Spookey Ruben - Which CITY should I aim at next? LEAVE A COMMENT!!
Wherever the dart lands, I create a mini anthem for that town! Tell me where you want me to aim at next! LET'S GooooOOOOoo!!!!
This is my take on the weekly "Darts No Tabi" segment in the Japanese TV show "Waratte Koraete!" (笑ってコラえて Nippon TV) where TV host TOKORO GEORGE throws a dart at the map of Japan - when the dart lands on the map, my song "These Days Are Old" comes on, the show then continues with a hilarious mini doc about the town/area of Japan where the dart landed on the map.
http://www.spookeyruben.net
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Iconic pop weirdo / filmmaker / Indie-cult favorite Spookey Ruben stunned the 'Alternative Music’ scene w/ his hyper-inventive kaleidoscopic debut album "Modes of Transportation Vol. 1” (©1995 TVT Records ) - music critics praising it as the 'Pet Sounds of the 90s’ - gained lots of airtime on Muchmusic / MTV, followed by a row of successes in Japan and Europe. A Canadian artist of many hats — Some may remember him from his early days in the progressive hardcore band Transilience, his off-the-wall art shows OR from his self-directed eye-popping DIZZY PLAYGROUND Television series (exclaim!/Aux TV) feat. artists such as Ariel Pink, The Sea and Cake, Feist, Voivod, — has been cited as an influence by a panoply of indie pop mainstays, including Owen Pallett (Arcade Fire), Esthero and Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie).
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Highly regarded as a pioneer on the Canadian Alternative music scene. His successes began in the mid-nineties with many of his self-directed independent videos making it into high rotation on MuchMusic and MTV (MTV2) “Modes of Transportation Vol. 1” (TVT Records) Spookey's 'home-spun, playing-all-instruments' debut album shot to the top of music critics’ Top Ten lists catapulting him into world-wide acclaim, hailing the album as the 'Pet Sounds of the 90s' and 'a fantastical Lo-fi masterpiece'.
"Tommy Douglas? Spookey Ruben? - Which of these men is our greatest Canadian?" - Toronto Star
His eye-popping Live performances both with band and solo-acoustic have taken him around the world (USA, Europe and Japan) sharing the stage with likes of The Flaming Lips and Ben Folds Five. In more recent years he’s also been active as a pop producer (working with the likes of Ariel Pink and Esthero) and as a film/TV composer.
"Pop Fantasia Genius" - Mojo Magazine
With the launch of 'Spookey Ruben's Dizzy Playground' - a ongoing series of short films and live variety show, Spookey created a special place to stretch his imagination with music, humor and fantasy. Guest starring in his antics are notable musicians such as Feist, Voivod, Maylee Todd, John McEntire (Tortoise/The Sea and Cake), Lips (Anvil), Teenburger (Ghettosocks & Timbuktu), to name a few.