Ch-ch-ch-changes: A 90s music festival in 2015

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Friday was my birthday. Saturday was Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo’s birthday. And, on Saturday, I saw Rivers celebrate his birthday as Weezer headlined Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival kick-off show, a day also highlighted by performances from a couple of other bands that exploded in the 90s: Collective Soul and Our Lady Peace. Needless to say, it was a day ripe with nostalgia for a guy who was 20-ish when all these bands hit. Continue reading

15. “Misogyny,” Rusty

Misogyny is abhorrent. “Misogyny” is awesome. The quotation marks, of course, indicate that in the second instance I’m referring to the song released on Rusty’s Fluke album in 1995. In fact, I’m going to go ahead and say it’s one of my favourite songs by a Canadian artist, ever. Continue reading