Some* are calling this the Best. Party. Playlist. Ever. I premiered this playlist on Thursday night to rave reviews. Keep in mind, I avoided songs with swears (although a few slipped through the cracks) and tried to appeal to the masses, thereby avoiding my mosh anthems. The objective was to
The first vinyl album I ever bought was Duran Duran's Rio. That same year, I bought my first cassette tape. I had golden oldies cassette tapes that were bought for me at gas stations, but the first cassette album I ever purchased was the Stray Cats' Built for Speed. Do
I first wrote about Feed the Animals, the fourth album by Girl Talk, back in September. Feed the Animals is one massive mash-up of dozens and dozens of sampled songs, an orgy of tunes you know and love. As you can imagine, this isn't an album that could ever be
Yeah, I listened to hair bands in the 80s. I admit it. I liked Motley Crue, Poison, Skid Row, Cinderella and, the best of the bunch, Guns N' Roses. Hair bands all followed the same strategy. Hard rocker singles were followed by a power ballad. Def Leppard would release "Pour
DJ Earworm put together a video for what he called "United State of Pop 2008 (Viva La Pop)". It's a very slick mashup of the Top 25 Hits of 2008, according to Billboard. There's lots of the typical R&B pop in there, Coldplay aside, with one glaring exception.
Listen up music fans. Wolves, Hawks and Kites, maintained and written by Paul Watson, is sharing his favourite Canadian songs of 2008 as sweet MP3s. He's broken up his 30 top Canadian tunes of the last 12 months into two parts. I've downloaded the tunes, most of which I haven't
I was 15 when the 1990s arrived and 24 when the decade ended. I don't care who you are, it's unlikely you'll ever again love music the way you loved music between the ages of 15 and 24. Between the ages of 15 and 24, music is everything. It's no
I call it the show I love to hate. Californication is a David Duchovny series my wife and I watch and it drives me batty. It's so damn contrived and cringe inducing. It's that guy you know who tries so bloody hard to be cool, he's anything but. We just
Although I listen to less and less terrestrial radio these days, with MP3s so accessible and my XM satellite radio subscription, my go-to station for tunes continues to be 102.1 The Edge. Even before this past weekend's 90s Weekend theme I could sense a dramatic increase in the frequency
Has it really been five years since I bitched about local radio stations playing holiday music 24/7? I reference that entry today because that's the entry in which somebody in the guise of "Nobody" started his or her own blog of sorts. I haven't heard from "Nobody" since April
I apologize for not posting today, but I've been listening to Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House 1968. Neil Young was just a few days shy of his 23rd birthday when he took the stage at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Mich., for what would become a legendary
I've pruned my Christmas playlist down to a 430 songs. That wasn't easy, as I've got days worth of Christmas tunage. I'm working on the ideal holiday playlist for 2008 but this entry isn't about those 30 songs. This entry is about the five Christmas songs I dislike the most.
I've been seeing ads lately for Burton Cummings' new album, Above the Ground. The featured song is entitled "We Just Came From the U.S.A." and it's super catchy. It ought to be catchy as its chorus is an old school yard chant I remember well. My first three
It's been almost two months since I downloaded Girl Talk's Feed the Animals. It's one of those pay-what-you-want deals and it's a mash-up of hundreds of tunes. Part of the fun in listening to Feed the Animals is naming the samples. Trust me, nobody could nail them all, so I
Don't mind me, I'm just testing Grooveshark. They claim they can play millions of songs on demand, and even let you embed the songs on your site. Here's some old school Toronto hip hop for ya. If they've got the Maestro, I'm impressed.
Have you heard that tune by Kid Rock? The one that borrows from Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama?" Of course you've heard it, who am I trying to kid? Every time I hear it, I think about how great Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London"
I had to have Use Your Illusion I and II on the first day of its release. That was back in 1991 and I was a big time GNR fan. If you were there you knew there was no bigger rock band on the planet than Guns N' Roses. We
I went to Harveys for lunch yesterday, and I couldn't believe the song they played in-store. It was The Extras with their novelty 80s hit "Circular Impression." It was kind of surreal to hear it at a Harveys. I mean, it is all about a condom and it does start
The Kool Haus provided an intimate setting where I could get super close to the acts without fearing for my life. This is a good thing as I'm no longer the young man I once was. In fact, it's fair to say on this night I was one of the
I've always liked Kid Rock. In fact, I once took my mom to a Kid Rock concert. No other artist pulls off a hip hop track next to southern rock, right by a country-esque ballad. Kid Rock has this ability to genre-jump like no other artist. Take "All Summer Long"
I just learnt John McCain's campaign has been using "My Hero" from the Foo Fighters. I wrote about "My Hero" here. When the Foo Fighters learnt John McCain was using "My Hero", they issued a statement. The saddest thing about this is that "My Hero" was written as a celebration
A couple of years ago, I started sharing great videos from the glory days of MuchMusic. I started the series off with "Take On Me" by A-Ha, the definitive 'great video' from the 1980s. I just watched a hilarious literal version of the "Take On Me" video. If you remember
Mike Kic turned me on to Atmosphere. I was hanging out at his house when he slipped me a bunch of Atmosphere CDs and told me it was right up my alley. I've only recently dived in, and now I can't get enough. I'm always going back to Atmosphere, a
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind was a documentary DVD released in March 2005 as part of the Classic Albums series. It featured interviews specifically for this release with members of the band and "Nevermind" album producer Butch Vig about the recording of the album. Other interview highlights include Thurston Moore
Has it really been five years? It must be true, because I wrote this entry five years ago today. As is my daily ritual, I was listening to the radio while taking a shower this morning. The news brief opened with word of John Ritters surprising death at 54. Following
