RUNAWAY

this post is really late.  not only do i realize that tiff is over, i also realize that no one seems to care about tiff after week 1 (week 2 is actually the best time to see the films imho)  so this is doubly late.  but every year we try to catch at least one film, even if we're feeling lazy, or incredibly busy and this year we ended up at the AGO to see Short Cuts Canada Programme 3. all the shorts were so good, me and my friend could not agree on a favorite.  Cordell Barker's Runaway was mine.  Here is a one minute teaser of a 8 minute film.  Don't worry it doesn't give it all away. 

blog observation

i am WAY too lazy to have a blog.  I'm on post #7 and i'm already finding it hard to update.  Its not that i don't have things i want to write about, but actually getting myself to do it feels like a chore... yet i took the time to write this awesome post.

i'm clearly conflicted, and probably should have my blogging rights taken away.  but i see other out there have equally puzzling blog confilicts, like this guy

glad i'm not the only one!

where you'll be i'll go!

Royksopp - Poor Leno. I heard this yesterday while shopping. Its been a while since i first listened to this song, its pretty rare for me to be listening to any electronic music at all. But right away it took me back to the great music video they had. Especially the cup clanging at 2:36.

what's in a name

...that which we call a rose. I was going to write this post for the specific purpose of barrading my cousin for not starting a blog yet. i was feeling rather alone in this world of blogs. but her issue was neither content nor layout...she just couldn't think of a name. And when it comes to blogs, that may be the most important thing. but she has one now, welcome! http://ohmyroses.blogspot.com/

fil-lem

as my dad calls it. remember film? well, its still thriving and well. don't you miss the excitement of not knowing how your photo's will turn out until they're developed OR taking a photo of your friends without needing to get everyone's ok before taking the next pic? FILM is the answer. I just found this vivitar pn2011 the other day at value village for $3! i think many folk would agree that i may have paid too much, as it could be found NEW at the dollarama just a few months back. but since i havent yet found a cheap uws, this will do for the time being. i even got an old roll of film from a friend! i'll post my results. hopefully with some vignetting and lens flare.

friends in bellwoods II

Although i’m still trying to figure out what the heck I’m going to be writing on this blog, I know one thing for sure: I do NOT want to turn this into a music blog. I have a tendency to ramble on about music to anyone who will listen, but not in a well thought out journalistic manner. It usually just consists of “they suck. they just suck”.

So as I write my second music related post of the day, recognize that there is more going on here. The first Friends in Bellwoods compilation was started by 2 members of Ohbijou, and was mainly recorded in the house that they shared. Add some more friends and 36 tracks later, you have a double disk benefit album that raised over 10 grand for the Daily Food Bank.

The second edition is being released August 25 by Out of this Spark and its launch will be accompanied by 3 shows. The first was this past Wednesday, there's one tonight and the grand finale will be all day saturday at the Tranzac. Admission is $10 or $8 with a non perishable donation. You can get more info here about the track listing and the shows. And all proceeds from album sales and the shows will go to the Daily Food Bank. Oh, and the 40 songs contributed on the new album consists of pretty much every band coming out of Toronto and its surrounding area. From final fantasy, basia balat, sebastian grainger, great lake swimmers, forest city lovers, the acorn, gentleman reg, the bruce peninsula, the rural alberta advantage, d’urbervilles and the excellent timber timbre.

almost royalty

Introducing the Dutchess and the Duke. Well... not really, their album She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke came out sometime last year, but only recently have i stumbled upon them. They're opening for modest mouse tonight in Toronto, and i wanted to see if it was worth showing up early to catch their set. And i was rather pleasantly surprised at what i heard. I tend to adore the complicated. i love bands with too many members and instruments i've never heard of. But the immediacy of their sound, their simple melodies are lovely. I only wish i had heard of them sooner, because they would of been the perfect soundtrack for the summer.

in the beginning...

was FRANK. He pretty much gave birth to this blog. For those of you who don't live in Toronto, our art gallary was redeveloped and reopened last november. And the man behind it was none other then Frank Gehry. He has designed many well known structures around the world, but this was his first project in his home town. Yep, he was born and raised in the city.

The AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario), had been transformed.

Since the reopening, i find myself at the AGO more often. And on my most recent visit, my cousin and i developed a plan. We both create a list of 5 creative things we must accomplish before the summer is over, and our prize is dinner at the FRANK, the resteraunt inside the gallery. Up until this point, I've completed 1 through 4. Number 5? is to start a blog...

so FRANK gave birth to this blog.