Esau.

 

 

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Night Ranger

I guess I don't see the need to canadify anything since taste knows no borders

I hear ya, and agree about no borders. But there are times when I'd like discovering new Canadian bands I haven't heard of, or have heard of but haven't taken the time to search them out and give a fair listen to.

That's something I've found cool about Spotify. I don't have to search out bands, tracks or d/l albums which I end up not liking aside from a single song. (also I'm not being a music pirate). However, I don't like the word 'Canadify' - especially after typing out a few times. 

I recently discovered a ton of live phish in there. 

 

Btw, that canadify thing sounds horrible.  There are definitely Me Too acts out there but I don't think you can equate radiohead to arcade fire.

 

Platinum Blonde and Duran Duran...sure that's a little more accurate.

I imagine that comparison was probably made by reviewing what users who listen to either band also search and listen to. That's my assumption anyway, and based on what I've seen here on this forum alone it seems rather accurate to be honest.

I think the 'Canadify' option will be a welcome feature. Seems you won't have to use it if it doesn't suit your needs, so no big deal. I was trying to figure a way to do that exact thing not too long ago, so if it isn't a subscription feature (my guess: it will be) I'll probably make use of it.

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/10/09/spotify-launches-web-app-to-canadify-your-music-selection/?__lsa=14eb-77f0

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/every-bob-dylan-lyric-ever-to-fill-13-pound-960-page-book-20141008

A new book, The Lyrics: Since 1962, will collect every lyric Bob Dylan has ever recorded – on his albums and official bootlegs – to make what the president and publisher of Simon & Schuster, Jonathan Karp, has called "the biggest, most expensive book we've ever published." The tome, due out in November, will be slightly larger than an LP, contain more than 960 pages and weigh approximately 13 and a half pounds, according to The New York Times. The limited-edition book will sell for $200 and an extremely limited version, signed by Dylan, will go for $5,000.

 

Boston University faculty and British literary scholar Christopher Ricks – who wrote the 2003 book Dylan's Visions of Sin – edited the book and wrote what the Times describes as a "lengthy, philosophical introduction." Ricks' co-editors were a pair of sisters, Lisa and Julie Nemrow, who also created the book's layout, which is unique in the way it offsets refrains, choruses and bridges and allows Dylan's lyrics to run, occasionally, as a 13-inch line the way he had intended. Additionally, the editors presented the songs chronologically, including alternate versions from Dylan's "bootleg series." It also reproduces Dylan's album covers.

 

The book also notes instances where Dylan changed lyrics in ways that affected their meanings. An example is "Tombstone Blues" from Highway 61 Revisited, which begins with the line, "Well John the Baptist, after torturing a thief"; a version that appears on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7 presents the differed version, "Ah, John the blacksmith, he's torturing a thief."

 

Karp claimed that Dylan provided notebooks and manuscripts to Ricks for the project, though Ricks demurred when the Times asked about the singer-songwriter's involvement in the project. "I think the right thing for us is not to go into the question of the particular kinds of help and assistance and advice that we were in a position to receive," he said.

I wish they would release a Canadian collection. This show only seems to be officially released in pieces (DP34 for example). I've had the Seneca College show (sbd reel) for quite sometime and it's a worthy recording in my opinion. 

Was listening to them live on CBC studio Q this morning, they played a few new tunes. Sounded great.

I know how to fix it, but I can't explain why it happens.

Anyway, re-search that video in youtube by copy and pasting the title: Atoms for Peace [Thom + Nigel] at Le Poisson Rouge - Black Swan/Stuck Together Pieces.  Select the video via search results and use that url.

For some reason the board doesn't process certain urls from youtube. I've found it happens when I access a video through a playlist or a liked list.

While I won't argue a lot of folks who work in Toronto have made Hamilton home due to lower housing/renting costs and a reasonable commute, I don't see it becoming part of the GTA anytime soon. I've been hearing how that was going happen since the 80s.

