great pairing '09

Fun musical announcement yesterday from the folks over at the Wilco website. Joining Wilco on the next as-yet-to-be titled album will be none other than the vocal stylings of everyone's favourite Canadian warbler Feist. Apparently her backing vocals are to be featured on the track 'You and I." Let's play the Song Title Assumption game and imagine that her and Jeff Tweedy are doing kind of a love-gone-wrong heartachey ballad. Cuz in my mind, that's the best pairing of those 2 voices.....heartachey and sad.

where the wild things are

I'm so excited to see the film version of Where the Wild Things Are, especially since seeing some of this stills! It looks gorgeous and I'm so happy they made sure that Max was wearing his furry suit complete with pointy ears! Directed by Spike Jonze and complete with music by Arcade Fire and a voice by Paul Dano? I really, really hope it's good - it's had a lot of disaster stories attached to it and it would such a shame if such a great story like this comes out ruined. When the trailer was released it seemed to calm folks down a bit and now it seems that the film has developed quite a legion of fans based on that alone. Some are calling it this generation's Neverending Story. I friggin hope so! Who knows? That poster is perfection though and these stills are over the top fantasy gorgeous to me.

twittering dogs

Saw this over at Not Going Postal (thanks to Richard for the referral!) and thought that, given my recent Twitter bug, that it was pretty friggin funny.  It's what dogs would be twittering.  How is that not funny! 

bailey Just pooped in the hall. On the swirly-patterned rug so it’s indiscernible. Hilarity will ensue.

tutter @bailey BOL! Get it? Bark out Loud.

Quince @tutter @bailey U R such a tool.

bailey Just heard the humans scream. Guess they discovered it! #baddog

tutter @bailey UR such a bitch ROFBOL

Quince @tutter @bailey She’s done worse. I have proof. http://twitpic.com/2epil

tutter RT @Quince http://twitpic.com/2epil hahaha! #baddog

bailey @Quince UR so retarded! I can’t believe you posted that!!

tutter Heard the fridge open. Running to the kitchen at full speed. #corgisrule

Quince @tutter Full speed is pretty slow when you’re shaped like a football with feet.

tutter @Quince Bite me. At least I don’t run around barking like an idiot when the humans say “Is Timmy in the well?” #douche

bailey why is everyone who follows me a neo-con or a porn spammer? or a cat.

bigcat @bailey fine, I’m blocking you. You weren’t reciprocating anyway.

quince Totally humping @tutter right now! I rule.

Tutter @quince @bailey Hahaha! Just noticed mom is following you both. You are so busted.

Hot Bunny Radio Playlist for March 25th

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* denotes Canadian talent

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• The Joliettes -- Safe House -- unreleased EP
• Andrew Vincent -- Going Out Tonight -- Rotten Pear *
• Gentleman Reg -- You Can't Get it Back -- Jet Black *
• Atomic 7 -- Meet me Tonight in the Shadow of Love -- ...en Hillbilly Caliente *
• Johnny Cash -- Where the Soul of Man Never Dies -- Unearthed IV: My Mother's Hymn Book
• Sebadoh -- Magnet's Cell -- Bakesale
• Hayden -- We Don't Mind -- Everything I Long For (vinyl) *
• Camera Obscura -- Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken -- Let's Get Out of This Country
• Violent Femmes -- I Hate the TV -- Add it Up (1981-1993)
• Melissa McClelland -- A Girl Can Dream -- Victoria Day *
• Nick Drake -- Time Has Told Me -- Five Leaves Left
• Jim Bryson --Feel Much Better -- The North Side Benches (vinyl) *
• Shotgun & Jimmie -- Waist Deep in the Water -- Still Jimmie *
• Sarah Blackwood -- My Mistake Baby Boy -- Way Back Home *
• Joel Plaskett -- Every Time You Leave -- Three *
• Van Morrison -- Brand New Day -- Moondance
• PJ Harvey -- Send His Love To Me -- To Bring You My Love
• Dan Auerbach -- Heartbroken, In Disrepair -- Keep It Hid
• Shannon Lyon -- Jenny's Song -- Someday Mourning *
• Social Distortion -- It Coulda Been Me -- Social Distortion
• Timber Timbre -- We'll Find Out -- Timber Timbre *
• The Weakerthans -- Utilities -- Reunion Tour *
• The Damned -- Love Song -- Best of the Damned
• Leona Naess -- Dues to Pay -- Leona Naess
• The Gruesomes -- Leave My Kitten Alone -- Gruesomania *
• Paul Westerberg -- Sunrise Always Listens -- Suicaine Gratification
• Constantines -- Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright) - Shine a Light *
• Apostle of Hustle -- The Wristwatch of the Shepherdess -- Adventures in Advertising *
• Julie Doiron -- Consolation Prize -- I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day *
• Interpol -- Stella Was a Driver and She Was Always Down -- Turn on the Bright Lights

