Off-topic: Cross-Canada road trip #3
July 27, 2009
Day 3 of the road trip: Swift Current, SK to Kenora, ON
…which means crossing the Hundredth Meridian and heading through Winnipeg, the hometown of z=z fave The Weakerthans, who played a great set at Neumos in Seattle last Saturday night. The MP3 below is their backhanded paean to that city, from 2003’s Reconstruction Site. The picture above is of The Tragically Hip; if you click through it, you’ll get to the video of their classic track “At the Hundredth Meridian.”
zed equals zee 
Are you familiar with the work of John K. Samson’s incredibly talented wife, Christine Fellows?
Winnipeg is such a font of incredible music, it’s stunning. Nathan, The Wailin’ Jennys, Kathleen Edwards also lived there for a time …
I’ve heard of her, but I haven’t heard much of her stuff – will check it out.