Author Archives: Justin

Joel Plaskett’s “Through & Through & Through”

By Justin | May 30, 2009

I’ve always been a fan of The Joel Plaskett Emergency, especially the songs “Fashionable People,” “Snowed In,” “True Patriot Love,” and most of all, “Penny for Your Thoughts.” So, naturally, I was excited when I heard that Joel Plaskett had released a new three-disc set titled, appropriately, Three. Radio 3 added the first single, “Through & [...]

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Dan Mangan’s “Robots”

By Justin | May 30, 2009

Dan Mangan’s new song is all horns and handclaps and big, bright choral arrangements—nothing short of a total singalong treat. So take a listen to “Robots” off of his 2009 EP Roboteering, and sing along. You can listen to “Robots” for free at CBC Radio 3’s New Music Canada, and you can find more music by Dan [...]

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FemBots’ “Get In the Van”

By Justin | May 30, 2009

I like when the words of songs are easy to understand, like they are in this great FemBots tune, “Get In the Van.” It’s off of their 2008 release Calling Out. You can listen to “Get In the Van” for free at CBC Radio 3’s New Music Canada, and you can find more FemBots music on iTunes, [...]

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Arkells’ “John Lennon”

By Justin | April 27, 2009

I haven’t been able to find lyrics for the Arkells’ song “John Lennon” anywhere on the Interweb, so I made an attempt to transcribe the lyrics. If you can figure out the parts I’ve missed, or if you have a correction, please let me know, because I’m currently obsessed with this bouncy tune and I’d [...]

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Look at what academia taught me!

By Justin | April 24, 2009
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An enduring battle

By Justin | April 15, 2009

Society’s estimation of my success or failure is not the same as my success or failure. I’m 80% sure of that, which is an improvement.

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Hexes & Ohs’ “H-H-Highschool”

By Justin | March 12, 2009

This song by Canadian indie band Hexes & Ohs, a self-described Montréal electro-pop duo, is my current obsession. There’s something cute and romantic about the video that I didn’t originally get from just the song itself. I don’t know how I feel about the difference. In any case, I’m glad I’m not the same old [...]

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The Runner

By Justin | February 27, 2009

In. The first breath of crisp air is the trumpet that begins the march. Down the stairs, down the hill, and into the darkness. Descending into the nighttime world where lonely cars carrying lonely drivers cross lonely roads in search of a destination. The traffic lights too lazy to steady themselves, flash their yellow and [...]

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It will never be enough

By Justin | February 23, 2009

The car brakes down the hill outside his window, shiny black and coolly reflective under the orange glow of the streetlight. Its origin unknown—a stealthy visitor from a faraway land, he thinks, a traveler announcing her presence with the low, almost imperceptible ‘whoosh’ of slowing air riding over finely engineered curves. Air. Air like fingers, [...]

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The Friday fortune cookies

By Justin | February 13, 2009

I literally choked on my wonton soup today. These fortunes almost made up for the whole nearly-dying thing.

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