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Small Moments of Ecstasy

There’s a moment, on the dancefloor, when everything falls into place — the lights, the sound, the beat, the vibe, the crowd, the lyrics, the energy, the… intangible tribal quality of moving your body in time with the universe — where you consciously toy (for a microsecond) with the idea that if that moment of [...]

Terrorizing Y’All’s Neighbourhood

So we went to Thrill the World Vancouver 2009 at Yaletown’s Roundhouse this evening:

And scariest of all…

“Oh, Mother of Pearl, I Wouldn’t Trade You for the Whole World”

Video: Roxy Music, “Mother of Pearl”

I Wanna Be Trash

You have no. Idea.

Video: The Whip, “Trash”

Thanx to MikeP…

I Definitely Have a Thing for Canadian Bands Who Shout “HEY!”

Not again, right?

Video: The Arcade Fire “No Cars Go”

We’re In The Basement, Learning To Print (All Of It? Hot!)

Next to “Roam”, this is probably my fave B-52′s song*. Don’t think the grocers’ apostrophe doesn’t drive me nuts — they fixed it last year, with the release of Funplex — but self-identification is to be respected. The literal representation of the instruments cracks me up and, Cindy, you ARE my goddess!

Video: B-52′s “Legal [...]

Hey!

You either dig Toronto’s Hidden Cameras or you do not dig them. You either find them hopelessly mannered and naïve or you do not. You either find their music refreshing in a DIY/low-art-gay-churchy kinda way or you find it predictable in a samey-same kinda way.

I like them. A lot. They’re fun, they’re fresh, they have [...]

New York Has Poisoned His Sweet Mind

Not normally a big fan of sultry or poppy songstresses, I’ll cut some slack to those whose pipes are infused with disarming sass (Lily Allen) or an abundance of style without that vocal showoffiness which makes most of the shit played in nonheterosexual venues unlistenable.

And, indeed, Paloma Faith has all of the above. [...]

The Flat Earth

Twenty-five years after its release, Thomas Dolby’s The Flat Earth is still as haunting (and remarkable) as ever. I’ve been listening to all of his back-catalogue for a few days now and it’s as fresh as the first time I heard it, so long ago. From a live performance in Chicago, 2006:

Video: Thomas Dolby [...]

Love Like a Sunset

From the new Phoenix album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, which is getting a surprising amount of airplay on the iPod. Visuals by 35east:

Video: Phoenix, “Love Like a Sunset” (35east)

“Never Put Your Hand on a Man, Except in Dancing…”

From “A Few Don’ts for Débutants”:

Never put your hand on a man, except in dancing and in taking his arm if he is usher at a wedding or your partner for dinner or supper. Don’t allow anyone to paw you. Don’t hang on anyone for support, and don’t stand or walk with your chest held [...]

And Every Step I Take, Takes Me Further From Heaven

It’s weird.

In the days following my break-up with Toronto, the city streets seem no less cold, no less ugly and no less mean.

Perfect, then, for listening to Roxy Music’s blistering “In Every Dream Home A Heartache”, performed back in the day (1973!), back when I was totally hot for Bryan Ferry — okay, let’s not [...]

Artifacts: Monday Night in the City of the Dead

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(Intro: 12 September 1983)

Hey, did I ever tell you I was a DJ? Oh, not the glamorous kind of DJ that elicits a slavish devotion from crystal-addled partiers, the other kind of DJ: a radio DJ.

When I was coming of age in Calgary, Alberta, there was a [...]

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Turn It UP: (Consolidated: “Message to the People“)

Girl Talk Mashes Up Your Past to Make Your Future

I was never much a fan of mash-ups, thinking them kind of… gimmicky? And over the years I’ve acquired a rather large collection of music remixes but, for the most part, found them more a diversion than main course eatin’.

And then I downloaded the spectacularly fun — and solid argument for remix culture — RiP: [...]