Today we hit an unprecedented 23 degrees above the brrrr, AND I had a day off. So I had to go outside, come on it would’ve been criminal. I went to my uncle’s cabin the boonies of Alberta to celebrate the birth of my 12 year old cousin. I, of course, gave her some CD’s so I can save her from her eventual descent to hideous music that everyone goes through when they are a teenager. My sister said she listened to the Jack Johnson CD and she really liked that, so that’s what she got from her. I gave her the Strokes’ second album and the Juno Soundtrack because they were both 2 for 25 bucks. I hope to save her soon and bring her to the light side, I already successfully saved my cousin Jose, and I hope to be like what my dad was to me. A sage, a wise old music sage.
But this is not what I was going to write to you about. Ok so I did all that and today I went to lunch with the parents (at IKEA which is pretty good for lunch for some reason), then I went to pay Erin for the Radiohead tickets …wait hold on..
…I GOT RADIOHEAD TICKETS!! After all that fretting my best friend came through in the clutch, and now me and my sis and my roommate and my cousins are ALL going to Vancouver to see them. YAY! So excited I can’t even explain….
Ok, so because of that and seeing her and then playing the first street hockey game of the season it became a pretty awesome day. You know what was my soundtrack of the day? Baby Charles. This band is a Fu-Funk band whatever that means. I think it’s just a modern funk band, but I felt like I was in the movie Superbad. Driving down to the Whyte Ave, with the windows down, sun shining in my face, looking and feeling awesome. I had a spring in my step the whole day and I owe it all to this perfect record to play. All this guitar funk, and singing, and happy cool vibes. I didn’t know if I was in Edmonton or some cool place in California. Anyways if you ever have one of those days, please acuire this album and you will also feel as awesome as I did.
If you can’t find her album for some weird reason, then check out Quiet Village’s Silent Movie. It’s not as funky or happy stepping, but it’s a great sampling instrumental record. These british blokes take some old Motown and 70’s records and mash it up to create some more 70’s sounding and Motown records. Very cool, and very cinematic sounding. It’s not something to dance to, or cruise to, but it’s music to relax and preferably smoke some weed with it, or like talk nonsensical stuff with at 4 in the morning.
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