i almost forgot my password

that's how long it's been. woah.

but i thought i'd do a little year end list, just to rekindle my love for writing about music--it is in dire need of rekindling.

BEST ALBUMS (in almost no particular order)

Mount Eeerie (with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire) - Lost Wisdom
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Eric Chenaux - Sloppy Ground
Muskox - Gallantries
$100 - Forest of Fears
Fleet Foxes - S/T
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt. 1
Ghost Bees - Tasseomancy
Chad Vangaalen - Soft Airplane
Snowblink - Long Live

BEST SHOWS
Yo La Tengo - Wellmont Theatre: Montclaire, New Jersey NYE (I can only assume)
Mount Eerie, Julie Doiron, Calm Down It's Monday - Church of the Redeemer
Jordan O'Jordan - The Oxford Hotel
Dirty Projectors, No Kids, Nif-D - Sneaky Dee's
Muskox, Isla Craig - Tranzac
The Weather Station, $100 - Tranzac
Every last one of the many Sandro Perri shows - Various
Creeping Nobodies - Wrongbar
The Guest Bedroom - Sneaky Dee's
Steamboat, Sandro Perri, Mantler - Tranzac
Final Fantasy, Sam Amidon, Nico Muhly - Music Hall
Fucked Up, $100, Final Fantasy, Katie Stelmanis - Sneaky Dee's
The Acorn, Ohbijou - Lee's Palace
Ghost Bee's, Timber Timbre - Drake
Timber Timbre - The Oxford Hotel's Backyard!
Xiu Xiu - Sneaky Dee's

*i'm sure there are dozens more

happy holidays, lovers!

sure.

staycation update:

too much food (yadee yadee yada).

i like my close friends for their birthmonth ideologies. i've been reaping full benefits. birthday resolution: less bitching, more babes

keele/rogers and keele/wilson:

value villages outside my village--here. we. go.

i have a landline. imagine that.

this month is perfect. i plan to keep it that way.

oh, and this photo is by jared raab from the 5x4 installation i participated in. sure.

treading water

so i'm done--done ladyfest for the year. this year was tough and now i can only dream of a day when i have a community arts JOB...laughing? i know--just a dream.

but now i must play catch-up since i've missed dozens of good friends' birthdays, missed my opportunity to tour with the band (which will continue with me missing our show at pop montreal this week...shucks) and have not returned phone calls, emails, done laundry, grocery shopped, paid bills, et cetera.

i'm taking a much needed staycation. here is my obnoxious list of activities for that week:


change banjo strings
go see the Toronto Free Gallery's exhibit "Power to the People"
buy new sewing machine
lunches with rosanna and sof and _____ and ________ and _______
antique market
seriously ponder the possibility of either a viola or a mandolin or to save my fucking money
listen to all my roommate's American Primitive CDs and bask in my obsession with gospel
montreal for the amazing rebelles ???
i need a haircut--DESPERATELY!
it's embarassing that i haven't seen dream of life yet

this will grow over the next couple of weeks.


;alkdfj
don't knwo why ihave to work
don't know why i can't play
turn me off, turn me out
but don't turn me awaaaaaay
oh, fleetwood mac

the tarantella

people are getting married.

others move across the sea.

i'm standing still, watching others spin.

covered in cardboard and grease

or something like that.

drenched in theory.

something like that.

cut and dry, sliced and bare. yes, that.

anxious.

i need to write things down more.

they'll seem more real that way. or maybe not

SOFIA'S HOME!!!!

it started the whole world laughing

i spent most of my weekend watching this dvd (i.e. 4 or 5 times)

most don't know that mimi and alan from low are devout mormons (at least i didn't know until a friend told me recently). i was shocked when i found out but it makes such sense once you search for the religious undertones when listening to their music.

alan does most of the talking in the film and gets pretty personal about his drug addition and how that coincides with being a mormon.

while i have so many problems with religion, it was actually quite nice to see the balance the two of them are living between their religious lives and that of a highly respected musical career (oh, and being parents, being in other bands, etc.)

the colors, the acoustic covers, the retribution gospel choir rehearsal while mimi cooks--you must watch this dvd!

i would love to be here right now -->