What else do we do on the boat when we’re bored? We create new genres of music… on leg 7, Shanty Rap came into its own with “Edification Nation.” Thanks Christina for the video, and thanks Blake, Elske, and Antony for the memorable performance.
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Chapeau Mr Cohen
I arrived in Montreal!
Last night was the first night of the Montreal Jazz Festival, so, of course, we went. Even better, the opening concert was a tribute to Leonard Cohen, “Chapeau Mr Cohen.” The lineup included everyone from son, Alex Cohen to Buffy St. Marie to Stephen Page of the Barenaked Ladies to Madeleine Peyroux singing arrangements of Leonard Cohen’s songs! There were like 10 000 people packing out Place des arts, but we had a decent spot when people weren’t trying to sneak in front of us or stepping on our toes to get by… yay for being tall!
Kyoto. Starbucks. Sarah Harmer on the stereo. What the?!?
Déjà Vu
UPDATE: Sorry, don’t know where the videos gone. I’m off the Calgary in the morning and don’t feel like fixing it now. You can find the video from the link after where the video is supposed to be.
I heard this song/video on TV the other day. I think its pretty neat what they’re doing and I love the shots of Vancouver and Montreal. For the story behind the song, see here
Early morning, Vancouver
Back to Vancouver from Sarnia last night via London (ON) to have lunch with my godparents who I have not seen in something like 10 years. That was lots of fun. The flights back, not so much. I am officially sick of airplanes… not that anything went wrong except being delayed 1 hour in Winnipeg airport where the sum total of fun available consists of drinking Tim Horton’s and watching airplanes take off and land on the runway. So instead of landing in Vancouver at a reasonable hour like 8:15pm, we did not land until 9:30 and then proceeded to wait another 45min before the first bags tumbled out on the baggage claim thingy. Then I couldn’t sleep for some reason, despite being crazy tired. A plus is that I love Air Canada’s new airplanes. They all have personal TVs on the back of the seat and you get to watch whatever movie you want, provided they have it. It was a pretty good selection and I had a tough time deciding. In the end I went with The Queen over Bon Cop, Bad Cop and The Rocket. I figure Dad might want to see the other two, so we can rent them sometime in the next month. Too bad it wasn’t a non-stop flight from London to Vancouver, I might have been able to squeeze two movies in!
Christmas and New Years was pretty fun. Spent the time in Sarnia hanging out with my family (Mum’s side – Montreal was Dad’s side) and it was the first time that my cousins and Jen and I have been together in ages. We are all within about 3.5-4 years of each other, so life is fun. I think I have now seen every single Firefly episode thanks to Lynne and some marathon sessions. In addition, the family has now been introduced to Bohnanza, the best game involving beans ever.
A kind person, my aunt and uncle, took up the many serious hints about wanting John Mayer’s album. Yay! It has been playing non-stop ever since I have been in contact with a CD player (ie since about 11pm last night). I think I almost know if off by heart now. My favourite tracks are “Stop This Train” and “Slow Dance in a Burning Room,” not because they are my favourite tracks to listen to but because they are one after the other on the album and the titles are funny in that order.
So now I’m back here for the next month or so until I start work in Victoria. Immediate tasks include laundry and visiting the library, not necessarily in that order. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be tackling my belongings in storage to do some reductions and find things I need for the boat.
more of my music
I don’t know why it bothers me so much, but I hate it when musicians I enjoy and like are picked up and their CD’s are sold in Starbucks or their songs start to be featured on the mix CD’s played by American Eagle/Gap/Chapters etc. Its not like I resent their success or anything, it just makes it seem so… commercial or something like that. Case in point: today I was in American Eagle (as much as it pains me to admit even that, I was there, I was shopping, I regret it: it is only 4 days before school starts and it was a zoo) and they were playing Imogen Heap’s “Goodnight and Go”. It just seemed so wrong.
Phantom
Yikerama… I just came home from the Phantom. It was excellent! Dad took me – it was my graduation presant back in the spring, but the show didn’t open until August. Very exciting. Now I have to try and go to sleep with the music ringing in my head…
Update on “more music”: I’ve decided that I need to listen to everything on my iTunes at least once in the next little bit, so I’m trying to make my way through all 4 days worth of music (alphabetically from A-Z by artist of course)… currently, we are just finishing “Dido” and headed to “Dixie Chicks”… I wonder how long this will take me?
more music
I’m addicted to music. Specifically, I am addicted to new music. I can’t go past a music store without going in to see what is new, if there are any good deals, or looking at a cd I really want to get. The same thing at the library; I am always browsing the music section there, looking for new stuff. Most of the time, I like what I find. It is getting a bit absurd though. I have enough music uploaded on my computer to keep me going for 4 days straight… and that is just the suff on the computer. I’ve got at least that again on cds which I haven’t uploaded. I’m not sure when I think I am going to sit down for a week and do nothing but listen to music, but there it is. I’m addicted to music.
Songs…
Open iTunes/iPod or Windows Media Player to answer the following.
Go to your library. Answer, no matter how embarrassing it is.
How many songs? 1294
Sort by Artist.
First Artist: Alison Krauss
Last Artist: Xavier Rudd
Sort by Song Title.
First Song: *(An Introduction) – Hillsong United
Last Song: Zebra – John Butler Trio
Sort by Time.
Shortest Song: One Last “Whoo-hoo!” for the Pullman – Sufjan Stevens
Longest Song: Remorse – Sarah Blasko
Sort by Album:
First Album: A Grateful People – Watermark
Last Album: World Through Your Eyes – Reuben Morgan
How many songs come up when you search for “sex”? Thirteen. (I have a Ron Sexsmith Album)
How many songs come up when you search for “death”? Zero.
How many songs come up when you search for “love”? Sixty-Eight.
Most Frequently Played Song: Drawn to the Rhythm – Sarah McLaughlan
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