October | 2011 | Snapshots and Needle Drops

Carved pumpkins, wolf, jack-o-latern, Liverpool, LFC

Happy 90s Halloween

October 31, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

My close friends would be able to tell you that Halloween is not a favourite holiday of mine. Halloween was so much better in the 90s when I was a kid. The costume barely mattered because you had to put a coat on anyway and you got to run around your neighbourhood with friends getting candy. As an added bonus, I grew up in a small town, so every time my friends and I went to a house that we […]

Categories: 90s, Covers, Pop, Rock, Soundtrack • Tags: 90s, Canada, carved pumpkins, covers, halloween, jack-o-lanterns, LFC, Liverpool Football Club, memories, music, photography, pop, pumpkins, Rock, Soundtracks, Sugar Ray, wolf

The Underdog

October 28, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Meet Rocky. Rocky lives in Vancouver. Rocky is gorgeous. Rocky is fierce. Rocky was made for the camera. The photo here was taken by a Mr. Davidson at a high tea hosted by the ever-dashing Mr. Ting. It was well posh. The song, The Underdog has been used both wisely and unwisely by music supervisors in quite a number of projects. For instance, it’s used awesomely in Horrible Bosses, How I Met Your Mother, but awfully in 17 Again. There is an […]

Categories: Alternative, Indie, Pop, Rock • Tags: alternative, Canada, dog, indie, music, photography, pop, Rock, Spoon, Vancouver

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Red ball on reflective water, cloud reflections

Making Mirrors

October 26, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Feel like having a xylophone song break your heart? Here is Belgian-Australian Gotye and Kiwi artist Kimbra, who will, with layers of synthesizers, cowbells, and xylophones, rhythmically give off a vibe that is both quirky and bleak. Gotye spent eight weeks at number one on the Australian charts this summer with this single off his 2011 album Making Mirrors. He is the first Australian act to do so since Savage Garden and their hit “Truly, Madly, Deeply” (a song that I still […]

Categories: Alternative, Experimental, Indie, Rock • Tags: alternative, Australian, balloon, Canada, experimental, indie, Kiwi, mirrors, music, photography, reflections, Rock, Vancouver, water

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Birthday Post!

October 24, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Hello friends! Today just happens to be my birthday. You can celebrate it yourself by eating some cake… and by listening to my favourite song. Coconut Skins by Damien Rice

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Indie • Tags: Acoustic, alternative, birthday, Canada, Coco Locale, cupcakes, Damien Rice, folk, indie, Montreal, music, photography

The New Gig

October 22, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

It’s been a post-less few days, but I promise I’ve been thinking about you. The new headline in my life is my new job with Steal My Playlist! I am their new resident album reviewer. Now I’ll get new music sent directly to my house! My first article is on Feist’s new album Metals. So check out my thoughts on that over on SMP! The first song on Metals really reminded me of a campfire, so, for your listening pleasure, here it is. […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Indie, Rock • Tags: alternative, bonfire, Canada, Canadian, Feist, fire, indie, music, photography, Rock

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“What’s your fish problem?”

October 15, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Last weekend, for Thanksgiving, both my brother and I went home for some family-turkey-time. The bro was even kind enough to swing by the airport to pick me up during his three hour drive north from his university. We’re home for maybe five minutes when this conversation transpired: Mom – Did you remember to unplug everything and close the house? Brother – yes, Mom. Mom – Where’s the fish? Brother – ……..oooooh no. Mom – You didn’t!? ……………… ………………….. ………………………. […]

Categories: Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock • Tags: Canada, fish, folk, Gin Wigmore, jazz, music, photography, pop, Rock, Thanksgiving

… and that’s the way it is

October 12, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

In the mood for some 80s hiphop? I’m pretty sure I was on a dance team that did a routine to this song. It must have been over ten years ago because I can’t quite remember what it was for… certain moves definitely come into mind… muscle memory is an incredible thing isn’t it? Anyway, this track does not deserve to be forgotten. Straight out of 1997, the Jason Nevins remix of Run DMC’s It’s Like That:

Categories: Electronic, Funk, Hip Hop, Rap, Remix

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Happy Thanksgiving

October 10, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Enjoying the holiday? Enjoy it a little more with choral symphonic pop rock band The Polyphonic Spree and this feel-good number. Light and Day by the Polyphonic Spree

Categories: Alternative, Choral, Experimental, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock, Soul, Symphonic, World • Tags: alternative, Autumn, Canadian, colours, indie, music, perspective, photography, pop, Rock, Thanksgiving, The Polyphonic Sree, tree

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….And Now For Something Completely Different

October 5, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s the pre-recording day of Total Eclipse of the Chart on cKut 90.3! The show, which plays tracks from the station’s most played albums from the past week, airs at 6am on Thursday- so we’re not so keen on doing it live. Last week we had a particularly strong set list. If you’re interested you can listen to September 29th’s show and hear me DJ with Karen R. The earlier show ran long, so you’ll hear […]

Categories: Canadian, Electronic, Experimental, Hip Hop, Mashups, New Wave, Pop, R&B, Rap, Rock

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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Happy 90s Halloween

The Underdog

Making Mirrors

Birthday Post!

The New Gig

“What’s your fish problem?”

… and that’s the way it is

Happy Thanksgiving

….And Now For Something Completely Different