so I was thinking about this song this morning

February 4, 2012 - 4:01pm - by admin

because @stefspeaks has had it stuck in my head for ages now

and I was thinking to myself

Shaggy is a really shitty friend

I mean, either he's a 'frenemy' and deliberately giving black Ben Stiller bad advice

or he's just doesn't care enough to set his friend straight

either way

he doesn't deserve to have a bunch of foxy women hanging around his house

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did I tell you smoky tiger rocked our socks the other night?

January 24, 2012 - 4:48am - by admin

actually to be correct they rocked the collective socks of everyone present at The Standard as they, bathed beneath glaring red/orange light covering nothing but Nirvana and The Doors songs with some banter in between.

usually they sing songs about Manitoba and weird Canadian history stuff but tonight was extra-special because they covered amazing songs sung amazingly by other people before them

and guys they rocked it

there isn't much room for dancing at The Standard but some people were cutting rugs but not your hero because I'm too self-conscious to dance all slow to slow Nirvana songs and not wound up enough to jump around all mosh-like to the fast Nirvana songs

and do you even dance to The Doors or do you just sit around and smoke joints and drink beers and listen and be amazed? because I've never seen anyone dance to The Doors

but I saw people dancing to Smoky Tiger singing The Doors while wearing a tiger hat with paws on a Saturday night

and that's close enough for me.

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MEME released a new promo vid today

January 17, 2012 - 9:38pm - by admin

and though you guys all know I'm the social media coordinator for one of the best festivals on the Prairies

and though I try not to brag (too much) about how great MEME really is

I needed to share our brand-spakin' new promo vid with you guys, because watching it gets me so excited for this coming summer

we're got some great acts booked, like
John Tejada
Adham Shaikh
Deadbeat
Pablo Bolivar

and possibly the coolest venue in town, the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

and yes, yes, I know it's the middle of January and June seems like a million miles away, but there's nothing like anticipating all the fun you'll be having over the summer to warm your spirit, right?

I'm going a bit crazy right now thinking about how insane things are going to be once we shift into full-on Festivel Prep Mode. Omg.

seriously guys, this year's MEME is going to be ridiculous.

ps: make sure to follow us at @memefestival also ;)

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don't worry I'm not doing a year in review

December 31, 2011 - 6:30pm - by admin

nobody needs to read more of those



so instead I've found some cool stuff to leave you with as I sign off on 2011 and look towards 2012









and some videos:





Okay, it's time to start partying. See you kids in 2012!

Happy New Year everyone!

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remember back before The Internet?

December 29, 2011 - 3:49pm - by admin

yeah I try not to, either

those were much darker days, without 4chan and reddit and 2 girls 1 cup

okay maybe we could do without that last one

anyway.



last night we watched a flick called 'Streets of Fire'

with hot 18yr old Diane Lane & Willem Dafoe in leather overalls

and 80s power ballads

which we fist-pumped & lip-synced to from the couch

and afterward Tyrone was all like

"hey wanna see something weird?"

and told me that when he was a kid he was watching Inspector Gadget

and his sister put on a Bonnie Tyler LP

and they matched up

and thanks to the magic of The Internet

I can show you

what Tyrone and his sister discovered

before The Internet.

so mute & watch this:

and play this:

and remember back to when you had to work to find this kind of stuff.

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Crystalline

December 2, 2011 - 2:01am - by admin

literally all I've done today

is have lunch with my dad this aft

study, study, study,

go to the gym

and study

here's one of the many jams I rock while cramming information into my cranium

(with an awesome video directed by Michel Gondry!)



exams time = crazy Alyson!

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Playing hooky on a school night

December 1, 2011 - 5:08am - by admin

okay not really because my classes are finished for this term and I have a day off tomorrow, but still

was feeling antsy after spending so much time hunched over my desk writing papers yesterday that we hit up the now-infamous Pop Soda's for some of the good stuff

namely this:


and this:


the best part of the night was getting to hear Smoky Tiger aka The Manitobanditz, who honestly I'd never heard before. I love weird quirky music (#Winnipeg is great for this) and managed to Keek some of their cover of Nirvana's "Come As You Are"


Keek.com

we didn't stay to hear all of Jicah's set afterwards, but if you aren't already listening to them I highly recommend their stuff. Solid prairie music.

now we're home and I'm drinking hot chocolate that Tyrone made from scratch and we're listening to this:



nightnight! xo

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Hip Hop Sunday #22 - Geto Boys: Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta

November 13, 2011 - 5:43pm - by admin

the use of this song is one of the best parts of Office Space

besides the scene where they smash the printer

enjoy your Hip Hop Sunday

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I'm so out of touch with kids these days

October 27, 2011 - 5:55pm - by admin

like for example

when did little kids start wanting to dress up as electronic music producers who dress up with big mouse heads?

when did they start listening to drum n bass?

and more importantly... why is an awful remix of Ghosts 'n Stuff being played at a children's Halloween dance?

I don't even know what's happening anymore.

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this is what I looked like when I woke up today:

October 22, 2011 - 5:42pm - by admin

this is what I'm listening to right now:

this is what I'll be doing later:

(except without the misogyny)

Enjoy your Saturday, skids!

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