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Custom - May 26 I just wrote about Custom, and it's May, so it seemed like a good time to share May 26. I once asked Custom to throw me a note on every song on Fast. Here's what he said about this pretty little ditty.
this one is cool because I wrote and recorded it on may 26 about something that actually happened. it's a true story. I only sang it once on the day. later, i tried to resing it to make it better but the honesty of the original was the best so remains on the record to this day. Duncan played the slide guitar on this track which I love. Somehow the slide file got damaged and some mastermind who is credited on the record saved it.
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April Wine - You Could Have Been a Lady As April comes to an end, my Weekly MP3 is screaming for some April Wine. I'm a little young to remember April Wine's heyday but I've got much respect for the Nova Scotians.
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Pearl Jam - State Of Love And Trust There's no particularly good reason as to why I'm sharing Pearl Jam's "State of Love and Trust" today. It's just a tune from the Singles soundtrack that I loved back in 1992 and I still love today.
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Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven I was going to share a basketball song, because the Raptors' 2nd season begins this weekend, but I couldn't think of a good basketball song.
Instead, here's a great old tune from Dinosaur Jr. Raptors are dinosaurs, get it? Yeah, it's a reach, but it's a great tune. Work with me here...
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DJ Danger Mouse - 99 Problems (Jay-Z meets The Beatles) This weekend Edge 102 was playing "new rock covers", which was actually pretty cool. One track my brother and I grooved too after his move on Saturday was Jay-Z and Linkin Park performing "99 Problems".
"99 Problems" is a great track, but my favourite version is a mash-up of Jay-Z's Black Album version with The Beatles' "Helter Skelter" from their White Album. The result of the mash-up? Yep, you guessed it, The Grey Album.
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Sonic Youth - Superstar Sonic Youth's cover of the Carpenters' "Superstar" is one of my favourite covers of all time. Wait a minute... the Carpenters aren't the original singers of "Superstar"? It was first released by Delaney and Bonnie back in '69 and many artists, including Bette Midler and Cher got to it before the Carpenters, but the Carpenters made it famous back in '71.
Sonic Youth recorded it for the 1994 tribute album If I Were a Carpenter and their version haunts me. Sonic Youth did for the Carpenters what Chris Cornell did for Michael Jackson. You may have heard this version recently in Juno. Enjoy...
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Dream Warriors - Wash Your Face In My Sink In the summer of 1991, I was loving the Dream Warriors album And Now, the Legacy Begins. The first single from that album was "Wash Your Face In My Sink" and I ran out and bought the 12 inch single. While working at the CNE that summer, I actually won the cassette single from CFTR. That was pretty cool.
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Corky and the Juice Pigs - REMember In 1994, Sean Cullen's comedy music group Corky and the Juice Pigs released Pants and this track got some airplay. It's a spoof of REM and it's pretty good.
Earlier in the year I wrote about The Radio Free Vestibuels' "The Grunge Song". "The Grunge Song", which you can watch below, is even better, and even today people think Corky and the Juice Pigs were behind it. It's likely people associate "The Grunge Song" with Corky and the Juice Pigs because of "REMember". See how it all ties together?
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Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty "Big Empty" is one of my favourite STP tunes. It first appeared on The Crow soundtrack and I'll be hearing it again July 12 at Downsview Park. That's right, I caved and bought myself an over-priced ticket to Edgefest 2008.
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City And Colour - Sleeping Sickness I just got the new City and Colour album yesterday, but I've been spinning "Sleeping Sickness" for weeks. This track features guest vocals from The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie. Dallas Green and Gord Downie kill on this sweet little ditty.
Yes, I'm biased, but you are in Toronto Mike bias-ville.
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Sublime - Doin' Time We were spoiled these past few winters because I haven't shovelled snow like this in forever. It's not yet 10am and I'm exhausted from yet another winter workout.
There's one band that always makes me think of summer. "Doin' Time" even dives into "Summertime", so it's an ideal song when you're dreaming of sunny summer days.
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Young MC - Louie Louie Remix with Maestro Fresh-Wes As promised, this song was produced by Young MC back in 1990 and features Maestro Fresh-Wes on the mic. It was released to promote "Coupe de Ville", a charming little flick I highly recommend.
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Europe - Final Countdown This one is for George Oscar Bluth, or Gob as he's affectionately known. He uses this song as the backing music for his stage shows and now I can't hear it without thinking of him.
