Song of the Day: Mogwai - Auto Rock

Happy birthday... you know who you are. Even though I haven't been able to figure you out, I still care and think about you all the time.

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Song of the Day: Sufjan Stevens - Adlai Stevenson

Front man of the Spill Canvas or Dave "Roboshuffle"? You be the judge...

one in the same?

Song of the Day: Laura Veirs - Cast a Hook in Me

I've been totally slacking post-wise. My mind needs to remove itself from the KW reigns. I've been spending too much time in KW, which means staying in the mindframe of the undergrad days. With this being said, a key was returned and reminants of a past life removed. Let' s hope that did the trick.

So what's been going on... I had the chance to see Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab for Cutie a few weeks ago. My take-home notes from the show was that Ben Gibbard needs to stop cursing onstage no matter the circumstance. If it was let's say...Chad Kroeger or David Lee Roth then swear away as it's expected. But it sounded so awkward as Gibbard serenaded the OC-influenced crowd was a big F*** this. I think even Ben started to realize he was cursing too much as he started muffling the dreaded four letter word as the night continued. The show was alright, the venue sucked, a stupid fire alarm ruined four great Death Cab songs. Franz was good and I didn't see any of the Cribs, who were the openers. Deathcab surprised me as to how well they selected their songs from their massive discography to keep the crowd entertained with ballads (or I like to call them, slow jams) and rockers.

Another band show I attended as of late was Wintersleep & Contrived at Lee's Palace. This was my first show at this venue and it totally kicked ass. Even though Wintersleep and Contrived had their own sets, most of the membrs played in both bands. The Wintersleep and Contrived drummer was working double duty and did not let up on the skins. It was definitely a show for concert-going afficiantos. I know I've ranted about this before, so I'm highly critical of the people at the show as well as the bands. Needless to say, I had no complaints. Everyone had a great time. This was evident as the bands could not stop smiling and in awe of how reactive the crowd was to the songs. I remember seeing Paul Murphy of Wintersleep mummble the words away from the mic to his bandmates "this is awesome" throughout the set as the crowd sang along or danced to every blistering note. I hope to see both of them again in some form. I think this was Contrive's last tour.

And last night I saw Minus the Bear at Lee's Palace. It was my second time seeing the band and it was as exciting as the first time. Dave Knudson has now incorporated a Dance-Dance-Revolution style of pedel mashing to his repitroire of cool guitar tircks/licks. "Heeeeeeeey, let's cross the sea, get some culture", how about heeeeeeeeeeeey, let's cross the border, and play another show in Ontario sometime soon - for Leo's sake. A great show, which resulted in a sore neck the next day.

That's it for now. Oh, here's a pic of me "high-five"ing in mid air. I think I threw in some grabs as well. I think I was switch stance if I'm not mistaken.

Song of the Day: Modern Talking - Louie Louie

I think Microsoft has gone mad. Who let Steve Ballmer out of his cage? haha



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Song of the Day: Cut Copy - Going Nowhere

Okay, I totally had one of those "when can I get home" type of days and it's all because of a stupid game called Zuma from Popcap games. My uncle, aunt and myself play this game religously throughout to the evening and into the wee hours of hte morning. If you like bubble bobble back in the early 90's, you'll love this game.

So getting back to my story ... So as I was leaving for home, I pass through a series of doors and studios. One of the rented studios right now just wrapped up a season of filming the Comfy Couch. So there were a bunch of crew members packing and moving equipment into cube throughout the day. So as I pass the turck on the way out, there sits a man in a Volvo with an akubra (Prof. Dixon styles) puffin' away on a very odourous spliff right in the path where many people could see him. I couldn't help but laugh. I guess it was a hard day of moving A/V equipment and there's gotta be a reason why the show is called Big Comfy Couch. It must weight a tonne to move. As I proceeded walking to my car, with the biggest grin on my face, his car dashes right past me at about 60 km/hr in a pedestrian zone. I guess he had the munchies...

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Song of the Day: The Chalets - No Style

For the past three days I've ransacked through every box I've packed to try and find this stupid receipt for the refueling of the 14ft cube van I rented a few weeks back. The damn truck emptied my wallet to the tune $180.00 in gas for the relocation. Granted that there were minor detours made gas was ridiculously crazy that particular. So it's either I keep on looking or I'm out $180.00...

In other news, I spent the past weekend acquiring a new cell phone. I didn't think I'd hold out on owning a cell phone for this long, but all ym friends are doing it these days and I could not be the only one without a mobile device. I basically wanted a slim GSM phone, so that I can switch SIM cards between various phones. So here is the new addition to the collection of lint in my jacket pocket: Samsung SGH P207.

Anyways, send me a quick message if you'd like my cell number.

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