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* {{Office}}: The setting for "Lying on a Beach".
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William Joel MacDonald Plaskett (born April 18, 1975) is a rock musician from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, [[CanadaEh Canada]]. Originally from Lunenburg, on the province's South Shore, Joel has lived in the Halifax Regional Municipality (which includes Dartmouth) since he was 12. He formed his first band, Thrush Hermit, in 1992 at age 17. After the band broke up in 1999 (and a brief stint in another band called Neuseiland), Joel began a solo career, and founded a new band called the Joel Plaskett Emergency in 2001.
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William Joel MacDonald [=MacDonald=] Plaskett (born April 18, 1975) is a rock musician from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, [[CanadaEh Canada]]. Originally from Lunenburg, on the province's South Shore, Joel has lived in the Halifax Regional Municipality (which includes Dartmouth) since he was 12. He formed his first band, Thrush Hermit, in 1992 at age 17. After the band broke up in 1999 (and a brief stint in another band called Neuseiland), Joel began a solo career, and founded a new band called the Joel Plaskett Emergency in 2001.
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Joel Plaskett is a rock musician from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, [[CanadaEh Canada]]. Originally from Lunenburg, on the province's South Shore, Joel has lived in the Halifax Regional Municipality (which includes Dartmouth) since he was 12. He formed his first band, Thrush Hermit, in 1992 at age 17. After the band broke up in 1999 (and a brief stint in another band called Neuseiland), Joel began a solo career, and founded a new band called the Joel Plaskett Emergency in 2001.
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William Joel MacDonald Plaskett (born April 18, 1975) is a rock musician from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, [[CanadaEh Canada]]. Originally from Lunenburg, on the province's South Shore, Joel has lived in the Halifax Regional Municipality (which includes Dartmouth) since he was 12. He formed his first band, Thrush Hermit, in 1992 at age 17. After the band broke up in 1999 (and a brief stint in another band called Neuseiland), Joel began a solo career, and founded a new band called the Joel Plaskett Emergency in 2001.
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Currently, Joel performs and releases music both as a solo artist and with the Emergency. In general, his work with the Emergency tends to skew more toward energetic party-rock, while his solo work has more of a singer-songwriter feel. (There are, of course, exceptions.) In all cases, his music is very highly influenced by his Nova Scotia upbringing. Joel frequently goes as far as including specific names and places in his lyrics as a bonus for Maritime listeners. As of 2015, he has released two albums with Thrush Hermit, one album with Neuseiland, four albums with the Emergency, and four albums as a solo artist. He has also released numerous [=EPs=] and singles.
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Currently, Joel performs and releases music both as a solo artist and with the Emergency. In general, his work with the Emergency tends to skew more toward energetic party-rock, while his solo work has more of a singer-songwriter feel. (There are, of course, exceptions.) In all cases, his music is very highly influenced by his Nova Scotia upbringing. Joel frequently goes as far as including specific names and places in his lyrics as a bonus for Maritime listeners. As of 2015, 2017, he has released two albums with Thrush Hermit, one album with Neuseiland, four albums with the Emergency, and four five albums as a solo artist. He has also released numerous [=EPs=] and singles.
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* ''Solidarity'' (2017) (collaboration with [[LikeFatherLikeSon his father]], Bill Plaskett)
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* LikeFatherLikeSon: Joel's father, Bill Plaskett, was instrumental in Joel's development as a musician. Joel returned the favour by writing and recording the album ''Solidarity'' with him in 2017.
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* ''Joel Plaskett & the Park Avenue Sobriety Test'' (2015)
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* ''Joel Plaskett & the ''The Park Avenue Sobriety Test'' (2015)
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* FunWithAcronyms: The name of ''The Park Avenue Sobriety Test'' is stylized on the album cover as ''Joel Plaskett & the Park Avenue Sobriety Test''. On the spine of the CD edition, the album's title is rendered as ''Joel Plaskett & the P.A.S.T''.
