the record store where i work (meow records) is currently in the top 10 record stores in canada and is working on being the number one! but we need you to vote at radio3.cbc.ca.in celebration of this excitement i'm going to hold my first ohsweetie blog contest ever. to enter you just have to comment on this blog post (not through any rss's yo! must be on the original blog) and in your comment post your list of your top 10 favourite bands ever! (like i did here). all submissions will be collected during the afternoon of April 19th (international record store day!) and the winner will be drawn out of a hat!
and now, the most exciting part is that the winner will receive (all new!).....
1. a Corey Wintemute (http://www.myspace.com/agunfordinosaur) 7" single!
2. High Fidelity DVD (if you already have this DVD you get CLUELESS on VHS!! ha!)
3. a record-player themed craft
4. personal pride in being awesome!
there will also be a second prize category hereafter named 'almost cool enough' and you will get a corey wintemute 7" single!
note: this is not a contest to solicit votes! meow records isn't actually supporting this contest nor is it part of meow records! it's an ohsweetie contest and you're encouraged to vote for any record store! just vote!
good luck!
p.s. make sure if you enter you leave me a way to get a hold of you technologically that is!!
11 comments:
1. Bob Dylan
2. Lucinda Williams
3. Joni Mitchell
4. Jeff Buckley
5. Ryan Adams
6. Ben Everson
7. Elliott Smith
8. Radiohead
9. Belle & Sebastian
10. Nina Simone
i guess.. they are mostly non bands.. but whatev.
1. Broken Social Scene
2. Rilo Kiley
3. Bright Eyes
4. Built to Spill
5. Regina Spektor
6. The New Pornographers
7. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. The Unicorns
9. Pixies
10. Mirah
maybe not in that order...
yay for belle and sebastien! yay for the unicorns! woot!
Ok, I'm a dork and accidentally posted these in the wrong place at first. So I'm reposting here.
These are not in order because that's too hard...and I'm putting both bands and solo artists because for some reason I tend to prefer the latter.
1. Neko Case
2. Feist
3. Hawksley Workman
4. Matt Mays and El Torpedo
5. Johnny Cash
6. The Be Good Tanyas
7. Kathleen Edwards
8. Jenny Lewis/Rilo Kiley
9. Joni Mitchell
10. Sarah Harmer
i am way too mainstream *hangs her head*
1. belle & sebastien
2. britney, britney, britney
3. ella
4. apples in stereo
5. feist
6. metric
7. timbaland and his crew
8. nelly frurtado
9. sarah mclachlan
10. she wants revenge
1. final fantasy, final fantasy, final fantasy
2. radiohead
3. neutral milk hotel
4. wolf parade
5. radiohead
6. death cab
7. sufjan
8. john frusciante
9. various
10. i'ma say band of horses, but this could be kind of a toss-up
*realizes how many of the bands on this list deeply resemble each other*
oh man, actually, arcade fire should be on there... somewhere. poo.
this is in no particular order...
1. pixies
2. led zeppelin
3. death from above 1979
4. hey everyone
5. pink floyd
6. mamaguroove
7. the beatles
8. the who
9. the arbitrarys...eww
10. neil young
Here are mine in no particular order. The order depends on my emotional weather for the day!
1. Nina Simone
2. Ani diFranco
3. Tom Waits
4. The Velvet Underground
5. Bob Dylan
6. David Bowie
7. Belle and Sebastian
8. Tori Amos
9. Le tigre
10. Blam blam blam
First, I wanted to send thesis encouragement, but I don't have your e-mail, so here I am at your blog, and I'm just in time for a contest! Awesome. :)
So, I've never been good with "all-time favourites," but I can give you a list of bands/musicians I really love now or have loved in the past (in no particular order):
1. Camera Obscura
2. The Hold Steady
3. Final Fantasy
4. The Hidden Cameras
5. Sleater-Kinney
6. Rainer Maria
7. Regina Spektor
8. Hawksley Workman
9. The Pixies
10. Lesbians on Ecstasy
And now, off to Radio 3 to procrastinate for a little longer...
No particular order:
1. Bratmobile
2. Pierre Schaeffer
3. Sleater-Kinney
4. Les Georges Leningrad
5. Teenage Jesus + the Jerks
6. Le Tigre
7. Sonic Youth
8. Erase Errata
9. Shannon Wright
10. Toog
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