through town as part of the Art is Your Business conference had a great time, and we hope you come back our way soon.
Local rock band Third Degree has been busy firing up audiences all over the Cariboo and beyond, and now they’re working on the airwaves as well. On the scene for only a little under a year and a half, the band has managed to amass a huge following thanks, in part, to dedicated attention to their social media pages on sites such as Facebook and YouTube, but mostly due to their fabulous talent and awesome stage shows. And now you can take them home with you. Or at least their music, thanks to their debut, all-original CD, Return to Rock. The band is made up of lead singer Renee Lozeau and vocalist Lorna Anderson, lead guitarist Randy Randle, rhythm guitarist Garry Grosso, bassist JJ Bidulka, and drummer ‘Wayward Son’ Dean Kuyek. With the exception of Lozeau, who has spent the majority of her life on stage in various other formats, all of the members of Third Degree are veteran rock band gurus, who have been pounding out the tunes for as long as they can remember. As for the CD, it is all original material, written mainly by Randle, and produced right here in the Cariboo. When asked to describe the process of putting
together Return to Rock, Randle answered: “[It was] A love for classic rock that has evolved into our originals. We tried to take all those elements and put it into new music, and even recorded it the way they used to record it. We recorded it live. So what you hear on the CD is pretty well exactly how we sound. So, two words would be ‘Real Deal’. It ain’t some package. We played it to audiences for six months before we recorded it. They kinda picked out the tunes for us. We dropped a few they didn’t like. It’s not all self-indulgent, ‘Oh I like this song, so I am putting it on there.’ And it goes from one extreme to the other. “We are trying to bring back that element of the ‘80s, chick rock. Pat Benetar, Heart, Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Lee Aaron, Sass Jordan, lots of female fronted bands. That inspires us.”
And the crowds are loving it. Already booked for shows right through summer, including EdgeFest (which changed the dates of their festival so that Third Degree could play for them), this band is showing no signs of slowing down. Their songs are playing not only locally (caribooradio.com), but they are already being picked up by another station out of Vancouver called Radio Amplifier, featured on The Lisa Freakrock Show. Even their online music links have already received well over 1,000 plays two weeks into being put out on the World Wide Web. And they have only just had a soft release of their music. The trick, they say, is letting their audience help decide what they are going to put out there. “Throw out the different styles out there on a CD and see what works,” says Grosso.
“If they like R&B and not the others we better have more R&B on the next one.” But as performers, it is still all about getting out and playing some kick-ass music. And they want to encourage others to do the same. The thing that is needed, they say, is more local venues. “Williams Lake, as a large community, needs to step up to the plate,” says Randle. “There’s got to be venues or there’s nothing for the youth to work towards, either. It’s not just for us veterans to play, but it’s something to look forward to for all the new bands. “We also have to give kudos to the Cariboo Hotel in Quesnel. For venues, they’ve been our main supporters. They are great for supporting live music.” Beyond festival season, though, and a handful of year-round places to play spread across the Cariboo, finding a venue, they say, can be daunting. “I was such a huge supporter of live music even before the band,” says Lozeau. “There’s just nowhere to go anymore. I wanna see live music — I don’t care what kind.” And so the band is heading up a new Facebook group to help support Cariboo musicians in their quests to be heard and seen. “There’s a new Facebook page called Cariboo BC Musicians,” says Randle, “and it’s kind of a prototype test.
When the supporters get up to one or two hundred then it’s time to look at maybe turning that page into some type of funded society to create something around here. We can draw from Provincial and Federal funding. Something I already did up North for a few communities.” Third Degree Rock will be holding a CD Release Party on May 24 at The Cariboo Hotel, where they will also be on stage on the 25th. Look out for a Williams Lake date to be announced in the future. In the meantime you can check out their music and touring dates on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/thirddegreerock where you will also find links to their YouTube, ReverbNation, SoundCloud, and official band websites. And while you are poking around on Facebook, make sure to check out, and join in on, the Cariboo BC Musicians page, as well. Whether you see them live, listen to them on the radio, or buy their CDs, if rock is your bag we’re sure you’ll love these guys as much as we do at The Stew. For the record, they kinda like us, too. Says Grosso: “ I can’t imagine the scene without The Stew Magazine anymore. It’s nice.” For a more in-depth view of their music check out Jamie Horsley’s review of the new CD here in this month’s issue of The Stew Magazine.
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Nutrition Facts
Question of the Month
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What is your favourite artistic business?
