Sufficiently Accurate for Poetry

unhistorical: How to Look Dapper by J.C. Leyendecker

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:06:56 -0400

How to Look Dapper by J.C. Leyendecker

"Like Kubodera and Landman, Roper believes Architeuthis hunts by hanging motionless in the inky..."

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:35:13 -0500

“Like Kubodera and Landman, Roper believes Architeuthis hunts by hanging motionless in the inky darkness, 600 to 1,000 meters down. When a fish or smaller squid swims by, they conjecture, the animallashes out with its two long tentacles, dragging its prey within reach of its eight shorter arms and, ultimately, the wicked-looking, parrotlike beak in the center of its thicket of limbs. The beak is sharp as a bolt cutter, its upper jaw scissoring neatly into the prognathous lower one. Shearing off chunks of living flesh, the squid uses a rasping, tongue-like organ called a radula, covered with tiny teeth, to push its food down its gullet.”

- From BoingBoing’s “The Kraken Wakes”

Bonobo’s (fantastic) new song has a stunning video full of...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:24:39 -0500

Bonobo’s (fantastic) new song has a stunning video full of repurposed mid-century film footage. I want to have this running on a loop on every screen in my house.

Kinda sounds like a conclusion, doesn't it?

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:15:06 -0500

“Even in the limited sample interviewed for this project, the songwriters borrowed phrases from technical writing and titles from unproduced films. They included lyrical allusions to works of fiction and musical references to other songs. They re-used song structures, unconsciously borrowed melodies, transposed chord changes and imitated vocal phrasings. They tried to capture a particular atmosphere or energy. They borrowed rhythms and lifted melodies from the public domain. They even found ways to take inspiration from visual art, philosophy, film and political rhetoric, with none of this borrowing striking the songwriters as at all unusual.

If we hope to improve our understanding of the creative process in order to better understand how to legislate creativity, then speaking to artists about these practices is essential. Further study with larger, more disparate groups of musicians—-songwriters working in a wider variety of genres, from broader geographical locations, of different backgrounds and different economic standings—-can only enrich our understanding. Whether the goal is a more accurate theoretical foundation, more practical policy or even just further fodder for philosophical discussion, artists’ own views and voices must take on a more central role in the discussion.”

Yesterday Meat Loaf endorsed Mitt Romney by saying that he...

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:30:04 -0400

Yesterday Meat Loaf endorsed Mitt Romney by saying that he couldn’t believe Obama actually said the Cold War was over (fer real: “the other night, when President Barack Obama, God bless him, said to Mitt Romney, ‘The Cold War is over’ – I have never heard such a thing in my life.”). The Loaf also said he’d never had a political agenda in his life, but I think this photo proves that’s a lie.

CJSW launch party playlist

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:49:06 -0400

This is more for my own benefit, but if you’re curious, here’s what got played at the CJSW launch party at the observatory. This DJing thing is actually pretty fun.

1. Al Green - Oh Pretty Woman (3:18)
2. Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar (4:03)
3. Dr. John - Big Shot (3:48)
4. James Moody - Good Sense Humour Man (3:29)
5. Albert Smith - Come Together (3:37)
6. Kano - Now Baby Now (5:58)
7. Pat & The Blenders - Hard Workin’ Man (2:31)
8. Marvin Gaye - Hitch Hike (2:32)
9. Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me (4:08)
10. Harry Nilsson - All My Life (3:13)
11. The Kinks - Stop Your Sobbing (2:05)
12. The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me (2:19)
13. Raphael Saadiq - Radio (3:22)
14. William Bell - Eloise (Hang On In There) (2:45)
15. Otis & Carla - Lovey Dovey (2:36)
16. The Temptations - I Can’t Get Next To You (2:56)
17. Dexys Midnight Runners - Seven Days Too Long (2000 Digital Remaster) (2:43)
18. Dolly Parton - Don’t Drop Out (2:31)
19. Wilson Pickett - Time Is On My Side (2:34)
20. Van Morrison - Wild Night (3:34)
21. James Brown - Out Of Sight (2:23)
22. Bruce Springsteen - The E Street Shuffle (4:31)
23. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Got A Thing On My Mind (2:52)
24. St. Maarten’s The Rolling Tones - It´s A Feeling (4:35)
25. Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out (3:42)
26. Sly & The Family Stone - M’Lady (2:47)
27. Ohio Players - Trespassin’ (1:53)
28. Ruby & The Party Gang - Ruby’s Surprise Party (3:55)
29. Al Green - Oh Pretty Woman (3:18)
30. Otis & Carla - Knock On Wood (2:52)
31. Fantastic Four - Give Me All the Love You Got (3:38)
32. Junior Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun (3:00)