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* TitleTrack: "In Need of Medical Attention", "Down at the Khyber", "Ashtray Rock", and "The Park Avenue Sobriety Test". The non-album track "Make a Little Noise" also counts for its EP.
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Currently, Joel performs and releases music both as a solo artist and with the Emergency. In general, his work with the Emergency tends to skew more toward energetic party-rock, while his solo work has more of a singer-songwriter feel. (There are, of course, exceptions.) In all cases, his music is very highly influenced by his Nova Scotia upbringing. Joel frequently goes as far as including specific names and places in his lyrics as a bonus for Maritime listeners. As of 2013, he has released two albums with Thrush Hermit, one album with Neuseiland, four albums with the Emergency, and three albums as a solo artist. He has also released numerous [=EPs=] and singles.
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Currently, Joel performs and releases music both as a solo artist and with the Emergency. In general, his work with the Emergency tends to skew more toward energetic party-rock, while his solo work has more of a singer-songwriter feel. (There are, of course, exceptions.) In all cases, his music is very highly influenced by his Nova Scotia upbringing. Joel frequently goes as far as including specific names and places in his lyrics as a bonus for Maritime listeners. As of 2013, 2015, he has released two albums with Thrush Hermit, one album with Neuseiland, four albums with the Emergency, and three four albums as a solo artist. He has also released numerous [=EPs=] and singles.
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* ''Joel Plaskett & the Park Avenue Sobriety Test'' (2015)
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* AudienceParticipationSong: "Park Avenue Sobriety Test", which began appearing in live setlists in 2013.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: "Park "The Park Avenue Sobriety Test", which began appearing in live setlists in 2013.
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** There are four Title Drops on ''Three'':
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** There are at least four Title Drops on ''Three'':
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*** A fifth Title Drop in "Every Time You Leave" may have been unintentional.
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*** A fifth Title Drop in The opening track, "Every Time You Leave" Leave", has a fifth Title Drop that may have been unintentional.unintentional (but would come chronologically first if included): "Table seats four and a couch seats ''three''"
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** In "The Red Light": "''Truthfully, truthfully'' / I don’t understand / Why the red light’s turning on again".
** In "Natural Disaster": "''La de da'' de da de die / Batten down the hatches, Becky".
** There are several on ''Three''.
** In "Natural Disaster": "''La de da'' de da de die / Batten down the hatches, Becky".
** There are several on ''Three''.
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** In "The Red Light": "''Truthfully, truthfully'' / I don’t understand / Why the red light’s turning on again".
again"
** In "Natural Disaster": "''La de da'' de da de die / Batten down the hatches,Becky".
Becky"
** There areseveral four Title Drops on ''Three''.''Three'':
*** "Through & Through & Through": "(It's only you and me) / Oh, but good things come in ''three''"
*** "Precious, Precious, Precious": "What am I thinking? I’ll give you ''three'' guesses"
*** "Deny, Deny, Deny": "When it's only me and you / Why's everything gotta break in ''three''?"
*** "Deny, Deny, Deny" again: "One: You were the lonely / Two: You were my only / ''Three'': You went and left this place"
*** A fifth Title Drop in "Every Time You Leave" may have been unintentional.
** In "Natural Disaster": "''La de da'' de da de die / Batten down the hatches,
** There are
*** "Through & Through & Through": "(It's only you and me) / Oh, but good things come in ''three''"
*** "Precious, Precious, Precious": "What am I thinking? I’ll give you ''three'' guesses"
*** "Deny, Deny, Deny": "When it's only me and you / Why's everything gotta break in ''three''?"
*** "Deny, Deny, Deny" again: "One: You were the lonely / Two: You were my only / ''Three'': You went and left this place"
*** A fifth Title Drop in "Every Time You Leave" may have been unintentional.
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Currently, Joel performs and releases music both as a solo artist and with the Emergency. In general, his work with the Emergency tends to skew more toward energetic party-rock, while his solo work has more of a singer-songwriter feel. (There are, of course, exceptions.) In all cases, his music is very highly influenced by his Nova Scotia upbringing. Joel frequently goes as far as including specific names and places in his lyrics as a bonus for Maritime listeners. As of 2013, he has released two albums with Thrush Hermit, one album with Neuseiland, four albums with the Emergency, and three albums as a solo artist. He has also released numerous EPs and singles.