Calories 0 % Daily Value* Art If this isn’t a beautiful work of art, we don’t know what is (no, we’re joking, it’s not a beautiful work of art, and we do know what is) Business We could probably stand to have more. It’s just hard for us to take ourselves seriously sometimes. Ingredients (or things that helped us get through the last month): The start of summer; Seriously, what happened to spring? It was like it was winter, winter, winter, and then BAM, it was plus 31 and summertime; Are we going to get a spring this year?; Is this because of global warming, or what? Seriously, this is pretty weird; Lathering up the toddler in sun screen so we can spend some quality time in the front yard; Finding the perfect floppy sunhat; Finding shadows and cool spots in the yard to comfortably devour some new books; Bringing home almost 40 new books from the share shed; Having to purge some old books from the shelves to make room for the new ones; Enjoying a five-star read (Savages by Don Winslow — read it!); Celebrating the toddler’s second birthday, and having an absolutely beautiful day for the outdoor party; watching her tear into her birthday presents like a rabid wildebeest; Enjoying the teenager’s 17th birthday; The return of home-made iced tea; Cold beer on hot days; Road trips; The promise of the start of festival season!
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Third Degree debut
Adventures in busking
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A great place to check out local artists is any of the awesome Farmers’ Markets starting up this month.
BY JULI HARLAND THE STEW MAGAZINE
Get a haircut and get a real job. You need something to fall back on. That’s not where the real money is. You are so talented, too bad you can’t eat paint. Many artists have heard it all before — “I love your art (music, paintings, craft...), but what do you do for work?” Well, as it turns out, there are a growing number of people who manage — quite nicely — to make their art their business. In fact, the publication you are holding is one notable example of people making their art their business. But that’s a story for another day.
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Sage Birchwater helped get Juli published for the first time —a poem! — when she was 14.
First, it is important to define what having an art-centered business is all about, and the reality is that a successful arts business looks much like any other. There are business plans, accounting, taxes, customer service and sales, networking, marketing and advertising, all the stuff you would expect. But the commodity is the art, or the artist. And what constitutes art? That is a much harder question. Music, writing, painting, sculpture, carving, woodcrafting, instrument design, fashion, photography, storytelling, acting, dancing... well, you get the idea. And the Cariboo is full of creative and artistic people, many of whom make their living through their art. Like Jason and Pharis Romero. This dynamic duo met in 2007 at an old time fiddlers’ jam, joined forces, and moved to Pharis’ hometown stomping grounds of Horsefly, BC in 2010. And They’ve been pretty near unstoppable ever since. Together they tour with their bluesy bluegrass sound all across Western Canada and then some. They are a staple on the festival circuit. And they run a very successful custom hand-built banjo business out of their home. They also teach, create jewelry, and overall live the creative life they marked out for themselves. If writing is more your style, there is Cariboo Chilcotin story-telling icon, Sage Birchwater. Sage was a staff writer for the Williams Lake Tribune until his retirement in 2009. But he has also authored, co authored, edited, and contributed to numerous books and publications. His main passion is the history and the stories of the Chilcotin.
He, along with the people of Ulkatcho, wrote, Ulkatcho: Stories of the Grease Trail and Ulkatchot’en: The People of Ulkatcho, and he also helped to write Ulkatcho Food and Medicine Plants. Sage is also the author of Chiwid, a biography of a Chilcotin woman; Williams Lake: Gateway to the Cariboo Chilcotin with photographer Stan Navratil; Flyover: British Columbia’s Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, An Aviation Legacy with photographer Chris Harris. He is also a driving force in the Gumption and Grit series, and has his hand in the annual Lived Experiences publication. Where there are stories to be told in the Cariboo Chilcotin, you will find Sage. Arwen’s Apparel is the brain-child of clothing designer Arwen Williams who designs every piece of clothing available through her Arwen line from her homestead in 100 Mile House. Her bamboo fabric creations are “designed for the modern gypsy”, according to her web site, and are now found on bodies of all shapes and sizes all over the planet. The Cariboo is also full of career photographers: Laureen Curruthers, Janna Roller; Jesse Madden, and Craig Smith, just to name a few. There are crafters galore who make their living off of their creations like Joan Beck and her pottery or Theresa Trimm and Just 4 U soaps. There are those whose art takes a more tasty form like Brenda Taylor with her Taylor Made Cakes and Sweets. And there are those, like Trevor Todorowich of Twisted and Tortured Inkworkz or Brian Garland of Praying Mantis, whose artistic talents
are showcased on the skin of locals and visitors alike. Whatever the case, these artists threw caution to the wind, and the security of a regular paycheque, and made their mark in an artistic world. It can happen. It does happen. And it happens more than you’d think. “It’s a gift. It really is. It’s a gift to be able to do this. I am so grateful every moment of every day for this,” says Doug Koyama, who gave up his ‘normal’ job to hit the road and make music at the tender age of 51. Does it always work out? No. There will be times that a person’s art will not be able to be all they need to do. There will be discouragement and hard work and rejection. There will be nay-sayers. The negative feedback may even be from
friends and family. Most of the time it will come from the artist, themselves. So why go through the pain and agony? All the blood, sweat, and tears? “It’s like acid in my veins, it’s my passion, it’s just fun,” said Todorowich, about opening his tattoo studio. And that sentiment is echoed by most of the career artists that this writer has encountered. It’s not a case of why they do what they do, but rather a case of how could they not? Art doesn’t have to be something that you do as a hobby in your spare time when you are too exhausted from your “real” job. According to the government of Canada, at the end of 2011 they counted close to
18,000 business licences applied for by the arts and entertainment sector, close to 14,000 for the information and cultural industries, and over 50,000 business licences applied for by the sales sector where the applicant was the only staff — the common business licence for craft style businesses. Now in a pool of around one million business licences being handed out those seem like small numbers, but that doesn’t take into account the 125,000 licences in the ‘other’ category, or how many artistic businesses may fall under a more structured category. In the end, the arts sector is making a stand in the business world. And sticking. juli@thestew.ca
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Third Degree is proud to announce their upcoming CD Relase Party at the Cariboo Hotel on May 24! CDs available now! In Williams Lake: Dandelion Living, Sight & Sound, Guitar Seller, Station House Gallery, About Face Photography, Cool Clear Water. In 100 Mile House: Donex In Lac La Hache: Red Crow Café Quesnel locations and more TBA Keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates!
