alot of my friends like to tease me about my high-school years in the seventh day adventist christian wilderness, but i stick to my guns and tell them where to shove it. however, it’s always bummed me out a bit that christian music gets such a bad rap. it’s not true that it’s all horrid, [...]
Archive for the ‘music’ Category
July 6, 2009
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Orba Squara
By Jenn Wong in musicsaw this beautiful site mentioned in okaygreat this morning – singer/songwriter mitch davis, aka orba squara, has a new album coming out called “the trouble with flying.” to help promote the release, he recently (with the random collective) launched a super ambitious web experience that weaves his song’s lyrics with documentation of a ten day [...]
June 25, 2009
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schnip schnap!
By Jenn Wong in music, peopleafter a stressful day at the office and a delicious dinner at di shui dong, john and i went to go see my friend ben houge play last night at logo, which was 5 songs of pop syrupy awesomeness. i love the bizarre dichotomy of his seedily endearing sex tourist like appearance (ben, i mean [...]
May 14, 2009
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enemy mine | swan lake
By Jenn Wong in downloads, musicmy friend emailed me the new swan lake album today and what i’ve heard so far is pretty fantastic. swan lake is comprised of pretty much my favourite musicians in canada – carey mercer from frog eyes, dan bejar from destroyer and the new pornographers, and spencer krug from sunset rubdown and wolf parade. bam!
May 12, 2009
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five songs.
By Jenn Wong in downloads, musicsince my ipod was wiped clean a few months ago, i’ve gotten into the habit of stealing entire collections of music off of the hard drives of various people i know in an effort to catch back up. the best part about doing this is that you end up with so many guilty pleasure awesome [...]
April 23, 2009
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rainy dayyyyz.
By Jenn Wong in beijing, festivals, musicfinally friday! this has officially been the longest week in the history of weeks. plus it’s raining. this is a photo of my cat, meow tse-fun. she is a classy bitch, drinking that toilet water like a champ.
today adrian and i are booking our flights to beijing so we can go to the strawberry music [...]
April 15, 2009
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pink mountaintops – outside love.
By Jenn Wong in downloads, musica friend of mine sent me the new PINK MOUNTAINTOPS album the other day, and i’ve been listening like crazy. besides the fact that i really love their music, i have a soft spot for these guys, one of them used to be my roommate (actually, it’s been so long now i don’t even know [...]
April 14, 2009
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some songs.
By Jenn Wong in downloads, musicbeen feeling pretty hectic lately and so new and old favourite songs are in order. here are five that i really like today for your downloading pleasure. fans of xtc should especially check out the dukes of stratosphear link. also, i’ve been pretty into the new super furry animals record, ‘dark days/light years’, which they [...]
April 13, 2009
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monthly mixtape drop.
By Jenn Wong in downloads, musicso it’s april now – april fools, april showers, the beginning of spring and the christian season of birth & renewal. the weather is starting to warm up here in shanghai, i’ve been riding my bike in shorts and a t-shirt, sun shining like crazy and tiny flowers budding up and turning everything into that [...]