i dragged my proverbial ass off the couch last night to go see the notwist, and was glad that i did. the notwist sound a bit like math rock meets electronica: take lyrics about gravity and algebra, throw in some beeps and boops, beautiful synth-y orchestral music, and a lead singer with an earnest but distant voice, and it's magical.

( germans are strange. )

last night i saw the triple bill of anna ternheim + lykke li + el perro del mar.

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for those who are out of the loop, i have been "taking some time off" since january 2008. initially it was a situational time off, meaning that i hadn't found work, but since about march it has become purposeful time off, meaning that i started to enjoy the time off to read books, travel, volunteer and do other self-fulfilling things ( Read more... )

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g & m are in town (hi g!) and we hung out and drank too much. life is tough.

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i went to my first show of the year, to see the raveonettes (for the third time). it's funny because i wouldn't necessarily consider them to be one of my favourite bands, but i thoroughly enjoyed the show. they have this 80's goth sort of sound, like the ( Read more... )

i went to see the glenn gould exhibit at the museum of civilization and it was exquisite. i actually got the audio commentary, which i never do, and it was really well done ( Read more... )

last barrymore's visit last night, with the roommates. we got there early, danced our asses off, and left by midnight - much like i used to do it way back when ( Read more... )

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i will get off of youtube.
i will work on my final report.
i will stop having indecent thoughts about joel plaskett.

spent august long weekend (BC day or simcoe day, depending on which province you're from) in the t-dot. spent some time with S, ate lots of sushi, saw daft punk, ate more sushi, saw R...

update to come. i know you're tired of hearing that, but really, i will post all my vacation antics at some point ( Read more... )

the thing about bluesfest is that dancing in a field at night with thousands of other people always reminds me of pulp's "sorted for e's and whizz" when jarvis talks about calling standing in a field and calling his mum and saying "mum, i can never come home again".

( bluesfest days seven through eleven )

bluesfest has definitely started to take its toll, and i have a sore back and hips. goddamn, i'm getting old.

( bluesfest days five and six )