From: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org (canadian-music-digest) To: canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Subject: canadian-music-digest V2 #57 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 Saturday, March 27 1999 Volume 02 : Number 057 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Cicero show review [Paul Schreiber ] Re: S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Nights On RadioSonic! [James McGarry ] Flashlight on 102.1 the edge, and an upcoming show ["Gian.C." Subject: Cicero show review You can find this online at: http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca/issues/032699/6Arts/arts03.shtml along with a picture. Paul The chick-pea sex gods Cicero w/ Noah Mintz, Emm Gryner and Rayanne March 17 by Paul Schreiber Imprint staff "I recently found out Cicero meant "chickpea," quipped Dylan White. "And I thought it meant sex god." White was in fine form on Wednesday, celebrating the release of his debut CD, Out of Nowhere. He went through a dozen or so songs on his reddish-brown acoustic guitar, smiling, telling stories and enjoying the evening. The rapt crowd listened attentively to White's deep vocals and skillful strumming. One quarter of the way into his set, the Toronto songwriter played the first track on Out of Nowhere, of which "basically everyone who has listened to this CD, they all agree, this song has the longest title." With a name like "The Price of Eagle Hats and Spacesuits," he's got a point. Dressed comfortably in a grey sweatshirt and black pants, the blond-haired musician worked the crowd confidently. Sipping from his water bottle and donning a pair of reflective shades, he performed a great cover of Red Autumn Fall's "Heaven Too," and accompanied it with a convincing impression of Simeon Ross. White's songwriting talents were evident, and his fifth song was a standout, with lyrics like "Did you wonder / how the rainfall sounded on your bedroom tonight." Closing his eyes partway through, he treated the audience to a nice guitar solo. Sitting among candlelight and aptly-placed dead daisies, the appreciative fans took in some of Dylan's wit. "Charmed" was "a song I wrote after being inspired by a Kevin Fox song, but I actually ripped off another band." Noting that his parents were in the crowd, he casually mentioned "I think my Mom likes this song, but she's my Mom so she's supposed to like them all." Mrs. White had good reason to like her son's faster, catchy eighth song, which featured an intriguingly cool chorus. Cicero closed the show with "The Wind and The Rain," a stunningly powerful duet with Emm Gryner. The harmony on this song was gorgeous. You can get a feel for this on Out of Nowhere, but to fully appreciate it, you have experience it live. White, who graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1996 with an engineering degree, is currently the sole artist on Dead Daisy Records's roster. Gryner, who runs Dead Daisy when she's not touring North America in support of Public, treated the crowd to a two-song set of her own. Emm rocked the party with "Stereochrome," a new song that showcased her familiar, powerful voice. She offered revellers a choice for her second piece: "an old song" or "one you know really well." Noah Mintz requested "the one about the bus," but her fans roared with applause to the sarcastically catchy "Hook Machine." Mintz came out of semi-retirement to entertain an enthused group of showgoers with his raspy voice and unique brand of songwriting. Pondering the recent changes in his life, the scruffy guitarist played songs about "being grown up with a wife and kids." "I've got RSPs," he proclaimed, amidst recalling tales about Hayden. Mintz's style was comfortable and relaxing and his finger-picking confident and skillful. The show at Ted's was opened by Toronto folkie Rayanne, who went through three songs on her acoustic guitar: "Cooling Down," "Ink" and "Waiting to Tell." shad 96c / 3A CS / mac activist / eda / fumbler fan of / jewel / sophie b. / sarah slean / steve poltz / emm gryner / / x-files / buffy / dawson's creek / habs / bills / 49ers / t h i n k d i f f e r e n t. "Never retreat, never explain, never apologize -- get the thing done and let them howl." -- Nellie McClung ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:45:20 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: Re: S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Nights On RadioSonic! On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Tabassum Siddiqui wrote: > And while we're pushing the RadioSonic drug on your fine folks (if :-) :-) Y'all will succumb! :-) > is very fine stuff indeed. Between RadioSonic and Radio Escapade, you > can get one helluva musical education - and for free, too! The CBC > rulez! :-) And add in Brave New Waves and DNTO. (Definitely Not the Opera!) and its a pretty complete musical education! Actually they have really good folk, jazz and classical shows too. Maybe I should write a letter to my MP :-) James. ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it. - - John Ruskin ========================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:13:03 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: Flashlight Show - Tues In this AM's mail a quick update from Flashlight, ska-punkers from Toronto (nee Guelph!): Flashlight will be playing a FREE and EARLY show this Tues, March 30 at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. The band starts at 10 pm sharp and will be playing many songs from their impending new release, "Running Season". Everyone is invited to come out and support these sweet, gentle guys. Did i mention it's FREE!? Did i mention it's at 10 pm sharp?! Did i mention it's FREE?! ************************************************** * Matt Hughes {* *} * * Flashlight \-/ * * http://www.interlog.com/~mhughes/flash.htm * ************************************************** James. ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it. - - John Ruskin ========================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:27:16 -0500 From: "Gian.C." Subject: Flashlight on 102.1 the edge, and an upcoming show Hey all, been awhile since i had something to post, but here goes. I know a few of you like Flashlight, the Super-Ska-Guelph-Band extraordinaire, and yesterday during the Indie hour on 102.1 the edge in Toronto, they played Flashlight's brand-spanking new song (the name escapes me at the moment, doh!), and may i say it kicked ass. Now if i could find out the name of it, i'd request it 20 times a day. On a side note, anyone that can make it to the 'Northern Sounds Production' of Rebecca Timmons, Jessica Weiser and Rayanne, they should do it. This show will be amazing. Anyone who's into music, period, will be entranced by these musical goddesses. It will take place at the Free Times Cafe (College st/Bathurst) 9:00pm-1:00am Bring whatever you can (money wise) to help these artists along. Good coffee, Good music, Good company. seeya there, - -Gian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out http://webhome.idirect.com/~nsounds for Tour and Artist info, sound clips, reviews, and articles on new up and coming artists out of Toronto, such as Emm Gryner and Sarah Slean. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:48:49 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: Re: Flashlight on 102.1 the edge, and an upcoming show On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Gian.C. wrote: > Toronto, they played Flashlight's brand-spanking new song (the name escapes > me at the moment, doh!), and may i say it kicked ass. Now if i could find > out the name of it, i'd request it 20 times a day. Fatso? or Sonia Bianchi? Those are probably two I'd consider "singles" off the up coming CD. > show will be amazing. Anyone who's into music, period, will be entranced by > these musical goddesses. :-) They're gonna blush if you keep this up ;-) > It will take place at the > Free Times Cafe (College st/Bathurst) > 9:00pm-1:00am > Bring whatever you can (money wise) to help these artists along. > Good coffee, Good music, Good company. And good food! They have yummy food as well! James. ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it. - - John Ruskin ========================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 11:00:20 -0500 From: "Gian.C." Subject: Re: Flashlight on 102.1 the edge, and an upcoming show >Fatso? or Sonia Bianchi? Those are probably two I'd consider "singles" off >the up coming CD. i'm pretty sure it wasn't called Fatso, but possibly Sonia Bianchi.. >> show will be amazing. Anyone who's into music, period, will be entranced by >> these musical goddesses. > >:-) They're gonna blush if you keep this up ;-) ahh yes, but it is so true :) >> It will take place at the >> Free Times Cafe (College st/Bathurst) >> 9:00pm-1:00am >> Bring whatever you can (money wise) to help these artists along. >> Good coffee, Good music, Good company. > >And good food! They have yummy food as well! Yes, good food as well!, oh and one other thing, the show will take place on Saturday March 27th, as i forgot to add that vitally important little detail :P (but i'm sure everyone knew it already:) ciao ciao, - -Gian ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:22:45 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: Re: Flashlight on 102.1 the edge, and an upcoming show On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Gian.C. wrote: > i'm pretty sure it wasn't called Fatso, but possibly Sonia Bianchi.. It'd start out: Sonia Bianchi, never knew my name, I asked her out she shot me down and now I'm out here on the ground. Sonia Bianchi never knew my name I want her back she won't come back I caught her ass smoking crack. Yeah, really. Flashlight have some interesting lyrics :-) :-) > Yes, good food as well!, oh and one other thing, the show will take place > on Saturday March 27th, as i forgot to add that vitally important little > detail :P > (but i'm sure everyone knew it already:) At 9:00PM?! :-) Mille Grazie Gianny! Ciao! James. ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it. - - John Ruskin ========================================================================== ------------------------------ End of canadian-music-digest V2 #57 ***********************************