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The struggle of making art your business BY TODD SULLIVAN THE STEW MAGAZINE
I think it’s probably fair to say that there are at least a few people out there who dream of being able to make their living making art. It’s a pretty appealing dream. You can kick The Man squarely in the nuts, flip him the bird on the way out of the door, and leave behind your position as a little cog in the midst of the giant, unfeeling machine. You can focus on the sorts of things that really matter, you can create, you can draw or paint or write or make music or you can dance or you
could do some kind of interpretive street theatre project or, you know, whatever it is that you do. And you could be free to follow your dreams and become the envy of both your friends and enemies. But here’s the kicker. If you want to make art your business, then you have to be able to make it a business. Those bills still need to get paid somehow. And it’s a lot harder to have some kind of creative output in the middle of December when BC Hydro has cut your power (not speaking from experience, but some days it’s been close). I say all this because I
know this first hand because The Stew Magazine is our attempt to make art our business. And while we enjoy it each and every day, it’s also a struggle each and every day. When things get tight, we don’t get to go to the boss and ask for a draw. When inflation hits us, we can’t just go and ask for a raise. I don’t mean to dissuade anyone from following their dreams, though, because this has also been an incredibly rewarding experience, and I’m sure there are plenty of artists out there who would be more than happy to tell you the same thing. Yes, it’s a struggle. But
it’s a struggle that’s worth it, in the end. And I suppose that’s the question you have to ask yourself — how much do you want to struggle? Because I’m fairly certain that starting any kind of business is going to be a struggle, whether it’s one that incorporates art or not. It’s going to mean a lot of nights spent eating Kraft Dinner instead of t-bone steak. It’s going to mean staying at home by yourself while the rest of your friends are going out and having a good time. Maybe, if you’re lucky and you work really hard at it, you can start to make some okay money after
a couple of years, and then you can know that all that work, and all that time, has paid off. And if you’re not quite so lucky the money still won’t be as good and you’ll still be struggling, but hopefully you’ll still be having a good time. Hopefully you’ll still feel good about what you’re doing. Because at the end of the day, that’s what the point is. Working to create something new, something that’s hopefully wonderful and will hopefully be appreciated. And as long as you can pay your bills, everything after that is just gravy. todd@thestew.ca
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The honour of working my art as my business BY JULI HARLAND THE STEW MAGAZINE
Close to three years ago, Todd and I started the process that would eventually bring to life The Stew Magazine. It was a leap of faith and a labour of love, but we were dedicated to showcasing the fantastic artistic aspect of the Cariboo while giving a space for fun, entertainment, and culturally trending topics. We wanted to exercise our own creativity and talk about what
was important to us, and hopefully our readers would dig it, too. We started out of shallow pockets with nothing more than a vision and a stellar mock-up issue to take to prospective advertisers (Thanks, Todd, without you we’d be nothing (editor’s note: without Todd, we’d probably be something, just a less attractive something). We shared our vision, and thankfully people responded. I couldn’t be more pleased by the large Stew family of
contributors that give of themselves to put their stories in our pages. I am thankful for each of our new and regular advertisers. And I am in constant gratitude for all of you, the readers, without whom there would be no reason to keep going. I think we’re doing a pretty good job. It has been one hell of a journey, with ups and downs, emotional highs and lows, and a multitude of experiences and adventures that I would never have
been through any other way. I have met people who I am honored to call my friends. I have been witness to inspiring creativity and have walked along some of the strongest people I have ever met. I am so very thankful for the decision to drop everything and jump into The Stew. Life hasn’t been the same. I have learned so much about our community, and about myself. And The Stew has allowed Todd and I to bring a new life
into this world who has brought nothing but pure love and joy to our home. So thank you, to everyone involved, for allowing me the privilege of being able to have my art as my business. Thank you for everything you do, and everything you share, and everything you are. You’ve brought me great love and beautiful experiences. My heart recognizes your heart, and I am glad you are there. juli@thestew.ca
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YOUTH ART ď ľ Children wore their best to the Peanut Butter Reception, held last month at the Station House Gallery to promote the artwork produced by the young ones at the Child Development Center, featured in the upper gallery.
