The beautifully strange video for The Tarleks from what will end up being their final album 2067.
Frank Bonner of WKRP in Cincinnati fame revises his role as Herb Tarlek or more literally an army of Tarleks alighting from invading UFOs.
There are few bands whose careers I have followed from their beginnings to their possible ends.
The Rheostatics are one of those few and I could say, without reservation, they are my favourite Canadian band,
(with a few close seconds).
I received word in a newsletter mailing from their indy label last month and somehow hoped it was some sort of ill conceived publicity stunt to sell more tickets for what turns out will be their final show at Toronto's Massey Hall.
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