This just in from NAIL Magazine online
(http://home.cogeco.ca/~mmurray31/2003/reviews_11_.html)

Jaimie Vernon - Broadcasts From The Twilight Zone
Bullseye
Over the years Gary Pig Gold has introduced me to a number of new people in 
the music business, and one of the most important for getting The NAIL fired 
up and plugged back in has been Jaimie Vernon, president of Bullseye Records 
Canada. Gary assured me that like himself and myself, Jaimie was a huge 
music fan, first and foremost, propelled by the same passion for great tunes 
that make us get up and face that rotten old world every day, and he was 
right! Jaimie started his label as a means to re-release long-deleted albums 
by his Canadian music heroes, but as time went on he began releasing new 
material also, so along with holding the keys to the vault of Goddo, among 
others, he is also releasing their new studio album, "Kings Of The Stoned 
Age." Somewhere along the way he also decided to visit his own vault of 
tunes, pulled out about 25 promising songs, and elected to re-record them 
with the technology and studio he never had access to before. The result is 
'Broadcasts From The Twilight Zone."

(Before I move along, I think I'd better mention that Jaimie used to have a 
band called Moving Targetz, back in the day, and if I'm not mistaken they 
were played a few times on CFNY (Toronto)  and made it onto one of their 
"Homegrown" albums. In that band he played bass and contributed vocals)

This album is a beautiful example of what happens when you find a musical 
partner who is not only a friend, but a person capable of making your 
original vision a reality. Jaimie's longtime buddy, Brian Gagnon (who some 
of you might recall as the original vocalist and bassist for The Hunt) 
offered to contribute the studio time and musical backup necessary to get 
Jaimie's demo tapes turned into proper songs, and he did an outstanding job. 
With Jaimie mostly doing just vocals and some guitar and bass, and Brian 
doing the rest, plus a lot of arranging and that sort of thing, what came 
about is first and foremost a collection of great pop tunes. This is 
wonderful stuff! "I Am A TV Show" makes clever use of the titles of 
television programs and also makes a commentary on what a big part of our 
lives TV has become. "Secrets Of The Universe" is based on what could have 
been a fatal plunge off a 400 foot cliff in Utah. "If Paradise Should Fall" 
is a love song with a bit of a U2 feel. "Exiled On Planet Pop" is about the 
current state of disillusionment real musicians feel as they are 
increasingly pushed aside in favour of the pop flavour of the moment. Heck, 
there's even a "dirty" song, "Gone Tantric," which Jaimie wrote when he was 
15. (Don't worry Jaimie - this one can't even come close to Liz Phair's 
latest!) On top of that there are three covers included, "Rebel Rebel" by 
Bowie, "Lonely Out There" by The Sweet, and "Sub-Rosa Subway" by Jaimie's 
favourite band, Klaatu, plus some demos which show that his voice is much 
nicer, and deeper, than it was when he did these back in the early 80's. 
"Broadcasts From The Twilight Zone" is really a musical scrapbook of the 
life of one Jaimie Vernon, with pictures, anecdotes and all, and I'm glad he 
recorded this, because most of all, it's a collection of great songs which 
deserve to be heard.

For more information please go to www.bullseyecanada.com.


Review By Marty Murray


Jaimie Vernon,
President,
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
#1 West Hill Dr., Toronto, ON
M1E 3T4 Canada (416) 284-7067

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