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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010
Stacked against them
The death of the London’s independent bookstores
Stuart A. Thompson
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
London’s Oxford Book Shop is the
last of its kind in the Forest City.
After 62 years in the same location,
the family-owned store has weath-
ered many storms but never left its
Richmond Street location.
“We’re the last independent
trade bookshop in London,” Hilary
Thomas, co-owner of the Oxford
BookShop, says, listing the names of
several stores that once operated in
the city. “Now they’re all gone.”
When Thomas moved to Lon-
don in 1990, there were a handful of
independent bookstores. Since
then, she’s seen the competition die
out and get replaced by big box
stores.
“I don’t want to make it sound
like we’re on death’s door or any-
thing. But I think people realize that
the world has changed dramatical-
ly. The future is uncertain.”
The major change for London’s
independent bookstores came in
1992, when Chapters moved to the
city and paved the way for other big
box stores. Independent stores
struggled to compete with discount
prices, advertising campaigns and
buying power.
That was almost 20 years ago.
Today, the Oxford Book Store faces
a litany of new challenges. They’re
competing as best they can against
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online booksellers like Amazon.
And with e-readers becoming more
popular, people are shifting away
from paper and towards digital
books in a way that could force
even more independent bookstores
to close shop.
“Bookshops all over North
America — little independents —
are closing,” says Teresa Tarasewicz,
co-owner of City Lights Bookshop,
a downtown retailer selling used
books. “There’s stories of heart-
break all the time. Someone’s been
in business for 30 or 40 years and
they can’t find anyone to buy their
shops.”
Amidst these struggles are
examples of independent used
bookstores in the city.
City Lights has been a London
landmark since it was founded in
1975. Walk through the shop and
you’ll find books crammed into
every nook. It’s renowned for hav-
ing one of the most eclectic mixes
of used books in the region.
But you don’t have too walk far
to find another.
Just down the street is H. Som-
mers Books, a 30-year-old family-
owned used bookstore. Around the
corner is Attic Books, a monstrous
three-level shrine to used books.
Walking North will land you at the
Oxford Book Shop’s front doors,
And the only Goodwill Bookstore in
Canada is found just East of the
Prayed upon since 1906
University.
These businesses are surviving
despite the recession and a shift in
reading habits.
Hank Sommers was once the
owner and operator of H. Sommers
Books before selling it to his daugh-
ter. He still works as a clerk in the
store, which sits in a quiet base-
ment retail space on Richmond
Street.
He agrees the market shifted in
’92 when Chapters came to town.
But today’s struggle, he says, is the
internet, which not only gives big
box stores a platform online, but
also plants the seeds for new
online-only competitors.
After the internet, it was even
harder for independent bookstores
to compete. But he says that unlike
the Oxford Book Shop, which sells
new books, big box stores actually
help the used book business.
His store has a vast inventory of
50,000 books. Like the three other
used book retailers downtown, H.
Sommers Books feeds off books
donated by readers. So more shop-
pers at Chapters means more
books in his store and more profit
in the end.
“I’m not familiar with recent fig-
ures, but the sales have risen each
year,” Sommers says. “Used book-
stores, with few exceptions, are not
financial cash cows. A lot of them
will be subsidized in one way or the
other. That’s not the case with the
four downtown.”
While competition is moving
online, independent stores don’t
often have the means or technolo-
gy to compete. Websites like Abe
Books allow small retailers like Som-
mers to upload a list of books to the
site, giving them some edge online.
But he says the books he posts
are often specialty books that won’t
sell in the store — textbooks, most-
ly, but collectable books as well.
“I can only see that increasing,”
he says.
City Lights also tried to support
themselves online, but for
Tarasewicz the process worked
against the very reason they have a
bricks and mortar store.
“We felt it was very soulless. We
know we’re a business and we do
have a bottom line, but we’re a busi-
ness because we totally love books,”
she says. “We don’t want to close
our doors.”
