"Before Your Eyes..."

Tom Fun Orchestra - Watchmaker.
This gets stuck in my head. Really stuck. Stuck like almost no other. it's great, but it tends to start driving me nuts when it's still there 5 days later.... that being said, i just found the album version online and have listened to it 4 times. Now you!

What A Wonderful Surprise

Came across this on another blog. Not that i'm the biggest fan of mash-ups usually, but holy crap... i love this:
Radiohead / Louis Armstrong

Wintersleep Board! New MMET! Danny G Video!

Three things that make me happy:
1) The return of the Wintersleep message board. Come talk to me / us / them / others: http://www.wintersleep.com/forums/

2) Dan Griffin - She's a Drug (LIVE)! Thank you stephanie. This will be played a lot...



2.5)Dan Griffin - The Kings (Live)


3) Matty Mays listening to some roughskies in jolly 'ol England. Updates still coming in from Matt at www.myspace.com/mattmayseltorpedo

MMET Recording updates / Dan Griffin - The Day After

Incase you're interested, Matty Mays has been posting little blurbs about the recording on Myspace. See either the comments section or the blog at www.myspace.com/mattmayseltorpedo. My favourite quote from this week's post is:

"I'm getting ready to start singing soon. I'm ready. I have a tendency to loose my voice, so I'm going to really try to sing right. I have a DVD called 'The Zen Of Screaming'. This women teaches all the hardchore guys how to scream, and not loose their voice. If she's good enough for the guy that sings in ' Lamb Of God' she's good enough for me. "

Aaaaaaaaaaand, yesterday was what from now on will be known as "Dan Giffin Day". I finally saw him play live. And at Tribeca no less, which is like watching a show from the comfort of my own home. And it was amazing. I was a big fan of the record. Now i'm an all around uber fan. Is there something more discriptive and bigger than "uber"? because if so, i'm that fan. Honestly. Please. Check him out Saturday at The Seahorse. 10PM. Opening for The Superfantastics and Shotgun Jimmie. Think of it as an early christmas present to yourself. Don't you owe yourself something nice?

NSMW

It's Wednesday and I'm finally recovered from Nova Scotia Music Week(end), held again this year at White Point Beach Lodge in Liverpool, NS. It snowed a lot which was no fun... And it wasn't just snow, but the wettest of wet snow, which resulted in a cold heavy slush that made walking next to impossible and brought down powerlines, blacking out most of downtown. My pink converse sneakers (complete with holes in the soles) did not enjoy this weather event, but after getting back to the lodge on Saturday night, a couple of drinks by the fire and an incredible set by The Tom Fun Orchestra picked me right up... They were definitely the highlight of the weekend. That, and the fact that David Myles won a few awards (Male Artist of the Year, and a tie for Folk/Roots Artist). Here's a photo of he and his lovely fiance at the Industry Awards Brunch.



I stole that from Grant Lawrence's blog. You can read his account of weekend (better written, but pretty much the same story) and see his photos here: http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2007/11/Nova-Scotia-Music-Week-2007-Beauty-Beaches-Blizzards-and-Blackouts

MM&ET Photos / Dan Griffin is Coming!

If you've been reading this blog for more than a few weeks, or if you know me at all, then you've heard about Dan Griffin. I gush about this kid as much as I gush to people about David Myles, the new Wintersleep record, Mike O'Neil and / or Snailhouse (which, put together equals a hell of a lot of gushing these days). Well, i'm happy... nay, ecstatic, to report that Dan will be IN HALIFAX NEXT WEEK! He's at Tribeca on Wed., November 14 and at the Seahorse on Sat., Novemeber 17th for Shotgun Jimmie's CD release show. I've been waiting to see him play live for a year, and am litterally counting down the days, so I thought it best that I let you know he's on his way.

There are a few other dates around the Maritimes, which you can find on the Dan Griffin myspace page, along with songs. go now. you might also want to check out Shotgun Jimmie (site also contains a receipe for Blueberry pancakes), and The Superfantastics while you're at it.

In other news, I just got some cool pics of the Matt Mays & El Torpedo show at Cunard Centre from a few weeks ago (Halifax Pop Explosion weekend). Thank you Chris Smith of funkfactor.com! More photos from the weekend can be found on his website.

Jivin' w/ Wintersleep on CBC Radio 3

Hear the interview here.