Mark offered his opinion of Arcade Fire’s new album The Suburbs a few days after its release. I finally had a chance to listen to the album uninterrupted for a few playthroughs last week during a business trip, and it is dynamite. I don’t recall an album that is so unified in its theme. ...
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The Arcade Fire – The Suburbs The Arcade Fire’s third full length album was released on Tuesday, and it’s a delight. Those of us that caught their set at Bluesfest (for shame, Dan) got a nice preview of what to expect from this album, and leaks of dubious quality have been floating around for awhile,...
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Hello. This is Mark. You might rememember me from a few years ago when I wrote some silly posts about terrible commercials and a guy who tried to jump over the St Lawrence river in a winged car. Some posts have been devoured into the mysterious nether-regions of wordpress, while some are still around for your...
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I loved working from home, so the thought of fighting traffic every day for 45 minutes each way was definitely a strike against the new job I started in March. Anyone who knows me knows I don’t have much time for music on the radio … I’d much rather listen to my playlists, or talk...
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After missing an episode or two of a new show, I tend to avoid it because i feel like I’ve already missed too much to be able to get into it properly. I never watched an episode of Sex in the City until after the season finale aired (and still have only seen a handful), nor...
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I don’t know if it’s the people, the history, the stories Dan tells or the beauty of it all, but I can count myself as a lover of the Prairies, and Saskatchewan in particular. We just returned from my 4th visit since Dan and I started dating and I love it more every time I’m...
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Alright, this has dragged on way longer than I had planned. I don’t know if anyone still cares about what 2007 albums I think were really good now that we’re 25 days into January, but I’m a completionist (though a lazy one), so here’s the top 5. THE BEST 5 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 5....
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back again! Sorry about the delay, work is ridiculous. I’m writing this on my lunch hour, so sorry if it sucks. THE BEST 10-6 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 10. Blonde Redhead – 23 I had heard of Blonde Redhead, and I may have heard a song or two of theirs before, but 23 is the...
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….and we’re back. Before getting down to business, here’s a short (probably unnecessary) disclaimer: I know there are a ton of good albums that came out this year that I haven’t heard yet. I’ve read a lot of year end lists, and three albums that I have yet to hear that seem to be on...
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On Saturday night, a bunch of us were out celebrating Shannen and Gary’s birthdays. My memory of the evening is a bit hazy, but I seem to remember Shannen demanding some new columns from both Gary and myself, or we would no longer be allowed to play with Dan. Since Gary’s much-talked-about-but-never-actually-written book report of...
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