
I am a little sad as I awoke to snow on the ground this June. Yes, snow in June. I know many of you are thinking..."But Sandy, you live in Calgary....that is in Canada!". Damn it, it still shouldn't snow in June. I have already had my sunburn from a couple weeks back fade and now we are back to snow! Texas here I come. Well enough bitching, it is still the weekend and I can sit around (re: hibernate) watch a few movies, listen to great music, snuggle with the missus. I will also be hoping for [...]

With the recent announcement of the Academy Award nominations, we thought we'd take a look at songs that could have been written in tribute to some of this year's nominees. They weren't of course, but if they had, most of them would have better selections than the bulk of this year's original song nominees . Just how the Academy failed to nominate Springsteen's song from "The Wrestler" is beyond us. Sure, Dylan and Eminem have taken home Oscars, but so have Phil Collins and Three 6 Mafia. And just for the record, The [...]

Olivia Chrestomanci Olivia Chrestomanci is a twenty-one year-old student currently residing in chilly Minneapolis by way of Massachusetts, who has been recording her unique and cerebral songs while trying to stay warm. And while her music hasn't been corralled into standardized albums yet, Chrestomanci has loosely collected them into two labeled batches, and has offered both up for grabs at her page on Last.fm , all while building a growing base of listeners. These songs are mostly works-in-progress, but even in their barest form, many of them are simply captivating. Chrestomanci [...]