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Currently, Joel performs and releases music both as a solo artist and with the Emergency. In general, his work with the Emergency tends to skew more toward energetic party-rock, while his solo work has more of a singer-songwriter feel. (There are, of course, exceptions.) In all cases, his music is very highly influenced by his Nova Scotia upbringing. Joel frequently goes as far as including specific names and places in his lyrics as a bonus for Maritime listeners. As of 2013, he has released two albums with Thrush Hermit, one album with Neuseiland, four albums with the Emergency, and three albums as a solo artist. He has also released numerous EPs [=EPs=] and singles.
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* ArcNumber: ''Three'', Joel's third album of new material as a solo artist, is a triple album with nine (3x3) songs on each disc, 14 of which have titles consisting of a word or phrase repeated three times. The number three also appears in the lyrics frequently, and the cover art features Joel holding up three fingers in front of a pattern repeated six times. The first two discs are even 33 minutes long (the third is 37).
** The album was then followed by an EP called ''Three More'', which included another song with a thrice-repeated title and brought the total number of songs released under the ''Three'' project to 30.
** The album was then followed by an EP called ''Three More'', which included another song with a thrice-repeated title and brought the total number of songs released under the ''Three'' project to 30.
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* ArcNumber: ''Three'', Joel's third album of new material as a solo artist, is a triple album with nine (3x3) songs on each disc, 14 of which have titles consisting of a word or phrase repeated three times. The number three also appears in the lyrics frequently, and the cover art features Joel holding up three fingers in front of a pattern repeated six times. The first two discs are even 33 minutes long each (the third is 37).
** The album wasthen followed by an EP called ''Three More'', which included another song with a thrice-repeated title and brought the total number of songs released under the ''Three'' project to 30.
** The album was
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* ReferenceOverdosed: "North Star" contains [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to, in order, Music/{{Cactus}}, Zildjian cymbals, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], Bacardi rum, Music/{{Marillion}}, and Music/NeilYoung.
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* ReferenceOverdosed: "North Star" contains [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to, in order, Music/{{Cactus}}, Zildjian cymbals, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], Franchise/SpiderMan, Bacardi rum, Music/{{Marillion}}, and Music/NeilYoung.
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* {{Scatting}}: The backing vocals in "Penny for Your Thoughts". [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that the singer mentions liking doo-wop in the first line.
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* RhymingWithItself: In "Fashionable People": "I bet their parents are ridiculously loaded / Let's get moving before I'm loaded".
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** There are several on ''Three''.
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** There are several on ''Three''.
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* AlbumTitleDrop: In "Lightning Bolt": "This is our only chance / For certain happenstance / Some ''scrappy happiness''".
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** In "The Red Light": "''Truthfully, truthfully'' / I don’t understand / Why the red light’s turning on again".
** In "Natural Disaster": "''La de da'' de da de die / Batten down the hatches, Becky".
** In "Lightning Bolt": "This is our only chance / For certain happenstance / Some ''scrappyhappiness''".happiness''".
** There are several on ''Three''.
** In "The Red Light": "''Truthfully, truthfully'' / I don’t understand / Why the red light’s turning on again".
** In "Natural Disaster": "''La de da'' de da de die / Batten down the hatches, Becky".
** In "Lightning Bolt": "This is our only chance / For certain happenstance / Some ''scrappy
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* SoundEffectBleep: In "Through & Through & Through": "Don't you say that I'm out of my [two quick notes from a horn] mind". The word is, however, spelled out in the lyrics on Joel's website.
