Band's I Want to See Live

Well I am always thinking of this so I am going to start keeping track of the bands that are still alive and touring that I would love to see. The list will grow as I think of more bands but this is the list I have so far. It is in no particular order.

1. Radiohead

2. Bloc Party (AGAIN)

3. Tragically Hip (AGAIN)

4. Pink Floyd (or David Gilmour)

5. Tom Cochrane

6. Arctic Monkeys

7. Robbie Robertson

8. Brian Setzer

9. Wierd Al

10. Neil Young (AGAIN)

11. Gorillaz

12. Chemical Brothers

13. Black Cowes

14. Paul McCartney

15. Oasis

16. Rancid (Again)

17. Rage Against the Machine

Untill I think of some more...................................Enjoi

Arctic Monkeys

The last of the new vinyl is another UK band Arctic Monkeys. This is there first two LP's. The Arctic Monkeys have been billed as the next Beatles.....but as I am a huge Beatles fan I wouldn't go that far but they are definitely a very fun band. Very upbeat and you cannot beat the British accents that you can actually hear on the albums. Young guys who in my opinion have a lot going on and could probably make a long career out of this. Too bad every time they come to Toronto it sells out in 4 minutes. Maybe next time. The first album is called Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not and it is a very upbeat rock album that could be played at any dance club. The second is Your Favourite Worst Nightmare which is equally as good. Something tells me these guys have no trouble writing songs which hopefully means a lot of releases in the future....Until then .........

Enjoi

Bloc Party

Some more editions to my record collection. These two are from the UK group Bloc Party. These two records finish off my Bloc Party collection until they decide to release another album. The first is Silent Alarm which is there first full length release and has three records within it. Great album to say the least. The second is their newest LP A Weekend In the City which is also a very good listen. I would personally describe Bloc Party as electronic beat meets rock n roll of the 21st century. Something tells me if Radiohead never came along these guys wouldn't exist or at least not have the great sound that they have created that is truly their own. I saw them live last summer in Toronto and it is well worth the price to check these guys out, you will be blown away by the vocals and how tight the band is especially the amazing drummer............waiting for them to come back to Canada..............

cheers

New Vinyl: Radiohead

Well it has been a few months since I have posted up here so now it's time to add some new vinyl that I have acquired since the beginning of the summer. You may notice that there is a a bit of a British rock motif going on here but that is only because to me personally the Brit's seem to be doing the most interesting stuff these days, I would love to take in a festival over there to learn of some new bands but since I am an university graduate now without a job I will have to dream instead. The two albums here are Radioheads - The Bends , and OK Computer . In my opinion the bands best two albums even though they are all amazing. I Can't wait until the new album is released I guess in the fall...........Until then............

Enjoi

Rock N Roll Continued x2

These are pictures of Joe Strummer from the Clash famous guitars. Also Paul's smashed bass from the iconic cover of London Calling. There was a special exhibit on the Clash when we went which was well worth the trip for me. It was amazing seeing some of Joe Strummers stuff and actually being able to get close to it. Finally there is a picture of me and Kaely on the sign on the way out of the museum.

Enjoi

Rock n Roll Continued

Here are some more pictures. They are of the Clash's induction signatures, me in front of the models used for Pink Floyd's Division Bell cover as well as some items from Pink Floyd's the Wall.

Rock N Roll Spots 6: Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland Ohio

Over my reading week a bunch of my friends and I travelled to Cleveland so that we could visit the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. This is the sixth installment of Rock N Roll Spots. This is a museum and hall of fame dedicated to Rock N Roll. It is in Cleveland because that is the city Alan Freed coined the term Rock N Roll. Here are some pictures of the museums, some exhibits of the British invasion. Paul Simonon from the Clashs leather jacket and ZZ Tops infamous '33 roadster. The pictures aren't that good because you were not supposed to take pictures in there so I had to sneak them, but that is a different story all together. I will post some more as I get them from my friends.

cheers

Bloc Party

I just recently bought the Bloc Party album Silent Alarm Remixed. It is a 2x12 vinyl release. Bloc Party are an extremely energetic and very different band from England. This music makes me want to move immediately to England. Their new album is very good as well and I hope to eventually get it on vinyl but it is a very expensive import from the UK. Anyways check these guys out and you be happily surprised as long as you like you rock and roll with a beat you find yourself dancing to.

