Monthly Archives: September 2007

Home Weather Station: 2

Posted on September 27, 2007 by

OK, so remember when I talked about the home weather station that Murray bought me for Christmas last year? Well, until about a month ago it was just sitting in a corner, in various stages of being unpacked. Then my … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Environment, Life | 1 Comment

Getting Dressed

Posted on September 27, 2007 by

Let’s talk about something totally lame: clothes. I go through phases of being obsessed with them, and then disgusted. I do generally care about how I look, but lately I’ve become totally frustrated with basically everything that exists. I’ve grown … Continue reading →

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And the winner is…

Posted on September 24, 2007 by

So I posted that last one twice…but anyway who cares. Patrick Watson won. Sweeps! He cleaned up at the Gamiq, now this, now what? Where do you go from here? Its a blessing and a curse, I guess.good one, buddy. … Continue reading →

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Live from Polaris

Posted on September 24, 2007 by

Does this work? I’m sitting here at table 6 at the Polaris awards, blogging. The B-Lakes are playing and I love them! Haven’t seen them play in like three years and they’re amazing. If they don’t win then this world … Continue reading →

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New Star at the Playrground

Posted on September 21, 2007 by

Lately I’ve been a major star at the playground. It all started earlier this week when I went to the park with Neptune one morning, and there was a day care’s worth of kids already playing there. They were a … Continue reading →

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So Harsh!

Posted on September 19, 2007 by

I would like to just take a moment to reiterate how misunderstood, or non-understoond, The Dears are. We’ve never identified with a trend, or been cool or part of a scene, and that makes it difficult for the common indie … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Music Industry, The Dears | 8 Comments

Polaris Poster

Posted on September 18, 2007 by

In my morning ritual of reading Google alerts, I found this blog, featuring a poster by Montreal artist Lisa Czech. I wondered why a commemorative poster would be commissioned, so I began digging through old emails. I found this from … Continue reading →

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CD-R, Plus.

Posted on September 17, 2007 by

So this piece of CD-R was sitting in the flower box outside the fire station for days, but I’ve always been too freaked about taking a picture of it because I’m intimidated by the firemen. Like what do I tell … Continue reading →

Posted in CD-R Project, Life, Reviews, The Dears | 2 Comments

High School Poetry

Posted on September 15, 2007 by

Since most of us are closet megalomaniacs, we are sometimes tempted to Google our own names. Out of equal parts boredom and curiosity, I find this little secret search entertaining, especially when I discount everything Dears-related and Blog-related. What I’m … Continue reading →

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Torq’s San Francisco in 45 Minutes

Posted on September 13, 2007 by

The first time I had ever been to San Francisco was when we went on tour with Stars in 2004. Saturday March 6, 2004, to be precise. In fact this tour was before I had a digital camera, and since … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, The Dears, Touring, Travel | 1 Comment