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When the snow falls this November

Yay! My 400th post! Last night, I was watching live videos of Julie Doiron, pretty much non-stop. It’s been a few months since I’ve seen her perform live and I guess I’m itching for another Doiron show1. Really? Two months is as long as I can go without a Julie Doiron show? I’m spoiled. This morning, upon continually flipping past songs I didn’t want to hear, I gave up, and then remembered Julie, so I put my Julie Doiron collection on random. As I arrived at work, this song was playing. I couldn’t turn it off, I sat in the car until it finished. I long for snow. Soon. Here is… Read More »When the snow falls this November

Wild Flag

There’s something about “Future Crimes” by Wild Flag that not only evokes an emotional response, but a physical response, too. I’ve never had a song which affects me. From the opening salvo of drum and guitar, Janet Weiss’ drums pound out a heart thumping beat which actually speeds up my heart as I hear it. Kind of makes me feel slightly sick to my stomach. This didn’t happen with the original 7″ version, but certainly does with the new, faster, album version. Carrie Brownstein’s thumping guitar, and soon comes in Mary Timony’s lead guitar. It makes me feel slightly ill, but it’s still one of the best songs, ever.

Raktajino

Have you ever thought to yourself, “man, I could really use some Klingon coffee?” If so, I have the mug for you! I also reviewed the mug on Amazon.com.

You Are A Cat

There’s this awesome dude named Sherwin Tjia who throws awesome events in Toronto and Montreal (sometimes in Ottawa). He’s organized slow dances, and crowd karaoke, and strip spelling bees, and cardboard fort building nights. The last might have been my favourite, because of who I met there, though the spelling bees have boobies. This weekend he launched his new book called You Are A Cat. It’s a sendup of the Choose Your Own Adventure books all ’80s children knew and loved. However, it’s different than the ’80s books from what I remember. As a child I don’t remember those books having much in the way of heavy subject matters, but… Read More »You Are A Cat

Self portrait

As Rocktober told you, I was in Montreal and I bought a new sweater vest. In addition to that. I fell, smashed my face in and broke my glasses. Ouch. As a result, I went to my doctor, and he was kind enough to fit my lenses into replacement frames… this time they were in blue. Lovely Jai Kudo 507s. I decided to buy a second pair, just because I’ve been wanting to own two pairs of glasses for some time… excluding my shades. Thanks to lots of help from Twitter. I decided on a pair of Ted Baker B844 in grey. They’re purple on the interior. I’m wondering if… Read More »Self portrait

Mad Lauriers!

I need your help, fellow Canadians. I’m trying to create slang, and I don’t have enough support from people. Mad Lauriers! Mad Lauriers means a lot of cash. It could be as specific as $5 bills, but it doesn’t have to be. It could just simply be a giant wad of cash. “Yo, I got my paycheque, I got mad Lauriers!” or “Michael J. Fox is so rich, he’s got mad Lauriers!”1 Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy is the nickname for a $20 bill. Notice how the notes are thin? Notice how Queen Lizzy is on the bill? Perfect, it’s a Thin Lizzy! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TehFZ38kt6o&w=450&h=335] Note the CanCon [↩]

#Rocktober 30 volume 31: Logan’s Run

This month I turn 30. To mark such a remarkable event, I’m spending every day of October drenched in awesome-sauce. Well, the tale comes to an end. October is over, and it seems I’m old. Not much I can do about this. I watched Logan’s Run with some friends. For those who don’t know, Logan’s Run is a film about a society where they must limit the size of their population by killing anyone at 30. It’s not a brilliant film, but is appropriate for one’s 30th birthday. I’m still hoping to be renewed, but we’ll see.

#Rocktober 30 volume 30: Bloggers who Brunch

This month I turn 30. To mark such a remarkable event, I’m spending every day of October drenched in awesome-sauce. Once again, the bloggers brunched. There was a lot of food. I provided juice, as I am a Jew. There was much bacon to be had. I’d say “don’t tell my rabbi,” but I don’t have a rabbi. Has anyone else ever noticed that when you want to type “rabbi” you often type “rabbit?” This is a hinderance in my professional life, as I work with a rabbi. Hi Noam.

#Rocktober 30 volume 29: Bow ties are cool

This month I turn 30. To mark such a remarkable event, I’m spending every day of October drenched in awesome-sauce. It’s my sister’s birthday on Tuesday, and it was my birthday on Wednesday. Every year our birthdays are six days apart. This causes a single celebration of our birthdays. We ate. Mmm. Shira made cupcakes, they were good. Then I went home, and changed. I put on a shirt, a sweater vest, a bow tie, and my Scrabble cuff links (thanks Emily), I also wore pants. I went across the street, and met up with Nat, and we headed to aL’s place. Nat was wearing an excellent scrabble board costume,… Read More »#Rocktober 30 volume 29: Bow ties are cool

#Rocktober 30 volume 28: Dan Mangan

This month I turn 30. To mark such a remarkable event, I’m spending every day of October drenched in awesome-sauce. There are times I feel that concerts are really just an excuse to see a large group of awesome people. That seems to be exactly what happened last night. Marta took my extra ticket, and while I’ve known that cute Polish doctor for probably 5 or 6 years now, we’ve never actually met in person. It was nice to finally meet her, and she brought along her sister Joanna (who I actually hang out with in person frequently), Jon (Jo’s man), and a friend of Jo I had never met… Read More »#Rocktober 30 volume 28: Dan Mangan