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A link roundup for the imminent Great Canadian Adventure!
Since Canada is very, VERY nigh, I now present for you, O Internets, this roundup and summary of everything that and I will be doing while we’re there! First up, Toronto! Where we will be enjoying the hospitality of the most excellent , as well as getting to meet Susan Who Is the Most Awesome…
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Things I have NOT yet observed in Quebecois music
As a followup to my previous post, I would also now like to present to you this list of things I have not yet observed in Quebecois music, but which I’d pay good money to hear. Or commission. I’m just SAYIN’. 😉 Bouzouki players. Because who says the violin players get to have all the…
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The things I learn from Quebecois music
I’ve been having great fun, O Internets, learning that yeah, Quebecois trad is pretty much only a skip over from Celtic trad in general when it comes to the overall themes that show up in the songs. As I have frequently joked, the themes of Celtic music are Whiskey, Sex, and Death, and a lot…
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One week and counting down to the Great Canadian Adventure!
PEOPLE OF ATLANTIC CANADA AND QUEBEC! There are but seven scant days until and I will be among you for two weeks of hanging out, meeting up with people, and general musical awesomeness! We are looking very, very forward to meeting up with , with fellow Le Vent du Nord fan Susan, with hopefully (HEY…
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Une chose merveilleuse
On my way home tonight I was listening to tracks off the album À la grâce de Dieu by the Charbonniers, and in particular, the song “Allons vidons”. Jean-Claude Mirandette was just getting started on the first verse when I had that delightful double-take reaction of HEY HEY STOP I UNDERSTOOD THAT! I backed up,…
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Memoire et Racines is GO!
I just doublechecked the Memoire et Racines site, and see to my massive, massive delight that Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer do, in fact, have a presence on the schedule on the 28th–the day I’m targeting for and me to be there! Which means I will get to see them! Seriously, seriously excited by that! Aside…
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Pretty things in my mail!
Susan, The Most Awesome Le Vent du Nord Fan on the North American Continent (and very possibly the entire northern hemisphere), has arranged a show for those boys in August in Uxbridge, Ontario! And as part of that, she got a whole mess of promotional posters! And, being the super-awesome Susan that she is, she…
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A few quick site updates and one great big announcement
First and foremost, re: that poll I had up for y’all the other day, I have reached a formal decision. For reasons I still can’t tell you about yet (but which I will be doing ASAP), y’all should look for the name of Angela Highland to be coming into play on this site in the…
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Everybody in Avatar: Legend of Korra is AMAZING
So because Legend of Korra keeps getting better every week and because I admire the hell out of this show, here, have a poll! (As always, if you’re reading this somewhere that isn’t my WordPress blog, please click on over to the original post and make a choice! The poll won’t work on any of…
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And now, a fangirly PSA: Le Vent du Nord in Oregon in November!
It appears that the boys of Le Vent du Nord are beefing up their application for the position of My New Favorite Band, because this morning, this happened on Facebook! How thoughtful is that? And I mean, it ain’t like I wasn’t going to go already anyway, but if I hadn’t already known about the…
