Quiet on the Radio #003
July 13th, 2009Whoa. It has been quiet. I’ve been moving AND shaking, and now that I’ve settled somewhat, let’s get reacquainted. And if you’re new around here, (as am I, evidently,) be welcomed.
July 3rd: Longest Day of my Life
Seriously. I crossed back over the international date line and regained that day I lost travelling to New Zealand. Sadly, I was in no shape to make use of it. A 12 hour flight would be significantly more palatable if I could charge my laptop. And, next time I fly, I’ll take the aisle. Window seats are pretty, but being able to pee without having to wake/crawl across strangers, is bliss would have been bliss.
Goodbye Dear Kiwi Friends
I’m sad to say goodbye to all of the awesome friends I met. Come to Canada! We can do an afternoon roadtrip, and I’ll show you around this little island of ours.
I’m very sad to be leaving my sister Wendy. Every day that passes, she gets a bit more pregnant. I’m so excited for her and Shane. Wish I could be there to give my little nephew a high five. Or even just let him goober on me. I’d be fine with that. Sigh. The goobering will have to be acted out via skype. And I will still love every second of it.
Thank you so much, to Wendy and Shane for letting me be a part of their home. I know that I will look back on my time in New Zealand as a turning point in my life. And I am so grateful for their generosity and hospitality. Wendy, hopefully someday, you’ll be able to eat nachos again. But never without thinking of me.
Hello Tarano
Katherine liked to tease how I pronounced Toronto. She was just extracting the urine, so to speak.
It was so good to see my things! How materialistic, I know, but I missed my books, my kitchen knives, my speakers. I missed my Seagull.
I’m currently residing at the Splash’N Manor. Big thanks to Splash’N Boots for leaving me the keys to the castle while they’re touring western Canada. This house is beautiful and lovely. And I get along really well with Mr. Squeaks, the resident mouse. (Sorry Nick, he offered me TWO bottles of wine if I were to instead k&emdash;… nothing, nevermind. I’ve said too much.)
It’s strange to be back in my old neighborhood. It’s quite a coincidence that I find myself living a 10 minute walk away from my old apartment (when I first moved to Toronto in the summer of 2004) The parallels between my life then and now, are amusing and uncanny. I’m waiting on the equivalent of my Touring Players gig. “Here, Joel. I’ll pay you well; you go perform across the country for kids for 8 months. Sound good? Good.”
I’m loving that I can’t see my breath when I wake up in the morning. (That’s a dig at Chrchrch, not my old Vauaghan Road apt.)
Tick, tock. Trying to figure out what color my parachute is. And whether I can afford the deluxe harness, or if I’ll have to make do with the cheapo straps that bite into your flesh. (One might wonder what the heck I was doing in NZ, if not contemplating the color of my parachute. Indeed, I was, but nothing hammers a point home like looming starvation and/or getting your thumbs broken by student loan collection agencies.)
This Week’s New Music
I’ve been listening to the awesome glitchy music-scapes of ro, who has just released the LP seemeebeemin. Free download.
It renders my fax machine incredibly amorous. Thanks to Stretta for bringing this to my attention.
Here is a video of ro, hard at work with a monome (or two).
Free download of the full album seemeebeemin by ro.
Posted in Quiet on the Radio | Comments (3)
July 15th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
woah. that is. woah.
do you also know the ‘tenori-on’ ??
July 16th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Are you correcting my colloquial, onomatopoeic exclaim? AFAIC,JOEL hits the H. “Ho – ah!” So I put it earlier in the word to make it feel special. But very interesting. Hadn’t realized I was doin it wrong.
Tenori-on is awesome. I’ve yet to get my hands on a functional one, but it would be a treat. They had a dead demo at Moog Audio. It looked cool.
July 16th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
actually that was my exclamation at the monome in the video … to me the sound is wo – ah … but could easily be wh – oa … i suppose when i say it, i’m really saying woe – hh … so maybe i’ll just start leaving the ‘a’ out altogether and write it as woeh … but then people might really start to think i’m overusing canadian slang, and well that could cause other problems. perhaps i’ll simply write: neat. its a good word. neat. that was neat. woah whoa woeh neat.
and yes the tenori-on is neat. can’t wait to blow a couple of grand on that. hahahaha ya yea yeah right. i’ll keep dreaming.