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one must imagine a Leafs fan happy, part three

somethin kinda neat i found out…if you ignore a problem for long enough, it either goes away or ruins your life. so 50/50. pretty good odds. @bobby i started writing this after the game 5 loss. i waited until the morning after game 6 to finish it up and post it. at the time, iContinue reading “one must imagine a Leafs fan happy, part three”

albums of the year, 2022 edition

Thanks for tuning into my annual “best music” list. I decided to cut it down to 25 entries this time from my usual 50, as I didn’t spend enough time with any of the albums I might have listed to feel confident ranking them. A lot of good music was released this year and thereContinue reading “albums of the year, 2022 edition”

Nope and the Dark Forest Theorem

this post contains spoilers for the horror movie Nope (dir. Jordan Peele, 2022) and the fantasy novel The Dark Forest (Liu Cixin, 2008), if you care about either of those things. let’s go. in Liu Cixin’s The Dark Forest, we are introduced to Luo Ji, a sociology professor without any career aspirations, in a sceneContinue reading “Nope and the Dark Forest Theorem”

The Polaris Project – June 21-24, 2022

The Fool by SATE Suffice it to say, this album sates my thirst for an ominous garage rock album with weird noisy interludes. At least, I sure hope that suffices to say because I can’t think of anything else. Highlight: “0: Loofeht.” 3.25 stars out of 5. TAO by Shad Shad’s got “good bars,” asContinue reading “The Polaris Project – June 21-24, 2022”

The Polaris Project – June 20, 2022

Stock Exchange by Haviah Mighty There’s those drums again! Someone oughta send a memo around so that rappers stop using the type of drum machine sounds I don’t like. Everything in the world should be catered to me! Mighty’s flow is catchy, even if it’s undermined by trap beats that I personally find irritating, soContinue reading “The Polaris Project – June 20, 2022”

The Polaris Project – June 18-19, 2022

one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden by ada lea Now I’ve gotta respect an album whose title is in all lowercase and consists of a long non-sequitur. “One hand on the steering wheel? OK, sure, I get that, but what’s the other hand doing? ‘Sewing a garden?’ Huh? What?” HopeContinue reading “The Polaris Project – June 18-19, 2022”

The Polaris Project – June 16-17, 2022

LABYRINTHITIS by Destroyer What a goddamn delight this album is, to me. Classifying it as one genre or another wouldn’t really do it justice, but it’s definitely somewhere under the “rock” umbrella, drawing influences from jazz, pop, funk, and ambient. (Actually, I changed my mind: that does do it justice. That’s descriptive enough. What moreContinue reading “The Polaris Project – June 16-17, 2022”

The Polaris Project – June 14-15, 2022

I’m back! Back to write about all 40 Polaris Music Prize long-list nominees and announce my ten favourites at the end, that is. Maybe if I keep doing this they’ll invite me to be part of the voting committee. Anyway, let’s get to it. Prospect by AHI Pleasant, if boring, acoustic folk deliver with soft,Continue reading “The Polaris Project – June 14-15, 2022”

one must imagine a Leafs fan happy, part two

well, i did it. i allowed myself to believe that the Toronto Maple Leafs could finally win a playoff round, and against the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning, no less. i forgot (or chose to ignore) one simple, eternal fact: this is a team of and for losers. nothing good is ever allowed to happenContinue reading “one must imagine a Leafs fan happy, part two”