Its Halloween, no better time to go for a ghost hunt in Victoria. Using my two-year-old daughter as bait… we first headed to Lime Bay in Esquimalt and searched around Spinniker’s Pub. Seeing no definite evidence of the super-natural, we were off to the basement of the Rialto Hotel. Again, we were having no luck [...]
Archive for October, 2010
The Haunting of Madelyn
Posted in ...this is your father speaking, radio, tagged EVP, Ghosts, Halloween, Madelyn, radio, scary on October 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Mixtape >> Ghosts
Posted in music, tagged Band of Horses, Ghosts, Halloween, Matthew Good, Memphis, Mixtape, Mother Mother, Pearl Jam, R. Dean Taylor, Spoon, Stars, The National, Wintersleep on October 28, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Getting in the Halloween spirit with a half-hour collection of songs with “ghosts” as the theme. Spooky. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my mix. Click and listen: Mixtape >> Ghosts *** DJ Notes Memphis leads off the mixtape with a most fitting Ghost song… Torquil Campbell, the male vocal ying to [...]
small machine begins to blow lines of water on the floor
Posted in music, tagged Despicable Dogs, New Chain, Pitchfork, Small Black on October 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I used to be a daily reader of Pitchfork’s record reviews. But hell’s bells… 5 records a day was a lot to read. Not to mention the damage it was doing to my poor credit card downloading all these random hipster tracks and albums. A combination of greater work/family responsibility and increased call-volumes during the [...]
Madelyn Unleashed
Posted in ...this is your father speaking, radio, tagged Madelyn, Modern Rock Inbox, The Zone @ 91-3 on October 26, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This afternoon, Coral and Madelyn came to visit me at the radio station. They came with coffee and they came just as it was time for me to hop in the studio to jam out today’s Modern Rock Inbox. Mads loves going on the radio, so I dragged her into the Production B studio and [...]
First Listen: Katie Schaan – “You”
Posted in music, tagged Katie Schaan, Steph Macpherson, Victoria, You on October 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have only met Katie Schaan one time. I was walking down Johnson Street and I bumped into Steph MacPherson. Steph doesn’t even remember this day… so it wasn’t that much of a meeting. Steph had a young lovely walking with her and it turned out to be Katie Schaan! I said, “Holy fuck! Katie [...]
ZAS >> I pissed in a cup
Posted in radio, tagged bad words, Pee, Piss, Urinate on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was a long day at the old radio factory today. Friday night, during the request hour at 6PM…. I had to urinate so badly, but the phones was ringing off the hook. What is a frazzled Zone @ 91-3 radio DJ to do? Go with yourself. Listen at Mixcloud: ZAS >> I Pissed In [...]
Where are you Dan Brown?
Posted in history 101, life or something like it, neat-O gang, tagged Beothuks, Beotuks, CBC, coffee, Dan Brown, Heartland, John Cabot, Matthew, Newfoundland, The Tudors, Vikings, Water on October 21, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Hell yes, I was excited to read the other day that coffee counts towards that water I need to put in my body everyday. The amount of fluid gained is far greater than anything you piss out from the caffeine. AND coffee helps fight off the debilitating effects of gout. Not that I plan on [...]
First Listen: Aegis Fang – ‘Under The Giant Spider’
Posted in music, tagged Aegis Fang, Under the Giant Spider on October 20, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Scary, a giant spider! Aegis Fang are great guys. I met them many moons ago when they were just getting started as a professional(ish) rock band and hungry to build a following. They offered to help in anyway they could and it happened to be 24 Hour Relay for The Kids season… so they became [...]
First Listen: Maurice – “Robin”
Posted in music, tagged Maurice, Robin, Topless Gay Love Techno Party on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Jean-Paul Maurice of the band that bares his name, Maurice, sent me their (his?) new single to share with you on my blog. Check it out, a cover of a song you’ve maybe never heard of… “Robin” originally from Topless Gay Love Techno Party. Whaddya think about my single cover art? I made it myself. [...]
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour… you’re gonna see some serious shit.
Posted in ...this is your father speaking, tagged Back to the future, Madelyn, time travel on October 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Jumping jigawatts, last Saturday night at The Veneto Lounge, I had one hell of a spooky encounter. Now, I have no idea what Madelyn will look like when she gets older. I reckon some sort of wonderous mash-up of Coral and … someone. I had no idea what she’d look like, till she was born, [...]
