A.J. Raven

Surprised there is no mention of David Wilcox yet. :)

Spirit of the West is good too.

Pretty much all the others mentioned in this thread are worth a listen. :)

One in each room! :)

Some of favourite, older, one hit wonders:

Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town

'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry

T'Pau - Heart & Soul

Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart

The Waterboys - Whole of the Moon

For the person who posted "Joey" by Concrete Blonde and asked if they did anything else... They did, so I wouldn't consider them a one hit wonder; although if you didn't live in the western U.S. or listen to any alternative radio, that could be the only song you know by them. The thing with the song "Joey" is it was a runaway hit, but they did have others that did well for an alternative band, and had other albums before & after Bloodletting, which "Joey" is from. My personal favourite is the album Free, with the songs "God is a Bullet" and "Happy Birthday". Definitely worth a listen if you haven't heard it yet.

Actually, AJR, prostitutes are as subject to the Canadian income tax laws as everyone else, whether we earn our income in strictly legal ways or not. The CRA only cares that our income is reported and taxed appropriately.

 

While it's true that cash transactions are not traceable, not reporting income or not reporting all of it, will backfire eventually. Canada Pension and other benefits that we won't receive until old age are often tied to income earned in our working lives.

 

I'm sure that many or most of us who have been in this business for awhile file accurate tax returns. It's actually not so easy to pay cash for major expenses like rent or a mortgage without being suspected of being involved in something illegal. Making very large purchases--such as buying a car--and paying cash can get you flagged, as well. Sensible people recognize that they may have to account for the source of income they deposit into their bank accounts.

 

Most paid companions think of ourselves as businesswomen!

I did not say anything about tax contributions - I know this already and I resent the implication of your last comment with the "!". Knowing we are in danger all the time may hinder us to contribute to our communities, and in other ways, openly.

Thank you for posting this article. It's a very interesting and helpful analogy.

 

One of the things that really irritates me about the Ontario government's position is the apparently repeated declaration that prostitutes are all working outside the law. In fact, it's not at all illegal to be a prostitute in Canada and many of us always work within the limits of the laws. (I'm not one of those, however.) A woman who sees clients solely on an outcall basis, meeting them in their hotel rooms or residences isn't doing anything illegal. My intuition tells me that the Ontario government would prefer not to protect women who work legally now, in addition to weaseling out of their obligation to protect the rest of us.

I think this is very important to note - a prostitute is not (necessarily, sp?) a "lawbreaker". The government framing it's appeal in this manner is smoke & mirrors. Law-abiding citizens who work as prostitutes are asking that laws pertaining to their work, which makes their work (often mortally) dangerous be removed so they may work safely & contribute like every other working Canadian.

Thanks all!

Martha Plimpton dancing in 200 Cigarettes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGMsHGiv3WM&feature=related