Yesterday, I spent the day at the fair with my kids. Yes, the fair is in town. It's really been the exact same fair as when I was but a tot. Even the numbers of carnies having served jail time is pretty much the same. The odours of onion rings and processed sugar are just as overwhelming. The rides still creak uncertain-like. The haunted house still has the same run-down "animatronic" skeletons. It's always nice to know some things don't change. One thing that does change, however, is a week. One [...]
Yesterday, I spent the day at the fair with my kids. Yes, the fair is in town. It's really been the exact same fair as when I was but a tot. Even the numbers of carnies having served jail time is pretty much the same. The odours of onion rings and processed sugar are just as overwhelming. The rides still creak uncertain-like. The haunted house still has the same run-down "animatronic" skeletons. It's always nice to know some things don't change. One thing that does change, however, is a week. One [...]
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons - We Should Fight Hey, I could totally take Ezra Furman . We Should Fight ? Hell yeah, string bean, bring everything you got, you pasty-armed, scrawny little twerp. Honestly, have you seen this guy? I could totally take him. There is no guy named "Ezra" I couldn't tussle with. Although he does have his Harpoons to back him up, which is a pretty piercing name for a posse. Intimidating, really. Especially when they can also pump out some blustery, hurtling alt-country [...]
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons - We Should Fight Hey, I could totally take Ezra Furman . We Should Fight ? Hell yeah, string bean, bring everything you got, you pasty-armed, scrawny little twerp. Honestly, have you seen this guy? I could totally take him. There is no guy named "Ezra" I couldn't tussle with. Although he does have his Harpoons to back him up, which is a pretty piercing name for a posse. Intimidating, really. Especially when they can also pump out some blustery, hurtling alt-country [...]
The first time we had the chance to chit-chat about The Little Ones, it was at the onset of summer, and we had the sunny tang of their music to usher in the new season. At this point in time, summer is, in all its radiant and idyllic glory, is slowly coming to an end. Don't come here telling me about September 22nd, we all know Labour Day is the psychological conclusion of the season, and that's not too far away. But with Morning Tide by The Little Ones, we'll be able to stretch it [...]
The first time we had the chance to chit-chat about The Little Ones, it was at the onset of summer, and we had the sunny tang of their music to usher in the new season. At this point in time, summer is, in all its radiant and idyllic glory, is slowly coming to an end. Don't come here telling me about September 22nd, we all know Labour Day is the psychological conclusion of the season, and that's not too far away. But with Morning Tide by The Little Ones, we'll be able to stretch it [...]
Friday The 13th: The Loft by Beaujolais Angry Girl by Soda Fountain Rag Auctioneer by The Broken West A Pirate's Confession III by And The Moneynotes Drop The Fight by Tractor Kings Feel free to add this to any of [...]
Friday The 13th: The Loft by Beaujolais Angry Girl by Soda Fountain Rag Auctioneer by The Broken West A Pirate's Confession III by And The Moneynotes Drop The Fight by Tractor Kings Feel free to add this to any of [...]
Did you know that, contrary to common parlance, octopuses do not have tentacles: they have arms. But squids have tentacles, two of 'em, to be exact, as well as the eight arms characteristic to the cephalopods. I did not know that. That information really just blew my mind. Doesn't it yours? Just in case this little bit of marine trivia failed to blow your mind, I have prepared Wait A While by The Mojomatics for you to listen to, which will, indubitably, blow your mind. The two-man Italian ensemble pull out all the [...]
Did you know that, contrary to common parlance, octopuses do not have tentacles: they have arms. But squids have tentacles, two of 'em, to be exact, as well as the eight arms characteristic to the cephalopods. I did not know that. That information really just blew my mind. Doesn't it yours? Just in case this little bit of marine trivia failed to blow your mind, I have prepared Wait A While by The Mojomatics for you to listen to, which will, indubitably, blow your mind. The two-man Italian ensemble pull out all the [...]
