Thursday, November 5, 2009

Hot Bunny Radio Playlist for November 5th

CKLU 96.7FM
6-8pm

* denotes Canadian talent
italics denotes a new release

  • Dead Man's Bones -- Paper Ships -- Dead Man's Bones
  • Raccoon Wedding -- Basement or the Attic -- Gather Gather Bones Rattle Rattle Truth
  • M Ward -- One Hundred Million Years -- Hold Time
  • Jenny Lewis -- Acid Tongue -- Acid Tongue
  • Tegan & Sara -- Arrow -- Sainthood *
  • The Be Good Tanyas -- In Spite of all the Damage -- Chinatown *
  • Barbara Pittman -- I Need a Man -- Quivers Down the Backbone Birthday comp.
  • The Hidden Cameras -- He Falls To Me -- Origin:Orphan *
  • The Beach Boys -- Hang On To Your Ego -- Pet Sounds
  • Flight of the Conchords -- Too Many Dicks (on the Dance Floor) -- I Told You I Was Freaky
  • Beck -- Lost Cause -- Sea Change
  • Belle & Sebastian -- The Model -- Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
  • Belly -- Judas My Heart -- King
  • Spiral Beach -- Devour -- The Only Really Thing *
  • My Morning Jacket -- Golden -- It Still Moves
  • Islands -- Switched On -- Vapours
  • The New Pornographers -- All the Old Showstoppers -- Challengers *
  • Amelia Curran -- The Company Store -- Hunter, Hunter *
  • Peter, Bjorn and John -- Let's Call It Off -- Writer's Block
  • Dragonette -- Pick Up The Phone -- Fixin To Thrill
  • Pretty Girls Make Graves -- The Nocturnal House -- Elan Vital
  • Cuff The Duke -- The Words You Ignore -- Way Down Here *
  • The Riff Randells -- Heartbreaker -- The Riff Randells *
  • The Wheat Pool -- I'm Not Here -- Hauntario *
  • Ryan Adams -- Desire -- Demolition
  • Ox -- Unknown Legend -- Burnout *
  • Sam Cooke -- For Sentimental Reasons -- The Best of Sam Cooke
  • The Swell Season -- In These Arms -- Strict Joy
  • Au Revoir Simone -- Take Me As I Am -- Still Night, Still Light
  • Grizzly Bear with Victoria Legrand -- Slow Life -- New Moon OSR


MUSICAL NOTES FOR THIS WEEK:
  • Pretty big soft spot being carved out in my heart for this Dead Man's Bones record;
  • The Raccoon Wedding -- new band for me, am very intrigued and toes are tapping;
  • Jenny Lewis for my friend Jody who just realized how good this record is....
  • Don't you kinda wish the Hidden Cameras were the friends you had that always played music at your parties?
  • I can't recall why the phrase "too many dicks on the dancefloor" has become something we say in the office more often than you'd think....
  • Man, Sea Change is a record that brings back some memories for me...
  • Oh "The Model," one of the great B&S songs......
  • BELLY!! I friggin still love them!!
  • I miss The Riff Randells -- such a fun little EP;
  • I had to play the Ryan Adams cuz I was just the other day chatting with a friend about the whole Josh/Donna lovestory on The West Wing and that song is PERFECTLY used for it;
  • How can Swell Season write songs that are so incredibly sweet and yet still make me cry??
  • Also, how is it possible that a movie like New Moon can have such a kick-ass soundtrack?

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

foxtrot flats

Well hello there prettiest flats I've seen this week......

fair and square

The Fair and Square dress. Black tights and the perfect shoe? I'd wear this everywhere, fair and square.

pastoral portraits




Modcloth is selling these great 11x14 animal prints printed on birch veneer. I feel as though I must have them all...

machinarium



So I played the demo version of Machinarium today and for someone who's gaming interests are pretty limited -- I was in awe of the artistry of this game!! Created by Amanita Design and Czech designer Jakub Dvorsky, this game is adorable (our robot hero is trying to stop an attack and save his even more adorable robot ladyfriend) and stunning to watch. AND it's my favourite kind of game which is the point-and-click adventure kind.

