Some rather disappointing news in the world of country music, as Randy Travis drove drunk, naked, crashed, then threatened the police who arrested him. Now being mocked hilariously online. Why can’t good artists stay sane (or start out that way)? Here is Randy in 2008 when he put on an
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Art Threat: Montreal-North stand up: part two – An interview with MC Emrical on the fourth anniversary of the death of Fredy Villanueva
While Chuck D’s famous phrase “Rap is CNN for black people,” has been quoted by countless ‘reality’ rappers, there are few artists who have embraced the concept as throughly as Emrical. The only difference is that in this case the Montreal-based emcee reports from the racially diverse low-income community of
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major
Generally I don’t post video clip blog posts. This one is worth it, however. -XKCD is a genius.
Continue readingImpolitical: Friday night
This one made my week. Loooove. Bloc Party is set to release their fourth and what could be their last album later this month. Have a good night.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Fifth of Beethoven through a Fish Eye
We’ve already featured Beethoven’s 5th, but this new visual makes it a treat to watch/listen to again. Filed under: Music Tagged: Beethoven’s 5th – 1st movement., Fish Eye, Friday Classical Music Interlude
Continue readingArt Threat: Rock stars demand Pussy Riot release – Feminist punk rockers jailed in Russia for performing "punk prayer" against Vladimir Putin
As Russian president Vladimir Putin visits London to engage in both Olympic and diplomatic shenanigans, several major British musicians, including Pete Townshend, Jarvis Cocker and Corinne Bailey Rae are calling for the release of members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, who have been locked away in a Moscow
Continue readingRob Maguire: An Olympic lesson on how to botch a mobile marketing campaign
I’m no fan of Coca-Cola. That said, their television ad running throughout the Olympics is quite clever. It features British DJ, producer and musician Mark Ronson, who sampled sounds produced by five Olympics athletes doing their thing. There’s the thud of a taekwondo competitor kicking her opponent, the thwack of
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Let’s go with the new Crystal Castles song, Plague, by popular demand! 280,000 plus listens in 3 days and a free download too, how can you not like that? They’re from Toronto, highly acclaimed. More on the band. Other recs from the week, some new some old: Hot Mouth, Cubic
Continue readingwmtc: the boss comes out: bruce springsteen reveals his 30-year battle with depression
Thank you, Bruce! In a long feature story in The New Yorker, Bruce Springsteen reveals he has been in psychotherapy for 30 years, and has at times been depressed to the point of suicidal. I believe that every public figure who comes out about their own mental-health struggles helps break
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Muscial Interlude – Michael Jackson?
This is a little out of the norm for the DWR Friday musical interlude, but what can I say I like the clip it makes me chair dance, so up it goes. Filed under: Music Tagged: Britian’s Got Talent, Chair Dancing, Friday Musical Interlude, Signature
Continue readingImpolitical: Friday night
Think escapist music is a good tonic for the end of this crazy week. I go with R3hab remixing the goddess. Yep. Have a good night.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
Damn you CKUA breakfast show. You made me late to work as I had to listen to the end of the movement to find out what piece you were playing. On the upside finding out it was a whole concerto was fantastic. he piece, as marked in the score, is
Continue readingTrashy's World: Growing up as a teen in the 1970′s…
… I knew the first few chords of Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water”. Every teenage boy did. It was the law. Jon Lord was one of the best a his craft. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6x8GGXrCFQ (8) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingArt Threat: Duets for Abdelrazik help keep human rights abuses in spotlight
Sam Shalabi joins Stefan Christoff on stage at the June 16 launch of Duets for Abdelrazik. To understand the grotesque, inhuman and criminal depths to which the Canadian government will go in order to deny one of its own citizen’s legal rights, one need look no further than the case
Continue readingwmtc: happy 100th, woody guthrie
Thank you, Woody Guthrie. Wish you were here.
Continue readingImpolitical: Late night
Belated Friday night music…have a good late night!
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F Minor BWV 881
One of my favourites from Book II. The Well-Tempered Clavier (German: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier),[2] BWV 846–893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. He first gave the title to a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, dated 1722, composed
Continue readingTrashy's World: Ottawa is “nodown” with the “hoedown”!
LOL! I kill me! I guess that if there were even a smidgen – as in a Higgs boson-sized smidgen – of love for country music, I’d be upset about this… Wait! Let me check agin…. hmmm…. nope. Still nothing… (7) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingImpolitical: Friday night
I go with more Metric tonight. For the first song here, Artificial Nocturne, in particular, although you can take your pick! Have a great night!
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