Playlist for 17-Jan-12

Well - Thank you Mother Nature for a serious taste of winter. And thank you Canadian musicians for a serious taste of music!
Today we heard:
Kim Beggs, Wanderer's Paean, Ain't Gonna Work;
The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, Checkered Past, Wake Up;
Makeout Videotape, Makeout Videotape/Collagé Party, On the Yangzte;
Moses Child, Ghosts and Angels, Desolate Playground;
Delhi 2 Dublin, Delhi to Dubland EP, The Evolution;
Marco Claveria Project, Essencias, Fabulas Del Tercer Mundo;
Riddim Riders, Riddim Riders, Dreamin';
Brock Zeman, Me Then You, Push Them Stones;
Annabelle Chvostek, Resilience, Firewalker;
Ben Corno, Less With More, Oh Wow!;
Jack Pine & The Fire, Jack Pine & The Fire, Gather;
Ask the Oracle, Ask the Oracle, Scattered Through the Strings;
Mike Field, Ashes, Volcano Waltz;
Deb Rasmussen & Keith Smith, Heart Wide Open, Northern Lights;
Jon Gant & His Band, A Rough Start to the Night, Another Ghost;
Dinner Belles, West Simcoe County, Til the Dawn;
Kim Beggs, Blue Bones, Longest Dream;
Rae Spoon, I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets, Crash Landing;
Ejaz the Poet, Ejaz the Poet, Ejaz the Poet;

Canadian Tire money driving you crazy? It drove Corin Raymond so crazy he's going to use it to produce his next CD. (He was a bit dotty to begin with!) Here's the scoop, straight from the horse's mouth so to speak (excerpt from Corin Raymond's January e-mail newsletter - so sorry but you will have to copy and paste the links):
2. WE CAN MAKE THIS RECORD WITH CANADIAN TIRE MONEY!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, you read that right. We can make this record with Canadian Tire money.

Read all about it in The Star...

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1114250--toronto-musician-aims-to-pay-for-his-next-recording-with-canadian-tire-cash?bn=1

and Inside Toronto!!!

http://www.insidetoronto.com/what's%20on/article/1277818--songwriter-has-novel-way-to-finance-recordings-canadian-tire-money


You can follow the whole beautiful saga at http://www.dontspendithoney.com.

Or, if you'd like to see what caused these two writers to track me down this
morning, check THIS out... I'm in new territory with this one. This is the
first time a video I've posted has ever gone contagious... there's
been nearly 1,000 hits in roughly 33 hours. You'll laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9lVyhraw-A

Thank you all for supporting Canadian musicians and their art!