It's Friday, I'm doing a show tonight and I am pumped up! Hopefully I won't embarrass myself. Regardless I'm pretty sure it's going to be fun.
If ever you're interested in dadaism and you understand French you should come by to the studio Leonard-Baulne at the University of Ottawa on Friday or Saturday. Coeur à Gaz (The Gas Heart) by Tristan Tzara is going to be shown. It's one of the rare theatrical expressions of DADA and kind of cool. From what I know this play is rarely put on due to the fact it's so fucked. Therefore it's a rare chance to check out dadaist theatre! I would even say DADA is an early ancestor to punk.
It's shown within a series of 4 one act plays starting at 7 but this play should start at 9 if you only want to see that. It's also free.
The studio Léonard-Baulne is at 133-135 Séraphin-Marion St which is right next to the Laurier transitway stop.
ENOUGH BULLSHIT THOUGH! TODAY I GIVE YOU 3 AMAZING VIDEOS. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM YOU ARE STUPID, END OF STORY.
BILL WITHERS - AINT NO SUNSHINE (LIVE AT OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST)
BOB DYLAN - BALLAD OF HOLLIS BROWN (COOL PROTO-MUSIC VIDEO)
CURTIS MAYFIELD - WE GOT TO HAVE PEACE (LIVE AT OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST)
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
i'm a person just like you
Loyal readers! I'm sure you have noticed a drop off in posting in the past view weeks. Impatiently waiting for updates to what is surely the most important blog on the internet. Well, school has been destroying my soul and pushing me to the brink of ending it all. I have actually decided to abstain from alcohol and any other inhibiting substances until I am DONE my thesis. Now if you know me in real life you know I can be a pretty serious binge drinker. This is the first time I have gone longer than 6 days of no drink since AT LEAST 2005. I am pretty happy that I haven't gotten cold sweats, shakes and hallucinations from going cold turkey off the granpa juice. Anyways, it's not positive, it sucks, drinking rules. But it proves one thing I do whatever the hell I want to do and I am slave to nothing but my dick. I posted on my facebook that I was straight edge till I was done school and some of my edge friends got all pissed (shout out to real as fuck BLAKE! love you buddy). This post is gonna be all STRAIGHT EDGE.
Let's start with the obvious choice. Before I got into hardcore or even knew that a hardcore scene existed in my city I was down with MINOR THREAT. I was pretty nerdy in high school and I hated jocks and hated everything they did. Drinking and doing drugs was a major reason why I stopped being friends with my elementary crew. I wasn't down with that shit and I was scared of my dad murdering me haha. 2 videos of the song that started it all STRAIGHT EDGE.
Better sound on this one.
Better crowd in this one.
Following up with one of my favorite bands in high school BANE. I was kinda bummed missing them in Ottawa the other day but whatever I just couldn't go. I saw them just a few months ago and there some serious drama which sucked because they didn't play THIS SONG on motherfucking EDGE DAY. SUPERHERO! My number one song during my straight edge till I'm legal phase haha. Whatever that shit probably saved my life so I'm not sweating how cliché and loser it is. This song motivated me so much. Imagine a 250 pound version of me wearing khaki pants that are too short, payless shoes, and a golf shirt barreling down the halls of multi-ethnic hood school hating the fucking world. This was the song on my discman, on motherfucking repeat. The must click video of the day. CRAZY SING ALONG.
And finally probably the best edge song just by how hilariously awesome it is. STRAIGHT EDGE REVENGE by PROJECT X.
BONUS EDGE.
I give you a straight up HARD band The Wrong Side on suggestion of lazeinski. Couldn't find 2 words but whatever.
Let's start with the obvious choice. Before I got into hardcore or even knew that a hardcore scene existed in my city I was down with MINOR THREAT. I was pretty nerdy in high school and I hated jocks and hated everything they did. Drinking and doing drugs was a major reason why I stopped being friends with my elementary crew. I wasn't down with that shit and I was scared of my dad murdering me haha. 2 videos of the song that started it all STRAIGHT EDGE.
Better sound on this one.
Better crowd in this one.
