CBC

CBC asked me to host a show and write something on their blog... Now 2 days before I leave Vancouver. It's all feeling really surreal. But once I arrive to Montréal, I'll be part of a really important protest to remind Harper that the cuts in the arts are not going to help him in the next elections. So that will be a pretty "active" comeback I would say. I'm scared but I can't wait.

And it's a countdown...

And there are now 5 days left before the big move... How insane is that. I will post my "best of Vancouver" very soon. I think it will help me. Or maybe not.

De Hongkong Star à Hongkong Garden

Pour Simon Larsen. Parce que grâce à toi, il a eu aussi:

Pauvre France

Les années 80 en France, c'était quelque chose.

Summer is here

France Gall was my mom's favorite singer. She even dyed her hair blond to look like her. I rediscovered France Gall with my "ex-petit-ami-et-maintenant-ami" who used to listen to listen to her with his "ex-petite-amie". Most of her songs are really catchy and her voice will sound annoying to a lot of people but I've always like it. I can just imagine my mom spending time in her room listening to France's singles on her turntable and dancing to herself. I did the same today on that song that I didn't know until yesterday... found it online of course but I also found a video online. Now that guy's necklace is quite something. The song is about 2 boys fighting for the same girl and there is a rather weird "fight dance" in the clip. So this is the "Avant la bagarre" song (Before the Fight).


My mom was not even 5 feet tall (4'11") - I wonder if she was taller than France...



It's good to be French sometimes. Because you can enjoy really cheesy music without guilt, because it's French. Like this song from the rather cheesy French film "Les Chansons d'amour"... I'm sure a lot of people would call this film a navet (turnip is what you call a bad movie in French - my friend Toog explained it really well on his blog years ago - you'll have to scroll down a little) but I actually quite like this song.

Je n'aime que toi (MP3)

10 ans + tard...

On vient de me proposer d'être DJ invité à CBC Radio 3. Je suis pas mal flatté en fait! Il me semble que plein de bonnes choses surviennent depuis que je sais que je vais quitter Vancouver (comme le prix Jessie pour la musique de théâtre...). Et puis de retourner à Montréal me fait un peu peur parce que j'ai l'impression d'avoir mis tout mon passé sur pause. Je pensais l'autre jour à mes années au coin de Duluth et De Bullion, ça fait 10 ans maintenant... J'écoutais vraiment beaucoup de musique à cette époque-là, avec mon émission à CISM, etc.

Alors je vais jouer au DJ encore une fois, avec quelques morceaux qui me rappellent ma première année comme DJ au Laïka sur St-Laurent et au bar Quartier Latin sur Ontario... J'imagine que je peux m'accorder le droit d'être nostalgique un peu. La vague lounge et tout ça... et la pop japonaise...

Kid Loco - Grand love theme
High Llamas - Homesping Rerun (Kid Loco remix)
Cornelius - Mic Check

Un petit film de Brakhage avec ça? Avec la musique de vous savez qui...

demolished by...

This is the school I was talking about earlier. Thanks to Pacific Demolition for not calling the cops when I was taking those pictures.

CREST

If there's been a way to build it
There'll be a way to destroy it
Things are not all that out of control

The Smiths - There is a light that never goes out (MP3)