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Juli spent some time as the opening act for Elvis impersonators on the coast in her youth.
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April 26 - May 25, Parkside Art Gallery, Quesnel: Parkside Art Gallery presents the UNTAMED EXPRESSIONS by Melonie Eva. Melonie has won many awards for her wildlife photographs of Africa and has had work featured in */ National Geographic/* May 3-31, Station House Gallery, Williams Lake: The Station House Gallery hosts Glenn Clark and Peter Corbett’s Abandoning Paradise’ offers up 73 works of oil which show what could be lost because of Pipeline Projects. May 3, 10, 17, 25, Hwy 97, beside Red Coach In, 100 Mile House: South Cariboo Farmers’ Market from early May to late fall every Friday 8:30am - 1:30pm; homemade products of local businesses. For information please contact: Stephanie Klausat 250-3967150. May 4, 11, 18, 25, Helen Dixon Center Grounds, Quesnel: Quesnel Farmers’ Market! First Market May 4th and every Saturday until October 12th. Look for special events throughout the summer and early fall. Check out the websitewww.quesnelmarket. com for full details. May 9, 16, 23, 30, 7:30 to 9:30 pm, Williams Lake Secondary School Band Room: The Williams Lake Community Band invites musicians to come and play. Practices are every Thursday evening. If you can play an instrument
(trombone, sax, clarinet, flute, trumpet, etc.), even if you have not played in years, we encourage you to join us. The Williams Lake Community Band perform at many functions throughout the year. Which includes Remembrance Day Ceremonies, Canada Day, Christmas Concert, Stampede Parade, Spring Concert in the Park, and other special events. The Williams Lake Community Band is an active community group since 1982. May 9, 6:00 to 9:00pm, Billy Barker Show Lounge, Quesnel: Elvis Elite! At the Billy Barker Show Lounge. Dinner menu available (not included in ticket price). Doors open 6:00 pm. For more information, call 250-992-5533 May 10, 12:00 to 3:00pm, Seasons House, Quesnel: Join Seasons House in celebrating 5 years of reaching out to the community. There will be tours upon request, refreshments including cake! Everyone is welcome. May 10/11, 17/18, 6:00 to 9:00pm, Kersley Hall: Bad Fishing - A play by renowned playright, Roy Teed, presented in Dinner Theatre at the Kersley Hall. Food lovingly prepared by local chefs. Tickets available at Cariboo Propane and Kersley General Store. $25 includes your dinner; Thursday, May 16th you may buy tickets at the door $10 (does not include dinner). Cash bar (beer & wine). Doors open 6 pm/dinner 6:30/show 8 pm
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May 11, 9:30am to 1:00pm, Scout Island Nature Center, Williams Lake: Annual Spring Yard and Garden Sale! Household treasures, sport, outdoor and garden plants. Something interesting for everyone! Bring Items for sale to the Nature House on Friday May 10 until 7pm. Call 250-398-8532 for more information. May 11, 6:00 to 9:00pm, Quesnel Twin Ice Arenas: Gold Pain Derby Girls vs Terrace North Coast Nightmares. Enjoy the thrills, chills and spills as our own Gold Pain Girls take on the rival Terrace Nightmares. Bad Mamma Jamma takes place at the Twin Arenas with first whistle at 7 pm. There will be a beer garden as well. Tickets are $10 each/kids 10 and under free. Tickets available at Reason 2 Run or from any Derby Girl. May 11, 10:00am, Quesnel West Side River Front Trail: Fundraiser for Pet Safe Coalition Society of Canada. Participants walk with their dogs around the Quesnel West side river front trail, collecting paying cards along the way. At the end of the walk the 3 best poker hands win a portion of the entrance fees. $15 per hand, $10 for additional hands. Participants can register and start walking ANY TIME BETWEEN 10:00 am and 12:00 pm from the park beside Save on Foods. Door prizes will also be given out during the event. You must bring your
own poop bags and pick up after your dog or you will be disqualified . you must be 19 or older to purchase a poker hand. May 11, 5:30pm, 108 Mile House Community Center: 108 Mile Lions Spaghetti Dinner, Dance & Silent Auction. All you can eat spaghetti night fundraiser for the 100 Mile House and District Soccer Association May 11, 10:00am to 2:00pm, Correlieu Secondary School, Quesnel: Gear Swap and Sale Swap or buy back country, camping, and outdoor recreation gear (no guns or ski gear). $20 for a table; set up 9:00 am. Call Correlieu Secondary School for more information: 250-992-7007 May 12, 1:00 to 3:00pm, Central Cariboo Arts and Culture building (The old Firehall) Williams Lake: The Williams Lake Writers Group has recently formed as a place for local writers to meet and seek both criticism and encouragement for both existing and emerging work. Writers can interact both at the regular monthly meetings (the second Sunday of each month) as well as through a Facebook page for those unable to attend the regular meetings, or who need more regular feedback. For more information or to join, please contact Todd Sullivan at todd.sullivan@gmail.com. May 12, 8:30am, Save On Foods parking lot: Williams Lake Lions/Lioness will hot their annual Mother’s Day Market and Pancake Breakfast on May 12, 2013 in the Save-On Foods parking lot. Breakfast is served from 8:30am until 11:30 am and is free for all Mothers. Space & table rentals available for crafters, small businesses & garage salers. Reserve your space early. Phone Al at 392-6834.
