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ROM QUINTIN Over at Progressive Imposition, a video of a Electroluminescent at the New Habours music series in Hamilton, Ontario. It was performed in May at Christ’s Church Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara and was part of the monthly Art Crawl.
Speaking of which: Art Crawl is THIS FRIDAY! Come [...]

Christ is Risen!

What happens when you cross the Paschal Troparion with far too many cultural references?

Christ is Risen!

HESE GUYS Ate six kinds of Awesome last night at Peper Jack Cafe and then followed it up with a fierce dessert of fabulosity. They do it all manually – ain’t no laptop involved! Paul, the drummer, moves so fast that it hurts to watch. Give a listen to woodhands [...]

EALITY SANDWICH interviews my favourite indy sort of musician, The Fire of Freedom: A Talk with Larry Kirwan:
We insisted that anyone who had a cause had to be allowed to set up their booths in whatever hall or whatever pub we were playing. It was just a thing we did. So there would be [...]

HIS IS Oddly surreal. Vatican Press is clearly being run by a bunch of ageing Boomers now:
The newspaper as well as Vatican Radio last week noted the 40th anniversary of the Beatles’ “White Album.”
It said the album demonstrated how creative the Beatles were, compared with what it called the “standardized, stereotypical” songs being [...]

KAY, OKAY. I have to post this one – even though it breaks my promise to stay out of the presidential silliness. Complete with a quote from noted Revolutionary, Socialist, (and personal hero) James Connolly…

This takes on our ideas of race as much as our politics. For any white American who said he [...]

ER HOST Just heard about this – probably *Way* behind the times. Traditional Orthodox chant arranged for only two voices, together with media files all set for the training of musicians (Orthodox, Eastern Rite RCs or Anglicans…):
All the music on this site is free and includes sheet music in PDF format, audio files (in [...]

HE ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive presents an essay on the technique of Musical Timing as used in Cartoons of the “Merrie Melodies” era. They also offer a free download of the cartoon they are discussion – in this case an animated children’s play to the tune of “Shuffle off to Buffalo”. It seems to [...]

1) If you want to do your thing
Do it now…
Come on now, don`t you be ashamed
.. it can be a woman
Or a man, do your thing..
The Staple Singers Oh La De Dah!
2) Like nine cans of shaving powder
The Ohio Players Funky Worm
3) I’m so self contented that it sometimes frightens me
I can do most anything [...]