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Your Weekly Download Lowdown - Antlers on Nov 5, 2009 in Antlers Daytrotter Sessions Your Weekly Download Lowdown Hospice, the superb release from Brooklyn, NY trio The Antlers, will be hard to top when I set out to compile my favourite records from 2009. The album’s profoundly emotional themes make for a powerful listening experience. The album is built aroun...

Into the White and Nerdy on Nov 5, 2009 in Pixies Weird Al collaboration Good Causes Bridging the Cultural Gap My twelve year old son recently asked why I seldom extend his musical tastes to pages of this blog and lo and behold a story emerges to bridge our little cultural gap. This story too, about a musical conduit the likes of which are far from ordinary.

PLAYLIST 28 - I Want Wind To Blow on Nov 4, 2009 in Autumn Musings PLAYLIST The Winds of November As if following some great cosmic schedule the winds of November have roared to life around here over the past few days. Great swirls of golden leaves lining the streets now. The lonesome bending trees the visible witnesses to its breathy dominion. T...

Iggy Pop Reveals Stooges Comeback for 2010 on Nov 4, 2009 in Stooges Reunion 2010 Iggy Pop Well my friends it's finally official....  Iggy Pop has revealed in a BBC interview that he will in fact make a comeback with The Stooges in 2010 despite the recent death of guitarist Ron Asheton.   The singer said Asheton's...

Just How Many Copies of the White Album Does One Person Need? on Nov 4, 2009 in WWJT What Would John Think Digital Beatles Give Mp3s a Chance I love the Beatles and I just may hold the record for most media formats purchased over the years. Repeated album incarnations on coloured vinyl, CRO2 cassette, Japanese compact discs- They’ve all made their way into my collection since I was young...

How You Found Me – Part Three on Nov 3, 2009 in Google Love How You Found Me Googletastic I Left Out All the Lesbian Queries I’ve posted about this ‘Google-tastic’ phenomenon before and once again my latest surveillance of my blog statistics via Statcounter.com beg to be shared with you. Yes, it’s the ubiquitous Keyword Search results segment you know and love- her...

The Coolest Musical City On the Planet - Part Deux on Nov 2, 2009 in Woodpigeon Forecast Calls for More Calgary Cool I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Calgary, might just be the coolest musical city on the planet.  And it's not just the unseasonable temperatures that make it so. Chad Van Gaalen, Women, Tegan and Sara- The list is s...