I'll be buying the full version of this game for sure. Which must stand for something considering I've only caved and paid for one $0.99 game on my iPhone. I guess my laptop's been working hard lately, it deserves a game as pretty as this.

monsters of folk

So Monday night brought our long line of Massey Hall concerts to an end and even though I'm bummed there'll be no more concert trips for awhile, I'm pumped that we ended it all with such brilliance. Amazing in their respective solo careers, these guys leap up into a whole other musical stratosphere when they play together. I spent the entire show either furiously toe-tapping, chair-swaying, frozen in stillness or wiping wet eyes. A show 6 years in the making it really was a stellar show and in standard C.Y.G.T.S style, here are the bullet points saying why"

  • They played 29 songs -- 29 songs?!?! Talk about getting your money's worth;
  • They played Say Please 3 songs into the set, my fave song off the album;
  • They switched from M.O.F songs to solo performances of their own stuff -- what a bargain for us concert-goers!!
  • M Ward playing solo, but mostly his jaw-dropping performance of One Hundred Million Years. Talk about one guy on guitar sounding like 10. He can do stuff on a guitar that is actually physically impossible I think. And what a song to pick...
  • Jim James picking Golden as his solo song -- somebody read my "I Hope They Play This" list;
  • Marc's fave song on the record - Ahead of the Curve -- they played the shit out of that song and filled every space in that hall with the notes in that chorus;
  • Mike Mogis playing pedal steel - insanity.
  • Conor Oberst played a stripped down We Are Nowhere and it's Now -- a song that kills me at the best of times but, once last fall, brought me to my knees. Just one of those moments with just one of those songs. Hearing it live brought it all rushing back - bittersweet but still beautiful to hear.
  • M Ward going back and busting out stuff from 2003's "Transfiguration of Vincent" record;
  • M Ward being the Kelly Hogan to Jim James' Neko Case. If ever two male voices went together, it's these two...
  • Hearing Jim James' echoey haunting voice come out of nowhere and fill up that hall. He was like a ghost. Nobody "Ah-woooooos" like Jim James...
  • Being super suprised to hear At the Bottom of Everything -- one of my faves off that record -- made me really extra bummed I missed his Massey Hall show not too long ago. He just performs with such kickassitude!!
  • Ending the show with Losin' Yo Head and busting it out full-on My Morning Jacket style - I was about ready to bust out of my seat.

If I had bad things to say, it's this:
  • How could they not have played Temazcal?? Bummer....
  • They only did one encore -- okay I know they played 29 songs but come on.....and the encoure was His Master's Voice -- kind of a snoozer to end with.
  • the oppresive heat in Massey Hall - please God let someone one day figure out the HVAC in that place...
  • the super boring M.O.F tshirts. As a merch fan, I was disappointed.

And okay, let's deal with this Travelling Wilburys thing -- every reviewer under the sun is using the phrase "this generation's Travelling Wiburys." Just because some solo guys get together and make a record doesn't make them the Travelling Wilburys. Although the fact that Conor and M Ward both played on Jenny Lewis' version of Handle Me With Care doesn't help anything I guess. Nor does this generation need a Travelling Wilburys -- the TWs can be their TWs I say. Bottom line for me is that although the TW's are made up of bigger "legends" (the MOF guys aren't at that stature yet --- note I said yet) I really do think the MOF record is better as a whole than both the TW records. They're just better songs -- come on, you can't tell me The Wilbury Twist is still a song you genuinely think is a great song? We all love End of the Line and I still think Handle Me With Care is a kickass song (and am secretly happy when someone covers it), I love their Rattled cover and have a soft-spot for Roy's Not Alone Anymore.

