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These thefts and my home in Whalley (SURREY!) umn is written by the Discorder the theft of a CD player that along with two speakers and some editor or publisher. Unfortu­ occureda month ago may mean jewelry on Friday March 26 at around nately, I have been asked to that CiTR will have to change 8 PM. You came in thru the bathroom write it this month. I say unfor­ its policy of allowing new window. tunately becai members in the station after I hate to bitch, but you ripped off a t I would nee business hours. We may have starving artist with no insurance. I tethispiec e.andallthos to spend money that would work shitty jobs for low pay to buy is are gen erally unplea: have been spent on better the tools I need to create. I suppose equipment on a better security everything you stole can be replaced CiTR recently hosted Chap­ system instead. So ifyou have eventually, but that videocassette is l±ff ter II! of an annual event that any information, no matter the ONLY record we have of our tour ^ we like to call DJ Sound War. how insignificant it may seem, across Kanada last year. Please have Overall, things went very well about any of these thefts the heart to return it to us undamaged. and, as far as I know, all of please, please call me at CiTR DOGEATDOG those who attended the two-day (822-3017) or call the RCMP Box 4642 Main PO C/O 6138 SUB blvd. event had a great time. How­ at 224-1322. We don't need to Vancouver, BC ever, someone decided that they know who you are or how you V6B4A1 Vancouver B.C. needed the cartridges and know but we do need you help. V6T 1Z1 weights from our turntables And to the people who took MILD-MANNERED BY more than we did and stole these items, I hope that it was NIGHT...CURSING them. Someone also stole a num­ worth it. I realize you have no MOTHERFUCKER BY DAY ber ofthe items that we had for intention of giving them back. , (free) door-prizes including a But perhaps knowing that you Dear Airhead package of 10 CDs, a package have fucked the 330 people I have a bone to pick with the people of 10 cassettes, 3 t-shirts, and a who use those turntables and AIRHEAD at CiTR. Why the hell would your hat. Someone also stole our caused those same people to station manager protest the move­ lieves that all parties interested n's—Earl the Pearl—bag curse you each and every time not only directed to you, Julie, ment of Coast 1040 radio to the FM in receiving an FM frequency t contained 2 CDs, keys, a they enter the station will be but to all those other folks who band? I hke and listen to CiTR all the should have the opportunity to I pager, business cards, IDanda enough to cause you just a have called to yell at me about time but sometimes I just can' t handle apply whether they are a CFOX small amount of cash. We don 't slight twinge of remorse. If not, how terrible CiTR is for not a few of the blubbering idiots on air. clone, an "alternative" rock really care too much about the FUCK YOU. supporting Coast Radio in their I know Coast is just too commercial station or an ethnic community door prizes, heck we were go- FM endeavor. WHY DON'T for its own good but christ sometimes station. This does not mean that g to give them away anyhow, YOU READ THE FUCKING IN­ Linda Scholten, you need a break, and like it or not, CiTR believes Coast would not it Earl would really like to get TERVENTION!?! CiTR Station Manager AM or FM, some of us will fre­ be the best application, merely s stuff back as would CiTR. The first thing you would quently flip back and fourth between that CiTR believes everyone So if anyone knows anything discover upon reading is that stations whether we admit it or not. should have a chance to be con­ nit these thefts please call CiTR intervened against Coast After all, what does a non profit sta­ sidered for one of the last two atCiTR, 822-3017. c do n r tion like yourselves have to lose any I agrt available fre he second piece of bad news the procedure takt way? I think that the CiTR and Coast The I thin that I have to pass on is that together provide the diversity that CRTC in their handling of would discover upon reading CiTR was robbed on Sunday, this city needs right now, and God Coast's application. The nor­ the intervention is that CiTR April 25. Two Technics SL-1800 And when we catch you we're knows we have some musical wounds mal procedure followed in the makes no mention whatsoever MARK2 turntables (serial going to drag you through the to lick in this town. So as far as I'm allocation of an FM applica­ of any other objection. So, for #DA9$10B007 and#DA9810Bl 17) mud (and the courts) like the concerned this puts you in the trash tion calls for the consideration all those people who think that i were removed from the station fucking swine you are. can with the rest of those dumpy of all other qualified applican­ CiTR is scared of Coast, shame sometime in the evening . We stations that did the same. Shame on ts for the allocation. The CRTC on you! Maybe next time you have some leads and are cur­ then allocates that available will show a little more faith in rently looking for anyone who Loyal hstener despite your selfish channel to the applicant pro- us. And to all those Coast DJs complimentary service to the who are slagging CiTR on-air, tion.