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* SoundEffectBleep: In "Through & Through & Through": "Don't you say that I'm out of my [two quick notes from a horn] brass instrument] mind". The word is, however, spelled out in the lyrics on Joel's website.
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* SoundEffectBleep: In "Through & Through & Through": "Don't you say that I'm out of my [two quick notes from a trumpet] mind". The word is, however, spelled out in the lyrics on Joel's website.
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* SoundEffectBleep: In "Through & Through & Through": "Don't you say that I'm out of my [two quick notes from a trumpet] horn] mind". The word is, however, spelled out in the lyrics on Joel's website.
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** Subverted at the beginning of "Nothing More to Say". The song begins with the opening line from "California Dreamin'" by Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, before giving way to a CurseCutShort.
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** Subverted at the beginning of "Nothing More to Say". The song begins with the opening line from "California Dreamin'" by Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, [[Music/TheMamasAndThePapas The Mamas & the Papas]], before giving way to a CurseCutShort.
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** Subverted at the beginning of "Nothing More to Say". The song begins with the opening line from "California Dreamin'" by TheMamasAndThePapas, before giving way to a CurseCutShort.
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** Subverted at the beginning of "Nothing More to Say". The song begins with the opening line from "California Dreamin'" by TheMamasAndThePapas, Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, before giving way to a CurseCutShort.
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* ReferenceOverdosed: "North Star" contains [[ShoutOut]]s to, in order, Music/{{Cactus}}, Zildjian cymbals, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], Bacardi rum, Music/{{Marillion}}, and Music/NeilYoung.
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* ReferenceOverdosed: "North Star" contains [[ShoutOut]]s [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to, in order, Music/{{Cactus}}, Zildjian cymbals, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], Bacardi rum, Music/{{Marillion}}, and Music/NeilYoung.
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* ReferenceOverdosed: "North Star" contains ShoutOuts to, in order, Music/{{Cactus}}, Zildjian cymbals, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], Bacardi rum, Music/{{Marillion}}, and Music/NeilYoung.
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* ReferenceOverdosed: "North Star" contains ShoutOuts [[ShoutOut]]s to, in order, Music/{{Cactus}}, Zildjian cymbals, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], Bacardi rum, Music/{{Marillion}}, and Music/NeilYoung.
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** In "North Star": "Man, I felt like [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] / And my Spidey-Sense was tingling".
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* AlbumTitleDrop: In "Lightning Bolt": "This is our only chance / For certain happenstance / Some ''scrappy happiness''".
* CurseCutShort: The second line of "Nothing More to Say".
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* LongTitle: Joel's 2009 collection of miscellaneous B-sides, demos, and outtakes is called ''EMERGENCYs, false alarms, shipwrecks, castaways, fragile creatures, special features, demons and demonstrations.''
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* LongTitle: Joel's 2009 collection of miscellaneous B-sides, demos, and outtakes is called ''EMERGENCYs, ''[=EMERGENCYs=], false alarms, shipwrecks, castaways, fragile creatures, special features, demons and demonstrations.''
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* ShoutOut: References to people and places in Nova Scotia abound in Joel's work. His record label, New Scotland Records, is also named after the province ("Nova Scotia" is "New Scotland" in Latin).
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* ShoutOut: ''Many.''
** References to people and places in Nova Scotia abound in Joel's work. His record label, New Scotland Records, is also named after the province ("Nova Scotia" is "New Scotland" inLatin).Latin).
** Subverted at the beginning of "Nothing More to Say". The song begins with the opening line from "California Dreamin'" by TheMamasAndThePapas, before giving way to a CurseCutShort.
** In "North Star": "Man, I felt like [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] / And my Spidey-Sense was tingling".
** References to people and places in Nova Scotia abound in Joel's work. His record label, New Scotland Records, is also named after the province ("Nova Scotia" is "New Scotland" in
** Subverted at the beginning of "Nothing More to Say". The song begins with the opening line from "California Dreamin'" by TheMamasAndThePapas, before giving way to a CurseCutShort.
