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