Video: Gift of Christmas At Historic Red Dog For Kawartha Food Share
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PtboPics: Arkells At The Red Dog
/Thanks to Michael Hurcomb for supplying these great shots to PtboCanada from the Arkells amazing sold-out gig last night that may go down as one of the best performances ever at The Red Dog.
To view more of Michael's photos from the gig, click here.
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PtboCanada Interview: Jeremy Fisher (Who Plays The Red Dog This Tuesday)
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Photo by Rob WaymenVancouver's Jeremy Fisher will be playing The Red Dog this Tuesday (November 30th) in support of his new album Flood. Fisher has spent the better part of the last decade building support for his hook-filled pop music. Recently, PtboCanada had a chance to ask Fisher some questions. Besides having the best hair in Canadian rock, Fisher is also a pretty good interview. Here it goes:
PtboCanada: Help our readers get to know you a little by letting us in on what music gets you going. Tell us your vote for best album ever— one set of songs that from beginning to end makes you smile. Shake your ass. Inspire.
Fisher: I couldn't possibly choose one album, but the first one that comes to mind that is still fresh 25 years later and gives me all those things would be Paul Simon's Graceland.
PtboCanada: Your new album, Flood, was released last month. How have you found fans reacting to the new material? What tracks seem to get the best response?
Fisher: The reaction seems positive to me. I'm definitely starting to notice people are familiar with some of the songs on the road. "Laissez Faire" appears to be a stand out as well as "Shine A Little Light".
PtboCanada: Speaking of "Shine A Little Light", that's the first single from Flood. What do you think makes a good lead single? What made this track fit that mould?
Fisher: That's a tough question for me to answer. I usually leave it up to the wonderful team of people I work with to make that decision. I'm so close to the songs by the time I'm done a record that I feel like they all have potential as lead singles.
PtboCanada: You're on Wind-up Records in the United States, which is a label known to be heavily weighted towards the commercial alternative end of the spectrum. On Wind-up, you are label mates with the Canadian group Finger Eleven, which seems like a more natural fit amongst bands like Seether and Evenescence. How does Jeremy Fisher fit in with this mix?
Fisher: I don't know that I do, but I guess opposites attract for better or worse.
PtboCanada: You just released the holiday single "Snowflakes". What made you want to release a seasonal track?
Fisher: Every year I do something around the holiday and this year with the record coming out and me being on tour, I couldn't really take the time to make a video or anything. I just wrote "Snowflakes" one morning and thought it would make a good winter/holiday song.
PtboCanada: What seasonal/holiday tracks affected you when you were growing up?
Fisher: "Little Drummer Boy", "Carol of the Bells". I used to like playing "Sleigh Ride!" in high school band because it uses a vibraslap in the percussion section.
PtboCanada: Sticking with the holiday theme, how will you be spending yours?
Fisher: Rum and eggnog, tobogganing, hanging with family—never gets old.
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[Q&A by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin]
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PtboPic: Sloan At The Red Dog
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[photo via Adam Kemp @worldonmute]
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Stuff to do in the Patch this weekend
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Artsweek wraps up this weekendLooking for something to do in Peterborough this weekend?
Friday
- Artsweek: Various events (Throughout the day - Free)
- Noises Off (8PM - Adults $18, Seniors $16, Students $10) Peterborough Theater Guild
- The Last Concert of Patsy Cline (8PM - $32) Showplace
- Mustang Drive-In (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
Saturday
- Galaxy Cinemas 10th Anniversary (9AM - Free)
- Doors Open (10AM to 4PM - Free) Full city map
- Artsweek: Various events (Throughout the day - Free)
- Bike and Gear Swap (10AM to 4PM) Wild Rock
- Otter Feeding (1:30 p.m. - Free) Peterborough Zoo
- Meet & Greet with Lorne Elliott (3 PM to 4PM - Free) Showplace
- Noises Off (8 p.m. - Adults $18, Seniors $16, Students $10) Peterborough Theater Guild
- Lorne Elliott: The Upside of the Downturn (8 p.m. - $35) Showplace
- Mustang Drive-In (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
- Art of Dying with Crash Karma (9 P.M.) Historic Red Dog
Sunday
- Otter Feeding (1:30 p.m. - Free) Peterborough Zoo
- Music Workshop with the Marigolds (3 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Free) Showplace
- Noises Off (2 p.m. - Adults $18, Seniors $16, Students $10) Peterborough Theater Guild
- The Marigolds (8 p.m. - $27) Showplace
- Mustang Drive-In (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
Have a GREAT weekend Peterborough!
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The Tea Party's Jeff Martin Covers "Love Will Tear Us Apart" at Historic Red Dog
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Stuff To Do In the Patch This Weekend
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Looking for something to do in Peterborough this weekend?