For independent stores, the
community feel might remain their
best competitive advantage.
That’s partly what the Oxford
Book Store is banking on. Hilary
Thomas has worked in the store
with her husband Mark Pittam
since 1991. She says over the years
she’s learned about her customers
and their habits — more than what
clerks at big box stores can provide.
“We can direct people to things
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that they wouldn’t know about if
they were just buying online or
picking up the best-seller,” she says.
“After working here for 20 years, I
have a fairly good sense for what
writers are like even if I haven’t read
them, just because I’ve talked to
people so much over the years
about books.”
Mary Margison is one of the
Oxford Book Store’s most loyal cus-
tomers. She’s shopped at the store
since she moved to London in 1986
and now works there as a clerk.
“I’m really into community
shopping,” she says. “I don’t have a
lot of money either, but I think you
have to prioritize what’s important
to you, and independents are really
important.”
This is her 10th year as an
employee. She says that unlike big
box stores, independent bookstores
are built on community more than
price points. It’s this difference, she
says, that makes the independent
bookstore necessary for any city.
“I think people make the
bookstore — people and the rela-
tionships you build up personal-
ly,” she says. “I lost my husband
this year and people have pur-
posefully come into the store to
say, ‘We missed you, I’m glad
you’re back.’ I don’t think you’d
get that in a big store. This is a
community and I hope it will be
around for a long time.”
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Fees denied to students

University says contract must be signed first
Kaleigh Rogers They’ve decided to withhold our
NEWS EDITOR fees from us until we sign a new
licencing agreement,” Sirois
Think the idea of a faculty strike is explained.
scary? Imagine having the funding But the University views the situ-
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Council services. MacDonald, director of university
The Carleton University Stu- communications at Carleton, the
dents’ Association has essentially University has only withheld a small
lost all funding after Carleton’s percentage of the funds.
administration refused to pass “The University board decided
along their student fees until they to release the approximately $4 mil-
have agreed on a new contract, lion necessary to cover student
according to Alex Sirois, president health and dental plans and the
of CUSA. operation of student clubs and
“The University collects our campus organizations,” MacDon-
membership fees for us because we ald explained. “Thus, of the $5.25
don’t have the means to do so and million that would normally be dis-
it’s attached to [students’] tuition. bursed at this point in the year,
approximately $4 million has been
paid to, and accepted by, CUSA and
the Graduate Students’ Associa-
tion.”
MacDonald emphasized the
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the new terms is transparency in
CUSA’s financial accounts.
“There have been suggestions
by some that the issue really has
something to do with tuition, use of
campus space, freedom of speech,
or democracy. It does not; it is a
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believes the terms of this new
agreement are unreasonable.
“The new agreement actually is
pretty ridiculous. For us to sign it, it
would just be a raw deal for stu-
dents,” Sirois said. He cited terms
such as giving the University the
right to move CUSA from their
offices with only three month’s
notice, without cause.
Some of the other contentious
terms of the proposed agreement
allegedly include CUSA being
required to hand over all audits and
budgets to administration, despite
being an autonomous organization,
and the ability for the university to
strike down student referendums.
“If we were to pass a referendum
in the CUSA election, say, to collect
a levy […] the university’s board of
governors could then decide not to
collect that fee,” Sirois explained.
Since they have not agreed to the
terms, CUSA claims the university is
refusing to transfer the collected
student fees to them — which is
their only source of funding.
Due to this, CUSA is running on
funds left over from last year, but
Sirois estimated these funds will
run out within the next three
months, resulting in the closure of
CUSA services and events.
“We have nine service centres
which eventually would have to be
shut down if we didn’t get our fees
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Awareness Centre, our Food Centre,
our GLBTQ Centre, our Foot Patrol
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Campus > Speaker News Briefs

Kaufman gives ‘man talk’ App tracks pollution

White Ribbon founder talks violence,
power and masculinity in relationships
Cheryl Stone
NEWS EDITOR
Marissa Joffre, the white ribbon
commissioner for the University
Students’ Council, came into her
position with a unique challenge.
