The Unreleased Original Animated Version of The Hobbit
This is so awesome! I love 60s animated movies, there’s nothing like them. Check out this article about how this movie came to be!
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Spencer is my friend/bandmate/roommate/partner in crime, and I’ve been hearing this song evolve upstairs over the past few days. It’s really wonderful and now it’s on the internet!
I just wrote this song. It’s called Honest Love Song #17 and I wrote it while missing a girl so get out your kleenex. You can download it here.
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Record Time
I got some recording stuff for my apartment a few months ago and I’ve been making a lot of music since. I’m going to start putting it on the internet soon which I’m pretty excited about. This is a brief ditty I just wrote tonight while looking out my window at the snow.
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29 This is me. I did this.
Graham Wright (Tokyo Police Club) brings his Rock & Rock Adventurer’s Guide to the R3 podcast - your key to surviving the perils and pitfalls of Rock & Roll fandom. On this week’s podcast - crowd surfing!
1 week ago - 8
8 Is this the best music video I’ve ever seen? All signs point to yes! I saw Herman Dune play last night and it was incredible.
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11 TWO THINGS!
1) Are you following CBC Radio 3 on Tumblr yet? If not, you should be! I host a radio show there every Saturday and Sunday and it’s a generally terrific way to find out about awesome new music that you’re not likely to hear anywhere else.
2) If you do follow them, you’ll see things like this awesome video of Joel Plaskett recording. It’s a pretty accurate summary of what writing and recording is like!
Joel Plaskett spent his second week in the studio recording and producing the second song for Scrappy Happiness, his forthcoming album (read all the latest on the project here).
Go behind the scenes with Joel in the video below, then come back Monday to stream track two, Harbour Boys.
2 weeks ago - 3
3 Why Elif Batuman Doesn't Read Reviews
I also do not read reviews. I haven’t put a lot of thought into why - I just never cared very much. But this is an interesting perspective on the subject and one I’m going to be thinking about. Maybe you will too!
How To Pack Like A Rock Star
My friend Shaun Huberts wrote this book, which contains contributions from many awesome musicians, including several from me! It’s sort of my literary debut, and Shaun did an incredible job, so you should check it out. He’s already passed his Kickstarter goal, but as I understand it that page is the only place to order your copy, so you should go and do that right now.
1 month ago - 5
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The Simpsons do Pulp Fiction“Back in ‘94 when Pulp Ficion was all the rage in L.A. some drawings leaked out of film roman I don’t know who did these, but they’re great.(x)”
These are sweet.
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You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they were teenagers again. One take was all we needed. The musical telepathy between them was mind-boggling.
Recording Engineer Geoff Emerick describing The Beatles recording ‘The End’
(Source: lecollecteur, via mmmsimpsons)
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Just got this
Thank you for contacting my office regarding the housing crisis in Attawapiskat First Nation, and for sharing your ideas with me. We have received many offers of help from Canadians and this response of goodwill has been very inspiring. Unfortunately, since the state of emergency was declared in Attawapiskat, not a single federal or provincial official has visited the community.
On October 18th, 2011 the community of Attawapiskat declared a state of emergency because of the immediate health threat faced by families living in tents and makeshift sheds in the isolated, far north community. This crisis has been years in the making, as a result of chronic underfunding. There are major concerns about the adequacy of the water and sewage system. The housing backlog has reached crisis proportions.
Attawapiskat First Nation has been fighting for years for the most basic services other Canadians take for granted. The community has had no grade school for the past 12 years. Frustrated children in the community launched their own national fight to shame the government into building them a grade school. This fight is being taken by the children all the way to the United Nations. The story of this fight can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gy38grr35c
The Federal government has promised to allocate $500,000 to remediate some abandoned houses in the community. However, this is little more than a band-aid solution as the abandoned houses are in serious state of advanced decay. At most, there may be three or four abandoned shacks that can be repaired with this money.
What is needed is a long-term commitment to ensuring adequate housing and infrastructure for this community.
If you have not yet seen the YouTube footage from my colleague Charlie Angus’ visit to the community on November 7th, here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6abZ0LFT5CQ
The people of Attawapiskat desperately need your help. We are looking at a fundraising drive to help bring supplies. We will be back in touch as soon as we have plans in place.
In the meantime, we are pleading with people to contact thier Members of Provincial and Federal Parliament (as you have done) asking them to support the people of Attawapiskat First Nation. Encourage others to do so as well.
You can write to:
Office of the Prime Minister Honourable John Duncan
House of Commons Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
E-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca E-mail: john.duncan@parl.gc.ca
Premier Dalton McGuinty Kathleen Wyne
Legislative Building Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
Queen’s Park 160 Bloor St. East, 4th floor
Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 Toronto, ON M7A 2E6
E-mail: minister.maa@ontario.ca
Thanks again for writing, please keep in touch
Peggy Nash
