Interpol Checks into the Waverly

Interpol's Paul Banks has a new solo album out under the name Julian Plenty (Is... Skyscraper).

The first video from the album features two Toronto musicians - Emily Haines (of Metric) and Andre Ethier (of the Deadly Snakes) - in a very Toronto locale - the Hotel Waverly.



This isn't the first time this seedy hotel has played a seedy hotel on film. It was home to Mickey Rourke's Indian hitman in the unfortunate flop Killshot and it's also been the set for music videos from the likes of K-Os and Buck 65.

Buck 65's "Devil's Eyes" clip is especially notable for Toronto-centric cameos from Nick Flanagan (of the Brutal Knights) and Dan Burke (show promoter for Waverly's neighbour, the Silver Dollar).



Which video do you like better?

Happy Canada Day!

Sing along to the Canadian national anthem with ex-Deadly Snake Andre Ethier:



Andre Ethier the Canadian musician/painter meets Andre Ethier the Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder.

To hear the behind-the-scenes story from Andre himself, take a listen to this episode of the Hot Dog Log Jam podcast (around the 9min50sec mark). Complete with details of Andre getting amorous with fellow anthemeer Lisa Loeb!

So if you can't think of anything to do this Canada day, then just throw some Deadly Snakes on your portable music machine and head to the local cinema to check out more deadly Canuck cameos in the The Incredible Hulk.