“In my interview I was asked,
‘How are you going to get men
involved?’ and I said, ‘I guess I’m
going to use who I know,’” Joffre
explained.
Later, she was researching the
campaign and discovered the White
Ribbon Campaign’s founder,
Michael Kaufman, frequently trav-
elled to universities to give presen-
tations.
“I just thought, ‘How amazing
would it be?’” Joffre said.
She was ultimately successful.
Last night Kaufman gave a presen-
tation to a small group of students
in the Spencer Engineering Build-
ing.
In a presentation titled “Man
Talk: Why Good Men Care about
Good Relationships,” Kaufman
explored how masculinity is tied to
abuse and inequality in heterosex-
ual relationships.
“Men look to men to define
what it is to be a man,” Kaufman
explained. He added masculinity in
our society is defined by power, and
men were expected not to show
emotion in order to have control.
“The one emotion men are
allowed to show is anger,” he noted.
“We take it out on the people we’re
close to, we have no safe place.”
Kaufman explained this dynam-
ic could later explode into violence
in relationships largely because of
the unequal power dynamic in rela-
tionships.
“If, from the start, we have a
society where one person is more
valued than another, we’re setting
up our relationships for a lack of
respect,” Kaufman explained. He
noted when decisions are made in
relationships, the person who
makes less money typically had less
of a voice in discussions. That per-
son was most commonly found to
be a woman.
Kaufman felt it was important to
speak at university campuses
because it’s a period in students’
lives when they’re creating adult
relationships.”
He also noted there tend to be
many cases of sexual violence on
campuses.
Kaufman’s presentation even
surprised Joffre.
“He’s very in-your-face, in a non-
abrasive way,” she explained. “He’s
so modest and funny and straight-
forward.”
Scott Kerr, vice-president cam-
pus issues for the University Stu-
dents’ Council, noted there were
more people at the presentation
than he was expecting.
“There’s a lot of faces I don’t rec-
ognize,” Kerr said.
Joffre noted she might find diffi-
culty organizing her next event,
White Ribbon Week, held on Nov. 29.
“It’s really hard to get people to
say, ‘I’m going to come to this
event.’”
She hoped the variety of pro-
gramming would attract people to
the week.
Environmentalists are fighting pol-
lution with a new tool: hacking
What began as a simple conver-
sation between friends has trans-
formed into an application for
tracking pollution.
Developed by a number of local
environmental and open data
activists, the app allows users in
Canada to track pollution near their
homes and where they work.
Users type in their address and
the app returns a map with pollu-
tion sites marked. A table is dis-
played with percentage rankings for
each of the sites based on their lev-
els of pollution.
The idea for the program came
about when developers Nik
Garkusha and David Eaves were
discussing open data systems from
other countries. They saw that
while Canada does have some open
data on pollution, the average per-
son would have a hard time com-
prehending it. So they decided to
find a way to make it more accessi-
ble and easier to understand.
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The information for the app
comes from the 2008 National Pol-
lutant Release Inventory. The
inventory was put together by Envi-
ronment Canada and is freely avail-
able to the public.
However, the format of the data
makes it hard for the average user
to understand, and though you can
search for information by facility or
company, searching for environ-
mental information about your
home area requires sifting through
a lot of data.
“Open data matters because
with it, citizens can better inform
themselves, participate more effec-
tively in public conversations and,
most of all, contribute to making
their local community better,”
Eaves said.
“That’s what we hope [Emitter]
will do,” he continued. “Enable cit-
izens to access government infor-
mation more effectively so they can
know more about where they live.”
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City places yearlong hold on methadone clinics
Monica Blaylock
NEWS EDITOR
A one-year ban on the construction
of new methadone clinics in Lon-
don was passed by City Council
Monday night. It’s part of an effort
to control where future clinics are
created and curb the city’s struggle
with illegal drug use.
