http://thecrafteconomy.com/blog stuff we're doing. stuff we like. stuff we're thinking about. stuff like that. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:31:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just got back from playing our first acoustic set ever at Guelph's St. George's Square as part of War Child Canada's Busking For Change tour. After being invited by War Child a few weeks ago to play this show on a bill with The Balconies, Bass Lions, Dinosaur Bones and ... http://thecrafteconomy.com/blog/?p=164 The Craft Economy is on the new Hi-Hat compilation, along with our friends, Black Hat Brigade and Burn Planetarium and a bunch of other awesome bands. Check it out: Here it is on iTunes. http://thecrafteconomy.com/blog/?p=162 I had an egg in a basket this morning. Probably my favorite breakfast choice right now. TCE is writing some songs and preparing to record them in the New Year. We are all BA-nanas busy with our full time jobs, the holidays and band stuff. Everything should get back to normal by ... http://thecrafteconomy.com/blog/?p=160 The Craft Economy's "Big Purse, 'Lil Dawg" has been featured in the new snowboard film, "Cool Story" by Think Thank in Chris Beresford's part. Here's the think to get it if you want to check it out: http://thinkthank.com/coolstory.html http://thecrafteconomy.com/blog/?p=157 So we're going to be playing the Silver Dollar tonight with Kinetic Stereokids and Europe In Colour.   Doors at 10:30, and we're going on at 11 sharp.   That said, read i (heart) music's latest entry.  Among many other reasons, this is why we don't support nor belong to SOCAN.  What a ... http://thecrafteconomy.com/blog/?p=155 So we've been asked to join an awesome bill coming up on Saturday May 16th at the Silver Dollar Room.  The Kinetic Stereokids are a five piece out of Flint, Michigan, home of Glen Rice (who had one of the prettiest shots in the NBA - back of the rim, straight ... http://thecrafteconomy.com/blog/?p=150 So Canada is on the copyright blacklist.  Really.  Seriously?  Really!? Michael Geist responds. So do we. http://thecrafteconomy.com/blog/?p=148 Well, we didn't make NxEW's Mixtape #1, but we did make it into NxEW's Mixtape #2!  If you're not familiar with what they're trying to do, go check out NxEW's blog for more details.  It's a great attempt to aggregate what's going on across an impossibly huge Canada.     Justin, a big force ... http://thecrafteconomy.com/blog/?p=146 Some exciting news regarding our remix project. Pete Nickerson, a Toronto based engineer & producer, and bass player for the Toronto based band Cedar, is also going to take on Menergy!   Mr. Furious, of robodance fame, will be remixing The Tonic (one of our favourite songs to play).  Mr. Furious is a seasoned producer/dj/musician who has ... http://thecrafteconomy.com/blog/?p=142 Lauren Burrows, the very cool radio host from CBC Radio 3, interviewed Andrew about creative commons and our remix project. You can hear the interview here. (And if I sound like some heavy breathing perv, it was because I completely out of breath.  I was wrestling with my daughter - who actually hung ... http://thecrafteconomy.com/blog/?p=139