What Does Anything Mean? Basically

Woo-hoo! The Chameleons show at the Phoenix on Oct 9 has finally been confirmed. Kick ass. I can’t wait.

The Killing Moon

Since I had no luck renting Donnie Darko, I downloaded it. Must say, very impressed with this div-x thing. Spent last night and this morning downloading a 780 MB file and watched it this afternoon on my computer. Picture quality was really exceptional – there was a little pixelation but I absolutely did not notice. I was able to concentrate on the film from start to finish, nary a hiccup in sound or picture.

The film itself was pretty engrossing. I can’t even properly give a synopsis that doesn’t give away plot points. Sufficed to say, I do understand why everyone who insisted I see this film did so. It’s a pretty solid mind-fuck.

Now the question is what to do with the .avi file. Odds are I won’t watch it again, but it seems a waste to erase it after spending so much time downloading it. Look at me, I’m sentimental over a download. Feh.

Went out and bought the new Elf Power today. Great guitar sounds on this record. Went to PJ’s Pet Centre and watched the puppies (and kittens and ferrets and hamsters) for a while. Therapeutic. I need a puppy.

Have our first full band practice in weeks tomorrow. Not a minute too late either, as our next show is in just over two weeks. 5:17 says The Laura will be coming out as well, so we’ll see how she works out on keyboards. I hope she has an instrument or we’ll have to look into acquiring something suitable for longer-term use. Neither Brad’s ‘funky’ (and that’s being kind) cheap keyboards nor Enrico’s loaner will really do the trick.

np – Death Cab For Cutie – Forbidden Love

Dave’s Not Here, Man

As mentioned below, I’ve moved my blog into my own chromewaves site. Linkie here. Merci.

What a thoroughly unremarkable weekend.

Went to the North American premier of Ken Loach’s Sweet Sixteen at the Toronto International Film Festival this afternoon. At the very chi-chi Elgin Theatre… in a nutshell, it’s about a 15-year old Scottish boy who gradually falls into a life of crime whilst trying to make a better life for himself and his mom, who is soon to be released from prison. Really quite enjoyed it – the Scottish accents were so thick as to require English subtitles! The acting was pretty excellent, considering the youth of most of the lead actors. The actor protraying the protagonist, Martin Compston, was in the audience for the screening – the standing ovation he got at the end was earned, not just polite.

Picked up the new Aimee Mann album today. Bit the bullet and bought it at Sam’s just to get the bonus EP which really only has two extra songs on it. Damn the completist in me. On the first couple listens it’s pretty standard Aimee Mann fare – I’ll have to give it more intensive listenings to fully appreciate I’m sure.

Good to hang out with Large again for a while, haven’t seen him since my birthday four months ago.

I keep getting my ass kicked at Warcraft III…

np – The Olivia Tremor Control / Dusk At Cubist Castle

In the name of consolidation, I’m trying to integrate my blog into my homepage. Why have 2 sites when 1 will do? Seems to be working alright though the archives could be a little wonky. We’ll have to see how that works out.

np – Mark Eitzel / The Invisible Man