Methadone clinics are establish-
ments that hand out methadone —
a drug meant to wean people off
opiates like Oxycontin and heroin.
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where these clinics need to be
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community Health Care Centre,
said.
“We’re always about making
sure that there’s adequate services
and that they meet peoples’ needs,

While the city has a number of
clinics and pharmacies dispensing
the drug, one in particular — Clin-
ic 528 on Dundas Street — was
cited as a catalyst for the recent
ban.
“Council has received a multi-
tude of complaints over many years
that has continued to increase over
time with respect to Clinic 528,”
Joni Baechler, Ward 5 councillor for
the city of London, said. “Not with
respect to the people using the clin-
ic, but the drug dealers trying to
prey on those people who are in a
somewhat vulnerable position.”
Baechler mentioned Clinic 528’s
proximity to H.B. Beal Secondary
School and other local businesses
has also become a concern for
members of the community.
“There’s all these conflicts, peo-
ple are losing business because that
area is developing a bad rep. There’s
a high concentration of drug use in
that area,” Baechler said.
The one-year ban will give city
councillors time to put together
zoning criteria for future
methadone clinics opening in Lon-
don. With these new zoning restric-
tions, Council hoped to resolve
Clinic 528’s overcapacity, thereby
decreasing the number of
methadone users “preyed on” by
drug dealers.
While the ban prohibits the con-
Determined.
that they’re located appropriately
and that there’s a lot of chances for
the community to give input,”
Cornwell continued.
Baechler noted City Council has
no motivation to shut down Clinic
528 and they view these clinics as
imperative to the rehabilitation of
former drug users.
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Opinions
No to November
Uncle
Jesse
Jesse Tahirali
OPINIONS EDITOR
jesse@westerngazette.ca
October has Halloween. December
is decked out with Christmas. What
does November have? Thirty straight
days of soul–draining sadness.
November is easily the worst
month of the year. Apologies to
everyone with birthdays this month,
but you’re born during the calendar
equivalent of the doldrums.
Let’s do a close examination of
Southern Ontario’s impressive sea-
sonal spectrum.
Soon, we’ll get to experience the
magic of a Canadian winter, as
snow flutters from the heavens and
I put liquor into my hot chocolate.
In the spring, we get to watch
the world defrost. The baby robins
take flight for the first time and then
feebly crash into my backyard
fence.
Moving on to summer, when
mid-winter memories of your
frozen nostril interiors melt away
and all of my friends complain
about how the sun burns their
melanin-deficient flesh. The scent
of barbequed food fills the air. It’s
also when my birthday happens.
Then, before the cycle returns to
its beginning, the leaves transform
into brilliant shades of brown,
Letters to the Editor
Western girl proves
@wstrngirl’s point
To the Editor:
“Western Girl”? Really?
I am so disappointed that the
Gazette did a feature on someone
who hides behind their computer
screen while insulting and mocking
their peers. What makes @wstrngirl
so special that she has the right to
bash people who she doesn’t know,
purely based on the way they look?
Is it because she is “prettier?”
Well prove it — oh wait, she can’t.
Because she is anonymous. No one
knows who she is and I bet she is
scared to let people know.
I think it’s sad and pathetic that
she has to put people down anony-
mously in order to make herself feel
better.
Physically, I am one of those peo-
ple that she talks about. I wear Uggs
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orange and yellow. A fresh school
year begins, and the possibilities
are endless.
But the transition between
autumn and winter is about a
month of grey skies, and rain that is
not quite cold enough to be snow.
There are no designated days to
celebrate the joys of being alive like
most other months. I understand
Remembrance Day has an under-
standably sombre tone, but it
seems like the rest of the month
feels the need to be equally sombre
as well.
For a lot of students, this time is
an awkward jumble of studying.
Many of us are still writing midterms
as the time to start studying for finals
sneaks up and chokes us.