Did you know Europe are from Sweden? It's true, you can look it up.
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Platinum Blonde - Standing in The Dark Last night, during dodgeball, someone threw on a mix of 80s tunes. I heard Bon Jovi and Kenny Loggins and for some reason I started thinking about Platinum Blonde.
Platinum Blonde were huge in the mid-80s. I was listening to 680 CFTR and they played the crap out of "Cryin' Over You" and "Situation Critical". The Toronto Star used to print posters of CanCon acts each Saturday (or was it Sunday?) and I remember the Platinum Blonde poster well. I don't think it made it on to my bedroom wall, but I did collect these posters for a while. That will be our little secret...
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Iggy Pop - The Passenger I love this Iggy Pop tune. It's from his 1977 album Lust For Life which David Bowie helped write and produce.
Bonus Trivia: Iggy Pop's real name is James Newell Osterberg, Jr.
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hHead - Happy In 1993 I had a copy of the CFNY New Music Search 1993 compilation CD that I played over and over again. I loved this little track from Hayden called "Take", but the winning track belonged to hHead. This is that winning tune.
hHead dissolved in 1997 but Brendan Canning went on to form Broken Social Scene. He's the next star of the "Broken Social Scene Presents" series that gave us this awesome Kevin Drew song.
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Do You Trust Your Friends? is an album full of Stars songs remixed by their musical buddies. In my humble opinion, this remix is better than the original.
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During the summer of 1960, Ella Fitzgerald recorded Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas. This song appeared on that album, and seems appropriate at this time. Enjoy some holiday Ella.
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The Pretenders - 2000 Miles For the remainder of the month I'm going to share two MP3s a week. I'll post the files every Wednesday and Sunday and they'll all be holiday-themed.
It's strange but my favourite songs at this time of year are melancholy Christmas songs. It's a happy time, but I just prefer melancholy songs in general, and Christmas songs are no exception. For my money, nothing says Christmas like Chrissie Hynde tailing off with "I can hear people singing, it must be Christmastime..."
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Crash Test Dummies - The First Noel For the remainder of the month I'm going to share two MP3s a week. I'll post the files every Wednesday and Sunday and they'll all be holiday-themed.
I thought I'd go to Winnipeg for this holiday MP3. This one appeared on the compilation A Lump of Coal and features Brad Roberts' standard baritone.
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I've always loved this Nick Cave tune, and today it seems rather appropriate. I don't know if we're getting fifteen feet, but I have officially declared it a snow day.
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The Pogues - Fairytale of New York For the remainder of the month I'm going to share two MP3s a week. I'll post the files every Wednesday and Sunday and they'll all be holiday-themed.
You knew I was going to share this one. I share it every December as it's the tune I dig the most at this time of year. I thought I'd share it now so you have a couple of weeks to enjoy it.
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Tipitina's Foundation - O Holy Night For the remainder of the month I'm going to share two MP3s a week. I'll post the files every Wednesday and Sunday and they'll all be holiday-themed.
"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" is long gone now, but there's one gift this show gave us that keeps on giving. Their Christmas show last year featured an awesome jazz rendition of "O Holy Night" by musicians from New Orleans. You've really got to hear this version which has become a holiday staple for me. Enjoy.
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Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum For the remainder of the month I'm going to share two MP3s a week. I'll post the files every Wednesday and Sunday and they'll all be holiday-themed.
My kids and I watched A Charlie Brown Christmas on Monday night and it still rocks. Sure, it's a little over the top with the morality message and it's a tad preachy for my liking, but it's still sweet and sentimental and ideal for this season. The soundtrack is perfect for holiday get togethers.
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Streetband - Toast Remember this one? They used to play this on CFNY back in the day. That's none other than Paul Young on vocals.
The next three Weekly MP3s will be Christmas themed you lucky ducks.
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Rush - The Spirit of Radio Today I'm playing a song that was inspired by a little radio station that broadcast from a house in Brampton. CFNY was the spirit of radio, and that catchphrase inspired the name of this most excellent Rush song.
The spirit of radio years at CFNY started when David Marsden joined as program director in 1978 and lasted a decade until an ill-advised format change in 1988. Thankfully, this format change didn't last long and CFNY started playing alternative again in 1989. No, it wasn't as alternative as it was from '78 to '88, but it was still great music with a focus on cool Canadian bands like BNL, Sloan and Lowest of the Low and complementing that sound with the grungy goodness of Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and other alternative rock monsters while continuing to play R.E.M., Smashing Pumpkins and Beck by the barrel full.
