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WA'l'ERLOO ell-(mm - Wednesday. April 17, am - a . ' ‘. ' ‘ i l . u . ~ “5 Longhverock munch-better” What'sworselsthatdleseNean- greenbaandblueboxptognmsln . of Gaining menus crews derthals leave “ strewn all over the principle, but dont waste my time. ‘ve heard it said: Rock is dead. But i declare the opposite. lawn so I have to go and pick up the Unfortunately. those abysmal that rock and roll is not only alive and well but thriving read the article in the Region mess they left behind. statistics will not change soon until more than ever ' l1:1ews, Wingerdzol? edition. on I have better things to do with people in the waste management Taking up where classic rock bands like Deep Purple. For- OW two-t if s 0 contents In my tlrne,.and for that reason 1 dis- system are trained properly and as“, and Bad Company left off. one of my favourite bands garbage bags are “my recyclables continued usmg the green box 5‘qu effectively. in recent years Heaven & Earth will release its third studio or organics ‘ ' ' many months ago. It's only common sense. album, Dig. on hpril 23 ' That S'aHSt'C ‘5 very easy to The ”hallo“ '5 not a? bad whh .‘ From the moment I heard an advance copy of Dig a few understand. Your blue box-and the blue h“: bh' at times 1 m GaryBerwiclr weeks back, I connected with the warm '7OS vibe of songs green box programs are failing tempted to set it aSlde as welt wa‘e’k’o like Waiting for the World to End A Day Like Today and Live as because we can't be bothered With For examplenwith plastics, one , g»: < . ,_ , ' - 2“ One. Sol tracked down Heaven ,& Earth's founder and vision- "‘ , . _ week they w‘h p‘d‘ up h" "e!“ and 75“ ary. Stuart Smith. to chat about the inspiration behind Dig. . Your waste 56mm people a.” the next week they “h“ "he“ "' 1-1 “That warm and vintage sound you hear was refined using inconSlstent and incompetent m Then they mayaccept “ for the he“ 3" ~ something called a CLASP (Closed Loop Analog Signal their pickup methods, two or three weeks, then they reject ~ Processor) which integrates real ana- The worst case is the green box. it again the next time. Q . l°8 tape recording into digital. tools - ‘ The region's agents "he“ all kinds Once again, they Will leave it .‘ ” Smith recently told me over the Of items that ShOUld be picked UP- strewn over the lawn instead of phone from Los Angeles such as paper bags we use and they doing the courtesy of leaving it in “m, I mink that mm is what's interpret as not acceptable for the the box miss' from music nowadays. Aero- green box, when it is clearly indicat- Frequently l have to chase the smitlli‘gid their last album with it and ed on the bag as biodegradable and box down or across the street. Van Halen I think And it certainly designed for composting. sometimes three to four houses works forus" ' a, We spend our valuable time away. Canyon explain (ha? one? ‘ Like their: first two albums. Dig is a , ’ '. sorting everything to get the proper I find this whole S'h‘aho" totally ' wonderfully diverse fusion of hard . 3 “x stuff in the green bO’t- only to have unacceptable because it is wasteful rock. blues and bits ofclassical music ’ ,, these people arbitrarily, and for no to overuse the landfill and harmful fig featuring special guests Howard good reason. leave one»quarter to to the envrronment. _ . 7 “i" Lease (Heart) Richie Sambora (Bon halfofit behind. I am a strong supporter of the it . F , . V..:;;»»“ f.;_" bin) and David Paich (Toto). ‘ “When 1 was growing up listening . to bands like Deep Purple. Zeppelin More good in the world than had » . . = . ‘ out an album of rock songs because I they could play everything else," Smith told me. “Zeppelin Sometimes there is quite simply too much to write lance us they WOUld bedil‘ferent. albums would have blues songs, pop songs, rock songs and about and at the same time not enough, And then there were the explosions in Boston. even went with a jamajcan feel at times Deep purp|e_ on Fire. _ lt'S a Monday afternoon quandary. and is usually Every time something like that happens, whether it‘s ball. would add a country western song. And I love that divet- ' the result of a variety of items all of them giving me a mass shooting like Newtown or a bombing in some my," the feeling l have been here before. remme pan of the world or closer to home. i listen l told Smith what l love about Heaven & Earth is their dark, ‘ Justin Trudeau takes over as leader of and read the outpouring. evocative lyrics and powerfully operatic vocal harmonies on . the Liberal party and the Conservative “What's wrong With the world?" songs like Victorious, Back in Anger and Man & Machine. attack ads begin. l get it because those 1 . ; . y 1 “What's wrong With people?" “Our singer, Joe (Rena), for me is like a young, powerful kinds of ads do seem to work. But it's a ‘ ‘ ‘ Et cetera. ' Paul Rodgers (Free. Bad Company)." said Smith. “When he cowardly and gutless way to campaign. I it. i l l i 2 k l There’s “0thih8 wrong With people. was 19, he was being slated as a top singer, but then his wife ‘ I'd prefer it be about the issues. 1 There are “New billion Of US» There are died and he had two daughters, so he left the business to raise would also prefer Justin Trudeau to be 33 million in this country alone. them. He's played in Die, Zeppelin and Queen tribute bands about issues, but I'm prepared to wait ‘ Only a miniscule amount, a tiny frac- so he can emulate anybody because his voice is that powerful. him out because a leadership race is a 3 lion of a fraCtiOn- are either twiSted “But because he left the business. nobody had heard of different animal. But l won‘t wait too “1 . ~ enough 01’ 5le enough “3 want to hurt him. so he's not one of these guys who has been on a hundred long. ' P?" ; you or anyone else. albums and passed around like a hooker at a convention.“ he We’ve been here before, and not ' ' a ' That doesn't mean you ignore what is said with a laugh. “But good singers are a premium, and he's much seems to change. i 5 ‘ out there. l recognize it. also a first-rate lyricist." Then. the provincial auditor general 1 x f... 31" l also reCOgnize the reality that l was thrilled to learn that Heaven & Earth is planning to reports on the cost of the cancelled gas 71} , 99.9 per cent of the people you meet are release Dig on vinyl. plant in Mississauga during the last i “a 800d~ l 589 it all the time. “Vinyl went up something like 46 per cent last year, as it's provincial election campaign. He finds l l saw it on the weekend at a fundrais- becoming very popular again.” said Smith. “The cover art for the cost will be about $275 million â€" a ? BRIAN er we hosted where i didn't know the vast Dig by Glen Wexler (Black Sabbath. Van Halen. Michael lack~ mere $85 million more than the Liberal . BOURKE . majority Of the people them, yet all Of son) is phenomenal. and will be so great to see on a big ol' government had told us. lh. ,, 7. ”a", them were willing tO do whatever they double gatefold LP. And our mission is to resurrect the sanctiâ€" lt doesn't really matter because we COUld to help the cause, . ty ofclassic rock in its purest form." t are all SOME ti) pay it" ill although “(HUN)“? I'll share your outrage, but l won't accept the fear. Thanks to bands like Heaven Xi liarth. rock and roll will thoughtfully pointed out taxpayers would pay some There's much more good in this world than bad. And never die and hydro customers the rest. So if by some chance that is one thing worth repeating. u. ‘ ou don't have any eloctriclt : you et a rebate. “° _ , _ .‘ . ‘ y But we've been hem l)(‘f(y)r;’, m5), and the ones in Brian Bourke. a member ofthv 105.3 A’()()l. PM “will“? 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