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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A remix I did a while back for Virtual Terrorist on the Fragments EP. The whole EP is available for free from virtual-terrorist.com and includes remixes from the Rabid Whole, Caustic, Die Toten and several others. In case you were wondering, the original title is “Thermonuclear Weapon” but in doing […]
This is what I did today – arranging drum samples for a new track called “Constrictor.” 135bpm in 9/8 time. Might get the bass programming done before sun up.
Fascinating study of an artist using doll-based tableaus and models to deal with psychic trauma: Marwencol website
…’cause baby’s insane… Actually, more because baby’s clumsy. So, I was doing a bit of late night rearranging in Maqlu Central. Candles lit, listening to some music from my iTunes, a blend of Jakalope, Faderhead, Raggedy Angry, Danko Jones, Marilyn Manson etc. I remembered having a couple of strips of […]
A couple of weeks ago I sent out a few copies of my debut EP, Blood, to 20 college radio stations in Canada, today was time to follow up on the mailout. I haven’t heard back from half of the music directors yet [but, hey, it’s summer vacation time and […]