Every few years or so, there is all this talk about how investors and money are going to bring Barton street alive again. Every time it fails. Barton st. needs some parking before anything will take off there. Relying on the minimal allocated street spots and side streets for parking hasn't worked out in the past and that won't change regardless of what opens there. "Barton Village" comes to mind, as an example of the last time investors were revitalizing the area - all that happened was flower pot medians and locally owned small businesses (some decades operating) were forced out due to increased rents. Now that area is mostly boarded up. Drugs & prostitutes are an issue like every medium to large city in Canada. But Barton street still no where as bad as King or Main street between James and Wentworth in my opinion. But overall, that sh!t isn't that bad compared to a lot of cities I've been to or lived in. 

James and Ottawa street have always been progressive & community driven areas, and typically in much better shape than other areas regarding business. In recent years Hamilton residents have been the ones really revitalizing, investing and promoting those areas mainly, and to great success in my opinion. King st. in the downtown core has seen some new life, but overall it's still declining. Even a decade ago it was in better shape.

The decline of the steel mills is what hurt Hamilton the most in my opinion and is still recovering from that.

Five years ago when I moved to Hamilton I would have agreed with everything that he said. Now it's only when the sun goes down.

I've lived here rather consistently since 78, and haven't experienced anything aside from the ordinary city trouble makers, which 99% of the time are just teens anyway. Not much of a threat, at least in my world. I can't think of anywhere in Hamilton I'm not completely at ease wandering around at any time of the day or night. Hess Village perhaps can be a bit daunting at night for some, but then again, it's mainly drunk chest thumping frat boys or college students - all of which are essentially visitors.

I've seen worse in many other cities.

According to Muskoka Brewery (via twitter), they will be selling Twice as Mad Tom aged in cognac barrels starting Oct. 1. But only at their retail store. Which is in Bracebridge, ON. 

Luckily for me, I have a friend who lives in Bracebridge just down the street from the brewery, and is currently working at Hamilton airport, so my order is in.

Hamilton Bulldogs player and Montreal Canadiens prospect Magnus Nygren doesn’t seem to like Hamilton very much.

 

In a blog post from the Swedish press from earlier this year, Nygren reportedly said the following about the city after asking to be sent back to his home club Färjestad BK of the Swedish Hockey League last season:

 

• Hamilton is Canada’s “most criminal city.” (It isn’t. That’s Regina and Winnipeg, by a wide margin).
• Hamilton’s unemployment rate is 33.5 per cent. (It was 7.1 in August of this year – down 0.2 per cent).
• That in Hamilton they "shoot people for $100.”
• That the team “doesn’t have very many fans.”
• That his car window was smashed out “by angry fans.”
• That the Bulldogs’ players were “more interested in dating than playing hockey.”

 

When asked about the interview that appeared in the Swedish hockey blog FBK-bloggen while at Copps Coliseum Tuesday morning, Nygren first blamed everything on Google Translate’s system twisting his words.

 

“When I’m talking Swedish to Swedish newspaper, a couple guys from here put my words in Google translate and, the text is, you know, a new text. It’s not my words,” he told reporters. “I don’t know what text you’re meaning about but, you know, I was frustrated. It’s not normal to turn back home. I want to be here and I want to spend my year here.”

 

CBC Hamilton asked a person who is fluent in both Swedish and English to translate the blog post, who said the translation was accurate. When a CBC reporter told Nygren that, he then denied he said anything about Hamilton in an interview and blamed the Swedish press.

 

“I never comment anything about people in Hamilton, and I’m not going to comment anything about people in the city. I was living in Burlington. I don’t know how many are working there,” Nygren said. “I don’t know how many are without work. I have no idea. I’m here for playing hockey, and what happened last year is past now. I’m looking forward for this season.”

 

Nygren played 16 games with the Bulldogs last season before getting injured and then requesting to go back to Sweden. Tuesday was his first appearance back in Hamilton as the AHL team's training camp officially gets underway. The team is off to St. John's, Newfoundland this week for a series of exhibition games with the Ice Caps.

 

Nygren scored one goal and had seven assists and was a -9 with 14 penalty minutes last season. Before heading back to Sweden, he was playing top four minutes on the blueline and spending time on the top power play unit.

 

Nygren, 24, is from Karlstad — a municipality that has just about 87,000 people. His Swedish team Färjestad BK is considered one of the best teams in the SHL.

 

Bulldogs coach Sylvain Lefebvre said the team wants to help Nygren progress and ultimately make the jump to the NHL.

