Yearly Archives: 2011
19 posts
A little op-ed here. Y’all might wanna skip this if you drink the PC Kool-Aid. Found this little sign on the wall of the station I DJ at, urging DJs to play more “fem-con” [works by female artists] while also refraining from playing anything misogynistic, or if you’re going to […]
Haven’t checked in to !earshot’s charts in a few weeks, and lo and behold I’ve been on them a couple times lately: A couple weeks ago on November 22, 2011 blood.black.haze was #4 on the electronic top ten and #29 on the top 30 at CFBX in Kamloops, BC. And […]
Should probably start some sort of pic of the day thing, all terribly blurry cell phone camera shots of dumb shit I see or make. I won’t commit to that yet, but here’s one: Ken doesn’t seem to mind the high-heeled boot to the nuts too much. Or he’s too […]
Today’s announcement of the closure of the HMV store at Robson and Burrard in Vancouver sparked a bunch of Twitter commentary, including me giving a short version of this soapbox rant. Basically, it comes down to the chains ceased to be relevant years ago when instead of maintaining a broad […]
2011 note: Today’s announcement of the closure of the HMV store at Robson and Burrard in Vancouver sparked a bunch of Twitter commentary, including me giving a short version of this soapbox rant. Basically, it comes down to the chains ceased to be relevant years ago when instead of maintaining […]
“Fuck Me Pumps” by Amy Winehouse Chatting with my friend Val about skanks who figure they can sleep their way to the top, she mentioned this song. Love it, never heard it before. “Country Boner [Disco Viagra Mix]” by Puscifer Stumbled upon while deciding which Puscifer track to play on […]
In this week’s Georgia Straight there’s a Hallowe’en round-up with a bunch of Vancouver artists talking about favorite Hallowe’en costumes and tunes. Included are members of Myths, the Vampire Bats, Siskiyou, the Bonitos, Machines, Evil Ebenezer, Nim Vind, the Vincent Black Shadow, Mode Moderne, Fake Shark Real Zombie… and me. […]
Just saw that my EP Haze has its first chart position, #7 on the electronic top ten at CHRW in London, ON. Always glad to hear when folks are liking my stuff and playing it! Thanks CHRW!
I was reminded this afternoon of Hundertwasser’s architectural ideas as I logged onto Facebook and saw a friend had posted a story about the “vertical forest” being built in Milan: Bosco Verticale in Milan Back when I was doing design classes at Emily Carr Institute here in Vancouver, I heard […]
This week’s Vampire’s Ball was to be all about vintage industrial vinyl, and that worked out for a while, starting with Smersh and Keith Leblanc before playing some Coil and then, by request, Psychic TV and Noise Unit. I had Portion Control spinning and was just sitting down to write […]
Discorder review of Maqlu’s blood.black.haze by Ashly Kissman Great review from Discorder Magazine for my CD. Thanks!
So, in case you haven’t seen my propaganda, I DJ on Friday nights at CiTR Radio in Vancouver [101.9 FM]on a show called the Vampire’s Ball [Friday nights midnight to 4am PST]. It focuses on industrial, goth and synth rock. Anyway, look who was filling in the vacant timeslot before […]
Been thinking about doing an experiment whereby for the month of September I listen only to a few key albums that were massively influential to me in my teens. Things that made me want to pursue music. I DJ on Friday nights, so I’ll have to make an exception to […]