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bs2008
Bob's Soundtrack 2008
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While aimlessly noodling around on the net the other day, I realized that I had not taken a look at my blog’s comments for some time; almost a year in fact. Where does the time go? November last year, we were polishing the last few notes on Fortune’s Read More
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Anyone who has read this blog knows that I am far from the king of new music. My tastes were decided early, and have hardly altered at all in the intervening years. It is not so much that I am attracted to any given genre, so much as I look for a few Read More
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We were rehearsing a few instrumentals the other day, something we have not done for years. We went through a bunch of tunes, exploring various combinations and possibilities. Putting together a decent set of tunes can be challenging for us. Current traditional Read More
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I was never much for love songs. I have never really written any, or at least anything remotely conventional. Nonetheless, I am not completely immune. Although looking at the handful I repeatedly listen to, they all share one thing in common: a certain Read More
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I always dream more vividly in the summer. I do not know why. Unlike the winter, when life seems all too practical, there seems to be a little more mental space around here during the brief warm months. Thoughts come and go, and music drifts ever further Read More
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A little while ago, I was in a CD store in Toronto when I heard a Black Flag song. This is a band I have neither heard of nor thought about for years, though like Minor Threat, who I wrote about some time ago, they were a huge influence on me. Not, mind Read More
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Thanks to John Wiles and OZ FM’s old ‘Jigs & Reels’ radio show, I heard dozens of great folk bands while I was still in elementary school. The 70s were a bit of dead end for traditional music, at least commercially, but before things Read More
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I have written before about the rampant Anglophilia that
infected much of my youth. For a large quotient of the music community, it has
continued unabated; note the how often serious musos read heavy British music
journals like ‘Q’ & Read More
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Over the years, we have tried to walk a bit of a fine line
when it comes to the whole ‘are you Celtic?’ thing. It is a question that has
died down a bit, but it still comes up, particularly in America. Early on in
our career we decided Read More
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I was watching hotel TV the other night, the sort of shit
you never watch at home. In fact, other than the Premier league, I
hardly watch anything at home. Hotels are a different matter. Everyone watches
too much TV on the road. Anyway, I was watching Read More
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There was very artistic movie making the rounds a couple of
years ago, aptly shot in Winnipeg, about a contest for the saddest music in the
world. The movie itself was heavy going, and no matter now worthy, I did not make
it to the end. Nonetheless, Read More
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