Honour #2

Guns N Roses, rock band

How many bands could disappear for fifteen years and still make the news the way Axl does? I listened to Use Your Illusion I & II exclusively for three weeks this past October-November. I’d never really listened to them in full before. They blew my mind.

Chinese Democracy is a great album, dense with sound & intrigue. How many rock bands are there left? How many are of the stature of Guns N Roses?

Rolling Stones? Led Zeppelin? Who else?

My World, which is the last song on Use Your Illusion II, was added to the album by Axl without the knowledge of the rest of the band. That song, in 2008, is still terrifying.

G N’ F’N R

Honour #1

True Blood, television series.

What a show! Great characters, twists & turns, and quality production values. Combining supernatural drama with civil & moral dilemmas makes for a great ride. Audience numbers have been steadily growing and there is a green light for a second season.

Vampires came back in a big way in 2008. My next trip is to the American South. Interesting accents, no work ethic, moderate temperatures, & vampiric atmosphere.

Nuevo Ano

A new year. This is the 30th year that I have been breathing air on this planet.
I’m going to commemorate the year that was by giving out 2008 Honours to those that deserve.

The goal for this year is to release 1 piece of media a week. I’ve stated this goal before but hopefully I will be able to follow through this time.

The concept for 2009 is Regimentation.

Enjoy! (?)

Wall Sit (live@55, Tonto)

Starting Summer, Remembering

I have been so busy for the past four-five months. I have never experienced anything like it. The person I was before died. I became something different, and now that person, has died (retreated?) as well. With the return to the social/personal I hope to be able to string together some interesting information on this site over the next five-six months.

I feel a desire for completion-organization-release. We shall see.

The cottage should help to allow the creative juices to flow.

The Experimental Farm

After much difficulty with Myspace.com (and never being a fan of the site in the first place), I have decided to use imeem.com as the site to host my music (it's listed as the link MusiqueuqisuM).

There are two tracks up right now. There are both very short. Give 'em a listen and tell me what you think.

The Experimental Farm is the latest incarnation of a band consisting of my brother, sister, and myself. We recorded a couple of our jam sessions two years ago. Over Easter I will try and get some of those songs up on the site.

imeem.com is a great site to share music. Check it out, set up a profile, and sing some songs.

I'm happily housebound due to the snow storm and I will be working on some new tracks today.

Twenty-and-One Days

The approach of spring.

I've reached the point of winter where I've actually forgotten about summer. That's the best part of winter. Summer for Canadians is such a treat, a reason for celebration. "It's a good life, if you don't weaken."

Spring is rebirth and release and I think that is what Easter is truly about. Keeping with the fine tradition of said holiday we'll be jamming and letting the planet and the heavens above know that we are still here and we're happy about it.

I spend a lot of my time searching for, thinking of, music that will help elevate the party. Music is a motivator and I like to use it for the forces of good (dancing, carousing, merriment).

Hemingway wrote that "the sun also rises." He's reminding you that there are positives in this world.

I like to say "the sun always rises." I'm trying to put some perspective on the world we cloak ourselves in.