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Interview: The Stills

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, music, tagged , , , , , , on January 10, 2009| 4 Comments »

Holy FUCK!  I just opened up the cell phone bill and $160!  WTF?

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Tim and Dave from The Stills dropped by the Zone Afternoon show today before the first of two show they would be (are currently) performing in Victoria.  Last night they opened for Sam Roberts and Mike Devlin had some good things to say.

We jibber jabbered about, you know stuff.  I asked Dave why he thinks the song “Being Here” has really grabbed people’s attention and Dave gave a pretty perfect answer, but I didn’t really give him a chance to get the joke in.  Listening back I now hear what might have been a rad joke if I hadn’t stepped on his reply, so that is my bad.  The boys then perform “Being Here” and it ends with Tim and I talking about Nine Inch Nails and their insane LED light show.  Tim knows the man that designed NIN live light show experience!

Download: The Stills Interview with performance of “Being Here”

Download: “Being Here” (live @ The ZAS)

Moment Factory

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Day 03

Day number three of single Dad is winding down to an end.  Another glorious challenge.  I really have so much more respect for ZooeyJane and Huckdoll after kinda trying my hand at single parenting.  Mads was a wee bit ornery this morning and wouldn’t nap or even really let me put her down.  Nana came early because Fridays are an epic challenge as it is, getting all my work done… so I had a quick shower and shave then off to the radio factory.  Had a good show and came home to take Nana out for a birthday dinner and Madelyn had/has spots all over her torso?  SWA?

I’m no Grey’s Anatomy doctor so I have no idea what is wrong.  She was n a much better mood when I got home (Nana does that to her) we decided dinner wouldn’t hurt.  Auntie Alyx joined us and we punched back some Greek food.

Brought Madelyn home for a bath and just to she why you never leave a baby unattended in the tub, while sitting there in the water, she’d get herself worked up and then like fall over in the water.  She’d freak and almost freeze up in the water and couldn’t right herself.  If I wasn’t there, like right there beside her, that would be it.

Madelyn likes bath time so she was ready for bed.

I packed up the Jeep while she was sleeping because we are off to visit Grandma Mom and Grandpa Jack tomorrow.  Day Three is done.

Baby is still alive.

Dad: 03
Israeli Air Force: 00
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Have a great weekend.  I likely won’t get a chance to write again till Monday.  Go with yourself.

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That Time I Coached Soccer

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, being cheap, Capital Rock City, food, tagged , , , , on January 3, 2009| 5 Comments »

I was sitting around with David Eleanor and Lindsay the other day (I think it was at a Salmon Kings game) telling them about the time I coached a soccer team.  Well I coached my sister Andrea’s team.  I am not too sure they believed me.  But here is the proof!

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I am the gomer with the Expos hat on.  I think our team was called the Hurricanes.

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I talked to Webguy Bud on Friday (he was one of the few people floating around the Zone over the holidays) and Capital Rock City will make its triumphant return to the blogosphere next week!

So far, music from Everyone Everywhere, Paper Cranes, Acres of  Lions… and then I need a few more tracks.  I am thinking the Racoons, and maybe Laura Smith and I call that a show number… one… but I think I’ll pick up the naming ritual I had going on which make the show like #39 or #42 or something.

I have an idea for another podcast or even two or three.  One at a time for now.  gotta get back into the swing of it.

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Coral and I went for a walk today to grab a sandwich and some formula for Madelyn.  I tub of the powder costs about $20 and lasts a week-ish.  We crunched some numbers and we figure it costs us about $5 or $6 a day to keep Madelyn alive with formula, food and diapers.  Not too much at this age.  hmm.  neat.

Go with yourself.

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Discover Something New

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, neat-O gang, tagged , , , , , , on December 16, 2008| 2 Comments »

I wake up and make a bottle for Madelyn.  Turn on the fire to chase the chill out of the room. Put the TV to A Morning.  Lay a bottle in Madelyn grabby hands.

And I am laughing so hard.  As I begin typing Madelyn is farting like an old man. ewwwww.

One of her favourite things to do when she is all by herself, is to jibber jabber… pause…. laugh… continue jibber jabber… pause… laugh… and she continues to do this till Coral and I can’t contain ourselves and burst out laughing.  Coral wants to try and film it.  We figure she is mimicking the ebb and flow of a conversation in our house.

