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So I was listening to this record the other night: …which got me to thinking about a few things. Specifically, how much I miss performing musical theatre (or theatre in general, really) and how much I’ve enjoyed various iterations of JCS: The Broadway version: The Movie Version:     and the 2012 UK revival: …you […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hLcRU5wE4 Bat out of Hell By: Meat Loaf Well, this will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me, but to those who don’t…I’ll try not to spend this entire post defending Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman. The tale of my love of all things Steinman began around 1989. I grew up in Alberta, […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VF0BlXP-0Y Ghost Love Score By: Nightwish What’s better than heavy metal power chords, double bass drum pedals and wailing flanged guitar solos? Add a classically trained lyric soprano, a brilliant composer who often uses full orchestration and a bass player/lead guitarist bromance. Call it ‘Opera Metal’ and watch bands all across Europe and America follow suit, leaving […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DNRCY Clair de Lune By: Claude Debussy There are plenty of nocturnes and songs to the moon out there, but the top two contenders in terms of popularity have got to be Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and Debussy’s Clair de Lune. While I love both pieces, Clair de Lune will always hold a special place in my heart. It was the […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC6c75x8D_Q From What I Once Was By: Neverending White Lights Sometimes, in the depths of depression when you feel that your life is at its worst, the only short-term remedy seems to be an ultra-sad song that you listen to on repeat. That sense of inescapable, repetitive melancholy perfectly encapsulates my relationship with this song. […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU5LMG3WFBw Hammer to Fall By: Queen What’s not to love about Queen? Freddie Mercury’s incredible voice and theatrical style, Brian May’s clean and wailing flanged guitar sounds, a capella vocals, and a band that understands the soul of rock ‘n’ roll. I could go on for pages and pages and still not even scratch the surface of this […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsJ4O-nSveg Lightning Crashes By: Live I still remember the day I purchased the Throwing Copper album. My mother was working at a music store in Calgary, and I used to go in with her sometimes for singing lessons. The lessons themselves were only an hour long, but I cherished them (I had a massive crush on my […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW8J4fWCeaY Name By: Goo Goo Dolls Arguably one of the best hits of the 1990s (written by one of my favourite bands from the 1990s), Name is a song that holds lasting appeal. Although Johnny Rzeznik wrote the song about his past and being raised by his sisters after his parents died, the lyrics are obscure enough […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQg4C5l9aPk Switchback By: CellDweller If you can forgive the goth porn/epilepsy inducing music video, the song is really quite catchy (if a bit on the angsty side). There are a few reasons why I really like CellDweller. Today, for fun, I’m going to present my reasons in the format of a bullet list. There’s nothing […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-QKFbNU2CY Details in the Fabric By Jason Mraz Well, this one speaks for itself in many ways. I’m not a big Jason Mraz fan, but when I’m feeling low this song has a pretty strong and uplifting message. Everybody needs a few of those in their playlist that they can seek refuge in during times […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRGvJ6ep_G0 Masterpiece Theatre 1 By Marianas Trench It seems odd to follow up a classic band like the Eagles with a modern pop-punk group from Vancouver, but this blog series is about music that has inspired me or touched my life somehow, rather than just artists that have withstood the test of time. The group […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUevY8GHLiw ‘Hotel California’ By: The Eagles It took me a while to decide which Eagles song to include in this blog series. I’ve had a long and involved relationship with this band over the years, and their own history as a band has been tumultuous, but it’s hard to deny their obvious talent and broad […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GteUS553vI ‘Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture’ By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky And now we reach my absolute favourite classical composer, the expressive and bombastic Tchaikovsky. To me, he represents the best elements of the Romantic period in classical music – his melodies are clever and compelling, his compositions are grand in scale and they build steadily in […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OSYqTA2fuQ The Moon and St. Christopher By Mary Chapin Carpenter My introduction to country music as a child was a little bit different. While most of my peers were hooked on the newly popular Shania Twain or the ever-popular Garth Brooks, I was exposed to artists with less of a Nashville influence and more of […]

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Concerto for sopranino recorder in C Major, RV 443 (Largo) By Antonio Vivaldi This post is also a test to see if my blogger imports to my website properly. It’s over here if you want to check it out…still under construction, obviously. Pay no mind to the shifty eyes at the top of the page, […]

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‘When You Were Young’ by The Killers I didn’t get into The Killers as quickly as many others did. Hot Fuss came and went and I didn’t really pay too much attention. Don’t get me wrong, I liked their sound, but sometimes an album really has to grab me. Sam’s Town did just that. It was […]

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‘Genesis’ By: VNV Nation (Icon of Coil version) Well it’s no secret to those who know me that I went through an extended electronica/industrial phase. Some of the bands that I listened to heavily during this time (which was probably from 2001-2005, if anyone’s curious) have stuck with me over the years for various reasons. […]

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‘I Will Possess Your Heart’ by Death Cab for Cutie The weekend was quiet here on the blog…I was at the Calgary Expo. I made a lot of great contacts, including a friendly and wonderful publishing company, Tyche Books, who hosted a couple of very informative panels regarding the publishing industry. On to the music! […]

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‘Man’s Road’ By: America I’ll start with a confession: I never saw ‘The Last Unicorn’ until I was in my twenties. Whew! There, I said it. That’s a load off my chest. You might find that rather odd since I grew up with Rankin & Bass Christmas specials…and I was fairly obsessed with J.R.R. Tolkien […]

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‘Tunnel of Love’ By Dire Straits I find that most people are familiar with the Dire Straits through hits like ‘Sultans of Swing’ or ‘Money for Nothing’ (which is famous both for its music video, one of the first uses of computer animation, as well as its recent controversy in Canada surrounding offensive lyrics). However, I […]

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