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New online writing locale as I gear up for pitching stuff to Robyn and Jamie at the Hour, hopefully, and just general tabula rasa so that I can re-dedicate myself to writing properly.
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Just when you think that "indie music" strawmen don't ACTUALLY exist...
The following originates from a facebook comments thread, names removed, etc. I'm too busy with finals for the next four days to really afford to write anything, but this required a response ( Read more... ) -
Brianstorm.
So. The whole point of that Kanye post and beginning to more actively articulate my responses to music was that my friend Max, who's one of the editors of the McGill Daily was nagging me about submitting some stuff to pitch a music column to their culture editor. Of course there was so much going on all summer that I totally forgot about writing ( Read more... ) -
Movie Meme
1. Pick 10 of your favorite movies
2. Go to IMDB or some such and find a quote from each movie
3. Post them here for everyone to guess
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie
5. No googling, using IMDB search, or other search functions
1. J: I think we should go.
C: No, it's our house! Just for tonight...
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Glow in the Dark.
Just got back from the Glow in the Dark Tour (Kanye/Rihanna/NERD/Lupe) at the Bell Centre. Want to write up something about Kanye's evolution from rap star to pop icon and how the stage show abandoned key tropes of hip-hop culture and performance in order to make that jump. Explore/compare/contrast. But first, sleep and basic thoughts.
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Jus' got back from finally FINALLY catching a Dizzee show in Ottawa (Ottawa? Ottawa!) since he wasn't stopping in MTL or Toronto on his co-headlining tour with El-P. Damn ( Read more... ) -
Greatness + Greatness = Great Greatness, unless it's premeditated.
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This music gets you high, it takes you on a ride...
So...the last time I posted in this thing, I'd just gotten tired of ranting about useless stuff in my life and decided to start a (since failed) music blog, given that that's what this was turning into anyway ( Read more... ) -
Bloggity Blog Blog Blog.
So during exams I got bored and started a music blog.
Trendy? Yes.
Pretentious? Yes.
Everything I seemingly hate about certain music cultures? Certainly.
However, I am nothing if not a hypocrite, so enjoy. Or ignore. Whatever.
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So...Alexi Murdoch has a new website, and a title for the upcoming album: Time Without Consequence. It's due May 9th ( Read more... )