December 28, 2001

The critics of Rolling Stone have compiled their Top 10 Albums of 2001. One of the critics, John Luerrsen, has listed Spiritual Machines as his number 10 pick. He describes the album by calling it "A great roaring rock album, that coulda, shoulda been huge." Thanks to Christal for the news. 

According to Dan B, "Life" was unfortunately voted number 5 on the worst Rock videos of the year on Much's Fromage 2001. 

Thanks to Soldier665 from the CC for letting us know that "Life" is being featured on NHL 2002 Playstation 2. 

December 27, 2001

Vote for OLP in Edge 102's Best of the New Rock 30 by mailing your faves to the Edge.  Then, listen to the Edge to hear the top songs counted down at 5 pm EST on New Year's Eve and 10 am or 5 pm EST on New Year's Day. Thanks to Rob for the link.

December 25, 2001

We would like to wish a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!!!

Just in....Jeremy has posted the following holiday message on the CC.  Thanks to Rick for the scoop,

"Merry Christmas everyone! And Happy Kwanza! And all different holidays! 

This has been a pretty wacky year, changes of many kinds have happened.  I'm sure you all have a million questions about this recent situation. All I can say is that these things happen, and it was for the best.  We are making the most important record of our career thus far. I can speak for the others by saying we have not been moved this much by music and inspiration ever, in all the years past. We feel this is a very special record, a big step in the growth of our band.

The new environment (Bob, writing in Maui), has sparked a new lifeblood in the band. We are now able to look to the past and finally learn from it.  We remembered that we are first and foremost, a rock band. Simple as that. So now we shall rock. These tracks are making us want to play live forever.

So on with the good times. Don't worry about us. we're all grown-ups (ALMOST).  All we can do is move on with this flood of inspiration, and hope all of you enjoy what we come up with.  We will see all of you soon. And yes I will be around. I've always been around. I just like to play under the radar sometimes.
 

Your pal, Jeremy "I saw a PS2 in the background of that Bin Laden tape" Taggart

P.S. Please have the jolliest New Year, but don't get too loaded. And Buy "Word Of Mouf" By Ludacris, It's a tad harsh, but he works the mic almost as good as Big Boi from Outkast."

December 22, 2001

Watch for OLP's song, "Life" to possibly be included on the soundtrack for the movie, "Men With Brooms," featuring Paul Gross and Leslie Nielson.  According to Jason T, "Life" was played during the preview of the movie.  

December 19, 2001 (Afternoon)

Mike has posted a message on the CC in response to the overwhelming response to his recent departure from Our Lady Peace.  Click here to read it.

Woo hoo!!!  OLP and Oli just took home Muchmusic awards for the "In Repair" video in the categories of Best Post-Production, Best Director and Best Video. To see all the winners, click here. 

December 19, 2001 (Morning)

Unfortunately we screwed up somehow and have deleted a group of people who had posts in the 30's for the Mike Pages.  We apologize, and ask that you please check and let us know if yours is missing.  We probably still have your email, but as you can appreciate, there is almost 100 entries and it is hard to track who is now missing.  Sorry for the mix up.

Tune into Muchmusic at 3 pm and 7 pm EST and catch the MMVA Wrap Up.  Hopefully both OLP and Oli Goldsmith will take home all the awards!

December 12, 2001

Today's news is really hard to post.  Just announced on ourladypeace.com:

Our Lady Peace And Guitarist Mike Turner Separate
Citing musical and creative differences, Mike Turner and Our Lady Peace have amicably separated.  Our Lady Peace return from recording a series of songs in Maui, HA with Bob Rock this week. The band plan to return to Hawaii in January for 2-3 weeks to complete recording their fifth album, which will be released in 2002. A replacement guitarist has not been named at this point.

For all the years that we have followed Our Lady Peace, we have seen Mike as the glue that kept the band close to their fans.  He was their ambassador that has such amazing intelligence and personality that draws you into his conversations.  He is 100% genuine when he asks you how you are, and absorbs your reply.  This is made evident after you meet him for the second time, and he remembers your name, and what you spoke about during your first conversation months later.  We wish him the best, and pray that he continues as an artist, and will follow him wherever his career takes him.  With his talent, intelligence, and personality, we are positive he will succeed with whatever he sets out to accomplish.  Hope to see you soon Mike!!

Thanks to the multitude of people who emailed us with this tragic news.
 

December 9, 2001

Our Lady Peace picked up the Favourite New Release Casby Award last night!  David Usher and the Tea Party took home the other two awards OLP was nominated for.  Thanks to Baye for updating us.

A streaming rebroadcast of the 2001 Casby Awards will be available soon online at edge102.com.

December 8, 2001

Good luck to OLP in tonight's Casby Awards. They are nominated in the following categories: fave new release (Spiritual Machines), fave new song (Life), fave new video (In Repair). Hopefully Oli Goldsmith will get some recognition for his hard work on OLP's "In Repair" video.  If you weren't lucky enough to get tickets, be sure to tune in and listen to the Awards live on Edge 102 at 7 pm EST, or watch live streaming video of the Casby's on Edge 102's website.

