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Monteith

About Me



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Member Since: 02/05/2006
Band Website: www.starcollector.ca, www.abundantsink.com
Band Members: Steve Monteith - guitar, bass, keys, vocals, distractions
Influences: In no particular order: Good music, bad music, construction sounds, birds twittering, The Beatles, Hank Williams Sr., Ryan Adams, Apple computers, Apple Records, The Decemberists, Roth-era Van Halen, Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Louis XIV, Aerosmith, Kevin Kane, Sweet Apple Pie, Wilco, dot-matrix printers, Death Cab For Cutie, Supergrass, Bloc Party, Kings Of Leon, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, crowd murmurs, creek trickles, Bill Monroe, The Who, travelling, Tom Robbins, Robertson Davies, Radiohead, This Is Spinal Tap, Depeche Mode, Granville Island Brewing, graphic design, Saul Bass, Big Star, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Charlie Parker, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Verve, Ted Nugent (music not politics), Dalai Lama (politics not music), Tom Waits, Vespas, classic British cars, The Orchid Highway, I Am Kloot, Coronation Street, The Donnas, The Smiths, Oasis...

Sounds Like: a guy unlikely to finish an entire thought without removing all distractions from the room
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Random writings...

Some orderly stream-of-conscious writing I did in 2004 that I just dug up: She wasn't born beige but Jacqueline did enter the world quietly. The surgeons mask was not eggshell but a suggest...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:42:00 GMT

The Orchid Highway's CD is released to the world!

Album Release Party - November 2nd at The Yale Hotel Star Collector's longtime friends, comrades & cohorts The Orchid Highway have finally released their self-titled long-player.  I'll b...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:23:00 GMT

Wired News: Battle of the New Atheism

Interesting stuff... http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0,71985-0.html?tw=wn_stor y_page_prev2 Ethical problems must be solved by reason, not arbitrary rules. And yet, on the other hand, Dennett knows...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:01:00 GMT

Mashups - Beck vs Michael Jackcon vs ACDC

Thanks to The 15-Minute Hipster for the link: Check out: http://www.team9.net/mp3s.htm - The Arctic Monkeys vs team9 - Kick me out (version 9) - Beck vs Michael Jackcon vs ACDC- Screaming Pro - T...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:47:00 GMT

Star Collector - Hundred-Bullet-Proof on iTunes

Get yer latest Star Collector tunes now! Hundred-Bullet-Proof on iTunes
Posted by on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:43:00 GMT

Vespa vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMN51d3o_VA
Posted by on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:50:00 GMT

Study: Alligators Dangerous No Matter How Drunk You Are

 "Despite its slow-witted demeanor and tendency to bask motionlessly in the hot sun, it's a mistake to believe that an alligator will passively tolerate a half nelson, no matter how much Southern...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:51:00 GMT

Star Collector now on iTunes!

Our last CD, Flash-Arrows & The Money Shot is now available on iTunes. Hundred-Bullet-Proof should be available shortly.   Star Collector on iTunes
Posted by on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:21:00 GMT

Finally posted something!

Alrighty, I finally got around to posting a couple of demos... No vocals yet... haven't been able to figure out a soundproof booth in my thin-walled apartment. Rough as can be and ragged aroun...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:21:00 GMT

Everyone wants to be an axeman...

A half century after the birth of rock 'n' roll, a primitive six-stringed instrument remains the pre-eminent tool of pop culture...  [www.aldaily.com] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/disp...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:12:00 GMT