December 2011
32 posts
2011.
Hey all,
Wishing you all a happy/safe New Years Eve, whether you’re spending it with us at the Silver Dollar or with some other less handsome band/DJ. It’ll be tough for me to remember, but here are some of my favorites of the year (in no particular order or categories).
Owls @ the Garrison
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
Matt Good @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Land of Talk (in general)
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Watch
Hey all,
Here’s a good one. Peter and Christian have been covering this song for years in just about every band they’ve been in and I’m pretty sure we all hail to Pinkerton as a major musical influence. In our excitement for the New Years Eve show we’ll be playing on Saturday with pals Greys as well as Topanga and Indian Handcrafts at the Silver Dollar we thought...
Feist and 'I'm sorry, what?'
First of all, I hope everyone’s holidays are going well and you’re all getting to see your friends and family. To those of you without, please come by the house this week for a game of Bocce Ball on the PS3.
Today, while taking care of a serious mold problem in the house, I decided to give the new Feist record a thorough listening. I had already heard the record when it first came out...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDDIE (TOP 5 EDDIES).
It’s the big guy’s (Eddie Vedder) birthday today, so in honor of that, here are my TOP 5 EDDIES!
- Jeff
Hot Christmas
So, you’re kickin’ it Christmas Eve, Eve and you want to get a little festive. Might I suggest a nice mug of homemade hot chocolate! The recipe I’m about to share with you is something I found in a cool old cookbook. It’s smooth, it’s creamy, it’s sweet, fucking drink it!
The ingredients are…
3 cups of milk
1/3 cup of semisweet chocolate flakes (grate...
Amos
I know I hit you all pretty heavy with the youtube videos, almost as if I’m discovering the internets for the first time. But, this is deserving. Very nice song and a really great video, reminds me of the way Sheryl Crow’s records sound.
ps, having you seen that Dancing Baby video yet? It’s wild.
- Peter
A Change Is Gonna Come
A really, really beautiful song. I’m currently reading Greil Marcus’ book on Dylan’s song ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ and he talks about the incredible importance of this song being released to radio as a single, both in it’s civil rights message and the fact that it was marking a change in what Top 40 would play. Cooke was shot dead in apparent self-defense at 33...
Moving Backwards.
The times certainly are a-changin’. Like many others around my age I grew up on and discovered a ton of music through the very affordable Epitaph Punk-o-Rama compilations in the mid to late 90s. Epitaph and Fat Wreck Chords were my favourite labels and I loved just about everything they put out. I’m all for ‘expanding and diversifying’ and I know Epitaph is no longer a punk...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS.
RIP
Here’s a quote from him:
“The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex and picnics.”
And on a more serious note, take a gander at this one:
“I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.”
And a few more here.
- Jeff
Beyonce
A lot of pop music is pretty stagnant and formulaic these days but there’s always some Top 40 that is not only incredibly catchy and all encompassing but also intelligent, interesting and impressive. The new Beyonce album has been popping up on lots of critic’s lists this year and I think this tune is pretty neat. See, I don’t hate everything.
- Peter
Update'n
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/07/141990958/snls-darrell-hammond-reveals-cutting-abuse
Check out this stuff. I heard about it the other day when he was on Q. Listen to the interview. Wild stuff.
Peter and I recorded guitars all day and it went well. Better than before. I used Christian’s Blues Deville and our friend Dylan’s JCM 800 combo and was tonally satisfied throughout which was...
“JC in the Hood
The timeless story of JC — Jesus Christ — is updated...”
kyoto and other hippie bullshit
Sorry to continue the blog in this manner, but unfortunately you’ll all have to wait a few more days to see more videos of the Red Hot Chili Peppers drumming posted by our under-appreciated (but secretly loved) drummer Cam.
As some of you may or may not know by now, the Canadian government has gone forward with exercising their legal right to leave the Kyoto Protocol. It’s been...
DON'T LET R. KELLY IN YOUR KITCHEN.
Video of Christian Tracking Guitar For The New EP
Filmed by Patrick.
TWO ALBUMS.
Within the past month, two albums have come out from some of mine and Peter’s favorite Canadian artists and I think they’re noteworthy enough for a blog post.
In the middle of November, Ian Kehoe (ex-Attack in Black) came out with his first album under the moniker of Marine Dreams. I really dig this album and the first song “Fold the Sky” is unreal (check it out here). ...
What A Song!
This is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Manfred Mann, Man.
It seems as though my Rock and Roll history is a bit shoddy. I always thought Manfred Mann was the singer, but in fact the band is named after the keyboardist, and both those videos have different singers. How embarrassing! Still a pretty big musical change in a moderately short period of time though.