Enjoi

Tragically Hip

I saw the Tragically Hip in Hamilton at Copps Coliseum recently. I have to say they are an extremely tight band. Gord went completely mental for 2 hours straight. Highlights of the show were Fiddlers Green, Wheat Kings and Ahead By a Century. These guys are so Canadian its not even funny. Its amazing to believe they have been around for so long. I just found a set list from the concert:

1: The Lonely End Of The Rink
2: New Orleans Is Sinking
3: Fully Completely
4: Boots Or Hearts
5: Yer Not The Ocean
6: Ahead By A Century
7: In View
8: Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
9: Fiddler's Green
10: World Container
11: Springtime In Vienna
12: At The Hundredth Meridian
13: It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
14: The Kids Don't Get It
15: Three Pistols
16: Wheat Kings
17: Family Band
18: My Music At Work
19: Blow At High Dough
20: Picture My Face
21: Grace, Too
22: Fire In The Hole

Use Your Illusions

I also got Use Your Illusions I and II on vinyl. These albums sound so good in vinyl form. Every time u flip the records the next set of songs are in perfect order. Whoever chose the track sequences is a genius. If you have not heard these albums ...your a joke Do yourself a favour and grab em. I know its 2007 so go download it however it is you kids steal your music hahaha

Guns N Roses

Well I also thought it may be time to add onto my Guns N Roses collection. A while back I saw Guns N Roses (AXLs Guns N Roses) again and it brought back that fire that GNR has brought to my life for so long haha I think I can tie every funny/amazing/ridiculous moment of high school to a Guns N Roses song. Here is the Welcome to the Jungle single and GNR Lies/Live Like a Suicide LP's. GNR Lies is the follow up to Appetite for Destruction and it has 4 new songs and 4 live from '86. Well worth a listen!

Lots of New Vinyl

Well I have been on a bit of a record binge again lately so here is some of my newest purchases. Jimi Hendrix- AXIS Bold as Love is a great album. One of only a few real albums Hendrix released. The album art is unreal. Imagine that tatooed onto someone......... The next is Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door. A later but still amazing 'Zep record. I think its time I started working on my Zeppelin collection. Anyways more to come............

So Long and Thanks for all the Shoes

Well as my Christmas shopping heats up, I decided to take a break and buy something for myself. The newest addition to my record collection is Nofx's 12" LP , So Long and Thanks for all the Shoes. This is by far my favourite Nofx album as it was the one that turned me on to the band. I remember in 1997 when this came out, hearing it from a friend and thinking 'holy shit I didn't know someone could drum that fast." Anyways this has been on my want list for a few years and now it seems it is back in print. I bought it at www.interpunk.com for $10. A deal and a half if you ask me. This album takes me back to grade 7/8 and the start of my love for fast punk music.........
enjoi

Guns N Roses Round Two

Well I can say I have seen all the original members of Guns N Roses except Izzy but It is now my turn to say whether I would want to see Axls touring band (Guns N' Roses) or Slash, Duff and Matts (Velvet Revolver). I have seen both (GNR twice, VR once and Slash's Snakepit once). Although I love Slash and Duff I am sure I would pay more money and be more likely to go see Axl's new band featuring Dizzy Reed, Richard Fortuis, Robin Fink, Brain, Bumblefoot and Tommy Stinson. This show was amazing! Axl is on top of his game again and he even slimmed down for this tour. The show started with an opening band called Die Mannequin. Then there was a burlesque show by a group called the Suicide Girls (very interesting opening band for a concert!) Then came on Toronto's own, Sebastian Bach and he was pretty good. He brought the Trailer Park Boys out with him (Ricky, Julian and Bubbles) and Bubbles played guitar and sang his tune Liquor and Whores. Then around 11:45 Guns N Roses took the stage. Here is the set list:

