The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - Printable Version
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Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - EPenguin10 - 04-19-2010
thebends Wrote:How cool is this ...very cool.
"The font for the record is the Richler Font. It was created for and named after the great Mordecai Richler. The font is not publicly available. I am so grateful for a chance to honour the man and his family, to wear the look of his letters. Walla – a font guy – says, ‘a font tells you everything you need to know about what you are about to read before you read it.’
It was my friend, Daniel Richler, who took time out from work on his forthcoming novel, to ask his mother, Florence who so gracefully – and from what I can see, she knows no other way – said, ‘Yes.’ And ‘I do wish you the success it should illicit’ Florence wrote to me, ‘comparable to my appreciation.’
Daniel then consulted the font’s creator Nick Shinn (Shinntype) and the font’s Commissioner, Louise Dennys, (the Executive Publisher of Knopf Random Canada, who called the font ‘tough-minded and elegant’). They both said, ‘Okay’
Of course, this puts me in a bit of a position; nervous-made and hoping that the words can honour the very letters they’re printed with."
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - HandsInTheRiver41 - 04-21-2010
So do we know who the Country of Miracles backing band is yet?
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - fingernailsonhull - 04-22-2010
HandsInTheRiver41 Wrote:So do we know who the Country of Miracles backing band is yet?
Country of Miracles are The Dinner is Ruined.
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - Tthip - 04-22-2010
HandsInTheRiver41 Wrote:So do we know who the Country of Miracles backing band is yet?Julie Doiron, Dave Clark, Josh Finlayson, John Press and Dale Morningstar
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - mrlayance - 04-22-2010
Heard The East Wind on Q104 in Halifax today. Not bad at all. Hoping for a good east coast tour.
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - the Doctorb - 04-23-2010
anyone hear if there's going to be a vinyl release for this album?
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - Gusthepolarbear12 - 04-27-2010
Pretty sweeeet, I wonder if there will be any bonuses for buying it on iTunes
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - andrewE - 04-27-2010
Q107 has been playing the East Wind a lot, and i'm really starting to dig this tune!
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - chris - 04-27-2010
andrewE Wrote:Q107 has been playing the East Wind a lot, and i'm really starting to dig this tune!Q107 in Toronto? Really? Wow! I've yet to hear it. Cool.
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - Pesmo - 04-27-2010
Just heard it on the Edge 102.1 a couple hours ago...good tune!
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - tragicallysteve - 04-27-2010
I've heard it a few times on 88.5 in Ottawa
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - the Doctorb - 04-28-2010
the Doctorb Wrote:anyone hear if there's going to be a vinyl release for this album?MAv, care to chime in? Got any insider info on a vinyl release?
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - chris - 04-29-2010
Just did a quick google for "The Grand Bounce" and found that it's also a movie!
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Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - daylight - 05-03-2010
Album sounds good on first listen. Much more Battle of the Nudes-style rambunctious rock than "artsy" Coke Machine Glow, which is about what I expected. I think The Drowning Machine was my favourite track the first time through, but they all sounded good or better. Retrace repeats on the Facebook stream, which is appropriate if not intentional.
Re: The Grand Bounce - Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles - sherpa - 05-03-2010
Wow this album sounds fantastic - way way better than I expected - and Dave Clark is such a fantastic drummer!
Gord sounds really engaged on it - I love it!