Way Back Wednesday - Yes (Means It's Hard To Say No)

As you can tell if you're paying attention, I'm a big fan of power pop and the Odds do a might fine job making songs that fit into that genre. I still listen to Odds on a regular basis and lucky for us, they are still out on the road, making fun, awesome music for us.

I woke up the other day with this song in my head. Couldn't shake it, not that I had tried too hard. Eventually, I just thought, "well, guess it's your brain's way of saying that you haven't listened to Bedbugs in a while." Somehow, I had a cassette copy of Bedbugs and I remember listening to it a lot (like over and over again) when I first got it. Eventually I picked up the CD and listened to it a lot too.

So, rather than say too much about it, I'm just going to leave you with "Yes (Means It's Hard To Say No)" for your listening enjoyment on this Way Back Wednesday (and it totally qualifies, Bedbugs was released in 1993 - yikes).

Happy Hump Day kiddies xo

After writing down my darkest thoughts

I should feel just fine

Anyway, would you wanna hear me whine?

Cancon Thursday - Wendy Under The Stars

There are certain events that when they happen, they are seared into your memory and you can recall everything about the moment.

For me, I can recall exactly what I was doing and where I was when I heard about the Challenger explosion, the planes flying into the twin towers on September 11, when I learned that Reid Diamond, Joe Strummer, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, John Candy, Jim Henson and John Hughes had died (obviously not the same day). Even though I was only 10 at the time, I also recall vividly where I was when I learned that Elvis Presley had passed away.

My family was visiting Smith Falls.  We had been out somewhere (that I don't remember specifically) and had returned to my grandmother's house on Jasper Avenue.  My brother and I raced into the living room to turn on the TV.  The TV was tuned to channel 7 (WWNY in Watertown) and the CBS news was on.  Roger Mudd was filling in for everyone's favourite and most trusted news dude, Walter Cronkite.  He told us that the Elvis was dead and we grabbed my mother (a mid-level Elvis fan, she had some of his records and one of her favourite movies was "Blue Hawaii") to share the news with her.  It seemed so strange that it was almost hard to believe that it was true but it was.

In other news, it's Thursday, which means it's Cancon day.  Here is a little bit of Canadian pop/rock awesomeness from Odds... Wendy Under The Stars (and be warned, it's the original with the f-word in it).  Enjoy xo

CanCon Thursday - Someone Who's Cool

How is possible that it's Thursday again already?

Yikes.

Not complaining just asking.

So yeah, Odds.  I love them.  Talk about catchy tunes, excellent stuff, earworm inducing, thoughtful and fun.  Thought I would share this with you, cuz it's awesome, and cool and so are you xo