The spirit of radio may have changed in the late 80s, but it was my station throughout the 90s and it's still the best of the lot. This song is for CFNY... my station of choice.
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Odds - Eat My Brain Not only was this a fun single from Vancouver-based The Odds but the song's video featured a chase sequence starring members of The Pursuit of Happiness and Junkhouse. That's CanCon gold, my friends.
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Smashing Pumpkins - Today I heard "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" in the shower today. That got me diving into Siamese Dream and now I'm sharing my favourite cut from that album.
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Sarah Polley- Courage Ten days ago I a wrote about Sarah Polley's haunting cover of The Tragically Hip's "Courage". It's from The Sweet Hereafter and Doug was kind enough to share an MP3 of this tune. Today, I'm sharing it with all of you.
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Steve Earle - Copperhead Road.mp3 I'm sharing Steve Earle's Copperhead Road today because it's almost 20 years later and I still friggin' love this song.
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Alice Cooper - Elected Does anyone in Ontario want to guess why I'm sharing Alice Cooper's excellent Elected today as this week's MP3?
If browners like Dalton, John and Howard don't float your boat, we always have Alice. "I never lied to you, I've always been cool, I wanna be elected".
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Neil Young - Mr. Soul (Unplugged) I forgot to share an MP3 yesterday. The past few weeks are a blur... Luckily for you, a reader reminded me I hadn't thrown down a weekly MP3 and a request was made for some Neil Young. This is from his Unplugged album and goes back to his Buffalo Springfield days.
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Public Enemy - Bring Tha Noize Here's a quick story about this tune. I loved "Bring The Noise" from Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. In fact, it was easily one of my favourite cuts on one of my favourite albums of all time. Then, in 1991, I was flipping stations when I heard a heavier, rockier version of the song on MuchMusic. Damn, there was PE and Anthrax doing it up and it was awesome!
"Bring tha Noize" appeared on the very cool Anthrax album Attack of the Killer B's and Public Enemy's own Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black. This version is from that album and it still rocks bells.
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The Tragically Hip - Pretend World Container was a damn fine offering from Das Hip. I recently rediscovered it after shelving it for a few months and I'm still haunted by this torch number I first heard in the video for "In View". If you haven't heard it, it's not the Hip you're used to.
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Sonic Youth - Kool Thing Sonic Youth is a pretty solid band, but this is probably my favourite Sonic Youth song of all time. It was a pretty cool video which, of course, featured Chuck D of Public Enemy.
Come on, come on, come on, come on let everybody know.
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R.E.M. - Drive Earlier this year I complained about the exclusion of "Drive" from the R.E.M. greatest hits album. "Drive" may not have made the cut for In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 but it is good enough to be my Weekly MP3.
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My Morning Jacket - Wordless Chorus Never underestimate the value of opening for a popular band. I caught My Morning Jacket twice when they opened for Pearl Jam and I dug their sounds enough to score Acoustic Citsuoca, It Still Moves and Z. This is one of my favourite MMJ tunes, "Wordless Chorus".
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Alice Cooper - Only My Heart Talkin' In 1989, Alice Cooper came back with Trash, which was a great rock album. One of my favourite tracks on the disc was "Only My Heart Talkin'", which includes a cameo from Steven Tyler.
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The Cranberries - Ode To My Family I've always had a soft spot for this Irish alternative rock band. We first heard Dolores O'Riordan's sweet voice on Dreams and Linger, but this was followed by the heavy Zombie and then this great single, Ode To My Family.
Dolores O'Riordan is now married to a Canadian and she's been known to spend a great deal of time in a log cabin somewhere in Ontario. That's another reason to dig her.
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Guns N' Roses - Patience This might just be my favourite Gunners tune of all time, and that's saying something.
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Neil Young - Cowgirl In The Sand I mentioned yesterday that I was digging Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 1971. This is one of the songs he performed that night, and it's a personal favourite. This one goes out to my cowgirl in the sand...
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Bush - Come Down (Acoustic) Bush has always had questionable lyrics, but dammit if I didn't love Sixteen Stone. Come Down had a slow burn before soaring, and I always felt it made for a sweet sing along tune. This is the acoustic version that appeared on the No Boundaries Benefit Album for Kosovo Refugees. I dig it.
Cause I don't want to come back down from this cloud, it's taken me all this time to find out what I need.
