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Save a sad song for me

Seven Night Stand: Save a sad song for me

As Prince said, even thugs cry. Thinking about how video really did kill the radio star, or about the one shitty chromosome that my handicapped sister got that I didn’t, ...Read more →

Turf Builder© vs. The Weed Man©

Seven Night Stand: Turf Builder© vs. The Weed Man©

Ever catch someone casually dropping some knowledge about Canadian history into a conversation, only to realize that they are simply paraphrasing one of those Heritage Moments commercials they saw on ...Read more →

Horniness leads to jazz infection

Seven Night Stand: Horniness leads to jazz infection

Thank God the Jazz Fest is over, for the simple reason that I can’t take going to another show and being forced to look at that ungodly phenomenon that comes ...Read more →

Three-pronged appraisals

Seven Night Stand: Three-pronged appraisals

Weeklies are one of the first places locals can see their music reviewed in print. In the case of a good review, this can help kick-start the incredible amount of ...Read more →

Selling Buck 65 for a penne

Seven Night Stand: Selling Buck 65 for a penne

I’ve known Rich Terfry for a while now, though Buck 65, Stinkin’ Rich, Uncle Climax and I are also acquainted to varying degrees. So even though many of you are ...Read more →

Attention all dog and baby owners

Seven Night Stand: Attention all dog and baby owners

Most Plateau music types seem to be about as interested in attending Fringe shows as they are the Grand Prix, which is ridiculous, as one is free/cheap arts and culture ...Read more →

Finger lickin’ scratchin’

Seven Night Stand: Finger lickin’ scratchin’

It seems that instead of pontificating, people prefer that I play the dancing monkey. So, to make sure they get their money’s worth from their free weekly, I thought I’d ...Read more →

The bottle wags the beer

Seven Night Stand: The bottle wags the beer

It would seem, according to interviews, press releases, websites and bar conversations, that all musicians do what they do simply for the love of the music. Whether they truly believe ...Read more →

Good ladies, evening and gentlemen

Seven Night Stand: Good ladies, evening and gentlemen

After almost 10 years of writing about music, someone finally woke up, smelled the awesome and gave me a column. In Montreal no less, which we (and the rest of ...Read more →

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