I have been waiting years for a full LP from French electro genius SebastiAn, and as of a few days ago, the wait is finally over. I can’t think of a better soundtrack for summer. Enjoy this bonus track “Organia” from his debut album “Total”, released on the Ed Banger label. Better yet, you can pick a copy up for yourself here.
I Am Your Grandma
Don’t you wish Jillian Mayer was your grandma?
Winnipeg is an old woman
“Winnipeg is an old lady. She goes to bed at 9:00 in her nightie with her nightcap and her cup of tea…she’s an old Ukrainian lady who smells of borscht, and eats perogies on a daily basis, and likes to go to socials, and likes to spend a lot of money on things, and that’s what downtown Winnipeg is, it’s just this gaping hole that goes to bed at 9:00. The tumbleweeds rolling through the city, the vacant storefronts that used to be, just so many interesting and cool places to go are just ghetto cash chequing shop bargain bin garbage places…that’s what Winnipeg is, an old lady in her nightie who goes to bed at 9:00 and doesn’t like the music too loud…kids start having fun and she has to rap on the window and tell them to stop and keep it down. ‘Cause she has to get up early. She’s gotta get to her job. Kids start having fun, and she comes around with her little housecoat on, tapping on the door telling the kids to keep it down. That’s what Winnipeg is.”
Taken from Winnipeg is a Boiling Pot of Cranberries (Fanny Remix) by Venetian Snares.
Frustrations and aggravations with MySpace
Not too long ago, a friend of mine asked me if I could design and code a customized profile layout for his MySpace music page. I hesitantly agreed—How bad could it really be? I suppose I had somewhat of an idea of what I was getting myself into, being a previous MySpace account holder. This was, of course, before the dawn of the Facebook era, when anyone who was anyone at high school had a MySpace account. Long before even scene kids realized how much better a properly-designed social networking site could be. Even back then, I remember struggling for hours on end to make my profile look attractive, something which was very hard to accomplish given the template I had to work with.
Something for THE COPS
This audio post is dedicated to the police who have brutalized and terrorized peaceful protesters in Toronto this weekend. Keep up the great work, boys!
A Roundtable Conversation on Tomorrow, In A Year
The Knife, Mt. Sims and Planningtorock discuss their collaborative opera project “Tomorrow, In a Year”. You can download the album here.
The bad nurses
Artwork by Saturno Butto.
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It’s the world of dB drag racing
The music video for DJ Mehdi’s “Signatune” from French director Romain Gavras.
Born free
Another fine music video by Romain Gavras, for the new single from M.I.A, “Born free”.