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Tuesday
Jan242012

How To Write A Pop Song

Ever wanted a top 10 hit? Ever needed to write many of them to keep up the mansion? This is how you do it.

 

Friday
Jan202012

Support Local Ottawa Vinyl Dealers - Birdman Sound

Who doesn't love the experience of walking into a vinyl shop and flipping through new releases, used records or just randomly pick up something based on the owner's personal tastes?   Ottawa has a few of these places still in business, and as far as I know, they are run by people who know, appreciate and love music and vinyl together.

Things you can do with vinyl - Sleeve Facing!

In the 1980's, while living in Kingston, I would go from one music shop, to the next to look at what was out.  But the place that really took most of my hard earned Woolco money was Brian's Record Option.  I could find used records for music that I had just discovered while in high school.  Getting deep into the Beatles was really fun at Brian's.  He had original 1960's presses of Beatles' records from North American releases to the British variant. Bootlegs of Shea Stadium (yeah on vinyl!) and original box sets of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass which

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Friday
Jan132012

World's Fastest Guitar Player is Faster Than Your Eyes Can See

This video is pretty hard to believe.  If you have ADD, you may be put off by a 13 minute video, so just use the shuttle feature of Youtube and jump past the intro.  Jump further to see him go apeshit fast.  It looks like the video is sped up, but that's why the clock is there.

Tuesday
Jan102012

The Joy of Books - cool animation

Saturday
Jan072012

Must See - Not an Airplane

On November, 11, 2011, not an Airplane gathered at the Warehouse in Salida and performed "Speak In" from their 2011 album "It Could Just Be This Place". This is the video of that evening. Thanks to Luis Alcazar for editing all of the footage. 

Wednesday
Jan042012

The Barr Brothers to Play David Letterman

The Barr Brothers have sent a little bit of wonderful news via email regarding their upcoming gig on the Late Show with David Letterman and subsequent tourdates as well which you'll find after the jump.

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Bonne année / Happy New Year to all!

Thanks to everyone who came out to our shows and picked up our album in 2011.  We feel really fortunate to have played for such inspiring audiences at just about every stop. Since we officially released our debut album in September, the response has completely exceeded any expectations we may or may not have had.  We're looking forward to heading back out on the road for many more shows and adventures.

​ We're starting 2012 out with some exciting news.  First, we'll be performing on Late Night with David Letterman this Thursday, January 5th at 11:35pm.  Brad and Andrew's mom, Nancy Verde Barr, was on Letterman 25 years ago, as Julia Child's assistant when she prepared a hamburger for Dave, which he ate raw because the power went off on the stove (not our mom's fault - click here to watch!).  Hopefully he'll remember.

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Monday
Jan022012

Maneater covered by Nero one New Years Eve 2011

Nero - Maneater - Cafe Dekcuf, Ottawa Ont - 12-31-2011

 

Saturday
Dec312011

What Happens to a Song [Possum] When a Band [Phish] Gets Huge 

Here's Phish in 1987

start it at about three minutes...

Add 24 years...

Now check out Phish in 2011

Tuesday
Dec272011

Don Cherry Plays the Piano

Not being a hockey fan, I tend to not keep up with Don Cherry news, but this video struck a "chord" with me.

Friday
Dec232011

Strombo to feature Barr Brothers in Christmas Special

from Cbc.ca

Christmas can be a lonely time of year - especially for Mrs. Claus. While her husband is off delivering gifts, what's an abandoned wife to do? The Barr Brothers have a thought: Mrs. Claus could spend the evening with someone else...

This performance is from our Holiday Music Special - catch the whole thing, including performances from Down With Webster, Paul Anka, Coeur de Pirate, Adam Cohen and lots more, tonight (December 23rd) at 11:05 pm, and again on Christmas Day at 11:00 pm.