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Event Description

Like amazing tunes? Like prizes and free stuff? Like great, open, innovative, creative media? Then you'd best be at PULL THE PLUG: A Fundraiser for Media Democracy Day 2010 at The Railway Club on October 14th, 2010! Co-hosted by MEDIA DEMOCRACY DAY VANCOUVER and VANCOUVER IS AWESOME.COM


PULL THE PLUG: A fundraiser for media Democracy Day 2010

Featuring the wicked music of:

JASPER SLOAN YIP
...http://www.myspace.com/Jaspersloanyip

Jasper Sloan Yip is a Vancouver-based singer/songwriter whose razor-sharp, quick-witted lyrics are an unexpected match for his folk-infused melodies and instrumentation. Within a month of completing his first full-length album Every Day and All at Once, lead single “Kiddo” was in regular rotation on CBC Radio 3. “Slowly,” the second single off of Every Day and All at Once spent ten weeks on the CBC Radio 3 top thirty, making it as far as number four.

YES NICE
http://www.myspace.com/yesnice

In July, this five-piece with a love for pitch-perfect harmonies, swirling strings, hand claps, and catchy melodies were chosen as top 20 finalists in the Peak Performance Project- an annual artist development competition run by the Peak 100.5 FM and Music BC. Live, the band is known for blowing audiences away with displays of tremendous lyrical maturity, passionate performances, and airtight recreations of their recorded work.

41ST AND HOME
http://www.myspace.com/41standhomemusic

Starting as a humble collaboration between drummer Garth Covernton and singer/songwriter Thom Kolb in 2008, 41st and Home has since grown into a lush, orchestral, folk-tinged dream pop combo. Supported by a rotating cast of violinists, trumpeters, and multi-instrumentalists, their stories of relationships, long drives, and hours spent together in a small, carless garage somewhere on 41st avenue are decadent, heartfelt, and elegantly crafted. The band are also top 20 contenders in the Peak Performance Project, and like Yes Nice, come to Media Democracy Day fresh on the heels of a hugely successful showcase at The Red Room.

DOOR PRIZES AND GIVEAWAYS FROM:
Hello Cool World
Rain City Chronicles
Rhizome Cafe
BC Book Publisher's Association
Intersections Film Club
The First Weekend Club
Vancouver is Awesome.com

DOORS: 8:30, MUSIC: 9:30, TEN DOLLARS AT THE DOOR.

All proceeds go to fund Media Democracy Day Vancouver this year, and into the future. This year, MDD will play host to nearly 30 local media and activist organizations, panel discussions and workshop sessions led by some of the province's leading authorities on media issues, and a keynote address by Tony Burman, senior executive of the Americas for Al Jazeera English! Free and open to the public! So amazing it's just plain nutty! For a full listing of speakers and exhibitors, visit our MDD event page here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136330243079620&ref=ts

COME PARTY. LOCAL MUSIC IS GREAT. DEMOCRATIC MEDIA IS GREAT. SUPPORT BOTH.