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  Blinker the Star - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blinker the Star is a Canadian indie rock band, originally from Pembroke, Ontario.
Other notable musicians that have appeared on Blinker the Star albums include one of Jordon's childhood heroes Lindsey_Buckingham, Lee Sklar, Ken Andrews, and many others.
On the strength of favourable reviews for their self-titled independent debut in 1993, which featured complex, hard guitar pounding riffs mixed with softer, melancholy based tracks, the band released two albums on major labels in the United States, and was widely promoted as a potential "next big thing" in alternative rock.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blinker_the_Star   (210 words)

  
 - a Review of The Phantom Tollbooth
Blinker the Star’s Dreamworks debut is a superb collection of mid-tempoed rock highlighted by various instruments from all over the world.
The album’s closer, “The Star Behind the Star,” is a particularly painful reflection about longing to leave the negative aspects of the earth and escape to a better place.
All in all Blinker the Star has the potential to develop into an even more mature and radio friendly band that can pick up fans along the way with their vibrant array of sounds.
www.tollbooth.org /2001/reviews/blinkerthestar.html   (663 words)

  
 Blinker The Star Biography
Blinker the Star, meaning “blinking star” in Gaelic, Icelandic and Jive, released their eponymous debut album through Vibracobra/Treat and Release Records in 1995.
Schedules cleared, Blinker the Star began recording its second LP with Andrews at the helm.
August Everywhere, Blinker the Star’s third album and first for the Dreamworks label would mark a shift in musical direction for the band.
www.maplemusic.com /artists/bts/bio.asp   (954 words)

  
 blinker the star - biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The album was critically acclaimed from New York to New Delhi and with that, Blinker the Star embarked on its first North American tour.
Album completed but not yet released, Blinker the Star embarked on a mini tour of Eastern Canada, playing their first shows in 3 years.
With a live band cocked and loaded, Jordon’s plans for Blinker the Star are to see the band release albums in much quicker succession than in the past, easier now that the band has its own studio.
www.blinkerthestar.com /bio   (923 words)

  
 Hour.ca - Music - Blinker the Star
Blinker's article sounds simultaneously sad and inspiring because you get the feeling that if they'd just sold out a little bit more they'd be bigger by now.
The first band in the line-up was Blinker The Star, and although it made for good moshing, their music was pretty tame.
I can't say if "Blinker" sounds the same way they did nine years ago, but back then, it was some pretty average light pop-alternative music, accessible to people of all ages, not "edgy"at all.
www.hour.ca /music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=1095   (853 words)

  
 CD Baby: BLINKER THE STAR: Still In Rome
Blinker the Star embarked on its first North American tour.
Star began recording its second LP with Andrews at the helm.
I have been a blinker fan for a while but this is an outstanding record.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/blinkerthestar   (2294 words)

  
 Blinker The Star - CanEHdian.com
These poetic fragments nonetheless combine with Blinker’s moody, forward-looking rock to produce a very specific emotional state.
Blinker The Star Discussion Forum: Are you a big fan of the band and their music?
Join other fans in the Blinker The Star message board and discuss the artists and their music.
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 VH1.com : Blinker the Star : Biography - Urge Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Blinker the Star began as a one-man band in the basement of then-22-year-old Toronto native Jordon Zadorozny following a fire in his parents' music store that resulted in
The songs on Blinker the Star's self-titled debut album, which was released in 1995, are the original basement recordings; Zadorozny refused to redo them in a studio for fear of losing interesting mistakes or effects he did not remember how to duplicate.
Bourgeois Kitten followed in 1996; August Everywhere, Blinker the Star's Dreamworks label debut, appeared three years later.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/blinker_the_star/bio.jhtml   (184 words)

  
 Attaboy - Blinker the Star
October 6, 2003 at 3 PM Blinker the Star
One such project has finally launched: the new web site for the band Blinker the Star.
Blinker’s new album, Still in Rome is a swell, rocking affair I’d recommend, and you can listen to clips as well as download full-length out-takes.
attaboy.ca /archives/2003/10/000579.php   (221 words)

