#ballpoint pen
souvenir
so on this day in a park in montreal, after walking nearly all day, i had some great company while basking in the sun. the owner of this bike had a stash of wine on ice that he kept going back to. in the middle of the afternoon. ducks were being chased in the pond by dogs. one guy decided to lie at the edge of the water where he was eventually run over by a dog. drawing this left me with one arm that was more tanned than the other. and after we left? well, we went to have three orders of poutine at la banquise. a picture might’ve done the job but i would only have had one, maybe two of these memories. this has been another edition of deep thoughts, by jack handy.
i guess maps was the song that first made me pay attention to the yeah yeah yeahs. i think their latest album is one of the few i wasn’t disappointed by this year. it sounds a little more produced than i expected but it works for me. i like the balance of synth they put in; some bands have tried hard to do this and it’s just been baaaaaaad. yes i’m talking about you, coldplay. i’d say my favourite track is zero. brian chase, karen o, and nick zinner (not in that order) in moleskine.
my search for good new music is usually fruitless but one day i came across thunderheist. i’m not going to say that their stuff is for everyone; their debut isn’t particularly deep conceptually or lyrically. the electro-beats are pretty good though. if i had to say, theirs is like junk food music but the junk food is really good. they could really bring it to the next level though, if the ripples don’t stop at the surface. toronto’s own grahm zilla and isis salam in moleskine.
it seems i relate a lot of things to music. IF’s topic is tango but i kept thinking of waltz #2 – one of my favourite songs. i can’t really think of many songs that actually employ a waltz tempo these days. either way he seemed to dance a fine line between many elements over his life time but his talent was pretty undeniable. i’m not the best of guitar players but his ability was pretty crazy – try playing angeles. elliott’s music could probably be described as sombre in general but i suppose that depends on how you’re looking at it. if you haven’t heard of him, you probably heard his stuff if you checked out good will hunting. anyway, i say his stuff is worth the listen. while you’re at it, go listen to between the bars and pitseleh. go. elliott smith in moleskine, 8×10″
found this image on blogTO and decided to doodle it for something different. the trucks are in a graveyard for semis and trucks of that size. the photos were really nice. i would have thought that someone would have tried to recycle or reuse parts of these trucks, given our current climate-centric temperament these days, but even the hollowed out cab was pretty much in tact. maybe one day. ballpoint pen in moleskine, 8×10″
her music is a little unusual in that it sounds slightly fantastical. i’m not overly versed in her music but i found out about her after reading of praise she received from thom yorke, whose little band she opened for recently. her voice is at at times pj harvey, tori amos, bjork…and maybe even cat power. still, i don’t think you could mix her up with any of those ladies. she hails from britain. she’s half pakistani. while working as a nursery school teacher, she put together her first album, sheryl crow styles. natasha khan in moleskine.
i’m not too sure why i’m a bit fascinated with these birds (aside from the way the look) but i think it’s because of the different interpretations they lead to, depending on the culture. they’re scavengers, plain and simple. they’re smart but they apply their intelligence mostly for their scavenging ways. historically, those in the west seem to have thought them to be more ominous and negative on account of their blackness and what they eat. yet in parts of asia, they were thought of as gods. they’re just there, to me; just part of the chain of things. i didn’t know that they’re the official bird of the yukon. corvus corax in moleskine, 9×10″