In honour of Hot Little Rocket’s reunion show tomorrow,...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:18:54 -0400

In honour of Hot Little Rocket’s reunion show tomorrow, today’s song of the day is a track from their 2003 album, Our Work and Why We Do It.

These guys were something like the third band I ever interviewed, way back in my university paper days. Gotta say, I’m pretty stoked for this one.

Morgan and Destiny’s Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin...

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:10:16 -0400

Morgan and Destiny’s Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo

This Joseph Gordon Levitt short is either incredible or impossibly overwrought. Given that it’s JGL, I’m leaning towards the former, because god damn is that man charming. Also, because it’s got some nice words in it. Reminds me of something between Unwinese and Nadsat.

"I don’t think we’re here for anything, we’re just products of evolution. You can..."

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:30:49 -0400

“I don’t think we’re here for anything, we’re just products of evolution. You can say ‘Gee, your life must be pretty bleak if you don’t think there’s a purpose,’ but I’m anticipating a good lunch.”

- Dr. James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA

Final Fantasy · Nun or a Bawd And why not make it a two-fer? I...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:26:02 -0400

Final Fantasy · Nun or a Bawd

And why not make it a two-fer? I haven’t been posting too many of these. Favourite track from Final Fantasy’s Plays to Please, a tribute to Toronto’s Deep Dark United. No comments on the sentiment contained within.

Audience - Nancy From 1971’s The House on the Hill. Was...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:23:48 -0400

Audience - Nancy

From 1971’s The House on the Hill. Was pretty pleased to find this at CJSW’s all-you-can-carry record sale, I have to admit. There’s maybe a bit too much Zeppelin in their sound, but that’s not exactly unforgivable.

Photo

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:45:03 -0400

Well, this is certainly intriguing.

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:32:14 -0400

Well, this is certainly intriguing.

The Wet Secrets - Hep A Birthday This is to what I was referring...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:24:20 -0400

The Wet Secrets - Hep A Birthday

This is to what I was referring just then. Don’t know why this video has the longest silence, though.

Summer in the City - Quincy Jones Seems appropriate, no?

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:12:05 -0400

Summer in the City - Quincy Jones

Seems appropriate, no?

Song of the Day: Paul McCartney - Monkberry Moon Delight Catch...

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:56:13 -0400

Song of the Day: Paul McCartney - Monkberry Moon Delight

Catch up, cats and kittens — one of the sillier songs on Ram (which is already saying a lot), and maybe the most needlessly shouty thing he’s ever written. In other words, totally delightful.

Letters of Note: Sex does not thrive on monotony

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 02:30:15 -0400

Letters of Note: Sex does not thrive on monotony:

“You do no know what you are missing by your microscopic examination of sexual activity to the exclusion of others, which are the fuel that ignites it. Intellectual, imaginative, romantic, emotional. This is what gives sex its surprising textures, its subtle transformations, its aphrodisiac elements. You are shrinking your world of sensations. You are withering it, starving it, draining its blood.”

Breaking the Tethers playlist

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:24:00 -0400

Another early morning showfill, this time for the slightly-more-out-there Breaking the Tethers. Still fun times, and I managed to sneak a solid amount of beat-oriented stuff in, too.

