In the late 80s I was watching Rap City on MuchMusic when I first saw the video for Public Enemy's "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos". My ears instantly liked what they were hearing and my mind was immediately stimulated by the weight of Chuck D's words. Here was
It was twenty-four years ago today that John Lennon was shot four times in the back by Mark Chapman. I was quite young at the time, but I remember a brief discussion in grade one that one of the Beatles had died. I knew the Beatles were famous and that
This note ain't for you, it's for the Gap. A month ago, our televisions were inundated with Gap commercials featuring Sarah Jessica Parker bopping to Lenny Kravitz' "Lady". "Lady" is a new tune of his from his new album "Baptism". This advertisement was the first time we all heard this
CFNY Edge 102 has been playing a tonne of cover songs all weekend long. I'm a fan of the cover. I enjoy it when I band I like takes another tune I like and pays homage to it by performing it their way. A few years ago, a friend and
CFNY Edge 102 has been playing "Me Against The World" from Simple Plan on fairly heavy rotation. This tune has even been on their Thursday 30 chart for the past couple of weeks. It's horrible. It's the whiney, poppy, pathetic sound I can't stand. Sure, they're from Montreal and they
I've pledged to put together the definitive Christmas mix. I enjoy Christmas as much as the next guy, but I find the overwhelming majority of Christmas/Holiday songs you hear on the radio, at parties and around town suck. I'm working on an 80 minute mix of the least-sucky Christmas
The other night I found myself watching Muchmoremusic when the latest video for Gwen Stefani came on. It's called "What U Waiting For?" and a great deal of it sounds an awful lot like "Hash Pipe" from Weezer. What's happened to Gwen Stefani anyways? If I remember correctly, she was
Prior to the start of the Santa Claus Parade on Sunday, a plane circled above carrying an advertisement for EZ Rock 97.3. It proclaimed that this horrible station was already playing all Christmas carols, all the time until Christmas Day. This rendered my earlier post about stations that pull
I mentioned I was rummaging through My brother's CD collection the other day. I "borrowed" several of his albums, including his copy of the Almost Famous soundtrack which I listened to last night. One of the tracks on this compilation is Yes' "Your Move/I've Seen All Good People". I've
Rolling Stone Magazine has come out with their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Here's their top ten: Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling StoneRolling Stones - SatisfactionJohn Lennon - ImagineMarvin Gaye - What's Going OnAretha Franklin - RespectThe Beach Boys - Good VibrationsChuck Berry - Johnny
While channel surfing on the car radio this morning, I momentarily paused on Mix99.9 during "1985" from a band called Bowling For Soup. "1985" might just be the worst song I've ever heard. It was truly, truly awful. "1985" is the kind of soul-less, bubble-gum schlock I can't stand.
Jet's latest single is "Look What You've Done", a tender little Beatle-esque ballad that's liable to become a pretty big hit for this Australian band. The opening bars, however, sound identical to the beginning of Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home". I dare you to compare the two. Now that I
Back in the mid-90s, I picked up Everything I Long For, the first official LP from a Toronto artist named Hayden. Revisiting this disc recently has reminded me of how awesome it is. Every track is great, particularly the lead tune "Bad As They Seem". I've always felt as if
We finally have the tracklist for Nirvana's boxset "With the Lights Out". There are 81 tracks in total, so I won't list them all here. You can see them on this page if you're a fellow fan.
I'm currently getting a great deal of new traffic thanks to people Googling "Jakalope Lyrics". A Google search for those two words has this site at #3 thanks to this entry. I thought I'd give the people what they've come for and post the lyrics to "Pretty Life" but I
The November issue of Wired will come with a free CD with a special license. According to the creative commons page, "These musicians are saying that true creativity needs to be open, fluid, and alive. When it comes to copyright, they are pro-choice. Here are 16 songs that encourage people
I tried ripping the latest Beastie Boys album, "To The 5 Boroughs", yesterday. "To The 5 Boroughs" contains Copy Control technology but because I disabled autorun I figured I had nothing to worry about because their piece of crap software wouldn't install. The fact is, on my home PC, I
I stumbled upon a list of the top selling 40 albums of all time the other day, and it got me thinking. How many of the top 10 selling albums of all time do I currently have in my collection? Lets see... The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits - I've always
Pearl Jam is set to release its first ever greatest hits album, entitled "rearviewmirror", on November 16. The 33 track record will feature two discs, "Upside" and "Downside," featuring up-tempo songs as well as slower ballads, respectively. I've been curious as to which 33 tracks would make the cut ever
It's been about five months now since I installed the Audioscrobbler Winamp plug-in to track the tunes I play on my computer. This thing operates so far under the radar I totally forgot about it. My personal Audioscrobbler page has been keeping track of every song I've played since then
According to this Amazon.com page, the long awaited Nirvana box set will be called "With The Lights Out" and will include three CDs and a DVD. It will be available November 23, 2004 and will set us back about 59.98 USD. Ouch. The title, of course, is a
Exactly three months ago today I wrote about the curse of The Ramones. News had surfaced that Johnny Ramone was losing his battle with cancer and this morning we learned he had passed away at his Los Angeles home surrounded by friends and family. It's indeed tragic what is happening
When you're treating your mom to a concert, it's probably going to be an artist like Rod Stewart, Simon & Garfunkle or Cher. Someone safe and bland, right? Last night, I treated my mom to Kid Rock. I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed this show. For one night I
The definitive band of my generation, Nirvana, is set to release a three-CD boxed set in November. Limited editions of the project will include a DVD, which boasts footage of the Kurt Cobain-led band playing at a 1987 house party. We were supposed to get this gift for Christmas 2001,
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Clash's third album, Sony will reissue a special edition of London Calling on September 21, 2004. I remember the winter I discovered London Calling. That cassette secured a permanent home in my Walkman for months. It got me from Jane to Islington station