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Todd has been knocking around an idea for his own radio-style show, though maybe not one you’d listen to with your mother.
May 12, 2:30pm, South Cariboo Recreation Center, 100 Mile House: Louisiana Hayride Show at Canlan Arena, a Special Mother’s Day Performance. The Louisiana Hayride was a live radio show, broadcast over KWKH Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana and ran successfully from 19481960. It was instrumental in establishing the careers of such artists as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Jim Reeves, Roy Orbison and many more artisits. Our rendition in story and song takes you back to those days and that live radio show. Find out why Roy Orbison wore dark sunglasses and where and when the phrase “Elvis has left the building” was first spoken.
McNaughton. The Lions Club wishes to thank Save On Foods for their generous assistance with this project. May 13, 7:00 to 9:00pm, Quesnel and District Arts and Recreation Center: Quesnel Art Gallery AGM. A short social, with live music, will be followed by a short general meeting and the AGM. Everyone welcome. May 16, 4:30 to 9:00pm, Bouchie Lake Community Hall: The Circus is coming to Bouchie Lake! Two shows 4:30 pm and 7:00 pm. Pre-sale tickets available at Rocky’s General Store and Video Junction for $15 adults and $7 children. Tickets available at the door for $20 adults and $10 for children.
May 12, 9:30 to 11:00am, Lions Senior Property, Quesnel: Lions’ Mothers’ Day Breakfast Treat Mom to pancakes, sausages, bacon, coffee, tea, juice and most of all, your undivided attention! Hosted on Lions Seniors Property at the corner of Reid and
May 18, 7:00pm at St. Peters Anglican Church, 549 Carson Drive, Williams Lake: The Prince George Conservatory of Music presents the Bulkley-Cariboo Trio José Delgado-Guevara (violin) Roxi Dykstra (viola) Sebastian
Ostertag (cello) Travel from 19th Century Vienna to present day British Columbia with String Trios by Ludwig van Beethoven, Erno Dohnanyi and Jose Delgado-Guevara. May 18, 5:00pm, Memorial Hall, Clinton: 146th Annual Clinton Ball! It’s the longest running annual event, preceded by a 3 course meal... Period costumes; tickets $75; doors open 5pm, dinner 5:30pm. For more info check out: http://www.village.clinton. bc.ca/events.html May 18th - 20th, Williams Lake: For the fourth annual Peel Out, we’re changing things up a little, but not to worry - it’s going to be awesome. This years event will again see the Downhill on Fox Mountain but with a few funky upgrades to the course. Rather than the Boitanio Bike Park Jam we’ll be hosting the Grand Opening of Snakes and Ladders on Monday. This website: http://ridethecariboo.ca/events/ peelout will provide all the de-
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May 19, 8:00pm, Limelight Theatre, Williams Lake: It’s Shred Kelly in concert! Tickets are $12 at Red Shreds or Smashin’ Smoothies or can be picked up for $15 at the door. This is a licenced event, so only 19 years+, please. Shred Kelly will be celebrating this year’s fourth annual Peel Out at the Limelight theatre here in Williams Lake.
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Eamon discovered an interesting busking instrument called a Hang Drum. If anyone wants to learn to play one, I’m sure he’d welcome the accompaniment.
