Watching this painful Leaf game, I needed a good laugh. I just got one. It seems long forgotten bland bar band Hootie & the Blowfish released Best of Hootie and the Blowfish (1993 Thru 2003) this week. That's right, Hootie & the Blowfish have released a greatest hits compilation in
This morning they spliced Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" with Theory of a Deadman's "Make Up Your Mind" on CFNY Edge 102. One listen to Theory of a Deadman and you'd think they were Nickelback Jr., a label previous given to Vancouver's Default. Theory Of A Deadman's self-titled debut was
Yesterday I took all my MP3s and played them them on "Shuffle" mode in Windows Media Player. I listed the first 20 songs that played when my entire collection was shuffled...only it wasn't my entire collection! Yes my friends, I unintentionally mislead you. Those tunes came from a collection
I was reading on the World Wide Web about how people are taking all of their MP3s and playing them all randomly and sharing the first ten songs listed. With Windows Media Player, you simply create a playlist that is your entire collection of MP3s, select "Shuffle" from the Play
I was reading the Toronto Sun this weekend when I came across The Chum Chart, Chum FM's top 30 songs of the week. This got me wondering what songs might appear on this chart and CFNY Edge 102's Thursday 30 simultaneously. Chum FM is a middle of the road graveyard
When it comes to the music you like, where you come from will always play a role. I'm not talking about your favourite music. You'll really like what you really like. I'm talking about the tunes that bring you back to a simpler time when you hear them. They aren't
The Super Furry Animals are a band out of Wales who have just released their sixth album. The reviews are extrememly positive. The BBC collective states the following. "This is an astonishing album that lives, breathes and grows. Go with it." Why am I writing about the Super Furry Animals?
I don't like you and I wish you'd just go away. Thankfully, my favourite radio station doesn't play "Mono" very often, but when they do I change the station. While browsing the Rolling Stone CD reviews, I came across their review of America's Sweetheart, your solo debut. Out of morbid
In honour of Valentine's Day, here are my ten favourite songs with the word "love" in the title. Songs with the word "lover" or "loves" in the title also qualified. State of Love and Trust - Pearl JamFell in Love With a Girl - The White StripesInterstate Love Song -
A couple of years ago, my friend Mark and I decided to create a complementary "release" to our Smells Like Sour series. We wanted to put together 80 minutes of our favourite covers. Here's the songlist from that compilation I called "Cover Me Badd" in spite of the fact Mark
Not bad... I actually watched the whole thing last night and thought it was pretty good. The White Stripes were awesome, the Foo Fighters were great and the tribute to funk was extremely entertaining. I even enjoyed the performances by artists I don't otherwise get a chance to catch like
I have a decision to make. Do I waste my time watching the Grammys tonight? In previous blog entries I've sworn off these horrible award shows with the exception of the MTV Video Music Awards, MTV Movie Awards and perhaps the always entertaining Brit Awards. Clearly, if I were to
This afternoon with Taryn out running errands for a few hours it was James and daddy time. I decided to make a mix of tunes that really rock heavy. I wanted music we could bang our heads and jump around to for 80 minutes. I didn't want more than one
I thought I'd check how Courtney Love's court appearance went yesterday and I'm glad I did. The Associated Press had a great photo of her. Do yourself a favour this morning and check it out. Feel free to read more about my immense dislike for Courtney Love.
The NME Awards 2004 nominations were unveiled earlier today. NME seems to have their finger on the pulse of good tunage so I always look forward to who's nominated each year. Here are the nominees for Best Single. The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"Radiohead - "There There"The
Poor Scott Weiland. Weiland, former lead singer of the now defunct Stone Temple Pilots, was ordered to return to a live-in drug detoxification centre. He's not eligible for release until July. This is just the latest in a long line of legal troubles Weiland has had as a result of
Reading about Mystikal's six year jail sentence for sexual battery, I started thinking about the one song I listen to from Mystikal. I'm referring to "Shake Ya Ass", and it's what I would call a guilty pleasure. Every once in a while I really dig a tune that I'm sure
I just read an article from the New York Times that reveals the latest radio format sweeping the United States. They call it "classic alternative" and several stations have switched to the format in the past month. "Classic alternative" is essentially music from the early 90s like Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
I was showing off my collection of newly ripped MP3s to my friend Marc Felice the other day. He was nice enough to drop off some tunes I didn't own so I could have a listen. Among the CDs he lent me was Warning by Green Day, the lone Green
I thought this was cool so I thought I'd share it. On our Smells Like Sour website, people can post comments and have a discussion on songs that are submitted for SLS consideration. Just last week I mentioned a few of the more interesting discussions and listed the one for
On New Year's Eve I posted my five favourite tunes of 2003. My only rule was that the song had to have been released in 2003. Songs released in 2002 that experienced most of their airplay in 2003 were ineligible. To refresh your memory, here was my top five. The
In 2003, much like the previous 12 years, most of the music I listened to was recorded in the early 90s. I listened to a lot of Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, The Tragically Hip and Soundgarden. That's not to say I didn't listen to any current music. I
I was just catching up on my ChartAttack news when I stumbled across an item dated November 17th that somehow eluded me. The Watchmen have broken up following their final gig at The Horseshoe in Toronto last night. I was always a big fan of The Watchmen and constantly wondered
Sometimes my favourite part of a song is the silence. Well, not the silence exactly, but the silent pause followed by a return of the tune. You know what I'm talking about, right? The song is clicking along fine when suddenly it stops. There is a period of about three
A very interesting site entitled American Brandstand 2003 presents some startling statistics. They tracked all the mentions of brands in the Billboard Top 20 singles chart in order "to demonstrate to our clients that pop culture relevance is a key dynamic in modern brand strategy". The results are staggering. There
