Don't Fidget Missy! (you'll hear that often this week)

[indie at indiecan.com]

We?re fidgeting at IndieCan, but don?t be alarmed.  One of the things  
that gives us ants-in-our-pants is when two or more well meaning  
promoters of all things beautiful (Canadian indie music, for example),  
trip each other up in the race to be indie?s champion.  There?s a  
little of that going on in Canada right now.  Next week for instance,  
Halifax POP Explosion vies for attention while the Western Canadian  
Music Awards happen in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan and in the same weekend  
many Canadian music minded folks are drawn to CMJ in NYC.  This very  
weekend the 4th annual Indie Week is showcasing great music in Toronto  
with the crescendo on Saturday night ? the same day great champions of  
Canadian indie, indielove.ca are holding their showcase night of  
music.  Oh, and a very relevant nod to the Toronto Songwriters  
Festival, which we?ve been advertising on our myspace for weeks now.   
This worthy cause raises money, the likes of which go 100% to helping  
kids living in third-world conditions.  Oh and did I mention that the  
3rd annual Toronto Independent Music Awards gala happens during  
Montreal Pop Festival.

Yes, I know and accept the point that ?Hey, isn?t more stages for  
indie music to shine on a good thing ? not a bad thing?  After all,  
not everyone can be in the spot light at the same time.?  Is there  
merit to that point?  Of course, but frankly I think it?s a good face  
to a big oh-oh!  It wouldn?t be impossible would it, for IndieWeek,  
IndieLove and Toronto?s Songwriters Festival to collaborate ? many  
hands, light work, that sort of time-honoured truth?  Everyone?s  
working hard, but maybe not so smart.  Maybe I am a wee-bit cranky  
because after covering Indie Week for a third day (night), working  
through the night to post IndieCan?s 61'st hour of pod casting (a 59th  
Episode + 2 ?year in review? shows) and hereI am -- the next afternoon  
and I still don?t have enough time to do every thing I want to do to  
support these causes, get ready for Halifax next week, and maybe eat  
something and get some sleep before another 5 hours of work tonight.   
If I am not cranky, I am certainly at that stage of dazed and confused  
where the principal of restraint of pen and tongue are lost.  Oh and  
did I mention that I felt badly that I couldn?t stop in to the  
breast-cancer-research indie music fund raiser that happened last  
night, too?

By my own testimony, I am certainly no self-help formula for ?how to  
work smarter not harder? but it is worth asking ? can we maybe  
communicate and cooperate a bit more?  I think we all know what  
happens to the overwhelmed music fan ? overwhelmed isn?t our ?happy  
place? is it?  Could all this be because hockey season is starting?   
OK, you?re right ? clearly I am out of meaningful things to say.  So,  
in my full circle conclusion I suggest to you that I hope you find a  
way to enjoy some music this weekend.  If you are faced with a music  
dilemma I am sure you can?t make a wrong decision about it, and if you  
see me and I still look perplexed, maybe remind me that in the scale  
of world suffering, a disturbance in the (musical) force doesn?t even  
rank as a significant problem.

And as for you, when you want or need a happy-hour, we have a show  
that can help you fall in love with music all over again this week.   
The attention deficit disorder styling of Fidget grace the studio of  
IndieCan and we feature artists they shared a stage with at Metal  
Queen Music Fest a few weeks ago + IndieLove artists they will share a  
stage with Saturday, we reminisce and rejoice in the Murray McLauchlin  
compilation that?s coming out soon, if not already, plus some early  
Indie Week highlights and a much-awaited interview I did with Tony  
Dekker of The Great Lake Swimmers.

So if I struck a chord?.. music joke (did you get it?) weigh in at  
IndieCan?s facebook, our myspace, my email, or start rumours about me  
? it?s all good.  We hope you enjoy this weeks show ?   
http://www.indiecan.com - it?s created with love and care.

Warm regards,

Joe Chisholm
host
IndieCan Radio
www.indiecan.com
the best music you?ve never heard!
small print: the confused ramblings of the writer are not likely the  
opinion of IndieCan Music, our broadcasters, lawyers, dental  
hygienists  or beloved supporters.


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