Thursday, May 28, 2009

Hot Bunny Radio Playlist for May 28th: More Maow

CKLU 96.7 FM
6-8pm
* denotes Canadian talent
italics denotes a new release

Tonight we felt like buckets of Maow.  So buckets of Maow is what we got.

CLICK HERE FOR A FULL PODCAST OF TONIGHT'S SHOW!!!!


  • Maow -- Wank -- The Unforgiving Sounds of   
  • Malajube -- Porte Disparu -- Labryinthes *
  • Winter Gloves -- Let Me Drive -- About A Girl *
  • Maow -- Mean Mean Mean -- The Unforgiving Sounds of 
  • Patsy Cline -- She's Got You -- The Patsy Cline Story (VINYL)
  • The Super Friendz -- Up and Running -- Slide Show *
  • White Cowbell Oklahoma -- Keys to the Universe -- Bombadero *
  • Joel Plaskett -- Spinning For You -- web track *
  • Scarlett Johannsson & Pete Yorn -- Break Up -- web single
  • Maow -- Sucker -- The Unforgiving Sounds of 
  • The Handsome Family -- Little Sparrows -- Honey Moon
  • Jolie Holland -- Stubborn Beast -- Springtime Can Kill You
  • Stevie Wonder -- Boogie On Reggae Woman -- Fulfillingness First Finale (VINYL)
  • Maow -- Ms.Lefevre -- The Unforgiving Sounds of 
  • The Sunparlour Players -- Joy in What You Lack -- Wave North *
  • Gillian Welch -- Elvis Presley Blues -- Time (Revelator)
  • Hoodoo Gurus -- Waking Up Tired -- In Blue Cave
  • Jackson 5 -- The Love You Save -- The Ultimate Collection
  • Iron and Wine -- Dearest Forsaken -- Around the Well
  • Placebo 4 -- Olive and Onion Oil -- Live From the Great Western Ballroom •
  • Hayden -- Hardly -- Live from the Great Western Ballroom *
  • Stereo -- Birds in the Magic Industry -- Stereo
  • Maow -- Very Missionary -- The Unforgiving Sounds of
  • The Smalls -- True Narcissist -- S/T*
  • Maow -- Mommie's Drunk -- The Unforgiving Sounds of
  • Paul Weller -- The Changingman -- Stanley Road
  • The Fratellis -- Whistle for the Choir -- Costello Music
  • Wilco -- Blasting Fonda -- Feeling Minnesota OSR
  • Maow -- Showpie -- The Unforgiving Sounds of
  • Beach Boys -- Good Vibrations -  (VINYL 45)
  • Maow -- J'ai Fain - The Unforgiving Sounds of
  • Maow -- Man What's Got A Gun -- The Unforgiving Sounds of
  • Maow -- How Does that Grab You Darlin -- The Unforgiving Sounds of
  • Maow -- Party Tonite! -- Unforgiving Sounds of
  • Maow -- Cat's Meow -- Unforgiving Sounds of

NOTES THIS WEEK:
  • Seriously Patsy....man....kills me;
  • The Joel Plaskett song is his "secret" web track - he gave the password from the stage but if you think about it for 2 seconds you'll figure it out;
  • Sunparlour boys are playing the Townehouse on Friday!!
  • I'm so happy I went with the all Maow all the time theme!!!!!!!!!
  • I LOVE MAOW!!!!!
  • Before you ask, I know the new Hayden is out -- am waiting for it on vinyl so sit tight;
  • Fratelli's song = sway sway sway sway sway sway;
  • Beach Boys - complete champion in tonight's 45 Death Match.  Don't worry about Elvis Presley - I hear he did some other good stuff;
  • The Maow cover of How Does That Grab You is one of my fave covers ever;
  • MORE MAOW SHOW WAS THE BEST IDEA EVER!!!!!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

london re-call

Reminiscing with my friend Richard tonight about how good this was.  Remember this tribute to Joe Strummer?  So good.  Or maybe it was so good cuz it's a rare musical tribute that doesn't involve Bono.   Actually, didn't he introduce them?  Ah well......the performance is still killer.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

break up


She's at it again. Scarlett Johansson has recorded another album. This time she's teamed up with Pete Yorn and together they've recorded Break Up. Now, we blogged about her last attempt and how while it wasn't as disastrous as we were expecting, it still was nothing to really write home about. This on the other hand, dare I say it, sounds pretty great. Granted, I've only heard the single and maybe because the songs aren't covers and she's not trying to do anything "arty" it's actually turned out to be something I'm honestly paying attention to.

