#perth county conspiracy

[ouchpotatoex]

So Professor X can sing! Kinda! 😄

EDIT: Fixed some links and relinked to ThePoodleBites' version of "Does Not Exist."

Went on a bit of a deep dive today with Professor X's first VA, Cedric Smith. I knew long ago that he was a folk singer in the 1970's but couldn't find much in the 2000's in terms of information and songs except for "Carrighfergus" from Loreena McKennitt's Elemental.

Well today I decided to distract myself from work and was able to find more of his other songs on YouTube, most notably from Perth County Conspiracy. It's folksy, hippie music with some very nice harmonizing vocals. There are some songs that start with or lead into Cedric reading passages that can get pretty trippy. It makes so much sense that he went into acting and voiceover work, the man is a natural performer (hamminess and everything).

NGL I'm chuffed. I especially love the Touch the Earth and Road to Avonlea performances. Now I need a fic or something of Professor X singing to little Xandra is what I'm saying. 🥹

ThePoodleBites has lovingly restored "Does Not Exist" which many consider to be PCC's best album. It's on YouTube as well as for download as FLAC on his blog: https://upvhq.blogspot.com/search/label/Perth%20County%20Conspiracy

The Museum of Canadian Music has other songs available to listen to https://citizenfreak.com/artists/101080-perth-county-conspiracy

WARNING: "Hezekaiah" and a bunch of songs from the Alive LP contain terms (re: slurs). The 60's and 70's were definitely a time... There's some context in Hezekaiah because it's telling a story but it's still very jarring. It also contains quite a few instances of the g-slur to romanticize a free-spirited lifestyle (because hippies) but is still just... UGH. All to say that I'm not linking out to Alive for many reasons. I'll post the few songs that I like from this album separately.

Also, gore warning towards the end of "Easy Rider" into "Americanadian Way" that goes into a monologue about war. It literally starts with a bang (watch out for that too I guess).

[romanlightman001]

The Perth County Conspiracy 1971 *Welcome Surprise*

[topoet]

Nilsson Sparks Perth and the Frogs Beyond

Nilsson Sparks Perth and the Frogs Beyond

Over a two cd mp3 collection if have Nilsson’s Aerial Pandemonium Ballet (1971) – reworking earlier material – “Without Her”; Nilsson Schmilsson (1971) “Without You” “Gotta Get Up”; Son of Schmilsson (1972) “You’re Breaking My Heart” “Joy”; A Little Touch of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) “Lazy Moon”. You might say I am a fan 🙂 Some of these I had as lp at the time, some were added later. He hit…

[bandcampsnoop]

7/3/19.

Anthology Recordings is Mexican Summer’s reissue label.  “Sad About The Times” is a compilation of bands/music that was released but never heard.  This all tends to the 1970s AOR.  

This was compiled in part by Mikey Young (is there nothing that he doesn’t have his mitts in?).

I’m not going to list all the bands here.  Some highlights are Perth County Conspiracy, Art Lown, and Hoover.  But really, this is all outstanding.  The Carpenters, Nilsson, America and Emitt Rhodes would have fit nicely on this compilation - but they’re too well known.

[onemattwolf]

I was very disappointed to find out this song wasn't on Spotify, so I had to rummage in youtube.

[chemsexholmes]

tagged by @thecrusher yippee!!

you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs then tag ten people! no skipping!

1. brothers gonna work it out by public enemy

2. family tree by sheila kay adams

3. beautiful things by norma tanega

4. feverish dream by ninja high school

5. eltsuhg ibal lasiti by the daktaris

6. london's burning by the clash

7. hurdy-gurdy man by perth county conspiracy

8. magic day by norma tanega

9. sister sue by commander cody and his lost planet airmen

10. awake, awake! by sheila kay adams

hiii ^_^ so I tag @marrras @anissapierce @columbosunday @4waystreet and whomever else

[oldshowbiz]

1970 - Excellent folk rock harmonies from the forgotten Canadian band The Perth County Conspiracy.

[djlook]

Off the Air 5/28/19 Playlist

The Sylvers - We Can Make It If We Try

Marvin Gaye - Where Are We Going?

