January, 2008 Archive

Event Chat transcript 2008-01-20

January 21st, 2008 by Pawel in General

Previous chats: 2008-01-13  2008-01-06

12:42 Server You have joined the channel
12:42 Server Discussion of Edmonton event here Sunday 3 pm EST, 8 pm GMT.
12:51 Server evelyn (~18d7ba6d@beautifullosers.org) has joined the channel
12:51 Kim Hi!
12:51 Kim Welcome!
12:51 evelyn hi kim
12:52 evelyn I sent you the latest email from roots on the rails
12:53 Kim Yes I see it. That’s great you are on the mailing list!
12:54 evelyn I’ve been thinking about it for a long time ever since I heard about it on NPR
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New videos from Ann Vriend

January 20th, 2008 by Pawel in General, The Artists

Ann performing “St. Paul” and “Halloween” on Help TV, promoting “Homefest” (fundraiser for Edmonton homeless crisis):


Ann Vriend peforms Halloween from “When We Were Spies” live on HelpTv. Homefest - November 2007


Ann Vriend performs St Paul live on Help TV during Homefest!

Ann’s upcoming album, “When We Were Spies” will be released March 11, 2008. It has already presold 800 copies. “St. Paul”, a single from this album is currently in heavy rotation on commercial radio in Ann’s hometown of Edmonton, “(If We Are Not) Spies” was added the week of January 20, 2008. Ann’s EP containing live tracks and singles from her upcoming album (released June, 2007) has garnered 4 star reviews in NOW Magazine, and charting in the Top 30 on Toronto’s CIUT radio.


! Leonard Cohen Tour 2008 !

January 13th, 2008 by Pawel in General, Other Events

Leonard Cohen will be touring with his band in Canada and US in May and in Europe in the summer.

Click here for the tour schedule!

The tour will be discussed also on Leonard Cohen Forum


Event Chat transcript 2008-01-13

January 13th, 2008 by Pawel in General

Previous chat:  2008-01-06

01:03 CGI307 Hi guys - this is Jarkko
01:03 evelyn my computer is very slow right now;-(
01:03 Kim We were discussing the Festival Express train, hi!
01:03 Kim There is an interesting model for the Edmonton Festival Express train we discussed last time, that is the Roots on the Rails initiative http://www.rootsontherails.com/ THE 2008 COWBOY TRAIN with Ian Tyson, Tom Russell and Eliza Gilkyson. A journey across Canada from Vancouver to Winnipeg on board a private section of Via Rail’s Canadian Oct. 27-31, 2008 THE 2008 SONG TRAIN Toronto to Vancouver November 10-14, 2008 with Tom Russell etc.

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“Sisters of Mercy” logo by Ania

January 13th, 2008 by Pawel in General

“Sisters of Mercy” logo by Ania Nowakowska

http://redwagon.com.au

ania@redwagon.com.au

Adobe Illustrator file: Ania - Edmonton Logo AI

JPG files in the gallery:

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Travel Alberta!

January 8th, 2008 by Pawel in Edmonton, The Event Locations

Travel Alberta is the official destination marketing organization for the province of Alberta. Funded by the Government of Alberta through the four per cent Tourism Levy on accommodations, we promote Alberta as a tourist destination regionally, nationally, and internationally to increase the number of visitors to and within Alberta.

E-mail: travelinfo@TravelAlberta.com
Toll-free in North America: 1.800.ALBERTA (252.3782)
Outside North America : +1.780.427.4321

Hours of operation (MST)
7 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Sunday

Main page - http://www1.travelalberta.com/en-ca/

Edmonton - City

Edmonton and Area


Transcript of first Event-specific chat for 2008 event

January 6th, 2008 by Pawel in General

Transcript of first Event-specific chat for 2008 event Sunday Jan. 6, 2008.

This Leonard Cohen Chatroom is operated by The Leonard Cohen Files at www.leonardcohenfiles.com
We welcome also our guests coming from the official Leonard Cohen site at www.leonardcohen.com

Enter the chat: http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/chat/

The chatroom is always open. Traditional Sunday chats take place at 5 pm Greenwich Mean Time = 18 Central European Time / 9 am Pacific Time / at noon Eastern Time.

For Mac users who are unsuccessful in getting into the chatroom using java window: download the Snak shareware IRC client! After you have installed it,
connect to IRC server: irc.nebula.fi and then join the channel #CohenFans

PC: If you want to use mIRC software, here are the details:
choose IRC-server irc.nebula.fi and then the channel #CohenFans

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