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I was writing last night about some recent downloads and one that I did not get to was a cool from a band called Fear of Music.  You’ll know this Manchester group is you have a TV and have seen the Sirius commercial about discover music.  Such a great spot.

The first time I saw this commercial it gave me tingles.  Then it was for Sirius and I went all wet noodle.  The song is amazing… so at least Sirius gave me that.  Oh and they sent me a sticker once.

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I just finished a book that David Eleanor lent me from autor Hubert Selby Jr. called “Last Exit to Brooklyn.”

Wow… a pretty extreme book.  Maybe click the link above to get an idea of what its about.  It has a bizarre style of presentation.  Selby’s writing is almost physical and takes awhile to get used.  But give it time, because once you enter Selby’s world, you learn things.

Selby also worte “Requiem for a Dream.”  When I first saw that movie back in 2000, it changed my world view.  Selby says his most disturbing book is one called “The Room.”  Now that I know his idea of disturbing vastly different then mine, I am going to have to find and read that book.

Go with yourself.

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its the most wonderful time of the year

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, history 101, tagged , , , , , , on December 11, 2008| 1 Comment »

Coral and I watched the 1988 Molly Ringwald classic For Keeps.

The movie is one of Molly Ringwald’s heavier “teen” movie and is also Pauly Shore’s first major motion picture (though he ain’t in it too much).

The movie is neat primarily because its set in the 80s, and things have changed.  So I was howling at parts I was not supposed to, like first off… Molly Ringwald being hot?  yeah, that’s got to be an 80s thing.  The movie centers on a Darcy and Stan, two high school seniors who become sexual active and have a baby.  Everyone over-reacts and things spiral out of control.  The scene that generated the most LOLz was near the end and Darcy’s Mom is driving her and the baby Theodonious (swa?) home.  Everything looks all PG until you notice, Thea the few-month-old baby, is jamming out on Mom’s lap in the front seat of the car, SANS seat belt! bwahahahaha.  The good old days.

Its like the scene early in the Bruce Willis classic, Die Hard.  The very pregnant lady is working hard and late while all her non

sorry where was I?  Madelyn was playing with the blinds again and I had to put the computer down and get to that pronto.  All our blinds are fucked b/c Madelyn rampages them all.  She’s been cool to the Christmas tree thus far… blinds… not so much.  So right…

Its like the scene early in the Bruce Willis classic, Die Hard.  The very pregnant lady is working hard and late while all her non-knocked-up co-workers are downstairs partying.  The boss walks in, yells at her… stop working so hard, your pregnant.  Oh you’re right boss, I better join the party.  yeah you earned it.  I guess I can have a drink!

swa?  a drink of what?

oh the 80s, you’re cute.

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Madelyn cut her finger yesterday which was very dramatic hear at the Casa La Corj.  She stuck her finger in the shower drain… I know right?  what were you thinking baby? duh.

So she twists it around in there (we figure that’s how she did it) and then its this moaning… then some blood… then some panic here on the home front.  Coral patched her up and now you can barely see the cut.  Could Madelyn have super healing powers like Wolverine?

We’re trying to teach her to say “ho ho ho” but then… we haven’t taught her to say anything yet… “ho ho ho” might be a wee bit ambitious.

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Go with yourself.

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some day I will walk away

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, Dave Babych, music, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 9, 2008| 5 Comments »

Coral and I finally got to putting up our Christmas Tree.  Its a lot of work, putting up Christmas Trees.  But in the end, I feel so much better having done it.  I think I’ll keep it p till January 7th… which is like Ukrainian Christmas I think.

Our home is now very festive, until tomorrow when Madelyn wakes up and RAMPAGES everything.

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o rly? Coral.

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I was not feeling a blog at all after all the work.  Coral and I somehow got on watching Los Angeles  news which was mega depressing.  We flipped it over to A, and it was almost as depressing, except nearer to us, so back to KTLA it went.  I think the CBC is the only station that manages to be serious and less scary.

So now I am typing away, my computer is as slow as shit.  James is coming over on Thursday so hopefully we can track down what is bogging it down so savagely.  I have not been into writing lately, I read other people’s blogs and they are so good.  The ladies I read put WAY more “out there” into internet land.  They share.  Crazy fights, feelings, relationships, drama…you will find it all on someone’s personal blog.  My blog, less so… I just jibber jabber and things.