 

“This year is a new year. You know for him, he’s a year older, he’s got more experience now, and he knows what to expect here in Hamilton. He knows the coaching staff and some of his teammates,” Lefebvre said. “I’m sure that Magnus is disappointed that he was cut from the main camp in Montreal, but his goal is to play in the NHL.”

 

“He’s here in North America now and his goal is our goal. We want him to be a very good player for our club here in Hamilton and we want him to move up.”

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/bulldogs-prospect-says-they-will-shoot-people-for-100-in-hamilton-1.2782598

Watch: Daniel Lanois' abstract, pastoral 'Iceland'

 

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-daniel-lanois-iceland-album-flesh-machine-20140929-story.html

http://redfloorrecords.net/

http://daniellanois.com/tour/

Canadian tour dates.

Figured this thread could use a bump. I'm drunk.

I won't be getting a premium account, I only use these type of services from home and don't listen to music on my phone anyway. Although I did try a free app called Air Stream that worked great for not only streaming music & video but accessing any files from my computer over my phone but since it's not something I typically do (or fully trust) I shelved it. If the occasional 10 second ads on spotify start to bother me enough I'll delete my account and the program from my computer.

There sure is bouche.

iPhone users target of 'Wave' microwave-charging hoax

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/iphone-users-target-of-wave-microwave-charging-hoax-1.2020158

 

A fake Apple ad making the rounds online claims that iPhone users can charge their devices wirelessly in the microwave.

 

The ad, which shares many design characteristics with official Apple advertising, describes a new 'Wave' feature in iOS 8, the latest mobile operating system released for Apple’s mobile device users.

 

"You can now Wave-charge your device by placing it within a household microwave for a minute and a half," reads the post. "iOS 8 contains new drivers that interface with your device's radio-baseband allowing it to synchronize with microwave frequencies and use them to recharge our batter."

Seems I received four invites this morning. If anyone is interested, let me know and I'll PM the codes and relevant info for joining.

These are for the free version only.

Somewhere, a real Nigerian Prince is at his computer wondering why no one replies to his emails.

Sam Grosso, co-owner of El Mocambo, has confirmed that after over 65 years the legendary music venue — which has seen the likes of the Rolling Stones, the Ramones and U2 — will be closing its doors Nov. 6.

 

“I would like not to sell it, but I don’t have the money to continue buying out certain investors,” said Grosso, who has owned the club for the past two years.

 

The property has been conditionally sold, but Grosso would not comment on who the buyer is. As for what will stand at 464 Spadina Ave. after the sale, Grosso said he hopes the building will remain part of the city’s music scene.

He himself stepped in just two years ago to try to resurrect the club’s glory after it was sold by Abbas Jahangiri, who had tried first a dance studio and then a mix of different styles of live music.

 

Music journalist and historian Nicholas Jennings laments the loss of what he calls “the top club in Toronto in terms of history.”

“There’s something about climbing those stairs and being in proximity of that stage — the walls seem to be just breathing with all the ghosts and stories of performances past,” said Jennings.

 

That history includes scandal — the Rolling Stones made headlines for more than their set in 1977 when Margaret Trudeau was seen at their show, sparking a media frenzy that resulted in the revelation of her separation from then sitting prime minister Pierre Trudeau.

A Stevie Ray Vaughan concert film was recorded there, as were live albums from Elvis Costello, April Wine, punk band Silverstein and more.

Jennings commended Grosso and his partner Marco Petrucci’s efforts to honour the venue’s rich history, particularly by restoring its trademark neon palm tree sign.

 

“Every city needs a connection to its earlier eras and signs like the El Mocambo sign are a reminder of what we’ve had as a city,” said Jennings, adding that he wants to see the sign recognized as a historical artifact.

Grosso also hopes the sign will be preserved.

 

“I would love to have that sign somehow maybe stay on the building or moved somewhere else in the city,” Grosso said.

The club’s final show will be on Nov. 6 for Light of Day, an organization that raises funds for Parkinson’s research.

 

Holding a Light of Day fundraiser two years ago, when Grosso first took over, is one of his fondest memories at El Mocambo, but another long predates his ownership: sneaking in when he was 17 to see Bo Diddley perform.

 

“I’m really, really going to miss it,” Grosso said.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/09/17/el_mocambo_owner_sam_grosso_confirms_club_to_close.html