“I believe that when you’re making a mix tape or CD, you’re making history. You ransack the vaults, you haul off all the junk you can carry, and you rewire all your ill-gotten loot into something new. You go through an artist’s entire career, zero in on that one moment that makes you want to jump and dance and smoke… Read more →
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Under The Covers
I don’t think I’ve mentioned here yet the news about oft-mentioned-here Danny Michel and his radio host gig. The short version is that Danny is going to co-host a radio show with indie rocker and occasional bandmate Emm Gryner on CBC. That’s the two of them in the picture above. The show will focus on cover tracks. In addition to… Read more →
QOTD
Another quick aside, this time for the definite quote of the day, as Danny explains the real secret of art for art’s sake in an interview: Once you learn to be poor, you can do anything and no one can stop you. —Danny Michel (Or, as Terence put it “Pecuniam in loco negligere maximum est lucrum“.) Read more →
A 5 inch circle full of awesome
Yes, Danny Michel has a DVD (with bonus CD… or vinyl, or 8-track, or download) coming out May 1. The bit of YouTubery above is about 4 minutes of samples from the show. Full details at dannymichel.com. Also available there: FOUR FREE DOWNLOADABLE SONGS from the bonus album. “At last, Danny Michel‘s fun, spontaneous and captivating live show —his most… Read more →
Two stories for a Monday
Things keep popping up in my inbox and RSS reader that I need to share with you guys. First, a little story passed on from my pal, musical genius Danny Michel: February 17, 2007 Once again, Magic happens at the Black Sheep in Wakefield Quebec. “It’s not every day something this special & fun happens at a show. A while… Read more →
I, Roadie
I have survived my little temporary excursion into the rock-and-roll world, and I really enjoyed myself. Stories later, once I’ve cleared up the work that piled up while I was off playing roadie. The really short version is that I had tremendous fun, but I suspect that a significant part of the reason I could enjoy myself was because I… Read more →
What I’m doing this weekend: On Tour
I’m taking Thursday and Friday off work this week, so that I can spend three days following consummate musician Danny Michel on his mini-tour of the Maritimes. Read more →
“It’s not the end of the world, just yet”
You know what the exact cure for what was ailing me earlier today is? The new Danny Michel CD. I wasn’t expecting to have it today–today is the official release date, but I didn’t expect that to matter for getting it in Halifax (I know Danny is signed with some part of the Universal music empire now, but… ), and… Read more →
Music for Black Valentines
UPDATE: MP3 links have expired. There seems to be a lot of ‘unhappy love’ music circulating around the web today for some reason. For instance, you might want to check out the WilL YoU BE MinE? post at the Mashup Of The Week Podcast. Even better is Jamie S. Rich’s post today, which has a brilliant set of lyrics, and… Read more →
Hanging Around The House 3: Finishing The Basement
So, remember almost a year ago when I started the “Hanging Around The House” series? The idea was to take some quick digital snapshots to show things I have on the walls around the house, and give me an excuse to talk about them. I did a post on the things hanging in my office, and then another one on… Read more →
Top 5: First Blush
So, the question is “Ever get nostalgic for those first few blissful moments of being infatuated with someone? What are your top 5 songs for beginning a relationship, or looking back fondly thereon?” Let’s see… The first thing that pops into my head is the Oysterband tune “The Drunkard’s Waltz“. It’s the wild (and maybe just a little self-destructive) crazy… Read more →
Car Mix July 2005
The fact that my car is awesomely set up for listening to my (apparently discontinued) portable MP3 player (on which I may post more later) means that 99% of the time when I am driving I am not making use of my car stereo as anything other than a way to route sound to my speakers. Since I mostly drive… Read more →
Songs Stuck in Your Head
I’ve been walking around all day humming and singing bits from Danny Michel‘s alt.country cover of David Bowie’s Young Americans. Of course, this isn’t such a bad thing–if you have to get a song stuck in your head, it might as well be something good. Last week it was Ice-T going on about how “my lethal weapon is my mind”… Read more →
Loving The Alien
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who knows me that I bought the new Danny Michel album, Loving The Alien, the minute it came out. The entire album is Danny doing covers of David Bowie tune, and the short review is that they are all great–and very different from the Bowie versions. When I started seeing Danny’s live… Read more →
Wednesday Night Rips
You know what happens to me all the damn time? I realize I need to listen to a specific song right now, and then I realize that I haven’t actually ripped that CD yet. (I’ve got a lot of CDs, and I’ve only ripped around a thousand of them.) I could, theoretically, go find the CD and actually, you know,… Read more →
