Nothing quite like working on-air at a radio station, banging sweet tunes half the evening, then getting a call from the main engineer who's out south of town at the transmitter site, installing a new compressor, and then BAM! Suddenly the sound improves a whole hell of a lot. Pretty righteous.
Maybe that's just my experience, I guess.
Some news.
The 2006-07 NHL season gets underway tomorrow night, and those of us here at the D who care at all about hockey are tres excitee, as the hometown Ottawa Senators open the campaign in Toronto where they'll drub the Leafs on home ice, followed by another ass-kick-a-thon here in Ottawa the very next night. Oh it's sweet.
The legendary DJ Shadow, whose brand-new effort The Outsider kind of won me over in the last couple weeks(some truly bad cuts, but some dope shiz too), is having a video contest for his next single, 'This Time.' According to the man born Josh Davis in Oakland, California, submissions can be "animations, offcuts, brief sketches, film scenes, caught-on-camera clips, out-takes, voiceovers or random footage, whether humorous, dark, edgy, juvenile, insightful or thought-provoking." So if you're down with film and video editing and you love one of the best decksmen alive, submit your take to DJShadowVideo.com until October 20th. Shadow will, of course, pick the winner, who will get cash, not to mention global promotion from a dude who's spun records in most parts of it. Awesome contest. Makes me wish I had talent. [buzzgrinder]
Another dude whose newest album really impressed me is Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba - and I ain't alone: Chris will be music supervisor for the October 4th(tomorrow!) episode of Laguna Beach, which to this man's taste is a really stupid show, but whatever, let's not be defeatist here.
Mastodon are gonna play Late Night with Conan O'Brien on November 1st, according to their Myspace bulletin - and speaking of that, Evanescence played Conan's little shindig last night, and aside from vocalist Amy Lee's doubled vocals(she obviously can't sing two parts simultaneously, so quit bitching) and a couple flat notes - and some remarkably unenthusiastic stage presence aside from Lee and drummer Rocky Gray - it was half-decent. Call me a fan, not like I wasn't before.
Living Sacrifice, as I've stated with every mention of Evanescence, were the best metal band on the planet before Rocky, who played guitar, quit to join this other band. Hmph.
February, if it goes as planned by Life In Your Way and their Solid State Records label people, will be epic, as Waking Giants is scheduled to be released in that month - my birthday month, in case anyone wants to buy me lavish gifts of melodic-hardcore greatness. LIYW have busted their asses roaring outta Jersey for years now, and it's good to know they'll have proper pushing from a label this time out. Check out 2004's Ignite and Rebuild for proof.
Posted by mike at October 3, 2006 09:29 PM