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' WATERLUO CHIONICLE -Wednesday. September 5, 20l2 - 9 ‘ .. .. . . . , . , , . O ) V \ V . H: I ll;l\5 It) llll; (.llR()Nl(.l.lz , The devrl M CG Liberal’ dollars recklessly. lawns and properties. it's too bad ‘- Hillty S Electing Progressive (ionserva- the city doesn't take as much pride mismanagement tives in the upcoming byelections in maintaining these common an will give the opposition a better areas. continues chance to hold McGuinty more I guess i should be happy that mm t" Mt-(iuintv's track accountable to us. they show up every couple of weeks ' P record of finattcial'misniatr and cut the weeds. OOPS' I mean ommy 0e agctnent continues. W'VY ““1 ”3W tum ' Two. recont examples to: I"); Waterloo B I I Fall- In the title track ofhis new album, Devil's Soul Pile. Tommy Wm“ ”18 DWI)“ (”HMS l 0 Roe sln : ”The last thin l remember was runnin ‘til I ()RNGF air ambulance expenses concern over State Waterloo fell. Segming‘Don't let rge die, lord. l’ll surely go Highelll' and lhl‘ l‘altt‘t'ilfltivn 0'“ "mural gas OfCIty properties ‘ > And me~reverend’s words kept running through my mind. plant in the Mississauga area to save f It lsewh " . ' ’ .. 'You’re gonna end up in the devil's soul pile.” Liberal seats in the last election. e e ere , - _ Few song titles have caught my attention like Devil's Soul These blunders have cost ()ntario n response to last week's letter . _ ’ ‘ Pile. especially since Tommy Roe was once hailed as the king taxpayers more than $300 million I from Pauline Nickel on the lack . . . of bubblegum pop. topping the Billboard charts with hits like ”it“ year “km"- of island and boulevard main- Sheila: Swéet Pea. and Dizzy back in the ‘605. ”WW "WHOM 0‘ SQUJMCN “1x tenance here in Waterloo. id just . ’ " l was so intrigued by the title. in fact. that l tracked down “Mid“ “mid him“ fund?“ "“1“" like to say that l sympathize with " ' . Roe to chat about the inspiration behind Devil‘s Soul Pile. needed hospital expansions and the her. . ' , » . _ . v :7 “l’m kind of sticking my neck out with this one. it's defiâ€" hiringolmon' nurses. Pauline. you're not alone in your ' ‘ ‘ nitely different from Sweet Pea." he told me over the phone l‘hese valuable dollars could concern. ' ' " __ ' from his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. “4““ ”WIN "WW “'Kh'll't'h 5m” This problem is not isolated to ‘ " , i' ”When i was a kid. my mom used to make me go to church “P """‘l‘*"‘““ ‘0 “1’17"“? “‘3‘ "“1”“ Davenport Road. I live on a cres- 7 ‘5, , " every Sunday. and once a month we'd \ factoring jobs. com in Waterloo with an island at :. _ ' ’ 3 have these camp meetingsâ€" growing ”WW “N dnllil“ “"1”“ "a"? the top ofit.Years ago.lgave tip trv» A at 1' “it“ <9, V 7: up in the South you went to these \i \i’bi i \i i emploved much~needed youth ing to get the city to maintain our ,- ““7» ”Ebitvti-s things â€"â€" and they're kind of like a ‘ ‘ ' ' tourist-lion to help in troubled. low island. ‘ ’ ' wm‘wf rock festival today. but it featured \[l I \ incomi- Ioronto neighlmurhoods. it has a tree on it. some shrubs ”Maj” 3t; ” ‘ Q“ ministers from all over the area. l-or these reasons. Mctiuiuty‘s and what is supposed to he grass «M I :J . ' "They would come and preach all i ibt-rals should ht- prevented from littofs‘thWeeds.) 1. 73321;: t ' v:“.>~c.- t ,t, day. and it was an event. This one s gaining a maturity at Queen‘s Park The residents of our crescent A _ fat-fa nghflfly‘ time, I was probably l4 years old. I , a: . *0 ”‘0." “ml kWh spending “l” “1" take pride in maintaining their ‘ " 7 “‘47" Mfr '5 remember this minister who kept 3‘ , 7 7 77___ .. A... it“ .