Ho hum

So, this makes me feel like I should go back to bed and not bother to get up and do anything as I can never hope to do anything even a fraction as fabulous as this . . .. And with a beautiful backdrop provided by Mother Nature, how can anyone not be moved by this? How can something so simple be so magnificent?

Wayback machine

So I feel like I got in a time machine last night and went back to pre hiatus days circa 2005 ish. What an awesome night! Whitey, Kev, Charlie, Brendan, Sammmy, Liam, Lisa, Leslie, Cranley, Julie, John(!!!), Ohad, Jason, JP . . . epic night. The 6 new tracks were hot, they did some old faves: 7/4, Almost, Fire Eye'd, MLD and the elusive New Country (New Country people - haven't heard that live in about 6 years!), plus the oft heard (at recent shows) anthemic Meet Me In the Basement - new album promising to be stellar. With their new tracks they seem to be waving their indie flag pretty furiously, with less "excessive vocal reverb" and "stabby guitar delay" (yes, that was a dig at Pitchfork).

The AoH set was, as always, an adventure - different arrangements keeping everyone guessing, Jason's set with Zeus was hot in his totally cool way, and then there was the Happiness Project and Years. I don't think everyone in the audience quite understood the artistry of Ohad or Charlie as the DMST boys displayed their phenomenal 'art projects'.

The vibe of the evening in general was much like a high school reunion of sorts (espescially since I did actually go to High School with some members of the band) - like a return home after exploring what the big bad world had to offer and realizing that home is so much more magical than you had remembered. I would have liked to have put my life on pause so I could have replayed it over and over again, I'm seriously hoping it wasn't all a dream . . . and that tonight is equally as fantastic. Going to have a nap now cause I'm old and don't do 3:00 am well - espescially not when I have to do it a few nights in a row.

Disappointing news

I read some rather disappointing news about Feist this morning in Google News . . . Feist does not see a place for herself in BSS once her tour winds down.

In discussing her future, she said "I don't really know how involved I feel (with the band) anymore, so much time has passed ... at this point. For me it's not what it was"



Though she has been busy between touring her solo works Let it Die and The Reminder, I always kind of had the thought in my head that she could show up at a BSS gig and we could witness the magic that she brought to the group - and every once and a while she did just that. Now it seems that that particular hope is dead in the water and more unlikely than not.

I am loving the current BSS Presents Kevin and Brendan albums, but I am also desperate for a classic BSS show with lots of YFIP and S/T material. I need a time machine.

Summer School

How awesome is this?

A week in the life of a Canadian music-aholic

Sometimes I find my addiction to music (particularly Canadian music) hard to handle. Why is it that all of the artists that I love are in the city in the same week? I am far too old to handle 7 shows in a week and a half, but I have no choice unless I skip someone, which I cannot bring myself to do. So to The Constantines, Peter Katz, The Trews, Bill Priddle, Sweet Thing, Chilly and Feist I issue a challenge: next time, can we try and space it out?? I'll be the one trying very hard not to look old and tired and begging lots of children to keep it down over the next week! But, the reality is, I find weeks like this very inspiring and ridiculously fun, even though they suck the life outa me.

This is how we do it in Canada

How many years have the Juno Awards been a complete and utter joke of epic proportions with slim to no representation of the true Art that has recently come out of Canada? Doesn't matter, all was made right last night when Feist won 1,2,3,4 . . . 5 Juno Awards. Much deserved, and by far the best performance of the night also went to the lovely Miss Feist.
We won't mention the suspisciously absent nomination for Kev for Alternative album of the Year (not saying he should have won, but definately should have been nominated), that's another story.