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Busking your way to fame and fortune As any of you who actually know me already know, I really am not fond of traditional employment and jobs and all that jazz. I just really don’t like accommodating work schedules and giving up my time and energies in order to generate wealth for CEOs and company owners. Know what I mean? Admittedly, this aversion to employment does leave me in want of funds from time to time. Yes I’ve learned how to be poor, and I’m not too bad at it, though admittedly, like many responsible adults of my generation, I have made the occasional withdrawal from the bank of Mum and Dad when things have been dire (Thanks mum and dad — love you!). But for the most part, I manage to keep myself afloat. I find which shops have discounts on produce and purchase and freeze what I can when it gets marked down to a price close to free. I avoid eating at restaurants. I don’t own a motorized vehicle, which means no insurance, gas, or maintenance costs. Like all people, I do have to make some kind of living, so I pick up the odd shift here and there with friends’ companies. But lately, since the weather has gotten nice, I’ve begun busk-
In My Shoes By Eamon Owen ing more and more, and it’s actually going pretty good. For anyone who doesn’t know, busking is the word for street performers who put on a show in the street in hopes of receiving tips from pedestrians. There are jugglers, mimes, unicyclists, comedians, musicians, magicians, and many others who busk. If you have some time, look up some buskers on YouTube. There are some really good ones out there. I took up the electric violin awhile back and I’m at the point now where I feel comfortable busking with the instrument, so I’ve been going out with regularity and just, well, playing in the street. It’s actually a really nice way to earn a living. I get to enjoy the sun, see lots of smiles, and share my music with people. The main thing about this busking business is we buskers rely on the generosity and support
of people. We’re hoping that if you’re walking by and have a buck or two in your pocket, that you’ll enjoy what we’re doing and donate that buck or two to our cause. And to those of you who do support us, my sincerest gratitude. It means a lot, thank you! I’ve been learning that some times and places are better for busking than others. Farmers Markets are pretty good places, as are days
when big events are going on. Outside of liquor stores is also a pretty good spot to play, but unfortunately a manager will usually come out and tell me to go away pretty darn quick. I’m really enjoying this busking thing more than pretty much any job I’ve worked. And the busking only works when people support buskers. So to those of you out there who support buskers, thank
you very much! And if anyone reading this is a performer and wants to give busking a shot, I say go for it! One piece of advice when choosing locations. It’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission in most cases. The worst that happens if you set up somewhere you’re not permitted is after a period of time someone tells you to go away. eamon@thestew.ca
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Scientists are reportedly working on a laser that can emit a beam with the energy equivalent to all the power the earth receives from the sun. According to one report, “It is believed such a laser will have the ability to rip apart the vacuum of space — literally boil the underlying fabric of the universe. Seriously.” Now that is a major laser.
Get outside and listen to some tunes As much as I love sharing all the latest and greatest in new music with you all, it’s the sunniest and warmest it’s been in about six months outside right now — too sunny to see this laptop screen — and I’d much rather be out there enjoying it. But first I’ll tell you about the new tunes I’ll be listening to while I’m out there. Let’s do this quickly; the beach is calling.
The first album to get added to my MP3 player for fun in the sun was... you guessed it: Free The Universe by Major Lazer. I’d really been looking forward to this album, but after listening to all the free Lazer Strikes Back EPs (of
which a fourth was released on Major Lazer’s Facebook timeline) the original mixes of ‘Jah No Partial’ and ‘Get Free’ almost sound kind of bland. That was almost disappointing, but there’s enough other stuff on here to totally forget about those. This album isn’t quite as constantly uptempo as Guns Don’t Kill People... Lazers Do, but these songs are always solidly danceable. Pitchfork Magazine points out, “it’s largely Diplo’s statement, albeit with a new set of cohorts in Trinidad-born Jillionaire and Black Chiney’s Miami-viaJamaica sound system member Walshy Fire. So Major Lazer’s fusion of club music scenes from both Europe and the Caribbean gains a couple new critical sources of firsthand input, and there’s more of an opportunity for that sound to be directly informed by artists closer to the source.”
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But don’t think that means coherence. This album is pretty all over the map. There’s the political and cultural statements of the songs we’ve already heard, plus a trap track that sounds like a marijuana metaphor, ‘Jet Blue Jet’ featuring Leftside, and then Peaches sings horribly cheesy sexual innuendo over an electro go-go beat in ‘Scare Me.’ This is definitely an album not to miss, but I fully recommend downloading those free EPs from the Facebook page as those remixes are very worth having. Major Lazer is also credited as a producer, while Diplo is credited as Executive Producer, on the new album from the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg.
If you haven’t heard, Snoop Dogg went on a pilgrimage to Jamaica to learn about the Rastafari movement and came back dubbed Snoop Lion by a Rastafari priest. Now, his first album under his powerful new promotion is entitled Reincarnated
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and is companion to a documentary by the same name that he has made about the trip and the changes he’s gone through. And, of course, being Rasta, this is no gangster rap album. This is all reggae. The songs are about peace, love, politics, fruit juice, and marijuana. Snoop emphasizes his new violence-free stance on his most recent single from the album, softly singing “No guns allowed in here tonight / we’re gonna have a free for all / no fights.” Nothing on the album really jumps out and makes you go, “YES!” but it’s a decent reggae album to include in a big reggae mix for an afternoon toking in the sun.
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And then there’s Har Mar Superstar. Have you heard of this guy? I ask because I hadn’t. I discovered him while browsing new albums on Rdio(.com). There was a this album cover that looked like some acid guru disco funk out of the 70s, and with a name like Har Mar Superstar I had to
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check that it wasn’t a re-release of something I found in my mom’s record collection. When I hit play there was a swell of horns and a voice crooned “Lady, you shot me!” POW! Now that’s how you start an album! I felt like I really was eight-yearsold, listening to Mom’s old Mowtown records in our living room. This whole album, Bye Bye 17, is the greatest re-creation of that classic sound that I’ve heard in a lot of years. Smooth, soulful R&B by a fat, hairy, very RonJeremy-esque white guy, who usually ends up in his tighty whities by the end of his seductive live shows. But don’t be frightened by this boisterous Casanova, for he is a true romantic. I nearly fell off my chair laughing when, near the end of the album, to the backdrop of something that sounded like a 60s do-wop ballad he softly moaned “Please don’t make me hit you, I’m not your daddy. Why must your crazy love hurt me so badly?”
