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Dissolve Me
Temple of Kukulkan, Chichén Itzá, Mexico All week I’ve been thinking up a completely, mindblowingly awesome post- it didn’t happen. Sorry kids, time has once again escaped me, as it has done so...
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Mashup Mania
“I quote from others to better express myself.” – Michel de Montaigne With the emergence of digital sound technology, increasing connectivity and availability, sampling has become a constant in modern...
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White, Gold, Wild
Looking out through the gates of Jardins des Tuileries towards Place de la Concorde, Paris The Montreal Jazz Fest starts this Friday, which makes me unbelievably jealous. That city is just the...
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Canadian Gold
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA! I spent this Canada Day’s eve as a happy little ex-pat: baking maple cookies, wearing red flannel and unabashedly, albeit ironically, belting out Sloan lyrics– “One thing I know...
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Live a Little
Belated birthday celebrations in Ottawa. Thanks, ST. Giving just a little today. Take it away, Florrie. “Live a Little” by Florrie
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Osh-itimmissing-eaga 2013
Osheaga 2013 is less than two weeks away. That, along with missing Just for Laughs, Jazz Fest, the new food trucks (street meat!!) and hikes up to Mile End for St Viateur bagels is enough to make...
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Dreams of Cannibalism, Waves of Sound
Dawn in Tulum, Mexico I like this week’s tune for it’s rolling waves of sound in the intro. It’s like the Japanese tetris version of Phil Spector’s “wall of sound.” “Dreams of Cannibalism” by Typhoon...
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Merry Happy
Lavender lattes with Nams makes me merry happy. In two years of music blogging, I cannot believe I have not shared a Kate Nash tune. I often go months without listening to Kate, only to stumble across...
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On the Road
A secret beach. Tunnel access only. “There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” - Jack Kerouac, On the Road Well, I’ve done it again. I’ve turned my life upside...
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Boom, she clack-clack
Waiting for my connection, just my water and I, at Heathrow At the moment, I live with two kids on a South Australian farm. There are many advantages to this rural life: running with the farm dogs past...
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A little thunder’s good
In movies and TV shows, there is a trope that, if properly executed, can be utterly charming, and if poorly handled, can be the most grating thing in the world, and that is the oft-used character of...
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Carry Me Home… to my Australian Christmas
Now excuse me for getting sentimental with you all, but Christmas is a time for family. Whether with your own homegrown kin, or some hand-selected, family-like creatures of your own choosing, it’s...
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Top Drops 2013
As promised in last week’s Top Shots 2013, I have painstakingly culled my precious music selections from the past year and whittled down a top ten list for 2013′s Needle Drops. It was no simple task. I...
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The Secret Life of Vappz
Sunrise, Tulum, Mexico Have you seen The Secret Life of Walter Mitty? I recommend it. I believe it was written for me and a handful of my friends: travel, photography and music are the films three...
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Osheaga Playlist 2014
Three fans mourn the end of Metric’s set while The Black Keys rock out 50ft to their left. As Canadians outside Montreal are becoming increasingly aware, for the August long-weekend there is nowhere...
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Sing With Me Whale
Whale! Port Stephens, NSW, Australia I had mixed reviews the first time I heard this song: loved it to start, but then found the constant repetition off-putting. I brushed it aside as a non-starter for...
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Go West, Young Woman
Running of the bulls in the Camargue marshlands, France, 1998 I recently rediscovered my old high school diary. It is a treasure trove of late 1990s pop culture gems; no page goes by without some...
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Welcome to My Zoo
I’m a sucker for a good bass line. This song by Glass Animals – an indie rock band from Oxford, England – delivers. When you grow up living with a sibling who plays the bass guitar non-stop, you...
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Osheaga Wish List
Festival-goers waiting for the headliner acts on the main stages I’ve been sick for over a week now. Runny nose, headache, sore throat, hacking cough: sick. My voice swings from sounding like a...
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On the Road
A secret beach. Tunnel access only. “There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road Well, I’ve done it again. I’ve turned my life upside...
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