Welcome to the Jungle

Its So Easy

Mr Brownstone

Live and Let Die

Knockin on Heavens Door

(Robins Solo--Comfortably Numb) Better (New Song)

The Blues (New Song)

Sweet Child O Mine

Nightrain

Used to Love Her

Patience

Down on the Farm

You Could Be Mine

November Rain

Don't Cry (Robin instrumental)

My Michelle (with Sebastian Bach)

IRS (new song)

Out Ta Get Me

Chinese Democracy (new song)

Paradise City

All in all it was an amazing show that was over at 2 am I didn't get back to st. Kitts until after 4am. Well worth the exhaustion that incurred for the rest of the week! Until the next show or the new GNR album Chinese Democracy

Enjoi!

The Saints are Coming U2 & Green Day

I recently got the CD and 7" single for the collaboration of U2 and Green Day of the Skids song, the Saints are Coming. I got the CD single at a HMV in St Catharines and I got the 7" single as and import from England and bought it at Interpunk. All money goes to charity so in the end this is a nice collectors piece. Here's the promotional blurb. These 2 musical giants got together at London's legendary Abbey Road Studios in September 2006 with producer Rick Rubin and collaborated on a cover version of the Skids classic taken from U2's forthcoming definitive collection. The studio version comes with a previously unreleased live recording of the title track that was recorded in the reopening of the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans in 2006.

Radiohead Vinyl

This week I got a new record. This week its a double 10 inch lp of Radioheads Kid A album. I got it for $20 and it was a great find. Although most likely their most computer created album, I still dig it. Actually it's one of my favourite Radiohead albums. I hope eventually to get all of Radioheads albums on vinyl but as I am a little bit late for the Radiohead craze, most of their albums are out of print. Which really means I'm gonna have to spend some money to get em all.

Enjoi

Bob Dylan

On Tuesday I went and saw Bob Dylan at the Air Canada Centre. The show was fantastic. The Foo Fighters opened up for them playing an acoustic set and closed their show with an excellent rendition of everlong. As for Bob, he is 65 and he was never known for his singing voice but at 65 he has embraced the raspy qualities. I find he really puts on an excellent blues feel to all his tunes now. The highlight for me was Summer Days/Summer Nights off the Love and Theft album. This was my second time seeing Dylan but the first time I was 15 so this one ment much more. I think I would pay to see Dylan time and time again if he keeps up with the bluesy tunes. Here's the setlist from the Toronto show. I still wish I could see him again tonite. But I just have wait a few days and put up with GUNS N ROSES or should I say AXL. Until then......................enjoi

Toronto, OntarioAir Canada Centre
November 7, 2006

1. Maggie's Farm
2. She Belongs To Me
3. Lonesome Day Blues
4. Positively 4th Street
5. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
6. When The Deal Goes Down
7. Highway 61 Revisited
8. Masters Of War
9. Rollin' And Tumblin'
10. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
11. Tangled Up In Blue
12. Nettie Moore
13. Summer Days

(encore)
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. All Along The Watchtower

Band Members

Bob Dylan - keyboard, harp

Tony Garnier - bass

George Recile - drums

Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar

Denny Freeman - lead guitarDonnie Herron - electric mandolin, violin, pedal steel, lap steel

Buffalo Bills vs Green Bay Packers

On Sunday I went to the Buffalo Bills game. They were playing against the Green Bay Packers. The end result was a 25-10 victory for the Bills but one hell of a good time. Imported Canadians were flowing down this CFL fans throat for the first time not as a home brew. The Ralph Wilson stadium was gigantic! Makes the Skydome look like a toy. Apparently holds something like 76,000 people. I got to see Brett Favre which was cool but for my first NFL experience. I would definitely do it again some time, not to mention Duey was going mental the whole time for his Packers. I also met a nice old man who told me stories as I got smashed. One of the wierdest things I have ever experience but fun as hell!