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Todd is pretty jazzed about Rob Zombie’s new movie The Lords of Salem. He is less jazzed about his new album (especially following Jamie’s review)
I was so impressed by this album I had to check out his older stuff, as this is actually his fifth LP. His last album, 2009’s Dark Touches, is far more electro-disco, a la Scissor Sisters, and far more raunchy. Bye Bye 17 is my favourite new discovery yet this year! Check it out!
Even though I’m way down here in Vancouverland, I was lucky enough to get a chance to hear some local Williams Lake tunes this month too. I received an email from the boss with little more information than the tags on the MP3s. But it turns out it’s the debut album from Third Degree. You may have heard these guys on Rush FM or even seen them play in 100 Mile or Quesnel. If not, you should. This is great blues rock. ‘Stratocaster Blues’ sounds like something Jimi Hendrix might play, with Lorna Anderson’s amazing vocals blown across it. God that’s a good song! And then she says “cry for me” and the guitar does. Fucking wow!
The album, Return To Rock, should be available at finer outlets in the Cariboo, and I also found a streamable version of it at Randy Randle’s Soundcloud page. Also, I hear, somewhere in this issue is a full writeup on ThirdDegree (editor’s note: It’s on page 2), as Juli had a chance to sit down withthe band for a chat. Be sure to check that out. Go see them. Buy their album! It’s really good!
After releasing their single, ‘Year Zero’ the same day the papal conclave began, and now crediting their frontman as Papa Emeritus II as opposed to the former, Papa Emeritus, Ghost has released their second album, Infestissumam. The title translates to “most hostile” and refers to the antichrist. The theme of the album marks the birth of the antichrist and declares this as year zero as the Christian church did with the birth of Christ. Oh, did I mention Ghost is a Swedish Sa-
tanic doom metal band that sound like they’re trying to summon the spirits of Black Sabbath and Mercyful Fate? They’ve turned the crunch way down on the guitars compared to their first album, which has allowed them to grow into a more open, more grand sound. “Jigolo Har Meigiddo” sounds like a really slow, doomy version of Greenday’s “Hitchin’ A Ride,” but about half way through the album comes the real curveball: a slow spacey seven and a half minute ballad to “Ghuleh / Zombie Queen.” Infestissumam is the next step down the path of Satanic excellence that Ghost has already made great strides upon. Oh, by the way, they have to call themselves Ghost B.C. in the states because some other shitty band already has the name Ghost. Just so you don’t get confused.
Fifteen years and five albums since he went solo, Rob Zombie’s sound has had some ups (Hellbilly Deluxe) and some downs
(Educated Horses) but now it seems to have reached a placid equilibrium. Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor is not the glory that was his solo debut, nor is it even the refreshingly campy fun of Hellbilly Deluxe 2. It’s simply exactly more of the same stuff you’ve come to expect from Rob Zombie. The most bizarre thing on the album is “Rock and Roll (In A Black Hole),” which sounds like something Steve Zissou might pipe into his helmet during a lightning strike rescue op. This album and it’s songs will grow on the fans but none of it is gonna win over any new ones. If you’re broke like me, save your money on the album and go see The Lords of Salem in theatres, if you can. Lately I’ve been experimenting with rdio. com. If you follow me on Rdio you can find a playlist of most of what I’ve reviewed here this month. I’m considering doing playlists for the back issues as well. And if you follow closely you’ll be able to spot what I’m going to review before I review it, as I add it to next month’s playlist. Follow me at rdio.com/people/ jhorsley/. Now sync your portable with some new tunes and get outside. tonesoup@thestew.ca
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Street Market struggles I’m getting so tired of the stodgy, old sticks-in-themud! Perhaps this is not the place to be ranting, but sometimes I just need to get it out so I can get on with my day. The Oliver Street Market is absolutely moving to Friday nights, and downtown to Old Courthouse Square. I’m not even going to mention that this decision had nothing to do with me but was the decision of the members who voted almost unanimously for both changes (editor’s note: Actually, it looks like you did mention it). If you missed the reasons behind this move, please read my last two articles on the subject. Anyhow, the vote went through and we began the necessary steps to move the market. First of all, the Square itself is not big enough. We want to be able to keep the covered area for customers and entertainers. It is a great place for people to get out of the rain or sun and sit down to eat or relax and it is too small of a space to fit all our vendors. So first we asked the City about using part of the parking lot behind the Square. And we were told that if we got permission from the businesses who hold the reserved spots that we wanted to use that it could all be handled internally and we could go ahead. Almost everyone signed our request to use their spots with no reservations. There was one issue; it was resolved, but it has left me with one question. Why do so many people worry about the parking situation in Williams Lake? Have any of you ever been to an actual city? Good grief! The most I’ve ever had to walk in this town is a block. And all the parking is free! Try living in Vancouver! But in spite of concerns about parking, eventually we received the last needed signature. And then the City called. Other issues with the parking had arisen; we would need to block the entire reserved side to make it safe. They asked
