Friday, January 9th, 2009
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11:34 pm - New blog
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
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11:13 pm - My New Year's Resolution for 2009
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Its almost NYE and ringing in 2009
I should put down a list for my New Year's Resolution
Maybe harsh but who is going to read what I have to say
My resolution:
Try to move on and stop focusing on the past.
Too many blogs and I should focus on this blog and that blog
Stop hanging around people who are no good for myself, like to cause drama, think highly of them and play mind games.
Be more healthy and try to take up yoga (if OC Transpo workers stop striking)
I should let people go up to me if they want to talk then myself going up to them and talk like crazy.
Stop jumping the gun/saying yes for comittments too early.
Accept for who I am, if your friends can't accept them then tough.
Remind myself that I can't please everyone.
Hopefully try to write a novel or short story.
I think that is it for my New Year's Resolution.
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12:18 am - Best of 2008 and other postings
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
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5:03 pm - Merry Christmas!
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Its Christmas Eve.
Just want to wish everyone "who is reading this" a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
If I didn't send you a card due probably to the weather or the bus strike or lazyness.
I just send you this holiday greetings!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
current mood:  cheerful
current music: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
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2:30 pm - Christmas cards 2008
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
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10:56 pm - Stars signed postcard to giveaway
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I put it on here in case someone notices it.
I am giving away 1 signed Stars "Sad Robots" postcard.
Its basically the EP cover.
Its signed by all the members except Chris Seligman.
So you have Torq, Amy, Evan and Pat's autograph.
To get it just simply e-mail to mw.music@live.com
Subject line be "Stars postcard".
Type down your name and address.
A lucky person will get this postcard.
So any big Stars fan want this badly
Deadline is Dec 8th.
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
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9:41 am - Weekend of music
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
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11:39 pm
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Surprised I am getting alot of views from the Zombie walk than the usual stuff I upload on Flickr.
Why is that? :P
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
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4:40 pm - Thanksgiving '08
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
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1:06 am - How I rarely use you
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
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1:26 pm - Plants and Animals @ Black Sheep Inn
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
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9:22 am - Sept 28th at Babylon
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I am not affiliated with this show or their manager.
Just a big fan of these 2 bands.
Both will be in Ottawa on Sept 28 at Babylon
Winter Gloves are a great band from Montreal. I've seen them three times so far. And they have this energy and excitement while performing.
I have to buy their debut album About A Girl very soon or at their show.
They remind me of Bloc Party
Winter Glove's Myspace
You Say Party! You Say Die! are a crazy band.
Their music is dancey punkish.
Spreading the word out about this show.
Facebook event section
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
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9:39 pm - Who is going faceless for the arts??
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We are living in a crazy time with Hurricane Ike and the Canadian and US elections,
I was checking this Facebook group click here about the arts fund cutback.
Noticing why some people on Facebook are going faceless.
I am sometimes clueless on politics but I think arts is what makes Canadians so good.
Without this funding how will be creative in our process of the arts?
I feel like the Conservative government is screwing up Canada.
We are fighting a pointless war and half the money is being spent on it.
Its a worthless war.
It should concern me since if I want to do some artistic in my photography work.
Would be good to get some government grants or funds to support my work.
So what do you think? (if anyone reads this?)
Pros and cons?
Ya or nay??
I am going to be on the bandwagon to be faceless.
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
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8:51 pm - The D'Urbervilles
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
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12:51 am - Forest City Lovers on the last Fuse show.
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Tonight I went to the final taping of CBC Radio 1's show FUSE.
Where 2 different artist/bands make a mash up of their songs.
It was Forest City Lovers and Finest Kind.
This is my 2nd time seeing them play live.
They are such a great band, they are indie-folk-pop.
FIrst time I saw them was on April 1, 2008 at Mavericks.
They are amazing live and I didn't get to talk to them because "this friend" didn't like it and prefers listening to "dance music".
Anyways go to their Myspace page and listen to their song "Don't Go"
Simply catchy and soft.
Feeling kind of sad that CBC decided to cancel this lovely radio show.
Its great to listen to new artist/bands and its free to see/listen them live in a nice studio.
I guess I have to look into different ventures to find free shows in Ottawa.
But CBC still rocks, I still listen to CBC Radio 3 to check out all my indie-ness
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
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9:17 pm - Maybe its me...
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Sorry if I say this and get in trouble for this.
Heck I am Canadian :P
Maybe its me, but I find Micheal Phelps full of himself and very cocky.
But its interesting that people in China is still talking about the little chinese girl lip synching to the Opening Ceremonies.
Talk about travesty and free speech in China!
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
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9:06 pm - Canada sucks at the Olympics
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I haven't paid any attention to the Olympics besides the lavish and maybe "fake" opening ceremonies.
Heck it was directed by Zhang Yimou and I don't blame them for it :P
I know I will be in trouble for saying this
But I still find we suck at the games.
I don't really care for sports.
I find we are more into the arts and culture.
Look at the artist and bands that we are more focused.
Fesit (well she is getting really overrated)
Basia Bulat
Holy Fuck
Stars
Metric
Plants and Animals
Two Hours Traffic
Broken Social Scene
The New Pornographers
The Acorn
Wintersleep
Tokyo Police Club
And it goes on and on
Its hard to explain on here but I find the music scene in Canada is more respected and recognized
Well this got me interested
http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=124&csid2=844&fid1=32865
I love Holy F**k!
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
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7:14 pm - 08-08-08 (2)
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I really want to do tai-chi
Or maybe yoga too
Makes me wonder why can't Canada spend alot on lavish fireworks that I am seeing from the Olympics.
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7:05 pm - 08-08-08
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Forgot today is Aug 8, 2008
Has some significant meaning if you are chinese.