Head over to Fashion Magazine and vote for OLP in the mag's Most Alluring Canadian Awards.  The band is nominated in the category of musician/group.  Don't waste any time, the last day to vote is December 15.  Thanks to PotatogirlNY for the news.

According to Buzzwords, OLP will be on "Profiles" on December 27, 2001. We are not sure what this is so if anyone has any details about this, please let us know.  Thanks to bobnobble on the CC for the update. 

December 7, 2001

Don't forget to keep voting for OLP in Chartattacks Poll.

December 3, 2001
Live in the Toronto area?  Available on Wednesday December 5th from 8pm - 9pm?  Have you voted for your favourite artists for the Casby's and/or attending the Awards Show?  If you fit this description, and would like to chat about the Casby's on Talk TV's "The Chatroom" then drop Kim an email, and let her know you are interested!

December 1, 2001

The Casby Award details are in, the event will be broadcast live from The Phoenix Club on Edge 102, December 8th between 7 and 9 pm EST.  In addition, you will be able to check out the show online at edge102.com. All tickets for the event are free and available by listening to Edge 102.

Here is the lineup of performers for the event:

Lowest of the Low 
The Tea Party 
Ian Thornley and Friends including Colin Cripps
David Usher

Here are the five nominees in the four Casby Award categories (You'll be happy to see that OLP made it into all three of their categories...woo hoo):

FAVOURITE NEW ARTIST/GROUP 

THE DEARS - End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story 

DEFAULT - The Fallout 

KITTIE - Spit 

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - Mass Romantic 

SUM 41 - Sun Like Star

FAVOURITE NEW RELEASE

BIG WRECK - The Pleasure and The Greed 

OUR LADY PEACE - Spiritual Machines 

SUM 41 - All Killer and No Filler 

THE TEA PARTY - Tangents 

DAVID USHER - Morning Orbit

FAVOURITE NEW SONG 

DEFAULT - Wasting My Time 

JOYDROP - Sometimes Wanna Die 

OUR LADY PEACE - Life 

SUM 41 - Fat Lip 

DAVID USHER - Alone in the Universe

FAVOURITE NEW VIDEO 

JOYDROP - Sometimes Wanna Die 

OUR LADY PEACE - In Repair 

SUM 41 - Fat Lip 

THE TEA PARTY - Walking Wounded 

DAVID USHER - Alone in the Universe

Thanks to Rob for always keeping us informed. 

November 16, 2001
Read ChartAttack's Review of Cenury Hotel.

November 15, 2001
Here is a review of Century Hotel from Canoe.ca.

November 13, 2001
Muchmusic's Big Shiny Tunes 6 has been released and features "Life" from OLP.

November 9, 2001
News From The Field On Warchild.ca taken from Buzzwords.com:

The first journal entries and photos from Canadian doctors working in the field in Afghanistan can now been seen on Warchild.ca. You'll find out how the money raised during last month's benefit concert is helping children in this war torn country. Our Lady Peace perfomed at the Afghan Relief concert and helped raise over one million dollars. Check in with War Child Canada for updates on the humanitarian crisis.

November 7, 2001

Music Without Borders Update taken from Buzzwords.com:

The positive impact of the 'Music Without Borders' benefit concert - held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON on Sunday, October 21 – is about to be felt. Staged to raise funds to support humanitarian relief surrounding the current conflict in Afghanistan, War Child Canada is heading to Islamabad and Peshawar.

The purpose of the trip is to both visit existing War Child Canada field projects and carry out an emergency humanitarian assessment of refugees and displaced Afghans. Ultimately, the goal is to procure, disburse and supervise the delivery of food, medicines and other urgently needed items for Afghan civilians. All of the above will be purchased with funds raised during

the Music Without Borders Benefit. Artists that donated their services included Our Lady Peace, Alanis Morrisette, The Tragically Hip, Barenaked Ladies, Choclair and Bruce Cockburn.

Dr. Eric Hoskins, Co-Executive Director of WCC, is leading the mission on behalf of the organization. Hoskins will be sending back photos and field diaries via the Internet on an ongoing basis. These will soon be seen at www.warchild.ca and www.ourladypeace.com.

Said OLP's Raine Maida of his participation, "I became involved with War Child Canada because of its grassroots and very personal approach to helping war-affected children. Through Eric's photo and field diaries we are going to be able to see exactly how the War Child portion of money raised from the Music Without Borders Concert is being put to use."

November 6, 2001
Check out Eye Magazine's Review of Century Hotel and other movies that were featured at the Toronto Film Festival. Thanks to Rob for the link.

November Highlights (specific dates unknown)
Check out Raine's top 10 Favourite songs which he revealed in an interview with Ink 19.

Here is a review of Century Hotel from Toronto Life.

Visit RadioMoi.com to see how OLP did on the Charts in the 1990's.  Thanks to Rob for the link.

Thanks to our good friend Rob, some of the news for November has been recovered, as seen above.