Summer time and in our little family that means road trip time! Coral and I have done a few and this summer is no exception. We haven’t hammered out all the details and founds beds to sleep in every night but so far the plan has us cutting through the hills and mountains on a [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Ho! Wetaskwin! (reprise)
Posted in life or something like it, tagged Acres of Lions, Alberta, Banff, Calgary, Center of Gravity Festival, Edmonton, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island on June 30, 2010 | 6 Comments »
we fuck in sadness / a cold frustration / then we’re fine for awhile
Posted in history 101, music, tagged Mark Richardson, Piano Magic, Pitchfork, Resonant Frequency, Smut Peddling Sam, Triple Word Score on June 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A monthly article I never miss is Resonant Frequency. Its written by one of the editors at Pitchfork, Mark Richardson, and he waxes on about his personal relationship to music and what it means and all this 30-year-old white guy non-sense. His tastes are were far more eclectic than mine ever were, or will ever [...]
Hold on, I’m counting
Posted in music, radio, tagged Ennio Morricone, Jimi Hendrix, modern rock countdown, Sam & Dave, Sirius Hits 1 on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Getting ready to roll into another weekend and that means another Modern Rock Countdown. The Modern Rock Countdown (MRC) is a show that has been on The Zone… I think since the beginning of the radio station back in June 0f 2001. I inherited the show from Layne Mitchel (or maybe Rick Lee; I don’t [...]
a Pol Plastino moment in the washroom
Posted in life or something like it, tagged Pol Plastino on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t want to get all Pol Plastino on you here… but I was sitting on the toilet this afternoon… dreaming as I do when I do… and I looked down at my boxer shorts/ginch/underwear and noticed that they have both maple leaves and skulls on them. What a fucked up print. Is this what [...]
Good name, but now what?
Posted in music, tagged NSFX, Numark NS7, Serato Itch, Singapore on June 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
made a little/big capital investment for my DJ rig today. The Numark NSFX. It is an effects controller for my NS7 Serato Itch DJ rig. They discontinued this thing because they now integrate the effects in all new NS7s (as they always should have!). Since I’m a loser and bought mine last year before the [...]
Don’t you want to know what’s out there?
Posted in neat-O gang, tagged 80's Movies, Amanda Peterson, Can't Buy Me Love, Ethan Hawke, Eulogy, Explorers, Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, River Phoenix, Tool on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I got home late from my first wedding DJ gig on Saturday night I texted David Eleanor to see if the Dodgeball party was still raging. It was not (the team crushed TWO kegs by 11:30/midnight!). I was up and still buzzing from the party and felt like watching something that was not internet [...]
Interview: Vince Vaccaro
Posted in music, tagged acoustic, Interview, Live, radio, Tall Tree Festival, Vince Vaccaro on June 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On Friday, Victoria singer/songwriter Vince Vaccaro came by my radio show to co-host for the day. We shared some mighty times including a performance of his hit, “Costa Rica.” Kim from the Traffic Department made the journey down the hall from her office to sing with Vince. They used to be in choir together back [...]
Maddy and Daddy 02 // First Wedding
Posted in ...this is your father speaking, Wedding, tagged Aqua, Backstreet Boys, Father's Day, Lamb of God, Maddy and Daddy, N-Sync, The National, Tool, Victoria Wedding DJ, Wedding DJ on June 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Today is Father’s Day… and when I woke up this morning; I was alone. Maddy had spent the night at Nana’s and Coral was in Coquitlam. So I got the greatest Father’s Day gift of all, peace in the morning. With no one snoring or kicking me or poking me to “wake up Daddy!” I [...]
rented
Posted in life or something like it, music, tagged Steph Macpherson, Wedding DJ, Yorkville on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I went down to Long & McQuade and in the end decided to rent gear for my wedding events this summer. It was just too much to dive into another payment scheme right now for the few events I have planned. But the good news is, L&M are way cheaper (less than half the price) [...]
Crunching the numbers
Posted in being cheap, life or something like it, tagged Business Plan, Wedding DJ on June 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The idea of taking my DJ business to a legitimate and professional level is taking shape. This summer I have 3 weddings booked and the first is this weekend. I managed that with a tiny amount of word-of-mouth. no website, no ads, no wedding fairs. I am getting to the point where I am starting [...]
