Mood music for Halloween
Halloween is a great time for me to bring out a genre that is somewhat well represented in my collection: horror film scores! I love to blast that out while…
Concert Review: Goblin – Le National, Montreal October 10 2013
I’ve been going to concerts for close to 30 years, and I’ve seen a lot of shows in that span of time. I’ll admit to often being a little blasé…
Concert review: Saxon (with Fozzy and Halcyon Way) – Theatre Corona, Montreal September 14 2013
The Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre hosted rare visitors yesterday: New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends Saxon were in town, supported by Fozzy (on their first visit since 2005), with…
Concert Review: Kamelot with Delain and Eklipse – Club Soda, Montreal, September 8 2013
Symphonic and Power metal aren’t exactly my cup of tea (with a few exceptions), but my girlfriend is a big fan of Delain, and I’ve always enjoyed Kamelot and wanted…
One more musical landmark from Vancouver
After I wrote my last post, I went for a walk in a different part of downtown Vancouver and found another musical “landmark”. As history goes (which these days means…
The music tourist in Vancouver, BC, Canada
I’m currently in Vancouver for a work related conference, and as I like to do, I tried to find landmarks of importance for the music world. Vancouver has a strong…
Old is in again: a review of Scorpion Child’s self titled debut album
I discovered Scorpion Child through a free iTunes download of their first single, Polygon of Eyes. Never one to pass up a freebie, I was intrigued by their retro sound.…
Wise advice from Wikipedia
In addition to all the convenience that Wikipedia brings to our lives (to the displeasure of encyclopaedia makers around the world), the site also offers very wise advice like this…
When did metal stop being dangerous?
I found this item passing by H & M today. When I was a teenager, I was a rebel for listening to Iron Maiden: that was the devil’s music.…
Album Review: “Elvis at Stax” is pure gold
I’ve always mentally split Elvis’s career in 3 sections: The rocking 50’s, the movie years and the Vegas years, when he turned into a fat parody of himself. I love…