But this album is just plain better. Not to mention these guys are also way cuter than the TWs. So come on music journalists, put on your thinking caps and let's come up with another comparison shall we?

weekend round-up

Can I still do a weekend round-up on a Wednesday?? Darn right you can when you're just coming off a 5 day weekend! Wuh-hoo!!Things started off as both a blessing and a curse. The curse part? The weekend was planned fully around the much-anticipated visit of my cousin Kaili and her family but unfortunately they all fell victim to the flu and had to cancel last minute!!!! HUGE curse to the weekend as I think we were both counting the seconds until the visit. The blessing part? That did leave me with a whole Friday off of work during which I really didn't do a whole lot. Well, that's not true really -- I ran some errands, spent some time hanging out at my fave coffee joint with pals, made a yummy Indian dinner and took Sadie on a really lovely and yet rainy afternoon hike. Here's some pretty pics of the greenbelt that runs behind my house about a block away.Well this is obviously super cute Sadie enjoying the mud.


Like honestly, as if this is so close to my house downtown

One of my favourite fall things in my 'hood - when the leaves are so thick you can't tell the lawn from the road.


Later on Friday we headed over to Cosmic Dave's Vinyl Emporium for the Ox CD release party. They've got a new EP coming out called Burnout and they're heading out on tour so out into the rain we went in support!!

Saturday brought Halloween fun! First though, out early in the morning for a bush hike before the rains came and a trip to the Farmer's Market to pick out some pumpkins! Then home for warm coffee and breakfast and then -- elbow deep in pumpkin insides!!! Me, I love carving pumpkins and I think Marc has been sucked into the fun along with me.

Here's my pic - idea courtesy of Martha Stewart of course. Stupidly easy, bigtime cool factor.



And here's Marc's pumpkin -- much more labour intensive but all worth it for the after-effect. The kids were in love with it.



And here's more Sadie - having a hard time picking her fave. I was just happy she didn't eat all my rubber rats...


We spent the rest of the day cooking (slow-cooked beef stew served over gooey parmigiana polenta - perfect rainy day food) and setting up the rest of the decorations and then watched cheesy horror movies and handed out candy. My fave costumes of the night had to be the group of teens dressed as Pac-man, Ms Pacman and the little ghosts who told me they were "bringin' back the 80's" and then the wee little toddler dressed as a crocodile who, once he saw Sadie, just stood in the doorway staring at her not saying a word. His dad had to come and get him. 100% adorable...

Sunday, not too much of anything else outside of another great bush hike on a new trail with some friends and some new doggy friends for Sadie. Came home with a dog that was soaking wet, muddy, smelling like bog and full of burrs. Basically we came home with the happiest dog ever....


Thursday, October 29, 2009

Hot Bunny Radio Playlist for October 29th

CKLU 96.7FM
6-8pm

* denotes Canadian talent
italics denotes a new release


Tonight is our annual Halloween show!!!! In honour (and in tradition) we will subtitle tonight's show Dark, Scary, Frankensteiny, Sharp-Toothed and Haunted Bunny Radio....add adjectives as you see fit.

