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Digital Archiving Completed by the Ethnography Lab, A University of Toronto Anthropology Initiative and Produced in Collaboration with David Perlman/Wholenote Media Inc between July-December 2015. Page Fourteen I May 21 1992 ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT Kensington Market DRUM Oasis alternative school seeks native knowledge Oasis participates in sweetgrass ceremony by Hazel Hunter/Sears _ Jackie Alton from the Native Women Resource Centre was our guest on May 4 1992. Jackie put the class into a circle for people to speak truth and honesty and also to smudge sweetgrass over us. "Smudging" sweetgrass is having it in front of you and you draw the smoke 3 times over you. After smudging the sweetgrass, we went around . the circle hugging or shaking hands with each other. Sweetgrass has · 52 strands for the 52 nations. Natives worship the creator and honour the eagle. (The eagle saved people be
Digital Archiving Completed by the Ethnography Lab, A University of Toronto Anthropology Initiative and Produced in Collaboration with David Perlman/Wholenote Media Inc between July-December 2015. Kensington Market DRUM ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT May 21, 1992 I Page Fifteen JANE SIBERRY & BOB WISEMAN AT THE BOHEMIAN EMBASSY It may seem a bit strange to review a concert more than a month after it has taken place. However, a show by two of Toronto ' s premier artists deserves a mention even if it is late. This review will also give the Drum a chance to finally say something negative · about a performance. Wiseman and Siberry together 'could have been a dream bill. These are undoubtedly two of the most talented performers around today, and the prospect of the two of them on the same stage packed the Bohemian Embassy. It was an evening of impro V!Smg. Generally, Wiseman played and sang backup while Siberry warbled. And warbled is_ the correct word. There were very few words sung during 'the whole evening. At one point, after a song that may have been entitled "On the Psychiatric Ward", Siberry stated, "I always wanted to sound this way." Well, not everyone would agree. Jane's greatest strength is her fine songwriting and clever lyrics, elements that were, by dint of the improvisational nature of the concert, not present. The audience evaluation of the show seemed to range from "interesting" to "different", a term Siberry herself used to desc,ri_be the evening. It's an admirable thing for Siberry to go public with something that is Mariposa returns to Ontario Place by DRUM Staff Mariposa Festival '92 will be back at Ontario Place again this year, this time on the Solstice weekend, June 19, 20, and 21. So far, the Festival has booked over 100 acts, making it by far the best ticket buy in town. Space constraints make it impossible· to list the full lineup but a few of the headliners are: Ferron, The Roches, Meryn Cadell, Taj Mahal, Amos Garrett and the Eh! Team, Peggy Seeger, The Texas Tornados (featuring Flaco Jiminez, Freddie Fender and Doug Sahm!), the Fairfield Four - the group that stole the show from Los Lobos last year - Tom Paxton, Shirley Eikhard, Ani DiFranco and Maura O'Connell. All the above listed performers will be appearing at Forum concerts as well as appearing at workshops throughout the weekend. A workshop, a format Mariposa pioneered, is a sort of intimate mix and match performance that puts diverse artists together on a stage with a unifying theme. For example Sunday afternoon will feature a workshop ~ntitled "Suggestions For Brian" which will allow Shingoose, Ron Doug Parks (hey, he's played at the OF NOTE by Colin Puffer such a radical departure from what she usually does (Wiseman is always doing "different" things), but it certainly isn't what she does best. Please, Jane, sing us some songs. And where's the new album? THE DUKE AMORS AT THE GREEKS Where does one begi-n? Tjle Duke-Amors are a band that is "trying to combine astrophysics and rock and roll". They said it, not me. The .Duke-Amors are comprised of Ted Rusk, the world's tallest free-standing guitar player, Tony T. on bass, and Steve Keeping on drums. These guys regularly pack the Greeks on Friday evenings with their raucous brand of rock which is a combination of covers and original tunes. Covers range 'from Johnny Cash and Trini Lopez to Carlos Santana tunes. Ted hope that this eclectic selection will help to convey to the world his feelings about "the awesomeness of the universe." Tony claims that though he's played in trios all his life that this is the best ever. And Steve enigmatically states, "I am the ·walrus, goo goo ga joob." If you want clarification yo.u're going to have to wander down to 197 112 Baldwin somC" Friday evening. Greeks!), Tam -Kearney and Beverly Bratty to make what they deem to be appropriate musical suggestions to our beloved P.M. Maybe Ron will even do his "I Love Cow Shit" song. _ Happening, as it does, on the Solstice it seems appropriate that for the first time Mariposa will be have a solar powered stage. Sponsored by the Summer Solstice Society, a committee of the Energy Action Council of Toronto, the solar stage will feature a number of Toronto's best bands. Other highlights of the festival will be: the Folkplay area - a section of the Festival set aside for kids to participate in folk arts and hear some fine children's performers; a dance area which will feature such performers as Memo Acevedo and Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley and Mose Scarlett; a host of Native performers; and an extensive crafts area with over fifty artisans demonstrating and displaying their crafts. For ticket information and a more complete lineup contact ·The Mariposa Folk Foundation at 778-9063. THE MATRIPIDLES ATHMV At HMV? Is there a worse venue in Toronto for anyone other than a new age keyboard tinkler? Well, it was a cassette release show. But th,e bright lights and mediocre sound system hardly did the band justice. Far better was the Queer Culture show the band did with Chicken Milk and Fifth Column at Lees Palace. The new cassette "Mom Sequitor" is a live radio recording done at CKMS in Waterloo, on February 15, 1992. After listening to the tapes of the show the- matriphiles like it so much they decided to release the tape commercially. And it ain't just a tape you get. The cassette is accompanied by a 26 page matrizine with lyrics and beautiful photos of the fab four and far out psychedelic graphics! The re~ording still falls short of recreating the power ofa live matriphiles show but is a decided ' improvement on their first release, "Momolith". To get a copy of the cassette write the matriphiles: 130 Baldwin St., Toronto, ON M5T 1L6, or better yet catch the matriphiles live. .. ••••••••••••••••• .,/':-.~ . Music Notes The Nancy Sinatr.;t
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