notes so high they don’t have names

I bought some music! Let me tell you all about it: Johnny Cash – I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow (Apparat Remix) [Shitkatapult] Empire Of…

the science fiction canon

(Edit, 2022:  yikes, let’s add Le Guin, Butler, Jemisin, etc – this probably needs a total rewrite, but we’ll caveat it for now) My sister…

phil and me

Phil Dick talks about reality, world-building, and epiphanies. I got some more music! Alex Rize – Beyond The Dome [Proton] Alex Rize – Beyond The…

win!

O.  B.  A.  M.  A.  Thank all the powers of heaven and hell. Moving on from politics, let me point you to some of the…

media dump

Video games and books.  Games first: SPORE is a beautiful thing – but I don’t know if it’s a good game or not yet.  Regardless…

food is books

Vancouver Restaurant Summer, 2008 Edition: FINCH’S, Pender & Richards KADOYA, Davie GUU, Gastown CLOVE, Commercial Drive THE TEMPLETON, Granville KAPPA, White Rock THAI AWAY HOME,…

white label / lit literature

I am playing at White Label on June 14th, in Victoria.  I appear to be both opening and closing, and tagging with the legendary Kenzie…

but if you’re bored

A thousand and one thank-yous to everyone who came to Hush last night and rocked out with Matt and I. We kind of had a…

mimirisms

I can’t praise BOOKHUNTER, from Shiga Books, enough.  In fact, I’m going to read it again.  If you like noir, books, or general geekery, you’ll…

linked lists are the new black

A reminder:  I’m DJing at Sunset this Saturday evening, and then at Hush next Saturday.  Sunset will be techno, Hush with will be full-on madness…