Category Archives: Music
I Feel Like An Alien… A Stranger In An Alien Place
So it’s an Stinson Community Association business day. Thought I might have had some free time, but I was incorrect. Writing emails, sending files, explaining positions, etc… Fun stuff. Listening to perhaps my most favourite album of all time: Duke, … Continue reading
The Narrow Way
I can still remember the days back in the early 90s (yeah, I know) when I started seriously pursuing the still much-maligned Progressive Rock train, reading magazines that occasionally broke into a debate about what Prog was and was not, … Continue reading
Making Progress
So I’ve been up since about 3:30 AM, and I’m listening to a handful of prog rock albums that have been creeping back onto the virtual turntable a fair bit over the past few days: English Electric parts 1 & … Continue reading
The Finest Year – My Favourite Year (pt 3, the Finale)
PART ONE PART TWO Right, so I kinda let this one get backlogged for a long while, but I’m up early, and it’s either this or I go early to clean my mother’s house (I’ve decided to wait a bit … Continue reading
A Few Quick Notes
Hi Gang, I have to go mail a book and CD to a friend around the world. I have a lot of poster boards to design, including illos, but I have no data to work from. I have paintings that … Continue reading
Lifesigns – eponymous (2013) – an album review
Seems that Progressive Rock’s reemergence from the shadows as an acceptable musical genre is being vindicated by the plethora of new acts coming out with full on Prog Rock epics and no consideration to other musical genres that might make … Continue reading
Sound of Contact – Dimensionaut (2013) – an album review
A new gunslinger is in town, and his name is Simon Collins. For those new to the program, we like to foster new Progressive Rock acts who have something distinct and entertaining to add to the canon, and this album … Continue reading
Stinson Sunrise
So I’ve been up since just before 6 AM and I still haven’t started my write up about last night’s ArtCrawl event on James Street North in Hamilton. We do this once a month, so it’s not imperative that I … Continue reading
Hamilton United
Just a little something I bashed together relatively quickly for my friend Bill Mehlenbacher this morning. I think that will be the last freebie I do for a while. I even put the price of my music back up to … Continue reading
Drums and Liars
Okay, so I’m going to spend some time trying to get some writing done, if I can help it. No idea what I’ll work on, but I SHOULD be trying to get back to work on THE APPROXIMATE DISTANCE TO … Continue reading
Going The Distance
I’m recommencing work on The Approximate Distance To Limbo, the novel I almost finished last year, before I lost steam. I hope to have it finished in time for summer, so I can get back to work on The Uninvited … Continue reading
I’ve Never Really Understood…
…purists who insist only one band can ever have experimented with a sound or style of making music, particularly if they have long since abandoned it, or have disbanded. I would think that, so long as any newcomers wishing to … Continue reading
I Missed Again Ohhhh Ohhhh I Think I Missed Again
So I was planning on doing something to celebrate one year of activity on Bandcamp, which commenced on March 12th, 2012, but sadly, I got sidetracked and forgot to make myself some kind of milestone calendar notification, and completely missed … Continue reading
Julian Lennon – Someday (single) – a short review
As I’ve already reviewed the previous release of the album, and have no means to obtain a new copy for review until well after it gets its American release, I figure I’ll have to settle with reviewing the first single … Continue reading
It Must Have Been My Evil Twin Brother
So I’m listening to Thomas Dolby’s A Map of The Floating City album. He hasn’t lost his touch. The nice thing about listening to an album like this is, it validates some of my own ideas about a well-balanced pop … Continue reading
Are You Fascinated?
So I was watching Love In The Afternoon with my agent tonight, and we agreed on something interesting. There’s this melody that gets used all throughout the film, called Fascination. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about it: Fascination What … Continue reading
My Favourite Year (That 1980 Music Post, Continued)
I really want to be writing fiction or researching my paintings or organizing sound files into a prog composition right now, but I feel I owe folks a continuation of last week’s music post, which got from A to halfway … Continue reading
The Finest Year For Music, pt 1
I think we all have a year we remember that had it all, musically. Maybe not every style of music was represented, or maybe the year preceding or following also had some huge stuff from one artist or band that … Continue reading
Insert Another Clever, Allusive and/or Lyrical Title Here
I haven’t really had much to say for myself over the last couple of days. I feel as if I’ve been muzzled, like things I say or agree with are no longer acceptable. It’s just me overreacting to other people … Continue reading
Big Big Train – English Electric pt 2 (2013) – an album review
Here we go with round two… buckle up! tl;dr Version: Big Big Train? Are you serious? Who the £μ¢% are they? Is this another one of your precious Prog Rock acts no one has heard of? Why the hell do … Continue reading