Notes this week:

• Yay for Joliettes on the radio!!  Imma proud wife..;
• that Andrew Vincent kicks some songwriter ass;
• that Hayden song is one of my all-time faves of his.  The whole idea of playing hooky from work with the one you love, calling in from a phonebooth and how that makes him feel- few songs evoke this much feeling for me;
• Seriously, that Camera Obscura song is 3 1/2 minutes of pop perfection;
• Jim Bryson on clear yellow vinyl!!  yay!!!!
• Dear Joel Plaskett:  I hope all this new stuff is good enough to warrant a triple record.  I'm a wary fan willing to have her mind changed;
• As I said on Facebook earlier today, I don't care what people say, Moondance is still a record that makes me think of things that involve nudity;
• I know I played PJ Harvey last week but I listened to like 3 albums in a row of hers at work yesterday and had to play more;
• Who loves this Dan Auerbach record????  Why can't the Black Keys be Prime Minister?
• Timber Timbre - this record is carving a nice little niche for itself in my heart;
• Weakerthans -- 2 more sleeps!!!!!
• The Damned!  Just for ME here's a love song!!

porn star eyes

In this weekend's Globe and Mail there was a little feature on this girl Sarah - she's got a pretty well-followed YouTube channel where she pretty much sits right up to her web-cam and gives eye make-up tutorials. Genius!! Especially for girls like me who wear glasses and therefore fight an uphill battle with applying eye make-up. Anyway, she does great everyday makeup, theme makeup for halloween, movie character makeup etc. This video is especially great because she's demonstrating how to do "Rock of Love Bus" tramp makeup. As you may know, I think that show is stupendous in it's horrific trampiness and her take on things just seemed too good to pass up. A gal must always know how to apply porn star makeup.

Rock of Love Bus makeup aside, this girl really does do impressive work and appears to be a regular normal girl and not some super makeupy makeupy girl.

kissy kissy

Sweet, sweet, sweet.  Artist Rachel Foster has done up a poster of a kissing checklist.   Love it!  Thanks Joanna for the heads up!  You can find this over with the genius folks at the Keep Calm Gallery along with about 100 other amazing things.

granola goodness

Grocery shopping the other night and I stumble across these bad boys in the health food section - Praeventia granola bars.  I buy them because the flavours look crazy delicious and they're full of super foods but mainly because they're 2 boxes for $5.00.  In the world of granola bars, that's a decent sale.  And if I do know the price of something in the grocery store, it's granola bars.  Anyway, had my first one today and it just may be my new favourite thing.  Considering how healthy they are, they're about 5 times more flavourful than I thought they were.  Flavours are Cranberry & Pomegrante with Red Wine Extract and Almond & Apple with Green Tea Extract.   They're only 100 calories and they have inulin in them which is a type of prebiotic and a gal with tummy troubles like me takes her prebiotics wherever she can find them.  Sweetened with agave nectar means they don't have any secret nasty sugar sweetening them up and they're whole grains. One package contains 40% of your daily prebiotics, 6% of your daily iron, 16% of your daily dietary fibre and 6 to 7 grams of whole grain!  Not to mention they're dipped in 70% cocoa dark chocolate! All I know is that they're mega yummy and that my current granola bar brand does not offer me Red Wine Extract.  Any excuse to bring booze into the workplace!!

