Another post I'm writing reminded me of this. Best breakup song in the history of evar, hands-down.
Sarah Harmer - Don't Get Your Back Up on Youtube.
Another post I'm writing reminded me of this. Best breakup song in the history of evar, hands-down.
So, I was lucky enough to get Basia Bulat's CD Heart of My Own this past Christmas. It's awesome, she's awesome, and anyone who's been following along at home for a while already knew that I would say that. =)
Here are two tracks of hers that I hadn't heard before the CD made its way into my hot little hands.
( Vids behind the cut... )
Shaye was a three-woman supergroup comprised of Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean, each amazing musicians in their own right. "Happy Baby" was their biggest hitting single, but there's a lot more to recommend them. Their rendition of On and On is surreal and awesome, and Lake of Fire, the title track off of their second CD, is tantalizing and seductive and just plain amazing.
While coming up with music recommendations for
damned_colonial,
I chanced to discover that one of my favourite songs by
Shaye
(of Happy Baby fame)
is a cover of a tune originally done by
Crash Vegas.
In my youth I always felt as though this kind of music trivia was exclusively the domain of 'cool kids' who hung out in record stores all day, so I love that the internetz has opened up an unlimited horizon of musical exploration for geek types like myself. =)
Ok, so here's how this goes down.
I head on over to Sault Michigan to buy some gas from Hugo and to pick up a few things from Glen's. For some reason unbeknownst to me, I've had the worst craving for ketchup chips today, so I figured that I'd pick a bag up while doing my late-night grocery run. But lo and behold, there were none to be found...not at the gas station, nor at the grocery store, no matter how many times I paced up and down the junk food isle trying to suss out where they might be hidden.
I still can't quite wrap my head around this one. Part of the reason that a road trip through the States is fun is that you get to sample the ginormous selection of junk food that you guys have access to, which positively dwarfs what we have here. Yet somehow, in the vast ocean of snack food, one can't find the humble ketchup chip, which is ubiquitous north of the border.
Is this yet another bit of Canadian content that I need to bring to Penguicon?