Here’s the second installment of the Biscodyssey (my fondness for combining words in awkward ways knows no bounds, apparently). Aaand here is the ubiquitous Skrillex for accompaniment, “Bangarang” – because he is repping Canada hard these days, and happened to be playing the next night: . Wednesday Late that afternoon, Mink, Alex and I packed […]
Read more "WELCOME TO CAMP BISCO (Part II)"Awesome things have been happening too quickly and frequently for me write about, as usual, but that’s not a complaint. This upcoming series of posts will be about my experiences at Camp Bisco with two of my favourite people – it was a wonderful, exhausting, hilarious, exhilarating week. Here is Bassnectar’s “Nothing Has Been Broken” […]
Read more "Camp Bisco, Part I: Escape to Upstate New York"Mount Vesuvius was an experience not to be replicated, to be sure, but the city of Pompeii itself is a fantastic, hazy dream. Here’s some reading accompaniment by an artist I recently discovered, SBTRKT. This song, “Right Place,” samples Radiohead’s “Everything in Its Right Place” – who would have thought that this audioperfection could ever […]
Read more "Viva Italia! Part V: The Ruins of Pompeii"On our fourth day in Italy, we took a train to Naples, climbed Mount Vesuvius, and visited Pompeii, the ancient city that died in a day. Here’s a song called “Midnight City” from M83’s new album, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming – this entire trip to Italy seemed like a dream, so it’s appropriate. And I […]
Read more "Viva Italia! Part IV: Mount Vesuvius"It’s been so abnormally hot in Sackville for the past few days, and I am thoroughly enjoying the late summer vibes this year – although it definitely has me wanting to escape to frolic in the York Street cemetery instead of working all day! To go along with the summer that is so graciously lingering […]
Read more "Viva Italia! Part III: Ostia Lido"The Phoenix song “Rome” for day two of Mink and Fox’s Roma adventure, because they are brilliant: We awoke early, scarfed down our adorable breakfast provided by the Shiva Bed and Breakfast owner (adorable herself, might I add), slathered ourselves in SPF 35, stocked up on water, and set off into the already sweltering morning. […]
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