Brocket 99 is the name of a highly controversial underground comedy audio tape that parodies aboriginal people in Canada. The parody played on numerous aboriginal stereotypes and has been characterized as racist; nevertheless, the tape remains popular in some areas of North America. The tape included names of real people, stores and towns, further fueling the controversy. Brocket may be: Baron Brocket, a British peerage title Brocket 99, a controversial audio tape Brocket Deer Brocket, Alberta, a community on the Peigan reserve in Canada Brockett Category: ... Audio storage refers to techniques and formats used to store audio with the goal to reproduce the audio later using audio signal processing to something that resembles the original. ... Parody of Back to the Future In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... First Nations is a common title used in Canada to describe the various societies of indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, who are not of Inuit or Métis descent. ... 1. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

The tape was created in 1984 by radio DJs in Lethbridge, Alberta, purportedly inspired by a clip of a parody of gay men running a radio station called "AIDS Radio". The "Brocket 99" tape was never made to be marketed and was meant only as a joke. Since its creation, it has been distributed across the globe,^{[citation needed]} and segments can be downloaded from the Internet. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English (see below) Flower   Wild rose Tree Lodgepole Pine Bird Great Horned Owl Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ...

The premise of the tape was a fictitious Peigan radio station broadcasting from Brocket, Alberta, on the Peigan Indian Reserve (a real reserve 70 km west of Lethbridge), hosted by a character named "Ernie Scar". It stereotypes natives as "drunken bums" and drug addicts and describes native men as bucks and native women as squaws. See Blackfoot for the rock band. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... -1... In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band. ...

Documentary

In 2005, filmmaker Nilesh Patel produced and directed a documentary called Brocket 99 — Rockin' the Country, which examined the ongoing popularity of the tape. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2006, Brocket 99 - Rockin' the Country won the Sequences Award for Best Documentary at the First Peoples' Festival of Montreal. The film was also featured at the 2006 Calgary and Edmonton International Film Festivals and the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Parodies

The music parts of the tape feature parodies of artists like Roxette, Bryan Adams, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, Richie Valens, Robert Palmer, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Big Bopper, Right Said Fred and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. Roxette is a Swedish pop duo, sometimes rock influenced, that consists of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. ... Bryan Guy Adams, OC, OBC (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist and songwriter. ... For other people named Michael Jackson, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation). ... James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Belmont, Massachusetts. ... Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 - February 3, 1959), better known as Ritchie Valens, was a pioneer of rock and roll and, as a Mexican-American, became the first Hispanic rock and roll star. ... Robert Palmer can refer to: Robert Palmer (British singer) Robert Palmer (author/producer) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935), also known by the nickname The Killer, is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Jiles Perry (J.P.) Richardson, Jr. ... Right Said Fred is the name of a British pop/rock band, which was founded in 1989 by brothers Richard Fairbrass and Fred Fairbrass from East Grinstead. ... Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin on September 22, 1958 (or 1960 according to some sources) is an American rock and roll guitarist and singer. ...

It should also be noted that the parody songs in question were not recored with the original Brocket 99 "Radio Show". They are added in as a "bonus feature" with most Brocket 99 CDs and cassette tapes. It is not known if the creators of the parody songs are the same people behind Brocket 99. ^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Brocket 99, a fan site
• Brocket99.ca, a fan site