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Monthly Archives: July 2006
Red Hot Headline
July 29, 2006 – 10:14 pm
The Montreal Mirror Says:
July 28, 2006 – 6:19 pm
Windom Earle, Gold Wave (Boost Ventilator)
Yup, this Haligonian affair boasts 11 members in the CD credits, and yes, glockenspiel figures prominently. But chamber pop this ain’t. The one proper song, with vocals and standard structure, is “Kitten vs. Pegasus,†which unfortunately comes off like a Modern English number, and that we don’t need (the macho-meltdown joke of “Ted Nugent†wears thin fast too). But the rest isn’t songs so much as motifs worked to perfection, grafting together surf, new wave, math rock and the aforementioned orch-pop element to excellent, energetic, harmonious effect. The propulsive “Get On Into It†bears shades of Shadowy Men, “Guitorgan†is pumped up and powerful, and “You Can’t Dance to Dreams,†playing a sweet piano pattern off explosive drums, closes the record with class. 8/10 (Rupert Bottenberg)
The Dirty Quote Book or “Do me like I like my wings”
July 27, 2006 – 3:15 pm
Episode IV of the Windom Earle podcast has unearthed all kinds of nastiness from Windsor, Ontario. Features a guest appearance by Tom from Shane and Tom’s Squeezebox.
Linkages
July 26, 2006 – 3:04 pm
MetaFilter Sources for 2006 [via MeTa]
Note that cbc.ca has risen 5 spots to #24.
The Windom Earles
July 26, 2006 – 2:10 pm
A couple of weeks ago I mailed out about 50 copies of Windom Earle’s Goldwave to Canadian Campus Community stations, select alternative weeklies and other key stakeholders in the potential Windom Earle army. It would be nice to get some feedback by the end of the summer. Ideally, these would have been mailed out well in advance of the tour, but what can you do.
The Windom Earle Podcast is now listed on Canada Podcasts. It turns out it is quicker and easier to get listed with iTunes because the Canadian directory wants you to have three episodes.
Sharp Like Knives is a updating there site along the tour. Here are some Windom worthy excerpts:
Sudbury…There was probably about 20 kids there, and watching them experience Windom Earle was like watching babies discover music for the first time. They all danced, and I actually mean this, they danced with what seemed to be an overwhelming and entirely pure joy. It really truly looked like they had never heard anything like it before. They kept looking at each other like they were saying “Can you fucking believe this is happening?” I mean, they liked us too, but for me that night was all about the Windom Earle.
Vancouver…we ran out of gas on the way to Vancouver, but we still managed to get to the Alf House basically on time…They lost it for Windom Earle, and seemed to really like us too. That tiny show, in that dingy basement had 1000 times the energy, enthusiasm, and excitement than any bar show we’ve ever played. It was inspiring, and exciting.
Saskatoon…It would have been nicer had we and Windom Earle not bee put on last, after the popular, 9-piece band who took 40 minutes to set up. We basically ended up playing to the other bands….. Still a fun night.
HAMILTON!!!…All I can about Hamilton is holy shit. We set up in the living room, and Windom Earle basically tore Hamilton a new one - no one here had ever even really heard of them so they were a great surprise.
Canmore…Sketchy. Weird. And umm…. sketchy. We were not informed until we got there that we were supposed to fill 3 solid hours of time between just the two bands. That was something we learned upon arrival, and after each of us playing everything we could, to basically.. nobody who gave a shit… Stephan (by this time, quite drunk) attempted to fill the last 30 minutes with covers of a startlingly painful nature. But we got our money, and we slept in our 6 hotel rooms, and we were not robbed. Which was a concern, as the place has a bit of a reputation. Phew.
Also, here is a little plug for an upcoming show I caught on the net:
Danger Horse
July 26, 2006 – 1:37 pm
Sparklehorse Sees The ‘Light’ On New Album | Billboard
Among the contributors to the album are the Flaming Lips’ Steven Drodz, who plays drums, guitar and synthesizer, Tom Waits and red-hot producer Danger Mouse…”We’re definitely going to do a proper collaboration at some point, like the Danger Doom record [on which Linkous played bass] — but maybe something like Danger Horse. We’re not sure what we’re going to call it,” he adds.
The Unseen Power of the Picket Fence
July 25, 2006 – 2:57 pm
I’m No Doctor…
July 25, 2006 – 1:34 pm
…but neither is this guy.
Hmm…a story about healthy alternative calcium sources?
