CONCERTS YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS:
Crooked Fingers (Eric Bachmann solo) Sept. 10, the Media Club
Raising the Fawn Sept. 18, the Media Club
Hinterland (with Windows '78 & Jonathan Inc.) Sept. 25, the Pic
Snow Patrol Sept. 28, Richard's on Richards
Fly Pan Am & Mono Oct. 5, the Media Club
Interpol Oct. 23, Commodore Ballroom
Hayden Oct. 26, Vogue Theatre
Crooked Fingers (full-band show) Nov. 2, Richard's on Richards
Blonde Redhead Nov. 13, Commodore Ballroom
Michaela again.
R.I.P.
Johnny Cash.
Yes, I
do actually use all of those effects pedals.
Michaela at the microphone (photo by me).
And now a word from our sponsor... Yes, it's yet another shameless plug for my other band,
Windows '78, specifically our
funtastic new merch. And yes, Hinterland will have T-shirts available soon as well. And they will be cool.
A wild action shot of Kyle, Gregg, and Cam.
In the interest of offering you, the Hinterland fan, an exciting glimpse into our creative process, Michaela decided to take some photos at one of our recent songwriting sessions. Well, I don't know how "exciting" it is, but here's a picture of me turning my amp on. Woo-hoo. More to come.
Well, I know where I'm going to be on Saturday night. Come on down and wish Mark a happy birthday.
There's a
big auction of
Jimi Hendrix stuff coming up. How much you wanna bet that
this guy buys it all up?
If you like our album, please
tell other people about it.
I just added a link for Hinterland bassist-guitarist Cameron McLellan's solo project, Solarists. He has some tracks on New Music Canada, and they are well worth a listen. See the "Links" column to the left.
WHAT'S IN MY CD PLAYER:
My Bloody Valentine:
Loveless
The Supremes: Disc Three of the 2000 box set
By Divine Right:
Sweet Confusion
Pavement:
Slanted & Enchanted (Luxe & Deluxe edition, Disc One)
Tubeway Army:
Replicas
A bit of an odd mix, but you'd be surprised at how well MBV and the Supremes flow into each other when you play their discs on random.
I gave up on the current series of Star Wars movies after seeing what an abomination
The Phantom Menace was. I grew up with the original trilogy, and I felt that George Lucas (no relation, I swear) really lost the thread. One of the worst decisions he made was to "improve" the original trilogy by altering scenes with modern-day CGI effects. Lame! You can't rewrite film history, George. So I was dismayed to learn that when the trilogy is finally
released on DVD next month, it won't be the original three films, but the "refurbished" ones. There are even
rumours floating around that Lucas is planning to alter the movies even more. For anyone to whom the first three Star Wars flicks ever meant anything, this is tantamount to sacrilege. That's why there's
a movement afoot to have the original, unaltered trilogy released on DVD.
Sorry for being such a geek.
Since nobody ever reads this blog anyway (prove me wrong!), I figure I might as well just post all kinds of random crap on it from now on. Here's a list of shows I doubt we'll ever see on the Food Network:
Fat Men Cooking
Queers in the Kitchen
The Incontinent Gourmet
Prince's Purple Pantry
Celebrity-Chef Death Match
Getting Drunk With George W.
Indoor Picnics
The Horsemeat Show
Monkeys With Mixers
Bite Me
Look at this insane
looping rig.