And as much as I appreciate the
charity aspect of the movement,
“Movember” doesn’t make the
landscape any less bleak. Your
‘stache may be coming in a bit
fuller than it did last year, but it’s
still only 13 wispy hairs sprouting
like weeds from your upper lip. The
fact that you’re considering keeping
Indie bookstore blues
that thing past November makes
me think disrespectful things about Hidden in the crevices of every city are charming inde- ucts go electronic. And while an independent store can
your family. pendent stores that remain relatively unnoticed. These attempt to find a place online, they run the risk of sac-
There are no ways to mask this stores contribute to the uniqueness of any city, but rificing their unique community feel in the process.
— November is terrible and anyone many are closing down and few people seem to appre- It appears the demise of the independent store is
who likes it should feel bad about ciate them. inevitable unless they can develop a niche audience of
themselves and the things they There is something romantic about meandering loyal consumers.
believe in. At the centre is a black through the aisles of an independent store looking for These people tend to be a collection of product-
hole of happiness, and the event something that sparks your interest. Unlike chain conscious individuals who have ties to the establish-
horizon extends to the ends of the stores, independent stores are an experience — not just ment, either through personal relationships with the
month. No joy exists within. a place to buy something and leave. owners or a sense of community. They are also aware
Maybe I should start liquoring Independent stores work best when they cater to that investing in independent stores is in turn investing
up my hot chocolate a bit earlier niche markets seeking a particular service or product in the community that they live in.
this year. not offered elsewhere. They can offer better customer For everyone else, it all comes down to affordabili-
service that’s more one-on-one, while big box stores ty. The cost of the product trumps the quaintness of the
are far more impersonal. store they’re buying from.
But the charm and atmosphere of independent Big box stores have cheaper prices due to buying
stores can only go so far. With a fast-paced, one-stop- power and the ability to mass-produce. It’s unfortunate
shopping lifestyle, few independent stores can keep up for local businesses, but it makes sense that people
with the services chain stores provide. It’s easier to go to
a big box store and get all your shopping done at once
than it is to travel around town to little independent
want to save $5 at Chapters rather than spend more
money at an independent bookstore downtown.
This is an apathetic age. While some will sympathize
stores. It’s a reality created by busier lives and inde-
pendent bookstores are ill suited to fight against it.
with the plight of independent stores, few are willing to
help them. The end of independent business is the
The rise of technology and online shopping gives inevitable product of capitalism. It’s tragic, it’s sad, but it’s
and Lulus because they are com- way for a new form of consuming that is largely dis- not at all surprising. In many ways, big box stores have
fortable. I wear a lot purple because connected from our community. Bookstores and expanded too far and too fast for anyone to turn back.
I am proud to be a Western Mus- record stores are starting to lose their foothold as prod- —The Gazette Editorial Board
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is the way my hair grows naturally.
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Arts&Life
The Gertrudes turn dreams into reality
Kingston-based band make their way to London this weekend
Derek Branscombe
THE MOST CROWDED TOUR BUS YOU’LL EVER SEE. Kingston band The
Gertrudes bring their wide assortment of instruments to APK this evening with
special guests The Woody Allens and The Wilderness of Manitoba.
Simpsons writer to speak
Tim Long shares his insights on humour
Meagan Kashty jobs, Long eventually landed a job
DEPUTY EDITOR as a writer for The Late Show with
David Letterman. Then he went on
Tim Long has turned being funny to write for The Simpsons, and is
into a full-time gig. now an executive producer of the
The Canadian writer went from show.
starting a humour newspaper at his While being funny is an individ-
high school to writing for The Simp- ual process, working on the two
sons before the age of 30. shows taught Long very different
“[The newspaper] was very silly, things about comedy.
but I remember once seeing this The Late Show, for example,
stoner kid reading a copy of it in the taught Long how to write on tight
cafeteria, laughing really hard, and deadlines. The Simpsons, on the
thinking, ‘Wow, I could actually do other hand, is evidence that things
this for a living,’” Long says. “I was are funnier when there’s an emo-
probably 16 at the time.” tional foundation attached to it.
