Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] 10 years already! Clayoquot Sound Protest

curtis carter arcticbstrd@netscape.net
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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