I’m starting a short series of 3 blog posts today deliberately with the top climate change story in Canada. There are huge stories also in the RoboCon election fraud scandal, and the PMO-Senate scandals, but it’s climate change that will have the longest lasting impact in Canada and the world.
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wmtc: what i’m reading: just kids by patti smith
Just Kids is a memoir by the artist and musician Patti Smith, about her life and relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. The book is a memoir of both Smith’s and Mapplethorpe’s coming of age as artists, and of the path of their relationships, both with each other and with other people
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: The Nursery
Happy New Year! This months band is The Nursery. Riddled with unforgettable guitar and synth driven hooks, in an impeccably well organized fusion of soulful, oddball pop-rock and dreamy folk, The Nursery stand alone and defy genres with their upbeat sound. Tied together by lyrical and vocal prowess, their songs
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: The Music of the Templars
For the past 25 years, I have had a mysterious page in Latin, held in a cheap picture frame, and stored in a closet for many years. It’s a two-sided page from a book, printed in black and red letters. I bought it at a used-book store in Toronto back
Continue readingcartoon life: finger taps and cat yowls
finger taps and cat yowls Some accidental interesting results from fooling about in Yellowfier Filed under: music
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Featuring the CBC Signature Series – G-sharp Minor: The Crone
G-sharp minor is a minor scale based on G♯, consisting of the pitches G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, E, and F♯. Few symphonies are written in G♯ minor; among them are Nikolai Myaskovsky’s 17th Symphony, Christopher Schlegel’s 5th Symphony, and an abandoned work of juvenilia by Marc Blitzstein. Despite the
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Weekend Party Announcement- Carlos Souffront, Rennie Foster in Vancouver – 2013 BLOGCEMBER 30/31
Vancouver does have a few local standouts, however- one that has remained true to Vancouver is Rennie Foster. Foster is a fairly influential producer DJ that has mentored a lot of talent frequenting the best of the best in Berlin. Foster is headlining alongside Carlos Souffront- who hails from Detroit.
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Weekend DJ Feature: Steffi- 2013 BLOGCEMBER 22/31
I am going to write a series on sexism and the gender gap in electronic music sometime soon, but for now let’s just focus on the amazing female talent that exists. Some of the fresher faces like Maya Jane Coles are not cutting it for me. Coles is talented, just
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Weekend Party Announcement- Anthony Collins in Montañita, Ecuador – 2013 BLOGCEMBER 20/31
Part of my BLOGCEMBER 2013 series- the Theme is Electronic Music *** As always, let’s set the mood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrdkk6dGOc (various artists) *** Anthony Collins isn’t one of my first choices but […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Holidy Musical Interlude Part II – Solomon’s Majestic Bellowphone
A second musical interlude on one Friday? This one not from Arb? Something special and wonderful must be happening! If you’re thinking something along these lines, you’ve never been more right in your life. Welcome friends to my very first musical interlude post. Why now? Because it’s the holiday season
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Holidy Musical Interlude – Drinking White Wine in the Sun
Tim Minchin’s take on the whole xmas affair resonates with me. The song is about what is important during the holidays and life. The song also takes to rubbing some well deserved soot into the eye of organized delusional behaviour – aka – christianity. Have a safe and wonderful holiday
Continue readingMelissa Fong: What is Resident Advisor?- 2013 BLOGCEMBER 19/31
One of the important things you should know is how to search for parties- especially if you are in a new city. Resident Advisor will list all the main parties at dedicated clubs. They will not usually list afterhours and will…
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Why you should choose weekday parties- 2013 BLOGCEMBER 18/31
I usually prefer going out on weekdays. In a big city- parties are offered on weekdays and they are often a lot better than the weekend parties. …
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: Selling the electric upright bass
My first experience playing a bass guitar came when I was asked to join a local garage band in the mid-1960s. I was learning rhythm guitar back then, inspired by the Beatles and the wave of British pop bands that flooded the airwaves from around 1962. But they already had
Continue readingMelissa Fong: When producers don’t know how to mix- 2013 BLOGCEMBER 17/31
One of the things that can be confusing is the difference between producing and mixing (and then associated style). As I already explained, NOT ALL DJs PRODUCE. Personally, I refuse to see Djs that don’t produce. Mostly because I approach these events as concerts- NOT just any other club night.
Continue readingMelissa Fong: What should you wear to a house/techno party?- 2013 BLOGCEMBER 16/31
GOOD PARTIES NEVER HAVE DRESS CODES. but MANY parties have dress THEMES. Some of the more organized parties will have costume themes and most people take part to collectively create a fantastical night. I never partake because I am joyless in that division- but I fully support the use of
Continue readingMelissa Fong: What is Boiler Room?- 2013 BLOGCEMBER 15/31
Other than a pretty meh movie from 2000, Boiler Room is like Electric Circus, but less about the go go dancing and more about the Dj. For those of you too young to remember ElectricCircus- thank goodness- it was cheesy and silly and you can just think of the Boiler
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