Thanks to Michael Hurcomb for supplying these great shots to PtboCanada from the Arkells amazing sold-out gig last night that may go down as one of the best performances ever at The Red Dog.
To view more of Michael's photos from the gig, click here.
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Photo by Rob WaymenVancouver's Jeremy Fisher will be playing The Red Dog this Tuesday (November 30th) in support of his new album Flood. Fisher has spent the better part of the last decade building support for his hook-filled pop music. Recently, PtboCanada had a chance to ask Fisher some questions. Besides having the best hair in Canadian rock, Fisher is also a pretty good interview. Here it goes:
PtboCanada: Help our readers get to know you a little by letting us in on what music gets you going. Tell us your vote for best album ever— one set of songs that from beginning to end makes you smile. Shake your ass. Inspire.
Fisher: I couldn't possibly choose one album, but the first one that comes to mind that is still fresh 25 years later and gives me all those things would be Paul Simon's Graceland.
PtboCanada: Your new album, Flood, was released last month. How have you found fans reacting to the new material? What tracks seem to get the best response?
Fisher: The reaction seems positive to me. I'm definitely starting to notice people are familiar with some of the songs on the road. "Laissez Faire" appears to be a stand out as well as "Shine A Little Light".
PtboCanada: Speaking of "Shine A Little Light", that's the first single from Flood. What do you think makes a good lead single? What made this track fit that mould?
Fisher: That's a tough question for me to answer. I usually leave it up to the wonderful team of people I work with to make that decision. I'm so close to the songs by the time I'm done a record that I feel like they all have potential as lead singles.
PtboCanada: You're on Wind-up Records in the United States, which is a label known to be heavily weighted towards the commercial alternative end of the spectrum. On Wind-up, you are label mates with the Canadian group Finger Eleven, which seems like a more natural fit amongst bands like Seether and Evenescence. How does Jeremy Fisher fit in with this mix?
Fisher: I don't know that I do, but I guess opposites attract for better or worse.
PtboCanada: You just released the holiday single "Snowflakes". What made you want to release a seasonal track?
Fisher: Every year I do something around the holiday and this year with the record coming out and me being on tour, I couldn't really take the time to make a video or anything. I just wrote "Snowflakes" one morning and thought it would make a good winter/holiday song.
PtboCanada: What seasonal/holiday tracks affected you when you were growing up?
Fisher: "Little Drummer Boy", "Carol of the Bells". I used to like playing "Sleigh Ride!" in high school band because it uses a vibraslap in the percussion section.
PtboCanada: Sticking with the holiday theme, how will you be spending yours?
Fisher: Rum and eggnog, tobogganing, hanging with family—never gets old.
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[Q&A by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin]
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It's a busy weekend folks... enjoy the beginning of the festive season!
Less than a month until Christmas!
Friday:
Kawartha Potters Guild Christmas Sale 2010 (3 p.m. to 9 p.m.)
Peterborough Festival of Trees (General Admission $5, Seniors $3, 2-12yrs $2 - 3:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.)
Showplace Performance Centre presents An Evening with Michael Burgess (Tickets $43 - 8 p.m.)
Saturday:
Peterborough Festival of Trees - Teddy Bear Breakfast (Tickets $10, 8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.)
Peterborough Festival of Trees (General Admission $5, Seniors $3, 2-12yrs $2 - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Holiday Sampling Day at Firehouse Gourmet (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Kawartha Potters Guild Christmas Sale 2010 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Peterborough Green-Up Store's 1st Anniversary (Starts at 11 a.m.)
Peterborough Singers presents Carols of Brass (Tickets $30 - 7:30 p.m.)
Peterborough Festival Of Trees - Auction Night (Tickets $25, 7 p.m. - Midnight)
Showplace Performance Centre presents Showtime by Aces of Harmony (Tickets $25 - 8 p.m.)
Sunday:
Peterborough Festival of Trees (General Admission $5, Seniors $3, 2-12yrs $2 - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Kawartha Potters Guild Christmas Sale 2010 (11 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Have a great weekend Peterborough! Stay happy!!
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...thanks to the wonders of time-lapse photography used in this video below. (It actually took four days to set up.) But dig it. And go see the Peterborough Festival of Trees at the Memorial Centre. It's on!
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Looking for something to do in Peterborough this weekend?
Friday:
The Rankins at Showplace Performing Centre (8 p.m. - Tickets $50)
Saturday:
Santa Claus arrives at Lansdowne Place (9:30 a.m - 6 p.m.)