Sarah Webster Fabio - Sweet Songs

Gil Scott-Heron - Ain’t No Such Thing As Superman

The Undisputed Truth - Take A Vacation From Life (And Visit Your Dreams)

Joe Pass - A Time For Us

Girma Hadgu - Ené Alantchi Alnorem (I Can't Live Without You)

Azymuth - Manhã

Souleance - Sète

Dalton - Soul Brother

Stranger Cole - Crying Every Night (These Eyes)

Lee “Scratch” Perry - Disco Devil

Ry Cooder - Los Twangueros

Gal Costa - Vou Recomeçar

Secos e Molhados - Amor

Erasmo Carlos - É Proibido Fumar

Marconi Notaro - Desmantelado

Bajy & Electrical Haitian Orchestra - Fou de Toi

79.5 - Sisters Unarmed

Flying Lotus & Solange - Land of Honey

Flying Lotus & David Lynch - Fire Is Coming

Mndsgn - Sumdim

Steve Lacy - Playground

Matt Martians - Southern Isolation 2

Y La Bamba - Mujeres

Reyna Tropical - No Me Quieres

Quantic - Painting Silhouettes

Boogarins - Falsa Folha de Rosto

Pond - Man It Feels Like Space Again

Tame Impala - New Person, Same Old Mistakes

Klaus Johann Grobe - Ein guter Tag

Vanishing Twin - The Conservation of Energy

Cate le Bon - Sad Nudes

Quilt - Cowboys in the Void

Oliver Klaus - Here Comes the Sun

Perth County Conspiracy - If You Can Want

Wolfgang Dauner Quintet - Take Off Your Clothes and Feel the Setting Sun

Smoke - Everything

[sixstringnation]

Obviously, Stratford's theatrical pedigree is what's reflected in the strip of tent canvas mounted in our Calton Case but the city has a serious musical legacy as well. Apart from our friend Dayna Manning and recent transplant Ron Sexsmith there's the famed Perth County Conspiracy - the experimental folk ensemble of the 1970s - and many others over many decades and genres. ⁠ ⁠ During my week in town back in May of 2011 I connected with one of the legends of the Stratford music scene, John Till, pictured here with the mural depicting himself and his Revols bandmates Ken Kalmusky and Richard Manuel. The mural is one of several in a tribute alley off of Stratford's main square. Before they were 16 the three were playing with Ronnie Hawkins. Ken went on to join Ian & Sylvia Tyson's Great Speckled Bird, Richard played with Bob Dylan and co-founded The Band while John was part of Janis Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band. John and his wife Dorcas were lovely, friendly people and John busked a little blues in the alley - a real treat for me.⁠ ⁠ John is the last surviving member of the Revols.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Find out more about the Six String Nation project and book a live or virtual presentation at https://www.sixstringnation.com⁠ ⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #stratfordfestival #canadiantheatre #stratfordontario #daynamanning #perthcountyconspiracy #CanEd #CanadianMusic #CanadianArt #SocialStudies #CanadianGuitar #caltoncases #johntill #janisjoplin #kenkalmusky #theband #richardmanuel #acousticguitar #bobdylan #ronniehawkins #CanadianTeachers #K12 #keynotespeaker #CdnEd #ETFO #OSSTF #VoiceEd #imaginED #sixstringnation #6SN https://instagr.am/p/CIV96kIlFJi/

[ouchpotatoex]

Found another version of this song where there's more singing from Cedric. :] The version on Alive is just Terry with Cedric as backup/harmonizing.

