Mental Floss

I'm
a bit slow on the draw, but this was a wicked event I had a chance to
play at with Gabor last week in the massive club Boa-Redux in Toronto.  Boa is a converted
dinner theater and has apparently one of the top 3 sound systems in
North America.  Much fun had by all.  If anyone has any photos please post some links as comments!

Here's the lineup:

CRITICAL
MASS

KOXBOX *live Solstice
Records-Denmark

DJ's

Frank'e –
Koxbox
Yeb – Cold Groove Rec,
BLA
Quivering Virgin-
BLA
Jarek, BLA
Sketi- BLA

DECO
Artists

SEVERYN-
NYC
more

In the Broken Beats
Lounge

Rollin Cash – SumKidz/Om
Festival/Just Cause
Jonah K –
SumKidz/Gnome
Aria –
Semiotik
Gabor vs. Mental
Floss

 
Location:

BOA Redux
270 Spadina
Ave
(1 Block S. of
Dundas)

Info:

Doors@ 12
$20 in adv
$25 before 2 more
after
Out of town $20 with
ID
R.O.A.R.

 
Available(soon)@:

Shanti Baba –
546 Queen St
W
Metropolis Records – 160
Spadina
2The Beat – 161
Spadina

www.blacklightactivists.ca
blacklightactivists@hotmail.com
www.boa-redux.com
info@boa-redux.com

Woohoo!  Harvest Festival once again, and I'm really looking
forward to playing. Please come out! Other than being a great chance to
camp out one last time before the weather gets cold, it's a great 2
days to relax and hear a large variety of electronic-influenced
music.  Be sure to bring winter-style clothes though, since it can
sometimes get a bit chilly at night. 

THE HARVEST FESTIVAL
autumn equinox
September 25th/26th 2004

Once again it’s time to kiss the summer good-bye, boogie to our
favorite DJs & performers, and to gather by the bonfire, on the
dance floor and under the stars. This year’s new location, Wholearth
Farmstudio, is near Coburg, Ont. We’d like to send our deepest
condolences to Aldida Farm for their loss, and many thanks for their
kindness over the years. Rocco, our friend & partner, will be
greatly missed.

Activities & Performers:

FOOD DRIVE – please bring canned food donations

CAPTURE THE FLAG @ 5PM – sign up at capturetheflag@harvestfestival.org

ITB:

TASK (Tom Kuo) – pusher/wabi/www.foundationmusic.com
ADAM MARSHALL – www.killer3000.com
A/D/D LIVE (Mario J) – method 11:11
TIM PATRICK – www.fifthsunrecordings.com
ERIC DOWNER- pusher
NONPAREIL LIVE (Breandan Davey)
IAN GUTHRIE & LEE OSBORNE (as The Toques!) – www.fukhouse.ca
GREG GOW – restructured, blue bookings
THE DUKES – www.acmelabs.com
LEELEE MISHI – www.omfestival.ca

ITD:

ANDREW MCCALLUM – www.mentalfloss.ca
CHOCOLATE – scratch free press
DMS – baseline records
ROLLIN CASH – www.omfestival.ca
LEX – legion of green men
JOHNA K live
OWEN – science project
YOSHI & CHIE live – kaminari
STRANGEANGLE23 strangeangle23 – stuffy rabbit
GABOR – international bucket surgeon

ITY:

DAM – deep sea fish
JAREK – BLA
MARZ – BLA
QUIVERING VIRGIN – BLA
SKETI – BLA
YEB – Cold Groove Rec, BLA

Tickets $38
TORONTO: Shanti Baba (546 Queen W.)
Metropolis Records (162 Spadina Ave.)
Odyssey (557 Queen W.)
Play De Record (357A Yonge St.)
SpyLab (247 Queen W.)
Soundscapes (572 College W.)
Alter Ego (555 Bloor W.)
KITCHENER: Shakedown Street (276 King W.)
GUELPH: Mudshark (31 Wyndam N.)
Baseline Records
HAMILTON: Cottage 13 (224 King W)
OSHAWA: Velvet Elvise (221 King E.)

WEB & CONTACT:

www.harvestfestival.org (updates coming soon)
alieninflux@harvestfestival.org
capturetheflag@harvestfestival.org

GETTING THERE: The NEW FARM is located less than 150km east near
Coburg. Specific location details will be available after September
22nd on the web site.

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A nice downtempo mix I made in 2000 that was just a portion of an afternoon of fooling around, but ended up being so well loved that it became my only promo CD for almost 7 years.

It certainly sounds like an interesting time for people living in the United States, of all colours.  I'm
not really political, so this isn't a politics rant, but I do have a
fair amount of angst against bullies.  Not that I was especially
picked on in my youth (there were times, you f*kers), but there are
some people in the world who just don't seem to offer that much value
to society and we would all probably be better off having them
removed.  Elsewhere. 

I've read other
articles (on the Internet, of course) about people being harassed and
detained for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  But
there was something about this tale (maybe because he's a photographer as well) that really made me feel insecure. 

Now
another reason I decided to write this up is to solicit some feedback
about the type of character drawn towards enforcement and security
professions.  The vast majority of police and security guards I've
met in Toronto (and surrounding areas) have been “good guys”. 
They may not be especially complicated and want to keep the situation
simple, (quite often, it can be simplified) but I do get the overall feeling that they want to do the right thing.

I
do not get this feeling from American law enforcement.  Sorry, I
just don't and it's from personal experience.  The characters I've
encountered (chatting them up on the street, walking in the wrong area,
general observation) seem more along the lines of the kid in a small
town who happened to build muscle easily, and spent their youth
enjoying their physical dominance (and the resulting popularity with
some social groups) over their peers.  They also never leave their
town.  And not all of these people are large hulking peace
officers — I'm just creating a character mould to give you an
idea. 

A short example from a few years ago: I
was in downtown San Francisco at night, walking around without my
glasses because I had broken them, and walked along a length of
sidewalk that apparently had some sort of barrier setup to prevent me
from walking on it.  Yet I was walking there anyway.  A
little way into the Restricted Area a peace officer got my attention
and told me I shouldn't be there. 

“Really?”
“Yes, that sign over there.”
“Oh…” I said squinting, “.. oh sorry, I didn't notice it because I don't have my glasses on.”
“No you just didn't read it.”

…. You're right!  But was that really necessary?  Do you really value a good relationship with the community?

It's
these sorts of characters that destroy a police's relationship with the
community they're charged to protect.  It's the same type of
characeters who enjoy a dominant role, regardless of its
appropriateness, and harassed Ian Spiers.  These bullies need to be dealt with.

I
do want to say though that the nicest officer I've met was a highway
patrolman in Michigan who pulled me over for my first (and so far,
only) speeding ticket.  There needs to be more guys like him.

 Once
upon a time, I used to cast my thoughts freely.  I fell off the
boat, and now I have this opportunity to rejoin.  Dare I spew
again?  Do I really have much to complain about?

And who wants to listen to my crap anyway?  Life sucks, get a helmet or make a change.

I will actually post to this blog, most likely in its appropriate place and not on the main page (this may change).  I'd like this to not become a cesspool of rantings.

At least the whole blogging thing as a content management system
will simplify my life, so I hope to keep in better touch with people,
even if it's a one-to-many relationship. (no offence to anyone, I still
love you all)

The editor for blogware comes with a bunch of
built in graphic smilies , so you don't have trouble interpreting
things like <=====8

<- Pirate?

(Yarr!)