John K. Samson performing in Montreal, 2004

John Kristjan Samson is a rock musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a singer-songwriter and is currently front man for Canadian rock band, The Weakerthans. He played bass in the punk band Propagandhi during the mid-1990s but is probably best known for his current role fronting the indie-rock quartet The Weakerthans. File links The following pages link to this file: The Weakerthans Categories: NowCommons ... File links The following pages link to this file: The Weakerthans Categories: NowCommons ... Rock and roll (also spelled rock n roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Nickname: The Peg, Winterpeg Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Manitoba Region Winnipeg Capital Region Established, 1738 (Fort Rouge) Renamed 1822 (Fort Garry) Incorporated 1873 (City of Winnipeg)  - City Mayor Sam Katz  - Governing Body Winnipeg City Council  - MPs List of MPs... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked 8th 647... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... The Weakerthans are a four-piece (and sometimes six-piece[1]) Canadian indie rock band, whose blend of punk-inflected folk rock with literate, witty, introspective lyrics have made them one of the most popular bands in the current Canadian music scene[]. Formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the band... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Propagandhi is a political punk rock/thrash band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1986 by Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky. ... Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent underground music scene. ... The Weakerthans are a four-piece (and sometimes six-piece[1]) Canadian indie rock band, whose blend of punk-inflected folk rock with literate, witty, introspective lyrics have made them one of the most popular bands in the current Canadian music scene[]. Formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the band...

In 1993, while still a member of Propagandhi, he released a fifteen-track solo album on cassette tape, entitled Slips and Tangles. In 1995, six of these songs were featured on a split CD shared with the now-defunct punk band Painted Thin. Following the critical success of The Weakerthans, Samson's side of the split CD was re-released online by G7 Welcoming Committee as a digital EP in 2006. For the meaning of cassette in genetics, see cassette (genetics). ... Slips and Tangles is a rare early demo cassette by John K. Samson, released in 1993 when he was a member of Propagandhi. ... G7 Welcoming Committee Records is an independent record label started by Chris Hannah, Jord Samolesky (Propagandhi) And Regal in 1997. ... Digital audio comprises audio signals stored in a digital format. ... Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ...

In addition to his musical pursuits, Samson is also a founding member of Arbeiter Ring Publishing, a Winnipeg, Manitoba publishing collective. Samson is active in the Winnipeg arts scene, collaborating on projects with artists such as his wife Christine Fellows and Clive Holden. Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... Christine Fellows is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... Clive Holden Clive Holden is a Canadian multimedia artist and poet from Winnipeg, Manitoba. ...

Samson championed Miriam Toews' novel, A Complicated Kindness, in Canada Reads 2006. A Complicated Kindness won the competition. In the 2007 edition of Canada Reads, an "all-star" competition pitting the five winning advocates from previous years against each other, Samson returned to champion Heather O'Neill's novel Lullabies for Little Criminals, which again was the winning title. Miriam Toews (born 1964 in Steinbach, Manitoba) is a Canadian novelist and humorist of Mennonite descent. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... A Complicated Kindness is a novel by the Canadian author Miriam Toews. ... Canada Reads is an annual battle of the books competition organized and broadcast by Canadas public broadcaster, the CBC. Overview During Canada Reads, five personalities champion five different books, each champion extolling the merits of one of the titles over a series of five programs. ... Heather ONeill is a Canadian novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter and journalist. ... Lullabies for Little Criminals is a 2006 novel by Heather ONeill. ...

Samson is currently collaborating with Fellows on her fourth album. Two songs from those recording sessions went into rotation on CBC Radio 3 in early 2007. CBC Radio 3 has also announced that Fellows and Samson will perform live on the network on March 17, 2007, to mark the final night of the network's terrestrial simulcast on CBC Radio Two. CBC Radio 3 consists of four major parts all devoted to Canadian arts and music: a Sirius Satellite Radio station (channel 94), an 8. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... CBC Radio Two is an FM radio network in Canada, operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ...

Albums

• Slips and Tangles (1993)
• Little Pictures (1995, 2006)

Slips and Tangles is a rare early demo cassette by John K. Samson, released in 1993 when he was a member of Propagandhi. ... Little Pictures is a solo record recorded between 1993 and 1994 by John K. Samson, then of Propagandhi. ...

External links

• The Weakerthans
• Live videos at scheduletwo.com