Roger Waters spray-paints The Wall
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
Some of the big stuff: Pink Floyd‘s The Wall, the movie, had its debut, that loser Beck was born, and Fatboy Slim had a big beach party.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Dallas Green of City And Colour/Alexisonfire
By now everyone who cares has heard that Alexisonfire will be reuniting for a few shows.
Well, to read original story of that announcement (written by me), via an interview with City And Colour/Alexisonfire singer Dallas Green just head over to Spinner and click here.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion
Religious protesters want Lady Gaga to go to hell
On any given day, in any town or city, anywhere in the world, there’s probably some crackdown/protest/sinister bullshit happening that’s attempting to prevent people from rockin’ and dancin’.
Basically, the people behind these crackdowns hate music and they hate life and they’re assholes.
Anyway, in lieu of the latest round of anti-Lady Gaga protests in the Philippines and such, Sarah was tasked to find other examples of The Man cracking down on rock ‘n’ roll.
It turns out there were no shortage of examples, from Elvis Presley to Eminem to The Beatles to you name it. Basically, the government is afraid of musicians.
To read about this story, head over to Spinner by clicking here.
Filed under Concerts, Culture, Music, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones and The Doors’ Jim Morrison
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
This one was kind of a bummer because this was the week Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones died as well as Jim Morrison of The Doors. It was also the week that the Sony Walkman debuted, but whatever.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie
UPDATE: Because Spinner is RIP we’ve unearthed this story at this link.
The Tragically Hip‘s big Canada Day show this year took place at Burl’s Creek in Oro, Ontario.
The giant campsite played host to the Hip, Death Cab For Cutie, The New Pornographers and the Rural Alberta Advantage.
The one thing Sarah and I couldn’t get over when we were watching Gord Downie and the rest of the Hip perform was how effortlessly Downie has helped be sort of like a guiding hand for the less art intuitive.
What he represents is a gateway drug pusher for Canadian art, like that uncle who gives you a joint for graduating high school.
As such, Sarah wrote about it, and I took pictures of it, for Spinner.
You can read the whole related article by clicking here.
Filed under Concerts, Culture, Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 