By Will McGuirk

The rainbow of a bruised eye.

The hues and cry of a riot. The stretched and ripping of separation. The birth of a rebellion. Identity is only won through a violent act. Anger is an energy. Nurture the righteous rage. Arm up with facts and dance moves.

“a tightrope walk between victor and victim,” - Yves Jarvis

“We hear the cries for change, but we just turn up the music and keep dancin' while the earth burns around us”. - Rachel Beck

“Be free, my friends, and watch how assortments of all kinds of love spring up all over the place. This song is for all queer love.” - Storry

“We were put up in a truly depressing casino, which featured an oxygen/IV fluid bar in the lobby, next to a tattoo parlor.” - Josh Epstein, JR JR

<a href="http://brettonleejohn.bandcamp.com/track/rock-show">Rock Show by Bretton Lee John</a>

By Will McGuirk

The Early Morning Rain and Sundown are on my mind - there you don’t have to read my mind now - I’ve been humming Gord Lightfoot’s hymn of the airliner of late, “because I miss my loved ones so” and somehow think I may never see them again - so I say don’t take it all for granted - take this as a sign - we miss touch and the wheels and wings which bring us closer.

“Hear the mighty engines roar - see the silver bird on high/ She's away and (eastward) bound - far above the clouds she'll fly/There the morning rain don't fall and the sun always shines /She'll be flying over my home in about (five) hours time.”

and the Sundown ?- no not that, this. . .

“What did I say
Where’s your head
No one is immune “ - Jon Stancer, Chase The Moon

“Fuck it… even if we could make the video we want to make right now, this is probably the video we should be making.” - Nation of Language

“We, after all, as if nature set out to remind us, currently face an unanimous threat, unilateral and ubiquitous, and would do well to emerge from this aware of both our impact on others and the impact that others have on us.” - Luke De-Sciscio

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Yves Jarvis, Rachel Beck, Storry, Dirty Projectors, JR JR, The Rentals, Bretton Lee John, and American Grim,

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Sundown, Jon Stancer, Absolutely Free, Nation of Language, Luke De-Sciscio, and The Rentals,