[romanlightman001]

The Perth County Conspiracy "Does Not Exist" 1970 *Don't You Feel Fine*

[saranwrapall]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKsYw_eckCY

[courtneytincher]

Pictured: British-Australian blogger arrested in Iran who will be 'offered as part of prisoner swap'

One of the British-Australian women arrested and detained in Iran has been named as Jolie King, a travel blogger on holiday with her fiancee. Ms King was camping with Mark Firkin near a military site in Jajrood near Tehran when the pair were arrested by the Revolutionary Guard on August 9. The couple, who live in Perth, Western Australia, had been travelling across Asia for months, chronicling their journey regularly on YouTube and Instagram.  An Iranian television station reported they were arrested for flying a drone without a licence.  Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Thursday released a statement from the couple's families which said: "Our families hope to see Mark and Jolie safely home as soon as possible. We have no further comment to make at this stage and ask that the media respects our privacy at this difficult time." Friends became worried when they stopped posting updates in July, it is understood. On their Instagram page, the couple say they are currently “taking a break”. Their last update shows their jeep parked in a remote area of Kyrgyzstan, after travelling through South East Asia and Pakistan. Their final destination was the UK. One source close to Ms King said the couple had “no idea” that they were at risk of arrest while travelling through Iran. Jolie King and Mark Firkin Credit: Instagram In her last update on Instagram, Ms King wrote: “One thing that constantly blows me away is how friendly people can be to complete strangers.” Ms King is understood to be held on the same ward in Evin Prison as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian mother of one, who has been held on spying charges since 2016. She has not been granted access to the Australian ambassador despite repeated requests, on human rights group said. Richard Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Nazanin’s husband, accused the Iranaians of pursuing “state-sponsored kidnap”. “The British government must do more to stop our citizens being used as political pawns by the Iranian government,” he told The Telegraph. The Iranians have told Ms King that she will be offered as part of a prisoner swap for an Iranian mother currently held in the US, it is understood. Negar Ghodskani, 40, was arrested on a US warrant in Australia in 2017 after being accused of being part of a conspiracy to evade US sanctions. Negar Ghodskani (left) and Jolie King (right) Credit: Sherburne County Sheriff's Office/Instagram She gave birth to a boy in custody in Adelaide, South Australia, while fighting extradition to the United States. Last month the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, proposed a prison swap involving Ghodskani for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. “Nobody talks about this lady in Australia who gave birth to a child in prison, whose child is growing up outside prison with the mother in prison,” Mr Zarif said at an Asia Society event in New York “I put this offer on the table publicly now: exchange them.” The latest incidents are thought to be the first time British passport holders who do not have Iranian nationality have been imprisoned in Tehran in recent years.  Former Foreign and Commonwealth Office minister (Middle East) Alistair Burt described the turn of events in Iran as "deeply worrying" . He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think Iran does work on a basis of putting the pressure on those countries that are hostile to it, or it believes are hostile to it, and hostage-taking appears to have become part of the practice. "It's deeply worrying because those who are seeking a new relationship with Iran, those who recognise that Iran reacts under pressure not very well and are looking for an opportunity to change the nature of the relationship having secured the nuclear deal a couple of years ago, in which Iran had to make serious concessions. Iran now finds that broken by the United States, it looks to hit back. "But the policy of taking - effectively taking hostages, that's how it looks - means that it makes it very difficult for those who want a different relationship with Iran to get on the front foot with those who regard it as unremittingly hostile." DFAT on Monday updated its travel advice for Iran. It remains at a level of 'reconsider your need to travel', with the highest level ('Do not travel') applying in some parts of the country. The other woman, an academic who had been lecturing at an Australian university, has been given a 10-year sentence, The Times reported, citing a source with knowledge of the cases. While the charges against her also remain unclear, 10-year terms are routinely given in Iran for spying charges, the paper reported. The Foreign Office declined to comment. It states on its website: “There is a risk that British nationals, and a higher risk that British-Iranian dual nationals, could be arbitrarily detained in Iran. All British nationals should consider carefully the risks of travelling to Iran.” Jolie King Credit: Instagram The news came as Britain accused Tehran of an "unacceptable" breach of international norms after it apparently broke a promise that an oil tanker detained off Gibraltar this summer would not deliver oil to Syria.  Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, summoned the Iranian ambassador on Tuesday afternoon following reports that the Adrian Darya 1, which was at the centre of a diplomatic crisis after being seized by Royal Marines in July,  had delivered a cargo of crude oil to the Syrian port of Tartus. Britain says Iran repeatedly gave assurances that the ship would not deliver oil to any EU-sanctioned entity in Syria or elsewhere before it was released last month.   Mr Raab said: “Iran has shown complete disregard for its own assurances over Adrian Darya 1. “This sale of oil to Assad’s brutal regime is part of a pattern of behaviour by the Government of Iran designed to disrupt regional security. This includes illegally supplying weapons to Houthi insurgents in Yemen, support for Hezbollah terrorists and most recently its attempts to hijack commercial ships passing through the Gulf. “We want Iran to come in from the cold but the only way to do that is to keep its word and comply with the rules-based international system.” The Adrian Darya 1, known as the Grace 1 until it was renamed by its owners last month, was seized by Gibraltar authorities and Royal Marine Commandos acting on intelligence that it was bound for Syria on July 4.  Britain and Gibraltar said the move was to enforce European Union sanctions that forbid the supply of oil to the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator.  It was released in August after a court in Gibraltar accepted assurances that the vessel would not breach the sanctions, and rejected a last-minute US bid to have it impounded.  But the vessel spent several days meandering near the Syrian coast and turned off its transponder before apparently making its delivery last week.

