Emi and Yuko are not only excellent fun time party dancers, they also make great band tshirts, some with hand-sewn ruffles and buttons. Here they are posing with what I think was one of the best band shirt designs at the festival.
Tara Lee Wittchen
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Sweet Sounds
Thanks for making the musicians sound as decent as possible, sound techs.
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Rick White and Julie Doiron
A huge part of the attraction to Eric’s Trip, for me and for many other fans, was the willingness of Rick, Julie and Chris to be so open with their feelings through their incredibly personal lyrics. It was fascinating, in the case of Rick and Julie, to see a former couple dissect everything that went […]
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A Windom Earle Meets a Moist Towelette
Stephan MacLeod thinks those Moist tshirts are pretty hot. I think that counts as some sort of local celebrity endorsement or something.
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David Myles
If you listen to CBC Radio as much as I do, then you have no trouble identifying David Myles. His 2006 International Songwriting Competition-winning song “When It Comes My Turn” (which took first place in the folk/singer-songwriter category) received a lot of airplay before and after his win. I admit, I wasn’t overly keen on […]
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Sole and The Skyrider Band
This is hard to say but…I actually left the Eric’s Trip show before they did their encore. I heard that “Viewmaster” destroyed. Damn. But I’d made a promise to myself that I would close the festival at The Attic with Sole and The Skyrider Band. My friends in INSTRUMENTS worked with Skyrider before (via their […]
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Jenny Omnichord
Although I knew Windom Earle would take the Fun-o-Metre to the top, I also knew I could see them again and again, and so I left The Seahorse to see Ox at The Attic. According to my handy schedule, Ox was starting the four-band lineup on Friday night. According to my own eyes when I […]
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Oh My Soul, and also my aching feet
Thirty-nine artists in five days. And if I hadn’t been having so much fun at the zine fair, I had fully intended to add at least another five bands to that list. I’m especially sorry I missed The IMF, Geoff Berner, Old Man Luedecke, The Beginners, Laura Peek and Lil Andy over the course of […]
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From Punks to Plush Seats
Thursday night…12 bands…still processing. I’ll just say that I think the night started off spectacularly at the Bus Stop, where every act there–Giselle Numba One, Garbage!Violence!Enthusiasm!, Dollarama and A/V–made me smile, made me dance, made me glad people are still doing INTERESTING things as musical performers. A neat little venue too. I headed up to […]
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I am enthusiastic about Garbage!Violence!Enthusiasm!
I love you, Garbage!Violence!Enthusiasm! You made my whole night. My whole day, week, month, year. Please keep fucking shit up the way you do, you are awesome. You are everything I wish I was, and more.
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Now Look What You’ve Done
I’m really sorry. I suspect there are people who enjoyed themselves last night at the McInnis Room, and if you’re one of them, you should probably stop reading at the end of this paragraph. I’m glad you had a good time. I did not. I haven’t seen The Weakerthans before, and was really looking forward […]
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It’s Like Five Days of Birthday, But Louder
Just one more sleep until the 2006 edition of the beloved (in my books) Halifax Pop Explosion gets underway. I’m all a-frantic trying to get everything ready for this annual rockstravaganza (and also filmstravaganza, zinestravaganza, craftstravaganza, etc. ad nauseum). Best to make a check list to calm myself before bed: Earplugs? Check! Notepad? Check! Camera? […]