Eating Local By Terri Smith us if we would possibly be willing to move the market right out onto First Avenue instead, if they would let us close down a part of the street each week. Sure! Let’s bring this Friday Night Farmers’ Market right out into the street! We met with four City workers yesterday on location. Before we met with them we canvassed the local businesses. First I would just like to say I am so thankful for places like the Hobbit House, Red Shred’s, Darla Wear, Alexander’s, and all the others who gave us an enthusiastic, “Yes!” Some are even planning on staying open until 9 pm as they can see the benefits to having a market happening right in front of their doors. But then there were those who said, “No.” People can be so resistant to change. Two of the businesses felt that losing those couple of parking spots right out front for those few hours they are still open Friday evenings would be too detrimental to their business. Seriously people?! When you’re trying to make a sale, getting people out of their vehicle is half the battle. If we put hundreds of people on foot right outside your store, you will get more business. I could quote you some statistics on this, I could explain until the cows come home why it just makes sense, but here is the thing: if everyone on the street says yes, we can all proceed easily and the first market on May 31 can happen on the Street. Or, you can be stodgy, old sticks-in-the-mud who are resistant to trying anything new and we will go through the arduous process of taking
this before Council. The City people we met with yesterday were all very excited about this market and they think closing off part of First Avenue on Friday evenings is a great idea. They also see how this will be a great thing for local businesses. The vast majority of businesses and people in general are excited about this change. We can do this the easy way or we can do it the hard way. When I returned home from the meeting yesterday, my three helpers who are here from the UK, Germany, and Ontario asked how the day was. They were all shocked at some of the attitudes of this town. Aimee, from the UK, who has traveled extensively and lived in a few countries said, “I’ve never seen such a lack of community spirit anywhere!” Is this really the impression we want to give people? I’m tired of the stodginess and unwillingness to allow change. We are not trying to hurt anyone’s business; indeed, what we are doing will be helpful to these businesses. I’m a farmer. I feed people. This is my passion. Our goal is to provide access to fresh, healthy, local, food to as many people as possible. But I am very, very tired. I am out of time. And now, while I am already outside from dawn to dusk planting the garden I must also be up before the sun to write proposals and requests and do even more research than we have already done to try to convince the few to embrace the future for the sake of the many. Could we please just do this the easy way? roads.end.csa@gmail.com
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Cariboo poet Krista Reich just released a collection of work titled Taurus Sings. Krista also designs clothing straight from classic patterns and has a husband who paints beautiful things.
A Turning Point BY KRISTA REICH Whispers in the dark call through time drawing me into the ether of another sign Another universe along the lines of membranes that I do find I would fly I would explore I would be the scientist that opens doors Experiences futility and fragility in a meaningful universe full of uncertainty Follow the lines see where they lead with confidence and choice we get what we need.
Read the signs... Summer is just around the corner and in the Cariboo that means hitting the great outdoors, including the many lakes and parks we have. Of course, you’ll need your canoe, kayak, fishing rod and tackle, tent, campstove, and camping gear. Good thing there is Canadian Tire — your one-stop outdoors store.
It’s all you need.
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Barter Market We are all about local trade and that’s why instead of traditional classified ads you are reading the Barter Market! No cash sales, this is strictly a FOR TRADE area. Though we do encourage creative bartering! Do you have a service or product you’d like to trade or barter for another product or service? Write to us at barterpages@thestew.ca, or post on our Facebook page and we’ll make sure your ad is in our next issue.
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Candace Lilley is interested in trading massage for just about any service. She was working at the Hobbit House for 2 years doing massage therapy but now works on an on call basis. Please contact Candace at Lilleygirl76@yahoo.ca or 250-398-6444. Taylor Made Cakes and Sweets will trade baked goods for what-haveyou. Please talk with Brenda at the downtown Williams Lake shop for details.
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Will roof your house (you provide materials) in trade for a side of beef. Am also an accomplished artist / sign painter, willing to barter. Please contact Dean Allen at Brushwork Arts & Design on Facebook or by email at deanallan72@gmail. com
Photographer wanting to trade for bookkeeper, massage therapist or house keeper. I am open to offers for trades for other things as well. Jesse Madden at 250-302-2772 or jesse@jessemaddenphotography.ca Licensed Electrical Contractor with 20 years experience willing to barter labour for what-have-you. Please contact Joe Zombori at 250267-4868 or email zedtechelectric26@gmail.com The Stew Magazine will trade advertising for what-have-you! Do you have goods or a service you think we may be interested in? Local foods, plumbing skills, construction skills, have a restaurant, you-brew, sporting shop... you get the idea... give us a call at 778-4122600, or email us at barterpages@ thestew.ca