--taken from: Aux
by Mark Teo
It wouldn’t be accurate to say we enjoyed Mike Bullard, but in his six seasons on the Canadian airwaves, we did the quintessentially Canuck thing: We tolerated him. Because no, we didn’t like him, per se—his monologues, rife with lukewarm quips about Canadian politicians, awkward crowd participaction, and half-wit sports jokes, all made Bullard feel like an Etobicoke-born Jay Leno. He had solid-yet-forgettable guests like, in this episode, Susan Ormiston and Rick Bronson. (Um, who?) And his delivery and flat comedic style certainly rubbed some the wrong way, including YouTube commenter Otto Pataki, who wrote that “This show is such fucking torture! Hell I wouldn’t fucking force the Sandy Hook shooter to watch this! That would be fucking cruel!” His words, not ours.
But we don’t mean to pick on Bullard. Because, if there was anything worthwhile about his shows, it was his musical guests: Though he frequently maintained he knew nothing about the bands on his show, he pulled then-A list interviews like Coal Chamber, Judas Priest, and Sevendust. (Someone on the show evidently dug metal.) And the performers he brought in were some of Canrock’s greatest—and sifting through his show’s live archives, as we’ve done, feels like witnessing Big Shiny Tunes performed live. Don’t believe us? We’ll let the vids do the talking. (And don’t forget to check out our Jonovision Jonopalooza post for similarily sweet Canrock mems.)
Sloan—“If It Feels Good Do It”
Pretty Together was widely considered Sloan’s departure into pensive, dare-we-say grown-up territories. The perfect counterbalance to Chris Murphy and co.’s newfound maturity? Playing the album’s first single, “If It Feels Good Do It,” decked out in full animal costumes. Here’s the performance in mesmerizing .gif format.
--taken from: Aux
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