It's been a bad year for Barenaked Ladies lead singer Steven Page. First there was his little cocaine bust. Then there was the six months probation for the drug charge that followed. Then his bandmate Ed Robertson almost died in an August plane crash. And now Page has been axed from the Canadian pop rock band.A message on "the band's Web site":http://www.bnlmusic.com/ read: "By mutual agreement...
I am here to confess that there are some artists that I just can't listen to.I'm not going to beat around the bush...I'm going to rip of the bandaide and confess, open my soul, to the mog-o-sphere, that I can't listen to these musicians.My top 10 artists that absolutely, positively, don't resonate in my soul.10. Weezer9. Wilco8. Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst, really)7. Band Of Horses6. The National...
Everybody gets busted in upstate New York....TORONTO — Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page, known for his clean-cut image and goofy stage antics, has been charged in New York state with possession of cocaine.Police said Tuesday that the bespectacled singer, responsible for such pop hits as "If I Had a $1,000,000" and "Be My Yoko Ono," was charged last Friday with criminal possession of a con.
... and I say this PURELY from a, really good show (pronounced shoe)standpoint. "We Need Girlfriends" ... they have at least 6 episodes as far as I can tell.I'm giggling like a little girl ...The barenaked ladies reference is for the second episode, if you can't wait to watch the first one, I've attached the second, gawsh.
It's Friday, and I know in the MOG world that means funky. I don't know if I am quite there, other then I have been in a funk all day. A bad case of the blahs. The day started out swell, with my huge pint of tea with milk, and then it just started to go down hill after. Not quite sure when the wheels came off. I read some really nice posts and watched some good vids, but none seemed to rea...
From arstechnica.comWhile retailers like Amazon and Wal-Mart are making slow and steady progress into the realm of DRM-free music sales and the MPAA has its sights set on filtering the web, the Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC) has proposed an entirely different plan for settling the war between consumers, pirates and big media studios. Based on the observation that the thriving P2P marke...
OK its that time of year again,so for the next 24 days (footall, pub. and xmas party's permitting) i will be posting a countdown of my favourite xmas songs (some great and some not so good lol) starting at number 24Advent is the start of the Christmas season in Britain. It begins four Sundays before Christmas. The first sign of Christmas in a British home is the children's advent calendar. It s...
Just read this interesting bit o' news off "Bodyhack":http://blog.wired.com/biotech/ regarding a-tha Mary Jane. "Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers between $10 billion and $12 billion annually and has led to the arrest of nearly 18 million Americans...more arrests the total number for all violent crimes combined, including murder, manslaughter, and rape, robbery and assault."Now I'...
Not only do Canadians bring me my favourite band - They have caused me to watch one of the funniest shows on our world TV station: "Corner Gas":http://www.cornergas.com/home/. There's got to be something in the water!A scene from the show: How Blogs Are BornI don't get every joke though... Who or what is the Glad Man? And why is he the epitome of suit wearing?
It's been a while since I've posted but now that work has slowed down a little I should some more time. So, to ease back into it I thought I would pose the question...who would do a better cover of this, Jethro Tull or Barenaked LadiesFor some reason I've been on a Sesame Street music kick lately.
It's been a while since I've posted but now that work has slowed down a little I should some more time. So, to ease back into it I thought I would pose the question...who would do a better cover of this, Jethro Tull or Barenaked LadiesFor some reason I've been on a Sesame Street music kick lately.
Staying on top of the curve The Barenaked Ladies have released their latest singles video on you tube and they are not even in it.Barenaked Ladies - Sound of Your Voice