"What, are you STUPID?"

• February 27, 2009

I’m a pretty sympathetic guy, but we’ve got an issue here. I read this on my Blackberry on my way home last night and was incensed. A couple are out skiing for a romantic weekend away, they get lost, put SOS in the snow, the cops are taking heat for not searching quickly enough, and the wife actually dies. It’s terrible and tragic, but there’s a whole lot that has to be asked before we start pillorying the cops. Read More

Turn up the radio

• February 25, 2009

I couldn’t find the Ennis Sister’s “Turn Up the Radio” on youtube. The best I found was a short sample on their webpage. (It’s the first song on the Ennis Sisters album.) Maureen, Karen and Teresa Ennis don’t really make that saccharine cuddlepop girl rock that I crave, but they have incredible harmonies and really solid songwriting that just settles into the songtrack of my life. Strangely enough, the Ennis Sisters were in the background and I never really placed them together with the songs until they played BVMC and sang them onstage in front of me. Read More

Grab your coat, let's get out of here.

• February 25, 2009

Warren Zevon. May you finally catch up on some well-deserved sleep, my friend. Read More

Oh, please ghod...

• February 24, 2009

Please oh please oh please oh please oh please… Let tomorrow be THIS! Read More

Music to go to work by... The battery edition

• February 23, 2009

A funny thing happened on the way into the office… Well, actually, I realized the battery in my iPod was dead about 10 seconds after I left the house. To make things worse, I knew I would be riding the bus crammed to the gills with Jr. High students and I wouldn’t have the sweet isolation of something odd playing. It is precise moments such as these that I have to give due consideration to that masterful composer John Cage who wrote that magnificent 4’33”. Read More

Music to go to work by... The "I can't possibly do THIS on youtube" edition.

• February 21, 2009

One of the best parts of having eclectic musical tastes is that I can say with pretty solid confidence that I’ve got something in my music collection that no one else has ever heard before. The downside it’s that it’s bloody hell trying to find everything I want. And if I can’t be finding it to buy, I won’t be finding it on youtube to share. In fact, I haven’t even found a damned mp3 sample to share, let alone the whole song. Read More

You've got to change your evil (work) ways, Baby

• February 18, 2009

Music to go to work by: Monday. Yet another one of those, “Just what the hell is the RN God trying to tell me, anyhow?” Am I supposed to be changing? It is work that’s supposed to be changing? Or do I just really like Santana twiddling on the stringy bits? Read More

Music to go to work by... Thursday edition.

• February 13, 2009

I know Camz is going to be loving this one. It had to happen sooner or later. Back in High School I ended up going to see Suzanne Vega. An “experimental bagpipe band” called Rare Air opened up for her. I’ve been hooked ever since. I’m nae even Scottish, ya bastard! The best thing about the pipes are that: 1) There are considerably more variants of the bagpipes than you’re probably aware of and Read More

Music to go to work by... The Wednesday Edition!

• February 12, 2009

You know, I was only just starting to get used to the old pornographers. Okay, I have to admit, the sole reason I even bothered listening to The New Pornographers is a pretty convoluted story to itself. One of my favourite bands from the early 90’s was an all-girl band out of Vancouver called Cub. Yeah, it was pretty saccharine and a lot over the top, but I’m a saccharine kinda cuddlepop guy. Read More

Music to go to work by...

• February 10, 2009

Wow, is THAT an awkward title or what? After last week’s particular fiasco, I decided I’d try to keep track of what song was playing when I walked through the front doors at work for a while. Just for fun, right? Maybe the music I hear will continue to be prescient. Monday morning: Yes. “Shock to the System.“ Well, I gotta admit, it was kinda a shock to go back. Read More