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About Me

************************************************ The New Album 'THE PERVERT" is finished. An epic recording bloated and indulgent to the extreme!. 17 tracks of total nonsense, 80 minutes of music about murderers, orphans, fugitives, prisoners, lunatics, arsonists, politicians, and perverts. It's more me then you can handle, and I'm willing to bet that's true. The Scope says about The Pervert "He works with a broad palette of instruments and swoops easily from traditional-sounding tunes to high-experimentation. With The Pervert, Canning has poured himself into a clear glassâ€”the outcome may not go down easy, but it definitely gives you a healthy serving of food for thought." ************************************************Patrick's first album "Patrick" is still available also. buy this online album right now at Fred's Records , or at CD plus in the Avalon Mall, or at bugaloo's on duckworth street. ************************************************ Patrick Canning lives in st john's because rent is cheap and most people aren't assholes (although some disagree) he didn't grow up there. He has a degree and works a pathetic job which has nothing to do with it, and this suits him fine. Patrick is a visual artist by trade and a musician at night. Patrick doesn't usually write about himself in third person but working this page has changed his ways for some reason. this used to be "the Bookburners"'s (a strange folk rock band he fronted) myspace page but they are on indefinite hiatus so he has claimed it for his own. Patrick can be seen most days downtown St. John's watching some band, looking sorta dour and foreign for some reason. many people (strangers) think he is either greek or jewish although he is not by any stretch either of those. Patrick is an obsessive compulsive music collector and (although he has no actual musical training, besides being self taught) will jam with anyone if they have the time. He keeps to himself mostly but is friendly enough company for anyone who will have him

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Member Since: 7/28/2005
Band Website: patrickcanning.ca
Band Members: The Bookburners were: Patrick Thomas Canning on vocals and guitar. Victor Lewis on bass, keyboards and lapsteel guitar. Andrew Mast on drums.On these recordings it is all Patrick on everything except Alison Corbett on violin on all tracks with violin, Matt Pitcher on drum kit, and Victor Lewis on drums on "Black Mud" and trombone on "Burn Your Cities to Ruins"."Mjolnir" the hammer of thunder!!
Influences:Patrick Canning would claim as influences Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Brian Eno, The Residents, The Handsome Family, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Tom Waits, Marc Ribot, Captain Beefheart, John Cage, Can, Danny Keating, Derek Taylor, Bruce Haack, Cara Coleman, Victor Lewis, Andrew Mast, Glenn Branca, the Black Auks, John Frusciante, Justin Mahoney, David Sheppard, Matt Spence, Fred frith, Louvin Brothers, Wendy Carlos, PJ Harvey, Neko Case, Diamanda Galas, Wendy O'Williams, Bjork, Maybelle Carter. Dagmar Krause.
Sounds Like: The smell of sour sweat and cold hamburgers.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Everyone go out and buy Black Molly’s new CD

I realized I haven't mentioned a word about it and it's been finished for about 5 days now. I am a lazy lazy man when it gets down to it really. Me and Alison worked like devils, like tiny satans over...
Posted by Patrick Canning on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:09:00 PST

hey Im "track of week" now at garageband.com "yay"

Check it out. I've move up a notch and am now the "track of the week" in the experimental rock category at garageband.com for the song "black painted bells" (you can hear it here as well if you haven'...
Posted by Patrick Canning on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:45:00 PST

10000 views WOOT!

Although easily 2 or 3 thousand of those views are mine since this was my home page on my internet explorer for a long time. So I probably shouldn't celebrate arbitrary numbers until it hits 13000 or ...
Posted by Patrick Canning on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:19:00 PST

Black Painted Bells got track of the day at garageband.com

I only just started on that site a couple of weeks and I'm a little addicted to it. I've discovered that part of me really likes writing reviews to random anonymous tracks. It's an interesting way to ...
Posted by Patrick Canning on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:45:00 PST

Yay! I made the list

The scope put out their list of the best (or their favorite, whatever) local albums of the year and I'm one of the first ones mentioned (probably because it's in alphabetical order). Ah maybe if I had...
Posted by Patrick Canning on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:22:00 PST

Fun with Free Translation part 4

The wheels on the bus translated from english to portugese back to english The wheels in the bus go in circles, in circles, in circles. The wheels in the bus go in circles, all by the town...
Posted by Patrick Canning on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:33:00 PST

Adding Friends do’s and don’t do’s

I mean I can understand bands going around asking random other bands and musicans to be added to their friends list. I do it enough times that I couldn't fault someone else for doing it, I just h...
Posted by Patrick Canning on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:51:00 PST

Fun with free translation part 3

A scene from threes company translated to japanese back to english note: a/the jar net - is Janet «????»It nets a/the jar: it obtains it and ? and, this are it. [Jacques enters from) be eating ...
Posted by Patrick Canning on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:18:00 PST

Fun with free translation part 2

A passage from Samuel Becketts "Molloy" (originally translated from french) translated into dutch then translated into french then translated back into the translated englishAnd I took advantage was a...
Posted by Patrick Canning on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:58:00 PST

Fun with free translation part 1

Jesus cures the blind man translated to japanese back to english via freetranslation.com When he went ahead he saw the male shade from a/the birth. ' That he is born to this ...
Posted by Patrick Canning on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:17:00 PST