Trouble breathing

The birth of techno has a place, and it is right here:


Detroit, 1982. The public debut of "Sharevari", by Number of Names.

I posted this because I was thinking about this song last weekend when I went to a real techno party for the first time in forever...now, please don't mistake what I'm saying. By 'techno', I mean techno. Hard, relentless, 150+ BPM, slamming, agressive, thrashy, acid-soaked techno, as delivered by one of the oldest and most respected DJs in the genre, Julian Liberator (yes, the same Liberator as Chris and Aaron). Not one drop of electro, ghettotech/booty, hip hop, mashups...which is all I seem to go out dancing to these days.



Unfortunately, going out only proved again that Torontonians only sometimes actually KNOW how to dance...oh well. I should stick to things requiring a whole lotta standing around. I recently picked up tix to SO many shows in the next few weeks...Do Make Say Think, Electrelane w/ The Blow (which is, perhaps, the best lineup in Toronto so far...stunning.), Dean & Britta (of Luna) and to cap it all off...more dancing, with JUSTICE, sebAstien & Busy P! I'm sooooo excited about that last one - I distinctly remember trucking around Brooklyn with Shout Out Out Out Out last November, desperately seeking the venue they were playing with Digitalism & Whitey...to no avail. We ALL HAD TICKETS, TOO!

Now it'll be go time. Those dudes (Justice, that is) are set to blow the fuck up in 2007.


One last thing before I go...


Zachary Rossman is amazing.

That is all.

Ciao, friends.

ps: please don't ask 'how the job hunt is going', because the answer is: it goes.

Day 9: the Valentine edition

Hey lovers*! This one's for you...


*=self-love is love too!



I srsly fuckin LOVE Matt & Kim! (Myspace). They remind me of Team Boo-era Mates of State, but punkier. Hey Toronto! Matt & Kim are at The Mod Club on May 4th with Meligrove Band and the mighty mighty JAPANTHER, who I've raved about in the past. Their disc Master of Pigeons, on Menlo Park is amazing...they have much newer work though on their myspace.

Punk rock is so much more than music though...it's PHOTOS (Courtesy of my man Jon B!), and WRITING (attn: Banksy fans, read this.) and...well, I'd say that love is pretty punk rock in itself.


Dontcha think?

I spent last weekend in Ottawa with Leah, which was fun if not a bit dull on the city-life part. It's kind of a dead scene, to be honest. Good thing I had such rad company. We went to the Museum of Civilization, across the river in Hull, Quebec one afternoon, which was totally fascinating. We saw 700-year old totem poles and ancient glass vases - amazing.

They also happen to have The Canadian Postal Museum, which leads me to a funny/embarrassing story...we came across a mail-themed karaoke booth which only had two songs we both knew, Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder and Return to Sender, by Elvis...so we put our headphones and started belting it out, laughing at the sound of our horrible singing in our ears for about 10 minutes, and that's when we noticed the camera. We stepped out of the booth and there was about 30 people WATCHING US on a BIG TV outside of the booth which had projected our performance through the museum. Leah had a mini-humiliation attack and we giggled HARD as ran out of there, quickly.

It made for a fun day on a fun trip with a fun girl. Her blog is linked over to the right...go show her some love while she's trapped in a dorm.

Stay warm, kittens!


ps:

Juanma Grillo is the new pink.

the unemployment diaries: day three/four

Day 3, 2:45pm:

MSN'd 'til 4 AM.
Slept 'til noon.
Ate some mini wheats.
Discovered this:



Whoah.

Though hardly as 'whoah' as finding ANAL BEADS (WARNING: link NSFW) at GOODWILL this morning. Richard and I freaked out, took a (soon to be posted) picture and left, nay, FLED.


CUZ SRSLY WHO WOULD DO TAKE ANAL BEADS TO A USED STORE?

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LOST is back. I'm stoked.

For the fans only...check this piece of genius.



I'm kinda saddened that I've become a person that gets excited to watch TV. That reminds me, I have some Six Feet Under to catch up on...

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Day 4, 7:28 pm

It's been a good day. I woke up not abnormally early...for a Saturday, on a Thursday and one by one knocked the fuck down a list of errands needing a whoopin. Car:fixed. Treadmill: demolished. Closure with my old job: satisfied.

But I still don't have a job. I found out yesterday that a job I had excitedly applied for went to an insider. So it goes.

I'm off to Ottawa for the weekend, leaving tomorrow. Gonna visit the lady...she's there for a course. It's leaving me secretly jealous of her short reminder of what it's like be in school. I've been left to ponder the 'what ifs...' of life lately, and I'd be lying to say I haven't thought about going back to school. The process is daunting. So it goes.

I don't care what anybody says, I really love Youth Group.


On the other hand, I also really love Hiretsukan.


Oh crap, I'm also totally into dance music too.

Fuckin' JUNOS!

Give then all a shot, let me know what you decide.

The unemployment diaries: day one

Being unemployed is reminding me of Odd Todd. Anyone remember him? Click that shit, it's funny.

Also funny and amazing and creative and total gold: ADVENTURE TIME!

mucho thanks to the also awesome threedeeglasses for the knowledge.

I have some questions for you, dear readers...

Have you ever used a job site to FIND work?
Have you ever posted your resume on a job site? If so, were there any results?

I've been all over monster and workopolis and findmeafuckingjobPULEEZE.orgcomnet and I'm not convinced it works. Tell me it does.

Day one. Expect more blogs. Bloggerfall. Blognado. Blogicane. it's gonna be a loooong week.

oh, and music.


Starting with Icarus. I first discovered these guys back in 1998 when I was travelling in Europe, and picked up their 12" "Kamikaze", which was more on the drum n bass/breakcore tip...they mellowed with age, apparently, as their sound now is much more on the broken beat/glitch end of things...delicious, indeed.

Check these two songs from their amazing 2004 record on The Leaf Label, "I Tweet The Birdy Electric".

Essen
&
Gnog.
Enjoy.