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You aren’t paying for quality

Piano quality today is nowhere near the quality that it used to be In the latter quarter of the twentieth century, it became increasingly obvious that major historical manufacturers had lost their capacity to build a magnificent piano. In one case, the failure was precipitated in the early 1970s when CBS bought Steinway & Sons. [...]

Massey and the Fergusons

This is a local rockabilly band that is made up of some friends of mine.  Regardless of what you think of their music, you have to admit that they have the best band name in the history of music.

Can we not give you credit?

I was just contacted by a media company representing a Japanese band asking me if they can use a photo I took in a video they are creating.  They also asked if they could not give me credit for using it.  I have had my works ripped off before but no one has ever asked [...]

Father’s Day

This morning Wendy called me while Mark and I were pulling into Royal University Hospital‘s parking lot and told me that she can finally come home which was a great way to start Father’s Day.   After we stopped up at the Neo Natal Intensive Care unit to see Oliver (and get a Father’s Day card [...]

How to promote your band on MySpace

Believe it or not, this gives one a better chance then somehow stuffing a CD-R into Simon Crowell‘s hand.

Worst Album Covers of All Time

    Technorati Tags: Worst album covers of all time via Warren Kinsella who has ensured that productivity went way down today at work.

Matthew Good as the Devil

Matthew Good recently played in a church in Saskatoon which didn’t please everyone and it ended up on his blog. I thought Good did a nice thing and took the high road and I agree with him. I did laugh at his last paragraph. Interestingly, the next show being held at the venue is Tegan [...]

As if it isn’t hard enough being a Dolphin’s fan

In case 0-3 and Ted Ginn Jr. wasn’t bad enough. Here is the Dophin’s rapping to “Can’t Touch This”.

Remember when Def Leppard could sell tickets

because they were a big band and they didn’t have to plaster downtown Saskatoon with posters to let people they were coming to town.