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The Untouchables - Dance To The Rhythm (via ruffbizness)

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:10:17 -0400

The Untouchables - Dance To The Rhythm (via ruffbizness)

NASH THE SLASH - interview & American Band (via...

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:49:32 -0400

NASH THE SLASH - interview & American Band (via TheLittleDevil)

alohanico: Thrush Hermit - The Day We Hit The Coast classic...

Fri, 15 May 2009 14:43:27 -0400

alohanico:

Thrush Hermit - The Day We Hit The Coast

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century66: reeraw: breeapperley: giggomachine: GENERAL IDEA,...

Mon, 11 May 2009 23:37:25 -0400

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reeraw:

breeapperley:

giggomachine:

GENERAL IDEA, SHUT THE FUCK UP (still), 1984

This is a still from an NFB documentary called Design...

Sun, 10 May 2009 12:00:00 -0400

This is a still from an NFB documentary called Design Innovations for Canadian Settlements from 1976. I know most people just kind of skip through video on tumblr (hey, I realize how fast posts move through the dashboard), but I really urge you to check this one out if you have 17 minutes. It’s mostly about city planning solutions for Northern Canadian towns, where the climate is too harsh for traditional North American city planning, which is really quite interesting for dorks like me, but…

…yeah, I know isn’t everyone’s bag, hence the other reason to check it out—it’s kind of the uber-70s informational documentary. It has all the things you really want out of an info-doc: the calm, female Voice of God, the Moog soundtrack, the sans-serif title cards, the primitive animation to demonstrate science, and it executes these things with a workhorse-like professionalism that is simultaneously unremarkable and exquisite. If you’re a fan of 1970s Canadiana, I urge you to give this a look, and if you’re not…well then this might be a good argument to become one.

I did some follow-up on those towns, and it seems as though Fermont, Quebec is still a prosperous mining community, with a population of a couple of thousand and a surprisingly large average income, while Leaf Rapids, Manitoba has all but become a Ghost Town since the mining company closed down in 2002. The Town Centre has largely been abandoned, and the Tourism Board’s web site is aimed mainly at outdoor enthusiasts. I’d love to explore there someday.

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Sat, 09 May 2009 19:08:09 -0400

Area Centrale Fermont, Quebec. (via jclarke.92466)

Sat, 09 May 2009 19:03:50 -0400

Area Centrale Fermont, Quebec. (via jclarke.92466)

UQTR 1973 (via UQTR) No matter how obnoxious and tacky it might...

Sat, 09 May 2009 18:12:00 -0400

UQTR 1973 (via UQTR)

No matter how obnoxious and tacky it might seem at the time, history will always judge in favour of Quebec’s fashion sense.

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Sat, 09 May 2009 18:06:03 -0400

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Sat, 09 May 2009 18:00:40 -0400

Hey, is it just me or does this new Tumbularity feature just...

Sat, 09 May 2009 17:59:04 -0400

Hey, is it just me or does this new Tumbularity feature just seem like yet another way to trick dorks into thinking they’re popular?

Jeremy Jansen is a very good photographer, but I have a sneaking...

Thu, 07 May 2009 22:42:42 -0400

Jeremy Jansen is a very good photographer, but I have a sneaking suspicion he doesn’t call girls back.

Dionne Warwick - Don’t Make Me Over (1967)

Thu, 07 May 2009 11:51:38 -0400

Dionne Warwick - Don’t Make Me Over (1967)

jennilee: jennilee marigomen (via dazed and confused magazine)

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:57:44 -0400

jennilee:

jennilee marigomen

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UPDATE: Just realized this would’ve been running when my...

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:52:00 -0400

UPDATE: Just realized this would’ve been running when my mom was a producer there (bit later while preggo with me).

I don’t think anyone I know has ever ordered a Blue, but...

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:48:21 -0400

I don’t think anyone I know has ever ordered a Blue, but maybe that’s a Toronto thing.

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Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:47:07 -0400

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Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:36:38 -0400

Are they hiring DJs?

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:20:20 -0400

Are they hiring DJs?