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18 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Stuck Out Here sticking it out with new video EP
Gerard Creces
Clinton News -Record
In a small town, it's easy to
live off the dreams of the few
who make it big.
Toronto-based punk rock-
ers, Stuck Out Here, give a nod
to their Huron County roots
with their newly released video
single - Clinton Radars.
The song was written by gui-
tar/vocal duo Cam Laurie and
Ivan Raczycld, during the NHL
lockout.
At the time, local NHL-er
Ryan O'Reilly came back
home to spend his lime coach-
ing with the Clinton Radars. It
was a nice touch at a time
when most athletes were
caught up in the politics of it
all. Folks at home were proud
of that.
Laurie, a native of Varna,
summed up the mindset
perfectly. When someone
from such a small community
makes it big, the whole area
feels pride and perhaps a mis-
placed sense of ownership.
He's been there before.
"I had an experience with
another one of my childhood
best friends. It's weird watch-
ing these people that seemed
so distant," he said. "You want
to pretend you're a part of it...
You hope they might remem-
ber you."
That refracted glory spills
over into tall tales of loose
association over a few beers,
and allows people from rural
roots the chance to dream big.
The video features the band
playing a good old game of
road hockey, with plenty of liq-
uid courage going down
between periods. Like all good
road hockey games, Stuck Out
Here ends it off with a bench-
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We're trying to establish
ourselves with Toronto as
a base but it's hard to
grow when you can't
grow from the roots up
— Cam Laurie
clearing brawl and a barrage of fireworks.
The video was directed by Clinton native,
Curtis Lobb and Andrew A. Appelle of
Thunder Bay.
"There were a couple of scornful looks,"
he said of shooting fireworks off while
shooting a video. "But, luckily no cops
were called."
Meanwhile, the band is fresh off the
release of their new EP in February, and
playing monthly in Toronto, looking to do
some touring further afield once the win-
ter weather is finished. For an independ-
ent band, it's a big no -no to play more
than once a month in your hometown.
But, it took a while to call Toronto home
for Stuck Out Here. While their music
stands up to any standard, it's hard to
break into a scene where trendiness and
'what's hot' can easily overshadow
substance.
"For so long we didn't have a centre -
Huron County would be but it's not exactly
a musical Mecca," Laurie explained.
"We're trying to establish ourselves with
Toronto as a base but it's hard to grow
when you can't grow from the roots up:'
So, Stuck Out Here is doing it the honest
way - gigging, recording, making music
and gaining fans in a growing punk scene
in the province's capital. After two years of
slugging it out, they are finally getting
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some deserved name recognition.
The band teamed up with Art Drug
Records in Toronto and Get Party Records
in London for the new EP, a move that
brings its own challenges as well as
rewards, Laurie said. It's a big buildup for
a four -song project, and everyone's best
interests have to be satiated. That also
means taking a one -hit, iTunes mentality
into consideration.
"A full length is harder on an audience
now," Laurie said. "It's easier to process
four songs than it is 10:'
But, he said, releasing an EP is only a
moment in time. Once the excitement
dies down, it's back to gigging and getting
the name out there. Shooting the video for
Clinton Radars is another way of keeping
the product alive.
The video can be seen on YouTube or
through the band's facebook page.
Photo submitted
Pat Armstrong, Emmett O'Reilly, Ivan
Raczycki and Cam Laurie of Stuck Out
Here.
Land of Milk and Honey
tells an immigrant's tale
Paul Cluff
Goderich Signal Star
Carmen Johnson's novel 'Our Land
of Milk and Honey' tells the familiar
story of moving to a new country and
finding one's way in a new land.
"We were an immigrant family set-
tling into life in rural Ontario," says
Johnson, who moved to Canada with
her Dutch family in 1948.
The de Hann family boarded their
ship, the Kota Inte, and survived stom-
ach troubles and other issues crossing
the ocean.
Johnson recalled that Canada was
called 'it lan fan molke en huning; or
the land of milk and honey after the
Second World War. Her memoir was
written 65 years after leaving the Neth-
erlands but the details are vivid, aided
by interviews with family.
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de Hann's lived in Kingsbridge first,
then Belgrave, Auburn and Blyth.
"Dad was sponsored by a Kings-
bridge farmer," Johnson recalled.
There was a big infusion of Dutch
immigrants after the war.
The novel talks about all aspects of
family life, including the good times
that Johnson and her four siblings
enjoyed despite a tough rural setting.
"It shows a different side of family life,
how children were resilient, how they
adapt"
The 292 -page includes a glossary of
translations from Dutch to English.
Many Huron residents and Canadi-
ans, for that matter, can relate to her
story, which has helped it receive a
good response thus far. Copies have
been provided to the Huron County
Library and the local historical soci-
ety. The novel is available at Redeemer
College and at Halifax's Pier 21, the
national museum of immigration. You
can purchase the book at Fincher's in
Goderich.
Johnson is online at: www.facebook.
com/bbcarmenjohnson.
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