Metafilter linked to a site that's right up my alley. It's called rap represented in mathematical charts and graphs and if you're a fan of the genre, you'll find it pretty self explanatory and very funny. Here's one of my favourites, based on Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day"
We're all set for tomorrow's Santa Claus parade. As mentioned, this will be my fourth year in a row attending the world's largest Santa Claus parade, and I'll bring my camera to try and snap each float as it rolls by. Here are my entries and photosets from the last
I just read that Montreal's Arcade Fire trail only Of Montreal and Battles in nominations for the 2008 PLUG Independent Music Awards, which recognize the best indie acts from around the world. Canadians Emily Haines, Sunset Rubdown, The New Pornographers, Caribou, Chromeo, A-Trak and the profanely named Toronto acts Fucked
Did you know Music World was the last Canadian-owned national music store chain? Neither did I until today when I read Music World is under bankruptcy protection and will close its stores. That makes HMV the last chain standing in an age of digitized music collections and downloads. There was
Neil Young rules. It's as simple as that. The man is a living legend. Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute To Neil Young was released last month, but I haven't heard it yet. I have heard City and Colour's cover of "Cowgirl In The Sand" and I dig it. That's one
Leslie Feist recorded one of my favourite albums of 2005 and Saturday night she was kicking ass on SNL. I'm asleep before Saturday Night Live hits the air, but thanks to YouTube, I can enjoy these performances over and over and over again. What an age we live in! Here's
Last month I wrote about how Radiohead was leaving it up to us. Buyers could name their own price when downloading "In Rainbows". At the time I wrote "As I understand it, there's no minimum, but by treating their loyal fans so nicely you can bet this will pay off.
I first linked to the Flash video for Radiohead's acoustic version of "Creep" two years ago today. I'm sharing this video again today because it's a fantastic combination of a great performance and a great video. If you haven't yet seen this, today's your lucky day.
Cracked.com has published a list that's right up my alley. They call it The 10 Most Terrifyingly Inspirational '80s Songs and here it is. "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor"You’re the Best" by Joe Esposito"Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins"Jukebox Hero" by Foreigner"Don’t Stop
With Wednesday being Halloween, it would be pretty easy to make Ministry's "Everyday Is Hallowe'en" my weekly MP3, but I did that last year. If Halloween had carols, this would be a modern classic. You never hear it anymore outside of October but it's actually pretty strong. It's Ministry when
There is nothing more Canadian than hockey. It's a little past noon on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and I'm already thinking about Hockey Night in Canada tonight as my Leafs take on the Rangers. Hockey is life and pretty sweet. Alison, who refers to herself as a stranger-friend because she
Earlier today, I wrote about my inherent disadvantage when compiling a list of this nature. Below are my ten favourite Canadian albums of all-time, but you won't find Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Rush or The Guess Who. You also won't find The Band, Leonard Cohen or Gordon Lightfoot. I kept
I heard from a few sources yesterday that Bob Mersereau was promoting his book The Top 100 Canadian Albums which ranks the top Canadian albums of all time. Freddie P wrote about this on his blog and gave his top five. I was surprised to realize that I've never ranked
With apologies to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, I love this list of the top 10 rap songs white people love. It's a pretty strong collection of rap songs your average white person will get awfully excited about. Here's their top ten: Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got BackHouse of Pain - Jump
I know you'll find this hard to believe, but I'm not a particularly social guy. When I'm told we're expected to make an appearance at a social gathering, dinner party or any collection of peers, I dread it. Unless I'm ultra comfy I'm liable to find a corner and entertain
Boing Boing has a link to the Radiohead store where they're selling their new album, In Rainbows. Radiohead is doing something very cool here. Downloads of the album are name-your-own-price. That's right, you decide how much you're willing to pay for the digital downloads of their hot and fresh material.
My prediction was wrong. I thought Chad VanGaalen would win the 2007 Polaris Prize, awarded on the basis of artistic merit, regardless of musical genre, profile or record sales. Instead it went to Montreal's Patrick Watson. To prove how little I know about Patrick Watson, I thought it was a
Perusing my music collection, I realize there's only a handful of bands and artists I really, really, really like. There are many I like, such as Coldplay, Broken Social Scene, Sam Roberts and Arctic Monkeys, but I don't really, really, really like them. I really, really, really like the following:
A web site called Cinema Blend ranked their top 5 grunge albums, and as a product of the grunge outbreak of the early 90s, I read with great interest. I'm not going to analyze their rankings, which includes a rather surprising number one, I'd just like to state how much
American Hardcore had such great footage of Bad Brains rocking out in Washington, DC and New York City, I feel as if I've discovered something great. Of course, Bad Brains has been right under my nose this whole time, and most of you are probably laughing at the fact I'm
Tonight's the 24th annual MTV Video Music Awards and us crazy canucks can watch it live on CTV at 9pm. For years this was my favourite music awards show of them all. The best artists were always on the bill and the coolest videos for great songs often took home
As sad as it is to admit this, I'm getting used to hearing my favourite tunes exploited to sell products. For a long time I had a serious issue with this and bitched every time an artist sold out. Now I'm okay with it so long as it's a fairly
I'm just catching up on my YouTubery. This is a sweet performance of "1234" by Feist on Letterman the other night. Check out those back up singers. You'll see members of Broken Social Scene, the New Pornographers, Grizzly Bear and The National.
The Ongoing History of New Music is discussing bands that were around in the 70s and continue to make music to this day. That got me thinking about my favourite bands that were making music twenty years ago and are still making new music today. To qualify for this list,
One of the best things about John From Cincinnati was the opening credits. It was cool grainy surfer imagery with Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros' "Johnny Appleseed" playing overtop. I had never heard "Johnny Appleseed" before but I'm now a big fan. Download the song in MP3 here and watch