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Journey - Don't Stop Believin' Prior to Sunday night, I didn't think much of Journey's sappy power ballad "Don't Stop Believin'". The song wasn't in my collection, I had never gone out of my way to hear it and I would never share it as my weekly mp3.
Its prominence in the pivotal closing scene on The Sopranos changed everything for me. Now, when I hear the song, I can see every detail from that scene in my mind. The vibe is now purely positive, and I suspect I'll be a fan of this song forever as a result.
They say music is the soundtrack of our lives. For me, this is especially true. Songs take me back to a different time or place. I'll remember a song that reminds me of a special moment or a traumatic moment or a scene in a good movie or, in this case, my final moments with Tony. It's magic, and it's awesome.
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Chris Cornell - Seasons Teddy Vedder is a dude I play ball with on Thursday nights. I like Teddy Vedder because our musical interests overlap all over the place. Last Thursday, we were talking about Chris Cornell and his solo stuff.
I mentioned "Seasons", a nice little song Cornell added to the Singles soundtrack. Teddy Vedder was sure "Seasons" was a Soundgarden song and threatened to whip out his iPod (which had the song on it) to prove it. I didn't need proof, I knew I was right. Teddy Vedder, this one's for you. It's "Seasons", a great little solo track from Chris Cornell.
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Nirvana - All Apologies I chose to share this song from In Utero for a variety of reasons. Firstly, I heard it this morning on the radio and remembered how awesome it is. Secondly, I bought this album on its first date of release at Sam the Record Man at 347 Yonge and I'm feeling nostalgic. And finally, it's Nirvana, and that's really the only excuse you need.
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The Fratellis - Flathead I love The Fratellis album Costello Music. Every song is great, but the best tune on the album might just be "Flathead", which I wrote about here. You'll see the video for "Flathead" on that page, too.
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Ballad of Tom Henke I recently wrote about Terminator Tom Henke, and Stephanie was nice enough to email me an MP3 of the Ballad of Tom Henke. This was on a 1991 Blue Jays compilation and it's pretty sweet.
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Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream I'm a day late with this week's MP3, but it's been crazy. Tonight I'm running my first ever 5k as I prepare for a 5k race on Saturday. This is not just a cool tune, but it's rather appropriate on this day.
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The Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings This week's MP3 was requested by Doug. I originally denied the request, thinking it's a little too obvious me sharing a tune from The Hip. Then, the loon made me reconsider.
Not only is this one of the prettiest songs to ever come out of this country, but it opens with the call of a loon. Nothing says summer in Canada like the call of a loon.
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Moxy Fruvous - Stuck in the 90s It's funny how some bands make it and some don't. There was a time when Moxy Fruvous and the Barenaked Ladies were in the same ball park. They were two local, funny and interesting bands with songs on CFNY. Then, BNL blew up in the States and Moxy Fruvous all but disappeared.
This was a nice little Moxy Fruvous song from Bargainville, a disc I added to my collection this past weekend.
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Big Daddy Kane - Down The Line A couple of weeks ago I wrote about this song. There was a trend in the late 80s and early 90s where almost every hip-hop album contained a track that featured all the MCs taking turns. One by one they'd drop their rhymes in their style and they'd go down the line. This is a good example from Big Daddy Kane's Taste of Chocolate disc.
Okay, okay, okay, okay, attention to the whole crew.
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Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer - Redemption Song This great cover of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" appears on the Redemption Songs disc in the Johnny Cash Unearthed box set. Johnny covering "Redemption Song" is great, but being joined by Joe Strummer is sublime.
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Public Enemy - Power To The People There's one drawback to digitizing my entire music collection. Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet is one of my favourite albums on the planet and I used to listen to it from start to finish. There was no gap between the songs. In fact, it was often difficult to tell where one track ended and the next began. It was all stitched together by Terminator X on those wheels of steel and the bomb squad.
Now that I listen to Fear of a Black Planet as twenty individual files, they don't bleed into one another the way they used to. Sure, I can remove pauses between the songs, but it's not quite the same somehow. Fear of a Black Planet wants to be one long MP3.
Today I'm sharing "Power to the People", mainly because it's a rarely heard cut from the album and it's got that crazy Flav "right about now" action at the end that sounded awesome on the old Walkman.
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The Killjoys - Today I Hate Everyone What happened to The Killjoys? This Hamilton, Ontario band had a series of radio hits in the mid-90s. This band doesn't even have a page on Wikipedia. No, this isn't them, that's another Killjoys.
