Mucking Things Up

There’s a new site called Muxtape that lets you make online mixtapes to share with your friends and random strangers - seems like a cool idea!

I put together a quick mix to try it out - it’s definitely fun to think of different themes to organize a tape around. My first muxtape can be found at http://onelittlesong.muxtape.com , and, if you’re RSS-savvy, you can get updates here.

This first set of songs has the boring theme of ‘My Favourite Artists Who Are Still Active (or Who Are Recently Deceased)’. Here we go:

• Wilco - ‘Misunderstood’ (from Being There)
• Pearl Jam - ‘Marker In The Sand’ (from Pearl Jam)
• Band of Horses - ‘Monsters’ (from Everything All The Time)
• Josh Ritter - ‘To The Dogs Or Whoever’ (from The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter)
• The Decemberists - ‘After The Bombs’ (from The Crane Wife - b-sides)
• Iron & Wine / Calexico - ‘History Of Lovers’ (from In The Reins)
• Elliott Smith - ‘Whatever (Folk Song in C)’ (from New Moon)
• Queens of the Stone Age - ‘Regular John’ (from Queens of the Stone Age)
• Radiohead - ‘Reckoner’ (from In Rainbows)
• Neko Case - ‘Star Witness’ (from Fox Confessor Brings The Flood)
• M. Ward - ‘Radio Campaign’ (from Transistor Radio)
• Gillian Welch - ‘I Made A Lover’s Prayer’ (from Soul Journey)

I’ll probably leave this one up for a week or two, then replace it with the next theme: Songs About Space. Or a different theme, if anyone has a strong opinion!

Recently

Katie Loves Pain did indeed play their final show a little while ago, and it went off quite well. Kristine St-Pierre opened the show, with a surprisingly good-looking backing band (featuring Shawn and Katie of KLP on guitar and violoin, and me on drums). Due to the layout of the venue, I was actually playing the drums sitting in the middle of the crowd!

For our final show as KLP, we wanted to have a lot of fun with the audience. Some of our biggest fans have been requesting AC/DC and Bon Jovi covers for months, so we happily obliged them with “Dirty Deeds” and “Livin’ On A Prayer”. We were thrilled to see people coming out in home-made AC/DC t-shirts, and in one case, even shaving “AC/DC” into their heads!

Sound-wise, it probably wasn’t our best outing - we were quite cramped, and the sound of the various instruments was inconsistent through the evening. In the end though, I think everyone had a good time. I played a lot of drums during the show, which I really enjoy - something about not actually knowing what I’m supposed to be doing, and relying mostly on intuition makes it a really fun challenge.

Last Saturday, we were in Ottawa, helping Kristine audition for the Ottawa folk festival. Ironically, our audition took place at Rasputin’s Folk Café, located a block away from the apartment I lived in when I first moved out East a few years ago. Our set there went well, though the talent level at the auditions was pretty impressive. If we make it the next round, we’ll be playing at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa - how Canadian Idol of us!

O Danny Boy, O Boy O boy

Happy St. Patricks!



Hopefully we’ll return to our regular schedule of infrequent posting soon.

I Almost Forgot Again

Tonight, 9pm, KLP plays their final show at Le Buddhi Lounge. Bon Jovi covers may ensue.