satellites

I love toy cameras. Cherry Beach in Toronto is such a strange area. I used to work down there at a music studio and I will never forget a crazy man coming in off the streets and insisting that he could have a mystery paperback novel off our book shelf. I was alone and terrified, so I let him have it. As long as he didn't take any equipment, I wasn't going to fight him.

Anyway, I found a bunch of satellites in that area on a Sunday drive. Beam me up!

Val-entine's Day Show At The Drake - Toronto

Hey Everyone!
Six more weeks of ugly smugly winter! I have a few things to keep you warm. Well, I will do my best.

This Thursday, February 4th, I will be playing a solo set at The Local in Toronto. I am on at 9:30pm. Cat Fur Omelette is on at 10:30pm.

This Saturday, February 6th, I will be performing two songs on CBC Radio One's GO program. It's on at 10:30am here in Toronto. Check your local listings. Live audience tickets are available on CBC's website.

Come celebrate Valentine's Day at The Drake Hotel. Steve Dagg on drums, Devon Henderson on bass, and David French on saxophones and whatnot. Details Here.

In other news, Sparrow can be heard on Episode 8 of MTV's Over The Bolts. I found a link here, that unfortunately does not stream outside of Canada. My music starts around the 4:20 mark and goes to the end of the clip.

when I was sixteen on the beach

Photo by Valery.

Calmness overtook the distant black
Cluttered with the flashing digits of
industrial price tags

Water carelessly sliding
into my feet and wandering off-
refused and complacent
much like the emotions
that were bowling in from
distant countries
hitting me hard with
empty whispers

Just do your job.

Oh Seinfeld.




......you did all of this for a pinky toe?

Another Year - video

I met Mitch Fillion when I was in Guelph, and performed Another Year for his video website Southern Souls.

VALERY GORE - Another Year Filmed by Mitch Fillion - Southern Souls.

January 8th Eddie Orso and Valery Gore at The Rivoli

Why?

I presently have two favourite bands. Why? and Wilco. They are at the very end of my iPod list. I make the slow trip often and gladly.

Why? has a new video for two songs "These Hands" and "January Twenty Something", off Eskimo Snow. If you've never heard of them, check out Alopecia first. But Eskimo Snow is a great follow up. Elephant Eyelash is also incredible (Gemini Birthday Song is a fav on that record).

Musicophilia

I've given up for an hour on trying to figure out Re-Wiring Reason software to ProTools, and succumb to writing a blog entry which is much like a 'tweet' or f-book status these days. But anyhow, I like sharing things that I find interesting.

A Friend of mine passed on this wicked music website. Someone has made these rare compilations that are strung with such variety. Some of it is amazing and some of it is more of a challenge. PS: these videos are nothing to look at, they just provide a full song listen.
Musicophilia Blog

These songs are from those compilations.
Sibylle Baier - The End. Very haunting stuff.


Cymande. I love songs like this. It makes me want to drive across Big Sur in an old Cadillac convertible.


I dig it Donovan!



And this one is Les Mogol with their song Madimak, 1971


A little Roy Ayers never hurt anyone!

One of my favourites

I thank my label owner John Kong for introducing me to Ellen McIlwaine a while back. This album is super fantastic and addictive.

Shirley Ellis

I really like this song