More office stuff

Here's some guy walking along. I drew him while I was waiting for a "webinar" (web + seminar = "webinar") on "International Financial Reporting Standards" (AKA: the much dreaded/wonderful IFRS) to start. There were technical difficulties, and I finished this little picture and a few others (mostly cartoon cats and dogs. Again.), but I didn't get to hear the webinar. Oh wells.

That just means more amateurish cartoony junk for my blog, so it's all a plus.

FYI

I'm not making this a music blog. I'm just featuring a bunch of albums I wanted to show to both of you. You know who you are!

That said, here is a sketch I did in a meeting while I was bored. Scanned at crappy resolution on the office PDF-maker. The head is cut off at the top because I ripped it off my meeting notes poorly. Awesome.

Richard Bona: The Ten Shades of Blues

I don't like to throw around the word "genius" because it feels cheap if you overuse it. I think in this instance it's warranted though. Richard Bona is a genius. I'm not the first person to use that title in association with him, and for good reason. Bona was born in Cameroon into poverty and built his own instruments out of whatever was laying around. When he was 11 he started teaching himself to play the guitar. By 13 he was playing Jazz clubs. By 22 he was building his reputation as a world-class bassist in the style of Jaco Pastorius alongside big names like Manu Dibango, Salif Keita, Jacques Higelin and Didier Lockwood. However, don't think his talent only lies in the electric bass. Bona's vocals are always stunning, and his talent extends to many different instruments like keyboards, percussion & drums, guitar & mandolin (and that's just this album). He now lives in New York, where he holds a professorship in music at New York University and continues to make awesome music.

LeE HaRVeY OsMOND: A Quiet Evil

I know the capitalization above is weird, but that's the official spelling. LeE HaRVeY OsMOND (hereafter "LHO" because it's wearing out my shift key) is the latest musical project featuring the ubiquitous Tom Wilson. You may remember Tom from his recent solo project which featured the song "Dig it" (which I didn't really "Dig", honestly...it was so overplayed!) or hopefully you remember him from (the much better) Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, or possibly Junkhouse. He's like the Canadian Troy McClure.

Mishka: Talk About

I first heard Mishka last year from his "Above the Bones" album (which is also an amazing album, check it out if you have a chance) and ever since he has been my favourite reggae-pop musician. Most of his music is about peace, love and happiness. Nice.

Yukon Blonde: Yukon Blonde

You might think Yukon Blonde is a tasty yellow potato. You'd be wrong, that's actually Yukon Gold. Despite the name, they're not from the Yukon. They're actually from Kelowna B.C., much like Ladyhawk. Not Ladyhawke the New Zealand singer, but Ladyhawk the indie rock band. Now this is getting REALLY confusing. That's just how things are down there in Kelowna. Although, I think they officially live in Vancouver now. Yukon Blonde used to go by a different name, although I don't remember what it is. This blog is wonderfully informative.

ARGH!!

Check out ma car, brah

I'm about to do (almost) the lamest thing that a person can do on a blog. I'm going to post pictures of my car....brah.

Also, if you really want to, you can listen to ACDC's "Thunderstruck" while reading this. I give you permission.