It was 20 years ago today.
Or perhaps you’ve already read that. Continue reading
Category Archives: Music
shattering live experiences
Oh I hear ya, but it’s hard to diss an event that will bring Drive-By Truckers, Jeff Tweedy and Danny Brown to our fair city.
So no complaints. Other than my ongoing objection to the festival’s name.
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sound and vision
“I don’t think I could even name a Canadian music video.”
So stated a barista at my neighbourhood coffee shop this week. A gentle reminder, not that one was needed, of how the Much have fallen.
And reason enough, me thoughts, to accept an invitation from Louis Calabro’s people to chat with the man who, when not supervising the recently held Canadian Screen Awards, has been busy preparing for Sunday’s Prism Prize gala. Well, not so much a gala, as a get-together — to celebrate outstanding achievement in the field of excellence in Canadian music videos. Continue reading
songs for a Taylor
According to fine local shop The Record Centre’s Facebook page, the store is about to place on its shelves some 80 Rush albums and collectibles.
That silence is the sound of me not hastening to join the queue of Rush fans probably lining up along Wellington as you read this.
I already own the first Rush LP, you see. The one without Neil Peart. The only one you need.
Not that you need it. Continue reading
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the next annoying thing
Our long musical nightmare continues.
ukulele sales, it says here, doubled between 2010 and 2012, and as 2014 hits its stride, interest in the choice of Hawaiians and hippies alike, continues to be strong. This is good news for hipsters on a budget; not so good news for music lovers.
Oh, I’m not saying the ukulele has not brought joy to thousands. Moreover, it is an instrument budding ukuleleists are encouraged to make at home. This gives it a considerable edge over the grand piano. And, granted, the ukulele can sometimes be a force for good. Continue reading
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Wig Bubbles 