After attending the University of “Homer is funny because on
Toronto and working some odd some level we like him and identify
with him,” Long says. “Like the time
he got his head caught in a draw-
bridge, the comedy of the moment
was enhanced by a feeling of, ‘Gosh,
I hope my fat cartoon friend is OK.’”
While producing a half-hour
weekly show with a large
team of people may not
seem like that daunting
of a task, there’s a lot
more that goes
into it than you
might think.
First, the
writers must
think of an idea
and pitch it to
the rest of the
Maddie Leznoff
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
Annie Clifford is not only a found-
ing member of Kingston band The
Gertrudes, but legend has it she
also dreamt the group into exis-
tence.
“I did have a dream, but I didn’t
have a Martin Luther King Jr.
dream,” Clifford laughs. “I have a
crazy vivid imagination — recently
I dreamt The Gertrudes could fly,
but I’m not exactly sure that’s about
to come true. But that dream story
is kind of true — I mean as true as
anything else in this world I sup-
pose.”
Imagined or not, The Gertrudes,
a group that sometimes has up to
twelve members, formed in 2008
and have been picking up steam
ever since. They’ve put out two EPs,
released their first full-length
album Dawn Time Riot this past
August, and were recently nomi-
nated for a CBC Radio 3 Bucky
Award in the category of Most
Canadian Song for “Ronnie
Hawkins.” Clifford didn’t see the
nomination coming.
“It was a total surprise,” she says.
“I didn’t actually know we were get-
ting Radio 3 airplay until I was
swimming laps at the community
pool in Kingston and a guy was like,
‘Hey, I just heard you on the radio.’”
And The Gertrudes are among a
group. The pitch is an extensive 15
to 20 minute presentation that
includes jokes, voices and visual
aids. This is followed by a series or
rewrites, additions, and table read-
ings.
The first pitch is the most
important step of the process.
“I never worked with Conan
O’Brien, but I’m told he was just
amazing at pitching stories to the
group,” Long says. “People still talk
about his pitch for ‘Marge vs. the
Monorail’ like it was The Beatles at
Shea Stadium — a once-in-a-
lifetime performance.”
Long points out clever doesn’t
always mean the same thing as
funny.
“My friend George Meyer,
maybe the greatest comedy writer
that ever lived, and the smartest,
always says, ‘Clever is the eunuch
version of funny,’” Long says. “Lot
of people can be clever, or vaguely
amusing. It takes a real talent to
write a joke that hits you like a
Japanese bullet train.”
Long will be sharing his insights
on humour and how to survive in
the world of Hollywood comedy on
Monday Nov. 22 in SSB room 2024.
The Arts and Humanities council
helped fund the talk, and all arts
and humanities students are wel-
come to attend.
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group of other talented Canadian
nominees.
“Holy smokes is the company
ever good,” Clifford says. “I really
admire all the bands. It’s like holy
shit, someone thinks our band is as
good as these other bands? It’s high
praise.”
I have a crazy vivid
“
imagination –
recently I dreamt
The Gertrudes
could fly, but I’m
not exactly sure
that’s about to
come true.
— Annie Clifford,
banjo picker of The Gertrudes
It’s not easy to classify The
Gertrudes’ sound. With elements of
folk, bluegrass and experimental,
they cover many genres. Plus, they
have an instrumental backing of
trombones and trumpets.
“I think we all really like the
sound of the horns — as much in a
Motown sound as in an orchestral
one,” Clifford says. “It’s just really
fun to have a horn section. It adds
this big, warm brassy sound.”
With such a large group of musi-
cians, artistic conflict would be
understandable, especially when
Gazette Picks
With the school week done, you now have a bit of time to sit down and
relax. Take some time to curl up on the couch with a glass of wine and
unwind. If you’re new to the world of wine, below are some of the
Gazette’s picks for affordable and delicious kinds to try.
