This is just a marker for this bluegrass event in the lower end of New York in mid-July. I had no idea that bluegrass was named after the first band, the Bluegrass Boys. I am liking the sound of jam camp.

I did not rock this year. My 2003 and 2004 was full of music and even rock. I saw Elvis Costello in July 2003 and yelled along with every song making the full circle of my adult life from rec room 1978 complete. I saw, lost my hearing and stood around with Sloan in October 2003. And in spring 2004 …

Anone who has seen the great Christmas time film from Scotland's Bill Forsyth, Comfort and Joy, knows that the ice cream van business is no laughing matter but I was a bit surprised to read this in the New York Times this morning:  •  “A year and a half ago, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg sought to …

I have this memory of being in the car really early on a Summer morning when I was five or so. We are driving around Montreal, there for Expo 67 or Man and His World, and it is the day a Bealtes album was released and the car radio is just playing the lp straight though. I also remember the day …

I knew the world was a really cool place when one evening in undergrad I first heard The Beat aka The English Beat's cover of "Can't Get Used to Losing You". Applying the goodness of ska to Andy Williams' hit was masterful, slamming and respect.  •  Andy William's growing up from 2 to 12 from 1965 …

On my travels to the Big Smoke, I got to listen to a CBC Toronto interview with Chris and Jay of my rock acquaintances (and web servers mates) Sloan. My bits pass their bytes all the time. And it turns out that they are going to revive the late 80's CKDU radio thing on the new digital satellite …

Woopee.  •  Paul McCartney is broadcasting a concert to astronauts:  •  “Sir Paul McCartney is to become the first musician to broadcast live music to an audience in space. His rendition of the Beatles' song Good Day Sunshine is to be beamed to the international space station crew. Sir Paul told …

Nice to see a new CD by The Darkness coming out this month. Nice also to see that they are speaking out against eBay and the bootleg release of a review copy on that website:  •  “"I've bought our own album back off this character who's selling it on eBay," the singer told the BBC News website …

Why would I feel sad for someone who I like as much as any other 80s pop person who has done a very good job on the celebrity circuit? Because she seems to just want to be doing something that is real, fairly mainstream as things go and well intentioned:  •  “Madonna said the Kabbalah was "not …