photo from I’ve Had Dreams Like That That blog As you prepare to celebrate another circuit around the sun, here’s a mix of 2011 music to ponder in anticipation of what dreams and disappointments, despair and delights are in store […]
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With all excuses and caveats now taken for granted, here is my top 10 list new releases and reissues. A more expansive, annotated mix tape list will follow. You have been warned. New Releases 2011 Gillian Welch – The […]
Scattered within the 140-plus tracks straining at the confines of the Beach Boys’ massive new box set, The Smile Sessions, there are a few non-musical bits of nonsense called “Psycodelic Sounds.” In a couple of these silly interludes, Brian Wilson […]
Forgive me, this is off topic sort of… There comes a moment in every life when a young person must decide how they intend to make their living and make their way in the world. In the words of Leonard […]
R.E.M officially called it quits this week, which triggered this … It is May 2001 and I’m walking northward on Yonge Street, the main artery through Toronto’s downtown core, puddle dodging and ears ringing with the lingering sound of […]
In the ever accelerating cycle of fame, Amy Winehouse flashed from promising talent to celebrity morality play with a despairing speed. In just a few short years, she had become a tabloid-bait train wreck, catnip for tutt-tutting cultural commentators and […]
The change was made uptownAnd the big man joined the bandFrom the coastline to the cityAll the little pretties raise their handsI’m gonna sit back right easy and laughWhen scooter and the big man bust this city in half
Sad to hear of the passing of Andrew Gold — consummate sideman and singer-songwriter in his own right, perhaps unfortunately best known for the co-opting of his early hit “Thank You For Being A Friend” as the theme song (in […]
Pop quiz: Have any American artists profiled in No Depression over the years been promoted to public office? I’m going to guess if the list exists, it’s a short one. Canada, however, can now count Andrew Cash as […]
Johnny Cash does Elvis Presley this is funny
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