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She’s Not There…but I am.

Posted in life or something like it, music, tagged , , , , , , , on August 8, 2011| 1 Comment »


Had the strangest dream last night (yeah, this is a dream blog).

I have been reading tons of fantasy lately as I plug away through George RR Martin’s A Dance With Dragons.  Lots of sorcery and shape-shifters and things that go bump in the night.

Watched a bit of True Blood last night… lots of sorcery and shape-shifters and things that go bump in the night… and tits and vampires with perfect abs.

Last night I dreamed that I could change my appearance and I changed into an “Eric The Sexy Vampire” type dude to seduce Coral.

I tried to get her to cheat on me, with me… which she did.  It was sexy times.  When I had enough, I did the big reveal… “muhahahaha, it is I!  Evil Warlock-Husband Jeremy, not a sexy vampire.  I can’t believe you cheated on me!”

Coral said, “I didn’t cheat on you… it was you I had sex with…”

wah wah wah…. she’s always so much smarter than me, even in my dreams!

Evil Warlock-Husband Jeremy will continue to plot…

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Check this rad jam out… it is from the True Blood episode “She’s Not There.”

The Zombies (who are amazing By-the-by) originally dropped this hot #2 single in 1964 and is a highlight of my 60s sets at Veneto Lounge.

When the credits rolled on True Blood and this song came up… I instantly recognized it and Coral was jiving on it too… but what is this cover?

It is Nick Cave and Neko Case… the song was commissioned for the show by the music supervisor who happens to be a radio DJ in LA on KCRW.

Neko Case + Nick Cave – “She’s Not There”

Go with yourself.

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the truth

Posted in music, tagged , on August 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »


“The truth/ is you could slit my throat/and with my one last grasping breath/ I’d apologize for bleeding on your shirt.”

and that my friends is how you write one of the greatest emo songs of all time.

Back in 2002, the kids from Long Island called Taking Back Sunday put out their record Tell All Your Friends.  A record that to me, might go down as a 2000s post-harcore (see: emo) masterpiece.

Taking Back Sunday – “You’re So Last Summer“

I have lots of stories about Taking Back Sunday. There was that religious music experience I had at Christina Lake.  And the time me and Matt saw them at Richard’s On Richards.

I can’t remember what summer it was, but we headed down for a snazzy quadruple bill of the hottest emo bands of the time, all headlined by The Used.  When we got there, there was a sign on the door that said 3 of the 4 bands couldn’t make it over the border.  FUCK.  We came to see TBS!

Turns out, the one band that got to Vancouver, was Taking Back Sunday.  They offered a refund at the door (sweet) then TBS played as the only band that night.  They played an “extended set” which was their whole first album.  and that was it.  One of the best shows I’ve been to (if I remember it right, maybe Matt can fill in the blanks).

The other neat story is how Brand New has two “dis” songs about TBS.  SWA?  people do that?  Well they used to….

Brand New – “Seventy Times 7“

Go with yourself.

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…and where should we go?

Posted in ...this is your father speaking on August 4, 2011| 2 Comments »

Poor little mouse.  Bike riding last night on her Runners Bike and off she tumbled during a particularly death-defying stunt down a gravelly hill-path.

It was her first real big fall and cut her up pretty good.

She howled fiercely when she came off.  I rushed over to sweep her up and said, “we better go home and clean this up!”

“No!” she wailed.  She wanted to get back and keep riding.  But then I saw the blood puddling on the dirt and thought… nope, you need a princess band-aid stat.

Go with yourself.

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bye bye Jeep

Posted in life or something like it, tagged on July 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »


Today is the day I had to bring our leased Jeep back to the dealership.

I was not prepared for the emotional weight of the situation.  They should have have warned me when I signed the papers that I’d take on a love for my car.

Also you have to pay a bunch of money if you have any deferred maintenance.  Zoinks.  That said, the folks at Willie Dodge made it pretty easy and affordable.

Coral and I got this Jeep when we found out she was pregnant.  Before the Jeep I had a scooter and a Mazda Pickup Truck I got from my Aunt Brenda.

The pickup was pretty rad and Coral’s Mom drives it to this day!  Coral and I probably only had the pickup for like… a few months?  Three maybe?  Wow.  In that time we took some adventures.  I remember that we drove from Victoria to Port Hardy and back in a day.  That was pretty fun.  It rained a ton, we saw bears and Eagles, got a flat tire in Woss.  Good times like that.

Coral thought it would be best if we had a ride that had four doors and was a little more substantial for carting around soon-to-be-born Madelyn.

I love Jeeps, so Coral found a Jeep Patriot and that was a our car for the past 4 years.

Our car seat we got to match the interior.  We were so into that!


ta-da!  Coral did it all by herself.  And it totally matches!  Actually… it would match our new Honda too… you know, if we ever needed to bust this baby seat outta storage.

Go with yourself.

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It is what it is

Posted in music, tagged , , on July 28, 2011| 1 Comment »


Humility is not a virtue of Kanye West or Britpop bands… the latest floppy haired four piece and angular guitar stabbers is a group called Viva Brother.

The buzz machine is operating at 100% for the latest foray into the lad-rock arena.  Viva Brother are from an area of England called Slough… famous for being dreary and the home of the original British Office.

The boys began performing in barn they had purchased and honing their skills.  They played a show in London, and one month later they had a record deal.  They grow up fast in the UK!

If their Spin article is an indicator, they could be the re-incarnated Oasis?  or maybe just brash 20-somethings that have been told their “special” by their parents too much.

Will they be remembered as “(…)as important as the Clash” hmmm… not from this debut record, but damn, the singles are catchy and the style is fun.  Damn you Viva Brother… your personal style is such a turn off, but your musical is so fun!

