Radio Free Peterborough listener Justin wrote us this message via our feedback page:

"I just read a blog article here
(http://sarabannerman.blogspot.com/2007/04/tariff-22-opening-remarks.html)
about the possible comming rise in royalties for internet broadcasters. I'm wondering if Radio Free Peterborough pays any royalties currently.

Are you legally obliged to ? If Radio Free Peterborough is ever forced to
start paying royalties, one way around that might be to have submiters of
music agree to license their content under a Creative Commons license, but
of course that introduces other issues. Regardless, I think it would be
good if you guys put something up on your website about this issue. I
would love to get some feedback on your feelings on this."

The short answer is, yes - royalties are paid to Socan for RFP broadcasts under Trent Radio's Socan fee.

My feelings are below. Of course, these are only my feelings and don't represent those of anyone but me.

Socan seems to lack an understanding of the Internet. I see this move as a desperate grasp for cash by an imploding commercial music industry. I think it's silly to charge Internet stations who make no income a yearly fee for the privilege of promoting these commercial artists for free, and I expect that if the CRTC is foolish enough to believe their crocodile tears about their losses to the evil Internet (aww - no one wants to pay $22.50 for something they know costs $0.70 to manufacture? boo freakin' hoo)

Peterborough New Dance presents
Arzoo Dance Theatre’s Collision/Collusion
May 6, 7 pm, Market Hall, 336 George Street North

PETERBOROUGH (April 16, 2007) Collision/Collusion is Arzoo Dance Theatre’s latest offering, choreographed by the company’s Artistic Director Deepti Gupta. The current work explores the lines and spaces of kathak (traditional Indian dance) in new forms. Its title refers to the coming together of various media (digital, traditional/classical, film, dance) and the inevitable collision between cultures.

Sorry folks - but our DNS was porked temporarily there. If you sent mail to us and it bounced, please re-send it. We've got three new layers of duct tape and some bailing twine in place now, so things should work properly from now on.

That is all. Please resume dancing.

CRYSTAL JOURNEY PRESENTS
“A MAGICAL EVENING OF SOUND WITH THE HEALING TONES OF OVER 20 QUARTZ CRYSTAL BOWLS, 6 PAISTE GONGS, VIBRAPHONE AND OTHER SOUND INSTRUMENTS”

PRESENTER “DAVID HICKEY”

MONDAY, APRIL 30TH 2007
7:30PM
GRACE UNITED CHURCH
581 HOWDEN ST.
PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO

TICKETS $15-$10/STUDENTS AND SENIORS
TICKETS AT THE DOOR
Visit www.crystaljourney.ca for more information

For updates on this event go to: Poetry Month blog
The Cooked and Eaten International Poetry Month Twelve Hour Poetry Marathon
Friday, April 13, 2007 - 9am to 9pm
The Spill, 2pm to 4pm (broadcast live on Trent Radio)
Outside the MNR in Peterborough, 4:15 to 5:15
Evening event starting at 7pm at Sadlier House
Bands at 9:30pm

Over 80 poets are poised to participate in The Cooked and Eaten International Poetry Month Twelve Hour Poetry Marathon.

Across Canada poets will be standing up and reading their poetry out loud in celebration of Poetry Month. People are reading in Peterborough, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Salt Spring Island, Lund, Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal, Hamilton and many places in between.

Poets are presenting themselves in bookstores and schools, at bus stops, under trees in forests, by beaches, on the bus, under public monuments and in sculpture parks, maybe a poet is reading somewhere near you.

March 21st – 24th
Market Hall Theatre, 336 George Street
Peterborough New Dance presents EMERGENCY #15
Peterborough’s Fifteenth Annual Festival of Dance and Performance
The Most Unpredictable Performing Arts Event of the Season
Contact: Esther Vincent at 705-745-1788

Tickets: $8 for admission to one program, $5 each additional program, $15 for a festival pass for all three shows.
Available at the door or call Peterborough New Dance at (705) 745-1788 to reserve.
www.publicenergy.ca

PETERBOROUGH, ON - Peterborough New Dance is proud to present EMERGENCY FIFTEEN, Peterborough’s Fifteenth Annual Festival of New Dance and Performance at The Market Hall, 336 George St N., from Wednesday, March 21st to Saturday the 24th, 2007.

This year three hour-long programs take you on an artistic adventure through modern dance and hip-hop to dance theatre, clown and performance art. Peterborough New Dance’s Fifteenth Emergency program promises to introduce you to new creative talent and new work by some familiar names. Every year Emergency is a showcase of some of Peterborough’s finest and most unique talent. Not to be missed, this year’s event includes a number of new creators as well as a whole new idea – one program, dubbed “Cover,” will present Radiohead’s album “The Bends” as music, dance and theatre, live on stage with local musicians and 11 individual creators bringing the songs to life.

Just for fun, I thought I'd visit www.greatfirewallofchina.org to see if Radio Free Peterborough was on the list of sites banned in china.

I was pleased to note that apparently, we pass the bar of "too dangerous for the general Chinese populace to read". Huzzah!

Royal Wood will be performing at The Spill on Saturday Feb. 24th starting at 9pm.
Royal has just released his cd A Good Enough Day through Emm Gryner's label Dead Daisy Records. For further info on Royal go to: www.royalwood.ca