** In "North Star": "Man, I felt like [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] / And my Spidey-Sense was tingling".
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* SoundEffectBleep: In "Through & Through & Through": "Don't you say that I'm out of my [two quick notes from a trumpet] mind". The word is, however, spelled out in the lyrics on Joel's website.
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* ThisIsYourSong: "Chinatown/For the Record": "This one's for the record / And the record's for you". Notably, the subject of the song is the singer's ''ex''; the singer is apologizing as a way of seeking closure.
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** The album was then followed by an EP called ''Three More'', which included another song with a thrice-repeated title and brought the total number of songs released under the ''Three'' project to 30.
* HomeSweetHome: The three discs of ''Three'' respectively have general themes of leaving, being away, and coming home again.
* ILoveThisTown: "Love This Town", appropriately enough, which closes ''La De Da''. It's an ode to Halifax (and simultaneously a TakeThat to Kelowna, British Columbia).
* ILoveThisTown: "Love This Town", appropriately enough, which closes ''La De Da''. It's an ode to Halifax (and simultaneously a TakeThat to Kelowna, British Columbia).
* LongTitle: Joel's 2009 collection of miscellaneous B-sides, demos, and outtakes is called ''EMERGENCYs, false alarms, shipwrecks, castaways, fragile creatures, special features, demons and demonstrations.''
* {{Office}}: The setting for "Lying on a Beach".
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: In "Penny for Your Thoughts": "I like seeing Johnny's dad wearing Johnny's mother's clothes".
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* TakeThat: In the middle of his ode to Halifax, "Love This Town", Joel goes out of his way to say how much he did not enjoy playing a concert in Kelowna, British Columbia. (The stanza has become somewhat awkward since Joel married a woman from Kelowna.)
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: The climax of "Lying on a Beach", inspired by a negative experience Joel had working as a digital record keeper.
* TalksLikeASimile: Frequently seen in Joel's work.
* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: A major theme on ''Three'' and elsewhere.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: In "Penny for Your Thoughts": "I like seeing Johnny's dad wearing Johnny's mother'sclothes".clothes".
* WordPureeTitle: ''La De Da''.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: The climax of "Lying on a Beach", inspired by a negative experience Joel had working as a digital record keeper.
* TalksLikeASimile: Frequently seen in Joel's work.
* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: A major theme on ''Three'' and elsewhere.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: In "Penny for Your Thoughts": "I like seeing Johnny's dad wearing Johnny's mother's
* WordPureeTitle: ''La De Da''.
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* ArcNumber: ''Three'' is a triple album with nine (3x3) songs on each disc, and 14 songs whose titles consist of a word or phrase repeated three times. The number three also appears in lyrics frequently.
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* ArcNumber: ''Three'' ''Three'', Joel's third album of new material as a solo artist, is a triple album with nine (3x3) songs on each disc, and 14 songs whose of which have titles consist consisting of a word or phrase repeated three times. The number three also appears in the lyrics frequently.frequently, and the cover art features Joel holding up three fingers in front of a pattern repeated six times. The first two discs are even 33 minutes long (the third is 37).
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* ArcNumber: ''Three'' is a triple album with nine (3x3) songs on each disc, and 14 songs whose titles consist of a word or phrase repeated three times. The number three also appears in lyrics frequently.
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* ShoutOut: References to people and places in Nova Scotia abound in Joel's work.
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* ShoutOut: References to people and places in Nova Scotia abound in Joel's work. His record label, New Scotland Records, is also named after the province ("Nova Scotia" is "New Scotland" in Latin).
* SomethingBlues: "New Scotland Blues".
* WholesomeCrossdresser: In "Penny for Your Thoughts": "I like seeing Johnny's dad wearing Johnny's mother's clothes".
* SomethingBlues: "New Scotland Blues".
* WholesomeCrossdresser: In "Penny for Your Thoughts": "I like seeing Johnny's dad wearing Johnny's mother's clothes".
