just a thought::
in canada for every blank cdr sold the government receives a 21cent levy. i often wonder how much of that makes it's way back to the artist that might actually be in need of the money. i'm not talking about celine dion ,nickleback or avril lavigne obviously. i wonder if ben neville or tomas jirku has ever recieved a penny . i also wonder why chretien needs 21 cents for all the coasters i've produced. there ought to be a way to get a rebate on cdr's that you screw up. and why does the prime minister need the $$ for me backing up my files onto cdr?

...the brain has a review of dntel's new ep "[this is}the dream of evan and chan" in this weeks issue. i agree with with all that jon whitney writes in as much as none of the 4 versions of the title track out shine the original.. i am greatful to have the final track "the asthmatic worm" tacked on for those of us that were too late to the party though and missed it on a compilation.

...i feel that if you have not heard dntel - life is full of possibilities you are missing one of my favorite cds from last year. if you are an indie kid with one foot in the electronic world look on soulseek and grab it as i believe it is sold out. you won't be sorry.
...also grabbed ben neville's ep on context records. "vancouver and fairfield" is very much a house record,and since i like house music ,it is all good with me. if you like some nice thumping beats with skittery rhythms throughout ,you will enjoy this ep.

....being a canadian,i find this story to be very disturbing. if true ,it makes the loss of four canadian soldiers even sadder.

...finally got around to hearing life without buildings any other city. though the influences are obvious,especially the altered images comparison for the quirky vocals of sue tompkins,i was surprised to see no mention of the blue aeroplanes among the amg blurbs. i definately hear it in tompkins phrasing.

....been looking for modern eon's friction tales on soulseek. so far i've managed to find 4 tracks and am trying to get the rest off some guy that has his d/l capped at under 2 kbps. not complaining ,but geeezuz...anyone with a fondness for the liverpool scene circa 1982 would do well to look this up.

...listening to montreal smoked meat on force inc. this is a grate compilation that collects montreal glitch and electronic artists . really a nice comp,with a wide range of styles. cut and paste to very beat oriented tracks.the jetone song being a standout along with tracks from mitch akiyama and deadbeat.

...i've read rants on other blogs about work and though i sympathise ,i often feel that i would keep those thoughts private.until now ;)

...i have worked for a grocery chain for 22 years that prides itself on customer service. a company that sends it dept. heads for 10 day training units on how to treat their respective employees.a company that has mystery shopping programs that score us on such thing as "anticipate a need" and "take to item " as well as selling suggestion" and "offer samples".if we don't score above 50% on these shops they send you for a one day "happy school" to show you how to improve in the areas you failed.

they also have cut the staff in their stores by at least a quarter and hired kids that will never get more than 20 hours a week at minimum wage. 24 hours is where benefits kick in.

anyways,this is not the same company i started with. i realise that we all have choices to make,but those choices get harder as you get a mortgage ,2 kids and a wife that you support.i also am up to 6 weeks vacation a year,and that is really tough to leave behind. where would i go,or how long would it take me to get back up to that kind of time off.

what i started this rant for was to mention the new store manager that we have. this fellow apparently never had to take any of the training i mention above.he feels it is ok to mention on his first day at our store that we have 6 full-timers to many and that they will have to go. we are a union shop,so these people will be able to bump into other stores.this will cause a ripple that will create 6 part-time positions for 6 f.t. people. he is a big believer in the "right people at the right time" philosophy. unfortunately he appears to be the wrong people. i have yet to hear him make a positive comment about our store.he keeps comparing us to his "old store" and how it ran so smoothly. if it ran that smooth,why leave?

he has this philosophy that if you tell someone their department looks like shit {before stepping into it} that you will work harder.??his philosophy is that he is there to make money not friends.

why is it that the dick-heads rise to the top in the corporate world. why is it that a guy that you wouldn't piss on if he was on fire gets to be your boss?

as i said,i really was not going to use this to whine,although i have. i also will not mention where i work for fear that someone i work with was to figure this out. think i'm paranoid,check out dooce.

....esnipe? a friend pointed this out to me.if you have ever spent any time at all trolling ebay ,watching a great deal ,then being outbid with tenths of a second left in an auction,you will be interested in this. myself,i kind of feel it's a little morally corrupt to use a program that does your bidding for you. nothing really wrong with it,but it definitely takes the sport out of bidding. i have done my fair share of sniping,but only with a refresh key. oh well....

....still listening to the interpol i got off soulseek. looking forward the end of the month when it gets it official release so i can buy it.the chameleons and joy division come to mind,but also the smiths and even the doors are in there somewhere. not least of all,they remind me of the lucy show.
...the lucy show were a band that put out what i thought was a great first album,but half the band split and then their second release did nothing for me. amg only gives their first album undone one and a half stars. just one persons view that i felt was off the mark. do a soulseek for 'ephemeral" or "better on the hard side".
...they give the second album mania four stars? hmmmmm.....
ambience:: interpol - turn on the bright lights