Following up with one of my favorite bands in high school BANE. I was kinda bummed missing them in Ottawa the other day but whatever I just couldn't go. I saw them just a few months ago and there some serious drama which sucked because they didn't play THIS SONG on motherfucking EDGE DAY. SUPERHERO! My number one song during my straight edge till I'm legal phase haha. Whatever that shit probably saved my life so I'm not sweating how cliché and loser it is. This song motivated me so much. Imagine a 250 pound version of me wearing khaki pants that are too short, payless shoes, and a golf shirt barreling down the halls of multi-ethnic hood school hating the fucking world. This was the song on my discman, on motherfucking repeat. The must click video of the day. CRAZY SING ALONG.
And finally probably the best edge song just by how hilariously awesome it is. STRAIGHT EDGE REVENGE by PROJECT X.
BONUS EDGE.
I give you a straight up HARD band The Wrong Side on suggestion of lazeinski. Couldn't find 2 words but whatever.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
This post is for anybody who is remotely cool in Ottawa or Gatineau. CHUO is probably the best radio station in Ottawa (when they aren't playing Punjabi news or Kosovar radio plays) is having their yearly funding drive. This year they have an awesome FRIENDS OF CHUO CARD. Which gives you great deals at all the cool places in the 613. For only 25 bucks! You have to be an idiot to not get this.
EXAMPLES:
Vertigo Records 10% OFF 193 Rideau Street New & Used records/cds
Venus Envy 10% off 3320 Lisgar excluding mags Sex books/mags/toys
Top of the World TBD 158 Rideau Skate/Shoes/Shorts etc
Spaceman Music 388 Gladstone at Bank (613) 594-5323 Music Equipment store
Sounds Unlikely 5 Arlington 10% OFF Hard to find music/specialty
La Nouvelle Scène 333 King Edward To Be Determined Theatre
NormL 184 Rideau Street 15% OFF Streetwear
End Hits 407 Dalhousie 10 or 155 off Records
Habesha 1087 Wellington 10% OFF Ethiopian food
Seriously, the coolest theatre in Ottawa, the coolest record stores, the best Ethiopean food, the best streetwear, the best skateshop. It's like a hipster's wet dream! I know I'm pumped.
EXAMPLES:
Vertigo Records 10% OFF 193 Rideau Street New & Used records/cds
Venus Envy 10% off 3320 Lisgar excluding mags Sex books/mags/toys
Top of the World TBD 158 Rideau Skate/Shoes/Shorts etc
Spaceman Music 388 Gladstone at Bank (613) 594-5323 Music Equipment store
Sounds Unlikely 5 Arlington 10% OFF Hard to find music/specialty
La Nouvelle Scène 333 King Edward To Be Determined Theatre
NormL 184 Rideau Street 15% OFF Streetwear
End Hits 407 Dalhousie 10 or 155 off Records
Habesha 1087 Wellington 10% OFF Ethiopian food
Seriously, the coolest theatre in Ottawa, the coolest record stores, the best Ethiopean food, the best streetwear, the best skateshop. It's like a hipster's wet dream! I know I'm pumped.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
life.
Recently the father of one of my best friends passed away. This post is dedicated to him. Life is such a fucked up thing and a total crap shoot. I know it's cliché to say seize the day and all that but when you witness stuff like that it's hard not to. Music is also very much linked to death. I will start with a song that was important to my friend and his dad. Hearing his family and friends sing it this past week was pretty emotional. HEY JUDE by the BEATLES.
Throughout the services it was hard not to think of my own dad. Probably the dude I respect the most in the world. We have pretty intense arguments and wreslting matches but I think it's the glue that makes us close. We have talked about our respective funerals a lot through the years and he has always insisted that this song be played at his funeral. SIMPLE MAN by LYNYRD SKYNYRD. I know the band is sometimes associated with hick culture but it's my papa's favorite band and I think they really trailblazed in the creation of hard chunky guitar sound. Also the lyrics to this song are beautiful and it's addressed to a son which is very cool.
And finally a song that treats with death which is really close to me. When my grand mother died a bit over a year ago this song came on my ipod on shuffle and I had a "moment". It's an old song called YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE. Originally for a musical in the 40s called carousel it was redone by a Liverpool band called GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS. The fans of my family's soccer team (GLASGOW CELTIC) now sing it at games. But really it's the lyrics that do it for me. I don't believe in religion or afterlife but I do believe that the dead who are close to us are always with us in the sense that their impact on us make us who we are. I really love this song and I dedicate it to my friend. Times are tough but we can't quit, things will get better and our loved ones are always with us. R.I.P.