___. u‘ talking about how the whole purpose ' ’ I of the devil's being is to collect souls. "‘ 1 And that reall stood out in my mind . I am ... not sure anymore and it mad 5.. hell out We. I did. : . n't want the devil to collect my soul!” ‘ 3' litese are very confusing times. it seems to me. ()n education. I am not opposed to the idea of The smoldering Devil's Soul Pile ‘ lhat's prompted by a letter to the editor in last examining eliminating funding for the Catholic sys- tells a tale of dysfunctional families. MARSHALL L week's Chronicle from a reader who wanted to add a tem. l think religion belongs in churches. syna~ and the toll that a turbulent upbring< WARD i couple of extra facts to a column i wrote a couple of gogues and the like. but not in schools. ing can have on young people. ’ f weeks ago about the ttupcnding Liberal And although l know the history. I "Living in Los Angeles. we're bombarded constantly with . plan to pass legislation forcing wage ' find it difficult to understand why this inner city crime and gangs. so the song was inspired by the ”(T/.0." and other such things on the H i ( i i ii province continues to fund one reli’ everyday news of violence in our neighbourhoods." Roe told 19min“ it'dt‘fiitmm . 7 8“)" above others. Only the Green me. “It's a bit serious. lyrically, and not your typical 'Tommy 1 (mod on him; I never have a problem i“ ) U R [\i Party aCtually espouses this thinking. Roc' song. 4 i with that.‘ However. one line in the letter Full-day kindergarten? I'm not sure "Dysfunctional families are really not something new. ; did get lllt‘ to thinking. fig? ‘“ " it does a lot of good. but it likely can't When i was a kid, we had a dysfunctional fami|y_ in fact. most 1 lhat was: “Everyone knows Bourke is a it & do any harm. Whether or not taxpay- every family has a dysfunction in it.” i (“'N‘mm‘T-u (I: , ' 9’5 should “W" ”“3 load. that’s anoth- Devil's Soul Pile. though. has a message of hope. “A strong i Maybe there was a tune when i knew :- ‘5’ i er issue. [hat leaves me square in the structure for the family unit is what's needed. because it all I what that meant 'l'hat would be an awful w. middle, I think. starts in the home." said Roe. “I believe that's the answer. ! limit ”NW 3%“ "0W 13"”) mirth has that I‘d be 30"“ with selling be” and because from the cradle all the way through high school. a 1mm"? “'0' '"Uddifii 7%? 4 wine in comer stores, assuming there child needs that strong family unit. And if you don't have that l'tn not a cardrcarrying member of any u, was a real free market. That does put foundation. then the peer pressure can be overwhelming for pom I once was a member of the federal “k me in the Conservative camp. these kids. and that's something we need to discuss as a socie- (Ionst-rvattvt-s. about 14 years ago. but ()n the financial side, I guess I just ty. This isn‘t a racial or cultural thing from any one group. Dys- that was only because i had to be ifl was BRIAN want my money spent reasonably on functional families effect every city and neighbourhood.” some l” “Ill “1"“ I (“A i fall“ [WWW- i BOURKE important things “m“ the suggestion Along with social commentary. there's a touch of melan- guess. given that I'm here writing that every now anti then there be an choly that runs through much of Roe's new album as he soul- columns. examination of what government fully sings ofheartache, fomwm and unfulfilled desires on But a turd does not a (.onservative make, That's should be doing. tracks like Memphis Me. Remember. and Water Underneath in“ ‘1 “Indium" ”095 any 0' "‘8‘ make "“3 (k’nsem‘ive "Y “8’“ My Burning Bridge. I thanked him for all the great music over Swirling around in my head is that one idea ,. wing or left wing or liberal? If so. then maybe I'm the years. with an impmgtve 23 albums to chart on‘the Bill- just what am I? not so alone. At a time when people seem to be board top l00. so I spent some time wandering through [)I'I‘Vl' more polariled than ever. the parties are more in the “We have to do what we can with the time we have.” said ous t olttmns (Believe me. when l was considering a middle. Roe. ‘We try to fulfill our mission here on the planet, we get run to this il)‘l‘it'(‘ll()ll there was an awful lot of nos» It's hard to pigeonhole anyone in that particular old and we 80 on to the next place.” tttg around what I have written. and the reaction situation. And hopefullywedon't end up in the devil's soul pile. was interesting i if you’ve been a faithful reader. you would know '00 ‘ to. there arr more than a few issues where I'm not any- Brian Bourke. a memberofthe 105.3 K001. FM ’ Marshall Ward ,3 a ut‘sualarn‘stand music writer where close to the malor panics. let alone the (bn- ntomtngcmu, can be reached bye-mallet f0, and Cellar MW“ Email is ”(com moves Whommm atnIarshaledehormalem.