It's a few years old, it is. Mr. Tom Vek and his fantastic keys sound --->
P.S. - Happy St. Andrew's Day!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Burrrrr
What the heck has been going on? That's right, I've been away for ages but I'm back. With a frostbitten vengeance. It's 27 F at the moment, with 20 MPH winds. Snow coming this weekend. Just what the Canadian Doctor ordered for a Southerner! Bring it on, I say.
I've been back to the states not once, not twice, but thrice since my last post. The first trip was to the Old Dominion for work and such, but it was great to catch up with family, Tadow, DM, RS and RV, amongst others. This past week I went back to the HOD for US Thanksgiving, as I'm now used to calling it (Canada's Thanksgiving is in Rocktober). Most of my family was there, so it was good to catch up with them. A certain football game cast a black shadow over Saturday, but it didn't spoil the visit, which for me included lots of Mello Yello, some Guthrie's chicken fingers and some Krystal's burgers. Mmmmmmmm.
In between those visits, I headed just over the border to Buffalo to witness the annihilation of the Bills by the New England Patriots. It was a surreal night--COLD, with an 8.15 kickoff. I witnessed fist fights in the stands after Belichick started going for it on 4th down whilst up by 40 points. The place went berserk, and with the Bills fans (who'd been drinking all day) getting riled up and the Patriots fans (also drunk) jawing back, all hell broke loose. The police were carting people off right and left. The game was a laugher, but it was still fun to see the well-oiled Pats machine steamroll (at least for the first half).
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings had the audacity to postpone their December show in DC, so no luck for me (the re-scheduled date is in January). Ah well. In other music news, the new Hives record is a good one. A lot of it was recorded in Oxford, Mississippi, and the second track features backing vocals from the Ole Miss cheerleaders. Yes! Swedish garage rock recorded in Mississippi with help from Ole Miss cheerleaders. That's got SITGWN written all over it. Here's the newest video, for "Tick Tick Boom" (they've disabled the ability to embed this one):
JM? He's started nine games in a row. Unbelievable. Winning fans right and left up here. Over and out!
I've been back to the states not once, not twice, but thrice since my last post. The first trip was to the Old Dominion for work and such, but it was great to catch up with family, Tadow, DM, RS and RV, amongst others. This past week I went back to the HOD for US Thanksgiving, as I'm now used to calling it (Canada's Thanksgiving is in Rocktober). Most of my family was there, so it was good to catch up with them. A certain football game cast a black shadow over Saturday, but it didn't spoil the visit, which for me included lots of Mello Yello, some Guthrie's chicken fingers and some Krystal's burgers. Mmmmmmmm.
In between those visits, I headed just over the border to Buffalo to witness the annihilation of the Bills by the New England Patriots. It was a surreal night--COLD, with an 8.15 kickoff. I witnessed fist fights in the stands after Belichick started going for it on 4th down whilst up by 40 points. The place went berserk, and with the Bills fans (who'd been drinking all day) getting riled up and the Patriots fans (also drunk) jawing back, all hell broke loose. The police were carting people off right and left. The game was a laugher, but it was still fun to see the well-oiled Pats machine steamroll (at least for the first half).
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings had the audacity to postpone their December show in DC, so no luck for me (the re-scheduled date is in January). Ah well. In other music news, the new Hives record is a good one. A lot of it was recorded in Oxford, Mississippi, and the second track features backing vocals from the Ole Miss cheerleaders. Yes! Swedish garage rock recorded in Mississippi with help from Ole Miss cheerleaders. That's got SITGWN written all over it. Here's the newest video, for "Tick Tick Boom" (they've disabled the ability to embed this one):
JM? He's started nine games in a row. Unbelievable. Winning fans right and left up here. Over and out!
Monday, November 5, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Well, things had been mild, but tonight as I approached that last set of stairs that lead me out of St. Andrew station and on to King St, I felt a little draft, shall we say. And by the time I was above ground, I was freezing. Time for a real jacket tomorrow! In the meantime, I'll leave it to Ms. Sharon Jones to keep things warm.
Here's the fantastic new video from Sharon and her group The Dap-Kings, for "100 Days, 100 Nights." I love the new record, especially "Tell Me," which is a little more soul and a little less funk (just my style). I'll miss them in Toronto but hope to catch them again in December in DC!
How old does this thing look?
Here's the fantastic new video from Sharon and her group The Dap-Kings, for "100 Days, 100 Nights." I love the new record, especially "Tell Me," which is a little more soul and a little less funk (just my style). I'll miss them in Toronto but hope to catch them again in December in DC!
How old does this thing look?
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