Category Archives: Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff

Helicopter Canada: a centennial documentary

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A little treat from our commie-pinko National Film Board for all you documentary buffs out there:“Helicopter Canada”, by Eugene Boyko, 1966. Made just in time to celebrate Canada’s 100th birthday the following year. Hands-down one of the most charming documentaries … Continue reading →

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No great harm without some gain

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Well, it looks like Amy Goodman’s run-in with our meshuga border goons has not been a total bust. Her book, which she was in BC to promote, is now a bona-fide bestseller, if this note from her publisher (Haymarket) that … Continue reading →

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More Music for a Sunday: Buffy Sainte-Marie takes on greed and wins

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“No No Keshagesh”, from her latest record, Running for the Drum. You can hear Buffy talk about this song and so much more with Amy Goodman here. This Buffy really IS a vampire slayer!

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A song of solidarity

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Bases of Infamy”–a beautiful statement against war and imperialism!

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The day Mississauga became a ghost town

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Since I’m on a Gordon Lightfoot kick today, I might as well include another apt song of his to introduce this entry and set the emotional tone:Thirty years ago today, the local nighttime news was filled with some of the … Continue reading →

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The gales of November came early…

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A well-made tribute to the 29 sailors who went down 34 years ago in the most famous Great Lakes wreck of all time–that of the Edmund Fitzgerald. They all came from the US, but because they went down in Canadian … Continue reading →

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Berlin Wall/German Reunification: Still believe in the Evil Russians?

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Then you’re about to get a nasty surprise. Svetlana Savranskaya of the National Security Archive in Washington, DC, has some news for you:Mikhail Gorbachev didn’t need no Ronnie Ray-Gun telling him to tear down that wall; he was already doing … Continue reading →

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Dame Pa’ Matala violently attacked in Aragua

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This just in… In the early morning hours on Sunday, the members of the musical group Dame Pa’ Matala were victims of an act of violence, when four armed men assaulted the vehicle in which they were travelling after leaving … Continue reading →

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I know, they’re only rock ‘n’ roll…

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…but I like them, like them, yes I do…This just landed in my inbox from the National Security Archive listserv: Washington, DC, October 22, 2009 – On behalf of a coalition of U.S. and international musicians, including R.E.M., Pearl Jam, … Continue reading →

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