Category Archives: Music

Bluesfest 2010 – B52s, Andrew Bird, Moody Blues, etc

By Em | Published: Sunday, July 11, 2010
On Thursday night, A & I went to Bluesfest. As the previous post mentioned, my plans with my parents had fallen through, so I was a bit bummed about the whole situation. I still hadn’t found anyone to take the tickets, since everyone else either couldn’t go or was already going. No one was buying, [...]
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Evelyn Evelyn in Montreal (June 5, 2010)

By Em | Published: Saturday, June 12, 2010
Last Saturday night, at about this time, we were just heading back to the hotel from the beautiful Theatre Corona in Montreal, after seeing a great Evelyn Evelyn show. We also saw Amanda Palmer (and Jason Webley, and Sxip Shirey) too! A little background is in order, I guess. I have loved Ms. Palmer since way [...]
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blast from the past

By Em | Published: Monday, June 7, 2010
I heard today that Stuart Cable died.  He was the drummer of the Stereophonics, but apparently he had been fired in 2003. I had no idea. I haven’t followed Sterephonics for well over 10 years, but I did at one point. I liked their first two albums, but kind of fell off around the third. [...]
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Obligatory Ottawa Bluesfest 2010 post

By Em | Published: Wednesday, April 21, 2010
So the line-up for the 2010 edition of Bluesfest was released today. (Go check it out now if you haven’t yet) How are we all feeling it? I think it’s OK, I guess. I mean, there are a few things I want to see, but my biggest “fingers crossed” artist, Stevie Wonder, isn’t on the [...]
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music and funerals

By Em | Published: Thursday, April 8, 2010
Today was Penny’s funeral, and I guess it brought some closure to the whole thing. I think that’s part of the problem – I cried the night she told me she was diagnosed with leukemia (in 2008), and it’s been a kind of prolonged uncertain sadness since then, peppered with bits of optimism, and then [...]
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You must obey the Dance Commander

By Em | Published: Saturday, March 13, 2010
Last night was the much anticipated Electric Six show. At Maverick’s in Ottawa here. It was pretty awesome. Andrzej and I tried to get there late, because we didn’t really care about the opening bands, but we still got their “late” and saw all the bands. The first one was kinda meh. Not my style [...]
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Monday Meme – Exhaustive Music Meme

By Em | Published: Monday, March 1, 2010
Name your top 10 most played artists on iTunes (or Last.fm) 1. Pulp 2. Radiohead 3. Sparks 4. Rufus Wainwright 5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 6. The Smiths 7. The Dresden Dolls 8. Leonard Cohen 9. Suede 10. Nouvelle Vague What was the first song you ever heard by 6 (the Smiths)? This [...]
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Nick Cave at the Ottawa International Writers Festival

By Em | Published: Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tonight was pretty fun. I’m exhausted, but I’m going to tell you about it before I hit the hay. A & I went to see Nick Cave as part of the Ottawa International Writers Festival. I’m sure I’ve written about Mr Cave here before. I’ve been a fan for quite a while now, of his [...]
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Mr. Cohen

By Em | Published: Thursday, February 26, 2009
I’m pleased to say that I may be crossing an item off my “to do before I die” list. Today I took advantage of AmEx’s Front of the Line dealie to get some nice seats to see Mr. Leonard Cohen. After almost a decade of pining, I am finally going to see Cohen. A. & [...]
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I love Amanda Palmer

By Em | Published: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
She’s amazing. I loved her in the Dresden Dolls, and I love her solo album. I just wanted to let you know because you need to know. The song Oasis is pretty amazing. The video is good too. and her solo album is called “Who Killed Amanda Palmer?” which is awesome to me for obvious [...]
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