Meanwhile, in the forest, in a parliament of trees…
Tuesday, November 11, 2003After years of having really shitty official sites, the Rheostatics, Canada’s most, well, Canadian band finally has a decent website on its way.
The site is live now in timing with the Rheos’ record-breaking 13-night Fall Nationals stint at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern (breaking their own records of 12 and 11, and Stomping Tom’s 10). The Nationals started last night and continue to the 22nd of November.
The band’s album Whale Music was recently named the Greatest Canadian Album of All Time by CBC Radio.
Also on the way is a live concert DVD entitled Maple Serum: Rheostatics Live at the Horseshoe. This news excites me for two reasons. The first reason is that this will be the second Rheostatics release to be linked to one of my fonts, namely, Maple Serum, which I named in honour of the Boys from Etobicoke. (The other font-connection is that the band used Girls are Weird for the CD and t-shirts of Harmelodia.)
The other reason this DVD news excites me is that I was at this concert they filmed 3 years ago at the band’s first annual Fall Nationals (I attended all 11 shows). I was in the very front row and a camera man was tripping over me all night.... I’m sure there will be many shots of me awkwardly rocking out and bobbing my head in all my geekdom, forever a part of Canadian rock history.
Fingers crossed.
Joe says:
I wish Pearl Jam would release some live stuff for a change. Oh wait…
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Tortuga says:
As much as I love living in Edmonton, it’s things like this that make me wish I lived out east. I’d really like a copy of that DVD but don’t see it being available out here any time soon...any ideas?
James says:
Hey, maybe I’ll be in the DVD too! I was there on night, er, well, I was there for one of the nights!
And I’m going on Friday this week and Thursday next (all covers!). Yeah!