Zunior Head Honcho, and former drummer for the Inbreds Dave Ullrich has posted the following to Twitter. Somewhere in the back of my head, I’m thinking this might just be happening in Kingston1, so I wonder, who’s in for a roadtrip. I’ve got wheels. Ontario, not Jamaica [↩]
There once was a rock and roll band who called themselves Nabisco Fonzie Thrush Hermit. These four young lads, Joel Plaskett, Rob Benvie, Ian McGettigan & Cliff Gibb traveled across Canada to promote their record Clayton Park1. They had a show at The Opera House in Toronto with The Flashing Lights and Local Rabbits; a bill which can only be described as perfection. I had a ticket to this show, it would be my first time seeing Thrush Hermit live. Hermit front-man, Joel Plaskett was sick. Bugger. At least the show with The Flashing Lights and Local Rabbits was more than enough rock and roll for anyone. Thrush Hermit announced… Read More »Noosed and Haloed Swear Words
After having Wilco sammiches on the weekend, how about Wilco performing “You And I” on Letterman. Dan Mangan performs “Robots” at Criminal Records in Toronto, during Canadian Music Week. Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman trade off vocals in this Flying Burrito Brothers classic. Oh, and Sneaky Pete shreds on the pedal steel. The Byrds (Roger McGuinn, John York, Clarence White & Gene Parsons) play “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” and “Wheels On Fire” on Playboy After Dark. White’s playing on “Wheels On Fire” is mind blowing.
This is Valery Gore’s only video. It’s from her first album. The second is even better, but she never made a video, so enjoy this one. Ruth Minnikin’s going to be in Toronto for Canadian Music Week/Fest, and is promoting her new record Depend On This, which I’ve yet to hear, but I assume it’ll be awesome, her records always are. With two women, might as well continue the theme… here’s Sleater-Kinney.
It seems that James Brown has risen from the dead. The wandering corpse was last seen in the United States proclaiming “BRAINS!” as he made his way through the streets, arms outstretched. His daughter LaRhonda Pettit is under the mistaken impression that Brown’s corpse was just stolen, and had not in fact risen from the dead to feast on human brain.
The Oscars just happened, and as usual, the good films lost. Here’s the greatest loser in all of Oscar history. This man, one of the greatest songwriters of the 1990s, lost to Celine Dion. What the fuck? I never knew until now that there’s a video for this song, which is perhaps my favourite song by Ron Sexsmith. Did you know that the song’s also on my favourite record of Ron Sexsmith’s? Now you do. I’m not so jazzed about it, I just get razzed about landing on your front door in Toronto. When I’m King of Canada, I will be a patron of the arts, and Matt Murphy will… Read More »Music Monday
In December, I set goals for myself, how many films to see this year, how many shows to attend, how many records to purchase, and how many books to read. This is the standings, as of the end of February… Books I read (2/10 – 20%): Heaven Is Small by Emily Schultz | Originally published 2009 Films I saw (19/52 – 36.5%): Whip It | Originally released 2009 24 Hours On Craigslist | Originally released 2005 The Princess And The Frog | Originally released 2009 The Secret of Kells | Originally released 2009 An Education | Originally released 2009 Invictus | Originally released 2009 The Blind Side | Originally released… Read More »February 2010, in review
Dear The Rest of the World, I’m sorry for the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As a Canadian, I can assure you that no one who lives here listens to that garbage. So, if you want, pretend that the closing ceremonies contained the following. Yours in love, The Canadians who didn’t organize the Olympics. From Newfoundland & Labrador, we’ll go a bit cliché, and give you Great Big Sea (is there any good Newfie music?). From Nova Scotia, Joel Plaskett: From New Brunswick, Julie Doiron: From Prince Edward Island, Paper Lions: From Quebec, Local Rabbits: From Ontario, The Inbreds: From Manitoba,… Read More »Vancouver 2010
Go watch Alice… Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow’s 107-year-old short Alice in Wonderland. Tom Petty sees Alice. TIm Burton plays in Alice’s world.
Southern Souls films Whale Tooth at Honest Ed’s. These guys are fantastic. I was blown away when I saw them at Sneaky Dee’s that one time. I should see ’em again. WHALE TOOTH – Vinyl Skin from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.