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the members have such a wide
range of musical backgrounds.
“There’s a ton of difference,”
Clifford says. “Some people have
theory training and other people
have no idea what people are talk-
ing about when they’re talking
about that stuff. There is this
atmosphere of listening to each
other and also trying out crazy
ideas. It’s like, OK, that idea is kooky,
but let’s just try it and see what it
sounds like.”
A key aspect of the band’s suc-
cess is their tight bond.
“[There’s] tons of mutual
respect. And everyone’s hilarious —
they’ve become my best friends,
which is hokey as hell, but whatev-
er,” laughs Clifford.
In March, the last time The
Gertrudes were in London, they
opened for Bruce Peninsula at the
Wave. This time they’re headlining
at APK Live, and it’s a performance
Clifford is excited for since she has
family in the city who want to see
the band perform.
“I’m stoked to play in London
again,” she says. “I just have a lot of
positive associations with the town
and the university.”
The Getrudes play with special
guests The Woody Allens and The
Wilderness of Manitoba at the APK
tonight. Doors open at 8 p.m. and
the show starts at 9:30. Tickets are
$5 at the door.
Sibling Rivalry
$13.96
The website reads, ”In the end, like
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Big House wine is all about the
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Riparosso Illuminati
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This wine is advertised as a rustic
wine with savoury characters,
perfect with pasta, pizza or roast
meats.
6• thegazette • Friday, November 19, 2010

Harmer steals the show Review > CD

Singer brings together a diverse audience

Ashley Perl If you tried to guess who was per- the stage. Having toured steadily
CONTRIBUTOR forming at the London Music Hall since June, Harmer finally made
this past Tuesday evening, you her London stop.
would have been at a loss. The The night opened up with Hey
Performance: audience who came to see Sarah Rosetta!, a six-piece band from
Harmer was a diverse crowd of var- Newfoundland. They received an
Opener: ious ages including smaller chil- enthusiastic response from a danc-
Crowd: dren with their parents and older ing and cheering crowd.
adults. When Harmer and her band
Setlist: “It’s been a while since I’ve been took the stage, they opened with
Worth the Cash: in London,” said headliner Sarah “Late Bloomers” and “Pendulums”
Harmer to the crowd as she took — two songs from her latest album
Oh Little Fire — before playing
some older songs, including
“Around This Corner.”
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stage and the lights were dimmed,
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Harmer. She conversed with the
crowd and then played two of her
Superhero Tees more folk-inspired songs, “Olean-
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The audience loved this intimate
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their appreciation by singing along
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as she played.
Harmer highlighted specific
songs from her newest album such
as “Washington” and “The Marble
In Your Eye,” giving small anecdotes
about where each song came from
before they were played. She was
careful not to ignore her older work,
however, and the fans enjoyed
tracks like “Almost” and “Greeting
Card Aisle” as well.
After playing for close to two
Stephan Moccio
Color
Bijou Records
Stephan Moccio’s debut album
Exposure expressed a yearning for
simplicity. It was not only a show-
case for Moccio’s knack for melody,
but a glimpse into the songwriter’s
musical style in its untouched state.
Similarly, Moccio’s latest album
Color largely consists of brief
musical snapshots, each signify-
ing a particular theme. The result
is an album that feels more like
flipping through a painter’s
sketchbook than viewing a single
complete work.
It would be unfair to suggest
Color is merely a grab bag of dis-
carded ideas. Moccio displays a
sophisticated use of brevity to con-
vey meaning without overstating
the point.
The album closes with a re-
imagining of “October” — a piece
which first appeared on Exposure,
now underscored by a lush string
accompaniment and a driving

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Sports gameday
The Mustangs men’s basketball team will host both teams from
Ottawa this weekend at Alumni Hall. Friday they will take on the
number one nationally ranked Carleton Ravens, and on Saturday
they face the Ottawa Gee-Gees.

