OK OK, I Know, Finally

As the title says: OK OK, I Know, Finally.
Here is the long awaited first one of the last 2 interviews that I had at the Edmonton Folk Festival.
My first interview, and my most exciting interview, yet I wouldn't say my best, is my interview with Michael Franti. I said it was my most exciting interview because I had only 10 minutes notice that I would have an interview with Michael Franti to actually come up with some decent questions. Another thing that made this interview really exciting, was that it was an exclusive interview. Yes, EXCLUSIVE!!!!! Only me and Jian Gomeshi from Q on CBC were able to interview Michael Franti. I say that this isn't my best interview because my interviewee for some reason didn't seem that interested in the interview and wasn't as engaged. But I can't complain, I did get an exclusive interview after all!
So, here it is, the full interview with Michael Franti, no edits:
http://isaac.wurmann.googlepages.com/MichaelFrantiInterviewFINAL.mp3

votesolution.ca

If you look at the polls, the Conservatives don't really have then many supporters. It's just that they have just that little bit more than the next most possible candidate in each riding (whether it's the Greens, the NDPs, the Liberals or the Bloc Quebecois). So really in all, the Conservatives could have 30% of the vote in a riding, the Liberals could have 25% in that same riding, the NDPs could have 20%, the Greens could have 15% and the rest could be Other. So, really the Conservatives would only have 30% of the support in that riding, and still win.
Still thinking about that, if everyone in that riding who wasn't a Conservative really had a desire to have another MP elected for their riding, and then everyone in that riding voted for the next possible candidate for that riding, then everyone would, together, overthrow that Conservative.
Someone has even made a whole blog about that, possibly trying to convince people to break that Tory blue that is cursing Alberta, or maybe even trying to elect a whole new government.
Whatever their purose, the blog is votesolution.ca and you should check it out.

An Election's Coming! An Election's Coming!

Yes, the third election in only 4 years has been called and will be held mid-October.
This blog has been asked to participate in many political coverages of the election including on CityTV and on the Current on CBC.
I think that this is a great idea but I realized that I haven't excactly been writing on this blog a lot lately, let alone about politics. So now I will get started.
First of all, what will this election bring to Canadian politics? Will we elect another Conservative Minority Government, or even a Conservative Majority. Or will the Liberals pull off a Minority? Probably not, but hey, everybody's got to fantasize once and a while.
But one thing that I hope will change after this election is how Canada is seen throughout the rest of the world. I heard that in Europe, Canada's election isn't very widely known, in Europe all the talk is about the US election. This is understandable because the President that the US chooses will probably have more of an impact on the Europeans. And of course, this is probably because Canada is known to be a peaceful (or rather boring) country. All that was changed though, when Stephen Harper came to power. First dismissing the Kyoto Protocol which was recently signed by Paul Martin before Stephen Harper was called to power. And then Canada was also known to be a sort of ambassador to the arts, which now with Stephen Harper, we are losing that ammbasadorness.
All this will hopefully change after this next election. But now, we'll just have to wait and see.
The information for this post was gathered from the article: North America's Other Election.

Rock and Roll Without Sound

Latitude 53 has a really cool exhibit on right now and me and my friend Becca decided to make a podcast about it for our blog Circle of Music. To read more about and to listen to the podcast please follow this link: Rock and Roll Without Sound.

Let it Be... Pictures!!!

It's almost over so I though... time for more pictures! There's only two, but I think they're pretty good.

I very cool picture of the whole amphitheatre at Hawrelak Park at night.

3 of the "Beatles" in their new costumes.

It's been a very fun night for everyone here listening I think and it was very interesting to hear a variety of music by probably one of the worlds best and most famous bands, the Beatles.
Now it's getting too dark to see my keyboard, so I guess that's a sign that I'm done blogging for the night. I hope you enjoyed my live blog posts from Symphony Under the Sky at Hawrelak Park with Classical Mystery Tour - A Tribute to the Beatles.

Beatles Riddles

"No concert like this would be complete without this song: I am the Walrus" says "Paul McCartney".
What do you think this means?:

"I am the egg man
I am the egg man
I am the egg man
I am the walrus
Coo-coo cu-chu"

Perhaps something to do with an egg eating walrus?
What ever it is, it's getting my friend Ade to play air-guitar.

Now another riddle, what do you think this means?:

"O bla di
O bla da
Life goes on - ra!"

Oh these Beatles lyrics, what are they really saying?

And now starts the "classic" that everyone knows, Yellow Submarine. I don't need to write these lyrics down.

Intermission, and Some Pictures``

It's intermission so time for another blog post! This time it includes some pictures of the show so far.


The whole band with the Symphony Orchestra playing behind them.

Three of the "Beatles" on stage.

One of the "Beatles" playing piano.

Now I got to go eat some Mini Donuts.
YUM.

All You Need is Love

I wasn't alive in the '60s and I definitely am not 60, but so far the only songs I've actually heard before are from their CD Magical Mystery Tour. I like the Beatles but I'm not a huge Beatles fanatic. But still, it was nice to hear a bunch of their songs from way back when. And now I can say that I've been to a Beatles concert (sort of, not really).
The setting here at the park is really nice too. Listening to the Beatles songs accompanied by a full Symphony Orchestra in the evening, chilly but nice.

Your Car is Running With Your Lights On

Those were the first words that we heard from the stage before the Symphony Orchestra began to play the "Classical Mystery Tour - A Tribute to the Beatles."
This concert will feature the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra with Jim Owen (playing John Lennon), Tony Kishman (playing Paul McCartney), Thomas Teeley (playing George Harrison) and Chris Camilleri (playing Ringo Star) playing as the Beatles.
Stay tuned for more updates from Hawrelak Park at Symphony Under the Sky.

(You will be able to read all updates later under the list: Symphony Under the Sky 2008 Live Blog on the right-hand side column.)

Tune in for "Live Blog" Tonight

The Symphony Under the Sky will be held tonight in Hawrelak Park. It will feature many exciting performances such as a Beatles Tribute. Someone from Symphony Under the Sky has asked me to "live blog" from the performance. So I will be bringing my laptop there and be blogging as I listen and watch. So tune in at 7:00 tonight for live blogs from the Beatles Tribute show at Hawrelak Park.

On an unrelated note, I read this article in the Journal this morning: Legal bid to stop CERN atom smasher from 'destroying the world'

Now my bad haircut doesn't seem soooo bad.