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Once upon a time a few years ago, Moe played the Edmonton Folk Festival as just a man and his guitar, and it went very well. This helped plant a bug in his head about writing and recording songs that didn't really fit in the TPOH aural template.

So he rounded up the songs like that he already had and came up with some more (his most autobiographical songs to date) by scratching away stream-of-consciousness in his journal while sitting in various cafes and coffee shops in Toronto.

Then he holed himself up in a studio with some guitars, a kooky old keyboard and the occasional appearance by Joel Anderson on drums, and came out with this odd duck called Summer's Over, which was then released in November of 1997 to the bemusement and eventual delight of many.

Here comes the tracklist. For the lyrics, see here. For Features and Reviews, look below.

1. fanfare (instrumental)
2. white boy blues
3. pray for heaven*
4. she's so shallow*
5. here's the story*
6. angelique is a free spirit*
7. introducing the solution (instrumental)
8. drunk again
9. how will i find you in heaven*
10. bates milk bar
11. butterknife dull*
12. why god why*
13. temporary girl
14. vodka (unlisted bonus track)

Tracks with an asterisk * are also available in live form on mp3 on xdrive. To learn how to get them, see the archive section of the Audio page.

Features on and Reviews of Summer's Over
(Click the arrow. Features are also found on the Features page.)

Review by Shawn Ohler, Edmonton Journal, January 10, 1998

Review and Feature: "Beyond the Pursuit of Happiness" by Carey Weinberg, University of Western Ontario Gazette, January 15, 1998

"Moe Better Blues" by Ian A.D. Jack, ID, February 12, 1998

"Moe Berg's Solo Pursuit" by Simona Chiose, Globe and Mail, February 28, 1998

"Poet-Laureate for the Romantically Challenged" by Shawn Ohler, Edmonton Journal, April 22, 1998

"What Type of Writer Are You?", by Moe Berg, Canadian Musician, May/June 1998

"Moe Berg: Always in Pursuit of Happiness" by Mike Devlin, Victoria (B.C.) Times Colonist, August 16 1998

Review en Français: Envoyé par Courant Alternatif, ALGI BabillArts (Montréal), 28 mai 1999

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