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We Can Work It Out: Covers & Cookies of Lennon, McCartney & The Beatles 33 largely killer renditions demonstrating yet again that the Beatles were sort of OK at songwriting.

Is a proveyer a professional purveyor?

About to open my first pint o' the day...

Jimmy Buffett: Live! Feeding Frenzy

Holy crap if it isn't that time of year again! Happy Birthday, phorbesie.

George W Bush is my favourite muppet.

All your favourite hits from his first term! 1. Welcome 2. War in Iraq 3. Deep Thoughts (Part I) 4. Peeance Freeance 5. 4000 Hours 6. She's an Unsticker 7. Embetterment! Ingrinable! 8. Nucular 9. Commisterate, Not Commisterate 10. In Tennessee 11. Deep Thoughts (Part II)

Get it while it's hot. http://filmuzika.blogspot.com/2008/02/r.html http://rapidshare.com/files/95280900/Blues.rar

Don't miss this shit (on my leg)!

The helmet wearing, axe shredding, globetrotting guitar maniac is here again. Bob Log the third is back in the Capital with his own grungy, drug-addled take on the dirty, dirty blues. Twelve bones will get your ears laid.

Hey djmelbatoast, how is that new Abigail Washburn disk? I really enjoyed "Song of the Traveling Daughter."

Just picked it up at my local record store. Slowly replacing the stolen lp collection!

So my little local liquor store finally stocks the Anchor Steam Beer. mmmm...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7519689.stm

Prince: Dirty Mind

Friday night's show at the NAC was truly beautiful. The Ottawa Sun dude didn't do the show justice with his review. Knopfler played like the guitar deity he is through the whole show, but the highlights for me were his Dire Straights songs, of course. Sultans of Swing, my all-time favourite Romeo and Juliet, a staggering rendition of Telegraph Road. For the encore he pulled out Brothers in Arms, So Far Away From Me, and the theme to Local Hero. The backing band has been mostly with him for the last fifteen years and they are all fully accomplished multi-instrumentalists. We were all a little confused about the opening act. With all due respect to Denis Armstrong, Hoop's show was not "brave and oddly beautiful." In fact, it sucked. The songs were tedious, long, grating and completely lacking in any kind of rhythm or point. Really awful. The woman herself was beautiful, her voice was gorgeous, as well. She just didn't seem to know how to write a song worth hearing. But, who cares, really. After three or four songs we took the opportunity to grab another drink and cram one last smoke in before Knopfler's set.

Heavy metal monk in second album By Frances Kennedy BBC News, Rome Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Brother Cesare in action with his band At first glance, Cesare Bonizzi looks like the archetypal Capuchin monk - round-faced, stout, with twinkling eyes and a long flowing white beard. But beneath his robes beats a heart of metal. Brother Cesare is the lead singer in a heavy metal band which has just released its second album. A former missionary in the Ivory Coast, he lives in a small friary in the Milan hinterland. The 62-year-old monk's love affair with heavy metal began when he attended a Metallica concert some 15 years ago. "I was overwhelmed and amazed by the sheer energy of it" he says. Brother Metal Hard rock and heavy metal have, over the years, been criticised as the work of the devil. Its a claim which Brother Cesare, also known as Brother Metal, says is nonsense. He started playing and recording cassettes, firstly with "lighter" metal music, but gradually he realised that what really moved him was the hard core. People think that I am in fancy dress, they can't believe a robed monk is on the stage playing their music Brother Cesare Bonizzi The members of his band were at first sceptical at the idea of teaming up with a Capuchin monk but their doubts soon evaporated. "Five minutes after meeting Brother Cesare I decided to go ahead, because he manages to convey so much energy, that other musicians and youngsters often don't manage to express," lead guitarist, Cesare Zanotti, told Reuters. Sex, drugs and alcohol Brother Metal recently appeared in the Gods of Metal festival in Italy, along with giants such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Metallica, playing to a crowd of leather-clad hard-core metal fans. "It was wonderful being there among all these young people" he told the Rome newspaper La Repubblica. "The only problem was that at one stage out slipped a "what the f…" because each time some people think that I am in fancy dress, they can't believe a robed monk is on the stage playing their music". With a booming voice, Brother Metal belts out lyrics that are decidedly gritty, talking about real-life issues and not shying away from sex, drugs and alcohol. He does touch on faith and religion but is adamant that he is not seeking to draw people to Catholicism through his stage performances. Video clips of his performances on YouTube have helped spread his popularity and fan base. Devotion to God His second heavy metal album, "Misteri" (Mysteries) has just been released. In a sign of Brother Metal's eclecticism, it drew inspiration from a group of women in southern Italy who sang about Mary, the mother of Jesus, and a heavy metal version of that song is on the CD. Other songs talk about how alcohol warms the heart but excess drinking can damage the liver, and how important sex is to man. Brother Cesare says he has never had any trouble with his superiors over his choice of musical career and would like to send his new album to the Pope. "He is a music lover and metal is music!" he says. While Brother Cesare always wears his traditional brown robe and sandals as a reminder that he has chosen a life of devotion to God, he is keen to distinguish established religion from faith, and from proselytising. "I do it to convert people to life, to understand life, to grab hold of life, to savour it and enjoy it. Full stop" he says. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7513571.stm

The Ottawa Folk Fest crowd are among the lamest on the planet. That said I may break with a five-year boycott to see Vieux Farka Touré. The only thing holding me back is that the Ottawa Folk Fest crowd are among the lamest on the planet. Did I mention how lame the Ottawa Folk Fest crowd are?

I'm going. So psyched.

Thank you for posting this.

I had a great time at Egypt 80 last night. Looking forward to Balkan Beat Box and Budos Band. I might pop my head in at Ray Davies, but Budos are going to rock out hard. I've been listening to their last album so much lately I'm really excited for this.

348. Songs with noticeable electronica components from an instrument wielding band 1. Holy fuÇk - Safari 2. Tortoise - Glass Museum

What she said. Nice meeting you all.