Click here to here the single that I have to say, I like quite a bit. It's kinda retro and poppy and her voice is bang on. Maybe it's just the Pete Yorn I'm responding to? Musicforthemorningafter is still a record I la la love...

Monday, May 25, 2009

rip jay bennett

As you may have heard, long-time Wilco guitarist Jay Bennett died in his sleep this past weekend. Although the tensions between him and Jeff Tweedy were no secret, let's instead take a moment to remember the good ol'times. Here's a clip of them from Austin City Limits playing the perfect "California Stars" and ending with a bro hug between them.

the door store


This weekend we also finally got to The Door Store - a place in Toronto that we've been meaning to get to the second we got the keys to our house.  An architectural salvage place, this store is chock full of antique fixtures, door knobs, doors and pretty much anything else you might be missing from your period home.  Ours was built in the early 1920's and most of our doors still have the original doorknob key plates etc but some of them have gone missing over the years.  Thanks to these guys, we were able to pick up a pile of the exact same ones we have in our house!  We also need a new front exterior door and think that we'll have to make another trip and pick one of these beauties.

weekend round-up of joel plaskett

This weekend was really all about one thing and one thing only.  That thing was Joel Plaskett at Massey Hall.  Dropped Sadie off with my folks and headed down to Toronto for yet another show at my very very favourite place to see live music.  It was brilliant as we expected.  I've seen a lot of shows at Massey Hall and this was easily one of the liveliest shows I've ever seen there.  At one point every one in that hall was standing and dancing - something I've never seen there.  There was even a tiny baby there who rocked out the whole time decked out in big red ear protector headphones!  Anyway, to avoid a giant diatribe on the greatness that is Joel Plaskett here are some key points that made the show great:
  • Joel Plaskett has zero ability to hide his enthusiasm.  If he is having fun, you can see it from the back of the room.  Playing Massey Hall made him practically giddy;
  • His father, Bill Plaskett playing that hall.  Just a regular guy with the extreme privilege of playing one of, if not the greatest music venues in this country.  If he wasn't looking at Joel, he was looking everywhere else.  And just smiling;
  • I've seen Joel solo, Joel plus one and  Joel plus 3.  Joel plus 5 though??? Genius.  Having Rose Cousins and Ana Ege as his back-up singers might have been the best decision he's ever made if only for the opportunity to see them adorably sing the ladies line in "Extraordinary";
  • Joel busting out a super stripped down of Thrush Hermit's Before You Leave.  Haven't heard that song in about, ohhh.......6 years?
  • Running into Peter Elkas out in front after the show and having what turned out to be the funniest conversation of the evening (email if you want the whole long story);
  • 2 separate sets: one acoustic, one with the full Emergency - complete with 2 different outfits;
  • I've seen Joel play tiny sweaty bars, outdoor festivals, conference showcases and now Massey Hall - he gives just as much effort for the tiny bar shows as he did Saturday night.  As an audience member, there are few performers that make you feel as appreciated as he does.  He honestly does make you feel like you made his night and not like he's done you a favour;
Whatever I can't muster with words, can be captured in video so here's some footage from the show.

Here's a clip of his great version of "Love This Town."  In Massey Hall tradition, he did come down and sing from the edge of the stage.  He even sang the new lyrics for sucky-baby Kelowna, B.C and even brought out Miniature Tim.



This is the acoustic version of "Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'" with the ladies


And this him doing Thrush Hermit's "Before You Leave."  A long-forgotten sad-ass song.  


If I HAD a complaint, it would have to be that he closed with the aptly titled "On and On and On."  It's just SO long and kinda loses momentum.  For me, if he would've closed with the INSANE version of "A Million Dollars" he did that pretty much brought the house down, I would have left floating.  And that he needs to buy some hipper shoes.  Seriously terrible shoes.  Other than that, it was 100% fun.  He is one of Canada's best songwriters and one of the few people you can call a true troubadour.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

pretty bows

Silver bow necklace. So pretty.

live and work in canada

Our lovely Aussie pal Fran just wrote this book called Live and Work in Canada!!!!! As if she wrote a book!!! Anyway, look for it on your local bookshelf. And check out Page 81 for my picture that she used! It's of my 2 handsome men, Marc and Old Man Bailey the dog...

