-
Le Vent du Nord and Genticorum videos!
Because YouTube loves me this weekend and wants me to have awesome things, I bring to you three brand new videos posted by YouTube user bordurat, who clearly has a lock on all the best Quebecois band videos, and two older ones from the same user’s posts. Videos behind the fold! The three new ones…
-
How to get a raging introvert with a flute to go to a PARTY
Yesterday, O Internets, I had the second most amazing musical experience of my entire year, thanks to the local Quebecois music crowd and the band Genticorum!
-
Tromper le Temps by Le Vent du Nord: A fangirly and footnoted album review!
How much do the gods of all music love me this month? This much: they have given unto me the shining present of the brand new Le Vent du Nord album, Tromper le Temps! Now, mind you, its official release date on CD is the 25th–but it’s shown up early on the iTunes and Amazon…
-
And now: language geeking with De Temps Antan lyrics!
So, De Temps Antan, right? One of the cluster of fine Quebecois bands I’ve been a-swoon over this entire year, in no small part due to the excellent vocals and bouzouki of M. Éric Beaudry. These boys have a very handy PDF of lyrics posted on their site for their first album. There is not,…
-
Alan Doyle! May 22nd! The Tractor Tavern in Seattle! BE THERE!
And speaking of things that will involve so much awesome they will violate all laws of space and time, the most belovedest of my beloved B’ys, The Doyle Himself, is about to launch his solo tour for his forthcoming album. First stop? RIGHT HERE IN SEATTLE, BABY! At the Tractor Tavern! 😀 Be advised that…
-
Great Atlantic Canadian Adventure is GO!
Dara and I started serious work on booking this last night, and discovered to our chagrin that the fares for cross-country Canada trains are prohibitively expensive! So our Trainventure is going to have significantly fewer trains than expected. But that’s OKAY. Because this entire trip is going to brimming over with so much awesome that…
-
Session and general music geekery!
I have made some happy discoveries, and the first of them is this: I am not entirely hopeless learning things by ear. I kinda knew this already–I do, after all, I have a history of playing along with Great Big Sea, or Elvis, or now also Le Vent, and just picking out melody lines on…
-
Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 4 (post 2 of 2)
And here is the rest of Chapter 4 of my Tri-lingual Hobbit Re-read! And ooh, now that I’m done with Chapter 4, Chapter 5 will bring Gollum! FUN!
-
2012 Book Log #10: Hellbent, by Cherie Priest
My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Cozily domestic” is not usually a phrase I would think to associate with the living situation of a vampire. It is a measure of Cherie Priest’s ability as an author to engage me so strongly that I not only was intrigued by her take on a vampire heroine, but…
-
2011 Book Log #47: Deadline, by Mira Grant
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Oh man, Deadline. This was hands down one of the best books I read in 2011, and I was beyond delighted to see that it was every bit as gripping as book 1 of the Newsflesh Trilogy, Feed. What can I say about this book that doesn’t involve massive,…