rundown >> The Mustangs will honour former coach Doug Hayes, who died earlier this year, at their game against the Laval Rouge et Or on Nov. 20 > Hayes is remem-
bered for all of his contributions to the development of Western’s basketball program and Mustangs athletics > Donations can be made at the game to benefit the
Doug and Lauretta Hayes Scholarship Fund

Mustangs take on
Laval for title berth
Battle in the trenches will
determine the winner at PEPS
Daniel Da Silva
SPORTS EDITOR
The Mustangs had the pleasure of
winning two consecutive slugfests
with the best the Ontario Universi-
ty Athletics conference had to offer.
So what reward did Western get out
of it?
How about an 11–hour trip to
the fortress that is PEPS Stadium to
play the number one ranked Laval
Rouge et Or. Maybe they’ll get to
lock horns with the Green Bay
Packers at Lambeau Field the fol-
lowing weekend.
“It will be the most hostile envi-
ronment we have played in the last
three or four years,” Mustangs
quarterback Donnie Marshall said.
“And they pack the stands.”
While the prospect of playing
average of 47–6 during the season,
but trust me, it’s a down year.
Laval Quarterback Bruno
Prud’homme is not nearly as tal-
ented as former Hec Crighton win-
ner Benoit Groulx. Beyond receiver
Julian Feoli Gudino and running
back Pascal Lochard, they don’t
have many big playmakers.
Not to mention they aren’t the
most creative offence. They like to
run the ball hard and use quick,
short passes. After playing Brad
Sinopoli and the Ottawa Gee-Gees
line-up of star receivers, the Mus- Shaun Ding GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
tang defence isn’t worried. #24 WAS IN ON THE PLAY, UNTIL HE NOTICED A SQUIRREL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD. A younger Nathan Riva
“We have to contain them, but (#19) in action against the Laval Rouge et Or at the 2008 Vanier Cup. Riva and the Mustangs will be aiming for revenge at
they gave up a lot of tendencies in the Uteck Bowl this Saturday at Laval.
what they run,” Butler said. “Ottawa
has great receivers and we man- ball. When I’m throwing the ball, I echoed that sentiment.
aged to contain them. And we have can’t force it,” Marshall said. “They are a really well–coached
the number one run defence so we “While some teams in [the OUA] team, but we can run the ball on
It will be the most

the Rouge et Or might be a terrify-
ing prospect for most teams, there
is a confident vibe coming out of
the Mustangs locker room.
“You can give them as much
credit as you want, but it doesn’t
matter. They are a great team, but
so are we,” defensive back Craig
Butler said.
Luckily for the Mustangs, this is
as close to a down year as Laval will
have. Sure, they may have beaten
their Quebec opposition by an
“
are just as good.”
But the Rouge et Or have their
own stacked defence. The best
defensive unit in the country only
allowed 221 yards a game, and
only conceded eight touchdowns
in their 11 games this season. Just
as scary, Laval’s defence has forced
45 turnovers this season, and are
just itching for a chance to grab a
few errant passes from Donnie
Marshall.
“We just have to take care of the
hostile environment
we have played in
the last three or
four years. And
[Laval] packs the
stands.
—Donnie Marshall
Western Mustangs quarterback
may let a few passes go, Laval will
pick them off every time so we
have to be careful.”
But, as with any playoff
matchup, the key for Western is to
win the battle of the trenches. Both
the lines will decide who makes
their way to the Vanier Cup.
“They haven’t seen a defensive
line like ours. We have a couple of
all-stars here,” defensive tackle
Mike Van Praet said.
Mustang center Greg Willson
them. They haven’t played a line
that can come off the ball like we
can,” he said.
So in a battle of the top two
teams in the country, featuring the
two best coaches and some of the
best athletes around, what will be
the difference?
“We are going to give them a hell
of a battle. It is going to be a physi-
cal battle and whoever wants it
more is going to come out with the
win,” Willson added.

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