  • Billy Bragg & Wilco -- Hoodoo Voodoo -- Mermaid Avenue
  • Bon Iver -- Creature Fear -- For Emma, Forever Ago
  • Calexico and Iron & Wine -- Dead Man's Will -- In the Reins
  • The Clash -- City of the Dead -- From Here to Eternity
  • The Damned -- Born to Kill -- Damned, Damned, Damned
  • Ox -- Prom Queen -- Burnout *
  • David Bowie -- We Are the Dead -- Diamond Dogs
  • Elvis Costello -- Spooky Girlfriend -- When I Was Cruel
  • Fembots -- Small Town Murder Scene -- Small Town Murder Scene *
  • Gillian Welch -- The Devil Got a Hold of Me -- Hell Among the Yearlings
  • Grandpaboy -- Vampires & Failures -- Dead Man Shake
  • Jeff Buckley -- Witches Rave -- Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
  • Jenny Lewis -- Jack Killed Mom -- Acid Tongue
  • Jim Guthrie -- Evil Thoughts -- Morning Noon Night *
  • Johnny Thunders -- Dead or Alive -- So Alone
  • Kristen Hersh -- Your Ghost -- Hips and Makers
  • Link Wray -- Jack the Ripper -- Rumble!
  • Metric -- Monster Hospital -- Live It Out *
  • The Rural Alberta Advantage -- Drain the Blood -- Hometowns *
  • Mike Ness -- The Devil in Miss Jones -- Cheating at Solitaire
  • Neil Young -- Vampire Blues -- On the Beach *
  • The Ramones -- Pet Semetary -- Greatest Hits Live
  • The Replacements -- Rock n Roll Ghost -- Don't Tell A Soul
  • The Reverend Horton Heat -- The Devil's Chasing Me -- The Full Custom Gospel Sounds of...
  • Rufus Wainwright -- In A Graveyard -- Poses *
  • Sugarcubes -- Delicious Demon -- Life's Too Good
  • Supersuckers -- Creepy Jackalope Eye -- The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World
  • Teenage Fanclub -- Satan -- Bandwagonesque
  • Uncle Tupelo -- Graveyard Shift -- No Depression
  • The Wooden Sky -- My Old Ghosts -- If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone *
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Heads Will Roll -- It's Blitz!
  • The Beach Boys -- Monster Mash -- Live in Concert (VINYL)

NOTES THIS WEEK:
  • Man, is there anything better than live Clash???
  • I think we can make a case for Prom Queens being scary....
  • STMS is still my fave Fembots album despite everything else they've done;
  • Gillian Welch could just headline Halloween in general with a voice like that -- spooky!!!!
  • I bet if Jeff Buckley had lived, he'd be in one of those bands with Jack White right now;
  • The Metric goes out to Mike who must only be bothered with things involving monsters;
  • Who knew rural Alberta could be so friggin great????
  • I recently acquired a mounted jackalope skull that now hangs proudly in my entryway;
  • Steps to follow: 1. Go on the interweb. 2. Buy the Wooden Sky record. 3. Listen to it. 4. Be happy.
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs = ultimate knickers dance party music.
  • The Monster Mash you ask? I play it because one must.



Monday, October 26, 2009

roast squash risotto with sage, chestnut and pancetta

God bless Jamie Oliver for bringing this risotto recipe into my life. I've said many times that risotto is one of my all-time favourite foods and this one just shot up into the top 5 best ones I've had! Bit labour intensive but man, it's so worth it. Click here for the recipe and you won't be sorry!

Friday, October 23, 2009

quilting bee hoodie

For this hoodie, I may even try to quilt. Swoon!

*via Modcloth*

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Hot Bunny Radio Playlist for October 22nd