Is drinking milk enough? | The Daily News
I went to Rob Lough at Popeyes to find out. “Calcium is one of those things which is a little hard for your body to take in and use,” said Lough. “Sure, when you drink a big glass of milk you’re going to get some good calcium, but it’s hard for your body to absorb and process it all at once.”
So what can you do to get all the calcium you need without drinking tonnes of milk?
Lough says there are some good supplements out there that can take the guesswork out of getting the right amount of calcium.
Hmm…a look at bottled water?
New hope for distance runners comes in a bottle | The Daily News
Rob Lough from Popeyes says there are new breakthroughs every few months. “With so many people running marathons, supplement companies are getting into creating recovery drinks. Some of the drinks are really amazing. Endurox is a good one. Studies have shown it gives you some amazing results, like deceasing your heart rate while running, enhancing your performance by more than 55 per cent and cutting your free radical buildup by almost 70 per cent.”This might sound a little technical, but what it all means is drinking Endurox will make you run more comfortably, faster, for a longer time. In other words, you’ll do better in your races.
But Endurox isn’t the only sports distance athletic drink on the market. EAS Race Recovery adds glutamine to your muscles, preventing breakdown and slowing free radical buildup. It allows your body to keep working at your maximum performance for longer periods of time, which is what you want when you’re running a long distance.
Cytomax is another excellent supplement for distance athletes. It buffers lactic acid production in your muscles, keeping you from getting that burning feeling as you exercise. Without that burning, you can push yourself longer and harder.
Death Cab For Randy
July 25, 2006 – 1:21 pm
Ben Gibbard outed himself as a Trailer Park Boys fan during the Nardwuar vs. Death Cab For Cutie podcast. Here is my proposed soundtrack to the upcoming film:
- “Crooked Teeth”
- “Title and Registration”
- “A Movie Script Ending”
- “Styrofoam Plates”
- “Champagne from a Paper Cup”
- “TV Trays”
- “The Face That Launched 1000 Shits”
- The Postal Service’s “This Place is a Prison”
Charlottetown bar blues, a runaway crane and Africentric education institutionalized
July 25, 2006 – 11:37 am
Minor Tour Tragedies
July 25, 2006 – 10:05 am
The Windom Earle Podcast has been updated from Edmonton. Contains Slayer content.
Note: also available in Charlottetown, Fredericton and Sydney flavours.
Yes Surprises
July 25, 2006 – 9:29 am
Everything In Its Right Place: The Productions of Nigel Godrich | CBC
For the song No Surprises, about the malaise of modern life, Radiohead wanted a tempo that was too slow to be played well on their instruments. Godrich solved the problem by borrowing a trick from George Martin’s beloved production of the Beatles’ Strawberry Fields Forever. He had the band play the song at a faster, more feasible pace, and then — odd pitch be damned — slowed playback to a crawl for Yorke to sing his vocals overtop. The sum is ethereal and haunting: the guitars sound like harps; each pound of Phil Selway’s drums sticks in the ear a micro-second longer than expected.
Canyon plays a parking lot, Grand Falls-Windsor is running low on space and fifty years of sea cadets
July 19, 2006 – 10:09 am
What Side Are You On?
July 18, 2006 – 9:13 pm
Operation Truthful Promise
Operation Just Reward
Click one, print your answer and mail it to your nearest holy representative.
O RLY?
July 13, 2006 – 12:56 pm
Warnings issued about buying breast milk online | Halifax Herald
Health Canada…advised people to be aware of the health risks associated with consuming breast milk bought over the Internet or directly from another person whose medical information may be unknown.
Bridgewater’s Most Wanted
July 13, 2006 – 12:53 pm
Husband charged with assault, burning house
Man charged under Environment Act
Store owner charged with sexual assault
Elderly New Ross man facing two sex crimes
Headlines from today’s Halifax Herald.
Fence jumping, Halifax’s mystery rock concert and a strawberry picker shortage
July 12, 2006 – 3:24 pm
Good News for Houston’s Assalted Nuts Improv Group
July 12, 2006 – 3:14 pm
How To Poke Pole A Monkey-Faced Eel
July 12, 2006 – 3:07 pm
The second issue of Wolphin is out and features Andrew Jay Cohen (Freaks and Geeks, The 40-Year Old Virgin), Errol Morris (The Fog of War), Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show), Steven Soderbergh (Syriana) and a couple of The Daily Show and TV Funhouse contributors.
