Where Them Girls Dance Dance

Today's tune... this vid makes me LAUGH!!! DG has a fab-u sense of humor:

Monday's tune of the day was a classic by Don Henley:

For all you concert goers...

Today's tune is an important message by Dave Grohl.

Now I love him even more than I did before.

A Night Like Birthday Sex Sun Of A Playgirl

At my birthday party last night, one o fmy friends plugged in their iPod into my stereo and pumped  Shawn Desman into my ears. I don't know if it was the wine or not - but I actually liked what I heard.

And since it was my birthday yesterday, it's only suiting that the tune of the day was Birthday Sex by Jeremih. (Not as catchy as SD, haha).

Friday's song reminds me of Kylie Minogue. Found it by accident and danced to it in my undies while cleaning my room. After watching the video, I had the urge to shove a steak down the singer's throat after watching her roll around on my screen. Seriously, she's way too boney. I understand she matches the marketing aesthetic, but still. It's so pathetic. I'm waiting for the general public to stop demanding such visions.

Thursday's song is an old fave by Ladytron:

Your Song is mine to love

I heard this on a rerun of SNL this past Saturday night and it was such a beautiful rendition of Elton John's tune. :)

Yesterday's tune of the day was Brighter Brightest.with their new music video for "Everyday" off their First Full length album "Right For me" Grab it August 9th!

NB: Ok so I published this a day late. My wonderful friends surprised me with a patio party at Remy's last night for my birthday. <3

That explains why it wasn't posted on time, haha. What a wonderful excuse!

Beat Me...

Custom's Beat Me was my favourite off his Fast album released in 2002.

Custom is a Canadian-born, New York-based rock musician best known for the tune Hey Mister. He seemed to disappear after the album into movie writing - without much success. Still love this tune. Way better than that trashy Hey Mister one. You know, coz Beat Me has more class.

Haha!

Poison & Wine is for dinner

Got home from a workout and after eating my protein bar, wasn't feeling super hungry. I wanted to feed mmy ears instead so after perusing friends' musical tastes, I discovered The Civil Wars.

This is the band that Jack White should have put together with his ex-drummer wife. This combination is so intoxicating and alluring... and romantic. The Civil Wars have it down and I will be listening to their Barton Hollow album nonstop for the night. :)

Indigo Children

Today's tune is a commemoration of the Tea Party reunion.
I saw it coming. Whoever said they didn't, it's oblivious to the music indistry.

Yesterday I spent the entire day at Edgefest. The best interview of the day went to Mockingbird Wish Me Luck. They turned the tables and interviewed me! It was a super awesome time. We forgot each other's names, posed with Gibson guitars and joked around. Great guys. :)

Puscifer was in my head since Friday morning.

I never gave a fair listen to Puscifer. Mostly because I thought the Queen B video was lame and that the V For Vagina mascot was rediculous (not to mention the name of the album). But putting all that aside, I listened to the album and was blown away when I first heard Indigo Children, which is quite haunting. I love haunting music (I'm a big fan of chants in general - which are often beautifully haunting in nature).

The topic of Indigo Children is quite grey as no one seems to be able to agree on a definition. Some say Indigo kids are those with a bright blue aura, who are very conscious of the world, their intuitions and feelings. They are creative, curious and somewhat stubborn. Other medically inclined people believe Indigo Children are sensitive to the ways of the world and in turn have developed ADHD or other mental illnesses that leave them persecuted by classmates. They are generally seenas gifted children, who are bored of the current structure of society. They are still quite creative, intuitive and curious.

The only traits both sides seem to agree on are the gifted creativity and curiosity kids generally have, which they will likely carry with them into adulthood. The intiutiveness of such children will often either flourish or flounder depending on how they are brought up. It's an interesting topic. One Maynard seems quite interested in. Fans of the Lateralus album know that Maynard (brainchild behind Too, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer) is quite eccentric himself. His Lateralus and Puscifer album delve quite deep into the subconscious mind, while A Perfect Circle tends to be more fluff in my opinion (though still equally enjoyable!)

Seeing A Perfect Circle live again was a great experience - especially watching from backstage.

When I first saw the band, it was with the original line-up in 1999 when the band was shiny and new. They were opening for Nine Inch Nails' Fragility V2.0 tour. (When The Fragile was released) It was spectacular then. Yesterday was less spectacular in lights, but all the drama remained in the music.



Gone Too Far In Your Bedroom

Haha, like how I jumble up the track names together?

Today's tune is Goldfinger's Here In Your Bedroom while yesterday's was Dragonettes' track Gone Too Far.

Yesterday's tune was my favourite Dragonette tune. The video makes no sense, but who cares! This track is awesome!

Last night I hung out with my girl Lisa at the Gibson Lounge downtown to watch Dawson Reid perform. The first time I met Dawson was at Gibson's awesome party at the Hockey Hall of Fame this Spring. I was so happy he remembered me! Gave me a big hug and asked how I was doing. Super rad guy. He is so excited to be moving to Nashville with his wife and daughter. I'm excited to hear the new tracks he lays down while living there. And I hope he visits us again with great stories!

The Gibson Lounge is gorgeous The artist room is amazing. There are hundreds of guitars and big comfy leather sofas, a Steamwhistle fridge, Kurig coffee makers and super cool people. The resident pup is also a cutie. Kirby jumped right on stage and stole the crowd's attention. Then he ran back to me and fell asleep on my lap. Aww....

Before leaving, I made sure to sit down with Darrin Pfeiffer - a Gibson rep he's also the drummer for Goldfinger (as if you didn't remember!) He's a super cool dude. We talked about everything. Music. Hockey. Lube. You name it.

We also chatted about Martin Streek. It was the two-year anniversay of Martin's death yesterday. Everyone I know was chatting about it. There's a memorial tonight at The Charlotte Room if you're interested in sharing your own personal Martin stories with his friends.

Love & Rockets,
Mz.Rawkqueen

Rock Kills Kid - Another L.A. Band disappeared into the sunset...

Back in 2006, this tune was ruling pop/rock charts. So it's my tune of the day. I'm kinda feelin' Paralyzed.

I remember chatting with the lead singer of The Miniatures  int he summer of 2007 and having a brain fart, thinking I was all of a sudden chatting Rock Kills Kid. Sometimes too many pop bands thriving in the scene sound too much alike. Funny thing is, they all seem to ebb and flow in popularity all at once.



Where's my Chauffeur?

Ahh... Duran Duran's The Chauffeur. Reminds me of my Dark Rave, Masquerade, FunHaus, Savage Garden and Reverb nights while in College. Only one of those spots exist now. Is this what it's like to grow old? A lot of reminiscing?

Had a fun long weekend :)

Canadian's are made for long weekends. We live on the patios. We burn to a crisp with Pride coz we only get two months of summer. And of course, the Pride event itself topped off the weekend nicely!

It's only fitting that Sunday's tune of the day was Madonna. (I was gonna go with Cher, but I will not stand to post her crappy music on my blog.)

The band behind Saturday's tune was an easy guess. Still never saw them live. I will be working at Edgefest July 9th... too bad they're not playing...

Friday's tune was by an even more obviously Canadian band for Canada Day. Never saw these guys live either... I swear, I AM Canadian! lol