Joseph Shabason – Anne
Joseph Shabason is a Toronto-based artist who creates ambient music out of finely-honed synthesizer textures and soft injections of saxophone. He has announced that he will be releasing a new album called Anne on November 16th through Western Vinyl, and has shares the song ‘Forest Run’ from the collection.(The 405)
The Seasons – Midnight, Let’s Get a Hot Dog
It’s been a big year for Quebecois glam-popster Hubert Lenoir, with his groundbreaking debut album Darlène skyrocketing his profile both in his home province and beyond, culminating in a spot on this year’s Polaris Music Prize shortlist. Turns out Darlène’s not the only record of Lenoir’s we’ll hear this year: his band the Seasons will drop their sophomore album, Midnight, Let’s Get a Hot Dog, this Friday (November 16) on Simone Records.(Exclaim!)
Christine Fellows – Roses on the Vine
Christine Fellows writes about people. Her 2007 album, Nevertheless, focused on the life of writer Marianne Moore and artist Joseph Cornell; 2011’s Femmes de chez nous celebrated women in the context of Franco-Manitoban history. Now, with Roses on the Vine, she brings dynamism to her music, as she dives into the lives and works of women who inspire her own creation.(Exclaim!)
Hello,
I am most looking forward to Christine Fellows’ new album (I listened to it last night)
The-One-Not-To-Be-Referred-To-As-Mrs-Samson… (winkie — no reference in particular)
We in Ottawa used to have the opportunity to hear her at the (inevitable) Black Sheep Inn, back probably before John K. was even a glint in her eye and a hmmm in her mind.
She was much appreciated; I saw her several times, so she must have been there many.
Not to congratulate myself (I don’t really need it), but here’s a winter cyclist’s attitude on this sunny-bright cloudy, -10 C, somewhat windy day: “Nice fresh weather for a cycle!”
—>I did change over my tires from slicks to full knobbies just in time, a few days ago, so I’m all set!
I prefer to use a female artists maiden name anyway (if I know it). It started as a way to annoy Grant by calling his wife Miss Barber, but has expanded to be my very small way to say that their marriage has not subsumed them as a person.
When I went to see JKS in Manchester I ended up talking to Miss Fellows during most of the break between her opening and the main set.
we are due for 14°C (feels like 11°C)
“But it’s a damp 14°C…” (thx for the copy of °)
it’s not too damp today (for a change)
Good morning everyone!
Hi Justin
Benoit, you don’t use studs; only knobbies?
Hello! I have to say I am most excited about The Seasons. Very cool.
I thought you only got 2 seasons in Regina (3 if you include football)
Krib, studs are truly useful on glare ice. Outside that, they are noisy and hardly any more effective. That is because the true keys to winter cycling are a) not using the front brake (unless you’re sure) and b) not banking (much, again unless you’re sure).
What (in my mind) you don’t need is trying to brake hard, or to take curves and bends very banked. Which is what studs are for.
All this to say I don’t need any, but would change my mind in a flash if I were to enter a race on the frozen Rideau Canal.
Har Har Garf. We definitely have all 4 seasons in Regina. It is one of the things I love about it. Winter can be a little longer than I like some times but I still love it.
yeah. leaning is a hard thing not to do. I think that’s why I don’t like winter biking. I’ve thought about going to studs to ride in winter, but then I just walk to work. Gives me a chance to catch up on all the music I bought in the not-winter
krib, I’m not saying you should bike in the winter, walking’s fine, but the banking is not an actual problem in itself except very rarely (freezing rain or black ice) — because those knobbies do work quite a bit, one uses lowish pressure, etc.; but I’ve also developed the technique, for turns when it’s iffy, of putting my body out cantilever-style while keeping the bike more upright. It’s pretty foolproof.
I’ve been winter cycling starting in ’84, and every year since ’87. That’s not to brag, but to remind whomever of the experience basis of my (ahem) pronouncements.
(Ahem)
have you got something in your throat BfO?
I have done that fall on ice when biking, holey moley it can hurt. The trick here is that I can get to some places by trail. So, frozen ground is inherently less slippery than iced or cold pavement.
that, and I can’t find anything that’ll keep my hands warm when cycling. I don’t want to wear mitts, because I shift gears, although maybe I wouldn’t do that so much if I really tried riding all winter.
think I’ll just walk.
and run, if I can ever get the muscle issues sorted out
Krib, right, I just don’t bike in the winter for F it’s cold! Wind and safety. I cross-country ski, downhill ski, and run. What is with your muscle issue?
krib, just on the mittens: yes, they become necessary!