Song Lyric in the real world: Foghat – Slow Ride
Slow ride, take it easy Slow ride, take it easy Slow down Go down Slow down Go down Come on, baby Take a slow ride with me Come on,…
The music tourist in New York City: Corner of W 23rd St/8th Avenue and Hotel Chelsea
I was recently on a 10 hour stay in New York for business and, while I didn’t have time for sightseeing, I was still able to tick off one item…
Concert Review – Lady Gaga – Bell Centre, Montreal – July 2nd 2014
Lady Gaga brought her ArtRave tour to Montreal last night, and amazed the sold out crowd with her most mature show to date.
Album cover in the Real World: Moving Pictures by Rush
The cover to Rush’s seminal album, 1980’s Moving Pictures, works on three different levels to illustrate the title. First of all, you can see 6 people transporting paintings, or…
Concert Review: Iced Earth with Sabaton and ReVamp – Corona Theatre, Montreal – April 16th 2014
It was a great night of Metal at the Corona Theatre last night. Iced Earth’s Worldwide Plagues tour made a stop in Montreal to promote their latest album, Plagues of…
Music in pictures: Beauty without sound
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. It is also said that music expresses what words can’t express. This leads me to say that a picture…
Concert Review: Dream Theater – Bell Centre, Montreal – March 21st 2014
Prog Metal pioneers Dream Theater stopped by Montreal on the second date of their North American tour last night, and their 3 hour set gave the few thousand fans present…
Concert Review: Transatlantic – L’Olympia, Montreal, February 6 2014
As with most supergroups, it’s always an event when Transatlantic hits the road. The band, made up of Mike Portnoy (ex Dream Theater and member of a dozen more bands),…
Concert Review: Jake Bugg – Metropolis, Montreal, January 12 2014
This was Jake Bugg’s 3rd Montreal show in 6 months: he played the Osheaga Festival last August, then played a sold out show at the Corona Theatre in September (about…
Song Lyrics in the real world: The Beatles’s Rocky Racoon
Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon And one day his woman ran off with another guy Hit young Rocky…