Been kind of busy, haven't wrote anything for a bit, probably trying a bit too hard to think of another epic moment from one of my favorite bands. Instead here's something awesome I just did.
I hadn't heard much of them, but a band from Regina called Rah Rah was playing. Gave them a listen and they're pretty damn good, so I talked some friends into it and after a few after work pints we headed out ... and they rocked. I've been singing this song all day.
Good music is always worth finding, even if you do get a parking ticket when your car decides to have a sleepover.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
My Favorite Band?
As your friends/family/co-workers start to learn you go to bands they've never heard of they will invevitably ask you for names. Picking just one will always be impossible, so you'll give them a few. You grow older, you hear new things you like, you outgrow things you don't anymore. One band, though, that has been on my list for 10 years going strong now is The Weakerthans.
I've seen them play about 6 times over those 10 years, basically every chance I get, and I hope that never changes. This post is about the first time I saw them. It was at the local campus bar, and the place was packed. The Constantines opened (more on them later) and we sat back in an uncomfortable tight spotand then pushed and squirmed and fought our way to a good viewing spot.
And it was so worth it. John K Samson is the greatest Canadian lyricist of our time. There, I've said it and I won't take it back. He tells stories, "at a wedding reception in 1972, where a little boy under a table with cake in his hair, danced at the grown up feet as they danced and swayed", and makes you feel things, "the ways we watched her watch us walk away", in a way no one else does. And he does it all with a smile and a recognition of just how lucky he is to do this for a living.
This is a video for Psalm For the Elks Lodge Last Call. It makes me want to be 60 years old, wear a funny hat, and hang out with all my friends.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
The Intro
I've decided to create this website as a journal, a diary, a place to look both backwards and forwards at the music I've had the luck to find and enjoy. A place where if the magic of the internet saves it I can come back years later and remember. Hopefully a place where the people who find it can find and enjoy those same things.
Of course every story needs a beginning, but where to chose. It could have been when I was 9 and found dad's old tapes and 8 tracks. But young me didn't really know what he was looking for other than it seemed cool to listen to "dad's"music. It could have been from when I was into my teens and our basic cable had MuchMusic added to it, when they still played music. But there were playing music for the masses, and much of it wasn't/isn't for me.
The time I've chosen is a small show I saw in a dingy basement (called The Basement) that a friend of mine told me I should got to. We paid $5 cover, the guy at the door was upset I paid with a $20 and ruined his cash float, and watched 4 forgettable bands. And then came Filmmaker, the band we were there to see, and the rocked.
I was sure they were going to be the next big thing, and I would have a story of how I had been there in that basement. I saw them one more time, playing a short opening set, and then they broke up. I had skipped a third opportunity to see them, and still kick myself. A lesson repeated if not learned, "never pass up the chance to see good live music." The lead singer, and at least one other member, have since formed another band, and then another when that one split. They now are starting to gain success as Library Voices, but to me they'll always be Filmmaker.
This is a video I've found on youtube, not as easy as you'd think since its been about 10 years, they never were that famous, and the name Filmmaker conflicts with basically 50% of everything else on youtube.
Of course every story needs a beginning, but where to chose. It could have been when I was 9 and found dad's old tapes and 8 tracks. But young me didn't really know what he was looking for other than it seemed cool to listen to "dad's"music. It could have been from when I was into my teens and our basic cable had MuchMusic added to it, when they still played music. But there were playing music for the masses, and much of it wasn't/isn't for me.
The time I've chosen is a small show I saw in a dingy basement (called The Basement) that a friend of mine told me I should got to. We paid $5 cover, the guy at the door was upset I paid with a $20 and ruined his cash float, and watched 4 forgettable bands. And then came Filmmaker, the band we were there to see, and the rocked.
I was sure they were going to be the next big thing, and I would have a story of how I had been there in that basement. I saw them one more time, playing a short opening set, and then they broke up. I had skipped a third opportunity to see them, and still kick myself. A lesson repeated if not learned, "never pass up the chance to see good live music." The lead singer, and at least one other member, have since formed another band, and then another when that one split. They now are starting to gain success as Library Voices, but to me they'll always be Filmmaker.
This is a video I've found on youtube, not as easy as you'd think since its been about 10 years, they never were that famous, and the name Filmmaker conflicts with basically 50% of everything else on youtube.
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