Since I’ve been insanely busy with work the last couple of weeks, and I don’t see it clearing up in the immediate future, I’m going to resort to a little easy posting. Let me explain… Two of the girls (do I have to call them women now?) who work at my excellent local comic shop are members of an all-girl… Read more →
Category: Music
I want matches in case I have to suddenly burn
Do you remember way back when I was lamenting my lack of knowledge of what Nicole Blackman was up to? And then she replied to the post, resulting my great blog-joy? Well, at the time she replied she pointed us to her story, “Dumped”, in Brooklyn Noir, and mentioned the current performances of the Courtesan Tales. While I didn’t manage… Read more →
A pop culture holding action
Two other projects and my day job have temporarily distracted me from keeping up with this blog. As a penance, and a way of quickly knocking out a post, I present some video links that I’ve run across in the course of doing one of those other projects. Each of these can be offered as a solid argument that EVERYTHING… Read more →
Under The Covers
I don’t think I’ve mentioned here yet the news about oft-mentioned-here Danny Michel and his radio host gig. The short version is that Danny is going to co-host a radio show with indie rocker and occasional bandmate Emm Gryner on CBC. That’s the two of them in the picture above. The show will focus on cover tracks. In addition to… Read more →
A 5 inch circle full of awesome
Yes, Danny Michel has a DVD (with bonus CD… or vinyl, or 8-track, or download) coming out May 1. The bit of YouTubery above is about 4 minutes of samples from the show. Full details at dannymichel.com. Also available there: FOUR FREE DOWNLOADABLE SONGS from the bonus album. “At last, Danny Michel‘s fun, spontaneous and captivating live show —his most… Read more →
Of course he would know where the lost souls were…
You remember when I was hyping up that Judy Henske collection? Well, it arrived, and the music is just as awesome as I expected it to be. However, the liner notes are even better than I expected them to be. Especially this one: Hooka Tooka When I sang this at Mr. Kelly’s in Chicago, Martin Luther King came in. He… Read more →
Soundtrack for the birthday drinking post
For the full experience of the “A Man Turns 34” post below, you really should have this song playing in the background. It’s the best thing the Fruvous guys ever wrote (although I think the version on the tape was slightly better than this one from Bargainville). Moxy Früvous – The Drinking Song The Drinking Song And the band played… Read more →
The Top 10 Corporate Moments In Rock
Let’s start back into this with something easy: a little bit of linkbloggery. I had a few moments of amusement, reading The Top 10 Corporate Moments In Rock at Earvolution the other day. The classic one for me, and also a favourite of my pal Doug, is this one: 3. Geffen Sues Neil Young For Not Sounding Like Neil Young… Read more →
Two stories for a Monday
Things keep popping up in my inbox and RSS reader that I need to share with you guys. First, a little story passed on from my pal, musical genius Danny Michel: February 17, 2007 Once again, Magic happens at the Black Sheep in Wakefield Quebec. “It’s not every day something this special & fun happens at a show. A while… Read more →
“If Linda Ronstadt is a torch singer then Judy Henske is a flame thrower”
What you are looking at there is the cover of Rhino Handmade‘s new limited edition compilation, Big Judy. It’s an attempt at a retrospective of the career of Judy Henske. While I can’t comment on how successful it is until my copy gets here, I can share my excitement about this with you. If you’re already “in the know” then… Read more →
QOTD
“Nothing like songs about obscure philosophical figures beating children to death sung in a falsetto.” — Dorian Wright, talking about this. Read more →
A couple of quick links.
Still drowning in work, but here’s a few divertimenti for you: Seeing one artist’s rendition of the Simpson’s cast in a more realistic, and heavily manga-influenced, style didn’t do much for me. I mean, I dig Marge’s hair, and the twins look great, but it’s not like the image is a revelation or anything. On the other hand, the same… Read more →
Road Tapes: How did they survive?
What you’re looking at there is the answer to the question “How did they survive on road trips in the days before MP3 players that could carry a ridiculous number of hours of music?” Of course, it’s only the answer for that small subset of “they” who couldn’t be satisfied with the radio, and needed to have their own music… Read more →
…and a modern favourite.
It wouldn’t be fair to post about my favourite classic Christmas carol and not mention my favourite modern one. So, without further ado, I present: Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’ by Tinsley Ellis. (That link is to an Ogg Vorbis file, rather than to the perhaps-more-expected MP3. It will probably just work in your music player of choice, but if… Read more →
My favourite carol
Just for the record, this is my favourite classic Christmas carol: Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even; Brightly shone the moon that night, tho’ the frost was cruel, When a poor man came in sight gath’ring winter fuel. “Hither, page, and stand by me, if… Read more →
