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| From | "fjeder" <fjeder@shiner22.net> |
| Subject | Re: Why we will not be attending IPO again this year :-( |
| Date | Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:53:53 +0100 |
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Hi Jamie !
It was a great bassguitar, I really enjoy playing it........;-)
It's really strange to hear about this to us Danes Us and Canada is almost the same country.
cheers
Fjeder
shiner22
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: Why we will not be attending IPO again this year :-(
> At Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 14:48:58 Jocelyn wrote:
>
> >~~~~i am and have continued to be SO confused by this.
> > isn't the united states FRIENDLY with canada? since
> >when do we have to be afraid about musicians crossing
> >borders? i thought all you needed was an ID or
> >something. really. i don't get this. why canada? i'm
> >not thinking canadians really want to stay here....so
> >they can *not* get health insurance?
>
> We're at a loss to explain it either. It's become MORE difficult the farther
> away from 9/11 we get.
>
> We sent a contingent down to IPO L.A. in August 2001 without incident; New
> York in December of 2001 without incident; IPO Chicago in April 2002 without
> incident....and then in December 2002 it started. Half my backing band was
> sent away at the Kingston/New York crossing on our way to IPO New York that
> year. The guys had to stash their gear in a nearby town and cross undercover
> as TOURISTS! We got word from our boys just before crossing with the second
> half of the acts. When we got to the border I had to tell them I was taking
> my friends SHOPPING! This went over fine until they opened the van up and
> discovered my bass guitar. Thinking on my toes I told the guards that I was
> planning on selling the bass to a member of Shiner22 (who were on the bill
> with us in New York).
>
> That was good enough for them.
>
> Another act of mine, The Killer Dwarfs, tried crossing in the Fall and were
> admitted only after paying $1000 each per MAN for an 11 date mini-tour.
>
> In all honesty, this most likely has nothing to do with musicians and
> everything to do with politics. Since discovering Al Qaeda operatives were
> once trained in Montreal, and since our government refused to support the
> war in Iraq, and since we refuse to budge on the lumber trade issues (and
> fishing quotas, and oil claims), and we would not cop to the Madcow fiasco
> it has been open season for Canadians. The SARS epidemic kinda sealed it
> last May. Not that ANY of this has to do with music, but stressed out
> security at the borders is making ANY issues with Canadian citizens a
> priority.
>
> I'm sure there are some acts getting through down there just fine (our own
> Dave Rave has all his walking papers and has been able to travel freely for
> the better part of a year), but I'm not willing to put an entire roster of
> acts on the line to try and get to the next IPO (which is Chicago). David
> Bash and I have discussed this and it's a shame. I think we have a lot to
> offer the power pop community and this non-specified embargo hurts economies
> on both sides of the border.
>
> And because of this, I am not willing to invest in bringing IPO to Toronto
> (and believe me, the clubs I've spoken to here are all for it!!)...the
> potential for it to be wiped out by non-availability of talent due to border
> issues is too high :-(
>
> Jaimie Vernon,
> Bullseye Records of Canada, Inc.
>
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