The Burlington Sound of Music Festival was this June 14 – 17 and it was packed full of some of Canada’s finest talent. Not to mention sunny skies!! Who doesn’t love good live tunes and amazing weather. This festival offered a great Canadian buffet of music. They had a little something for everyone, and just like a buffet – I overindulged. I obviously couldn’t see it all but I wore [...]
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Welcome to my new home!! A lot has changed since I last spilled my guts – and you took joy in reading it. First off, I got married! Who knew I could be made into an honest woman. But want to know the best part? Nothing has changed! And I think that’s a great start. Also, you may have noticed by now that you are no longer reading this on [...]
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Alright folks, here are three more random jams that I was listening to this weekend and thought you might enjoy. Don’t know too much about Murder By Death, but this song had me with what I think is an opening violin. I just love everything about this song. The melody, the words…you get it. Maybe I have wedding on the brain, but the chorus really gets me. Murder By [...]
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So there was pretty big news in the world of Toe Jams last week. I got engaged! You may remember reading about my favourite Ukrainian in such posts as Lolapalooza Day 2 and Bombay Bicycle Club. Well, he proposed! and I couldn’t be happier. But this means that my life is going to be a little more hectic than usual for the next while. I still find and listen [...]
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My friend Andrea Rehill (some of you Hamiltonians might know her) is a huge Bruce Springsteen fan. I’m not talking the kind who goes to every show that comes to Toronto and surrounding area. I’m talking super-fan, like driving to Jersey on the regular, is covered in tribute tattoos, and even has his manager’ss number in her phone. I guess you could say she likes him. But she’s not [...]
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Dirty Mags. No, not the ones you find shoved between the mattresses in your little brother’s room or the ones always found by train tracks and in forests for some reason. These Dirty Mags aren’t something you will want to hide or only listen to in the privacy of your own room. This quartet from Toronto, ON will have you calling every friend you’ve ever made and asking them if [...]
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No boring Monica story today. Just some random good tunes. This one is old, but came up when my library was on shuffle the other day and I remembered how much I loved it. Two young sisters Chloe and Asy from Seattle began playing music at the tender ages of 12 and 10 and formed the band Smoosh. This was long before Snooki and company gave this word a whole [...]
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I love when I hear a song and right away I put it on repeat. When the opening line makes me tap my toes and by the chorus I’m forwarding it to everyone I know. A musical act hasn’t knocked me off my seat in a while. No doubt there has been some amazing music lately, but JD McPherson‘s revitalization of classic rock ‘n’ roll picked me up and [...]
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When I was finishing highschool they still had grade 13 – so even though I was technically in school – that meant 2 classes that I rarely attended. When I got to university I vowed to pull up my socks and make sure that I stayed on the educational track. I know that I strayed a couple of times, but I thought for the most part that I was [...]
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When I was 22 I spent the summer living in a trailer in Lake Louise, Alberta. I went out there with my best bud Lena, but after 2 weeks, she went back to the luxury of home-made meals and air-conditioning while I tried to prove a point to myself by stickin’ it out. Being alone forced me to make friends – and in Lake Louise, you never know what you’re [...]
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