bare

Acquired tickets to see the barenaked ladies at the ACC on friday.
it was....interesting.

I've known for sometime that BNL produce some good songs, some cheesy/campy songs, and some terrific songs.

And i also was very aware that, for the most part, their fan base is mainly people who, if we can go back to grade 9 (baby), these are the people that would be watching the dancefloor with their backsides securely attached to the walls of the gymatorium, knowing that should the detachment process occur, and they leave the walls of the gym, someone could (would) make fun of them for one reason or another.

Those people made the BNL fanbase when i was in grade 9 (baby), and they were there, in full force at the ACC.

But now it wasn't just my peers, but their girlfriends, their boyfriends, their parents, and in some cases, their kids.
the fans (including my love 'M') knew words to songs, they knew dance moves that I've never seen, and in some cases, they knew which props to throw at what cues
(oversized flowers?? Underwear??? Tom Jones be damned!!)

It was an entertaining show, I dont mind the music, though there were points where i got a little nervous.

Nervous? you ask..for why??

well mainly cuz, they seem like nice guys.
and..well, one of their songs TOTALLY sounds like a song from a broadway musical that I happened to see recently.
'M', my lady, loves the musical wicked.
so, for xmas, we saw it.
and she listens to the soundtrack. a lot.
so, when BNL started playing "maybe you're right', i recognized the melody had a similarity to 'dancing through life" from the musical.
I started humming along the one or two lines, and M agreed, there was a similarity.
if anyone is reading this, don't HELP the Ladies get sued, but let me know if i'm totally wrong, or, maybe, I'm right
the two songs are here in a zip file.
Oh, and if anyone is reading this, Davidsuzuki.org I heard about this site from the first opening act that i stood in applause for in years...

Midlake

i was pretty excited for the toronto debut of midlake.
so, last night, I went.
A young woman (annie clark whose musical pseudonym) was St. Vincent opened the show, and she was amazing.
It's hard to describe her music in few words, and i have to finish my coffee, and go to work..
but, i guess,if i had to, my quick, former-record-store-employee-hipster-description would be, "imagine the dusty springfield aspects of portishead, mixed with Trevor Dunn from mr. bungle"
You can listen for yourself on her myspace page.

Midlake were great, in that, the music is great.
The performance was average at best. this lack of spectacular may have inspired the art projected on the back wall..but, as i was not able to see the artwork, I had to judge the band on what i heard, and the little i saw from the angle i was at (okay, I saw the band, minus the drummer, and the bassist)
The crowd was hip, and full, like the beards on 95% of the male audience (and possibly one gal)

It got me thinking, gay bearded guys who are "comfortable' looking are called Bears, there should be a name for straight bearded comfortable guys...any suggestions?
In the meantime

midlake

The Grammys are a joke

'Nuff Said

paris

I'd sent an email out at the beginning of december telling my other music geeks what my favourite albums were. some of them responded with there faves, some of them told me that they were going to have to listen to them because id recommended them, i take that as a compliment.
one comment stayed pretty strong, and that one was directed to my inclusion of Paris Hilton's debut record, "paris".
I understand that the singles that had been released suck.

(actually the main single was a utter rip off of Lord Creator's "Kingston Town'..but this has been blogged about to death-[except for most ppl refer to UB40's cover of Lord Creator])

so, to backtrack, yes, I'm VERY aware that Paris Hilton is not a nice person..and that the album is a total, and complete Product.
BUT
it doesn't stop the fact that there are some amazing songs on 'Paris'
"nothing in this world"
"screwed'
and "not leaving without you" are three of the best songs i've heard in years.

debut

i'm not sure how to do this.
but, after reading many music blogs on a very frequent basis, i figured...I can do one of these blog things.
of course, now i have to figure out many things.
Most importantly, the proper html for everything.
so, for now, I'll just throw my first song up.
Its called major label debut, by Broken social scene who hail from my fair village.
in fact, in being torontonian, i'm sure i'm a single degree of separation from at least one of the members of the group.
now, if i can only use this power in some way..

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