the grasshopper

So this weekend at the birthday festivities I ordered and drank 2 Grasshoppers.  I've never had one before and saw it on the menu and had to have it.  When I was really little, my family used to go to this diner for dinner and it had those paper placemats that they would replace after every patron.  This particular restaurant's paper placemats had about 20 pictures of different cocktails on it and for some reason, the grasshopper cocktail was always my favourite one to look at and imagine drinking as a grown up.  It was likely the prettiest one on the page and the one that would most appeal to the mind of a 9 year old.  So I saw it on the menu and that was that.  I must say, it's been around for so long for a very good reason.  Cuz it's delicious!!!!!  Like ca-razy delicious!!  I wouldn't want to drink them for an entire night but a couple of these minty fresh darlings - well that's just like a great big boozy milkshake for grown-ups.

hmmm.....

Something scary has happened to Joe Pesci. Does he have the cancer???? Or is Robert DeNiro just using his one hand to pull everything tight behind Joe's head?

weekend round-up

We actually had, you know, real weekendy stuff on our plates this weekend as opposed to just lolling around which seems to be all we've been doing these last few. Not that lolling around is bad - it's totally great actually. Just not something you want to spend every single weekend doing. Friday night we whooped it up and went out for sushi dinner after walking Sadie. It was glorious and we ate unagi. Relatively quiet night after that - home to love up the puppy and watched Choke on pay-per-view. I'm not even really going to talk about the movie because it was that forgettable. Couple funny parts, sure, but really - blah.

Saturday we had a lovely leisurely morning until it was time to go to our Dogs=Awesome puppy playgroup. Only downside? The craptacular weather!! Seriously, by the end of the week I actually thought the end was near - I walked to work in cute summer flats for the very first time and it was warm and glorious. Wake up Saturday to a fresh blanket of stupid snow. AND it was windy and awful. I tell ya, those dogs are lucky we love them cuz standing in that field watching them play was significantly less cute than it normally is.

Post Dogs=Awesome we ran a million errands - I'm finishing up my Baby Gift 2009 for Kaili's future wee one and had some loose ends to tie up. I gotta say, I'm super pumped with Baby Gift 2009. I've pulled together some pretty freaking cool things. The only thing that might be wrong with it could be that it's all stuff that I like which maybe isn't the best way to shop for someone else's baby? Who knows......but it's awesome!! We're headed down to our nation's capital on Saturday to see them one last time before the bebe comes and I can't friggin wait!! We're going to eat food and see bands and shop for cute things and buy bagels and new Kiehl's. I want to be leaving tomorrow!!

Post errand running we stopped home long enough to hang with Sadie, whip up a yummy pasta dinner with my secret-recipe garlic bread and head out again for Marc's cousin Kristina's birthday celebration at the Laughing Buddha. Even though there was karaoke, my least favourite thing in the whole world, the night was still pretty fun and Kristina seemed to be having a kick-butt time which is all that matters. We stayed for a few cocktails and made it home in time to catch the last bit of Julian Schnabel's Berlin - his film of Lou Reed's 2006 live concert performance of his 1973 concept album "Berlin", filmed over five nights at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York. It was pretty cool. We saw Lou talk a lot about this a lot during his keynote speech at SXSW last year so it was great to finally see the film.

