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Friday Afternoon Zouglou Blogging

Magic system - 1er gaou
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Zouglou is the name given to dance music from Cote D'ivoire where Magic System are from. 1er Gaou is a huge hit all over Africa and in France as well.

What Do Timba Photographers Do In Their Spare Time?

Camp out on rooftops for a good cause

Tony Karon On Obama

photo Matt Wright

The reason people around the world are excited about the possibility of an Obama presidency is that they see in him a person who appears to live by that credo “neither inferior, nor superior, to anyone.”

Rootless Cosmopolitan

WTF at CKLN fyi

Here are some links to articles that came out a couple of weeks ago

CKLN out of tune

CKLN Hire In Hot Water

Letter to the editors of Eyeopener from Tony Barnes PD and Mike Phillips SM

And a couple more articles covering the meeting held last week to impeach the board of directors (nb: other people call this a 'coup')

CKLN staff move to impeach board of directors

Fighting Words

Apparently there is another meeting being held this Saturday.

If anyone has any other links or documents (or opinions) that they feel should be made public please send them along.

Update:The following was sent to me. Apparantly it was read at the meeting held last week to impeach the board.

CUPE Local 1281, on behalf of the staff members at CKLN, would like to make the following statement:

We are currently at the bargaining table attempting to reach the firstcollective agreement with the board of this newly unionized workplace.During the last several months, members of the bargaining unit have played a leadership role in the political activity surrounding this meeting, and its planning. This activity was not appropriate, and the Union on behalf of CKLN staff apologizes for the impact this has had on the bargaining process, CKLN Radio Inc. and its board of directors. It is our position that the actions being discussed at this meeting will not help, but will in fact hinder, the ability of the parties to reach a fair and just settlement for the members of this newly organized bargaining unit. The union and the staff ask that you take all of this into consideration and cancel the meeting.

Hip Hop In Cuba

A beautiful photo essay via Cubaencuentros. One of the artists portrayed is Kumar, who I met in Sevilla last year.

The Taliban Are Watching!

Maybe one has gone undercover, joined the Lula Page.

Bamboleo with La Charanga Habanera

This was my fave part of the Charanga concert last year, when Calzado invited Tanya on stage and she took over the show.

Best (and Funniest) New Blog In A Loooong time

It's called Stuff White People Like It's from the U.S. Here's the latest post entitled....

Threatening To Move To Canada

Often times, white people get frustrated with the state of their country. They do not like the President, or Congress, or the health care system, or the illegal status of Marijuana. Whenever they are presented with a situation that seems unreasonable to them, their first instinct is to threaten to move to Canada.

For example, if you are watching TV with white people and there is a piece on the news about that they do not agree with, they are likely to declare “ok, that’s it, I’m moving to Canada.”

Though they will never actually move to Canada, the act of declaring that they are willing to undertake the journey is very symbolic in white culture. It shows that their dedication to their lifestyle and beliefs are so strong, that they would consider packing up their entire lives and moving to a country that is only slightly similar to the one they live in now.

Within white culture, it is agreed upon that if Canada had better weather it would be a perfect place.

Other Stuff White People Like

Standing Still At Concerts

Being The Only White Person Around

In most situations, white people are very comforted by seeing their own kind. However, when they are eating at a new ethnic restaurant or traveling to a foreign nation, nothing spoils their fun more than seeing another white person.

Many white people will look into the window of an ethnic restaurant to see if there are other white people in there. It is determined to be an acceptable restaurant if the white people in there are accompanied by ethnic friends. But if there is a table occupied entirely by white people, it is deemed unacceptable.

Expensive Sandwhiches

Bamboleo in Toronto April 18