From: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org (canadian-music-digest) To: canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Subject: canadian-music-digest V2 #51 Reply-To: canadian-music@smoe.org Sender: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk canadian-music-digest Friday, March 19 1999 Volume 02 : Number 051 Today's Subjects: ----------------- THe MooD SWiNgeRs-March 20-Horseshoe [James McGarry ] Re: Rufus Wainwright and Steve Ito :) ["Roxanne D. Finch" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:14:05 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: THe MooD SWiNgeRs-March 20-Horseshoe Gotta love that Jaymz Bee ... MooD SWiNgeRs open... ...lots o' buzz about this one... ;-) Jaymz Em. ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions; life is plurality, death is uniformity. - - Octavio Paz ========================================================================== - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 02:35:39 +0000 From: F Spek Reply-To: idio-audio@syntac.net To: fspek@gncom.com Subject: <> THe MooD SWiNgeRs-March 20-Horseshoe - - - - _/_/_/ - - _/ I D I O - A U D I O - - _/ \_\_ - - _/ \_ \_ http://www.idio-audio.com - - _/_/_/ \_\_\_\_ - - \_ \_ idio-audio@syntac.net - - \_ \_ - - Hey there! Saturday March 20 The Horseshoe 9:30 pm THe MooD SWiNgeRs open for the lovable Jaymz Bee and cool Royal Jelly Orchestra this Saturday at The Horseshoe. The Beehive Singers join in and that Roger Clown emcees. $10 advance/ $12 door. - -- THe MooD SWiNgeRS website - http://www.gncom.com/mswinger Paper mail - Box 141 Stn. C, Toronto ON Canada M6J 3M9 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:39:58 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: Kingpins/Flashlight March 20/99 @ Lee's Palace Saturday March 20, 1999 @ Lee's Palace Flashlight That good ol' ska-goof band originally from just down the street in Guelph, ON. Listen as they test out some new songs from their upcoming CD release "Running Season" on STOMP! Records realll soon now. Watch bassist Fil "I'm in every band in Guelph" Bucchino lay down some funky-ska back beats and watch Matt "Rockstar" Hughes gyrate and skank like there's no tomorrow. Help Flashlight find their "Dog"! Kingpins A small bacchanalia in celebration of Montreal's Kingpins' latest STOMP Records release "Let's Go to Work". Ska-surf at its best. The Kingpins include memebers of Me, Mom and Morgentaler and the Gruesomes! The hardest working ska band in Montreal! More info and compromising photos can be found at: http://www.cam.org/~stomp Can-Ska Rulez D00D! James. ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it. - - John Ruskin ========================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:52:59 -0500 From: "Roxanne D. Finch" Subject: Rufus Wainwright and Steve Ito :) Rufus is in town tonight. I had heard about it earlier this week but just got the details. Well he'll be in Raleigh--close enough! And the show is free! Of course it's at a restaurant (which strikes me as kind of odd) so I'm betting you have to eat there, but that's okay too. He'll be on a local radio station show this afternoon about 4pm EST. The station has a webcam and you can listen via the NetShow plug-in. The url is http://g105.citysearch.com if anyone is interested. And in other news...I had a dream that involved Steve Ito last night. I was at the Rufus show, went up to him and told him Steve Ito sent me and he just looked at me like I was crazy. Later in the dream I watched the show with Ani DiFranco and Rufus was opening for a gospel group. Huh. I also had another dream about talking to Jian from Moxy Fruvous while at Falcon Ridge. And again I mentioned Steve Ito. At least I *understand* that dream. Of course I'd rather talk to Dave since he's the one I lust after...but that's neither here nor there! Yes, I've been sick and on medication...why do you ask? ;-) rox ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rdfinch@mindspring.com http://www.unc.edu/~roxfinch Yeah, I'm crazy, but I get the job done. --Ben Folds Five "Philosophy" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:33:22 -0500 From: Steve I Subject: Re: Rufus Wainwright and Steve Ito :) Rox wrote: >And in other news...I had a dream that involved Steve Ito last night. I I read this with much interest. However, even though she used the word "lust" later in the paragraph, it was still pretty much of a letdown. I wasn't even really *in* the dream, she just talked about me in it. Rox, in *my* dreams, we're always much more intimate than that. ;-) (Yes, I know I'm setting myself up here) Steve P.S., anyone going to talk about Cicero's awesome CD release last night? Tab? James? Paul? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:46:41 -0500 From: "Roxanne D. Finch" Subject: Re: Rufus Wainwright and Steve Ito :) >Rox, in *my* dreams, we're always much more intimate than that. ;-) (Yes, >I know I'm setting myself up here) Well, I have been looking for a way to immigrate to Canada ;-) rox ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rdfinch@mindspring.com http://www.unc.edu/~roxfinch Yeah, I'm crazy, but I get the job done. --Ben Folds Five "Philosophy" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:19:33 -0500 From: "Andrea " Subject: One in six households in Canada owns a Tragically Hip album. http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9903/17/canada.music.wb/ From Celine to Shania, Canada perfecting the export Web posted on: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 1:05:14 PM EST From Colleen McEdwards CNN WorldBeat Correspondent TORONTO (CNN) -- When you think back to your elementary-school geography lessons, you might recall that Canada's top exports are