William Fitzsimmons, coming to the Waldorf May 13

• You Broke My Heart by William Fitzsimmons

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Hey Rosetta!

I’ve been asleep for a long, long time
Blond hair to brown and then brown to white
My mom is buried beside my dad
But I was asleep for all of that

I shut my eyes for a moment’s rest
‘Cause I get so tired
What thing transpired while my body slept?
Beset my mind

All the schools that I went to have all been closed
And all of my teachers are dead I suppose
The songs that we sung have all gone quiet
What happens below as you sleep at night?

I shut my eyes for a moment’s rest
‘Cause I get so tired
What things transpired while my body slept?
Beset my mind

The river’s up, the reeds are caught
Halfway across what never was
The water rose and swept in slow
When the reeds awoke they were half below

I’ve been asleep for a long, long time
Blond hair to brown and then brown to white
My ma is buried beside my dad
But I was asleep for all of that

I’ve been asleep for a long, long time
Blond hair to brown and brown to white
My ma is buried beside my dad
But I was asleep for all of that
For all of that

Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

The Canadian Underdogs Win Album of the Year at the Grammys

There's hope....

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British Prime Minister is snubbed by Morrissey & Marr

Britain's austerity measures are having an ill effect for Prime Minister David Cameron. Poor old David must be crushed. I'd hate to be him.

Something old, something new, something to remember

I enjoyed an amazing Remembrance Day morning in West Vancouver at the Cenotaph with a great community. I visited the Legion for a short time, but really not my thing. I was back home in the afternoon, cozy in my flat with some telee and music.

New Favourite Song

I'm not just about re-arranging furniture and buying throw pillows. This blog proves it. Just be careful in stepping into my other life on Mainstream Melancholy.

Saturday Night at the Movies

Spoon,

Another exciting Saturday night. Pouring rain, dark, no energy to go out. But Austin City Limits had Spoon on. That's something to save the dreadfulness of this night. Great band. Touring nowhere near to YVR though.

Cute Kelowna Boys, Yukon Blonde, saving this dreadful dark and rainy Saturday morning

Yukon Blonde

The New Arcade Fire - coming in August

In the suburbs, I
I learned to drive
And you told me I'd never survive
Grab your mother's keys, we're leaving

Satchel, the song Suffering, featured in the Beautiful Girls' Soundtrack

one of my favorites of today, The Stars, do my favorites of yesterday: The Smiths

A BRILLIANT cover from The Stars....

1979 Classic

from their latest EP, Modest Mouse's weirdest video ever, but a great tune

Modest Mouse - Satellite Skin from Old World Monkey on Vimeo.

Tops for 2009

My Top Ten for albums of 2009 have been submitted to the North Shore News - many thanks to audiophile John Goodman. I have given him the caveat audiens for my picks - being far more folk/roots and of course, singer-songwriter stuff. No Lady GaGa (gag-gah) from me. How vile. This is the year of really geeky looking guy bands. And a lot of Canadians.

10: Morrissey - Years of Refusal


9: Andrew Bird - Noble Beast


8: Wilco - Wilco


7: Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest


6: Bruce Cockburn - Slice O' Life


5: Joel Plaskett - Three


4: The Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels


3: Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Break Up

Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Relator @ Yahoo! Video

2: Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix


and my number one pick for 2009....

1: Neko Case - Middle Cyclone *** A highlight of the year and an obvious highlight to her recording career. Neko Case is outstanding in her vocal talent and this album is a must have by anyone's standards!

Smiths' Influence in The Drums

NME is reporting that Boy George is impressed with the band "The Drums", saying they remind him of The Smiths.

Susan Boyle's first single drags em away

Susan Boyle's first single will be an amazing cover of Rolling Stones "Wild Horses". Although I love the Sundays' rendition of the song, this is something so beautiful, I can see that Boyle's album entitled "I Dreamed a Dream", will set new records in the stratosphere. It's release isn't due until November and will be offered on Amazon.

