The House of Irony / Music

Today I searched for the location of a Shaolin school that may be opening in Canada, lyrics to Redman’s Lay You Out, and a clip of an SNL skit.

Today I searched for Sir Isaac Crab, lyrics for songs by Reiko Ike, and the date for next year’s G-Fest.

Today I searched for the rules for Go Johnny Go Go Go Go, the Mandarin version of Immaculate Machine’s Dear Confessor, and an equivalent to Mongolian Village in Toronto.

Today I searched for a list of Frankenstein movies produced by Hammer Studios and Lemmy’s coffee meet-up with Kurt Cobain.

Today I searched for comic strip artist Jules Van Pelt and the glam metal band Mercenaries.

Get Up Edina – Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker Came First – Toots and the Maytals

Last night I went to the new Capital Music Hall to catch a ska show. Before I left, I spent close to an hour debating on whether to wear a suit or not. It was hot yesterday, and I would be spending hours in a poorly-ventilated club with hundreds of uncoordinated kids pathetically trying to mosh to the rocksteady beat. Common sense told me not to wear the suit. The weight of history convinced me otherwise.

At around the same time as I was making my decision, the voice behind my all-time favourite ska song passed away. He will be missed.

High In The Mountains from Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot

In the forbidden valleys of the Bigfoot.
Tracking and studying Mankind’s greatest mystery.

High in the mountains,
There lives a legend,
That people have seen,
High in the mountains.

Strong as a river,
Proud as the eagle,
That flies in the sky,
High in the mountains.

Go through the valley,
That makes the high mountain his home,
There in God’s country,
He just wants to be left alone.

Wild as the wind,
He travels in places,
Where men dare not go,
High in the mountains…