The Acorn (band)
The Acorn is a Canadian indie folk band from Ottawa, Ontario, formed in 2003. Their songs have charted on Canadian campus charts and have been in rotation on CBC Radio 3 and The Verge.
History
Rolf Klausener is the principal songwriter, as well as vocalist and guitarist. The other members are drummer Jeffrey Malecki, guitarist Jeff Debutte, percussionist Pat Johnson and bassist Steven Lappano. Devaux joined the band in 2006, and redheaded multi-instrumentalist/hype man Shaun Weadick joined in 2007, though they both left in 2008. In early 2010, long-time guitarist Howie Tsui left to focus on his visual art practice.
In Canada, they are now signed to Paper Bag Records, but also have releases from Kelp Records. They are signed to Bella Union in the UK, Europe and the US.
The songs on the album Glory Hope Mountain describe the life of Klausener's Honduras-born mother, Gloria Esperanza Montoya. Their latest, No Ghost, came out in summer 2010.
They played the Hillside Festival in Guelph in 2008 and 2010, and supported Elbow on their UK tour in March 2009, a year of extensive European touring.
The Acorn (journal)
The Acorn is a peer-reviewed academic journal sponsored by the Gandhi-King Society. It explores philosophical issues related to non-violence in theory and practice, with a focus on the work of M. K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Notable contributors include Thich Nhat Hanh, Ham Seok-heon, and Michael N. Nagler. The journal was established in 1986 by Ha Poong Kim, and is produced in the philosophy department at St. Bonaventure University. It is available online from the Philosophy Documentation Center.
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Podcasts:
The Acorn
ALBUMS
- No Ghost released: 2010
- Heron Act released: 2008
- Glory Hope Mountain released: 2007
- Live at Royal Albert Hall released: 2005
- The Pink Ghosts released: 2004
- 2007-11-24: Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON, Canada released:
- 2008-03-06: Chart Canadian Music Week, Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON, Canada released:
2007-11-24: Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Stop Giving Your Children Standardized Tests, Part 1
- Robot Ponies
- Teachers Poot
- Time City
- The Wood Between Worlds
- Senior & The Blob
- Army Dreamers
- Deception Island Optimists Club
- Warden Warden Warden / Mynah Birds
- Lift Em Up / Jack Can I Ride?
- Steamroller
- Shanty Song
- 2nd 4th World War / Satisfied
- Shutters
- Dress Song / Crabapples
- The Flood, Part 1
- Brokered Heart
- Dents (Glory, Part 1)
- [unknown]
- [unknown]
- Antenna
- Feral Chile
- [unknown]
- Blankets
- Crooked Legs
- Low Gravity
- [unknown]
- Spring Thaw
2008-03-06: Chart Canadian Music Week, Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Wo Xiang Tanbai
- C’Mon Sea Legs
- Broken Ship
- Wont Be Pretty
- Nothing Ever Happens in My Town
- Small Talk
- No Such Thing as the Future
- New Kind of Love
- Good Friend
- Faerie Dance
- Bye Bye Bye
- Lola Who?
- Guru / Sinnerman / Guru
- [unknown]
- Crooked Legs
- Brokered Hear
- Dents (Glory, Part 1)
- Antenna
- Feral Chile
- Low Gravity
- The Flood, Part 1
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The Poison
by: The CrownCan't you see that death does want me?!
I can't explain, you won't understand
The dream is gone, the falling deep
Under the spell, spoken in tongues
In the colors... of Hell.
In the ringing that chimes inside me
So drag me down, deeper still
Far beyond the black horizon, beyond the things you know!
Poison, the poison, the poison
Poison, the poison, the poison demon!
I am lost again, everything's gone
And more alone than I ever have been
Out of my mind and down on my knees
I'm losing more than I'll ever get
And even if you want to, you can't ever help me
Nor can I ever hope to reach you
But I love to fall... Need the rush
So don't pray for my soul 'cause I'm already damned!
Poison, the poison, the poison
Poison, the poison, the poison devil!
I am down again, everything lost
And more gone than I ever have been
I'm not here to stay, not made to last
Total destruction is the way for me!
And when I kill, I kill!
When I kill, I really kill!
Yeah, when I kill, I kill!
So I take the poison even though I know that it kills!
Treachery... I will betray you all
With a poisoned kiss, filled with deceit
Smiling turning my back
And leaving you all behind
In chaos, and drunk in desperation
Trying to escape this meaningless life
A child of death, playing with fire
So sing for my soul 'cause I cannot be saved!
Poison, the poison, the poison
Poison, the poison, the poison god!