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Sedrick: Hell Yeah!
I sure do love me some of that new Sedrick. Just downloaded an album’s worth of their new stuff here, and I suggest you do the same. Now! Cool thing is, this stuff was recorded on the new gear that we discussed here on cyberkrunk. And it sounds not too shabby. Hey Will, are we…
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Theatre Review: Jazzabel
London, Ontario came to New York this week in the guise of Jazzabel, the one-woman (and three-guy) show produced by a trio known collectively as “Femme Fatale.” The show is the product of chanteuse Denise Pelley, author Jacquie Gauthier, music director & composer Jeff Christmas, and producer (and ex-high-school-colleague-of-mine) Louise Fagan. Londoners of note, all.…
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New York: Sunday Blizzard Blogging
It was one for the history books, although it really didn’t feel that much bigger than some of the storms we’ve had in the last few years. And nowhere near as dramatic as the blizzard of 1996. In fact, it was a nice quiet Sunday, perfect for heading down to the Strand for some book…
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Coffee Tawk: No Big Whoop
Two of me blog mates have been pondering Starbucks lately, so I’ll join in the fun. There’s no doubt about it, the Starbucks system of nomenclature inspires confusion and more than a bit of rebellion. DB can’t bring himself to utter “Grande” and asks for a medium instead, to the consternation of his “Barista”. Here…
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Things, Alex
It was, perhaps, three years or so ago and I was having a sleepless night. (No, this isn’t about Dostoevsky’s “White Nights” and if you don’t know that and the rest of his short fiction, well, that’s just rather sad.) I’ve been a longtime convert of the school of “if ye cannot sleep, then get…
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N.A.M. goes a-blogging
Cyberkrunk Heavy Industries is pleased to announce that our CFO now has a regular guest-blogging spot on Apartment Therapy‘s new sub-blog, The Kitchen. The new column is called “The Celluloid Pantry” and features food, drink and film. What’s not to like? Check out the debut installment here.
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New York: West 27th? And Where?
We were somewhere around 10th Avenue on the edge of Chelsea when the Super Tuscan began to take hold. But let me take a step back. Every once in a while on my travels, a thought along the lines of, “after all, there are decent restaurants in other cities” enters my mind. But then I…
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Two movie picks: guard your wallet!
If you wanted to give the Martian cultural ambassador a quick view of the differences between American and French cinema, you might start by showing a double feature of Rebert Bresson’s 1959 Pickpocket and Sam Fuller’s 1953 Pickup on South Street. Two films on the same subject–the travails of a pickpocket. One highly influenced by…
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Smokin’ on the UWS
Headed up and to the left last nite to listen to some B3 grooves, and help out in some belated birthday activities. The venue was Smoke, an old-fashioned uptown boite de jazz. This place is what a jazz club should be, it’s small, has good sight-lines everywhere, good sound system, not too expensive (unlike those…
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Toronto: High Atop Bloor
From the “old-man-and-the-Sea-Breeze” department. Holding court at the Roof Lounge tonight–the one truly great bar in Toronto. Sandra Oh and friends were at the next table, but the real celebs were sitting with us, namely composer-turned-pipe-organ-tuner JMS and Can-lit-crit gadfly and man-about-town BA. I know that Sandra is a devoted Cyberkrunk reader, so I didn’t…
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Saturday Cat Blogging!
This guy flitted by to watch the scene on 59th Street. But little did he know that danger lurked nearby… Billie quietly sez to me, “You hit ’em with the flash and I’ll jump through the window!”
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Violated on the Bowery
Just got back from seeing those Depeche-mode-playin’ gals at a newish club called Crash Mansion. Professor E. was crashed out on a couch as we checked out the opening act, a U2 cover band that doesn’t seem to realize it’s a U2 cover band. Ho hum. Violator hit the stage and this new iteration is…
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New York: The Found Weekend
BA captures much of what’s great about PJ’s, but he missed my favourite part, which is that PJ’s is the set for Nat’s Bar in The Lost Weekend. (And for the record, I think Nora’s super, too.)
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The all spins zone
The engineers at Cyberkrunk Labs need to keep their audio equipment calibrated with contemporaneous vibrations and are therefore always on the lookout for new sonic material. Some recent entries include the Kasabian debut, relatively well received, and the latest Weezer, which was almost spat out. Both Franz Ferdinand discs were recently submitted and the results…
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Joni said it right
Watching a fascinating DVD set of Dick Cavett music shows from the ’70s. Joni just came on and sang this, a cappella. She prefaced it by saying, “This is how I feel as a Canadian living in America.” The Fiddle and the Drum And so once again My dear Johnny my dear friend And so…
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Quack!
Time of death, Oct 14 2005. And even though it seems like Mr. Bush is well into his second term of office, we have to remind ourselves that it has only been nine months since he had his title upgraded from “President” to President. So what makes me say it’s over? It’s not because Mr.…
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You can’t always get what you want
This one comes from Brunobaby: a fun divertimento. You google “–insert your name– needs”, and learn valuable life lessons from the results. Or something. Here’s what Chester needs: Chester needs to develop an educated, flexible and adaptable workforce. Chester needs this. Chester needs a good, well designed building to cover all arts for children, older…
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San Francisco: An SFO Story
San Francisco is vying for official status as my second city. At least, my second city in the United States since Paris officially holds the number two spot in my heart (somewhere around the left ventricle, I think). Which makes me quite happy, since for the last eight years I couldn’t conceive of living anywhere…
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Give ’em heck, Harriet
The next Supreme Court Justice is disarmingly charming, which I’ve discovered by reading her blog.
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Jimi got it right
Rainy day, dream away Ah let the sun take a holiday Flowers bathe an’ ah see the children play Lay back and groove on a rainy day.
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Rodgers that
In all the late-60s-English-blues-guitar-god listening I’ve been doing lately, I’ve taken a real fancy to Free. I’m drawn to both Paul Rodgers tasty, cooler-Rod-Stewart vocals and Paul Kossoff’s tasty Les Paul guitar tones. (Though he is also named Paul, Paul McCartney does not enter into the picture, though Pauline Kael might.) Free had, true to…
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Fun with the thesaurus
Main Entry: terror Part of Speech: noun Definition: fear Synonyms: alarm, anxiety, awe, consternation, dismay, dread, fearfulness, fright, horror, intimidation, panic, shock, trepidation, trepidity
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Frankentheo Zappamonk
Roland Barthes has died. Or so I just learned. I didn’t even know he was sick. But then, I’m about twenty-five years late in finding this out. I’ve been meaning to read something of his for some time now. Besides this fact, I have come to believe that Renquist was a hardcore nerd (not that…
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The Crisis in Leadership
“It was a broiling August afternoon in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Big Easy, the City That Care Forgot. Those who ventured outside moved as if they were swimming in tupelo honey. Those inside paid silent homage to the man who invented air-conditioning as they watched TV “storm teams” warn of a hurricane in the Gulf…
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The return of the thin white duke
The entire Thin Man series is now out in a 7-DVD box set. This is cause for great celebration, or at least several rounds of martinis. But what makes the original movie pop so, where the follow-ups threaten to fizzle? First of all, W.S. Van Dyke shot the entire thing in twelve days. Yes, one…
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