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So, I mentioned in a post last week that I was planning on listening to all of the Polaris shortlist entries before the awards are handed out in September.  Not only that, but I'm planning on doing it along with a few other Toronto-area music fans and writers, AND we're going to be doing a blog about it.  I'm seeing this as a great music-learning ( Read more... )

We went down to Fort Erie last night to see the Trews.  It was a great show by them, as always, although Colin sounded like he's coming down with a cold or something.

Opening act was a group called Crash Karma:

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Which was a little weird for me, but kind of cool at the same time, because it featured Jeff Burrows from the Tea Party and Edwin from I ( Read more... )

Venue: The Molson Ampitheatre, Toronto
Date: June 2, 2009
Performing: Street Sweeper Social Club, Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction

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So, I've already posted about this on Facebook and Twitter, so a couple of you might be sick of hearing about this, but I thought it might be of interest to a couple of you here:

This Saturday, the Luminato festival is putting together an attempt at the Guinness World Record for largest guitar ensemble.  The current record is 1802, and they're ( Read more... )

So, B, Ash and I went to Massey Hall last night to catch Flight of the Conchords.  A great time was had by all!

We were up in the second balcony/gallery of the Hall, but it being Massey the sound was still good.  There was a fairly tall gentleman sitting in front of me, but I was still able to see for the most part what was happening on stage.

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http://www.themississippikings.com

If you're a fan of stuff like Sam Roberts, The Trews, and Will Hoge, check these guys out - they do a great job of mixing modernized Southern-style rock with modern sensibilities and with a healthy dose of Motown-style soul added in as well.  Their debut album is available as a free download on their website - I  ( Read more... )

Hey drunken_nights !  This is the Shatner/Henry Rollins song I was talking about at the party tonight:

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I don't believe I've actually mentioned anything about this yet, but I'm on a CD! Along with several other Toronto novel writing month people, I've been working on a CD of songs about writing and the creative process. Everyone appearing on it is a NaNoWriMo participant, and we're selling copies of it as a fundraiser for the organization that ( Read more... )