unglamorous things like wood pulp, newsprint and crude petroleum. Attracting more attention these days, however, is a new Canadian export: Its musicians. Not so long ago, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Brian Adams were Canada's music scene. Now Canada natives -- Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette, to name just a few -- seem to be at the helm in one music category after another. And music industry insiders say even more hidden gems are likely to emerge on U.S. and European playlists in the months to come. "We've finally come of age," says Allan Reid of Universal Music Canada. "I think that Canada has finally started to build its own star system, with Celine Dion, Shania Twain. And the world's now sort of come around to that. I think the talent's always been there, it's just we're finally getting better at exporting it." The diversity of musical genres reflects the society. "Canada has always been referred to as a multicultural melting pot," says Lisa Zbitniew, the president of BMG Music Canada. "And from that diversity and that representation of many different artists from different ethnic backgrounds, we've been very fortunate to be able to experience -- like at the Juno Awards -- everything from the aboriginal categories to artists like Natalie MacMaster playing ... what I think was really brilliant Celtic music from Cape Breton. "There's a really exciting scene developed with local hip-hop music, which, you know, is indigenous to Canada," Zbitniew continues, "And there's a lot of eyes watching right now the Rascals, who performed at the Juno Awards, and one of our artists I think are really primed to influence the American market." How did they do it? So how do the record companies in Canada transform local talent into global successes? The strategy is, first, to "build a story at home." Zbitniew says that in some cases, local artists are sent to the northern part of Canada for months, where they perform before smaller groups and "work out the bugs" before they perform in front of a major-market audience in Toronto or Vancouver. From her base in Winnipeg, Loreena McKennitt aims at markets such as Australia, Brazil, and Spain, with her lyrical evocation of the Celtic heritage. By contrast, Crash Test Dummies have seen their success driven by that precious commodity, air play in the United States. They'll want more of the same for their new album, "'Give Yourself a Hand." But some Canadians, phenomenally successful at home, just don't take to alien soil. One in six households in Canada owns a Tragically Hip album. But the band's focus on their home audience and their very Canadian lyrics tragically impede progress elsewhere. "They're an extremely talented band, great songwriters. They have ... an immense touring base here. And they've made decent inroads into America. They're with Sire Records right now, and they're dishing up in the 'Billboard' charts," says Universal's Reid. "I'm not really sure what it's been -- whether it's been a lack of belief from the U.S. labels or just wrong timing, wrong song at the wrong time. In a big country Moreover, serving a home base as large as Canada is in itself a daunting challenge. "The geography of Canada really offers some particularly unique challenges," says Kim Cooke of Warner Music Canada. "Four to six months of the year, depending on where you are, you can be traveling in very cold weather great, great distances. It's not like traveling between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh or Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Your next gig can be 900 miles away." And Canada's francophone artists face yet another hurdle. Dion made the breakthrough only when she learned to speak English. "That's the turning point in her career, is stopping for a while and learning how to speak English. You have to really understand what you're singing about," says Dion's manager, Rene Angelil. "That's the most important thing she ever did for her career, was to stop and go to school and learn how to speak English." Zbitniew agrees. "I don't think anybody can dispute that over the last five years, anyone has worked as hard as Celine. And Celine has put in her time in Canada. She puts in her time in the U.S., but she tours globally." Sheer talent is the prerequisite. But Canadian acts from Lilith leader McLachlan to Barenaked Ladies to Morissette know no equal when it comes to getting out there live. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:23:42 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: Cicero CD Release Party a slightly Apocryphal Review "Life is nothing without friendship." - Marcus Tullius Cicero Leave it to Dead Daisy Records to make the tire-tracked black cube that is Ted's Wrecking Yard look more liveable, replete with, you guessed it, dead daisies! :-) I've already raved about the album, but just an additional plug, Yellowbelly is a fabulous song, with Sarah Slean's gently lilting vocals its even better. This single track alone is worth buying the CD! I've played it countless times already. I'm figuring by the end of the month the CD cover is going to look several years old. Not to mention Impossible Ray and "For Me" two immensely beautiful songs. And to quote Dylan himself, "Buy it for the artwork." ;-) It _is_ very well laid out. Rayanne started off with a very short set of three songs. I'd really love to hear more. Fortunately I, and _you_ too, can March 27, 1999 at the Freetimes Cafe, 320 College St. starting around 9pm. :-) Rayanne did "Cooling Down", "Ink" and "Waiting to Tell". "Cooling Down" is a new one and I think I'll need to hear it a couple of more times to get a thorough appreciation. I was glad she did "Ink" which is one of my