Go Riders Go!!!

Sam Roberts Chemical City

Today I got the Sam Roberts Band new album on vinyl. This album is called chemical city and is in the x2 lp format. This was limited to a release of 2300. Fantastic album from a band that could in my opinion take up residency as Canada's rock n roll band. They're a young bunch of guys who I think have a long career ahead of them, or at least I hope so!

DOOKIE, The Collection is Complete......For Now

I have finally finished the Green Day vinyl collection. I have purchases every 7, 10, 12 inch singles and picture discs as well as all of the albums on LP. I have finished this collection with the Dookie LP. I have been after this one for years and had to pay a hefty amount for it but its worth it to have the complete collection. Apparently they are coming out with a 7inch for The Saints are Coming Single with U2 so I will have to pick it up on CD and vinyl. I approximate that my Green Day Vinyl collection is probably worth around three grand by now so hopefully Green Day continues to be successful so that it will be worth more later. But until then....
cheers

Streetcore

My latest addition to the old record collection is Joe Strummers final album with the Mescaleroes. It was actually finished by then after he had died. Bought this puppy on EBay and have never seen it on vinyl before so I guess I got lucky. I just need Rock Art and X Ray Style on vinyl and then I have them all. This appears to be the year to finish collections. Its' all finally coming together, now I just need a house to store it all. To any Clash fans check this out. It is a very unique blend of genres with the legendary Strummer vocal.....RIP on this Friday the 13th

enjoi

The Eraser LP Thom Yorke

The newest addition to my record collection is Thom Yorkes (Lead Singer and Writer of Radiohead) Lp The Eraser. This is a 12 inch record that I bought from www.awarestore.com. Imagine an album that is completely made on a computer and is about ten times more electronic then and Radiohead album. This is an excellent album to set the mood for various situations. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of Radiohead.

enjoi

Back to School Means Back to EBay

Well now that I am back to school that means I'm back to EBay. My latest vinyl purchase is the Green Day

Basket Case #1 Single from England. Note that the vinyl is Green. I now only need one more Green Day record to complete my collection. The last one I need is Dookie. Keep your eye's open for me. More postings to come, I ordered some more vinyl and it's in the mail.

Cheers

Sam Roberts

Last Sunday I saw the Sam Roberts band from Montreal for the fifth time. This show was free at Georgian Downs Racetrack in Barrie/Innisfil and the show was opened by Matt Mayes and El Torpedo. Excellent sets by both bands. This was the first time I had heard Sam play new tunes off of Chemical City and it was great!!! Very psychedelic show and many musical interludes/jams that really showed the band musicianship. If you ever have a chance check him out, in my opinion he is one of Canada's best current songwriters and I could see him becoming Canada's next Gordon Lightfoot!! The song that stuck out the most was the Resistance from the Album Chemical City, they lyrics explain what he and his music is all about, so I have included them. Enjoi

The Resistance- Sam Roberts Band

We are descendants of the free
We are the soldiers of the Cause
We shouted out the same decree
To hold the truth above the law

Those were the nights to remember
Now they're the nights to forget
We sang from May to September and we danced While the city slept

I was born a restless soul
I never did what I was told
That old fire rages on
I hope it burns after I'm gone

I'm getting tired of the same old thing
It only takes one soul to make a change
It takes two young hearts to make it beat again
Three long nights and you're on the mend
Living, loving, swinging, ducking
We might fail but we have to try
I poked my finger in the public eye

Those were the nights to remember
Now they're the nights to forget
We sang from May to September and we danced While the city slept

We are the only chance
This is our resistance
And if we fail then we all know
How it goes, it goesHow it goes, it goes

I navigate the mines we layAnd I'm comin' home but not today
I fought my way through the hungry mob
The Mayor and his henchmen on the job
We faced-off like it was High Noon,We both let fly and our aim was trueYeah!

So even if you can't see it
You can still believe in it
It's easier if you lose all the things that prevent you from seeing it
In the evening sun when the Earth and sky are one
We all come undone and remember where we came from