Today on Lanarama: Techie Tuesday! Email, Clutter & Accounts, Oh My!
I have 4 email accounts, 1 twitter account and 1 Facebook page. Total messages, somewhere close to 5800. Total unread, 48. Time it would take to clear out the excess and properly put thing in folders?...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Late Edition, Aug 17 2010
New Luke Doucet album, Steel City Trawler, due Aug 31 on Six Shooter; watch making of video. (above) Caribou announces world tour dates. Caribou Watch the latest video from Joe Silva for I Don’t...
View ArticleDid You Miss Woodhands Guest Hosting on CBC3? Listen Now On Demand
Electronic duo Dan Werb and Paul Banwatt (aka Woodhands) were kind enough to fill in for Grant Lawrence last week, and due to repeated requests from you, the listenership, we dug through our box of old...
View ArticleBest Gig of the Summer: A-Trak Boat Cruise!
I'm on a boat!! Man, I have always wanted to say that... The best gig of the summer for me was this past weekend in Vancouver where A-Trak and his FOOL's GOLD label friends (including Toronto's Nacho...
View ArticleHOW CLOSE CAN YOU LIVE TO YOUR SIBLINGS??!!
A few months ago, the young lady that lived in our attic was trying to get out of her lease so she could live with her boyfriend. Our landlord was going to raise a fuss, but I intervened. I saw it as a...
View ArticleThe Sadies "Another Year Again" - Track of the Day for August 18, 2010
listen DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE Guest host Noah Fralick from Young Rival picks "Another Year Again" by The Sadies: "Its a great way to open an album, really cool guitar sounds. They are by far one of our...
View ArticleTimber Timbre LIVE in Concert on the Sessions Podcast
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE It seems ironic that an artist named after a music tone would elude musical descripters. Haunting, dramatic, swampy and ragged are not really music words per...
View ArticleWrath of Khanna's Polaris Album of the Week: Sainthood by Tegan and Sara
Another week assessing one of the 2010 Polaris Music Prize nominees brings us to the hugely popular Tegan and Sara and their latest album, Sainthood. I'll spend the show evaluating the record's chances...
View ArticleTCNH: Water Cooler Wednesday Weld ("Words have meaning and names have power"...
Everyone has one. No, not a crush on me. Heh heh...ok, seriously. We all have a name. On today's edition of The Craig Norris Hour, we celebrate all things namey (mostly just names, really) with picks...
View ArticleLive on CBC Radio 3 w/ Tariq: Playlist for the Planet Long List
Help the David Suzuki Foundation build a Playlist for the Planet! VOTE NOW for your favourite artists from across the country. This morning as I rode my bike to the CBC, I started wondering: just how...
View ArticleThe Missing Links: August 18, 2010
Simple, yet highly disturbing. Bravo. The science behind beer goggles. Compare and contrast: Candy Spelling shares her tips on conquering clutter (just make sure you have a 17,000 square-foot-attic)....
View ArticleGood-Bye to Radio 3 from Mom-to-Be: Amanda P! (+ a Good-Bye playlist)
link Press play on the soundtrack as you read: Farewell music lovers and regular lovers. The time has come for me to desist this hunched-monkey position at a desk and start sewing cushion covers for...
View ArticleToday on Lanarama: Pop Culture Landmarks. Where Have You Been?
Last week Scott Pilgrim vs The World hit theatres, causing many Torontonians to wonder if the movie (set and shot in Toronto) would increase tourism. Many people travel the globe to relive their...
View ArticleMusic Notes: August 18, 2010
Hannah Georgas "The Deep End" editted by Tariq Hussain. John K. Samson writes a song about Manitoba legend, The Riverton Rifle (aka Reggie Leach) Chart Attack Warner announces release of Tegan and...
View ArticleYour Very First Show! AND! Do you Still Like That Band?
I fear I am in the minority here, but I don't believe I have ever regretted being a fan of any song from any band, EVER. It's true. I still think Cyndi Lauper's She's So Unusual contains some of the...
View ArticlePlumtree - "Scott Pilgrim" - Track of the Day for August 19, 2010
listen DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE If it wasn’t for this song by former Halifax girl group Plumtree, we may never of had the movie Scott Pilgrim vs the World (or the great graphic novels the movie is based...
View ArticleIndian Summer #8: Derik Miller
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE Derek Miller is something of a force of nature. He's a one man ball of energy that expresses itself through power chords, destroyed stages and screaming female...
View ArticleWrath of Khanna: The Breakfast Club with MINOTAURS
TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE I'm staying in Guelph for the Breakfast Club this week because my guest/fellow resident, Nathan Lawr, has suggested we meet at the Vienna Restaurant to discuss his...
View Article"Chicken" - Photo of the Day for August 18, 2010
"chicken", submitted by Pamela Klaffke. Photo of the day wouldn't happen without people like you sharing their photos. If you are on Flickr, we would love an opportunity to post your shots. All you...
View ArticleTCNH: Listener Co-Host Initiative w/ Kirk "kirkofdoom" Hamilton!
Welcome! Today The Craig Norris Hour’s Listener Co-Host Initiative brings you me, Kirk Hamilton. You may know me from the blogs as kirkofdoom. Or you may be wondering just who the heck I am. Well, come...
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