Hot Bunny Radio Playlist for May 21st

CKLU 96.7FM
6-8pm

* denotes Canadian talent
italics denotes a new release


  • Girl Nobody -- Let You Down -- Balaclava Casino Heist *
  • Frank Black --Atom in my Heart  -- Honeycomb
  • Old Man Luedecke - At the Airport -- Hinterland
  • Barzin -- Soft Summer Girls -- Notes to an Absent Lover
  • H-Burns -- Horses With No Medals -- (weewerk) is 6!!! *
  • Cuff the Duke -- Long Road -- Sidelines of the City *
  • Ray Lamontagne -- Hey Me, Hey Mama -- Gossip in the Grain
  • Dog Day -- Neighbour -- Concentration
  • Jenny Lewis -- See Fernando -- Acid Tongue
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Soft Shock -- It's Blitz!
  • C'Mon -- Status Quo -- Bottled Lightning of an All Time High (VINYL) *
  • The Kooks -- She Moves in Her Own Way -- Inside In/Inside Out
  • The Grates -- Sukkafish -- Gravity Won't Get You High
  • Apostle of Hustle -- Eazy Speaks -- Eats Darkness *
  • Neil Young -- There's A World -- Harvest (VINYL) *
  • Iron and Wine -- Love Vigilantes (live) -- internet video footage from Jimmy Fallon
  • Neko Case -- Karoline -- The Virginian
  • The Pipettes -- Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me -- We Are The Pipettes
  • Smokekiller -- Jenny -- 13 *
  • M Ward -- Rave On -- Hold Time
  • Immaculate Machine -- You Got Us Into This Mess -- High on Jackson Hill (VINYL) *
  • Jim James -- Hot Burrito # 1 -- KCRW "Sounds Eclectic" Archive (unreleased)
  • Jens Lekman -- I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You -- Night Falls Over Kortedala
  • Plants & Animals -- Trials & Tripulations -- with/avec EP
  • David Bowie -- It's Hard to be a Saint in the City -- One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Music of Bruce Springsteen
  • Ween -- Object -- La Cucaracha
  • Amelia Curran -- Scattered and Small -- War Brides
  • Frank Sinatra -- You and Me (We Wanted it All) --  vinyl -- 45 Death Match Victor
  • Juliana Hatfield -- As If Your Life Depended On It -- Please Do Not Disturb
  • Metric -- Help I'm Alive -- Fantasies *

Notes this week:
  • I love that Old Man Luedecke lyric "At the airport there are kisses there who's memory never leaves."  
  • Is it wrong to want to marry Jenny Lewis?
  • This C'mon record is some of the prettiest vinyl ever with inner artwork to match!
  • Thanks to Kelly for bringing this Kooks song into my life;
  • Look up that Iron & Wine video of that song - goosebumps!!!  Killer cover!
  • Why is The Virginian so overlooked as a great Neko record??  It was my 2nd Neko love...
  • Bowie covering Springsteen you said???  Why yes....
  • Frank Sinatra wiped the floor with Bobby Darin in tonight's "45 Death Match."  Poor Bobby...

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

killer cover

Man, let's all thank my pal Richard for sending this along. Iron and Wine doing a goosebumpy cover of New Order's "Love Vigilantes." Yummy.

summer movies

So here are the summer movies that I'm likely the most excited about. Cuz I'm sure you all were wondering...

Away We Go. This movie WILL make me cry, I can see it already. Stellar cast, good director, my boyfriend John Krasinki....yup that's a perfect formula.


Paper Heart.  I think I love this movie already even though I'm growing weary of the standard Michael Cera character.  Seriously dude, stop it now before it's too late.


500 Days of Summer.  The opening scene of this trailer is really all I need to fall in love.


Public Enemies.  Generally I have a rule about trailers.  I don't watch them for movies I'm really really excited about.  I want every second of material to be new and fresh.  For this movie, I made an exception.  It's 2 minutes and 30 seconds of some of the best eye candy a gal can get her hands on.


