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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Toronto mayor Rob Ford unites online community in Crackstarter cause

The crowd-sourcing campaign to buy the alleged Rob Ford video has cracked the $65,000 mark.

LINKS
Toronto Star: Toronto Mayor refuses to discuss specifics of video (story)
Gawker: We Are Raising $200,000 to Buy and Publish the Rob Ford Crack Tape (update)
Daily Intelligencer: 20 Things Worth Knowing About Rob Ford (story)

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Midweek Mixdown: Frankie Francis

Top UK slecta, producer and dubplate mastering engineer Frankie Francis recently dug deep into his vast collection of vintage reggae dubplates and crazy rare sevens to assemble this mind-melting deep roots mix for the fabulous Sofrito Records site (see link below). Return Of The Crab is heavy on the percussion, focusing on DJ cuts, sweet roots, rocksteady groovers and deadly dubwise damage from Lee Perry's Black Ark bunker, Ras Michael and more...

LINKS
Sofrito Records site
Return Of The King Crab download

See Deniz Tek @ Cherry Cola's tonight

Guitar ace Deniz Tek rips into his new Detroit disc and a few Birdman faves this evening.

Upcoming Shows

Sun May 19 - Music Therapy Night w/Jessica Blake & the Dinner Club, Ron Davis, Oui B. Jamon, host Errol Nazareth @ The Rivoli, 7:30 pm doors, $10, musictherapytrust.ca
Sun May 19 - Bernie Senensky w/ Moe Koffman Sextet @ The Rex, 7 pm, $25
Sun May 19 - Colin Stetson, Bernice @ The Great Hall, 8 pm, $13.50
Sun May 19 - Massey-Harris @ Duke Of Gloucester, 10 pm, Free
Mon May 20 - Casual Sex Mondays w/DJ Grasshopper @ The Red Light, 11 pm, Free
Tue May 21 - The Thermals @ The Horseshoe, $15
Wed May 22 - The Shins @ Sound Academy, $36
Thu May 23 - Anamanaguchi @ The Hoxton, $12
Thu May 23 - Marina & The Diamonds @ Echo Beach, $31
Thu May 23 - The Staves @ The Great Hall, $14.50
Fri May 24 - Horsey Craze, Highest Order, Cut Flowers @ The Silver Dollar, $8
Sat May 25 - Laura Marling @ 99 Sudbury
Sun May 26 - Toronto Mid-Town Record Show @ Greenwood College School (443 Mount Pleasant), 10 am to 3:30 pm
Sun May 26 - Ray Wylie Hubbard @ Hugh's Room
Fri May 31 - D'Angelo @ Sound Academy
Fri May 31 - Hooded Fang @ The Horseshoe, $15
Fri May 31 - The Stranglers, Mike Marlin & The Organ Thieves @ Danforth Music Hall
Fri & Sat May 31 and June 1 - Madeleine Peyroux @ Enwave Theatre

Early Warning

Mon June 3 - Devendra Banhart @ Danforth Music Hall
Mon June 3 - The Uncluded (Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson), Hammel On Trial @ Blk Box Theatre
Wed June 5 - Dandy Warhols @ The Phoenix
Wed June 5 - Eleanor Friedberger (of Fiery Furnaces), Teen @ The Horseshoe
Thu June 6 - Grizzly Bear, The xx @ Downsview Park
Fri June 7 - Twin Shadow, Elliphant @ The Phoenix
Sat June 8 - Torche, Ken Mode, Lo-Pan @ Lee's Palace
Sat June 8 - Field Trip Festival w/Broken Social Scene, Feist, Bloc Party, Cold Specks, Timber Timbre, Jason Collett, Zeus @ Fort York
Sat June 8 - Crystal Castles @ Sound Academy
Sun June 9 - Baths, Houses, D33J @ The Horseshoe
Mon June 10 - !!!, Sinkane @ The Horseshoe
Tue June 11 - The Postal Service @ Air Canada Centre
Tue June 11 - Kylesa, Blood Ceremony, White Hills @ Lee's Palace
Tue June 11 - Portugal The Man, Skaters @ The Phoenix
Tue June 11 - Patty Griffin @ Daforth Music Hall
Wed June 12 - Calexico @ The Mod Club, $22.50
Thu June 13 - Supersuckers @ Lee's Palace
Thu June 13 - Bad Brains @ The Phoenix
Thu - Sat June 13 to 15 - Mikal Cronin @ The Silver Dollar
Fri June 14 - Tim O'Brien @ Hugh's Room
Fri June 14 - The National @ Yonge-Dundas Square
Sat June 15 - Ken Vandermark @ Tranzac Club
Sat June 15 - Fucked Up @ The Horseshoe
Sun June 16 - Laurie Anderson @ David Pecaut Square
Mon June 17 - Man Or Astro-Man?, Jacuzzi Boys @ Lee's Palace
Tue & Wed June 18 and 19 - Rufus Wainwright @ Massey Hall
Thu June 20 - Willie Nelson @ Massey Hall
Thu June 20 - Alabama Shakes, Houndmouth, Jonny Fritz & Corndawg @ Echo Beach
Fri June 21 - David Murray Big Band w/Macy Gray @ Centre In The Square (Kitchener)
Fri June 21 - Tortured Soul @ Wrongbar
Wed June 26 - Ian McLagan @ Hugh's Room
Wed June 26 - Cold Cave @ Parts & Labour
Thu June 27 - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings @ Nathan Phillips Square
Sat June 29 - JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound @ The Horseshoe, 9 pm, $12.50 adv
Wed - Sat July 4 to 7 - Toronto Urban Roots Festival w/ Neko Case, Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, She & Him, Flogging Molly, Joel Plaskett, etc @ Fort York, $99.50 (4-day pass), $39.50 & $49.50 (single day tickets)
Wed July 10 - Wire @ Lee's Palace, $25 adv
Wed July 17 - Woods, Parquet Courts @ The Horseshoe, $15.50
Wed July 17 - Jessica Pratt, Julia Holter @ The Drake, $15.50
Sat Aug 3 - Father John Misty, Night Moves @ Danforth Music Hall, 7:30 pm doors, $21
Mon Sept 2 - Mudhoney @ Lee's Palace, $23.50
Sun Sept 28 - Iron & Wine @ Sound Academy, 8 pm, $30-$40

The Perlich Post

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Toronto mayor Rob Ford unites online community in Crackstarter cause

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Marion Brown in 1967

Friday, May 17, 2013

Remembering Ira Tucker on his day

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Midweek Mixdown: Frankie Francis

See Deniz Tek @ Cherry Cola's tonight

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Happy Birthday Brian Eno!

Thundercat shreds @ Sound Academy tonight

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