Re: Notwist etc...
Good calls on the Postal Service and Notwist tracks -- though I am more partial to "One with the Freaks" at the moment. I've been high on the Notwist album for awhile now... an underappreciated band for sure. I'll have to check out some of your other selections
Yes.. the new Belle and Sebastian is quite good and, while we're at it, Ryan Adams has produced some memorable tunes over the years (in Whiskeytown etc...) yet methinks the time he spent with Winona Ryder has gone to his head.
Fastshow.... of course my mention of The Postal Service & Bellingham & Canada was tongue-in-cheek.... meant to be in support of "your" argument rather than "my" argument. Have the decency to read the subtext. ;)
Have you heard "Death Cab for Cutie" or "DNTEL" (other The Postal Service...
Canadian Bands ? How's'bout...
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Do Make Say Think
Broken Social Scene
(2/3's of) Blonde Redhead
Uh... 1/2 of The Postal Service is from Bellingham -- that has to count for something since Ben Gibbard often crossed the border to drink as a youth (?)...
U.S. colleges
Brian Reems (Nanaimo) -- Francis Marion Univ. (S.Carolina)
Sensei.... do U.S. universities make much of an effort to recruit your BC U-18 players? Or, do the kids have to do most of the work themselves?