Off the beaten down path of Mainstream, get yourself some Andrew Bird

Chicago Instrumentalist, Andrew Bird, does his rare vocal appearance on this single "Imitosis", from the album Armchair Apocrypha. Great tune, intriguing video.



he's keeping busy
yeah he's bleeding stones
with his machinations and his palindromes
it was anything but hear the voice
that says that we're all basically alone

poor Professor Pynchon had only good intentions
when he put his Bunsen burners all away
and turning to a playground in a Petri dish
where single cells would swing their fists
at anything that looks like easy prey
in this nature show that rages every day
it was then he heard his intuition say

we were all basically alone
and despite what all his studies had shown
that what's mistaken for closeness
is just a case of mitosis
and why do some show no mercy
while others are painfully shy
tell me doctor can you quantify
he just wants to know the reason why

why do they congregate in groups of four
scatter like a billion spores
and let the wind just carry them away
hows can kids be so mean
our famous doctor tried to glean
as he went home at the end of the day
in this nature show that rages every day
it was then he heard his intuition say

we were all basically alone
despite what all his studies had shown
that what's mistaken for closeness
is just a case of mitosis
sure fatal doses of malcontent through osmosis
and why do some show no mercy
while others are painfully shy
tell me doctor, can you quantify?
the reason why

Fiction Factory, from the Reese Peanut Butter Cup Ad

Someone just drove by with this song blasting out of their car

And you know, it was darn cool.

Michael Jackson - Don't Stop
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Blondie, Dreamin

Birthday Blessings to Morrissey

Artist: Morrissey
Album: Years Of Refusal
Label: Lost Highway (US), Decca/Polydor (UK)
Rating: 8 of 10

It’s hard to believe Morrissey turns 50 on May 22nd, but luckily he never ceases to be the embodiment of eccentricity, an enigmatic oddball to revere. He fiercely continues to give mainstream pop the cold shoulder (and perhaps rightly so), and is no more acclimatized to the pop music scene than he was twenty-three years ago when he emerged as Britain’s beloved outsider with his 1980’s fêted band, The Smiths.

Never lacking of critics, Morrissey has been countering back with successful solo albums and touring to sold-out shows from L.A. to his birthplace of Manchester, England since 1988. His latest rebuttal, Years of Refusal, seemingly reflects the artist’s acceptance of a life-sentence of sour discontentment. Below its 12-track listing, the album’s subscript reads in lower cased italics “produced by jerry finn, recorded in los angeles, play very loud” and compelling proves that age hasn’t diffused Morrissey’s perspective nor his ability to deliver vocal potency. “It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore” hallmarks his sublime falsetto and track two, “Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed”, is lushly layered and enjoyable despite its somewhat disturbing lyrics. The opener, “Something is Squeezing My Skull” scowls with energetic ferocity, stating the big sound theme. Collaboration from long-time band mate Boz Boorer is evident as is punk-pop producer, Jerry Finn’s contribution, which was tragically the 39-year-old’s last effort, having succumbed to a brain hemorrhage only weeks after finalizing the Morrissey recording. A full-bodied intensity flares through to the finale, bonus track, “Shame Is The Name”. Undisputedly, melancholy and wry lyricism, not to mention a notorious quaff, have served Morrissey well and he deserves a very happy birthday.

- Stephanie Kiernan

Crossing A Canyon - 54-40 let me disappear and try again...

LOVE this song...



And the day is long
And the bridge is gone
And the river's washed away
The road I'm on
Only road I know

This Girl needs some Beatles

Despite the fact that The Beatles and Apple Macintosh have more money than God, they continue to quibble over iTunes and name rights and copy rights of "Apple". Therefore, when importing your Beatles' CD's into your iMac iTunes, you don't get the automatic artwork. Tonight I pulled up The Beatles.com and downloaded all the album artwork so I can upload the images for my jukebox display. Now things look way better.