So my Canadian dictionary isn't Canadian enough. It's published by Oxford University Press, which has an office in Toronto, but is still a UK company. So it's a no go. I'm probably taking this a bit too seriously, but whatever. I want to know if I can exist on Canadian informational products alone. So, off to the library to find a Canadian Canadian dictionary. Not that I use them, as is obvious. Also, I need Can Con Cookbooks, which should be easy. A bit more difficult will be finding a Canadian published/written book about screenwriting. They are all by Mckee minions in LA. But the search continues.
Also - need a playlist I can work out to. Today, on my run, Kala was replaced with Tiga, Led Zep with Black Mountain. (Kala was actually my first craving of this process. I really wanted to listen to it last night while washing the dishes.) But those were the only hard rock'n Canadian bands on my i-pod. The rest are pleasant, acustic guitar playing poets. Jason Collette and Martha Wainwright, as fantastic as they are, don't get my blood pumping. So my mission today - finding Canadian DJ's and other musicians that make kick-ass, hard-bass running tunes. Shout Out Out Out Out is #1 on that list.
Started Soucouyant last night. It's so beautiful. Also, discovered bookninja.com. Very good lit blog out of Toronto. To replace my twitchy scroll-down habits I'm clicking that instead of Perez. Good start, I think. http://chromewaves.net/ is fun too. Fun in that serious emo kind of way.
Boyfriend watched this face-off between Colbert, Stewart and O'Brian last night, (each were on the other's show, waiting in the alley to beat each other up. Wanting to watch that was the second craving of the day.) and it all seemed very loud and noisey. It might be the placebo effect, but things seem a bit quieter already, a little less frantic. Some pop culture infantalizes both its subjects and its consumers, and I feel like I'm starting to seperate myself from that process a bit more now. But I still miss Go Fug Yourself.
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what about a canadian dj mixing international tunes? I just think you're going to have a very hard time finding a canadian dj mixing only canadian tunes. DJs don't work like that. But maybe you could commission a special mix for this project?
as long as the dj is canadian i think its kosher. the lense has to be canadian but what its pointed at can be international.
and carrie how come no mention of the fact that your boy has been going through his constantly blarring 80 gig ipod choosing only canadian bands alphabetically as to not disturb your culture diet? started with arcade fire. then it was broken social scene.
Thank heaven for Shout Out Out Out Out!!!!
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