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  • of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping

    of Montreal released their latest album, Skeletal Lamping, yesterday. I’ve listened to most of it, and it is wonderful as always. The thing about of Montreal is that they do not sound anything like anyone else. Their music doesn’t fit a genre, it doesn’t pay tribute to anyone, it doesn’t try to be anything except…

  • The Wick Snuffed Out

    One of London’s oldest bars, The Wick, was secretly smashed with a wrecking ball on Sunday. The whole situation is extremely sketchy. The demolition started just before a meeting planned to discuss the building’s future as a protected heritage site. It was so rushed that utilities weren’t even shut off, and there was still beer…

  • Halloween and the Meaning of Life

    I love when autumn begins, then soon it’s Halloween. The trees are half-green, half-yellow, and half-orange, soon throwing off the shriveled leaves that give the crisp air that musty fall smell and the sidewalk that delightful crunchiness. The temperature is just right; like a cool summer night, but all day long. And Halloween – a…

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