bq. "Always remember":http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=3748 : Valentine’s Day is a Christian corruption of a "pagan festival":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupercalia involving werewolves, blood and fucking. So wish people a happy Horny Werewolf Day and see what happens.No one feels as unrequited as a horny werewolf, so count your blessings, Valentines.bq. Once I saw him in the moonlight when the b
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!http://pearlofcivilization.net/images/149.jpg (Marnie Stern)!:http://www.marniestern.com/To sum up all the online hype I keep running into about Marnie Stern: she totally shreds, *plus* she writes great songs. Is there such a thing as art-metal? That's what I would call it when music seems really smart but all anyone can say about it is that it is "so fucking awesome."- "Every Single Line Means S
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!http://pearlofcivilization.net/images/146.jpg (Art by Colin MacRae)!:http://www.colinmacraeart.comHello! I am not dead, just full of crappy whiskey! Happy New Year and so on!1. Have I mentioned I love my little town? I just got home from a large-sized underground art show opening, full of happy and inclusive people. People who love art, and want to love other people who love art. No pretentiou...
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:http://www.pgphotos.org/Gallery/displayimage.php?album=52&pos=32I just got a chance to listen to the new "Aaargh! Annual":http://myspace.com/aaarghrecords compilation of fine Victoria indie music. Out of nineteen songs by nineteen artists, I only unchecked TWO in iTunes.There's an entire, quite coherent dance pop contingent on this compilation. If you liked the "Vincat I linked":/ookpik/blog_p...
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:http://www.pgphotos.org/Gallery/displayimage.php?album=51&pos=5I just found these "lovely photos":http://www.pgphotos.org/Gallery/thumbnails.php?album=51 of local band "Vincat":http://www.myspace.com/vincat that I thought I'd share. These were taken by a guy calling himself "pgPhotos":http://www.pgphotos.org.Vincat sounds like experimental dance-punk for a high school dance, like folks who hav...
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Yesterday I got a package from my MOG secret santa, who turns out to be "chucky":/chucky/. Thanks, lady! You did a great job on the mix-- lots of good songs by bands I'm vaguely familiar with, the occasional thing I've never heard of, and two songs I've listened to a billion times (BSS and Four Tet).I am especially impressed that chucky managed to make a mix for my wussy-art-hippie tastes and t...
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!http://pearlofcivilization.net/images/144t.jpg (Great Aunt Ida, a band from Vancouver)!:http://greatauntida.comWhoa, hi. I just emerged from a myspace vortex. One of the places I ended up was "Great Aunt Ida's page":http://www.myspace.com/greatauntida, which reminds me to tell you about Great Aunt Ida. (Even myspace has its uses.)Great Aunt Ida features Vancouver fixture Ida Nilsson on songs a...
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:http://packmangirl.deviantart.com/OK.Canada has a nice little indie music situation right now, and bloggers and moggers regularly decide to write about Canadian bands, or the country in general. Often this involves some type of "Canada, eh!" joke.This pains me.You know when moms try to make fun of the way teenagers say "like" too much, but the moms don't know how to use the word properly and j...
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