Adam.  A quirky love story.  Perfect for the summer.


And yes I'm aware the new Harry Potter is not on this list. That is because I am absolutely not watching the trailer for that. Not one frame until the theatre....

flock of seagulls

Forget little ones, I want this flock of swallows mobile for over my bed!!!

happy day of james


Since it's his birthday today, let pause for a Jimmie Stewart Handsomeness Appreciation Moment.



Swooon.....


We should all watch Mr. Smith Goes to Washington in honour of the greatness that is my boyfriend, Jimmie Stewart.

ruffle racer

This Ruffle Racer Bralette undapants set just might be the most adorable thing I've seen this summer.

farm share


Marc and I were able to get in a farm share this year! We tried desperately last year but with only a couple of farms doing it, nobody had any room for us. We acted early and thanks to Spill the Beans farm we've got a half share (since there's only 2 of us) coming to us all summer and most of the fall! I'm super pumped about this for a few reasons. One, I don't really love any of the produce sections in the local grocery stores. I like them fine but.....they're just fine. Two, this will force me to not only eat more vegetables BUT to find more interesting ways to cook them. With baskets of kale on their way, lord knows I best get thinking! Not to mention all the possibilities for jarring and soup making to take us through the winter!! After Marc's stellar tomato-jarring experiment last fall, I can't wait to have fresh stuff all winter long. Thanks to sites like 24 Boxes, who document their weekly share and all kinds of new and exciting ways to make all kinds of vegetables, I feel ready!! I'm going to try and blog about this whole process and post the yummy recipes we end up with.

Monday, May 18, 2009

long weekend round-up

Sweet, sweet Victoria Day long weekend here in the Great White North and that means that today I got to tell Monday morning to go suck an egg and sleep, sleep, sleep!!!  Here's how I spent the rest of the weekend:

Friday Marc treated me a nice dinner out on the town at Respect is Burning where we got to sit uncomfortably close to a couple having a relationship-ending argument.  We're talking F-bombs being dropped, other girls' names being thrown out and all around dinner awkwardness for Marc and I seeing as how we were only separated from them by a bamboo screen.  Yikes!!

Saturday had us out bright and early looking at paint samples -- the plan is to paint the room off our bedroom in the next couple of weeks and as per usual, I'm a bit at a loss for colours.  It's a big enough room with windows on 3 walls so it could pull off pretty much any colour but it is attached to our master so it's also got to go with that colour.  Hmmm....

Home after a morning in the rain and then out again to join Dennis for a viewing of Angels & Demons.  Strange pick, I know but Saturday was the apex of the cold I've been fighting and really the only movie choice in that situation is a likely terrible big Hollywood blockbuster.  Of course, the movie blew but it was pretty great to essentially revisit our honeymoon - aside from the obvious touristy stuff we say the movie also showed the cafe where we ate midnight tiramisu across from the Pantheon and the restaurant in the Piazza Navona where we had our first meal in Rome.  Swoon......

Marc headed to Barrie Saturday afternoon for a show with the Saltcoats -- they played a house concert that turned out to be surprise wedding!!!!!  With Marc out of town and me feeling less than stellar I think it's pretty obvious what I did with the rest of my night.  I put jammies on, ate chips and watched movies.  Stupidly I chose The Strangers as my movie of choice.  Me, sick and home alone, chooses a movie where a couple, alone in the bush, are terrorized by 3 people simply because they were home.  Scared the crap out of me!!!!!  Terrible idea.  I tried to make Sadie sleep on Marc's side of the bed but she would have none of it.

Sunday morning I took Sadie to the park to play with her new basketball (she found it on our walk on Saturday and insisted on carrying it in her mouth for the entire rest of the walk - pretty adorable) and hung about the house trying to shake the remainder of the cold.  Thankfully my standard vitamin cocktail has been doing it's job and I can feel myself moving through multiple cold phases throughout the course of a day instead of spending a day on each one.  Blech.  

Marc came home around supper time and was feeling pretty wiped so we spent the night in the best way possible - bathed, popcorned, and season 1 of Rescue Me on the laptop in bed.  Pretty darn near perfect Sunday.