CKLU 96.7FM
* denotes Canadian talent
italics denotes a new release

CLICK HERE FOR PODCASTY GOODNESS OF TONIGHT'S SHOW!!!!!!!
  • Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir -- Death Don't Have No Mercy -- Fighting & Onions *
  • Violent Femmes -- Faith -- The Blind Leading the Naked (VINYL)
  • Old Man's Beard -- Tofino -- Old Man's Beard *
  • Van Morrison -- Crazy Love -- Moondance
  • Said the Whale -- B.C Orienteering -- Islands Disappear *
  • Thurston Moore -- Honest James -- Trees Outside the Academy
  • Talking Heads -- I'm Not in Love -- More Songs About Buildings & Food (VINYL)
  • LCD Soundsystem -- Pilooski remix -- 45:33 Remixes
  • Guided By Voices -- Chasing Heather Crazy -- Isolation Drills
  • You Say Party! We Say Die! -- She's Spoken For - You Say Party! We Say Die! *
  • The Monks -- Dear Jerry -- Bad Habits (VINYL)
  • Ohbijou - Make It Gold -- Beacons *
  • Pete Yorn -- EZ -- musicforthemorningafter
  • Dead Man's Bones -- A Zombie For You -- Dead Man's Bones
  • She & Him -- You Really Got A Hold On Me -- Volume One
  • The Clash -- Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) -- Sandinista! (VINYL)
  • Cuff the Duke -- Need You -- Way Down Here *
  • Po'Girl -- Things We Believe In -- Deer In The Night *
  • Noisettes -- Wild Young Hearts -- Wild Young Hearts
  • The Flaming Lips -- Convinced of the Hex -- Embryonic
  • Dragonette -- Liar -- Fixin to Thrill
  • Little Girls -- Youth Tunes -- Concepts *
  • The Bellwoods Crew -- Staten Island Waltz -- Friends in Bellwoods 2 *
  • Dan Mangan -- Pine for Cedars -- Nice, Nice, Very Nice *
  • Immaculate Machine -- You Destoyer -- High on Jackson Hill *
  • David Bowie -- Changes -- Rykodisc 20th Anniversary
  • Sugar -- Changes -- Rykodisc 20th Anniversary
MUSICAL NOTES THIS WEEK:
  • How can I not play a record by a band called Old Man's Beard?? Especially when they have a song called Tofino? When we were in Tofino Marc wore some old man's beard as a fake beard. Classic Marco...
  • If the opening notes of "Crazy Love" don't make you want to take your pants right off then I worry about your loins and their ability to function properly;
  • Thank god for the Said the Whale request cuz it gave me an excuse to play that record YET AGAIN!! So good!
  • Something about the Thurston Moore opening instrumental part is so fitting to the snowy weather...
  • Dear LCD Sounsystem: I'll have a knickers danceparty to the original 45:33 but it still won't get me to run. Break the news to Nike....
  • I cannot get enough of Chasing Heather Crazy today;
  • I want The Monks to live in my house and play music for me when I'm feeling down...
  • This Pete Yorn record makes me blush. That is all I'm saying.
  • Maybe if I keep saying it it'll happen sooner -- Volume Two from She & Him PLEASE!!
  • Noisettes eh? You are fun I say...
  • Dear Dan Mangan: I love that you used the word "chemise" in your song;
  • Still, cannot get enough of Immaculate Machine's "You Destroyer." Somebody teach me this song on guitar...

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

These were my Tuesday night experiment in an attempt to clean out all my leftover Thanksgiving pumpkin (without resorting to our standard favourite turkey pumpkin chili). Thanks to my new favourite baking blog My Baking Addiction, I now have a new fave cookie!!

These glorious little clouds of pumpkin might be the cure for the fall blahs. They don't get crispy like some cookies -- they stay soft like little cakes. Out of the oven -- even better.

Try these cookies if you're looking for some hardcore rainy day comfort foods. But don't blame me when you don't have any left the next morning.

Click here for the recipe for these yummy things (and lurk around the blog for 100 other yummy ideas -- I know you'll likely see some of them here in the future!!)

Monday, October 19, 2009

weekend round-up

The weekend came and went with good food, the great outdoors and great movies.

Friday started with a massive pig-out at the cheesy yet super delicious Indian food buffet restaurant. Best idea ever courtesy of Dennis. Pretty much rolled ourselves home and straight into a glass of brandy.

Saturday there was some lovely morning lolling around and then out into the bush for another great hike with Marc and Sadie. It was such a gorgeous day and I've got a feeling that these days are few and far between from this point on. Saturday night was a surprise birthday party for our friend but alas, I found myself not really feeling up to the night at all so I opted for a quiet night in and Marc set out into the night to represent us both.

Sunday, more morning lolling!! But then out into the bush again and home in time to get all costumed up to do some filming! Our friend Ben, who makes these amazing short animated short films, is gathering some material for future projects and wanted some 16mm footage of Marc and I in 1930's garb acting the role of a couple on their wedding day. Even Sadie got in on the action and likely will steal the show from us. It was tons of fun and we got some great shots outside in the fall colours and even inside our place.

Sunday night we rewarded all our hard work with a trip out to see Where The Wild Things Are. This movie is brilliant regardless what any of the critics may be saying.

