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Pick Up a Copy of Mojave “Stories” – Good Music, Good for the Environment!

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:12:00 +0000

Have you heard of Mojave? I’ll admit that I hadn’t until I had the CD forwarded to me and I’ve got to say that I really loved what I heard.

Mojave is an acoustic band from Vancouver with a strong passion for music and environmental causes. They donate a percentage of their album sales to environmental charities through “1% for the planet and offsets all carbon emissions through tree canada.” When I hear that sort of thing, I’m immediately more willing to hear what kind of message a group is sending through their music.

The songs are haunting and just absolutely gorgeous. The music is minimal but that’s the beauty of it – they let their lyrics, chords and lead vocals speak without cluttering up their songs with useless layers and distractions. I really can’t decide on which track is my favorite but you can get a preview of some of the songs on Mojave’s MySpace profile.

In the meantime, here’s the tracklisting (they have the titles in lower-case so I’ve kept them that way):

faultline lyrics / listen
lights out lyrics / listen
hollow lyrics / listen
not obsessive lyrics
a place that time forgot lyrics
casa rosita lyrics / listen
here i am lyrics
unbroken lyrics
one will fall lyrics
old dale road (instrumental)

If you like what you’ve heard, you can pick up a copy of the album through iTunes, CD baby and Amazon.

You can also check out the band at one of their upcoming shows:

Jan 10, 2009: Wired Bean, North Vancouver, British Columbia – 8pm
Feb 10, 2009: The Roxy, Vancouver, British Columbia – 8pm

image: Mojave Music.ca

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Alanis Morrissette Performs on Rosie Live

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:12:28 +0000

Canadian singer, Alanis Morrissette, made an appearance on Rosie Live last night. The show, created by Rosie O’Donnell, was supposed to be a throwback to the old variety shows that we used to love (think Sonny & Cher). I haven’t read one good review and I’m disappointed to say that my PVR didn’t record it and I can’t find many videos online yet.

Apparently, Alanis sang "a song referencing the 12 Steps in front of… an endless loop of geese flying through a sunset." Wow… That sounds very unfortunate (yikes!). If I find a video, I’ll be sure to put it up. In the meantime, here is the promo for the show so you can have a better idea of what it was about.

Rosie Live Guests
by EllieTay

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Nickelback Says Put Down Guitar Hero, Pick Up a Guitar

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:02:40 +0000

Nickelback frontman, Chad Kroeger, is urging people to put down video games like Guitar Hero in favor of doing the real thing in real life. He recently said: "start rock bands. Set down the ‘Guitar Hero’ learn how to play an actual guitar and start a band, because it’s hard to find more bands to put a solid rock-and-roll package together."

I know what he means. I love GH, don’t get me wrong, but the musical journey and understanding cannot start and stop there. I’m hoping these games pique the interests of young people and inspire them to want to get up and learn how to wail for real on an actual guitar. It worked for Nickelback…

image credit: CTV Globemedia

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