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<title>neilclark.com Journal</title><link>http://www.neilclark.com/index.html</link><description>Neil Clark Journal</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>neil@neilclark.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2008 Neil Clark</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-12-27T19:55:23-05:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:52:25 -0500</lastBuildDate><item><title>The Future Of Creativity - Utne Reader</title><dc:creator>neil@neilclark.com</dc:creator><category>cultural &#x7c; political</category><dc:date>2008-12-27T19:55:23-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was leafing through the summer edition of Utne Reader and I came across this article.  Really engaging.  http://www.utne.com/2008-07-01/Politics/The-Future-of-Creativity.aspx]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Lefsetz Letter</title><dc:creator>neil@neilclark.com</dc:creator><category>cultural &#x7c; political</category><dc:date>2008-12-27T12:23:54-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've been a subscriber to this, Bob Lefsetz's take on the demise of the music industry, for a few months now.  Worth reading from a long-time insider who really does tell it pretty much like it is.  I find the entry 33% Off particularly incisive.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>In Memory of my friend Barry Doyle</title><dc:creator>neil@neilclark.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>News and Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-12-24T15:56:46-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My friend Barry Doyle died suddenly last Thursday night, the 18th of December.  He will be missed by all who loved him.  He leaves his partner Andrea and two young daughters, Tallie and Jaime.  Barry was great friend to all in this house and to many, many others in Ottawa, Toronto and the Maritimes.  He was 41.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sundogs Album Artwork page added</title><dc:creator>neil@neilclark.com</dc:creator><category>nc news</category><dc:date>2008-12-10T14:55:00-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've added CD artwork for Sundogs to the site in the form of a filedownload page.  At the moment there are two high resolution pdf files available.  A two panel jacket and a two panel inside jacket image.  Both are 300dpi print resolution.  Thanks to all who have bought or are thinking about buying the album.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Roy Buchanan</title><dc:creator>neil@neilclark.com</dc:creator><category>general music related</category><dc:date>2008-11-08T15:11:02-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've been listening to the Roy Buchanan album Malaguena.  The track Minor Changes has some of the scariest and most beautiful playing.  What a guitar tone the guy had.  I 'jammed' with him once - two acoustic guitars in the foyer of the Grand Hotel in Stockholm in 1986.  He was on tour with Martin Stephenson and the Daintees, who were doing double duty as his backing band.  I'll be trying to figure out his 'circular' picking for years to come.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Some Great GTR tunes</title><dc:creator>neil@neilclark.com</dc:creator><category>general music related</category><dc:date>2008-09-08T17:58:30-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/newsblog.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Mostly instrumentals but some aren't - check out Denny Dias's solo on Your Gold Teeth II - pretty amazing.  McLaughlin's tone with Miles - makes me wish I still had my Fender Mustang.  Mr Frisell's playing on Strange Weather is sublime.  Kevin Breit is a great guitar player who lives in Southern Ontario, close to here.  He's quite well known internationally due to his work with Cassandra Wilson and Norah Jones.

...John McLaughlin - The Dance of Maya, The Inner Mounting Flame, Mahavishnu Orchestra]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Douglas Amps</title><dc:creator>neil@neilclark.com</dc:creator><category>nc news</category><dc:date>2008-06-08T17:46:37-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/files/08-june-2008#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/files/08-june-2008#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My friends, Paul and Jeremy at Paul's Boutique in Kensington Market here in Toronto have a started an amplifier company.  They are making a really great sounding point to point wired 5 watt Class A amplifier at a very reasonable price.  It's a combination of a tube guitar amp and a high quality recording preamp in one package.  I've tried one and it does indeed sound great.  Highly recommended.  Check out the specs at their website here.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Robert Forster - Pandanus</title><dc:creator>neil@neilclark.com</dc:creator><category>nc news</category><dc:date>2008-04-08T17:48:12-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/files/06-april-2008#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.neilclark.com/Blog/files/06-april-2008#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I just downloaded Robert Forster's song Pandanus for his upcoming album The Evangelist....  Here's the link for the download, http://store.yeproc.com/album.php?id=13323 and here's a link to RF's Evangelist page on his site, http://www.robertforster.net/rfevangelist.html.  This is Robert's first post Go-Betweens release and the song is really good.

I toured with Robert, Robert Vickers and Grant McLennan (the other Go-Betweens on the bus) a few years back.  Robert Vickers and I were playing together in Lloyd Cole's backing group and Robert Forster and Grant McLennan were opening as an acoustic duo.  I have many great memories from that outing and news of Grant's passing in 2006 was shocking and saddening.]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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