Since I won't be seeing alot of the coverage of the Olympics.
Seeing the opening ceremonies was spectacular and jaw dropping.
It would have been nice to see a famous singer IE Andy Lau, Faye Wong, Leon Lai (He was born in Beijing) and whoever recognizable.
I forgot the whole thing was directed by Zhang Yimou. He directed such films as Raise The Red Lantern, Hero and House Of Flying Daggers.
Glad that Steven Speilberg didn't help out and it would have been bad.
Besides the whole hoopla of China's human rights crap.
I am like C'mon its a sporting event not the G8 summit.
Sports and Politics don't mix.
If you want to bitch about China's bad doings than do it somewhere else.
People just want attention.
I was listening to CBC's Q and they were saying how people only watch the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
No one is going to watch the events anyways well maybe some.
I rather see the opening and closing ceremonies anyways because its more entertaining.
Now I can't wait to see the Closing Ceremonies.
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
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12:53 pm - My 4 days of Music Mayhem
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I should do my review on where I've been for the past 4 days
On Sunday and Monday I've decided to go to Montreal and attend Osheaga Festival.
It was my first time there and I was GLAD that I went.
I missed last year's event and they had such a great line-up.
The first day I was late because the hostel I was staying didn't do reservation until 2pm.
So I missed out Louis XIV, Sleepercar, Wooden Sky and N*E*R*D.
I got there at 3:30pm and waited in line to buy my ticket.
I ran my butt off to get to this stage because Plants and Animals were playing
I get there and they were singing Lola Who? and it was like deja vu for me since the stage looked alot like Black Sheep Stage at Bluesfest and almost wearing the same clothes too.
I hope they win the Polaris Prize this year. I just missed Tom Fun Orchestra since they played the same time.
After P&A I ran over to another stage which is the big stage to see Metric.
Apparently they were not able to play at 5pm because the stage beside it had Spiritualized and they didn't end until like 5:15-5:25pm
Their set was really short because of it but at least they played their popular songs.
But didn't sing Combat Baby.
After that I waited for Cat Power, the stage beside it was Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings.
I was listening to them and they were amazing, I could have went to that stage and see them but I didn't want to lose my spot for Cat Power.
After they finished Cat Power went on stage.
She didn't sing The Greatest which I was disappointed, she sang alot of songs I didn't know but she had alot of emotion when she sang. It was interesting to see Emily Haines and Plants and Animals backstage/vip area watching Cat Power play live.
Kind of pissed that I should have seen Devotchka instead since I haven't heard of them but I know that Basia Bulat opened up for them when she did her US tour.
Walked around and got food.
I've decided to check out The Killers and man was it crowded.
They put a great show considering I was abit skeptical since a friend told me when they played in Ottawa before they got really big, they sucked badly and another friend who saw them in Toronto were amazing when they were big.
I was glad to see them and I left after they sang Mr.Brightside.
I went to another stage to check out The National Parc and they were fun to dance to
End of Day 1
The second day, I first act I saw was Jamie Lidell and he always put on a great show.
I was suppose to see Matt Costa but I decided to go get CSS's autograph instead.
When will I get a chance to get an band/artist's autograph and it was a good opportunity.
They were laid back people and funny too.
Saw abit of The Kills and they were interesting live.
I did glance The Weakerthans and it seemed like deja vu again beside John K Samson wearing the same t-shirt from Bluesfest. And the performance was the same from Bluesfest.
I was going to check out MGMT but they were taking a long time with the sound check and decided the hell with it because I wanted to get Matt Costa's autograph.
I lied to him that I loved his set but I did hear him during my wait for CSS's autograph.
I went to the main stage and went to see Duffy.
I was like being nice to people since everyone wanted to see Jack Johnson and they were fine about it since I said I didn't really want to see him.
When she came on I was like wow and she was soo amazing live.
Love her song Warwick Avenue. She was the only artist I wanted to see badly :P.
After that checked out Broken Social Scene. I almost had a heart attack because Amy Millan was there but no Emily Haines or Feist. The last BSS show I went it was all the guys and it was great to see a female on the stage with them.
Great rocking show they did.
Went to see CSS and I was there for like 5 songs
They did sing Music Is My Hot Hot Sex. It was a fun show they put on.
I went to see Bonjour Brumaire and me being clueless in french really like the show and decided to support them since they did come to Ottawa to a less than stellar show.
I did see Chromeo and I just got there when they played Tendoroni.
After that it was my end for my fun at Osheaga.
I would have thought of meeting Montreal people but I met alot of Ottawa people.
It seems alot of people that went were from Ottawa. Guessing Ottawa definitely needs alot of good bands/artist to come to Ottawa.
On Tuesday I went to see Matt Costa again.
Well technically I got to finally see him play live since I lied to him about his set :P
It was a really great show. Crazy some times because people are drunk.
Incident happened when he sang Mr.Pitiful, he fell off the stage. I guess he got too intense when he played the keyboards.
I like the intimate show he put on in Ottawa.
Last night I went to Zaphods to check out Bruce Peninsula, Poorfolk and The Got To Get Got.
Bruce Peninsula I saw them back in November where they opened up for The Acorn at Barrymores.
They put a great show and they were missing 2 people in the group which were Katie Stelmanis since she is touring with her stuff and Casey from Ohbijou.
I finally talked to them because I was too shy and nervous last time. They are really nice people and they seemed kind of surprised that I wanted their autograph :P
Poorfolk is great and they are nice lads.
Go get their album from this Ottawa band.
The Get To Get Got was great and they played a energetic set.
The crowd was small considering many people were at Radiohead in Montreal.
Well doesn't matter it was a great show.
I am going to be on a music burnt out soon
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