Viva Brother began life as “Brother” but right after the buzz machine rumbled to life to crown these guys the “next big thing” a folk group from Australia said, “pardon me… our band is called ‘Brother.'”

For awhile you’d read them as “Brother (uk)” but I guess they settled on throwing up a “Viva” in front.

Their style is fun, simple and straight forward.  I think the machine calls it “Gritpop?”  Sure.  I like Lad rock.

Lots of genres… yessh, sounds like four white kids playing rock & roll to me.

Viva Brother – “Darling Buds of May“


Boss Man John really like track one, side one as a single for us here at the Zone.  Have a listen to this.

Viva Brother – “New Year’s Day“

I hope the Spin article was a misinterpretation of their style…. because I love the music.  Super fun guitar pop rock.

Go with yourself.

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Steam Powered German Trench Zombies

Posted in music, tagged , , , , on July 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »


Coral and I watched Sucker Punch last night.  What a strange little film.  A misogynistic geek film where a hot blond in a short skirt almost gets raped a bunch and fights German Trench zombies with a machine gun and samurai sword.

It was fun to look at and the music was great.  The story was bizarre and weak and I felt like my IQ dropped a few points trying to rationalize why its cool that a girl in a school girl outfit its fighting Orcs in a machine gun spraying orgy… well I mean I get that its cool. The movie is basically porn… but PG 13 Porn?  C’mon man, at this point just show tits, no one is buying that a male comic book nerd is trying to make a “point” about female empowerment.  You like school girl outfits, rape scenarios, strippers, machine guns and historical anachronisms.

Fun fact: I kinda also liked the historical anachronisms.  I dug the World War 1 Steam Powered German Trench Zombies and bi-planes.  The dragon bit was savage as well.

Coral and I both agreed that the music was fun and added to the film.  I loved the cover songs!

A song featured a ton was this jammer.

Emily Browning – “Sweet Dream (Are Made of This)”

Zach Snyder (god bless him) dreamed up this fantasy and according to Wikipedia said he was trying for an Alice in Wonderland with Machine Guns vibe.

So this next song makes a whole lotta sense!

Emiliana Torrini – “White Rabbit”

The final song that really stood out from the film is a cover of the Pixies.  Lyrically the song touches on a lot of the themes of the film and is used to effect in the film.

Yoav and Emily Browning – “Where is My Mind”

Emily Browning also plays the star, Baby Doll.  neat.

Go with yourself.

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Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks

Posted in music, tagged , on July 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »


I had a Tom Petty weekend.

Growing up, I loved Tom Petty.  I remember being in like grade 6 and going on the weekly Elementary ski trip up to Cypress (yeah I grew up in a well-to-do-middle-class-suburb) and on the bus ride home, “Free Falling” would come on and the whole bus of grade 6 and 7 kids would belt it out!

One of my favourite records is Tom Petty’s movie soundtrack for 1996’s RomCom She’s The One.

I must have bought that record at a young age, because to this day the song “Walls” gets jammed in my head.

I was feeling the vibe of this song during a rather hectic and stressful weekend and I found the song to be very soothing.  When I punched it up, I was surprised to find I remembered all the words and I sang along at the top of my lungs in the Jeep.

Tom Petty – “Walls”

Reading about the record, I thought it was neat that he also includes a cover of Beck’s “Asshole.”  Nice.

Tom Petty – “Asshole”

Go with yourself.

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I gotta phone

Posted in life or something like it on July 21, 2011| 1 Comment »


Yeah, so I totally got an iPhone the other day.  Now I can take pictures from a phone built in 2011 and filter them to look like it came from the 70s.

I don’t have a lot of apps or anything like that yet. But this Instagram is pretty fun.  And my ukulele tuner… well I don’t know where I’d be without that.

I got this iPhone because its so god damned pretty… but the first thing the guy in the phone store did is make me buy mucho $ worth of plastic to entomb it.  I only got to have unprotected text once!  Its much better.  The good news, my phone will be in mint condition when its obsolete next year.

I work 6 or 7 days a week… and to show for it, I have a pretty thing.  Neat.

Well a pretty thing I think, I haven’t actually seen the phone… but the Bell store guy told me its pretty and its somewhere buried under all that plastic.

Go with yourself.

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Stay Away

Posted in music, tagged , , , , , , , on July 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »


Woke up and did some push-ups and sit-ups this morning… yessh, that is hard work.  Reminds me of bootcamp, which, come to think of it, I should try again!

Yesterday, the internets were all aflutter over the Spin Magazine’s Nirvana tribute record, Newermind.

So on over I headed to Spin’s Facebook page… liked, then really liked this jam.

Charles Bradley – “Stay Away”

Download MP3 >> 10 Stay Away

Its a pretty dramatic take on the Nirvana grunge classic.  I really enjoyed the James Brown-esque interpretation.

Charles Bradley’s story is bizarre and crazy too… if the internet is to be believed.  You should read about his life path. The dude did a James Brown lounge show… of course he did.

Neat, there is also a Jessica Lea Mayfield, Amanda Palmer and Surfer Blood cover on there.  Track one, side one… Meat Puppets.

Go with yourself.

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Blood into Wine into Rock

Posted in music, tagged , on July 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »


All Hands on deck and turn it up to 11…. new Puscifer.

The new song we’re going to listen to is called “Man Overboard” from a record out on October 18th, Conditions of my Parole.

Is this song the next “The Mission?”  Probably not… but its still a slinky Maynard jam.  A little sinister, spooky, nervous energy that breaks free at points to soar upward.  Have a listen to this… women and children first.

Puscifer – “Man Overboard”

Go with yourself.

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