Friday
- Put out your reusables
- Wild Rock Outfitters hosts Learn to Paddle (6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - $25/person) Beavermead Park
- The Weakerthans (9 p.m. - $25 per ticket) Historic Red Dog
- Ghost Walk (9 p.m. - $10 a person) - Corner of Hunter and Driscoll Terrace
- Mustang Drive-in (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
Saturday
- Wild Rock Outfitters hosts Basic Bike Clinic (10 a.m. - $10) - Wild Rock's parking lot
- Nearly Neil and the Solitary Band (Tribute to Neil Diamond) at Little Lake Musicfest (8 p.m. - Free) - Del Crary Park
- Mustang Drive-In (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
Sunday
- Little Lake Cemetery--160th Anniversary (1 to 4 p.m. - Free)
- Mustang Drive-In (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
...and anytime, hit the beach
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Stuff to do in the Patch this Long Weekend
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The judges from Search 4 a Star
Looking for something to do in Peterborough this long weekend?
Friday
- Search 4 a Star *final week* (6 p.m. until 8 p.m. - free) - Peterborough Square
- Ghost Walk (9 p.m. - $10 a person) - Corner of Hunter and Driscoll Terrace
- Mustang Drive-in - (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
Saturday
- Trooper at Little Lake Music Fest (8 p.m. - Free) - Del Crary Park
- Mustang Drive-In - (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
- The Wolf Presents "5 Minutes of New Rock Summer Party" - (9 p.m. - $5) - Historic Red Dog
Sunday
- Mustang Drive-In (Opens at 8:15 p.m. - Ticket Prices) - what's playing
Monday
Civic Holiday - Here is what is closed... so hit the beach instead (free!)
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Peterborough's Adam Kemp is a rock star of poster design
/Twenty-five-year-old Adam Kemp first got involved with graphic design in 2002 when he began making movie posters for fun. What started as a hobby has now become one of his jobs at his business World on Mute Designs, where he develops websites (for The Spades, for example), provides web maintenance, and does graphic design (from logos to invitations to his awesome posters). "I love the arts, from the clean to the wacky style," he says.
World on Mute is a curious name for a company—and here's where Kemp says it came from: "The name 'World on Mute' originated from a group of friends that was gathering to make a movie about me and my hearing impaired disability. I loved the name and it just stuck with me for quite a long time. When I was at Sir Sandford Fleming [he's a graduate of the Web Developer program there], I was asked by one of my teachers, 'What are you going to name your business?' And I knew right away. I remembered 'World on Mute' and wanted to use that."
Chances are you've seen some of his eye-popping posters at The Historic Red Dog and elsewhere in downtown Peterborough. "I'm glad that Ryan Kemp [his brother] of The Red Dog gave me a chance to express my creativity through these posters that I've designed for the Red Dog," says Kemp, who was born and raised in the Patch. "I've received so many compliments from the bands that just loved their posters that I did."
Kemp recently moved to Port Credit, Mississauga's Village on the Lake—"it reminds me of East City in Peterborough but without the good old Quaker Oats smell," he says—but gets back to Peterborough as much as he can.
Below are some of his favourite posters he's designed.
Peterborough's Music & Arts Scene Rocks (Exhibit A: Bear Trees)
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Bear Trees are a new local pop band, spreading their collective wings across the local music scene. The band is lead by Mike Duguay, a multifaceted scenester who seems to display an unending energy to explore all facets of his creativity. On any given night, you might find him and his band opening for any number of touring musical acts passing through town. Then again, you might find him taking the stage for a play or performance piece as part of a local, improvised theatre troop.
It’s people like Mike Duguay, and projects like Bear Trees, which are forever springing out of the local arts scene. The lush arts community we are blessed to witness here in Peterborough on a daily basis would be nothing without people like Duguay and dozens just like him.
This town is ripe with folks wanting to collaborate, organize, promote and spread the gospel of the talented folks who create here. Peterborough's vibrant arts scene is a known calling card across this country. This town has long been a draw for artists of all disciplines, bringing great music, leading edge visuals and dynamic performance to venues across the city.
Renowned painter David Bierk and a team of like minds put Peterborough on the visual arts map when they initiated Artspace in the mid-seventies. Artspace was and remains a cutting edge nest of creativity where local and touring visual ideas brew. Recently, the much lauded debut album by roots-centric band Evening Hymns was born from a series of recording sessions within those same art covered walls.
You needn’t look very hard to discover music in this town. The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, choral groups, and singer-songwriters alongside punk and metal bands carry on a thriving existence here. Welcoming venues are peppered throughout the city, hosting live music on a nightly basis.
It’s this tangible, communal, supportive nature which benefits both the artists and performers as well as the audiences who have witnessed the spoils of this for decades.
--Jeffrey Macklin, PtboCanada contributor
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