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One of the British-Australian women arrested and detained in Iran has been named as Jolie King, a travel blogger on holiday with her fiancee. Ms King was camping with Mark Firkin near a military site in Jajrood near Tehran when the pair were arrested by the Revolutionary Guard on August 9. The couple, who live in Perth, Western Australia, had been travelling across Asia for months, chronicling their journey regularly on YouTube and Instagram.  An Iranian television station reported they were arrested for flying a drone without a licence.  Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Thursday released a statement from the couple's families which said: "Our families hope to see Mark and Jolie safely home as soon as possible. We have no further comment to make at this stage and ask that the media respects our privacy at this difficult time." Friends became worried when they stopped posting updates in July, it is understood. On their Instagram page, the couple say they are currently “taking a break”. Their last update shows their jeep parked in a remote area of Kyrgyzstan, after travelling through South East Asia and Pakistan. Their final destination was the UK. One source close to Ms King said the couple had “no idea” that they were at risk of arrest while travelling through Iran. Jolie King and Mark Firkin Credit: Instagram In her last update on Instagram, Ms King wrote: “One thing that constantly blows me away is how friendly people can be to complete strangers.” Ms King is understood to be held on the same ward in Evin Prison as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian mother of one, who has been held on spying charges since 2016. She has not been granted access to the Australian ambassador despite repeated requests, on human rights group said. Richard Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Nazanin’s husband, accused the Iranaians of pursuing “state-sponsored kidnap”. “The British government must do more to stop our citizens being used as political pawns by the Iranian government,” he told The Telegraph. The Iranians have told Ms King that she will be offered as part of a prisoner swap for an Iranian mother currently held in the US, it is understood. Negar Ghodskani, 40, was arrested on a US warrant in Australia in 2017 after being accused of being part of a conspiracy to evade US sanctions. Negar Ghodskani (left) and Jolie King (right) Credit: Sherburne County Sheriff's Office/Instagram She gave birth to a boy in custody in Adelaide, South Australia, while fighting extradition to the United States. Last month the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, proposed a prison swap involving Ghodskani for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. “Nobody talks about this lady in Australia who gave birth to a child in prison, whose child is growing up outside prison with the mother in prison,” Mr Zarif said at an Asia Society event in New York “I put this offer on the table publicly now: exchange them.” The latest incidents are thought to be the first time British passport holders who do not have Iranian nationality have been imprisoned in Tehran in recent years.  Former Foreign and Commonwealth Office minister (Middle East) Alistair Burt described the turn of events in Iran as "deeply worrying" . He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think Iran does work on a basis of putting the pressure on those countries that are hostile to it, or it believes are hostile to it, and hostage-taking appears to have become part of the practice. "It's deeply worrying because those who are seeking a new relationship with Iran, those who recognise that Iran reacts under pressure not very well and are looking for an opportunity to change the nature of the relationship having secured the nuclear deal a couple of years ago, in which Iran had to make serious concessions. Iran now finds that broken by the United States, it looks to hit back. "But the policy of taking - effectively taking hostages, that's how it looks - means that it makes it very difficult for those who want a different relationship with Iran to get on the front foot with those who regard it as unremittingly hostile." DFAT on Monday updated its travel advice for Iran. It remains at a level of 'reconsider your need to travel', with the highest level ('Do not travel') applying in some parts of the country. The other woman, an academic who had been lecturing at an Australian university, has been given a 10-year sentence, The Times reported, citing a source with knowledge of the cases. While the charges against her also remain unclear, 10-year terms are routinely given in Iran for spying charges, the paper reported. The Foreign Office declined to comment. It states on its website: “There is a risk that British nationals, and a higher risk that British-Iranian dual nationals, could be arbitrarily detained in Iran. All British nationals should consider carefully the risks of travelling to Iran.” Jolie King Credit: Instagram The news came as Britain accused Tehran of an "unacceptable" breach of international norms after it apparently broke a promise that an oil tanker detained off Gibraltar this summer would not deliver oil to Syria.  Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, summoned the Iranian ambassador on Tuesday afternoon following reports that the Adrian Darya 1, which was at the centre of a diplomatic crisis after being seized by Royal Marines in July,  had delivered a cargo of crude oil to the Syrian port of Tartus. Britain says Iran repeatedly gave assurances that the ship would not deliver oil to any EU-sanctioned entity in Syria or elsewhere before it was released last month.   Mr Raab said: “Iran has shown complete disregard for its own assurances over Adrian Darya 1. “This sale of oil to Assad’s brutal regime is part of a pattern of behaviour by the Government of Iran designed to disrupt regional security. This includes illegally supplying weapons to Houthi insurgents in Yemen, support for Hezbollah terrorists and most recently its attempts to hijack commercial ships passing through the Gulf. “We want Iran to come in from the cold but the only way to do that is to keep its word and comply with the rules-based international system.” The Adrian Darya 1, known as the Grace 1 until it was renamed by its owners last month, was seized by Gibraltar authorities and Royal Marine Commandos acting on intelligence that it was bound for Syria on July 4.  Britain and Gibraltar said the move was to enforce European Union sanctions that forbid the supply of oil to the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator.  It was released in August after a court in Gibraltar accepted assurances that the vessel would not breach the sanctions, and rejected a last-minute US bid to have it impounded.  But the vessel spent several days meandering near the Syrian coast and turned off its transponder before apparently making its delivery last week.

