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“With seven Canadian albums to his credit and a considerable catalogue of top-fligt material, Mendelson’s career provides the production company and record distributor with ripe opportunity to convert his artistic abilities and image into mass market acceptance”
-Mendelson Joe Professional Resume
Edjoe Industries Incorporated

“I’ve got anxieties I cannot hide”
- It’s My Fate Cha
Joe Mendelson

Well whatever Edjoe industries had in store for Joe Mendelson in 1978 never panned out.

Joe Mendelson or Mendelson Joe, Musician and Painter come Recluse stands out, to me, as one of the most interesting characters in Canadian Music. So here is a piece together of what I have of his discography.

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The first time I heard “Rock the Catskills” I basically shit my pants. (more…)

Let me begin by saying, I have never read Moby Dick and its expansive cetology notes. As well, my Heavy Metal knowledge is about as broad and deep as a paddling pool. But one can’t help but wonder if when Herman Melville sat down to write his whale of a tale that he would be spearheading the biggest Heavy Metal craze since skeletons….

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I enjoy partaking in the viewing of live music, but I also like to know about what’s coming ahead of time so I can stew about it for months before hand, to ultimately be let down if the show proves lackluster. While you may know about Pollstar I find they are usually fairly incomplete, and a few days late in their listings. Not to mention pop-ups and banner ads…. But if you live in Canada, and want the skinny on concert listings I recommend checking out Canoe Jam! While the name may be lamer than lettuce in a bag; it does have many a concert listings, well in advance, and does not contain any garbage, making it an ideal site to get hyp-ah! Not to mention props you can garner informing your peers about the next time their favourite band is coming to town. On that note look out Brandon Manitoba!

I just checked my inbox and BAM! There is a notice that Shadow has a new ablum out called The Outsider. It seems like he’s not really trying to hard though. Gone are the multi-layered productions of sample on sample on drum on sample, instead you get far less complex production with vocals that don’t carry the weight. Where’s the flow? Cut Chemist’s Album was at least his first try, Shadow has no real excuse.

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