“Shea” here again: They found Jason frozen in a snow bank tonight along with his ever-present digital camera. This was a photo he took just as he left the bar. The time stamp says 2:39am but I know this is a mistake as he told me he would be home around 8pm or so. The […]
Sorry for the late notice but tonight at 9:30pm, classmate Linda Bussiere will be playing at the Grad Club with her band, Buttonfly. There's no cover and it's a great chance to see an excellent local band, have a visit with fellow MLIS Students and perhaps quaff a beverage or three. Hope to see many […]
There's a bit of a discussion about music choices happening in the comments of my recent Beautiful South post so, in the spirit of that great work of music-list making, High Fidelity I thought I'd bring one idea out to the front page in handy-dandy ready-meme format:Song that is “Your Song” for you and your […]
Tonight, one of my favourite Britpop bands, The Beautiful South is playing in Toronto. They're a piano-based group who write melodies like Burt Bacharach but lyrics like Elvis Costello (or somebody even more sarcastic and bitter.) I'd thought about going but between all the work I'm trying to get done (even though it's research week) […]
The Library Association of Alberta did a calendar a few years back featuring photos of librarians doing their non-work hobbies – riding motorcycles, belly-dancing, mountain climbing, etc. We had some brief chats about doing something similar here – either for my cohort or for the whole program via Student Council. I don't think anything ever […]
Because I can't think of anything else to write, here's one of my favourite songs of the past year or so. (I was going to link to “Wake Up Boo!” by the Boo Radleys which is one of my favourite songs of the past 10 years or so but the video was taken down! Damn […]
I compiled a list of Saskatchewan songs for a fellow student so thought I would post it here as a counterpoint to my SW Ontario playlist entry. (This is not an exhaustive list by any means – feel free to add others in the comments section.)“Last Sask Pirate” – Captain Tractor/Arrogant Worms “Roll On, Saskatchewan” […]
Corb Lund is a great country-rock/roots singer in the tradition of Hank Williams and Steve Earle. His web site has some audio and video samples (check out “Hurtin' Albertan” for “Time To Switch To Whiskey” for a couple of my own personal favourite songs.) A bunch of his shows out west are sold out but […]
I didn't buy the Sam Baker CD at the Fred Picnic (having already blown more than I should have on other CD's and DVD's) but as I thought more about Baker's performance (and based on Beer Doug, a huge music fan in his own right, saying that it was the best CD he'd heard in […]
– I have a theory that every time you go to a music festival, one artist will become a revelation. That theory held true at the Fred Picnic last weekend. Sam Baker was an amazing discovery in his Saturday night closing set. Beyond his music, how's this for a backstory: while touring in Peru, he […]