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[djlook]

Off the Air 7/28/20 Playlist

Mohammed Rafi - Meri Ankhon Mein Ek Sapna Hai

Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy - Mam Yinne Wa

Goma-Laca - Taieiras

Sarah Webster Fabio - Sweet Songs

Fantastic Shadows - The Time For Peace Is Now

Wilson Simonal - Moro No Fim da Rua

Perth County Conspiracy - If You Can Want

Adam Green - Engine of Paradise

Luke Temple - Empty Promises

Michael Nau - The Glass

Boz Metzdorf - Sails Across the Sea

The Cactus Channel - Storefront

Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes - Boa

The Chosen Few - People Make the World Go Round

The Shacks - Hands In Your Pockets

Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra - Phoenix Firebird

La Femme - Ou va le monde

Vampire Sound Inc. - We don’t care

Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us

Dirty Art Club - Hotel Spaghetti

79.5 - Sisters Unarmed

Amir Bresler - Fish

Fela Kuti - Viva Nigeria

Anchorsong - Butterflies

Fatoumata Diawara - Nterini (A COLORS SHOW)\

GODTET - Ensueño

h hunt - Pêche II

Ambitious Lovers - E Preciso Perdoar

Will Van Horn - Lost My Mind

Scrimshire - Theme for Us

dip in the pool - On Retinae (East Version)

Jonti - Scrood

Hush Moss - Clear

tUnE-yArDs - Does It Feel Good

DJ Khalab - Dense

The So Ons - Short Shrift

Mark Kavuma - The Banger Factory

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Perth County Conspiracy ‎– Does Not Exist (1970)

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