Oh, well I’m off again this week, so the already light bloggings will be even lighter. I’m going to a place that is a definite no wi-fi zone. Hopefully it won’t (will?) rain the whole time, and I’ll be forced to write long tedious blogs about nature and swimming on my Blackberry. When will they [...]
Oh please: It’s so Toronto to toot their own horn all proudly about a “moderate lifestyle:” Moderation, thy name is Toronto. Montrealers would probably be grossly offended by this (note what they say about Quebec being wine crazy near the end). Anyhow, I just had to erase half of this blog because it was getting [...]
I always am amazed by our obsession with the failure of others. I thought it was “just a Montreal thing,” where we all go to bars, read the papers, read the blogs, get depressed and revel in trash-talking others, and their going-down (in flames or otherwise) after reaching any kind of high. But really, it’s [...]
Earlier this week there was a hail storm. Thunder and lightning struck simlutaneously, and then the fire trucks could be heard pulling out of the station. The weather has been strange: grey and cloudy then a moment later, bright blue and sunny. And last night it was cold. I stepped outside to place some recyclables [...]
If you haven’t already, you absolutely must read it here: Torq’s Blog. It is mainly a retort to Pitchfork’s review of Stars’ latest album, “In Our Bedroom After the War.” It’s a classic Pitchfork review, where they pretend to like something, and Torq calls them out. He actually nails down the accidental effect the blogosphere [...]
I’ve been putting these cement stones in the front so that when the garbage comes sweeping up the street, it just keeps on going past my house, with no weeds for it to get tangled in. Anyhow, since I haven’t seen a CD in a while, my eyes have been getting obsessively sharp for them. [...]
This past Thursday I fixed the hose. The pipes in the back had all burst. It was just like that when we moved in, so I’ve spent the past two years watering my plants with a watering can filled from the kitchen sink. I would have to go in and out of the house about [...]
Yesterday I woke up to dark skies, and a very long thunderstorm. It was so intense that I expected hail, but I’ve only ever seen summer hail in Montreal once before. Anyhow, at 10AM, when usually the sun is out in full force, it was still dark and the street lamps were lit (see header [...]
I’m in the middle of writing bios for the Pop Montreal schedule. I’ve been doing it every year for a while, and I actually really enjoy it. It forces me to listen to new bands, old bands, bands I’ve “heard of” but never actually heard. I hardly ever listen to music at home, so I [...]
Holy frick. I’ve busted 10,000 hits (so clearly there are more than four of you that come here each day). Actually, this blog get about 100 hits each day, which may seem either like a lot or nothing at all. I mean, compared to smash hit WordPress blogs like I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? (which, incidentally [...]
