Barenaked Ladies’ Everything to Everyone is as good as I’d hoped, and better in spots. (It occurs to me that that doesn’t adequately convey my feelings about the album–in so many words, I like it!) I haven’t watched the DVD extras yet, although I did put it in to listen to the 5.1 mix of the album, which sounds great even through my Rubik’s Snake-enhanced left front speaker (a long story).
At my friend Nancy’s invitation I went to UWO’s Grad Club on Friday night to listen to some jazz. Good idea, poor execution: I somehow managed to miss meeting up with her and her roommates/tenants, and wound up leaving midway through the first set because the sound system in the place was so poor and the audience so loud. That’s $14 for cover, parking, a drink and 40 minutes of alleged music, in case you’re keeping track. (I’ve invited Nancy and friends over to watch the BNL DVD, although past history suggests it’s unlikely they’ll take me up on the offer.) The evening wasn’t a total waste: I managed to make it to Covent Garden Market to see the fifth anniversary show of The Boneyard Man, where I chatted for a while after the show with a teacher whose name I’ve promptly forgotten (but who will be at Borderlands… shameless, ain’t I?).
Borderlands is only a month away!
I received e-mail from Claire Jenkins a few days ago regarding matters I hope to be able to blog soon. She’s going to be in my sister’s neck of the country in December, so if you’re in Winnipeg on the 5th or 6th see if you can’t find your way to the Regal Beagle. Tell her I sent you… she’ll be all Peter who?
, which is fine with me.
Have you checked out Borderlands yet?
This afternoon was another trip to The Ugly Mug Café, this time to see Sirens‘ Jo-Ann Lawton do a solo gig. It was interesting to hear the tunes she’s written for the group performed without Amber and Donna, and her new and new-to-me music was enjoyable too. Mandolin Karen joined Jo-Ann onstage in the second set to do a few songs they’ve written together, and in the process qualified for SOCAN membership–congratulations Karen!
Last yet most important of all is a personal achievement: on Tuesday I posted the first major content update to sirens3.com, a mini-site for their upcoming musical/theatre performance Borderlands. This is the first all-out new piece I’ve created for the site, entirely new content hand-rolled in XHTML and CSS based on design and artwork by Laureen Creighton, and I’m quite pleased with the result. I won’t get into more technical details of the site right now because the whole reason for its existence is to plug the show and I don’t want to distract from promoting the November 28 performance any more than necessary. Tickets for Borderlands are $25 in advance and are available now.
Say! Didja hear that Sirens has a new show coming called Borderlands?
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