Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] 10 years already! Clayoquot Sound Protest

Julian Shaw Julian Shaw" <julian@jlshaw.co.uk
Sun, 10 Aug 2003 10:39:29 +0100


And I have to disagree that the Hip have gone downhill lately. Trouble at
the Henhouse was their worst album ever but their last three albums have
been awesome, especially Music at Work and Phantom Power, just awesome!!

Julian Lewis Shaw
Man, Myth or Monkey? Find out:
http://www.jlshaw.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Schultz" <dschultz29@hotmail.com>
To: <arcticbstrd@netscape.net>; <jasmith@cim.mcgill.ca>
Cc: <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Powderworks] 10 years already! Clayoquot Sound Protest


> *Cough!*
> "The hip sucked on that tour..."
>
> Now, I'm not a slavish fan, they've gone way down Trouble at the Henhouse,
> but pray tell, how do you figure the Hip sucked on the first ARA tour? Cuz
> even today they are a force to be reckoned with live, and certainly with
> Fully Completely they were right at the peak of their recorded glory and
had
> a ton of live energy.
> Were you never a fan to begin with? I just have to know...
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
>
> >From: curtis carter <arcticbstrd@netscape.net>
> >To: jasmith@cim.mcgill.ca
> >CC: Powderworks <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
> >Subject: Re: [Powderworks] 10 years already! Clayoquot Sound Protest
> >Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 12:19:53 -0400
> >
> >hey james...if you want to get technical, the 10 year anniversary was a
few
> >weeks ago.  They did the show before the Another Roadside Attraction tour
> >kicked off which is why it made it a bit more special that the Oils
> >interrupted their family vacation and did that show.  I think it occurred
> >near the end of their 3 week vacation.  That was a cool tour, and the
> >SARS-stock music festival last week reminded me of the only music
festival
> >I went to...the Hip sucked on that tour but i have to give them credit
for
> >putting the whole event together.
> >
> >jasmith@cim.mcgill.ca wrote:
> >
> >>Howdy, folks,
> >>
> >>So I got to hear some live Oils on the CBC radio this morning.  It turns
> >>out that this weekend is the ten year anniversary of the protests at
> >>Clayoquot Sound in British Columbia, Canada.  So the CBC was
broadcasting
> >>a story about the event, the reunion this weekend and the continuing
> >>logging (by Interfor) there.
> >>
> >>Anywho, it was pretty cool to hear a live clip of "Beds" (the Oils were
> >>touring Canada at the time and decided to stop by and support the
> >>protestors; the "Land" single was recorded around the same time... in
> >>Calgary, if I remember correctly).  The sound quality wasn't great, but
> >>I'm not complaining!
> >>
> >>If you're interested in finding out more about Clayoquot, check out the
> >>following pages:
> >>
> >>* Map, etc. of the Sound: http://web.uvic.ca/clayoquot/home.html
> >>* http://www.clayoquotbiosphere.org/
> >>* Peter Garrett at the protest:
> >>http://www.bcgreen.com/~samuel/clayoquot/pics/mocsdemo.jpg
> >>* Another shot of Peter:
> >>http://www.bcgreen.com/~samuel/clayoquot/pics/mocstalk.jpg
> >>* Sarah McLachlan (1):
> >>http://www.bcgreen.com/~samuel/clayoquot/pics/sarah1.jpg
> >>* Sarah (2): http://www.bcgreen.com/~samuel/clayoquot/pics/sarah2.jpg
> >>* A clearcut on the Clayoquot shoreline:
> >>http://www.bcgreen.com/~samuel/clayoquot/pics/shorecut.jpg
> >>* More photos: http://www.bcgreen.com/~samuel/clayoquot.html
> >>
> >>-James
> >>
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