  
 Blinker the Star : Bourgeois Kitten - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
He's not a new Brian Wilson or anything, but he does sound like he's having fun with what he's doing and is able more than once to bring a giddy, anthem-like drive to the proceedings.
There's even indirect flecks of Sonic Youth's free-form noise at points, suggesting that Blinker's closest contemporaries might be similar avant-guitar-gone-popsters Placebo.
Cheap Trick might be a closer model, if one had to be chosen, though his singing is nowhere near Robin Zander's nuclear-strength sweetness, being rougher and held back a bit in the mix even at the times when he's in full yell.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,235228,00.html   (399 words)

  
 Blinker the Star - AOL Music
Schedules cleared, Blinker the Star began recording its second LP with Andrews at...
August Everywhere, Blinker the Star?s third album and first for the...
Download, listen and watch Blinker the Star music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
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 Blinker The Star - Still In Rome: Silent Uproar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
First of all, if you're even the slightest Blinker The Star fan, you need to completely forget that August Everywhere ever existed.
Still In Rome is the next step in Blinker frontman Jordon Zadorozny's evolutionary songwriting process, if August Everywhere had never existed.
It's unfortunate for Blinker The Star that August Everywhere actually ever was released, because it opened the door for the world to see what potential and direction songwriter Jordon Z actually was capable of.
www.silentuproar.com /showreview.php?ID=579   (533 words)

  
 Below the Sliding Doors by Blinker the Star: Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Blinker the Star : Albums : August Everywhere : Below the Sliding Doors : Reviews
Between Bourgeois Kitten, Blinker the Star's 1996 major-label debut, and 1999's August Everywhere, their first effort for DreamWorks, a funny, unpredictable thing happened to the band.
Jordon Zadorozny -- who for all intents and purposes is Blinker the Star, their Brian Wilson-styled mastermind -- was drafted by Courtney Love to add some polish to her songs for Hole's classic pop move, Celebrity Skin.
www.mp3.com /tracks/2312126/reviews.html   (158 words)

  
 Blinker The Star - Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
On weekends he would drive home to Pembroke to write songs and to record what turned out to be the first Blinker The Star album.
Then in 1994, the live incarnation of Blinker "just started doing drunken gigs" in Montreal and Ottawa.
The label issued Blinker The Star on its Treat and Release imprint in 1995.
imedia.ca /portfolio/ontracks/alt_flat/blinker/blinker_facts.html   (647 words)

  
 Music: Boston Phoenix CD Reviews (The Boston Phoenix . 11-08-99)
He's in their spirit, not in their league, but today -- when oldstyle is somehow avant-garde in country music -- his is a fresh and welcome voice, yodels and all.
For Cox, other worlds and the future are rhythmic imperatives, fraught with hurry, conflict, and confusion -- too much confusion, unfortunately, to sustain the beat upon which the spiritual credibility of house music depends.
Hard to believe Blinker the Star frontguy Jordon Zadorozny used to be in a Pixies-ish rock band called Blinker the Star.
weeklywire.com /ww/11-08-99/boston_music_clips.html   (1551 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Blinker the Star
Blinker the Star have dressed up their scruffy sound, but their spirit remains the same
Blinker the Star's third album finds the Toronto band trading its gritty rock roots for grand pop polish.
August Everywhere is surround-sound arena rock, a collection of smart arrangements brimming with evocative lines and hard-to-shake choruses.
www.rollingstone.com /artists/blinkerthestar   (122 words)

  
 Music: Tiny Tunes (Weekly Alibi . 10-04-99)
UO faded from memory as fast as Saturation sold 100,000 copies and the world has proven that we're none the worse without another rock band gone mediocre.
While Blinker the Star have managed to birth a hit or two on their Dreamworks debut, most of August Everywhere is largely forgettable save for the occasional killer hook ("I Am a Fraction") and well-crafted melody ("Below the Sliding Doors").
It's not too late for Blinker the Star to blossom, but one wonders if their debut will warrant a sophomore effort on a major player like Dreamworks.
weeklywire.com /ww/10-04-99/alibi_tunes.html   (452 words)

