Howdy all! Hope you’re having a good week and surviving the holiday busyness and various and sundry politicking all across the country. That’s an excerpt above from Jeremy Olander that should be, of course, about twice as long. Very nice and it needs to be loud, very loud. Thought about
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – Mozart Flute Quartet
We have not had a visualization in awhile so lets take a look at the first movement of Mozart’s Flute Quartet in C Major, K. 285b, performed by American Baroque, with a scrolling bar-graph score. Filed under: Music Tagged: Flute Quartet in C major K. 285b 1st mvt. Allegro, Mozart,
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: Delta Will
Due to Holiday induced procrastination, Band of the Month is late, but never-the-less, here! Today’s band is Delta Will, a galactic treasure, now residing in Toronto. Delta Will sings of joy and discovery and shares insightful knowledge through personal exploration of our physical world. A relaxing gem for the upcoming
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interulde – The CBC Singnature Series – F Sharp Minor: The Recluse
Many thanks to the CBC and Paolo Pietropaolo for bringing the Signature Series to life. F-sharp minor: The Recluse Also known as: The Cat Lady Miss Lonelyhearts F-sharp minors you might know: Miss Havisham from Great Expectations. Annie Wilkes from Stephen King’s Misery. Edith Bouvier Beale. The notes: F♯- G♯ –
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: Canadian Tar Sands Pipeline Protesters Dance to the Reggae Beat
Jim Cooperman describes the video: This is a music video for Sylvain Vallee’s protest song. It includes clips and stills from the Oct. 22 and 24th Defend Our Coast rallies in Victoria and across the province. “Song lyrics by Sylvain Vallee and Lynn Erin. Song recording by Sylvain Vallee (see
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The CBC Signature Series – D-flat Major
Thanks to the CBC and Paolo Pietropaolo for hosting the CBC Signature Series. The key de jour is D flat major. D-flat major: The Free Spirit Also known as: The Flower Child. The New Age Mystic. D-flat majors you might know: Marianne Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility. Anne of Green Gables.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Concalls: What’s At Stake? #RoboCon
Page 70 “the Court has acknowledged the utmost public importance of these proceedings, and has held that: “…. the applications raise serious issues about the integrity of the democratic process in Canada and identify practices that if proven, point to a campaign of activities that would seek to deny eligible voters their right to vote […]
Impolitical: Friday night
This is way too short but it’s suiting the mood tonight. Optimism in major key! Enjoy and have a good night.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: Chang-A-Lang
Hello, and happy Friday!
This installment of Band of the Month features Chang-A-Lang. This Toronto born and raised, fist-pumping three piece deserves recognition for their jovial on-stage energy and socially aware attitude. Chang-A-Lang will make you shake on the dance floor as they maintain enthusiasm about positive change in the world.
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – CBC Signature Series – D Minor:The Ice Queen
the CBC and Paolo Pietropaolo for bringing the Signature Series to life and structuring the guided tour through the key of D minor. “D minor: The Ice Queen Also known as: The Femme Fatale. The Vengeful Vamp. D minors you might know: Carmen, from Bizet’s opera Carmen. The White Witch from The Lion, the Witch and […]
Art Threat: Pussy Riot videos banned by Russian court
A Moscow court has ordered Russian internet providers to block videos by Pussy Riot, calling them “extremist” and seeking to incite “mass disorder”.
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: New Album – Expwy in the sky
The new album is out! Expwy in the sky is a double concept EP. Don’t forget that you can play both EPs SIMULTANEOUSLY. Get it! Have a listening party! Invite your friends! Listen to it together! The first part is about a neighborhood that was destroyed to build the Ville-Marie
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Justin Bieber and Chris Brown
Justin Bieber at the Grey Cup wasn’t the only ‘interesting’ pop music story of yesterday. I’m not a Bieber expert (Belieber), but I did watch his biopic a few months ago, and he’s certainly got some real musical talent. How he is as a human being will probably degrade with his over-worldly fame, but he […]
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – Bach, Violin Sonata in A major, 3rd mvt., BWV 1015
Bach’s music uniquely visualized by Stephen Malinowski. Filed under: Music Tagged: Bach, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude, Violin Sonata in A major
Impolitical: Friday night
Oh you’ve got green eyes, oh you’ve got blue eyes, oh you’ve got grey eyes…Have a good night!
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: Beams
Welcome to the new, biweekly addition to Things Are Good!
Band of the Month will be recurring every other Friday as a way to kick start the weekend with good news and good music!
Today’s Band of the Month is Beams; A seven piece Toronto band with a hearty, bluegrassy-folk sound. Beams are today’s Band of […]
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The CBC Signature Series – G Major
Welcome to the CBC Signature Series hosted by Paolo Pietropaolo on CBC radio 2 every Sunday. For the Friday Classical Music Interlude I’ve been sending you directly to the CBC Signature Series page, but as Paolo suggested, it is also possible to embed the sound clips directly into the blog post. “G major: The Trusty […]
gay persons of character: Video: "Awkward" by Saucy Monky
Behold “Awkward,” the awesome and latest video from Saucy Monky, an indie rock band based in Los Angeles and fronted by Irish-born singer and guitarist, Annmarie Cullen (who formerly performed under the pseudonym Ann Marie Montade), and East Coast vocalist and guitarist, Cynthia Catania. The group’s rhythm section is Steve
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