well... goodness gracious what an exciting couple of days. first Canada Day (a day on which Canada gets to let its hair down and sing its anthem as much as it damn well pleases, she still being a young carefree adolescent of a country, not yet at the stage where counting birthdays becomes embarassing and difficult) and now Live8... wowee. Opinions ( Read more... )

yesterday we ventured to niagara falls. it was pretty damn breathtaking. but almost equally amazing was the terrifying ghost town on the outskirts of niagara, most particularly that when i started taking photos a pick up began coasting along far end of the road very slowly. spooky spooky spooky.


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(consider this more of a to-do list than anything of real interest...)

end of amnesia - M. Ward
illinois - Sufjan Stevens
the best party ever - The Boy Least Likely to
Seacaycus - The Wrens
There is no one what will take care of you - Palace Brothers
i see a darkness - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
the sunset tree - The Mountain Goats
fevers and mirrors - Bright ( Read more... )

a ragtag assortment of collected thoughts for the end of march.

i know its only rock and roll. but i like it.

on the same subject. have been toying with a compilation of songs that i will never again be able to listen to without breaking into a melancholy longing to be back with the canucks and the beavers north of the 49th parallel. i could easily ( Read more... )

toronto fades from view ( Read more... )

christ i am so fucking trendy right this very second ( Read more... )

so everyone's all a-flutter still over live8. now canada is getting excited by the opportunity to join the big kids in this exclusive bourgeoise pity party ( Read more... )

a computer screen

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your humble narrator tapping away silently in a deliberately creased pinstripe shirt and a pair of needlessly bright shorts bought in a market in NYC ten years ago.

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he is surrounded by quiet travellers trying not to look lost and over excited asian teenagers exclaiming furiously over their tinny sword clashing ( Read more... )

i've been away for a while. be assured something more profound will find its way here in a while. for now, let me get back in your good graces by saying something nice about each and every one of you ( Read more... )

these have been doing the rounds ( Read more... )