• The Demise Of Paste Magazine, print version

    I don’t know what compelled me to surf onto pastemagazine.com at 5:04pm on September 1st, but that decision to browse soon had me in tears: at 5pm that day, Joshua Jackson, editor-in-chief of the culture mag for over 8 years, announced the suspension of Paste’s printed version. Though it seems the online branch of Paste …

  • For Love and Your Mother’s Sake by The United Steel Workers Of Montreal

    SONG OF THE DAY “For Love & Your Mother’s Sake” by The United Steel Workers Of Montreal (Three On The Tree, Weewerk Records, 2009). LINKS MySpace Page CBC Radio 3 United Steel Workers Of Montreal page Official Website Toronto-based indie label Weewerk Records INTERESTING FACTS (a la Wikipedia) – United Steel Workers of Montreal (or USWM) …

  • Bluebirds, Flowers and Other Things – Brent Randall and His Pinecones

    SONG OF THE DAY “Bluebirds, Flowers & Other Things” by Brent Randall & His Pinecones (We Were Strangers in Paddington Green, 2008). LINKS NOW Magazine Review, Toronto, January 7-14, 2009 | VOL 28 NO 19 Obscure Sound Blog, February 24th, 2009 My blog entry from February 6th, 2010 about “Strange Love (Don’t Be Lazy)”,  another …

  • Once You Got Me Going – Debby Blackwell

    SONG OF THE DAY “Once You Got Me Going” by Debby Blackwell (The Blank Generation – Blank Tapes NYC 1971 – 1985, Strut Records, 2010). LINKS Amazon link to the album Village Voice article on album release, March 9th, 2010 PRESS RELEASE FROM STRUT RECORDS The first ever album retrospective of one of New York’s …