Yesterday I heard The Pursuit of Happiness' "Hard To Laugh" on CFNY Edge 102. It was the first time I've heard a song on the radio from TPOH that wasn't "I'm An Adult Now" in many years. Earlier in the week, I read this which discusses "When We Ruled: The
Listening to The National Playlist on CBC radio this morning, I heard a song entitled "The Bridge" from a Toronto-based band from Windsor called Elliot Brood. Prior to today, I had never heard of Elliot Brood. One listen to "The Bridge" and I was impressed. It's a very cool single
It started when I started reviewing Dave Cassel's list of the 100 greatest internet moments. While cruising down memory lane I learned about a video for an acoustic version of Radiohead's "Creep". This moment was ranked in the top 100 and I had no recollection of it. The video is
On Saturday, BBC Radio2 is is airing part two of their documentary "The Maple Music Revolution". Here's their description of the feature: "A major two-part series where Bob Harris looks beneath the surface to discover the reasons for the emergence of a unique, creative and dynamic government-funded Canadian music scene.
Twas the night before Halloween, and all through the house, all the creatures were stirring, except for the mouse. The monsters had gathered to plan and prepare, for the trick-or-treaters who soon would be there. Sick to death of "Monster Mash", these monsters played a frightening playlist of ten "ghost"
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)Whale - Hobo Humpin' Slobo BabeWhite Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65Willie Nelson - On The Road AgainWu-Tang Clan - Protect
Moments ago I cross referenced the top ten selling albums of all time with those in my collection. I learned that I owned eight of ten but was missing Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and the soundtrack for The Bodyguard. I have no interest in owning the soundtrack to The Bodyguard, but
Exactly one year ago today, I checked to see how many of the top 10 selling albums of all time I had in my collection. At the time, I had three: Led Zeppelin IV, AC~DC's Back In Black and Taryn's Shania Twain's Come On Over. If we revisit this
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. The Watchmen - All UncoveredThe White Stripes - Fell In Love With A GirlThe Who - Won't Get Fooled AgainTom Cochrane - Life Is A HighwayTom
It took one spin of Arcade Fire's Funeral to hook me. "Wake Up" quickly became my favourite cut on the disc and I couldn't wait to share it with my brothers and buddies. I shared it with all of you on August 3. This afternoon I heard "Wake Up" on
Jeff Martin, frontman for Canadian rock trio The Tea Party, has quit the band. Fifteen years after they formed in Windsor, Ontario, The Tea Party are no more. I never liked The Tea Party. At best they were an okay Doors cover band. This band hogged valuable stage time at
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. The Fugees - Killing Me SoftlyThe Guess Who - American WomanThe Offspring - Self EsteemThe Police - Every Breath You TakeThe Pretenders - Brass In PocketThe
A recent article in the Toronto Star by Douglas Bell alerted me to the fact last Monday's New York Times contained an erroneous review of the new Broken Social Scene album. Much of the review seems to focus on Broken Social Scene as a Montreal-based band. Broken Social Scene, of
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Stray Cats - Rock This TownSupertramp - The Logical SongSystem of a Down - Chop SueyThe Beach Boys - Good VibrationsThe Beatles - YesterdayThe Clash -
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares To YouSkid Row - 18 And LifeSloan - UnderwhelmedSnoop Doggy Dogg - Who Am I (What's My Name)?Soul Asylum -
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know ItRadiohead - CreepRage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name OfRed Hot
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Our Lady Peace - ClumsyOutkast - Bombs Over BagdhadOzzy Osbourne - Crazy TrainPaul Simon - GracelandPearl Jam - AlivePink Floyd - Comfortably NumbPrince - Purple RainPublic
It's been about seventeen months now since I installed the Audioscrobbler plug-in to track the tunes I play on my computer. This thing operates so far under the radar I totally forgot about it. My personal Last.fm page has been keeping track of every song I've played since then
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Moby - Natural BluesMoist - PushMotley Crue - Home Sweet HomeNaughty By Nature - O.P.P.Neil Young - Heart of GoldNick Cave and the
Here's a list of every song in my collection with the word "boogie" in the title. For absolutely no particular reason whatsoever. Boogie Man - AerosmithB. B. Boogie - B. B. KingRockin' My Boogie - Big Walter Horton's Blues Harp Band with Memphis CharlieThe Hypnotizin' Boogie - David WilcoxBoogie Wonderland
The other day, a friend and I were discussing Beck's "Loser". It is a slacker anthem of sorts and as such it comes up in conversations now and then. At some point during this chat, I recited the lyric "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?". My
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Ice Cube - It Was a Good DayIce T - New Jack HustlerJames Taylor - Sweet Baby JamesJanis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGeeJimmy Hendrix -
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My MindGreen Day - LongviewGuns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' MineHayden - Bad As They SeemHole - Miss
Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World" is our other national anthem. It's both musically and lyrically worthy of this honour, and two events over the past few months have cemented its status as the song that unites. On July 2nd of this year, Canada's Live 8 concert took place
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Counting Crows - Mr. JonesCyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have FunCypress Hill - Insane in the BrainEminem - Lose YourselfEverlast - What It's LikeFleetwood Mac