Monday brought a sunny dog party and {shudder} house and yard cleaning.  Thankfully we had BBQ'ed burgers and homemade onion rings (baked super crispy in the oven of course because bathing suit season approaches) to help cushion the blow.  

Now comes the time in a long weekend when you dread the coming of the morning.  Oh Victoria Day, we did have some good times though!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Hot Bunny Radio Playlist for May 14th

CKLU 96.7FM
6-8pm
* denotes Canadian talent
italics denotes a new release


  • Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass -- Town Without Pity -- Sounds Like (vinyl)
  • Huevos Rancheros -- Rocket to Nowhere -- Endsville *
  • Joel Plaskett Emergency -- Snowed In/ Cruisin -- Ashtray Rock *
  • Teenage Fanclub -- December -- Bandwagonesque
  • Throwing Muses --Counting Backwards -- The Real Ramona
  • Billy Bragg -- Mother of the Bride -- Don't Try This At Home
  • Timber Timbre -- I Get Low -- Timber Timbre *
  • Sondre Lerche & the Faces Down -- She's Fantastic -- Phantom Punch
  • Deep Dark Woods -- Mountain -- The Deep Dark Woods *
  • Elephant Stone -- How Long -- The Seven Seas*
  • Great Aunt Ida -- Stranger -- How They Fly *
  • The Cramps -- I Ain't Nothing But A Gorehound -- Smell of Female
  • Tokyo Police Club -- Shoulders and Arms -- A Lesson In Crime *
  • Brent Randall & his Pinecones -- Bluebirds, Flowers & Other Things -- We Were Strangers in Paddington Green *
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -- Lucy -- The Good Son
  • Pink Mountaintops -- While We Were Dreaming -- Outside Love
  • Stiff Little Fingers -- Gotta Get Away -- Nobody's Heroes
  • John Doe & The Sadies -- Husbands & Wives -- Country Club *
  • Immaculate Machine -- You Destroyer -- High on Jackson Hill *
  • The Swallows -- Glorious -- Awkward Situation
  • Sugar -- If I Can't Change Your Mind -- If I Can't Change Your Mind
  • THe Replacements -- Colour Me Impressed -- Hootenanny
  • Andrew Vincent -- Nobody Else -- Rotten Pear *
  • Sloan -- I Am The Cancer -- I Am the Cancer E.P *
  • The Buffalo Springfield -- For What It's Worth (Stop Hey What's That Sound) -- 45
  • Billy Childish/The Headcoats -- Crazy Horse -- The Billy Childish Native American Sampler: A History 1983-1993
  • Mark Lanegan -- House A Home -- Whiskey For The Holy Ghost
  • Los Campesinos -- Tormented Minor Emotional Breakdown #1 -- We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
  • Bourbon Tabernacle Choir -- You Can Come From Here -- Superior Cackling Hen*
Notes this week:
  • Teenage Fanclub can fix EVERYTHING;
  • I'm fantastic, did Sondre write that song for me???
  • I heart Great Aunt Ida BIG TIME
  • The Brent Randall record has the best title;
  • new Pink Mountaintops = sigh.....great;
  • I LOVE that I.M song even though it's not very I.M-esque;
  • Oh Sloan - that song is perfect;
  • Buffalo Springfield was our 45 Death Match battle winner tonight;
  • Los Campesinos is for Kara;



Wednesday, May 13, 2009

boot love


Never thought I'd covet something belonging to someone young enough to be my daughter BUT sweet baby jesus, Dakota Fanning's boots are insanely great!! After some searching around I have learned that they are the Fiorentini & Baker "Eternity" boot in grey suede. Alas, they are $495.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

sadie and murray

So a while back we puppysat Dennis' dog Murray. Sadie and Murray are BFF's. This is what they did pretty much EVERY SECOND they were together in the house.  Except for like 5 minutes after this video was taken they were asleep side by side in the sun.  The chase really heats up around the 2 minute mark...

feltedness

As promised, now that Milo has received his gift, I can share my first forray into felting with you all. Below are some pics of my felted bird, nest and eggs.  2 weeks from now I'm taking another class and am going to try and make a felted Sadie. Wish me luck!!!