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Enough With the Yoko References

April 9, 2012

My wife and I were watching “Breakout Kings” last night on A&E (awesome little show, by the way), and once again, the plot involved a girl breaking up a band, and a Yoko Ono reference was thrown down like a steel gauntlet. Bands break up all the time, and yes, sometimes it’s because of a [...]

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THE Boxset To Have In 2012 – Amon Tobin

March 28, 2012

Amon Tobin, for those of you that don’t know, is a Brazilian producer/composer/musician of electronic music. Revered in his genre throughout the world, he’s released seven studio albums on Ninja Tune. Last night my inbox (I’m really trying to catch up, I really am) popped open to a new boxset that he’s releasing that is [...]

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Prague In Pictures (And Brno And Vienna Too)

March 25, 2012

In case you’ve been wondering why the lack of posts in the last couple of weeks, my wife and I took a trip to the Czech Republic. Principally we were staying in the city of Brno, which is comparable in size to Edmonton, though we did do a day trip up to Prague as well. [...]

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Battle Of the Bons: Bon Jovi Versus Bon Iver

March 2, 2012

With the news that the Bon Iver tour has finally decided to come to Edmonton, I thought it might be interesting to compare them, and their frontman Justin Vernon, to another band of some repute with Bon in their name – Bon Jovi. BON JOVI BON IVER WINNER Home State New Jersey Wisconsin Bon Iver. [...]

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The Junos – Are You Freaking Kidding Me

February 8, 2012

Seeing as how I’m a Canadian music blogger, a lot of you may be expecting a full rundown of the 2012 Junos. You’re not going to get it, but you know what does amuse me? A few days ago a writer for the Edmonton Sun wrote how the Junos were “on the road to revelance” [...]

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Fried Errata

January 20, 2012

So yesterday morning Heather’s alarm goes off at 6AM while she’s already mulling about the house. If you know anything about me, you’ll know I’m so NOT a morning person. Heather bounds into the room apologizing, and as she turns the alarm off I say “into our lives a little Kylie Minogue must always fall”. [...]

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CRTC Approves Golden West App For Radio In Fort Sask – But With A Twist #yegradio

January 10, 2012

Late last July I submitted an intervention to the CRTC concerning a new radio station in Fort Saskatchewan that Golden West was trying to get approved. My main opposition was the format they were choosing – classic rock – which is a completely inundated and over-populated genre for radio in our not-so-snowy-as-usual metropolis. I also [...]

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The Life Of A Music Blogger Part 76

January 8, 2012

One of the most interesting changes in my life since I started a music blog – besides listening to and discovering a lot more music, both from my own searches as well as the plethora that’s sent to me on a daily basis – has been the reaction of friends, particularly when I’m going over [...]