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Blue Rodeo announce Blue Road CD/DVD preorder details - Release date set for October 28th

October 20th, 2008 · No Comments

In early September, I was excited to hear that Blue Rodeo had a live CD and DVD release in the works.
My excitement faded when I found out that only part of the show - a ten track acoustic set - would be released.
This week, specific track listing details were announced for the Blue Road CD/DVD […]

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Tags: Blue Rodeo · Canada Rocks · Upcoming Releases

Attention Canadians - Can someone record this CBC Blue Rodeo broadcast for me?

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Oh MY - Just saw this news over at the official Blue Rodeo forums.
I’m looking for a kind Canadian soul that can record the radio broadcast tomorrow night:
Please email me if you can capture this and share a copy with me?
Here is the original message:
BR concert at Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB will be broadcasted Friday […]

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Tags: Blue Rodeo · Canada Rocks

Blue Rodeo Week: Five Days in July

September 17th, 2008 · No Comments

In honor of Blue Rodeo’s U.S. jaunt happening this week, I’ve decided to celebrate with Blue Rodeo Week. Here’s where we’ve been so far:
Day One: T is for The Days in Between
Day Two: What am I doing here?
Day Three: Five from Greg Keelor
Day Four: Five from Jim Cuddy
Day Five: Six […]

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Tags: Albums Revisited · Blue Rodeo · Canada Rocks · The 90s

Blue Rodeo Week: Six from two + U.S. tour starts this week!

September 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In honor of Blue Rodeo’s U.S. jaunt happening this week, I’ve decided to celebrate with Blue Rodeo Week. Here’s where we’ve been so far:
Day One: T is for The Days in Between
Day Two: What am I doing here?
Day Three: Five from Greg Keelor
Day Four: Five from Jim Cuddy
The brief run of […]

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Tags: Blue Rodeo · Canada Rocks · Cleveland

Blue Rodeo Week: Five from Jim Cuddy

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments

In honor of Blue Rodeo’s U.S. jaunt happening next week, I’ve decided to celebrate with Blue Rodeo Week. Here’s where we’ve been so far:
Day One: T is for The Days in Between
Day Two: What am I doing here?
Day Three: Five from Greg Keelor
Yesterday we took an abbreviated snapshot of the Greg Keelor […]

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Tags: Blue Rodeo · Canada Rocks · Good Watch · Kathleen Edwards · Late Night Television · Making A List

Blue Rodeo Week: Five from Greg Keelor

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

In honor of Blue Rodeo’s U.S. jaunt happening next week, I’ve decided to celebrate with Blue Rodeo Week. Here’s where we’ve been so far:
Day One: T is for The Days in Between
Day Two: What am I doing here?
That brings us to Day Three of Blue Rodeo week. The band’s early output in […]

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Tags: Blue Rodeo · Canada Rocks · Favorites · Making A List · The 00s · The 80s · The 90s

Sarah McLachlan, Broken Headphones, and some other stuff

September 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’ve been grooving to “U Want Me 2,” one of two new tracks on Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan (pre-order regular or deluxe edition,) McLachlan’s first greatest hits collection, set for release on October 7th.
It’s been a long time since McLachlan’s last proper studio album Afterglow in 2003, and long enough that hearing […]

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Tags: Buddy Guy · Canada Rocks · Road Trip! · Rock and Roll Supergroup Heaven · Sites I Love · Skipping Cleveland · The 90s · Yes

Blue Rodeo Week: T is for The Days in Between

September 11th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I’ve decided that I’m going to do a full-on “Blue Rodeo Week” to help promote the band’s brief run of U.S. shows next week, including the show that I will be attending in Detroit.
Blue Rodeo Week is going to be kind of like Shark Week, although you’re really going to have to squint to find […]

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Tags: Blue Rodeo · Canada Rocks · Good Watch · The 90s · Wilco

More on those Blue Rodeo live dates, and how about a live DVD/CD release?

September 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’m prepping for a road trip to Detroit next week to see Blue Rodeo at The Magic Bag. It is a much needed breather that will do a lot to preserve my fragile grip on everyday sanity. I was hoping to make a two-day trip out of it, and catch the BR show […]

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Tags: Blue Rodeo · Canada Rocks · Road Trip! · The 00s · The 80s · The 90s

The Oasis/Noel Gallagher Video

September 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’m sure you saw the news stories online about Noel Gallagher from Oasis getting attacked by a fan onstage at Virgin Mobile Festival in Toronto.
WTF people?
Seriously.
Props to whoever was running the light show, for the lightning-quick reaction turning the lights on as soon as the problem started.

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Tags: Canada Rocks · Festivals