For about—let's see, 2009-1990, carry the 1, uh—almost twenty years I've been a fan of Primus and of their moderately mad, frenetic, fantastically talented bassist/lead singer, Les Claypool. I'd always lamented the fact that anytime Primus or Les toured North America, the closest they got was either Toronto or Vancouver, both of which were [...]
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My new obsession
Ladies and Gentlemans,
O'death.
They opened for Les Claypool (concert review still coming, honest). They're fantastic.
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The last few days
On Thursday we went to the Corb Lund concert at the Westman, and it was fantastic. The opening acts were quirky and alt-country, so they meshed well with Lund and his band. The headliners played a lot of my favourites, which made me happy. All in all, there was near enough not [...]
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I need to buy this album
Tom Fun Orchestra: "Watchmaker", from You Will Land With a Thud.
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Standing on guard
W00t! It's back!
Canadian World Domination has returned! Here I thought I was going to have to go trawl the wayback machine's Internet archives, but someone's resurrected the site for me.
Some gems:
The redrawn world map, in the Cartography section
The little pull-quotes at the bottoms of all the pages, like:
The Generals. Which one is [...]
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In the hall of the awesome king
I don't know much about classical music, but I know what I like. I've always liked "In the Hall of the Mountain King"*.
Last night, I was driving home after seeing Wanted**, I heard "In the Hall" on the radio. Then it switched to this:
It was awesome. Thanks, Randy Bachman! You made [...]
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A blast from the past
Man, I haven't heard this song in years. It's called "Don't Call Me Dude", and it's by the now-defunct Scatterbrain.
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And his face, which was a paper-white mask of evil, sang us this song:
Well-done amateur music video for one of They Might Be Giants' awesome tunes. Enjoy. I know I did.
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Tunes
I'm coming to really like CBC Radio 3. Here are a couple reasons:
What I Need to Carry On by the smalls
I need a pack mule
I need some camp fuel
I need a pack mule can carry a body, maybe two
I need a pack mule
And Apocalyptic Modified Blues by Corb Lund
Have you made your peace with [...]
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Viking kitties
So I've been working in my basement for the last few weeks. This means I've been listening to rather more radio than I usually do.
There are two music stations in town that I like, and in the car I'll switch back and forth quite happily between "Local Town's Best Rock" and the college station. [...]