My Edible Advice

I recently joined forces with the talented and beautiful Miss Jennifer Trecartin of My Edible Advice (who happens to be one of my bestest and closest) to put together a menu & playlist to last you through the long weekend. I know I'm a little late to post as I was away for the weekend, but I swear it'll carry you through your next couple of picnics and bbqs. For those of you in the Vancouver area or otherwise who are looking to get a jump on your summer bod or overall health improvement, she's your girl. She brings an insane amount of knowledge to the table, but makes it easy to adopt. Promise.

Common, who doesnt love some strawberry bruschetta, apple fennel slaw and orange infused chicken quinoa salad on the menu mixed with some summer tunes?

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Chris Garneau

I was less than happy today when the second lag of my flight home was delayed 3 hours in the Detroit airport. Since I was flying on only 1.5 hour of sleep from the last of my nights in Miami (5 am car pick up time) I was more than exhausted. Needless to say, I promptly passed out in a what we'll downgrade to an 'awkward position' in the airport chairs, yes the ones with the separators preventing you to lay down; however, I did manage to sprawl myself over 2 chairs and to fall into the dream world pretty quickly. Now for those of you that know me, you know you don't rustle an overtired, sleeping bear and you would also know that my father still refers to me as Bear because I was obsessed with my teddy bear when I was younger, and he thought it would bother me and that I'd stop bringing it everywhere, au contraire father, au contraire, but I digress. I was woken up to the only other person at the gate, and i'm talking 4 rows of empty seats here, who decided that the best seat in the house looked like the one where my feet were. And so he sat. And so I woke up to a newly close (in proximity) neighbour. The purpose of this story is to intro this song. My ipod was on shuffle during my nap and this golden piece of melody was rolling into my ears and calmed the steam down to a light simmer as I turned my back to my new friend and fell back asleep. this line was a big contributor 'I didn't go to see the city, I went to see it around you.' ah romance in words, although the rest of the song is pretty much about his empty heart.

Playlist

My shuffle playlist this morning. Click here to stream, or check some videos below.

Post Patty's

Call it post patty’s day depression, but the only thing getting me through the day today is mellow and somewhat emotional songs that are the opposite of Irish so I can drown in the thoughts of last night’s Jameson… a true sign of success in my books. Today is nothing but pain as the leftover leprechauns are still jigging on my brain…but common little sirs, you need to take a rest for another 364 days already.

If you care to join on my attempts to ease the aches, just hit play and kick back. My Guinness.

Sounds

Sounds of my morning:

Little Dragon - After the Rain
Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
The xx - Basic Space
She & Him - In the Sun
Dan Black, Kid Cudi - Symphonies
Hockey - Song Away
B.o.b ft Bruno Mars - Nothin On You

Oh Nine

Phewf what a strong year for music. I think the bands and songs pretty much speak for themselves as to why they made the list of "21 songs that make us say Oh-oh-oh-oh...Nine."

Phoenix - 1901
Florence & the Machine - Dog Days are Over
Friendly Fires - Jump In the Pool
Passion Pit - Little Secret
Gossip - 4 Letter Words
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
La Roux - Bulletproof
Glasvegas - Go Square Go
Muse - Uprising
Miike Snow - Animal
Kid Cudi Ft. Kanye Common & Gaga - Make Her Say
Kasabian - Vlad the Impaler
Girls - Hellhole Ratrace
Empire of the Sun - Walking on A Dream
Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother
K'Naan- Waving Flag
White Lies - Death
Daniel Merriweather - Red
The XX - Crystalised
Depeche Mode - Wrong
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Note- while writing this I kept wanting to add in KOL, but had to remind myself that album was 08. My the time fli-hies!

Sounds

Friday playlist this week is a throw back to the 90s in honor of the 90s dance party I’ll be rocking out to Saturday night. I especially remember tearing my brain trying to figure out how they did the Virtual Insanity video….but over my years I have become much wiser and have learned the tricks of the trades: the room was on rollers. Making for magic, pure magic.

Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity
Montell – This is How We Do It
Monifah – Touch It
K7 – Come Baby Come
Blackstreet – No Diggity
Daft Punk – Around the World
La Bouche - Sweet Dreams
Notorious BIG – Mo Money Mo Problems

Sounds

Here is your weekend playlist. At first I'm sure it just looks like a jumble of mix and match songs, but these vids are actually all nominated for a MTV VMA this year (it airs tomorrow Live from RadioCity Music Hall!) for Best Video that Should Have Took Home A MoonMan. Can you believe that these vids didn't get to take home the hardware? Common, some of these are just too classic to have never been recognized ...but I guess thats the nature of this category.

Beastie Boys -Sabotage
Bjork - Human Behavior
David Lee Roth - California Girls
Dr Dre - Nothing But A G Thang
Foo Fighers - Everlong
George Michael - Freedom
Ok Go - Here It Goes Again
Radiohead - Karma Police
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name

Playlist

In light of Vfest Toronto happening this weekend, I thought my Friday playlist this week would be themed for the festivities this weekend. Make it a good one.
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
Thunderheist – Nothing to Step To
N.E.R.D. – Lapdance
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
Plants and Animals – Feedback in the Field
Down with Webster – Miracle Mile

Playlist: Classic Rock

A little classic rock to close out your week...

Maggie May- Rod Stewart

Don’t Stop Believing - Journey


More Than a Feeling- Boston


Heart of Rock and Roll – Huey Lewis and the News


Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield

Playlist

A playlist to get your long weekend going, and to keep it going right:

Thunderheist - Jerk It
Rye Rye ft. MIA – Bang
Late Of the Pier – Bathroom Gurgle
Friendly Fires – Jump In the Pool
Empire of the Sun – Walking On A Dream
The Gossip – Heavy Cross
Kid Cudi ft. Common, Kanye & Lady Gaga- Make Her Say
Lioness - You’re My Heart


Also, for those heading to the east coast for a kitchen party this weekend (and of course making a stop at Lower Deck for a lil' Signall Hill) this one's for you:
Trews- Poor Old Broken Hearted Me
John Denver - Country Roads Take Me Home
Dubliner's - Finnagan's Wake
Paul McCartney - Band on the Run
Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You
Signal Hill - Barrett's Privateers