Sunday finally brought some lolling. And I will say the lolling was actually created by Sadie who apparently was in the mood to be a giant fat lazy lolling puppy pretty much all day. Surprising how hard it is to get motivated when your usually exuberant dog is all lazy and cute and cuddly and not interested in moving anywhere except to another napping spot. We managed to do some chores around her and we capture her interest when we said "wanna go to gramma's???" That perked her up and we headed down there for dinner and the pilfering of mom's stuff which can often happen when you visit your folks. I managed to score this antique needlepoint of deer in a forest that my great grandmother did. We're likely going to reframe it, clean it up and add it to our collection of wacky prints that are on their way to being hung in our entryway. Made it home in time for the season finale of Big Love that was super excellent. Did anyone else watch it????? Did that really happen????? Now what happens???? I can't believe I have to wait until next season!!! Eeeeeeep!!!

baby fever

Congrats to Paula and Trevor on their new cuter than cute baby Beth!!!!! We can't wait to see her and her totally squishable face and her mountain of hair!!! She'll need a haircut any minute now! Speaking of haircuts......... :) Congratulations!!!!!

Hot Bunny Radio Playlist March 19th

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6-8PM

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* denotes Canadian talent

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• Otis Redding -- Respect -- Live in Europe (vinyl)
• The Vinaigrettes -- Let's Forget the Past -- Atta Boy Girl *
• Fleet Foxes -- Ragged Wood -- Fleet Foxes
• Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton -- The Lottery -- Knives Don't Have Your Back *
• Joel Plaskett -- Happen Now -- La De Da * (vinyl)
• The Sadies -- Anna Leigh -- New Season *
• The New Amsterdams -- Hughes -- At the Foot of my Rival
• Jenn Grant -- Where Are You Now -- Echoes *
• Isaac Hayes -- Never Gonna Give You Up -- Black Moses (vinyl)
• Elvis Costello & the Attractions -- The Comedians -- Goodbye Cruel World
• Julie Doiron -- Spill Yer Lungs -- I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day *
• Supersuckers -- Before They Make Me Run -- The Greatest Rock and Roll in the World
• Bell Orchestre -- Stripes -- As Seen Through Windows *
• Nathan Lawr -- Shaking Like a Rake -- Secret Carpentry *
• Myles Deck and the Fuzz -- Boom! Boom! -- Police Cops *
• Sun Kil Moon -- Exit Does Not Exist - Tiny Cities
• The Jayhawks -- Poor Little Fish -- Sound of Lies
• Dressy Bessy -- Just Being Me -- Sound Go Round
• New York Dolls -- Personality Crisis -- New York Dolls
• Tanya Donelly -- This Hungry Life -- This Hungry Life
• Timber Timbre -- Lay Down in the Tall Grass -- Timber Timbre *
• Shotgun Jimmie -- Province to Province -- Still Jimmie *
• PJ Harvey -- Beautiful Feeling -- Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
• Eric's Trip -- Sloan Song -- bootleg vinyl *
• The Bird & The Bee -- Diamond Dave -- Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
• The Riff Randells -- Heartbreaker -- The Riff Randells *
• Jenny Lewis --       -- Acid Tongue
• Malajube -- Casablance -- Labryinthes *
• Neko Case -- Vengeance is Sleeping -- Middle Cyclone

Notes this week:

• Oh Joel Plaskett - why can't your Massey Hall show be tomorrow???
• Oooh I like me some new Jenn Grant...
• Isaac Hayes....you dirty bastard...
• Oh yes, the new Julie Doiron is as fuzzy and garagey as I had hoped.  Girl Crush!!!!
• Myles Deck and the Fuzz - produced by Joel Plaskett
• Bought this Sun Kil Moon record without knowing anything about it other than that it was a full cover record of Modest Mouse songs
• Timber Timbre eh?  New....yummy...
• Shotgun Jimmie = same band as Shotgun & Jaybird.  Prefer the latter name.
• New Bird & The Bee = bouncy fun!
• We can't even speak about this Neko Case record lest we be here all night.

happy fran day!

