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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

sounds like fiction.

today i listened.

for like the first time, in a long while, i just stopped. i stopped thinking. i stopped worrying. i stopped breathing for a few seconds, and kind of felt light headed. ok, so i didn't do the last one. anyways, today i stopped, and listened. i just took in everything that was in front of me: a huge valley, with mountains higher than clouds, staring down at me. i watched as people drove down the highway in micro machines, off to dinner, or birthday parties, or good times with friends. it's pretty hard to be pessimistic with a beautiful sunset in front of you. i watched as the wind blew the leaves and the grass and the trees down the hill that i was standing atop.

it was only a few minutes out of my day, but it was really nice, and it made me appreciate all the good in my life.

see you tommorow.

Sunday, March 26, 2006

i'll keep waiting for you.



just an all around good weekend.

friday night, i convinced andy to drive to langley to go see sherwood/the fold/tokyo rose and those darling februarys. the show was really great. it was great to see all those lovely langley folks again. musically the show was a hit:

the febs opened the night with a set of crowd favourites. seriously, if lucas' voice wasn't feeling great on a night they played in langley, the crowd would take care of everything. you could tell that the guys wanted to bring their a-game, and they did.

tokyo rose's first song was REALLY cool. but i really didn't get too into their songs. musically, they were wicked tight, and for their younger age, you could tell that they'll be around for a while.

the fold were up next, and they put on a really great set. they had that look like they were just LOVING what they were doing, and that's always great to see in a band. after the show, i got a chance to talk to them, and they were all incredibly nice guys.

headlining the night was the loveable sherwood. i could not help but smiling their entire set. their music was so much fun, and they were so entertaining to watch. their keyboard player was one of the most entertaining musicians i've ever seen play. expect HUGE things from this band.

after the show i put on my PR hat, and handed out captain cds to the bands (lucas didn't have a finished copy, so i definetly needed to give him one). the bands were all super nice about it, and they definetly showed interest, rather than being total rockstars about it...and that was friday!

i had to work all saturday which was alllright. it was pretty busy all day, but very steady, which was nice. from about 5:30 to 6:00, my co-worker sean and i just practiced our putting on the putting green. i made some AWFUL shots, believe me. when we closed of the pro shop, the other guy i was working with, adam, and i went out to hole one, to play the first few holes, while the sun was setting. as boring or long as my day might have been, that view as we teed off on hole 1 made it all better. adam shot it about three feet from the pole, which is pretty unreal concidering he hadn't swung a club in like a year or two. my drives were mehhh, but from the fairway i was on. i bogeyd the first two holes which weren't bad considering i hadn't played in like at LEAST three years.

listen to all that golf lingo. hey, when you spend 35 hours a week at a course, you kind of HAVE to be into it.

then after work, andy, rob and i went out for supper at "pizza hut", which turned into dairy queen, seeing as we had no idea where a pizza hut was in our area. of course we ended up at the java hut for coffee before we headed home.

i had today off, and i get tommorow too. so i plan on sleeping in and enjoying a nice day of watching tv and eating goldfish.

hope you all had a great weekend. here are the links to those bands from friday night. check them all out, they deserve it:
http://www.myspace.com/thefebruarys
http://www.myspace.com/tokyorose
http://www.myspace.com/thefold
http://www.myspace.com/sherwood

see you tommorow.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

maybe all i need.



i just finished watching the second disc of the wilco documentary, "i am trying to break your heart." if you haven't seen it, and you have hands, you should buy it. i'm still kicking myself for passing up an oppurtunity to see jeff tweedy live in vancouver. what can you do.

seriously though, i don't know what my life would be like without bands like wilco. without music that i can look forward to listening to on my way home from work. i think that's the kind of music i want to make. the kind that keeps you going throughout your day, that gets stuck in there, and just won't come out. i tried to remember the first time i listened to a band that i really felt that...amazed feeling. it's sad to think that i haven't experienced that feeling in a while.

though i may not be able to remember that feeling, i can remember the first time i ever heard a wilco song. i was in grade four or five maybe. (just thinking about that makes me feel so old). anyways, wilco's first single ever (i'm pretty sure) "outta sight, outta mind", was a new entry on the Much Music Countdown, and i remember seeing the video. i don't think i had an opinion on the song either way. i think i was more excited about the weezer video that followed it, but nevertheless. it's funny to think that so many years later that band made such a lasting impression. if i'm forty, and i can't remember who wilco was, remind me. please. i'll probably be pretty stoked.

once again, i think there's a great moral to be learnt here: buy every single release that wilco has put out.

you know what, while you're at it, just pick up all of radiohead's stuff too.

you tube findings.

i'm telling you. youtube might be one of the best things ever:






the main character in both of these videos is a comedian from new york, named Aziz Ansari. search him on youtube, all his stuff is golden.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

original, not lemon.

http://www.myvideoblog.co.uk/

maybe the weirdest, funniest thing you'll ever see.
thanks thome yorke!

the importance of socks.

man, boards of canada are really good right now. if you've never heard, go to your local record shoppe, and pick up anything by them. honestly, anything you buy will be good. they're like socks. it may take a few trys to get used to, but once they're worn in, they fit like a dream. somehow that applies to boards of canada. actually now that i think about it, i haven't worn a new pair of socks in like forever. if i had an infinite amount of money, i think having a fresh pair of socks and underwear to wear, every morning would suit me just fine. i'll let you know when that happens.

fun fact: for christmas, i got two huge containers of "cows" (a candy with toffee and choclate) and "double lollies" (a lolliepop with two diffrent flavour layers). the cows were gone in like a month, but i still have the double lollies, and right now, they're just as good as boards of canada are.

so, what have we learnt here today:
1. Boards of Canda = Good.
2. Double Lollies = Good.
3. New Socks = Good.
4. A lack of the above = Bad.

see you guys tommorow.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

back in fashion!

i've had all these thoughts in my head lately (the kind of dreaming, aspiring, thoughts of change and production) and there comes a point in a person's life, when those thoughts seem to drive you to actually go ahead and do something.

so here i am! i figured i write enough blogs on myspace, why not have a nice little site for them. but unlike myspace, i'd like to use the site for alot more then just you're average, day-to-day blog: posting photography, writings, lyrics, band profiles, whatever you want!

i'm calling it a night. hope to see you tommorow.

Latest Additions.

  • Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
  • My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
  • Ra Ra Riot - Ra Ra Riot EP
  • Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
  • The National - The Virgina EP