YO!!! I JUST FUCKIN' REMEMBERED RIGHT NOW - LISSACK'S DOING HIS STAND UP SET TONIGHT!!! COME OUT AND SUPPORT!!!! or something.

THE COMIC STRIP (west edmonton mall, burbon street)
Show starts at 8pm, doors open at 7:00pm.

Vitaminsforyou: oh yeah i totally forgot about that. yeah i downloaded an Arcade Fire cover they did awhile ago (no cars go)

How about Richard Cheese for song of the day? That shit's available as an mp3.

Ok, really that's for Andy and Jere. I couldn't possibly hope to keep up with any sort of regular musical feature here. Apparently, based on trivia tonight, I know dick all about music.

I've decided I'm going to have a "song of the day" type thing. It's not gonna be any sorta elitist hipster shit stuff (unless I feel like it). It's gonna be some straight-up great-fucking tunes regardless of genre or popularity or artist.

I might even make a website so I can keep track of this shit.

And no, "song-of-the-day" does NOT imply that it will be daily. It may be more frequent, it may be less frequent. This service which I will freely provide to those of good taste will be an endeavour based purely on my whims.

Today's song of the day is:

Tom Waits - No One Knows I'm Gone - from the album Alice


Listen to that track. Put it on repeat. Listen to it 25 times in a row and don't cry. If you don't cry, you're a fucking cruel-hearted no-heart who murders babies with ball-point pens. How can you NOT cry when you hear a voice that sounds like a sad old wizard!?? FUCK YOU, YOU HEARTLESS BASTARD!!!


Hell above and Heaven below
All the trees are gone
The rain made such a lovely sound
To those who are six feet under ground
The leaves will bury every year
And no one knows I’m gone

Live me golden tell me dark
Hide from Graveyard John
The moon is full here every night
And I can bathe here in his light
The leaves will bury every year
And no one knows I’m gone

speaking of things coming full circle...

remember I used to have that pin on my backpack that said "vitamin" on top and "sforyou" at the bottom? It was just black and white and had and arrow on it. I always thought it was hilarious because it didn't make any sense and it was totally retarded... and I just happened to find it on the floor one day.

Turns out "vitaminsforyou" is a pretty damn good electronic act from montreal... I'm an idiot!

vitaminsforyou at new music canada

edit: NMC says vitaminsforyou is from Toronto... but stylus said otherwise! Who do I believe!??

whoa... it's weird how everything connects in some way and how you manage to discover it all at the same time.

For example, today I was reading up on Nico; she had an album out a while ago called Marble Index and I thought to myself "man, so that's where that shitty band on the radio got their name...".

And then today I discovered avant-noise composer Olivia Block. I'm totally in love with her stuff. I heard the entire 27 minutes of Pure Gaze and was immediately hooked from there. So I looked her up on the internet and found an interview with her... turns out she used to play in a band called... the Marble Index.

Fucked up.

And in the wake of such awesome news, I have some unfortunate news: HOLY FUCK cancels edmonton tour date. They'll supposedly be here in Spring 2006 however...

This is fucking surreal:

I am Damo Suzuki
presents
Damo Suzuki - www.DAMOSUZUKI.COM
with
Ron DeJong (Vertrek Ensemble) - Drums & percussion
Kris Burwash (No Hands) - samples/ mixing board
Gavin Dunn (Vernois Constellation) - guitar/ pedal steel guitar
Lane Arndt (Cups/ AA Sound System) - bass/guitar/laptop
Nick Johnson (Field & Stream) - guitar/bass
plus, DJs Mittens & Bob Crane (I am Damo Suzuki)
Thursday October 20
$12 advance tickets, $15 day of show
Show Time: 8PM to Midnight
Sidetrack Cafe
Advance tickets available at Blackbyrd, Megatunes, Listen & the Sidetrack



For those of you who don't know... I am Damo Suzuki is the collaborative name of 2 local DJs... Damo Suzuki however is the name of an actual person who is most famous for having fronted the band Can. At this show here in Edmonton he's going to be backed by a lineup of Edmonton musicians who have NOT at this point ever jammed with him. This might be one of the most fucking crazy shows of the year...

THIS THURSDAY!!!!!??? Fuck me...

yeah, I've heard some pretty good stuff about MADE magazine. They're always cited as "the magazine to get" in other magazines. LODOWN in specific has cited them in the past... and I'm not sure but I think they were featured in VICE once. Anyway, I think it's pretty sweet that they're featuring NECKFACE in the current issue... he's the hottest ugly-artist in the lowlight right now. Everything he draws is the ugliest shit you've ever seen... which makes it totally sweet.

Alrighty Par I'll head down to trivia night if you want us there. I'll be there around 9ish, got to see Lost.