Another no-brainer this week, new Metric released this month. I know a few peeps who will like this one. There is an acoustic version by Emily Haines and James Shaw at Rolling Stone as well. Have a good night!
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bastard.logic: All the girls at this party are into drama and Ginsberg and lemon lime Bacardi
In lieu of substantive new content (busy busy bastard, etc), here is matttbastard’s top-ten-of-the-moment list, culled from my ever-expanding Bandcamp Discoveries board on Pinterest (yes, Pinterest — shaddap): 1. Hookworms – ‘Form & Function’ (forthcoming limited edition split 7″ w/ Kogumaza on Gringo Records, released 05.28.2012) – Overflowing with naked
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Mark Richardson: The Beastie Boys turned curiosity into a form of art. They wanted to know more about what was around them and learn everything they could about what wasn’t. Forget about Kurt Cobain for a second: For kids like me, the Beastie Boys invented the 90s. Technology was changing
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New Dragonette that you will probably hear alllll summer. A good remix of it here that makes it a lot less fluffy and poppy. Have a good night!
Continue readingRIP MCA – Saying Goodbye to a Beastie Boy
On this day, May 4th, 2012, the world was given the news that founding member of the Beastie Boys, Adam (MCA) Yauch, passed away after his long battle at the age of 47. A Beastie Boys representative confirmed that Yauch “passed away in his native New York City this morning after a
Continue readingTrashy's World: Gimme a L!
Hey! I got a letter! Cool! No one ever sends me letters anymore… now, let me see what’s… um… WTF???? Since this is a day that where the word “letter” will be used over and over today, and this week in the PS… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQaUs5J2wdI Other songs: Don’t Read The Letter
Continue readingwmtc: pete fornatale, 1945-2012
Pete Fornatale, a pioneer of rock radio, died this week at the too-young age of 66. I learned so much from Pete! Like many people, I especially loved his Sunday morning “Mixed Bag”. From The New York Times: Mr. Fornatale was at the forefront of the FM revolution, along with
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlulde – Beethoven’s Sonatina in G Major.
I’m currently learning this piece and hope to have it worked up to performance state by the end of June. Some of the tricky bits include keeping your fingers in the right position while going on the upward scale melodies and of course, counting out in your head that initial
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: VikiLeaks30: A Little Deserved Contempt
I enjoyed all three of the videos that play in succession on this CTV page. Kady live blogging in the background is amusing. I supposed most people get funny facial expressions while they are writing, I can only imagine mine while I’m blogging. Her crack up at the revelation of
Continue readingArt Threat: Music Monday: Paper Doll by Stef Lang
Stef Lang takes the uprising of women internationally against the pressure that consumer culture creates for young women (and undoubtedly for young men as well) to the pop scene with this great, dancable song that could easily contend with the same hits that push the “look” she’s speaking out against.
Continue readingImpolitical: Friday night
A no-brainer tonight, new Deadmau5 just released today, very nice! A vocal track, it’s melodic, upbeat, what more could a Deadmau5 fan ask for? Have a good night!
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Interlude – Debussy – Nuit d’étoiles
Just finishing up working on a selection from Purcell, this could be my next vocal project. Having been doing a lot of singing in Italian as of late I’ve noticed by french pronunciation has gone to merde. :> Date: 1880 Composer: Claude Debussy Period: Post-Romantic (1870-1909) Review This is Debussy’s
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Three second rule for the wandering eye
The lyrics in this video are bad, really bad. The stats on YouTube since April 5: 14 468 views, 1 430 dislikes and 465 likes. But the “Three Second Rule” message… I second it. If only there was a way … Continue reading →
Continue readingwmtc: levon helm, 1940-2012
We love you, Levon.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Early Music Alberta – Flash Mob – Canon in D by Pachelbel
Its hard to flash mob a harpsichord unobtrusively into a mall, full marks for EMA for “stealthing” one in. Filed under: Arts, Music Tagged: Alberta Early Music Society, Baroque Instruments, Canon in D, Flash Mob, Music
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Lonely Old Man and his Music
When I was in university I used to volunteer once a week at a nursing home in Montreal’s East End. Sébastien used to play the piano and sing French songs, I would play the guitar, my lab Kerouac would lick them all to death. And we all had a hoot. Except
Continue readingLeDaro: Ravi Shanker Sitar Music and Spirituality
Does certain music appeal to spirituality in humans? I don’t know but a lot has been written on it. Ravi Shanker of India is well-known for his Sitar music which some consider spiritual. You listen to his sitar and decide on your own. “Pandit Ravi Shankar, the sitar legend, recently
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A big new remix of “The Naked and Famous.” I don’t know which one I like better. What else…have also been listening to Foo Fighters this week, this is a good acoustic version of one of their best. So a little bit of new and old tonight. Have a good
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: #FF – Music Review – Bahamas "Barchords"
So, we’ve been doing a lot of politics lately, budget season tends to do that to me, but I promised diversity of content, and dammit, I will deliver!I’ve decided that reviewing albums is a perfectly fun and reasonable thing to do together, so I’ve picked a reasonably new Canadian release
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