favourites. "Waiting to Tell" then poof, it was over all too quickly. Rayanne continues to develop into a solid performer and I'm expecting very good things in the future! :-) I am so very grateful to Emm for convincing Noah to play last night. It was so very nice to hear him again. I've really missed his dead-on goofy charm. The utter oddness and anti-song parts of his songs. Always genuine and never too cool, Mr. Mintz was in fine form belting out old favourites and stuff with the ink not yet dry. More! We want more! Hopefully the crowd response was enough to get him back on stage even on a semi-regular basis! Madame President herself then took to the stage, sans introduction for two songs. Yes, just two! "Stereochrome" a new one (and a _gooood_ one!) and the infectious advanced-meme-song "Hook Machine", which is _stillll_ going through my head thank you very much! ;-) This despite Noah's pleas for "...the one about the Bus." ;-) and mine for "Sabotage!" :-) And the Main Event, Cicero aka Dylan White. Oh, I could go in to great detail about the songs not on the CD :-) (Including Elfman's Personal Waterloo!!!) and some of the new songs and the duet with Emm (The Wind and the Rain) [Note to self: blame today's wind and rain on Dylan ;-) ] and how wonderful they sounded. Oh that's all true. But.... I loooooved Cicero's cover of Heaven Too, a Red Autumn Fall show. Coincidentally the last band I saw at Ted's was RAF. Dylan does a mean Simeon Ross impression. It was a very impressive cover and made even more coincidental is the fact that Dylan and Simeon were both getting over colds when the played Ted's. And I'm a big fan of coincidence! Certainly my Cicero quote at the beginning was a propos, it was nice to see so many familiar faces there and, well, conscript them into postering. *wince* We own ya big! :-) In all it was a great nice, Dead Daisy really knows how to throw a party! :-) Take Care, James. ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it. - - John Ruskin ========================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:29:12 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: Re: Rufus Wainwright and Steve Ito :) On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Roxanne D. Finch wrote: > >Rox, in *my* dreams, we're always much more intimate than that. ;-) (Yes, > >I know I'm setting myself up here) > > Well, I have been looking for a way to immigrate to Canada ;-) Steamy windows aside, I'll interject with, "Now remember Rox, R-r-r-r-o-ll Up the Rim to Win. Just say that at the border and all will be fine." James. (Averting his eyes... I'm innocent, ya know!) OB Can-Music: Northern Sounds Showcase, March 27/99 @ Freetimes 9PM Be there! More details soon! ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it. - - John Ruskin ========================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:34:55 -0500 From: "Roxanne D. Finch" Subject: Re: Rufus Wainwright and Steve Ito :) >Steamy windows aside, I'll interject with, "Now remember Rox, R-r-r-r-o-ll >Up the Rim to Win. Just say that at the border and all will be fine." Okay, this must be a Canadian thing, because I don't get it.... >James. (Averting his eyes... I'm innocent, ya know!) Please excuse the laughter from the peanut gallery ;-) rox ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rdfinch@mindspring.com http://www.unc.edu/~roxfinch Yeah, I'm crazy, but I get the job done. --Ben Folds Five "Philosophy" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:57:48 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: Re: Rufus Wainwright and Steve Ito :) On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Roxanne D. Finch wrote: > >Steamy windows aside, I'll interject with, "Now remember Rox, R-r-r-r-o-ll > >Up the Rim to Win. Just say that at the border and all will be fine." > > Okay, this must be a Canadian thing, because I don't get it.... Yes, yes, it _is_ a Canadian thing... ...its part of the new proof of citizenship at the border... ...remember to roll your R's. ;-) > >James. (Averting his eyes... I'm innocent, ya know!) > > Please excuse the laughter from the peanut gallery ;-) In the interest of International Relations, I'll ignore this slight against my character ;-) LOL! James. ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it. - - John Ruskin ========================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:36:29 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: Northern Sounds Showcase II -=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=- | Northern Sounds Productions Presents | | | | | | REBECCA TIMMONS & RAYANNE & JESSICA WEISER | | | | | | A Songwriter Showcase | | | | | | Sat March 27, 9:00pm | | The Free Times Cafe | | | | 320 College St (2 blocks west of Spadina) | | Toronto, ON 416-967-1078 | | | | Pay what you can | | Info at: http://webhome.idirect.com/~nsounds/showcase/ | | Or via email at: nsounds@bigfoot.com | | | -=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=--=*=- Rebecca Timmons is a local singer/songwriter/pianist with a confessional bent. Her eponymous debut album is wild ride of emotional pop/rock. Rebecca brings a frantic passion to each of her songs. Keep your eyes peeled for the release of her second album, _The Turing Event_! Rayanne manages to combine the down-to-earth nature of Canada's western provinces with Toronto's cosmopolitan style. A funky blend of folk and pop sung with grace and charm. Jessica Weiser brings a downtown feel to her particular brand of acoustic indie-pop. Soul-searching and ear-catching melodies fresh from the Big Apple. Check out her five-song indie EP, _what_has_happened_! ------------------------------ End of canadian-music-digest V2 #51 ***********************************