Another in the long list of “Things I Should Post About” is a in-depth exploration of my own views on copyright, piracy and the impact & actions of the various related industries. But for now, I’ll say that sometimes it’s the exact opposite of what the RIAA would have you believe. For example, I watched […]
MusicLink is a new site that gives a simplied way to listen to albums that are available on the popular streaming service, GrooveShark. There are other similar sites out there for streaming music – Last.fm, Pandora (not available in Canada unless you set up a VPN or otherwise get around their IP identification) and Spotify […]
You may be familiar with CBC Radio’s “Great Canadian Song Quest“, a contest where people could write-in votes for different locations in each of Canada’s provinces and territories then a designated artist/band from each region write a song about the top vote getting spot. (The first edition was 2009 and featured specific locations. This year’s […]
This isn’t a Labour Day song per se but those opening lines about struggling to survive on minimum wage and tips captures the struggle of working people as much as any song you’ll hear by Billy Bragg or Pete Seeger. Thanks also to the colleague who posted the following article on Facebook – “Tough Times […]
Every week (or so), The Perfect Five features five songs – one Hyped, one Covered, one Classic, one Remixed and one Loved. A great place to discover new music.
A great Sask-a-zydeco song – Happy Song by Crooked Creek – which is sort of the theme song for one of the best hippie fests around (or at least I think it was when I used to go to this festival every year. Things are a bit hazy! ;-)) While you’re on that requisite ugly […]
Joseph Gordon Levitt, child star of “3rd Rock From the Son” and blossoming movie star ranging from indy-hits like “(500) Days of Summer” to this summer’s cerebral blockbuster, “Inception” is also apparently a big Web 2.0, open-source, open-collaboration advocate. Five years ago, he formed an online studio called HitRECord.org where anyone can contribute, remix and […]
Any time I spend time at our farm with my dad and Pace as I did this past weekend… …I think of this song. One reason the lyrics resonate is because I literally was that nervous boy getting onto the school bus for the first time. (Of course I managed to come home with a […]
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It's my dyslexic birthday today (I was born in '73 and am turning 37) and I know they didn't do it for me but what a great gift to stumble across a clip of a quasi-Beatles reunion as Sir Paul recently took to the stage to celebrate his old bandmate at the conclusion of an […]