Novillero - A Little Tradition Hey, guess what? I'm going to get my haircut tonight! And while this is the kind of drastically relevant information one should display more on Twitter than on a band's write-up, I mention this because my haircut is going to be quite similar to the mod-tops of Novillero . They themselves will probably be hitting the barber's shop soon enough with the impending release of their third LP, A Little Tradition , of which the title track is a soulful, bouncy affair of pure pop [...]
Novillero - A Little Tradition Hey, guess what? I'm going to get my haircut tonight! And while this is the kind of drastically relevant information one should display more on Twitter than on a band's write-up, I mention this because my haircut is going to be quite similar to the mod-tops of Novillero . They themselves will probably be hitting the barber's shop soon enough with the impending release of their third LP, A Little Tradition , of which the title track is a soulful, bouncy affair of pure pop [...]
So it seems that magpies can recognize themselves in a mirror . Yup. Recognizing their own bodies in a mirror is no longer the exclusive playing field of humans, bottlenose dolphins, apes, and Asian elephants. Looks like the avians are hoisting themselves up on the evolutionary chain, now, wouldn't you say? Seems like these here magpies are beginning to think they're pret-ty damn special now, wouldn't you agree? Well then, can one of these super-brained magpies recognize the undeniable impact and promise of Nova Scotia's Mardeen? I mean, if they're that smart an [...]
So it seems that magpies can recognize themselves in a mirror . Yup. Recognizing their own bodies in a mirror is no longer the exclusive playing field of humans, bottlenose dolphins, apes, and Asian elephants. Looks like the avians are hoisting themselves up on the evolutionary chain, now, wouldn't you say? Seems like these here magpies are beginning to think they're pret-ty damn special now, wouldn't you agree? Well then, can one of these super-brained magpies recognize the undeniable impact and promise of Nova Scotia's Mardeen? I mean, if they're that smart an [...]
Sleep Talking by Human Highway Black Coffee Night by Mr. Lewis And The Funeral 5 Don't Look Down by The Shondes (previous The Shondes post) Baby Squared by The Drones Bruno's Torso by Death Vessel Enemy Within [...]
Sleep Talking by Human Highway Black Coffee Night by Mr. Lewis And The Funeral 5 Don't Look Down by The Shondes (previous The Shondes post) Baby Squared by The Drones Bruno's Torso by Death Vessel Enemy Within [...]
So studies show that polygamy makes you live longer. Turns out if you're a polygamist and are over 60 years old, you're likely to outlive a monogamous person by about 12 per cent. Well, considering that I am all in favour of extending my life cycle, I immediately introduced my plan for longer living to my girlfriend, exposing the pros (cons? what cons?) of expanding our couple to include a second girlfriend. Now, of course, I will spare you all the tiresome morality issues she brought forth, which, in fact, had no place amidst such [...]
So studies show that polygamy makes you live longer. Turns out if you're a polygamist and are over 60 years old, you're likely to outlive a monogamous person by about 12 per cent. Well, considering that I am all in favour of extending my life cycle, I immediately introduced my plan for longer living to my girlfriend, exposing the pros (cons? what cons?) of expanding our couple to include a second girlfriend. Now, of course, I will spare you all the tiresome morality issues she brought forth, which, in fact, had no place amidst such [...]
Hey Marseilles - From A Terrace Despite all the "boycott French wine" and "Freedom Fries" crap which obnoxiously plagued the US landscape over the past few years, francophilia in America is alive and well. But despite their name, Seattle's Hey Marseilles perform in la langue de Shakespeare , preferring instead invoke the spirit of old-world Marseilles as an influence to their poetic, folkish, and stunningly orchestral music. The collection of pianos, cello, violins, and accordion might force some people to label it as "eclectic." I call it "magnifique." [...]
Hey Marseilles - From A Terrace Despite all the "boycott French wine" and "Freedom Fries" crap which obnoxiously plagued the US landscape over the past few years, francophilia in America is alive and well. But despite their name, Seattle's Hey Marseilles perform in la langue de Shakespeare , preferring instead invoke the spirit of old-world Marseilles as an influence to their poetic, folkish, and stunningly orchestral music. The collection of pianos, cello, violins, and accordion might force some people to label it as "eclectic." I call it "magnifique." [...]
A Limerick Ox
Miike Snow – Paddling Out (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
