Kathleen Edwards Polaris Poster
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
In case you didn’t know, the Polaris Music Prize got determined on Monday. My column from last week was a look at all the short list nominees one final time before the winner got determined.
To read it, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Snoop Lion, Rob Zombie’s Lords Of Salem & Peaches
Now that the excitement of the Toronto International Film Festival has died down, Sarah took some time to make a list of her favourite music-related films she saw.
Topping the list was Peaches‘ Peaches Does Herself, but Rob Zombie‘s The Lords Of Salem and Snoop Lion‘s Reincarnated were also among those worth checking out.
To read the whole list head over to Spinner here.
Filed under Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
Jim Morrison & Willie Nelson
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
For this edition I focused strictly on past crimes musicians were involved in and there were some truly rich ones. Jim Morrison of The Doors redefined the term “lizard king” and Willie Nelson got busted.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
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Kathleen Edwards
Awhile back I spoke to a bunch of the 2012 Polaris Music Prize short list nominees and considering the Polaris Gala to determine the winner is happening on September 24, now’s a good time to launch these things upon the world.
The first, which I did for Spinner, is about singer Kathleen Edwards. She figures she’s crashing the cool kids party by being a Polaris nominee. We hope she pranks some people while she’s there.
To read the story click here.
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Michael Jackson
Spike Lee‘s much-anticipated Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25 debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last week.
It’s a pretty thorough though slightly fan-ish look at Jacko’s Bad album.
Sarah saw it and wrote about the 11 lessons she learned from the film for Huffington Post Music Canada.
You can read about them by going here.
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I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 