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We've been very, very busy, writing new tunes, battling giants, pleasing lovers... On the up side too --- Johanna has had her cancer operation this fall and seems to have made a total recovery! Thank you to all who have sent her your prayers and positive energies... NEW: The wyrd sisters will be touring B.C. this july, and may have a few dates still open. If you are a venue/presenter and would like us to fit you in our tour, please contact Lorne on our contact page. If you are a fan and would like us to come to your area, call your local venue and ask them to host us. I will be updating the tour page soon so check back for confirmed dates and locations. Updates to the tour schedule will soon be posted on the "Performances" link for tour information. Commentaries, Stories, Songs and Links: This band has always been a vehicle for speaking out against injustice. We have been a voice for those who couldn't share their stories themselves, and we have made it our mandate to tell the stories that our media doesn't want told. We have written and sung songs against the clear-cutting in Clayoquot Sound, the silence and collusion which leads to tragedies like the Montreal Massacre, and the loneliness that comes from the sense of isolation and difference that many of us experience trying to fit into the glossy magazine images that bombard us. We have tried to name these issues and injustices so all would know that they are not alone. At the same time, we've also tried to share the sense of joy and hopefullness that comes from knowing that we are not alone. This band has not been our 'job'. It has been our calling. We've had our own battles to fight these days, and unfortunately, now is not the time to share this story. What has been most interesting is how our own battle has taken us on a journey into some very strange and terrifying places. We'd like to put some links up for you to peruse and make your own judgement about the things we have discovered. When looking this over you might feel that you've stumbled into someone's paranoid delusions or sci-fi fantasy, but we assure you, we've been researching and examining all of these things for the past two years. There are many others who have found these things out and are trying to stand up and be heard. We ask that you look into these things yourself and draw your own conclusions. And then, even though you may be completely devastated and feeling powerless, please remember that when we stand together, we are not small nor are we powerless... We began this arduous journey because of our own experience with the media. We began looking into who and what our media was, and how it shaped reality. Our findings: The wealthy own the media. The wealthy control the government. This is not sci-fi, this is fact. The wealthy control the public by controlling how information and even what information is given to the public through the media. We discovered a canadian magazine called Adbusters which works hard at exposing who and what our popular media are. This led us to 9/11 truth investigations, which led us to the Security on Peace and Prosperity agenda, which led us to NAFTA, the super-highway, Vchip implants and the North American Union. We found the Canadian Action Party, another small voice trying to stand up against the giants. The condensed version: There are things going on in our country that the giants don't want you to know about. They are bringing these things about, some of it has already become law and very few people are aware of it. Our reality as a nation, as a people, as a society is changing, our freedoms and liberties are eroding, 1984 is here in full force and it's trickled in so slyly that most of us have not even noticed. We need to educate ourselves, demand truthful, responsible, publicly owned media representation and governments that are operated by the democracies and not owned by the giants. Please look over the following links and decide for yourself: North american union and Vchip info: NAU and Vchip Naomi Wolf author of "The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot" given October 11, 2007 at Kane Hall on the University : Naomi The reality of it here, in Manitoba: province of manitoba throne speech nov.20, 2007... Connie Fogal: Leader of the canadian action party adbusters web site: Adbusters MIT Engineer Jeff King Says WTC Demolished 9/11 Hmmmm. There were a few other youtube videos but we've found them removed and this notice put up: "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation. " No surprise. Like the song and story of John Badertscher ( on Wholly ), often the hero is not a hero until after the fact. John was one of the folks who fought to desegegate the churches. In his time, he was thought of as delusional, an enemy of his own people, a trouble-maker, sacreligious... Looking back now we see how the efforts of a man standing against popular opinion, despite the personal losses he may have suffered, made him heroic. He is one man, one story among many heroic stories. May we all strive to be as brave as John. May we all participate in a spiritual revolution. Back to the music... On an unrelated and lighter note, some wonderful person(s) has made a youtube video of an old song of ours, "solstice Carole" from the now discontinued cassette 'Leave a Little Light'. ( Leave a Little Light is available only as a download, hardcopies are no longer printed) ...Here it is: Solstice Carole" ( Note--- We do not have any videos on youtube... except for the solstice carole, those other wyrd sisters are not our band. ) |
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