I was thinking about this the other day.  There has been another round of babyitis infecting the Zone office building.  A few staffers have made the announcement that they expecting kids.  Very exciting, got me thinking back to when Coral and I were expecting Madelyn.  People were sharing their birth stories with us and it would inevitably go something like, “Oh wow, you’re pregnant, let me tell you about our first child!  Man, I’ll tell you, I was in labour for thrity-seven hours.  All my women bits where tearing and bleeding… the doctors would give me no pain killers.  They were amazed I could withstand so much excruiatingly violent pains, they said a man would have passed out hours ago.  But not me, I felt it all.  So the forty hours dragged on, oh did I say thirty-seven earlier?  it was forty.  Forty-two hours of labour, my child came, she was born backwards and with spikes.  The doctor said it was the most painful way to come.  Doctor?  heck no, the doctor was sick, I actually delivered the baby myself.  Lost a lot blood.  Oh man, kids are special, I am so excited for you!”

and then, you sit there all pale and meekly thank them for sharing their joyous birth story with you.

Did I mention my computer was as slow as shit?

All I tell Dad’s to be is, pack some food.  And leave as soon as your girl passes out.  Go home and have a shower and brush your teeth, then on your way back to VGH, stop at the drive-thru and get your girl an epic burger.  She earned it.

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We got to dream up our annual top 10 list at the Zone of our favourite records and this year will be a challenge.  I do have some favourites but to be honest, I don’t really have ten STAND outs.

Hmm, I remember listening to a lot of Coldplay, Kings of Leon, Beck, and Radiohead.  MGMT on my walk to work.  Plants and Animals was good.  Fleet Foxes sometimes.  hmm, right.  Does Akon count?

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Casey-Jo sent me some clips from A TV when Eric from the morning show put my picture on the TV last week.  After Movember.  I fired it up on the Youtube.

Now right at the end he sorta has a laugh… hmmm?  And he showed me on TV during some witching hour when no one watches… hmmm indeed.  Does he have no respect for the sash?  I had my operatives at A track down Eric’s cell phone so maybe I’ll call him tomorrow on the show.

Anyways, thank you Casey-Jo for taking the time to send me some clips.

Time for a tub and some book read’n.  Go with yourself.

Oh, riiiight, Casey-Jo also sent me this wonderous track.

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First thing we succumb to

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, tagged , on December 2, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Oh nose, my poor Monster is sick today.  She has the sniffles and I think I know why.

Purevolume: Madelyn is Sick

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Shawty had them apple bottom jeans (jeans), boots with the fur

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, tagged , , on November 18, 2008| 6 Comments »

There is a Stephen Colbert icecream?  And I didn’t even think to look for it when Corj and I went to Port Angeles last week.  RAMPAGE!

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Oh Mommy bloggers…

Watch this video:  Motrin’s Where Your Baby Commercial

I played this commercial for Coral last night and asked her what she thought.  She said, “meh, its a commercial.”

“Do you feel outraged!?!” I demanded.

“no.”

“Did you think it was cute?” I queried?

“no.”

“Did it make you want to buy Motrin?” I perplexed?

“What is Motrin?”

So I showed her the story about all the outrage this ad caused.

How Twittering Critics Brought Down Motrin Mom Campaign

She said…. “oh, you don’t want to poke any fun at a woman who thinks wearing her baby is the end all.  They take that pretty seriously.”

here is the thing… wearing your baby DOES hurt your back, and make you hot.  It sucks… that is why Coral and I don’t do it.  Maybe they should have directed this ad at Dads, because I would have killed my self if some Dad on the commercial said, “I have to wear my baby because my wife read in a magazine that it is better, but because it sucks, I got to be the one the lugs this kid around to all the organic farm fairs we hit every weekend.  I need drugs to medicate, pass the Motrin.”

These bloggers need to take a Motrin an settle down.  Its a commercial.

But I’ll tell yeah… one day you’ll have a kid and you will enter a world where there are a lot of people who will tell you how to live your life… and generally be outraged on how you choose to do things.  I think it is human nature.  If the person’s heart is in the right place, they have a kids or are related to me or Corj… then I’ll listen.  If you are a crotchety old codger in a jazz restaurant… then you need to zip it!

That said, there is lots of good advise too… and some of it is designed to keep your kid alive.  Doctor people for example, they have lots of good ideas.  So you got to take the good with the bad.  As a rule, I avoid commercials for my baby rearing advise.

Go with yourself.