After the movie our friend Ben called it a "high concept kid's film not for kids" and I think he's exactly right. I can see why the studio hated it. It's certainly not what the movie-going public likes because mostly, the movie-going public is stupid and uncomplicated. Hence the continued success of movies like Big Momma's House. But what I don't understand is, why give the movie to someone like Spike Jonze if this isn't the end result you want??? And I'm sorry, if he's hand-picked by Maurice Sendak then you just have to shut your mouth.

Me, I thought this movie was breath-taking. It's stunning to watch and is like a perfect moving version of the book. It's sad and happy and fantastical and I fell in love with every character (but man, what a great job Max Records did with Max). Considering the book is only 10 sentences long, really you could have gone anywhere with the story to fill it in but it really seems like everything Spike and Dave Eggers did was exactly what went unsaid in the book. It's almost like from this point, the book and the movie can go hand in hand and how often do you get to say that about a movie version of a classic book?

This movie is what being 10 years old feels like: scary, unpredictable, uncontrollable, full of fantasy and love and also, overwhelming loneliness.

The very first scene in the movie -- this short crazy chaotic chase scene with Max -- is bang on and sets the tone perfectly.

And so much of the movie is done with actual puppets and not CGI which is crazy. So the scenes when Max is running with all the monsters and he's looking up at them with such wonder and even a bit of fear, you know a good chunk of that feeling's gotta be real.

And the soundtrack? Well I've been carrying on about it on Twitter for a couple of weeks now and have listened to it about a dozen times now. I cannot imagine a better score for this film. Karen O should perhaps rethink her Yeah Yeah Yeah's career and just do this full-time.

And yes I totally cried. At the end (and don't cry SPOILER cuz if you haven't read the book well shame on you) when the bull looks at Max and asks him if he'll say good things about them, my heart exploded and I got all teary. Then when Max is getting on the boat and Carol comes running I lost it completely. Although it was your standard teary goodbye scene, in a way it wasn't at all. It was just different enough to tug at your heart in a whole different way. The facial expressions on the monsters were perfection and when they started howling, I was done. A big weepy girly mess.

I have zero bad things to say about this movie except that no kid I know would enjoy it. But frankly, who cares? The movie's enough for me in every way.

wilco loves me baby

So we saw Wilco burn the house down at Massey Hall last week and just like last time we saw them, it was stellar. Here's why:
  • everything you hear on the album you hear live. They leave nothing out;
  • Nels Cline is just insanity personified. He's so good it's ridiculous;
  • We had 5th row centre seats, the closest I've ever been at Massey Hall;
  • The openers were Liam Finn and Eliza Jane and they blew me away;
  • There was almost a fight between concert-goers in the same row as us. So uncivilized and yet so entertaining;
  • Every note of every song just fills up every nook and cranny in that entire venue;
  • Jeff Tweedy's vocals -- they're always so warm and close, even in a live show
A quick Youtube search resulted in a pile of videos taken from the show that I just must share



Here's how they opened the show. Yup, with the music from The Price Is Right. Excellent.


Here's Feist who showed up to do the duet on "You and I."




For "Jesus, Etc" they performed it as a full singalong. It was so sweet


The next night they did "California Stars" with Neil Finn. 100% bummed I missed a performance of one of my favourite songs ever.


For all you guitar nerds, here's the insane Nels Cline guitar solo in "Impossible Germany."


"You Are My Face"


"Casino Queen" as their encore.


Brilliant job on "Handshake Drugs."

In addition to a great show, they also had great merch. While, of course, I picked up a great tee for myself I also picked up this killer onesie for our huge Wilco fan pals who just happen to have a baby due this Christmas. For those unfamiliar with the new Wilco record, the line in the single is "Wilco loves you baby" hence the reason why this onesie kicks merch ass.





Hot Bunny Radio Playlist for October 15th

CKLU 96.7FM

* denotes Canadian talent
italics denotes a new release

CLICK HERE FOR PODCASTY GOODNESS OF TONIGHT'S SHOW!!!