Fleming College Open House (9 a.m - 2 p.m.)
Peterborough Symphony Orchestra presents Duelling Bassoons at Showplace Performance Centre (8 p.m.)
Trent Athletics Centre Community Open House (11 a.m. - 3 p.m. - free)
Sunday:
13th Annual Kawartha Sledarama Snowmobile Show at the Morrow Building (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Santa Claus at Lansdowne Place (11 a.m - 5 p.m.)
Have a great weekend Peterborough! Bring it.
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Piano rocker Royal Wood played to a sold-out show at the Gordon Best Theatre recently with Hannah Georgas. To the delight of the crowd, he mentioned that he grew up in Lakefield.
Royal Wood had his song "A Mirror Without" featured on Grey's Anatomy.
Royal Wood's newest album is called The Waiting. You can also check out a behind-the-scenes-video of his tour with Hannah Georgas.
[Words & pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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Hannah Georgas performing at Gordon Best TheatreRecently, PtboCanada had a chance to catch up with Canadian musician Hannah Georgas and ask her a few questions. Georgas has been touring the heck out of North America since her debut full length album, This Is Good, was released earlier this year.
Over this past weekend, Georgas opened for local boy Royal Wood, who was performing at the Gordon Best Theatre. Here is what she had to say:
PtboCanada: The new album which you are touring behind is titled This Is Good. What are you referring to with this title?
Georgas: One of the tracks on the record is entitled "This Is Good." I feel like that song sheds a similar light as to how the record all came together for me. The song was inspired by a really great memory and moment for me. I had premeditated and hoped for it to happen, and it came to fruition. I feel like the record is a similar circumstance.
PtboCanada: What's so good about being Hannah Georgas right now?
Georgas: I get to hang out in a van with four handsome boys for the next month on tour. Playing music and traveling isn't so bad either.
PtboCanada: Though you grew up in nearby Newmarket, Ontario, you're more closely associated with Vancouver and the West Coast. Do you feel your music speaks to either of those places more than the other?
Georgas: Songwriting is a very personal process and I find that I'm influenced by my surroundings and where I'm at in my life. The past few years I have been living in B.C., and have been affected by the people I've met, relationships I've made and challenges I've faced. Wherever I am in my life, that is what tends to come out in my songwriting.
PtboCanada: Any funny stories about touring with Royal Wood? You guys getting along?
Georgas: We all like to make jokes and laugh backstage before, in between and after our sets. We're quite the rowdy bunch I tell ya. Good times.
PtboCanada: Let's give our readers a sense of you and your personality via your musical background. What's your favorite album of all time?
Georgas: I love the record No Need To Argue by The Cranberries.
PtboCanada: Who's your biggest fan?
Georgas: I would have to say my manager.
[Q&A by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin; pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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Looking for something to do in Peterborough this weekend?
Friday:
Peterborough Fall Psychic Fair (3 p.m. to 9 p.m. - $5) Evinrude Centre
21st Annual Autumn Treasures Fine Art & Craft Show (4 p.m. to 9 p.m. - $3.50) Trentwinds International Centre
Royal Wood with Hannah Georgas (7:30 - Sold Out) Gordon Best Theater
Saturday:
Peterborough Fall Psychic Fair (10 a.m. to 9 p.m. - $5) Evinrude Centre
21st Annual Autumn Treasures Fine Art & Craft Show (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - $3.50) Trentwinds International Centre
Sunday:
Peterborough Fall Psychic Fair (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - $5) Evinrude Centre
21st Annual Autumn Treasures Fine Art & Craft Show (11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - $3.50) Trentwinds International Centre
A Century of Toys (Noon to 5 p.m.) Peterborough Museum & Archives
Looking for a quick bite between each event? Try the new hotspot El Camino's on George Street!
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[Veterans Wall of Honour Dedication Ceremony; chextvDOTcom; Highway of Heroes; The Trews]
[Recommended: Canadian Hero Fund; The Memory Project]
[More local coverage: MyKawartha; The Peterborough Examiner; Adam Scott Marks Remembrance Day In Unique Way; TVCogeco Live Coverage Begins At 10 a.m.]
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Because it's not enough to just perform inside The Red Dog, don't you know. Bands also play outside it, too. Think The Silver Hearts, for example. And now The Wooden Sky after a recent gig there.
So who's going to rock the sidewalk outside of the Red Dog next? Arkells, perhaps?
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