Lazarus Waits, Rachel Weeps

From Jill Carratini at Ravi Zacharias' Slice of Infinity: In our impervious boxes and minimalist depictions of the Christian story, we comfortably live as if in our own world, blind and unconcerned with the world of suffering around us, intent to tell our feel-good stories while

Avenue Q, Gielgud Theatre

I really should have gone to see Avenue Q before now - it was clearly my kinds thing. Thanks to MusicOMH then for getting me tickets to the opening night at the show's new home where as well as the musical, I also saw Eddie Izzard, Julian Rhind-Tutt AKA WHY ISN'T HE THE DOCTOR? a

EVE no Jikan: 05

act05 - CHIE & SHIMEI Of course~. Awesome episode as usual. I really hate the fact that I don't know any other way to start off this post other than saying "Awesome episode as usual." but it's unavoidable because Eve no Jikan just pulls it off and stuns me each and every episode.

Tottenham Bluegrass Festival 2009

A few weeks ago I stepped outside of my usual indie music snob comfort zone by attending an R&B show that featured some of the biggest names in Canadian soul music today. Obviously the broadening of my beard sportin' skinny jean wearin' surroundings proved beneficial in the sense

Bad Veins - Go Home  You might not know this EOTB fact, but I...

Bad Veins - Go Home  You might not know this EOTB fact, but I find myself drawn to a lot of last songs on albums. The extent of this phenomenon has reached such absurd levels that I have for some time now pondered starting up another blog strictly based on these often disrega

Serani and Melanie playing games

I recently had a moan about the fact that Serani's track No Games was getting a release so long after it first came out (see earlier post). Fortunately, the label have come correct with a fresh remix featuring lovely RnB lady Melanie Fiona.Yup, I like this... not even gonna moan

Book Review - The Vinyl Countdown by Travis Elborough

In this series at Largehearted Boy, guest contributors review music books. Josh Spilker is the mastermind behind the indie music and literature blog Deckfight. Josh Spilker of Deckfight reviews Travis Elborough's book, The Vinyl Countdown: The Album from LP...... (

Canada Day On An Empty Stomach

I’ve seen a lot of this country. I’ve been across it by land, coast to coast, more times that I can remember. I’ve seen its good sides, its bad sides, and everything in between. But today is Canada Day, which means that we celebrate this nation’s birthday without ponderin

July releases to be excited about

_Hello! Recently, the daily flow of articles on SparkPlugged has slowed to a trickle. So, here's a much-needed update and an article. I graduated from_... (Read complete news)