La playlist de Pat & Mel

Hey guys, I just had to post here to let you all know that France and I received an advanced copy of Pat and Mel's December disc, entitled, '8 auteurs, compositeurs, interpretes'. They will be sending it or have sent it out to all of you as well. Bottom line is that it is EXCELLENT....great francophone folk, rock, experimental, hip-hop, etc all put together in a cool, gradual and progressive order. The artwork takes it to a totally new professional level and the hand painted disc labeling is minimalist cool.

Enjoy.

Kent

Just wanted you all to know that we are loving the cds.  We are late getting ours out and we intend to do so this week. We've been discussing the music that we want on the compilation all summer/fall - so we are excited to get this one together. It's just committing the time. Thanks for the great tunes!  Cindy and Peter

Got those July 2007 discs out finally. I hope everyone enjoys angst-ridden German industrial metal. Just don't play it in the presence of your children as it will probably scar them for life. One problem though. I got Brian's copy back marked "return to sender". I guess the Burgundy Drive one in Oakville isn't the right address. Is the Eastcourt Rd one correct? Brian, if you're out there, let me know.
Henry

Back to School Reviews:

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Nov. cds

Heh - I got the Nov cds out last week, so they should all be arriving soon. Please let me know if there are any missing packages or cds with booboos.... did my best. We did the full album thing again, hope you dig it and hope we did not double on anyones' collections. Looking forward to hearing the new cds that just arrived here. And loved the Cure from the last one - what a great way to intro the kids back to the 80s. Anyone heard about Honeymoon Suite's latest release? Seriously..... Rosalie

Sasquatch 2008 Review

I had ample time to listen to Laurie and Guys's double CD driving to and from Pittsburgh last week, and I loved the collection.  I have discovered several artists that I am eager to check out.  Standouts on these discs for me include Fleet Foxes "White Winter Hymnal", The National's "Fake Empire" and "Secret Meeting", Tegan and Sara's "You wouldn't like me", America's "Yell Fire", and M.I.A.'s "Bird Flu".  The two tracks that are wearing out my car stereo are Beirut's "A Sunday Smile" and Blue Scholars "No rest for the weary" (the keyboard hook in this track is particularly addictive).  

I'd love to get another collection like this in 2009.

Mike

Omg! What happened to August and September? I need another summer NOW!

Thanks for the 3 disks Laurie and Guy...very generous of you guys. Sasquatch not only sounds good but the water and hills/mountains on the cover art make the whole scene look divine.

Will keep my eye on the mailbox for those other disks especially now that they are so hyped up.

Hi again everyone. I downloaded Brians's disc last night ( I never got the hard copy...did anyone?) but the files are in a format I'm not familiar with . Can they be burned to disc and played on a CD player as is or do they need to be converted? If anyone knows, let me know.
Thanks

Henry

July 2007 disc

Hello everybody in the musical brain. This message is actually destined to all the "An idea I've had for awhile" people. That disc I was supposed to send out in July last year, but never did? Well it's finally ready. I gave Sohrab and Marc P.'s copies to Sohrab in person. Laurie, Manoj and Nick, I mailed your copies while in NYC at the end of August, so you should have received your discs already. If you didn't, blame the US Postal Service. As for the rest of you, I've almost finished burning the discs and printing the labels, and should have them in the mail very soon.

Got an advance copy of Sohrab and Deanna's disc. I don't want to spoil the surprise but let's just say that they've raised the bar on production values, and you will never look at your kids' toys the same way again.

Laurie and Guy, Sean, and Len, got all your discs and all were awesome.

Hope to be more active on the blog in the coming months. Till then let me know if any of you didn't get your discs.

I have not forgotten that I still owe everyone a disc for June 2008. This one should be ready for Christmas 2012

Henry

Back To School '08

Well, my disc is done...I just haven't got it burned and sent out....Deanna and Sohrab got an early issue this past weekend. I will work on getting it out as soon as possible. It is a strange concept disc which I'm not sure makes any sense at all...there is very little new music on the disc...made up of mostly classic pop gems, old faves of mine and a few other toss ins fitting loosely into the theme of the month. Enjoy it for what it is or toss it........

Hope you enjoy Back To School '08