Throughout the services it was hard not to think of my own dad. Probably the dude I respect the most in the world. We have pretty intense arguments and wreslting matches but I think it's the glue that makes us close. We have talked about our respective funerals a lot through the years and he has always insisted that this song be played at his funeral. SIMPLE MAN by LYNYRD SKYNYRD. I know the band is sometimes associated with hick culture but it's my papa's favorite band and I think they really trailblazed in the creation of hard chunky guitar sound. Also the lyrics to this song are beautiful and it's addressed to a son which is very cool.
And finally a song that treats with death which is really close to me. When my grand mother died a bit over a year ago this song came on my ipod on shuffle and I had a "moment". It's an old song called YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE. Originally for a musical in the 40s called carousel it was redone by a Liverpool band called GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS. The fans of my family's soccer team (GLASGOW CELTIC) now sing it at games. But really it's the lyrics that do it for me. I don't believe in religion or afterlife but I do believe that the dead who are close to us are always with us in the sense that their impact on us make us who we are. I really love this song and I dedicate it to my friend. Times are tough but we can't quit, things will get better and our loved ones are always with us. R.I.P.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
death threats and warehouses
Man I have not posted in awhile. No excuses I know the internet needs French Iain. Aight so recently I have been listening to A LOT of hardcore. For a scene that I truly love I admit that I suck at keeping up with the HC jones'. Anyways Cold World's latest (which I am way late on) is dominating my Ipod along with Trash Talk which is dominating my life. My boy Lozinski aka Stems Volchuk is moving me away from posi shit to grimy shit. For better or for worse Youth Anthems is a music video blog and HC clips on youtube don't communicate the true intensity of the music live or recorded and there are next to no true music videos for HC acts. That being said I went to a fucked up warehouse party in Vanier this past weekend and I would of felt like a hipster had I not been wasted into another dimension. This party is like what I imagine really cool scenes like New York or London to be like all the time. The fact that it was in my favorite area of Ottawa was pretty cool too. So today we are going to be on some dance-ier electronic stuff.
Starting up with TELEPATHE a girl group that evokes that 80s England sound that I really like. Think New Order mixed with a very little bit of modern top 40 pop. They are from Brooklyn though... I am getting really sick of writing that. Song is called SO FINE.
Next up is a rapper that Jeanbart of Omnikrom talked about on their blog and really blew me away. THEOPHILUS LONDON. He just has a really dark fucking electronic vibe. Like east german electro weirdos mixed with some Bed-Stuy flow. I fucking love it and I am really heavy on this band wagon. He's got a free mixtape that I really recommend you download. Song is HIGHER. The must click of the day.
Finally we have some old GHISLAIN POIRIER - OMNIKROM joint. Both are coming out with some new stuff I am excited about. Ghislain is going to be playing Disorg and it should be pretty awesome. This is some weird live thing they did and it's got a really good dont give a fuck vibe to it. Gabbo's flow can be annoying at first but it really gets you after awhile. Like he just doesn't care, I love it. Kinda like my van flows I was dropping this weekend. Song is RIVIÈRE DE DIAMANTS.
Starting up with TELEPATHE a girl group that evokes that 80s England sound that I really like. Think New Order mixed with a very little bit of modern top 40 pop. They are from Brooklyn though... I am getting really sick of writing that. Song is called SO FINE.
Next up is a rapper that Jeanbart of Omnikrom talked about on their blog and really blew me away. THEOPHILUS LONDON. He just has a really dark fucking electronic vibe. Like east german electro weirdos mixed with some Bed-Stuy flow. I fucking love it and I am really heavy on this band wagon. He's got a free mixtape that I really recommend you download. Song is HIGHER. The must click of the day.
Finally we have some old GHISLAIN POIRIER - OMNIKROM joint. Both are coming out with some new stuff I am excited about. Ghislain is going to be playing Disorg and it should be pretty awesome. This is some weird live thing they did and it's got a really good dont give a fuck vibe to it. Gabbo's flow can be annoying at first but it really gets you after awhile. Like he just doesn't care, I love it. Kinda like my van flows I was dropping this weekend. Song is RIVIÈRE DE DIAMANTS.
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