Obviously I didn’t expect Donald Trump to completely lose his mind and start attacking my homeland Canada publically when I was originally making my plans to visit Seattle, although at this point I can’t say it caught me in any way by surprise either. In all honesty I don’t take much of what he says seriously anymore – I know I should, but he’s clearly … Continue reading CF Goes to Seattle (Part 3: Plans)
After spending as much time as I could with Dakota and reassuring him I’d be back in no time (leaving him is always really tough, I’ve only ever done it a handful of times in his 9 years), I was off to the airport. It’s a nice change flying within Canada since I didn’t have to be at the airport as early as usual, although … Continue reading CF Goes To Seattle (Part 2: What Sara Said)
We’re back for another installment of our travel series CF Goes To… and this time we set our sights to the rocky shores of Seattle, Washington. We snagged tickets to Death Cab For Cutie’s hometown kickoff show celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Plans with the intent of deepening our understanding and connection to the band’s major label debut and of course, answering a critical, pressing … Continue reading CF Goes To Seattle (Part 1: The Detour)
This blog is part 3 in an ongoing series. If you missed it, jump back to part 2 here. I already had one song in mind that I thought would be best to proceed with this producer, but I wrote another 6 or 7 that week that were strong contenders, too. At this point, I’ll divulge that some of the other artists that this person has credited … Continue reading Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 3 – The Contract
If we weren’t keen to the inside scoop, today’s special acoustic release of You Can Do Better Than Me might’ve come as a bit of a surpirse. Recorded today after a litle back and fourth about which direction to take the cover, Death Bus has been sitting on this one for a little while. “I’ve been wanting to step away from Death Bus for a … Continue reading Death Bus for Blondie Returns With You Can Do Better Than Me
I was still pretty beat when I woke up on Thursday and it was hard to want to get out of bed. It’s not all the walking that has done me in on this trip, for me that’s normal, it’s the way I can’t stop thinking about the things I’ve seen while I’m here. I had no real plans or destination in mind when I … Continue reading CF Goes to San Fransisco: Part 7 – High Crime Cashews
Yesterday was the first day of this trip that I didn’t have any hard set plans. The weather was supposed to be the best of the week (mostly sun, 21 degrees), so I figured it would be my lazy day to sit around at the beach for a couple hours. I walked up to Market Street and took a bus that went all the way … Continue reading CF Goes to San Fransisco: Part 6 – Make Me
Felt weird leaving my hotel wiythout my backpack. It starts to feel a little like a safety blanket on these solo trips, but it was just after 1PM and I wanted to start making the trek across the bay to Barkeley. You have a couple options when you have to do this stretch. You can either walk over to the docks and grab a ferry … Continue reading CF Goes to San Fransisco: Part 4 – Give Up Transatlanticism
I went to bed earleir than I normally would yesterday, but a sort of funny biproduct of no longer being a drinker is that I don’t really know what to do in the later hours of the day or where’s fun to go hang out. Most cities night life is centered around food and alcoholic drinks and I wasn’t very hungry, so that ruled a … Continue reading CF Goes to San Fransisco: Part 3 – Asphalt Meadows
Revisiting Death Cab for Cutie’s debut album Something About Airplanes (or boats), Death Bus for Blondie takes a stylistic turn on Champagne From a Paper Cup. “It’s a bit harder than their cut. A little screamo, a little like, industrial arena rock. I don’t know. I basically just wailed out on the guitar for like 5 minutes after the initial rhythm tracks were put down,” … Continue reading Death Bus for Blondie Release: Champagne From a Paper Cup
Crooked Forest 