iTunes ‘Genius’ has some interesting picks today. I used Kings of Leon’s “Sex on Fire” as the base and somehow P!nk’s new one came up (yes I have P!nk’s new one on my iTunes). We didn’t fight long, I forgave iTunes because she included a couple hits from my fave band The National and one from the Hold Steady.
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I read an article today about Canadians fleeing stress and moving to the Tropics.
Canadians Flee the Stress of The Cities for Place Like Costa Rica
The article says that some of us are rejecting this crazy consumer culture for an easier way in the jungle. Maybe eating monkey?
An extensive survey released late last year by an economist at the University of British Columbia found that people overestimate the amount of happiness they’ll get from material things.
So the answer is to run away to a sunnier place. It would be a lie if I said I have never thought of it. Sometimes I get so stressed out and tired. Some guy wrote a book about meditation called It Begins With Silence. Maybe one day I’ll actually read that. I typed “Begins With Silence” into a search engine and I found a t-shirt that says, “Music Begins With Silence,” and I was like whoa…
One thing I used to do a lot more of to decompress and self medicate was listen to music. Listen for the pleasure of listening. It helped that A: I had no baby, and B: I walked an hour a day which was valuable time to listen. Lately, I have been listening more and it makes a difference.
It has been awhile since I’ve heard a song that I love, like L O V E. and finally I have that again. I have a crush on the new KOL track “Use Somebody.” Like a 12-year-old, I fire this thing up on repeat. The song is one of those rare gems that actually makes me feel better just from listening. Sorta like booze, but I don’t puke up any foam. Driving to Hugos last night, I pushed the limits of the Jeep’s stereo with the song. Motivational…
Got me really fired up to spin at Hugo’s. My Tuesday night is coming to an end on October twenty-something… 21st maybe? Is that a Tuesday? Yesterday was pretty slow, everyone kept telling me, “don’t worry Jeremy, EVERYWHERE is slow,” which sorta made me feel better. The night picked up a bit and the people that did come were a good time. I will miss my Tuesday nights… come the end of October I’ll need to find another job. There are a couple plans floating around right now, so we’ll see what pans out. If I end up doing a dance night, I think I want to do something reggae-ish and call my night the “The Tropic of Jeremy.” That makes me laugh every time. Every time.
The other idea I had was creating a small production business crafting mini-infomercials or content commercials for businesses. They can use them as commercials that educate or edusell, or even as podcasts on their websites… I dunno. Still kinda heshing that out in the brain.
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On my show Friday, Victoria rockers theset will be coming by for an interview and live performance.
They play a show on Friday night at the White Eagle Hall and then its off on a tour. They’ll be heading to Deadmonton so I emailed Adam at Sonic 102.9 about meeting the boys and having a listen to their new album, Neveroddoreven. Adam sent me a band from Edmonton to check out called The Wet Secrets.
Adam says, ” We’re playing the snot out of Secret March, and its getting a phenomal reaction.”
ewwwwww, snot.
Next week I am filling in for Dylan on the morning show. So far I am looking forward to an interview with author Sarah Kramer on the 24th and an interview with author Patrick Lane on the 30th. Maybe I should try and hook up an interview with the “It Begins With Silence” guy? I’d be into learning more about that.
For the Is Dave There? game I want to try and track down some famous Daves. Like Dave Babych… but maybe also David Lettermen and David Suzuki. Any other famous Daves you can think of to try and call so people can win prizes?
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Coral and I took Madelyn for shots yesterday. Amazingly she did NOT cry for the first one and barely cried on the second.
We got her standing up a bit on her wobbly legs (some pics are posted on my Facebook).
She baby babbles. Baby babbles very loudly.
She just babbles on and on and on…. its like, “Jeezus baby, would you just shut it and play a bloody song already!”
She is whip smart. Always exploring and learning about her world. I have said it before… she is not going to be a doctor or an astronaut, she is going to be a doctor on a spaceship! Maybe after she discovers how to travel the speed of light. and she’ll make Coke Zero taste good… and I’ll be thin with awesome hair and a laser machete.
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 
It might not be the tropics, but I fantasize on a daily basis about moving to Bowen Island or Robert’s Creek – a hippy community where the most msterialistic thing is the organic foods. But honestly, though the drama of city life is stressing me to an early grave, I think the peace and quiet of such a move would kill me.
I like space. I try to create a little audio space in my world… as creating audio is what i do 🙂
“Maybe after she discovers how to travel the speed of light. and she’ll make Coke Zero taste good… and I’ll be thin with awesome hair and a laser machete.”
If anything else I hear today beats that, I will be astounded.
Dave Matthews? David Beckham? David Bowie? David Hasselhoff? David Foster? There is also a tv channel in the UK named Dave, which would be pretty hilarious, but time zones and the price of long distance could make that difficult.
wow… A TV channel called Dave TV WILL be called on the program… fucking amazing, thnak you for that!