Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Holy WCMAs, Batman!
I was so excited when I checked out the Western Canadian Music Awards site this evening that I could hardly dial the phone to call the folks who I was pretty sure hadn't looked at it...
I mean, it's great enough that we have many folks who'll be playing the showcases, and I'll tell you about those in the coming weeks (suffice to say we'll be rockin' the Railway on the Thursday night). But better yet, there are SBR folks who are up for awards!
On the industry side:
For the second straight year, our awesome publicist Ken Beattie of Killbeat Music is up for Independent Publicist/Radio Promoter of the Year.
Sundae Sound Studios, home of Dave Alcock and Al Irving and site of recording (in whole or in part) for Old Reliable's The Burning Truth, Falconhawk's Here's Your Ghost, and Lorrie Matheson's A Dime At A Time, is up for Recording Studio of the Year.
Noel Heard, the visionary behind the look of The Summerlad's Themes: International, is in contention for Album Design of the Year (up against SBR friend and collaborator Jeff Sylvester).
And on the artistic side, Lorrie Matheson's A Dime At A Time is nominated for Independent Album of the Year. I shit you not.
Congratulations, all! This rocks hugetime!
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
To Do: Value Village Excursion
(that's pronounced "valoo villazhe", as in the French...)
Some of you won't have to, of course (read: Dawn!), but if you haven't got appropriate attire for the Vailhalen CD release parties this Friday and Saturday (Sept 16 and 17) at Broken City, you're gonna look pretty silly, now, aren't you?
Friday: Aerobics/Fitness
Saturday: Sci-Fi/Space
If you're really clever, you could probably even combine the two...didn't they make leg warmers out of the same material as those Shuttle tiles?
Also, get your plane tix booked to head out to Montreal to see The Summerlad at their Pop Montreal appearance. That'll be happening at the Saphir on Saint-Laurent on September 30. Comment dit-on "whee-haw" en francais?
