MOG

I live away from the place I love. My home. Canada.

I have been here in Japan for a few months short of 3 years now. Don't get me wrong, Japan is a beautiful country with some beautiful people and my wife is amazing and beautiful.

But whenever I hear a reference to Canada I just feel a little warm inside and I say to myself- Go Canada! I remember a couple of years back my buddy Steve back home played for us Feist after hearing her at the Folk festival and we were stunned. We bought the CD on the way home and Steve had built his cred as finder of music. I will get back to Feist on a future date (finally found a CD store I can buy the new one here).

Last November when I went back Steve handed me a few CD's including this one Closer to Paradise. I heard the CD over a few drinks that night and was impressed with the Jeff Buckley sounding Lucious Life. Well I have never listened to the other 2 since then being completely brow-beaten by this cd.

This is one of my favorites to drive to. Pumping up the volume while driving home, I always like the little ear candy that sounds a little like Modem squeal that kind of draws the song into a tale of an internet romance- though I am sure it has nothing to do with the words. I am funny- I love music immensely but sometimes I pay more attention to the sounds coming out than the actual words. Usually the worthy songs will get analysed later on, and this will be one of them.