I'm in for Canada-trotting Grant Lawrence today...Coming Up: Fresh from their Polaris Music Gala performance: Braids.
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Top 5 Gigs
Rifflandia September 22-25, 2011 – Victoria, BC: lots of amazing bands, in BC’s provincial capital.
Olio Festival, September 22-25 – Vancouver, BC: see above, only in Canada’s capital of rain and exercise wear.
Pop Montreal, September 21-25, Montreal, QC: there’s more than just Arcade Fire happening (how often have you heard that this week!)
Deeproots Music Festival, September 23-25 – Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
Peter Hook & The Lights, Dirty Beaches, Frankie Rose & The Outs – September 24, Toronto, Ont. – Some new stuff and some very old and cool.
But if you’re not planning on going out anywhere this weekend, you could always stay home, listen to music and tell all your Facebook friends.At least that’s what Mark Zuckerburg hopes you’ll be doing…all the time.
Yesterday Facebook held its annual conference and rolled out a bunch of new ways that this service will be part of your life. One of the big changes: as well as the “like” button, now there’ll be “share.”
So as you listen to a song, you can let everyone you know, know what you are listening to.You can read more about the synergy between music and Facebook here. But I’d also like your thoughts:
HOW IMPORTANT IS SOCIAL NETWORKING TO YOUR MUSIC EXPERIENCE?
DO YOU LIKE TO SHARE AS MUCH AS LISTEN – TO MUSIC?
WILL YOU LIE ABOUT LISTENING TO KENNY ROGERS AND SHARE DEERHUNTER INSTEAD?
Let me know your thoughts, and I’ll find out what members of Briads think, too. They’re coming in around 12:30 PT, on their way to Rifflandia and Olio.