Tonight we played some highlights of the Oct.13th Wilco show at Massey Hall. Or at least, the highlights for me....


  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -- Right Out of Your Hand -- Nocturama
  • Rufus Wainwright -- Natasha -- Want One *
  • Wilco -- You Never Know -- Wilco (the album)
  • Yeasayer -- Tightrope -- Dark Was The Night
  • Phoenix -- Lisztomania -- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  • The Barmitzvah Brothers -- We Didn't Clap When This Man Played (and neither did that lady) -- Mr. Bones' Walk-in Closet *
  • Vic Chestnutt -- Gravity of the Situation -- Is the Actor Happy?
  • The Raveonettes -- Love Can Destroy Everything -- Chain Gang of Love
  • The UnSettlers -- No No No Yes -- (weewerk) is 6! *
  • Gomez -- Catch Me Up -- Split the Difference
  • Wilco -- Jesus, Etc -- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  • Stars -- The First Five Times -- Set Yourself on Fire *
  • The Premiums -- Modern Love -- Recognizer *
  • Said the Whale -- A Cold Night Close to the End -- Islands Disappear *
  • Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson -- I Am the Cosmos -- Break Up
  • Hayden -- Roll Down that Wave -- Elk Lake Serenade *
  • The Supersuckers & Amy Nelson -- The Least I Could Do -- Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records
  • The Balconies -- Smells Like Secrets -- The Balconies *
  • Phantom Planet -- Making A Killing -- Phantom Planet
  • The Heavy Blinkers -- In the Morning -- The Night & I Are Still So Young *
  • Josh Rouse -- 1972 -- 1972
  • Wilco -- A Shot in the Arm -- Summerteeth
  • Cuff the Duke -- Another Day in Purgatory -- Way Down Here *
  • Tracy Thorn & Jens Lekman -- Yeah! Oh, Yeah! -- Score: 20 Years of Merge Records
  • The Swallows -- Not To Be In Love -- The Beauty of our Surroundings
  • The High Dials -- Silas, Please Come Home -- A New Devotion *
  • Andrew Vincent & The Pirates -- Martha -- I Love the Modern Way
  • Constantines - National Hum -- Shine A Light *
  • Amy Millan -- Run For Me -- Masters of the Burial *
  • Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter -- Lonely Still -- Treats


Notes this week:
  • Why is it that everytime I hear "Natasha" I get all swoony?
  • When Wilco played "You Never Know" live they were joined onstage by Liam Finn -- so lovely!
  • That Raveonettes song? How can you not sing along to every harmony?
  • I say YES to the UnSettlers!!!
  • When Wilco played "Jesus, Etc" they did it as a whole auditorium singalong from the edge of the stage. Sweetness!
  • Said the Whale: this record is winning top spot for me lately...
  • Dear Pete & Scarlett: Nice job on the Big Star....
  • Speaking of Phantom Planet -- are you watching Jason Schwartzman's new show on HBO? So funny!
  • Kudos to Cuff the Duke on a stellar new record -- way to pick it up!!
  • Tracy and Jen's cover of the Magnetic Fields "Yeah! Oh,yeah!" is beyond wonderful. What's with all the great covers of M.F's stuff?
  • "National Hum" might be one of the greatest album lead-off tracks ever

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

weekend round-up

Well this weekend was Thanksgiving for all us Canucks so really, the long weekend really feels like it was rolled up into one giant ball. There's no need to divide it up into days so in the spirit of Thanksgiving gluttony, here's what we did in one big giant ball.

We ate, ate, and ate some more, saw tons of family both new and old, we made pumpkin pie from scratch complete with tiny individual pastry maple leaves, made this chocolate almond silk pie, took 4 very long and very hot showers, took some great naps, took a beautiful 2 hour hike in the bush with Marc and Sadie in the middle of all the beautiful fall colours, dug out Bottle Rocket for a rainy morning viewing, drank buckets of great coffee and another lovely glass of brandy, and basically lolled around relishing in how full I was.

