Fun Fun Fundraising

And a "new" song on Bandcamp

I'll get back to my story writing soon, Dear Readers, but for now this is a newsletter of sorts, letting you know what I've got going on. 

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I've written the first draft of a book. At least I think I wrote a book? I've never written one before, so I guess I’m not sure. I need to reach out to my friends who've written books to find out how I can know if I have something here. Either way, I'll keep you posted as I find out more.

At the very least, I've got 23+ pretty good Substack stories. Ha.

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This weekend I'm playing in a hockey tournament for charity. It's a fun thing we do each year called the Bytown Cup and the organizers pick a charity that we work together to raise funds for. This year's charity is the Capital Rainbow Refuge. You can read more details here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/bytown-cup/. I love this tournament because of its open arms. This isn't your typical hockey tourney, this is about inclusion and encouraging folks who might have always wanted to try hockey to come out and play with us!

Like last year, I recorded a new song and released it on Bandcamp to help with the fundraising. It's a cover of the stone cold Camp Radio classic "I've Got You Up My Sleeves" from the album Campista Socialista. I can say it's a stone cold classic because I wrote it. Ha. Anyway, this version has mellow acoustic underpinnings and all funds raised from its release will go to this weekend's great cause.

Have a listen, click through to Bandcamp and download/donate if you can. And as always, thanks for listening and for the Bandcamp support.  

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Speaking of fundraising, I'm also once again taking part in a mini-street fest called 'Shanks at McCranks'. Those who follow me know I've played this show many times and helped raise funds for the food bank. We're once again raising money for that great cause by setting up and playing sets outside McCranks cycle shop, facing a beautiful park in Hintonburg. This year we have two stages and I'm hosting stage #2 (which Patrick Shanks affectionately calls The Page Stage). My friend Susan O and I will play mini-sets on this 'stage' between acts on the main 'Shanks at McCranks' stage. Circle Sunday June 16th on your calendars and pop by between 3pm and 8pm. There will be drinks, pizza and lots of free live music. And we encourage you to donate of course. :)

My new full length LP is in the final stages of mastering. I'm getting excited to announce details soon...and there will be very limited vinyl copies. Follow me on Bandcamp here as that's where I announce my new music first, though I'm sure I'll be talking about this long awaited (to me, anyway) LP here. 

And soon I'll get back to those stories. I've got one queued up for the coming days about Jell-O wrestling. No joke!

Thanks for reading and spreading the word, my friends. 

You keep me going. 

Stay punk out there,

Chris