Sloan made me want to be in a band. From the first time I watched them on MuchMusic (“The Other Man”—still my favourite music video) to seeing them play Twice Removed at the Marquee, I was enamoured. During my Masters at Dalhousie, under the guidance of Dr. J (shout out to Jacqueline Warwick!) I examined […]
The Beatles
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09.09.09
It’s the big Number Nine. And yes, it’s another Beatles review. The Beatles: Rock Band (Harmonix) is now available in stores, as well as the remastered editions of the band’s studio albums on CD, both individual albums and in two box sets. There are no digital downloads available yet, but MSNBC is speculating that there […]
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Whut Up With Mono? – Spector’s in Jail!
Why should I pay over $300 for the MONO remixes of the Beatles’ albums when I can just reach over to my old Harmon Kardon receiver and push the “mono” button? Maybe we should just pan everything over to one “earbud” and put the $300 on paying down our personal deficits? It would leave one […]
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NSCAD: where art and music converge
The Khyber ICA is steaming hot, packed with bands and fans for the Totally Wicked Music Festival, a one-night music event where bands come together for one night and play one song each. The first Totally Wicked Music Festival happened 10 years prior—an idea born on the NSCAD campus after an Anna Leonowens exhibition opening, […]
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McCartney review: making ladies cry and dudes dance
What a night. The layout inside the Common was a confusing maze of sights and smells—-even Steve Murphy was asking security questions. The biggest problem was folding-chair town, which stretched on for rows and rows, with no visible end in sight. And as an ATM truck tried to back up, people just picked up their […]
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Beatles memorabilia: Here, there and everywhere
You don’t have to look hard to see Mike Spurr’s obsession. The police sergeant stands on his Waverley porch wearing a Yellow Submarine t-shirt. Three Beatles-related prints line a wall in his family’s living room, including a limited-edition photo by Astrid Kirchherr of a young John Lennon, George Harrison and early member Stu Sutcliffe, sporting […]