------------------------------ ---------- #11 Hooded Fang - Hooded Fang / mp3 : "Highway Steam" Hooded Fang makes you want to stay in, be cozy and throw on your favorite sweater. #10 Wild Nothing - Gemini / mp3 : "Summer Holiday" I wish I had this album when I was younger with all those hours that were lost into doing nothing. It's an album I can easily get lost into while [...]
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami The kitchen at KKV by Alexandra Hedberg " All winter long the roads are frozen and almost no cars come through. Off the roads, it's damp, so the ground is frosted over like sherbet. When there's snowfall, it's impossible to tell what's road and what's not. It's a landscape that might as well be the end of the world. " – A Wild Sheep Chase
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami London by Ett lingon " Kneeling on the pitcher's mound, Yoshiya gave himself up to the flow of time. Somewhere in the distance he heard the faint wail of a siren. A gust of wind set the leaves of grass to dancing and celebrated the grass's song before it died. " – All God's Children Can Dance
Photo by This Recording It's been very cold here in Toronto during the last couple of days. The neighbourhood has been quiet and I've been working away at the last few articles and columns for this year. Here's last week's The Neighbourhood Mixtape: Memory Maps in case you missed it. Also, The Top 10 Songs from Toronto Bands in 2010 article is now up if you're curious and what a reception it received! Watch an unofficial video for KiD CuDi 's [...]
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami Drinking Water In Bed III by John Opera " I want to write stories that are different from the ones I've written so far, Junpei thought: I want to write about people who dream and wait for the night to end, who long for the light so they can hold the ones they love. But right now I have to stay here and keep watch over this woman and this girl. I will never let anyone [...]
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami Pink Cup by John Baldessari " I first met him in a hotel at a ski resort, which is probably the perfect place to meet an ice man. The hotel lobby was crowded with animated young people, but the ice man was sitting by himself on a chair in the corner farthest from the fireplace, quietly reading a book. Although it was nearly noon, the clear, chilly light of an early-winter morning seemed to linger around [...]
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami Adam and the Amethysts by Carly Waito " Bathed in the pallid moonlight, my body, like some plaster puppet, had lost all living warmth. As if a voodoo magician had put a spell on me, blowing my transient life into this lump of clay. The spark of life had vanished. My real life had fallen asleep somewhere, and a faceless someone was stuffing it in a suitcase, about to leave. " – [...]
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami Poughkeepsie, NY, 2005 by John Lehr " All afternoon I take it easy and loll around on the sofa. I have nothing better to do. I read a bit – that new novel by García Márquez – and listen to some music. I have myself a beer. Still, I'm unable to give my mind to any of this. I consider going back to bed, but I can't even pull myself together enough to do that. So [...]
I feel very efficient today. My strategy: don't fuss, just write. It's about 'ass-in-chair' – one of the greatest things I learned in my last year of university. Lots of caffeine helps too! Filmed in California, Young Man illuminates youth bliss in his video "Up So Fast". Some Good Reading : Think you're better off with more options? Think again . Explore the beautiful and unforgettable title sequence for Robert Mulligan's To [...]
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami In Deep Water by Seba Kurtis " For me, on the other hand, it was the Year of Funerals. Friends and former friends died one after another, like ears of corn withering in a drought. I was twenty-eight. My friends were all about the same age – twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine. Not exactly the right age to die. " – Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: New York Mining Disaster
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami In Deep Water by Seba Kurtis " For me, on the other hand, it was the Year of Funerals. Friends and former friends died one after another, like ears of corn withering in a drought. I was twenty-eight. My friends were all about the same age – twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine. Not exactly the right age to die. " – Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: New York Mining Disaster
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami Portal by Eric White " 'Thinking about lunch. Smoked salmon with pedigreed lettuce and razor-sharp slices of onion that have been soaked in ice water, brushed with horseradish and mustard, served on French butter rolls baked in the hot ovens of Kinokuniya. A sandwich made in heaven!' " – Dance Dance Dance
Anne Carson Winter makes me think of Anne Carson. I remember reading her poetry inside an empty classroom with large windows and noisy radiators. The bikes have been stored away in the shed. Our evening: early dinner, cool draughts, sleepy kitts and hot cocoa. Check out Neon Indian 's "Mind, Drips" video below. Some Good Reading : A poem by Anne Carson. For knot nerds wanting to learn about knots, ties, splices, tackles and the International Guild [...]
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami A slow farewell, part III by Sandra Juto " I looked into her face a while, then I gazed at both her ears. A soft afternoon glow enveloped her body as in an old still life. " – A Wild Sheep Chase
Snow covers the ground this morning and with it comes a new list of things to do and check off. This week's The Neighbourhood Mixtape makes you want to roll back under the covers like a big, toasty cinnamon bun . The collection features Make Your Exit , Eiyn Sof , Bravestation , Little Girls and Heartbeat Hotel . From Australia, check out Tame Impala 's reflective video for their single "Expectations" below. [...]
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami Camping: beach by Carly Waito " One strange thing after another came up that Sunday afternoon. A fire broke out near Midori's house and when we went up to the third-floor laundry deck to watch, we sort of kissed. It sounds stupid when I put it that way, but that was how things worked out. " – Norwegian Wood
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami Harry Callahan " She breaks off her reading and looks outside. From this second-story window she can look down on the busy street. Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with people coming and going – people with places to go and people with no place to go; people with a purpose and people with no purpose; people trying to hold time back and people trying to urge it [...]
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami Harry Callahan " She breaks off her reading and looks outside. From this second-story window she can look down on the busy street. Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with people coming and going – people with places to go and people with no place to go; people with a purpose and people with no purpose; people trying to hold time back and people trying to urge it [...]
A daily dose of Haruki Murakami Cathedral by Rachell Sumpter " She leaves behind a damp pillow, wet with tears. You touch the warmth with your hand and watch the sky outside gradually lighten. Far away a crow caws. The Earth slowly keeps on turning. But beyond any of these details of the real, there are dreams. And everyone's living in them. " – Kafka on the Shore
4th Amendment Wear by Cargo Collective It's funny how fast time goes. November came and went like the many tabs we open and close on our web browsers. It's December 1st! That means countdown month, which means time will go by even faster. So, why not take a nice walk around the neighbourhood today or this evening? Traveling this Holiday season? Check out these 4th Amendment underclothes for those TSA x-rays you'll likely encounter. And finally, to help slow things down a bit for your heart, check out [...]
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