Al Ford is many things (the man that hired me for the Zone, Sonic 102.9‘s Program Director) and one of those things is rock & roll photog. Back in 1991, a little known Seattle band came to Victoria to open for Alice in Chains and Al was there to capture it all. *** Years later, [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Pictures: Alice in Chains and Mookie Blaylock – Jaunary 1991 Harpo’s Victoria
Posted in history 101, music, tagged Al Ford, Alice in Chains, Cameron Crowe, Harpo's, Mookie Blaylock, Pearl Jam, Rolling Stone, Sonic 102.9, Victoria on August 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I want to fall in love tonight
Posted in music, tagged A Praise Chorus, Crimson and Clover, Edmonton, Jimmy Eat World, Sonic 102.9, The Promise Ring, Wetaskwin on August 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When the family was driving around Edmonton, Alberta a few weeks ago we were listening to the modern rocker Sonic 102.9 FM. They were doing one of those “A-Z Weekends” where the radio plays a bunch of songs from their playlist in alphabetical order. We happened to be out-and-about early on a Friday morning for [...]
I make a lot of noise; because the girls are all so pretty
Posted in music, Wedding, tagged Big and Rich, Japandroids, Love Story, Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy, Taylor Swift, Wedding DJ on August 23, 2010 | 5 Comments »
There two types of music we all listen to: The music we like, and the music we think we’re supposed to like. Being paid to think about and present music, I hear a lot of different stuff and I am also exposed to other peoples’ tastes. One of my favourite places to play music is [...]
Hundreds of Buttons
Posted in music, tagged Angel Echoes, Caribou, Four Tet, She Just Likes to Fight, Vinyl on August 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The other record my wife bought for me on Wednesday was one we’ve had our eye for sometime but just couldn’t get the time/luck/money all together to buy it. You all know my love for Four Tet. This English electronic artist has to be one of my favourites of 2010 for sure. I find his [...]
Gimme that night you were already in bed/Said fuck it got up to drink with me instead
Posted in music, tagged Japandroids, Younger Us on August 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
God bless my lovely wife… she went down to Ditch Records yesterday to pick up my copy of the latest Japandroids‘ 7-inch single, “Younger Us.” Download >> “Younger Us” Truth, this song came out what? back in the beginning of the summer so you can colour me new, but I just got it on the [...]
Mundi Street
Posted in life or something like it, music, Wedding, tagged Brand New, Fairways, Pinkerton, Sic Transit Gloria, Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, Slow Show, Tattoos, The National, Weezer on August 18, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I grew up n Mundy Street in Coquitlam. If I were 27% cooler than I was (does that sentence make sense?) I would have vandalized every street sign to be “Mundi” Street. Much more glorious in Latin. I think ‘mundi’ translates to “of the world.” Kinda sexual. I went through a Latin phase as a [...]
A weekend in Twitpics
Posted in life or something like it, tagged Blue Sky Festival, Jon and Roy, Sidney, Vince Vaccaro on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A weekend in Twitpics!
Spin 45s >> One Two Three Four Five
Posted in music, tagged Acrtic Monkeys, Jump, Santo, The Laundronauts, Van Halen, Vinyl, XTC on August 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Spin 45s jams out some recent finds from Talk’s Cheap Record store on Pandora Street in historic Victoria, British Columbia. I love the old 80s alt. rock, so the XTC was a good find… even if it has a skip on it. sad panda face. Arctic Monkeys add something a little more contemporary to the [...]
Hmmm… I could but I shouldn’t
Posted in neat-O gang, tagged Rega on August 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I want one so bad.
I love living in the city
Posted in life or something like it on August 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I love living in Victoria. One of the main reasons why I love the Garden City so much is because of the girls. Everyday, its like there is a hot girl convention in town. And all you have to do to attend, is be there. I know that people that live outside of British Columbia [...]