Happy Birthday to everyone's favourite Aussie Fran!! Hope you have a great day for a great lady! Fran is the current title holder of Tara's Friend Who is From the Farthest Away. It's a coveted title.

hot bunny radio

So tomorrow night marks my return to the airwaves now that I'm all fully recovered from medical nonsense. I've been gone for about 7 weeks and I'm crazy pumped to get back into the game.  I'll be blogging and Twittering during my show tomorrow so be sure and tune in on the station's streaming page.  CKLU has finally started podcasting too so now you'll be able to catch up on any HBR show you may have missed!  I knew if I hung in long enough I wouldn't have to figure out how to do it myself!!  There's also a logo for HBR on its way that's only been in the works since June of last year so fingers crossed I'll actually email the designer to finish it one of these days!

Anyway, thanks for bearing with me - I know the kids like the playlist posting and have missed it!  See you at 6pm tomorrow!!

wirey

Apartment Therapy posted this image today from Jan Janne's Kitchenette project that "expands the idea into four separate kitchen modules for washing, drying, cutting and cooking respectively."  Now even though the clean modern look isn't my most favourite look, I can truly appreciate the image of a room with clean-lines and a clear purpose.  This, however, I hate.  I see this and all I can think of are the tiny bits of lettuce and onion peels that would forever be getting stuck in all those little wires and bends.  Plus I just hate the look of it.  Like you're living like this because your real kitchen is being remodelled.  I get that it's just a concept and was a graduation project but still - too modern for this lady.

postsecrets

Here are a few of my favourite PostSecrets of the week.


PostSecret received an email response to that secret stating "I'm a librarian and I've kept all the pressed flowers I've found in returned books over the years."

cricket cardigan

Love it, want it, will wear with everything....

heavy snow

Here's a little video from one of my most anticipated albums of the year so far - the new Julie Doiron record! And what's better than a new Julie solo record you say? One where she reunites with Eric's Trip bandmate Rick White that's what!! I'm crazy pumped about this record because as much as I love me some acoustic Julie and think it's just some of the prettiest stuff around, I la la LOVE me some fuzzy, feedbacky, dirty, garagey Julie even more. Please let the record be something I can sort of pretend is a new Eric's Trip record...

a woman a man walked by

I just read yesterday about PJ Harvey's new record with John Parish called A Woman A Man Walked By.  I'm clearly a couple of months behind on this but that doesn't make me any less intrigued.  Anyone heard it? Anyone liked it?

hate mail

One of the strange joys of blogging can be the occasional hate mail that inevitably shows up.  This afternoon over at Dooce I saw a brilliant post about just that.  Like most good bloggers, she's decided to not only laugh at her hate mail but to post it for us all to enjoy.  The post below made me laugh right out loud and I only wish my hate mail was so hilarious.  Enjoy...

"I would normally wait until I had enough hatemail to write a longer post, but the one I got this morning is just too good to keep to myself. From a reader who skipped class the day they talked about punctuation:

youre no one but a slut who loves to fuck her husband and get pregnant and talk about useless stuff so youre a free rider with nothing better to do in life and you dont work god you suck

I'm trying to wrap my head around this one, so bear with me... a slut who loves to fuck her husband? Is this a new brand of slut that I don't know about? The husband-fuckers? Women who love to go around screwing the men they're committed to? Because I thought those people were called wives.

This one also reminds me of a few uninteresting hatemails I got back when I announced my pregnancy from people who were all I TOLD YOU SO! CAN'T TAKE THE MORMON OUT OF THE GIRL! I guess because Mormons typically have large families, and my decision to have a second child proves that I'm trying to populate the entire world with my uterus. You know, they're right. Except I'm not having more than one kid to increase the ranks of my religion. In fact, the only reason I decided to have another child is so that should the need arise and my own stop working, I'll have a wider variety of kidneys to choose from. This is a Mormon teaching known as Emergency Preparedness."

Seriously I laughed forever with this one. Particularly the slut who F's her husband part.