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The cover of ''Scrappy Happiness'' features a toy monkey, dressed as Joel and holding a guitar. Many live performances since then have seen electronic versions of the monkey toy jamming on stage with the band.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Right in the middle of a 41-day strike by Metro Transit operators in the Halifax Regional Municipality, the Joel Plaskett Emergency released a short song called "Transit Strike". The attached cover art was even a modification of the Metro Transit logo.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Right in the middle of a 41-day strike by Metro Transit operators in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Municipality in 2012, the Joel Plaskett Emergency released a short song called "Transit Strike". The attached cover art was even a modification of the Metro Transit logo.
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!!Joel Plaskett and his associated bands provide examples of:of:
* AudienceParticipationSong: "Park Avenue Sobriety Test", which began appearing in live setlists in 2013.
* BrickJoke: On ''Ashtray Rock'', in "Penny for Your Thoughts", the singer repeatedly states that "the reason I like the instrumentals is 'cause they haven't got any words". [[spoiler:Five tracks and over 20 minutes later, the singer's love interest begins narrating a letter in the middle of a track called "The Instrumental".]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Ordering Pizza from Goddard's", a 13-second audio clip included in the ''Thrush Hermit: The Complete Recordings'' box set.
* HighSchool: The backdrop for ''Ashtray Rock''.
* {{Leitmotif}}: ''Ashtray Rock'' has several reoccurring riffs and melodies that serve this purpose. Most notably, a modified version of the main riff from "Snowed In", which represents the climax of the singer's relationship with his love interest, is used to open "Nothing More to Say", in which the already tenuous relationship has completely fallen apart.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The ''Thrush Hermit: The Complete Recordings'' box set. Six [=CDs=] and two [=DVDs=] encompassing just about every "official" recording ever made of Thrush Hermit. It even includes tracks like "Can I Wait for Pizza?", a 28-second clip of one of the band members asking his mom when pizza will be ready.
* ListSong: The first half of "Penny for Your Thoughts" is predominantly a list of things the singer likes, particularly music genres.
* LocalHangout: ''Ashtray Rock'' is named for one of these: a literal rock in the Halifax neighbourhood of Clayton Park where teenagers go to drink alcohol.
* NationalAnthem: "True Patriot Love" uses lines from the Canadian and American anthems to symbolize themes in the lyrics.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Right in the middle of a 41-day strike by Metro Transit operators in the Halifax Regional Municipality, the Joel Plaskett Emergency released a short song called "Transit Strike". The attached cover art was even a modification of the Metro Transit logo.
* RockOpera: ''Ashtray Rock''.
* ShoutOut: References to people and places in Nova Scotia abound in Joel's work.
* AudienceParticipationSong: "Park Avenue Sobriety Test", which began appearing in live setlists in 2013.
* BrickJoke: On ''Ashtray Rock'', in "Penny for Your Thoughts", the singer repeatedly states that "the reason I like the instrumentals is 'cause they haven't got any words". [[spoiler:Five tracks and over 20 minutes later, the singer's love interest begins narrating a letter in the middle of a track called "The Instrumental".]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Ordering Pizza from Goddard's", a 13-second audio clip included in the ''Thrush Hermit: The Complete Recordings'' box set.
* HighSchool: The backdrop for ''Ashtray Rock''.
* {{Leitmotif}}: ''Ashtray Rock'' has several reoccurring riffs and melodies that serve this purpose. Most notably, a modified version of the main riff from "Snowed In", which represents the climax of the singer's relationship with his love interest, is used to open "Nothing More to Say", in which the already tenuous relationship has completely fallen apart.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The ''Thrush Hermit: The Complete Recordings'' box set. Six [=CDs=] and two [=DVDs=] encompassing just about every "official" recording ever made of Thrush Hermit. It even includes tracks like "Can I Wait for Pizza?", a 28-second clip of one of the band members asking his mom when pizza will be ready.