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stroll around the grounds until you feel at home

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, tagged on November 17, 2008| 1 Comment »

oh no.  Coral and I are bad parents.  Madelyn was sleeping so cutely (is that a word?) and Coral called me into her room.  Then I was like, “holy shit, we should take a picture!”

Then she woke up!  damn.

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uh oh, she is awake… run away, run away.

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Grandma  and Grandpa Jack hopped a boat to the Island to visit this weekend.  I took one picture.  Yup, one.  I am a bad parent AND son.

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and one more… in case you’re not all baby’d out with my shitty low-fi camera work (I was rocking the Olympus, for its night camera and video).

It is so dark.  One of these days I am going to invest in a proper video camera.. and i guess a Mac to edit up my works of art too eh?  heh, yeah, one day.

I am back on the raydeo tomorrow!  huzzah. Go with yourself.

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Shut my mouth and strike the demons

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, music, playlist, tagged , , , , , , on November 3, 2008| 2 Comments »

I updated my Purevolume page today with a clip from my radio show.  A couple Fridays ago, I was laying on the couch watching the view as I do most mornings.  Basking in the warmth form my fake electrical fire, when my little baby girl Madelyn crawled over to the fake fire.  I  sprang to Ninja Dad action, but alas, too late.  Madelyn had planted her dirty baby palm on the glass to my fake fire.

I freaked!

But she did not wail, nay, she did not even whimper.

I thought I had witnessed a miracle.  Could my baby have super human powers?  The power to to touch fire and control its mystery?  Harnessing the raw power of fire to fight evil… or perhaps, to fight good?

I walked over to the fire and touched it myself.

I too felt no pain.  But I do not have super powers.  The fake fire is just that.  Fake.  And cold to the touch.  Now, how this cold fire creates heat?  The engineer who designed this feat of modern engineering, that man is a magician.

Purevolume: Miracle Baby

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Coral has been having a bizarre lust for the Soul Asylum song “Misery” lately.

Today before our adventures around Esquimalt putting up campaign posters she commanded me to craft a “Misery” playlist.  And so, today I present and 90s-ish inspired riff rock radio requiem… or some sort of alliteration.

Coral’s Misery

01) Soul Asylum – “Misery”
02) The Replacements – “I’ll Be You”
03) Dishwalla – “Counting Blue Cars”
04) Live – “Selling the Drama”
05) Wallflowers – “The Difference”
06) Wallflowers – “6th Avenue Heartache”
07) K’s Choice – “Not An Addict”
08) Mad Season – “River of Deceit”
09) Alice in Chains – “Don’t Follow”
10) Ryan Adams – “To Be Young”
11) Against Me! – “Thrash Unreal”
12) Smashing Pumpkins – “Mayonnaise”
13) Buckcherry – “Lit Up”
14) Nada Surf – “Popular”
15) Eve 6 – “Promise”
16) Goldfinger – “Here In Your Bedroom”
17) Ugly Kid Joe – “Everything About You”
18) Hole – “Violet”
19) R.E.M. – “Whats the Frequency, Kenneth?”

Most these songs are form the 90s.  Actually, I think Against Me! and Ryan Adams are the only two from the modern rock era to make the grade.  hmmm.  I used the Genius to randomly select a playlist, then massaged it for time and cut out the bizarre shit and moved things around for flow.  Ilike the genius because it sometimes gets me thinking about songs I’d never think to listen to, or I overthink the playlist, when really I want some something groovy to drive to.  If you grew up in the suburbs and listened to mainstream commercial rock radio in the 90s, then you shouldn’t be a stranger to any of these bands… and most these songs were the “hits.”  Replacements maybe will be new for you.  But if you read my blog with any regularity, you’ll know that I love the Replacements and they will fit most any rock inspired playlist.

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blue and yellow make green

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, politics, tagged , , on October 14, 2008| 5 Comments »

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I got my papers in on time so I will be running for town council in Esquimalt.  I think this week I will be getting my hands on a proper url for my campaign.  I’ll release my vision for our community and get some posters made up.  Good times.  Coral and I will then be hitting the road to put them up around town.

Please remember to vote for me on November 15th.  If you don’t live in Esquimalt but you know someone that does… please ask them to vote for me.

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I am DJing tonight at Hugo’s if you plan on doing some drinking on a Tuesday night.  Time to get ready to head into the Zone.

Go with yourself.

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