Perry Farrell and a Rabbi
Easter bunnies aren’t particularly rock ‘n’ roll, so Sarah recently attempted find a bit more of the rock in the Passover holiday instead. The result — Jewish Musicians: Don’t Passover Our 13 Chosen Musical Semites.
In said article you’ll find interesting religious factoids about the likes of Joey Ramone, David Lee Roth, Courtney Love and a whole bunch of other chosen people.
To read the article head over to Spinner.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Jon Snow
Game Of Thrones season two debuts tonight and for anyone who likes swords, knights, fighting, dragons and incest it’s pretty much going to be the best night ever.
There are a lot of people who are totally into GOT and this is clearly evident by all the weird and wonderful video tributes to the show/books that can be found on the internet.
As such, Aaron compiled a bunch of the best music related ones for Spinner and the resulting article “Game Of Thrones: 14 Bizarre And Amazing Musical Tributes” is just the sort of thing Tyrion Lannister would pay a couple gold dragons for.
To read the article, click here.
Filed under Books, Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
Caveman
There’s a new band named Caveman we’ve been feeling lately. Their sound is kind of Midlake-meets-Creation Records and they’re a fine, fine group.
Anyway, Aaron talked to them about the fact they’re from New York City and what that must be like. Turns out they’re pretty NYC proud.
Click here to read the related story on Spinner.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Arianne Moffatt
Sarah was recently tasked with determining whether or not Quebec pop star Ariane Moffatt was a sex addict.
Spoiler alert: She’s not.
To read the investigation that lead to that conclusion, go to the related Spinner article by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Pkew Pkew Pkew (Gunshots)
Seeing how it worked so well for SXSW 2012 Aaron and the Spinner gang decided to also track down a bunch of the weirdest named bands playing during Canadian Music Week 2012.
The resulting feature includes names like Pkew Pkew Pkew (Gunshots), Brave Little Toaster, Cowpuncher, Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party, A Fish Called Pirahna, A Great Big Pile Of Leaves, First You Get The Sugar, Today I Caught The Plague, Partycat and The Connoisseurs Of Porn
To find out what their deal is, click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 