If Mike Trebilcock, Gene Champagne or Shelley Woods is out there, let us know where you've been this past decade.
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The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses This song is for my Valentine, Taryn. She loves this band, and she knows I don't. Nothing says love like sharing a song from a band you don't particularly care for.
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Joni Mitchell - Woodstock Joni Mitchell was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in Toronto on Sunday. That's reason enough to share one of my favourite Joni Mitchell songs.
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The Gandharvas - The First Day of Spring Last time I shared some Rusty. That got me thinking about cool Canadian bands from the mid nineties that have disappeared. The Gandharvas broke with this ultra cool single "The First Day of Spring" and followed that up with a few more radio singles, including "Downtime", another very cool track.
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Rusty - Groovy Dead I've been listening to quite a bit of Rusty's Fluke album and I think it's highly underrated. I'm not sure what happened to these guys, but they were damn good.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
James Brown - Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto We lost James Brown today. You had to dig James Brown. Ask any Public Enemy fan what kind of an influence James Brown was - "Funky Drummer" and "Sex Machine" were sampled like crazy.
It's Christmas and I can't think of a better song to share than "Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto". Merry Christmas everybody, and James Brown... rest in peace.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday, but this is Saturday, so we'll consider this a holiday bonus.
Tipitina's Foundation - O Holy Night If you watched "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" a couple of weeks back, you'll remember band members were calling in sick to create work for New Orleans musicians in need of cash. These musicians were given a spot on the show and they performed this fantastic rendition of "O Holy Night". Add it to your Christmas playlist right away!
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy For my money, there's no better Christmas album than A Charlie Brown Christmas from the Vince Guaraldi Trio. That jazzy sound blended with images from that spectacular Christmas special does the trick for me every time.
All Weekly MP3s until Christmas will be holiday themed.
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Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger During lunch today, I took a stroll along Bloor to the HMV near Yonge Street. Oasis' "Don't Look Back In Anger" was playing over the in-store speakers and I caught myself singing along.
If you're looking for proof that time flies, consider this nugget of truth. "Don't Look Back In Anger" was released over eleven years ago. That's crazy... I remember T and I digging this album back in our uni daze. Listen to this track today. It sounds better today than it did back then.
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Alice in Chains - Them Bones Earlier in the year I listed my ten favourite bands. At number five you'll find Alice in Chains, a band I regard as the most underrated and under appreciated of all-time. They had a sound I just dug and I keep going back to Dirt, an amazing album that includes "Them Bones".
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Sam Roberts - Where Have All The Good People Gone? Just before he broke nationally, I caught Sam Roberts opening for The Tragically Hip on two different tours. I remember singing along at The Hummingbird Centre and thinking he was pretty good.
I'm sharing "Where Have All The Good People Gone?" because it's a very good question.
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Regina Spektor - Fidelity I was going to share "November Rain", for obvious reasons, but I did that last year. Instead, let's freshen things up a bit with a tune I couldn't get enough of last week. You can thank me later.
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Feist - Mushaboom (Postal Service Remix) We've all heard about Leslie Feist by now, but have you heard this Postal Service remix of her hit "Mushaboom". You probably have, but I'm sharing it anyway.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
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I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows Remember "Pump Up The Volume"? It was a 1990 movie starring Christian Slater and I thought it was the coolest. It had a fantastic soundtrack too and this Cohen tune was pivotal. All the great themes have been used up and turned into theme parks.
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Hayden - In September It's hard to believe September is almost over. The key word in that sentence is "almost". It's still September, which makes this exceptional Hayden tune quite relevant.
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I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
The Beautiful South - A Little Time I've always liked this sweet tune from The Beautiful South. It's nothing fancy, just a pretty little tune that recently made its way onto my iRiver.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
Seether - Immortality This is a cover of one of my favourite Pearl Jam tunes by South African rock band Seether. It's acoustic goodness.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
Custom - Hey Mister Custom is a real cool guy. I'm not just saying that because he lets me build and maintain his official web site. He really is a solid citizen, and in my house, he's had a couple of dozen top ten hits. In your house, he's likely only hit the top ten once, and that was with "Hey Mister" back in 2002. Don't tell him I'm sharing this. This is between you and I...
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. I realize I'm a day late. You have six days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. I realize I'm a day late. You have six days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.
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