God love the Thanksgiving long weekend!!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

welcome home










Yes please!!

*Follow the Lea Doormat*

ginger button sweater






If this isn't just the most perfect fall cardigan for leafy walks in the bush well then I just don't know what is.

*via Modcloth - rapidly becoming my most favourite website to visit daily*

Hot Bunny Radio Playlist for October 8th

CKLU 96.7FM
6-8pm
* denotes Canadian talent
italics denotes a new release


  • The Gruesomes -- Thanks for Nothing -- Hey! *
  • The Jam -- Mr. Clean -- All Mod Cons
  • Johnny Thunders -- So Alone -- So Alone
  • Two Hours Traffic -- Weightless One -- Territory *
  • Dan Auerbach -- I Want Some More -- Keep It Hid
  • The Hidden Cameras -- Kingdom Come -- Origin: Orphan *
  • Justin Vernon & Aaron Dessner -- Big Red Machine -- Dark Was The Night
  • The Paper Cranes -- Chivalry's Dead -- Chivalry's Dead *
  • Monsters of Folk -- Say Please -- Monsters of Folk
  • Amelia Curran -- Tiny Glass Houses -- Hunter, Hunter *
  • Neko Case -- Bowling Green -- The Virginian
  • Said The Whale -- Out on the Shield -- Islands Disappear *
  • Littlejoy -- Don't Watch Me Dancing -- Littlejoy
  • Dead Man's Bones -- My Baby -- Dead Man's Bones
  • Thao -- Swimming Pools -- Paste Music Sampler 40
  • The Wooden Sky -- Oh My God (It Still Means a Lot to Me) -- If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone *
  • Cuff the Duke -- It's All A Blur -- Way Down Here *
  • Shotgun Jimmie -- Waist Deep in the Water -- Still Jimmie *
  • Florence & the Machine -- Kiss With A Fist -- Lungs
  • You Say Party! We Say Die! -- Dark Days -- You Say Party! We Say Die! *
  • Zeus -- I Know -- Sounds Like Zeus *
  • John Doe & The Sadies -- Are The Good Times Really Over For Good -- Country Club
  • Young Galaxy -- Oh Sister -- Invisible Republic *
  • Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson -- I Don't Know What To Do -- Break Up
  • Amy Millan -- I Will Follow You Into the Dark -- Masters of the Burial *
  • Wilco -- You and I -- Wilco (the album)
  • The Danks -- What We're Doing -- Are You Afraid of the Danks? *
  • Black Lips -- Bad Kids -- (500) Days of Summer OSR
  • The Antlers -- Wake -- Hospice

Notes this week:
  • Oh it's been too long since I've listened to this Dan Auerbach record....
  • I wonder what the Hidden Cameras listen to for fun? Perhaps themselves?
  • Justin Vernon & Aaron Dessner should put out a record together - I need more than a couple songs!!!
  • Oh yeah, the above boys otherwise known as Bon Iver and 1/2 of The National;
  • Monsters of Folk is definitely going on my fave records of 2009 list, it may even be at the top;
  • It's impossible for me to listen to Amelia Curran's voice without getting all tight in the throat. Man, that voice...
  • I still love Neko's The Virginian just as much as all of her stuff;
  • Said the Whale "This record's great!!!"
  • They talk about Littlejoy in the movie Whip It;
  • The fact that Ryan Gosling used a fun childrens choir all over his Dead Man's Bones record makes me love him even more. Well....love.....or maybe dirty filthy lust is a better qualifier for my feelings towards Ryan Gosling...
  • I'm still mad I had to miss the Wooden Sky show. I like this record bunches and bunches!!
  • Kudos to Pete and Scarlett for making a really decent record - is the starlet curse broken? Frankly I'm just happy Pete's doing anything really;
  • I will follow you into the dark. Is there a greater declaration of love?
  • Wilco!! Next week!!! 5th row!!!!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

big band dress

Somebody get me some high-heeled maryjane's and point me in the direction of fleet week!
I love this dress!!!