Kurt Cobain
Here are some of the newsbit stories I’ve written for Spinner and Huffington Post Music Canada recently:
Great music clips from Rita MacNeil’s ‘Rita And Friends’ program.
Juno Cup rockers and NHLers sing “Life Is A Highway.”
Michael Buble talks about hosting the Junos.
A Nirvana concert video to commemmorate Kurt Cobain dying.
A roller derby punk rock video.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
Titanic
Unbeknownst to most of the world, Sarah, the other half of Risky Fuel, has been reasonably obsessed with shipwrecks since childhood.
She’s met Dr. Robert Ballard — the dude who found the Titanic — when she was younger, owns a giant print of the Lusitania, and if you closely, often wears clothing with a nautical theme.
As such, she was the perfect person to mark the 101st anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with a list of songs about the ship as well as other seaboard disasters.
You can read said list by heading to Spinner and clicking here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion, Travel
Taylor Swift
The true mark of musical fame isn’t ticket sales, #1 albums or Grammy Award nominations, its the bizarre lengths fans will go to in order to express their devotion to their favourite act.
Like, say, stencil the face of their fave musician on a toilet seat. Or maybe compose a print of the zombified version of their object d’adoration holding the severed head of John Mayer.
Such things are normal in the world of Taylor Swift arts and crafts available for purchase on Etsy.
Sarah navigated this murky world to find the 10 best Taylor Swift items for Huffington Post Music Canada.
You can read the story by clicking here.
Filed under Art, Music, Shameless Promotion
Kim Kardashian
Among this week’s top celebutard gossip was that Kim Kardashian‘s ex and former sex tape partner Ray J released a locker room-level insult song called “I Hit It First” about her (then denied it was about her even though the single’s cover art is a blurred photo of her).
The likelihood of Ray J being Kim’s first in the sack is arguable, but what isn’t up for debate is the fact he WAS NOT first when it came to writing Kim K-themed songs.
There’ve actually been a number of fascinating odes to Kim Kardashian over the years — including one by Honey Boo Boo — and Sarah collected some of the most interesting for Huffington Post Music Canada.
To read the full list go here.
Filed under Culture, Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
Joel Plaskett
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
This week we tip the hat to tributes for Jay Smith and Stompin’ Tom Connors, contemplate the discomfort in encountering Broken Social Scene‘s “Deathcock” and consider all the Polaris acts who are playing Coachella.
To read the column, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 