Today on Lanarama: Bookshelf Real Estate - Show-offs & Buried Embarrassments
I learned a very valuable lesson about bookshelves last weekend: put your smartest books at eye level. While the cable guy was waiting on the phone in my living room(who knew they had to also call...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Late Edition, Sept 8 2010
Watch Ben Cook (F*cked Up and Young Governor) take on Nick Jonas in a drum-off for Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. (above) Hear Broken Social Scene’s “All to All” remixed by Ohad Benchetrit and Kevin...
View ArticleThe Missing Links for September 8, 2010
Unhearit.com - A webtool for getting that damn song out of your head. (via The Stranger) Parkour if for pussycats. (Via The Daily What) Twitter at its most practical: Kidnapped Japanese report...
View ArticleLetter From The Road: The Zolas
Letter From The Road is a CBC Radio3 post that is sent in by our favorite bands who are touring the world and tell us about their experiences. Front man Zachary Gray of The Zolas wrote to Radio3 to...
View ArticleIt's Missing Links on Appetite for Distraction!
It’s Wednesday, and that means Missing Links with CBC Radio 3 blog editor John Paolozzi. There’s really not a whole lot more I can say here. You want to be surprised, right? Listen to the witty banter...
View ArticleKarkwa "Les Chemins De Verre" - Track of the Day for September 9, 2010
listen DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE STAND-ALONE MP3 of TRACK Here is Karkwa and the title track of their Polaris-shortlisted album, Les Chemins De Verre. Tune in Monday, September 20th on SIRIUS satellite...
View ArticleAb-Originals Season 2 Episode 1 - Indian Summer Retrospective
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE Hey all! Welcome back to a brand new season of Ab-Originals. It's been pretty exciting around here. Our little show has been nominated for an Aboriginal People's...
View ArticleWrath of Khanna: The Breakfast Club with Nardwuar the Human Serviette
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE Vacations are for suckers man! On my recent trip to Vancouver I tracked down wildcat music journalist and Evaporators front man, Nardwuar the Human Serviette and...
View ArticleKarkwa: 2010 Polaris Music Prize Profile
Name: Louis-Jean CormierBand: KarkwaAlbum: Les Chemins De Verre DOWNLOAD "Les Chemins De Verre" from the 2010 Polaris nominated album Les Chemins De Verre R3 Page: http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Karkwa 5...
View ArticleTCNH: X3 Artist Co-Host w/ Liz "land of talk" Powell!
What. A. Treat! Today, my co-host for the entire four hour show will be Land Of Talk's Liz Powell! LOT is X3 Artist of the Month for September and Liz, nestled in a CBC studio in Montreal, will join me...
View ArticleMusic Notes : Early Edition, Sept 9 2010
Watch the new Rah Rah video for "Henry". AUX BC’s Alex Cuba nominated for 2 Latin Grammy Awards, Nelly Furtado nominated for one, Nov 11th, Las Vegas. Grammy NPR to webcast Americana Honors & Award...
View Article2010 Polaris Pick: Aux TV
"It’s hard to pin down just what makes Shad’s TSOL so great... There’s the charismatic delivery, diverse beats, and lyrical creativity. There’s the magnetism, sense of humour, and captivating...
View ArticleLive on CBC Radio 3 w/ Grant Lawrence: Fashion Fight Club! Celebrity Wardrobe...
Coming up today on Grant Lawrence Live, 2PM ET / 11AM PT on CBC Radio 3's web radio and Sirius 86: It's time for our weekly collision of fashion and rock n roll, and today we're talking celebrities,...
View ArticleToday on Lanarama – Learning Through Lyrics
Yesterday I caught myself going to dictionary.com to look up a word. The word: ‘Ossified’, the reason: The Lovely Feathers song ‘Ossified Homes’. (R3 Graphic guru Ahmed was able to recite the...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Late Edition, Sept 9 2010
Watch the Dirty Circus video for Where I’m At (feat. Chin Injeti) (above) Drake nominated for 8 BET Hip Hop Awards – People’s Champ Award, Reese’s Perfect Combo Award, Best Hip Hop Video, Best Live...
View ArticleToday on Appetite for Distraction: In a Studio with Daniel, Fred & Julie
I don’t think I have to worry about this trend, if it’s even really a trend; more of a thing that has always happened but every once in a while really gets on your radar. And this that I speak of is...
View ArticleThe Besnard Lakes "Albatross" - Track of the Day for September 10, 2010
listen DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE Here is The Besnard Lakes with "Albatross", the title track of their Polaris-shortlisted album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night. Tune in Monday, September 20th on...
View ArticleGrant Lawrence's Summer of 2010 Musical Discoveries, Podcast #250
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE OK folks, an alternate title for this podcast could be "what I did this summer". What I did was touch down in seven provinces and one territory, visiting music...
View ArticleWhat’cha Readin’? Getting into Liz Worth's Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral...
The What'cha Readin' Book Club continues our discussion of Treat Me Like Dirt : An Oral History Of Punk In Toronto And Beyond 1977-1981 by Liz Worth,, and I have two copies of the book to offer to the...
View ArticleThe Besnard Lakes: 2010 Polaris Music Prize Profile
Name: Olga GoreasBand: The Besnard LakesAlbum: The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night Download "Albatross" from the 2010 Polaris nominated album The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night 5 Questions: 1....
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