* ListSong: The first half of "Penny for Your Thoughts" is predominantly a list of things the singer likes, particularly music genres.
* LocalHangout: ''Ashtray Rock'' is named for one of these: a literal rock in the Halifax neighbourhood of Clayton Park where teenagers go to drink alcohol.
* NationalAnthem: "True Patriot Love" uses lines from the Canadian and American anthems to symbolize themes in the lyrics.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Right in the middle of a 41-day strike by Metro Transit operators in the Halifax Regional Municipality, the Joel Plaskett Emergency released a short song called "Transit Strike". The attached cover art was even a modification of the Metro Transit logo.
* RockOpera: ''Ashtray Rock''.
* ShoutOut: References to people and places in Nova Scotia abound in Joel's work.
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Joel Plaskett is a rock musician from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, [[CanadaEh Canada]]. Originally from Lunenburg, on the province's South Shore, Joel has lived in the Halifax Regional Municipality (which includes Dartmouth) since he was 12. He formed his first band, Thrush Hermit, in 1992 at age 17. After the band broke up in 1999 (and a brief stint in another band called Neuseiland), Joel began a solo career, and founded a new band called the Joel Plaskett Emergency in 2001.
Currently, Joel performs and releases music both as a solo artist and with the Emergency. In general, his work with the Emergency tends to skew more toward energetic party-rock, while his solo work has more of a singer-songwriter feel. (There are, of course, exceptions.) In all cases, his music is very highly influenced by his Nova Scotia upbringing. Joel frequently goes as far as including specific names and places in his lyrics as a bonus for Maritime listeners. As of 2013, he has released two albums with Thrush Hermit, one album with Neuseiland, four albums with the Emergency, and three albums as a solo artist. He has also released numerous EPs and singles.
Joel is one of the most successful and most widely acclaimed artists on the Canadian indie music scene. As of 2013, he has won 22 East Coast Music Awards and a Juno.
[[AC: Album Discography:]]
'''With Thrush Hermit:'''
* ''Sweet Homewrecker'' (1997)
* ''Clayton Park'' (1999)
'''With Neuseiland:'''
* ''Neuseiland'' (2000)
'''With Joel Plaskett Emergency:'''
* ''Down at the Khyber'' (2001)
* ''Truthfully, Truthfully'' (2003)
* ''Ashtray Rock'' (2007)
* ''Scrappy Happiness'' (2012)
'''As a solo artist:'''
* ''In Need of Medical Attention'' (1999)
* ''La De Da'' (2005)
* ''Three'' (2009)
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!!Joel Plaskett and his associated bands provide examples of:
Currently, Joel performs and releases music both as a solo artist and with the Emergency. In general, his work with the Emergency tends to skew more toward energetic party-rock, while his solo work has more of a singer-songwriter feel. (There are, of course, exceptions.) In all cases, his music is very highly influenced by his Nova Scotia upbringing. Joel frequently goes as far as including specific names and places in his lyrics as a bonus for Maritime listeners. As of 2013, he has released two albums with Thrush Hermit, one album with Neuseiland, four albums with the Emergency, and three albums as a solo artist. He has also released numerous EPs and singles.
Joel is one of the most successful and most widely acclaimed artists on the Canadian indie music scene. As of 2013, he has won 22 East Coast Music Awards and a Juno.
[[AC: Album Discography:]]
'''With Thrush Hermit:'''
* ''Sweet Homewrecker'' (1997)
* ''Clayton Park'' (1999)
'''With Neuseiland:'''
* ''Neuseiland'' (2000)
'''With Joel Plaskett Emergency:'''
* ''Down at the Khyber'' (2001)
* ''Truthfully, Truthfully'' (2003)
* ''Ashtray Rock'' (2007)
* ''Scrappy Happiness'' (2012)
'''As a solo artist:'''
* ''In Need of Medical Attention'' (1999)
* ''La De Da'' (2005)
* ''Three'' (2009)
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!!Joel Plaskett and his associated bands provide examples of:
