Dichotomies, Dichotomies

"Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right. I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top.

At the same time, I shared a dark suspicion that the life we were leading was a lost cause, that we were all actors, kidding ourselves along on a senseless odyssey. It was the tension between these two poles- a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other- that kept me going."

-The Rum Diary, Hunter S. Thompson

White Rabbits

Shoot me with these bullets anyday.

White Rabbits "Percussion Gun" Music Video from White Rabbits on Vimeo.

Burning Man aka Too Excited to Write Full Sentences

- Finally.
- Gone to Mars from Aug 29 to Sept 9.
- T.O.----airplane---->L.A.----shortbus---->Black Rock City.
- My notebook and I will report back (maybe not to you and you, but to me and me).
- Theme = Evolution (!!!)
- 39 degrees in Reno.
- Totally unprepared.
- I want to live like Marie and Marie.

Lengthwise

When you're here I sleep lengthwise,
And when you're gone I sleep diagonal in my bed.

Motel Motel

This song by NYC's Motel Motel makes me happy. It is fair to say that almost every new band I like these days is from Brooklyn or Montreal. Must expand these horizons.



P.S. Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is releasing a solo record in October and The Fruit Bats' new title track "The Ruminant Band" (album out in August) also sounds delightful; a little reminiscent of good (read: early) Fleetwood Mac.

I hate babies

...and picketing utopian CUPE employees!

That being said, I still enjoy these fantastical photographs by Julie Blackmon.

Rural Alberta Advantage

July 30th at The Horseshoe. I'm there.

Who comes out on top?

Brightblack Morning Light's Everybody Daylight
vs.
Portishead's Glorybox (mudflap mix)...

Close call. BUT, I think Beth Gibbons wins.

Brilliance is Costly

Can't wait until July 9th. The Dodos + Beirut = expected mind-blowing experience. His voice, the heavy percussion, their presumed intensity on stage...OH MY!

Instant happiness