{"id":453,"date":"2019-01-02T15:44:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T15:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/?p=453"},"modified":"2019-01-02T20:17:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T20:17:25","slug":"2018-the-year-in-world-providing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/news\/2018-the-year-in-world-providing\/","title":{"rendered":"2018: The Year in World Providing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2108 was a big year for the WP. In case you might have missed it\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We released a new EP, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Old Dreams<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/theworldprovider\">Check it out on your favourite music platform here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-447\" src=\"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/coverimage_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/coverimage_small.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/coverimage_small-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/coverimage_small-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/coverimage_small-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I collaborated with director Adam Traynor, editor Kara Blake, director of photography Jules de Niverville and art director Thea Metcalfe on a video for the song \u201cEverything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6tsAqtVswr4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WP did our first shows in two years, with Stacey back on drums, longtime member Gord Allen on bass and new keyboardist Val\u00e9rie B, along with a few special guests. We debuted our new stage costumes by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eliseboudreaugraham.com\/\">Elise Boudreau Graham<\/a>. Got to share the stage with old friends (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertdayton.com\/thecanadianromantic\/\">The Canadian Romantic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/garbageface.bandcamp.com\/\">garbageface<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/daiquiri.bandcamp.com\/\">Daiquiri<\/a>) and new (<a href=\"https:\/\/markerstarling.bandcamp.com\/\">Marker Starling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wearelostcreatures\">Lost Creatures<\/a>, and the link-less Bibliotek). We were really happy with how the shows went and are excited to play again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ldj-ktiUak4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But 2019 is going to be even bigger! It\u2019s the 20th anniversary of the WP and we\u2019ll be doing some special shows. I\u2019m currently strategizing our set list, so if there are any songs you want to hear, let me know in the comments or on the socials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some music I\u2019m currently digging:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mocky,\u00a0<em>A Day at United\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1938782438\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mocky.bandcamp.com\/album\/a-day-at-united\">A Day At United by Mocky<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eliza Kavtion,\u00a0<em>The Rez That Svmmer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3731795099\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/elizakavtion.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-rez-that-svmmer\">The Rez That Svmmer by Eliza Kavtion<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marker Starling,\u00a0<em>Trust An Amateur<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2717528207\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/markerstarling.bandcamp.com\/album\/trust-an-amateur\">Trust An Amateur by Marker Starling <\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of (other people&#8217;s) music, I\u2019m going to be co-hosting one of my favourite radio shows, the <a href=\"http:\/\/freekick.ca\/\">Free Kick<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/ckut.ca\">CKUT<\/a>, on Sunday January 20 from 11-1 if you\u2019d like to tune in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is a weird time in the world, or maybe it&#8217;s just reverted to its natural state of chaos and strife. I don&#8217;t have a solution, but I think we should try to be more kind to each other. It sounds simple, even pat, but it&#8217;s actually not that easy to do. And in general, I&#8217;ve found that the hardest things to do are often the most important.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re reading this, all the best and hope to see you in 2019!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2108 was a big year for the WP. In case you might have missed it\u2026 We released a new EP, Old Dreams. Check it out on your favourite music platform here. I collaborated with director Adam Traynor, editor Kara Blake, director of photography Jules de Niverville and art director Thea Metcalfe on a video for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/news\/2018-the-year-in-world-providing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2018: The Year in World Providing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[248,247,243,39],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-elise-boudreau-graham","tag-eliza-kavtion","tag-marker-starling","tag-mocky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}