Neil Peart yielded an army of air drummers, and at one time or another many of us were the Jason Segel character from Freaks and Geeks, playing along to Tom Sawyer in our parents’ basement.
Tag: Music
It’s too soon to say what Downie’s influence and legacy will be as these pertain to his twilight interest in Chanie Wenjack and Indigenous people generally. But his place in the firmament of Canadian music is well established.
When Tom Petty arrived forty years ago I was ready. I first got into music during that delicious interval when British rock was still king but when its chief rivals—punk, post-punk, and new wave—were charging the palace gate. It was the 1970s and Rock-n-Roll having crossed the Atlantic over a decade before was now crossing back.
If you’ve spent any time in Ottawa, you know about Zaphod’s. For 25 years it…
Bloomistry live at the Raw Sugar Cafe, Ottawa, Canada. October 10, 2009 Audience recording. Dmitri…
For the 6th Bloomistry album I turned, as so often before and after, to the…
Bloomistry live at Kaffé 1870, Wakefield, Quebec. October 23, 2009 Audience recording. Dmitri Koev, bass;…
Bloomistry live at Westfest, Ottawa, Canada. June 12, 2010 Soundboard recording, MP3 (320 kbps). Dmitri…
The third Bloomistry album, Late Bloom, was recorded from January 4 to March 31, 2007…
In theory, Laketown was the 7th Bloomistry album. It quickly followed To Be, with recording…
Recording of the 5th Bloomistry album began on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at The Underground…
2007–2008 was an incredibly productive musical year for me. Recorded over three days (August 17–19,…
Bloomistry live at Zaphod, Ottawa, Canada. March 15, 2010 Soundboard recording, MP3 (320 kbps). Dmitri…
Show a Millennial a 20-D printer that can make a functioning human liver out of silicone pellets, and they’ll say “That’s awesome”— which is what they say about a new craft beer or the latest Drake song. What does blow the minds of Millennials is when you tell them that you saw the Rolling Stones in the 1970s for five dollars.
WAYNE K. SPEAR 