218 Ossington Ave. Toronto M6J2Z9

James Arthur Fulton

Jan 24, 1969 — Oct 1, 2026

This hurts a lot.

James was a friend to me, and a long-time friend and patron of The Painted Lady.

I met him in 2007. Spoke with him just a short while ago.

He had a way of lifting everything and everyone around him. His mere presence did so. All were magnetized to James.

There was real confidence and strength to him - and a light in his eyes. He never said an unkind word to or about anyone.

His attitude was '"Can do” – always positive. He was accomplished and inspiring. A Class Act.

Over the years we had many lengthy conversations on topics far and wide. James' mind was incisive, grounded in humour, and with an old soul's insight. I always learned something conversing with James.

Ride on my friend.

I am very thankful for having known you, and I will miss you.

My heartfelt condolences to the Fulton family.

Sam

Oct 10, 2026

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Old News / Current News? We try very hard to stay out of politics, but when so many people are sick + dying all around us at an unprecedented rate, it’s beyond politics, and there is no time to be silent anymore. And who would any of us be protecting by not talking about what has happened? I’ll tell you who: the very same misanthropes who perpetrated all this on humanity. This has been going on for a very long time. Lyme Disease, AIDS, COVID-19 and more are all manufactured bioweapons. There’s too much proof out there. Look for yourselves. I really don’t care if you disagree. And know that your pets as well have been experimented on, mamed and killed for decades with your consent to this day.

Where are/were the lawyers, the judges, the police, the military, the health officials, the doctors, the politicians who are/were supposed to protect us? Where? Very simple: like the rest of us they too were threatened to tow the line, lied to, paid off, silenced by all means necessary. This isn’t time to blame. It’s time for all of us to come together in peace + understanding, in a spirit of truth, compassion, love and respect for one another. Those who truly were the architects of this evil - justice will find them, one way or another.

As far as politics go - left, middle, right, blue, red, polka dot don’t matter. Labels don’t matter. Look beyond the game of politics. The content - the message - the intent matter. What matters is whatever and whoever supports human health / survival, the survival of all living creatures and this planet, + freedom. Left one day, right the next, middle another - who cares. Keep this in mind.

Listen to what these 3 persecuted MDs / Researchers had to say (They appear after Derek Sloan). This is OLD news people. Ask yourselves why it’s new news for some of you. Not criticizing anyone, as the thruth has been actively surpressed everywhere. I’m both extraordinarily saddened and outraged because these are crimes against humanity:

https://seed191.bitchute.com/B7nw8tExVOYE/MJz1yNUoWMJL.mp4

https://druthers.ca/newspapers/

On Sept. 24th 2026 Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta/Instagram and the cowardly spooks behind them, and/or their AI algorithm, shut down our Instagram page. They gave us no warning - no time to properly inform our audience nor the indie bands that play here, nor any reasons why. On one day. Off the next. Poof. Gone.

Meta/Instagram have also shut down the pages of some of the Artists that perform here, and have shut down the pages of many other individuals and businesses all around the world.

What a dipshit move.

For 18 years we, and the thousands upon thousands of artists who work with us, promoted independent live music daily here in Toronto Canada using the Instagram platform and others - a mutual relationship of sorts. We used Instagram. Instagram used us.

We urge artists, bands and businesses to establish themselves concurrently on independent and alternative social media channels so we all may secure our freedom to communicate and share openly and respectfully with one another, and to protect against unjust overreach by the very same platforms, Instagram and Facebook for example, which we’ve all helped feed, grow, and build for decades.

We encourage you to build your own strong, secure, and independent websites and email channels. Secure your media assets, own them, and monetize them to build your own indie presence, and not feed parasitic operations who don’t give a flying f*ck about us/you. Your website traffic counts will go up rather than sending them over to Instagram. Post photos, have live discussions through your own websites that you own, and have all the traffic flow through your own owned sites, rather than giving it away, which is what we’ve all been doing while using platforms like Instagram. Let’s not give our power away any longer.

This Instagram bullshit isn’t runaway AI. This is a premeditated, calculated test / operation / weaponized / targetted attack on freedom of expression, independent businesses and individuals worldwide.

Whatever.

Zuckerberg/Meta have a right to do what they want, as long as it doesn’t impinge on our individual, human rights.

You have a choice. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket by only promoting through platforms like Instagram, and stop ultimately supporting companies like Meta when they treat people like garbage. Doing so is to be subject to the whims of whatever is ping-ponging in the minds of the very, very few people behind this kind of nonsense, and is a dead end.

Outfits like Meta/Instagram need to be abandoned for this kind of behaviour, unless they correct + change course. They are not the only game in town.

Yes, we still have our Facebook page up - so what. We’ll use Meta against itself wherever we can till we find appropriate alternatives. Their use of all of us has been far more profound. My preference is not to use Facebook as it’s too invasive. Meta took down our Instagram, but not our Facebook… Why? I can assure it’s not oversight. It’s info gathering.

Either way, we respect everyone’s right to their perspectives, and as a business we try to stay neutral, but what has been going on for too long a time now is a clear threat to our survival - personally + economically.

Our show listings are found here on our website.

For social platforms, we’ll be posting on X for now, and looking into TikTok, Youtube, bandsintown, bandcamp, Soundcloud, Bluesky, Discord, Rumble, Snapchat, Tumblr and whatever else makes sense. All Artists promoting shows with us, please post and promote through X in additon to what you normally do.

Gracias. Thank You. 谢谢你. Danke. Arigatou. Shukriya. Merci. Asante. Daste shomā dard nakone. Efxaristo. Bol’shoye Spasibo. Obrigado. Ngyibonga KaKhulu.

Sam

The Painted Lady