Charles Spearin Happiness Project* - Anna - Happiness Project ( Arts & Crafts )
Michael Benedict & Boptitude - Work Song - Five and One ( Planet Arts
Wynton Marsalis - You and Me - ( )
Don Cherry - The Creator Has a Master Plan - Organic Music Society ( Caprice )
Neneh Cherry - Dream Baby Dream - Cherry Thing
Colin Stetson* - Red Horse (Judges II) - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges ( Constellation )
In The Tradition - Pass the Peas - Sirius! ( AFJ )
Souljazz Orchestra* - Agbara - Rising Sun ( )
Dixie’s Death Pool* - Sunlight is Collecting on My Face - The Man with Flowering Hands ( Drip Audio )
Shuffle Demons* - Earth Song - Clusterfunk ( Linus )
Jherek Bischoff - Eyes - Composed ( Brassland )
Butthole Surfers - John E Smoke - Hairway to Steven ( Touch & Go )
Clinton St. John** - Josephine - Storied Hearts and the Three Assimiliations ( Self-Released )
Miighty Flashlight - Ballet Skool - Location is Everything comp ( Jade Tree )
Devon Sproule* - The Faulty Body - I Love You, Go Easy
Morice Benin - Sarabande - Apocalypse
Reine De France* - Ca Finira Dans un Bain de Sang - Weekend Perdu ( Polypulse )
Human Woman - DDDI - Human Woman ( HFN )
Silje Nes - Ames Room - Ames Room ( Fatcat )
Mmoths - Summer (Radio Edit) - Mmoths ( SQE )
The Hundred In The Hands - Red Night - Red Night ( Warp )
Circle Research* - Rock Creek Park - Gardiner Expressway
Sinewave* - Wizard of Ahhhs - Unity Gain
Protagonist/Antagonist** - Yog Sothoth - Help Me Get This Cadaver Back In The Casket ( Self-Released )
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica (Matmos Edit) - Dog in the Fog
Four Tet - Ribbons - Ringer EP ( Domino )
Jel - All Day Breakfast - Soft Money
Protagonist/Antagonist** - Bwayne - Help Me Get This Cadaver Back In The Casket ( Self-Released )
Starring - Armonia - ABCDEFG-HIJKLMNOP-QRSTUV-QXYZ ( Northern Spy )
Flaming Lips - You, Man? Human??? - Heady Fwiends ( (record store day) )
Variety Lights - Crystal Cove - Central Flow ( Fire )

*Canadian **Local

New Build - Miranda, Be My Guide Pop music, guys. It’s...

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:21:34 -0400

New Build - Miranda, Be My Guide

Pop music, guys. It’s pretty wonderful.

Big Friday playlist, June 15, 2012

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:16:07 -0400

I did a showfill on CJSW yesterday. Here’s what I played:

ARTIST – ALBUM – SONG

Apollo Cobra – Motherland – Shut Up

Blockhead – Interludes After Midnight – Smoke Signals

Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe – Jubilee

Cheebacabra – Pass the Information – Acid Funk

*City Real & Wes Mackey – Good Morning Blues – Hell Hound

Dephazz/Pit Baumgartner – Tales of Trust – The Second Side Of the Record

El-P – Cancer 4 Cure – Oh Hail No

Felix Kubin and Coolhaven – There Is a Garden

Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here – New York is Killing Me

Ka – Grief Pedigree – Every…

Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music – Southern Fried

Ladyhawke – Anxiety – Sunday Drive

*Lazarush – Sawm – Sunset

Lushlife – Plateau Vision – Hale-Bopp was the Bedouins

Medeski, Martin and Wood – Uninvisible – I Wanna Ride You

*Mistress Barbara – Many Shades of Grey – The Right Time

Monophonics – In Your Brain – Thinking Black

**Morgan Greenwood – Winter – Fur Unison

New Build – Yesterday Was Lived and Lost – Miranda, Be My Guide

Nickodemus – Moon People – Mirage

*Radio Radio – Havre De Grace – Galope

**Sanctums – Sanctums – Still Flame

Shabazz Palaces – Black Up – Endeavors for Never

Shawn Lee – Synthesizers in Space – Lost in the Shuffle

*Stephen Hummel – Meld – Beautiful

Sugarman 3 – What The World Needs Now – Dirty Water

The Meters – Handclapping Song

The Temptations – Ball of Confusion

Trumpdisco – OV Shark – Pencil

(*Canadian, **Local)