  
 Eye Weekly - Courtney's bourgeois kitten - 01.16.97
Zadorozny, the 23-year-old Montrealer and frontman of Blinker The Star, has, it appears, been writing a batch of new songs with Love for Hole's next record and hanging out in Los Angeles with her and Michael Stipe.
The story that broke in the Jan. 10 Entertainment Weekly said Zadorozny was doing some writing and arranging for Love's band, but the article was vague at best.
According to Zadorozny, the two met through bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur, who once played in the band Tinker with Zadorozny, and were introduced following a Blinker show in New York.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_01.16.97/music/thompson.html   (451 words)

  
 Blinker the Star   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Blinker the Star's A Bourgeois Kitten is an amazing sonic assault from a promising Canadian band.
Laced with noisy, melodic tracks with subtle hooks, this album has several songs that will stick in your head and never leave.
An addictive album from what A&M calls their indiest band, A Bourgeois Kitten will easily become one of your favourite pets in your album collection.
www.ucalgary.ca /uofc/students/VOX/Albums/blinker.htm   (155 words)

  
 Official Ticketmaster site. Blinker the Star tickets, dates
Blinker the Star began as a one-man band in the basement of then-22-year-old Toronto native Jordon Zadorozny following a fire in his parents' music store that resulted in instruments and recording equipment being stored in his cellar.
Some of the information on this page is provided by All Music Guide and does not necessarily reflect the views of Ticketmaster.
We currently do not have any tickets on sale for Blinker the Star.
www.ticketmaster.ca /artist/778798?brand=none   (302 words)

  
 Blinker The Star - HoneyFunky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Jordon has joined forces with Sophia Silva (ex-Hotel) to form a new band which, for now, remains nameless.
Although the band have never achieved mainstream success, band leader Jordon Zadorozny is known for having cowritten songs with Courtney Love.
Zadorozny's music is proudly lo-fi, making use of as many low-budget effects and recording techniques as he can improvise.
honeyfunky.com /bands/blinker_the_star   (244 words)

  
 Eye Weekly - Grapevine: Blinker's rising star - 09.23.99
When his band started out, Blinker the Star singer Jordon Zadorozny was best known for having the third most annoying manager in the country.
Then he was the boy from Pembroke, Ont., who went to L.A. and wrote songs with Courtney Love.
Initial recording was completed at Daniel Lanois' Kingsway Studios in New Orleans with co-producer/engineer Trina Shoemaker (first woman to nab an engineering Grammy, for her work with Sheryl Crow) and includes cameos from the Sadies' Travis Good and former Weeping Tile singer Sarah Harmer.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_09.23.99/music/grapevine.html   (680 words)

  
 IGN Boards - Failure, Blinker the Star, Cave In, Year of the Rabbit, Lusk
Topic: Failure, Blinker the Star, Cave In, Year of the Rabbit, Lusk
If I remember right I don't think I care too much for Blinker the Star, but maybe I'm confusing them with another band.
The first album (self-titled) was very low-fi kinda grungy type stuff, the second album "Bourgeois Kitten" reminds me of a mixture between Modest Mouse and Nirvana, and the most recent album "August Everywhere" is more of a mellow, ambient-rock type thing.
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 Blinker the Star - Songs and Videos - AOL Music
Blinker the Star - Songs and Videos - AOL Music
More song samples from Blinker the Star albums
Download, listen and watch Blinker the Star songs and music videos on AOL Music.
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 Blinker the Star in Concert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
[John's Local Band Pictures] [Blinker the Star's Home Page]
Blinker the Star - October 12, 1999 at The Troubador
If you're not connected with a band and you want to use some of my images of them, please ask me for permission first.
www.perry.com /concerts/Blinker/index.html   (109 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Blinker the Star: Music: Blinker the Star   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 Bird, Pt. 2 by Blinker the Star: Song Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Album: Blinker the Star (1995) Artist: Blinker the Star
Check the albums tab for other downloads from Blinker the Star.
Sorry, at this time no streams have been found for "Bird, Pt.
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 VH1.com : Blinker the Star : Artist Main   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 My Concert Experience   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Every song Blinker theStar played was getting closer to OLP.
People came out to test the instruments, and we were waiting.
Opening act Blinker The Star made an impressive showing as they
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 Blinker The Star Videos and Video Codes | Free Music Video Codes
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