Comments on: Wednesday Wadio: Sloan’s ‘I Can Feel It’.

By: graeme

graeme — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:34:00 +0000

dervaitis, I’m going to dust off my Sloan CDs (and let me tell you, that is going to make me sneeze and cough) this weekend and give them another chance…but like I said, I think Sloan is a great band it’s just that their albums aren’t totally “solid”.

By: Dervaitis

Dervaitis — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:21:00 +0000

a few of us were at the airport heading to a wedding in halifax. we were sitting at one of the bars killing time and mikey hills (you remember him i’m sure) says “hey man - that’s randy and leahy”. i’m not an avid TBP watcher so i wouldn’t have really noticed them, but i’ve seen the show a few times and recognized them once he pointed them out (randy had his shirt on though). they were heading into one of the disgusting airport-smoking lounges (where mike and i were heading shortly) and they each had 2 rum (or rye) and cokes in their hand. it was about 1:00 at this point. as we ate our lunch we could see the two of them just sitting in the room, smoking, drinking and looking a little haggard (leahy was holding his forehead in his hand the whole time - classic). mike and i finished eating and went into the room for a smoke, and ended up sitting at the table across from them. the room had a bunch of TVs in it so everyone was kind of quietly smoking and drinking and watching TV. a story came on about a school in the states that had the highest teen pregnancy rate and not surprisingly also the lowest academic rating. “too busy fucking” i said, loud enough for them to hear me. it got a laugh out of them, and also seemed to give leahy the green light to start working the room. for the next five minutes, he commented on everything on the TV, going off on george bush, oil, taxes etc etc etc, making lots of funny voices and generally just being a joker. very amusing. i wish i had gotten a picture of/with them. i wonder if randy would have taken his shirt off for a photo op?

re: SLOAN not making solid albums from start to finish, i disagree. twice removed and one chord to another are often put in my player and allowed to play from start to finish.

By: Dave Pye

Dave Pye — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:14:00 +0000

Dervaitis - Tell me more! Did they stir up a shit-typhoon at the airport?

By: graeme

graeme — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:37:00 +0000

CanCon has always been 30 per cent (and still is), so we in Canada are able to view your blog without having to face a CRTC hearing.

Sloan is a good band. However, I don’t think any of their albums are “wall to wall”. Part of the problem is that they release albums too quickly without spending the time to develop all the material. Definitely a candidate for owning a best of anthology - but as far as buying their albums, save your money.

By: dervaitis

dervaitis — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:57:00 +0000

well done pye. twice removed is easily sloan’s best album, and ‘i can feel it’ has been a personal favourite of mine for a long time as well. and i would probably agree that twice removed is the best canadian album of all time (unless someone can suggest otherwise) which makes it even sadder to witness what’s happened to their music in the last few years. “pretty together” had some good moments that salvaged it, but “action pact” was a complete disaster. i read once that every sloan album since “twice removed” made you miss the one before it. action pact made me miss silence.

not related to sloan (except for a loose east-coast connection i guess) but did i tell you about my run-in with randy and leahy at pearson airport?

By: Dave Pye

Dave Pye — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:48:00 +0000

Is the CanCon percentage still at 60%? Have 60% of the Wadios to date been Cancon?

If you count Bobcaygeon, Sloan and the “you can fire the fuck me” guy, I think we’re hovering at only about 30%.

By: art

art — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:33:00 +0000

Glad to see your following CanCon rules, Dave.