Allan Reid, the man behind the Junos, on conspicuous and mournful absences
This year’s Juno Awards, broadcast from Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on Sunday (CBC, 8 p.m.), will be notable for those absent from the event as much as for those actually there. Last year’s comedian co-host Russell Peters, whose off-colour wisecracks distracted from the proceedings, won’t be around. Instead, the affable Vancouver-born superstar crooner Michael Bublé will serve as host, no doubt less controversially.
(Globe and Mail)
Canada’s Metalocalypstick Fest Will Celebrate Women in Rock While Giving Back
Taking place on Canada Day weekend (June 30 and July 1) in Lone Butte Community Hall, with on-site camping in the quiet volcanic-neck town of Lone Butte, British Columbia, Metalocalypstick was set up three years ago as a nonprofit to support woman in metal, punk, hardcore and heavy genres. The organization describes itself as a foundation “all about gender equality, yet we want to promote how awesome it is when females and males work together and celebrate our differences.”
(Billboard)
Metric’s big concert films debuts in theatres across Canada this week
Metric’s concert film, Dreams So Real, will have a theatrical release before it ends up on DVD/Blu-ray this week. Fans will have a chance to see it in 24 theatres across Canada (and one in Australia) starting Wednesday. The whole thing was funded by a Pledge Music campaign, too.
(A Journal Of Musical Things)
Tickets without barcodes: Concert venues experiment with new systems
It could be an early sign that the days of the barcode are numbered as technological improvements allow companies to replace them with more secure digital tickets with codes embedded in a fan’s phone or a Wi-Fi connected wristband that lets them track consumers for both security and data-collection purposes.
(CBC News)
And Finally
Metric, Live In Sydney 2012
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So: It’s Spring, they say, as of 12:15 pm today (EDT). Ottawa weather is kind of cooperating, as we’re only forecast to reach the melting point, but there is SUN, glorious SUN, so melty things wlll be.
We had a strange glowing orb in the sky for part of yesterday. It scared many people.
Hello hello! Glad to hear you are getting some sunshine!
Here in the Washington DC area, on the first day of spring, we’re supposed to get our first real snowfall of the season. So far all we’ve had is rain, which sums up the winter of 2017/2018.
janet, Intellicast shows that you may be getting a little right now, depending on exactly where you are, but it’s mostly the whole band north of Washington, and then west-to-east, that’s getting the snow.
I’m slightly northwest of Washington DC. I think we might be getting sleet now, but not much is accumulating.
@Janet, are you anywhere near Bethesda?
I only ask because I like their games
(feel free to give a “no comment” if you would rather not say)
@Garf – I’m about an hour west of Bethesda 🙂
Did you see that Said the Whale tweeted out a playlist of Vancouver artists? Since the Junos are in Vancouver this weekend, they wanted to highlight some local talent. https://twitter.com/saidthewhale/status/975843430021476352.
@Janet, Thank you, I don’t follow twitter as much as I think I should to keep up with Canadian Music
@Garf – I’m happy to be the official Twitter correspondent for OurBasement 🙂
I might need to add a few more musicians though….
I created 2 Canadian Artist lists many years ago
https://twitter.com/MusicMecca/lists/artists1
https://twitter.com/MusicMecca/lists/artists2
Hi DBS
haha! Hi Garf. 😀