Bring Colour.

I think it’s time. There hasn't been a Bring Colour to Their Lives event since November 1, 2009. This is about to change.

With a new job, a new house, and re-branding in mind, it's taken forever to get to this point where planning another event is on the top of the To Do list. At this point all I can think is… holy crap I need to shorten the name of these things! I’m settling into “Bring Colour” simply because it’s way easy to say… and write.

I’ve got more bright and colourful ideas which will hopefully highlight the amazing local Toronto artists once again since that was originally a huge part of these events. Over the past year I have also formed a stronger bond to Dzanja La Chifundo which is the orphanage that started it all! My sister was able to visit the orphanage earlier this year meet all the amazing kids that live with Gordon and Lucy who run the orphanage and have done so for quite a few years now. Now that the orphanage is under new ‘management’ I guess we could call them, the kids have been given a bright, warm, and loving home. Focusing on community, Gordon and Lucy have maintained the goal of giving these kids a safe place to call home, and helping the community come together at the same time. I’d really like to help the kids with school tuitions & supplies as well as providing them with warm clothes and blankets.

The next event will be good. Watch for it.

An Education.

It's been a while, but he's managed to do it again. Nick Hornby, my all time favourite author, has come out with an amazing screenplay called "An Education". It's been years since one of Nick Hornby's blunt British humoured novels has been turned into a feature film, and even though it was not first a novel, he has knocked this one out of the park. I can easily say it is the best movie I've seen in 2009 with no question and the second it hits stores I will get my gruby hands on it and watch it on repeat for about a week.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn9IMe5jmf0

Carey Mulligan played a perfect "Jenny" and now I'm watching out for more movies that she's in because she was THAT good.
Fav Quote: "All that poetry, and all those songs... about something that lasts no time at all"

If you've never heard of Nick Hornby, I can almost garuntee you that one of these movies (which are based on two of his best selling novels) will get your attention:

High Fidelity (#1 on my personal top 5 movies)
My favourite quote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij5sKrHRlN8

About a Boy
Will: I couldn't possibly think of a worse godfather for Imogene. You know me. I'll drop her at her christening. I'll forget her birthdays until her 18th, when I'll take her out and get her drunk and possibly, let's face it, you know, try and shag her. I mean, seriously, it's a very, very bad choice.
Couple: We know, I just thought you had hidden depths.
Will: No. No. You've always had that wrong. I really am this shallow.

Beach Boys.

From their soothing melodic ballads to their vivacious up beat surf rock tunes, I will always love the Beach Boys. I am in love…



Good Vibrations


Dance, Dance, Dance


Little Duce Coupe


Wouldn’t it Be Nice


Don’t Worry Baby


I Get Around


…in love with the Beach Boys.

Music Roots.

So I'm watching Ready or Not and it's the episode where Busy decides to launch her music career. So she goes into an interview and in the background of the shot something caught my attention. It was a freaking Chixdiggit poster. I went onto you tube and watch their video "elchupacabra". Way funny. Here it is...



After watching this I decided I wanted more! After seeing this and remembering where my music taste began wayyy back in the day, I couldn't stop searching! Next came MXPX. Remeber them? They were my fav... then after a few albums their whole Christian rock vibe got a little vibrant and I couldn't deal anymore. This was one of my favs...



Now one of my ALL TIME FAVS! Saves the Day takes the cake for longest running fav band from age 10 to about 18... and they remain way up there. I have so many favs from Saves the Day but here's one I'll always love (it gives me shivers every single time)...



Now for yet another classic, Moneen. They used to play in Church basements in Caledon and Brampton were a Mayfield fav of many, these dudes are local legends. One time they even played at the Elmocombo with my brother's old band 'Dead Giveaway' former known as 'Last Man Standing' formerly known as 'ASA' (another stupid acronym)... real clever boys. I wish they had a you tube video because they were awesome too. But here's some classic Moneen for yeah...



--^ Bad sound but good song.


I think I would have passed out if I was at this show (video below)... a dream come true. I did see them together once... and it was a dream come true. To pay $50 to see Moneen seemed like such a jip at first after never having paid more than $6 to see them before but MAN was that worth it.



This post is getting long... and I bet I could go on forever and ever, but I'll leave you with one of the most classic of all. NOFX. I used to steal my brothers CDs growing up when I got tired of lying on the floor trying to listen through the wall/cracks in the baseboards between out rooms, all the while my sister was covering her head with a pillow banging on the bathroom door that connected their rooms saying shut the hell up. Oh those were the days. Best siblings ever.

This song is dedicated to my childhood best friend Allison... for whatever reason we thought it was hilarious to whisper this to eachother in the middle of class then burst out laughing... we were 9, i think it was code for "i like that boy" but I could be mistaken. Anyways... funny song.



Alright. This was a nice break from my already horrible attempt at finishing my essay on Geothermal Heat Pumps. I'm pretty sure this was more fun, just a whole lot less productive.

-S

Animal Collective.

So Animal Collective has just released their new CD "Merriweather Post Pavilion" (January 9th of this year) and it is amazing! Described as Avant-progressive rock Animal Collective continues to release incredible sounds and lyrics that are changing the way people think of rock or indie music. The dudes are currently working on different movie options to explore in their near future and Panda Bear stated that they want to "create a movie that would have visuals similar to what somebody would see if they closed their eyes while listening to Animal Collective's music". We'll see if that happens, it would be amazing of course, but seems like a dreamed up idea that may never quite pan out.

Anyways, I'm pumped about this new album. Here's a taste of what to look forward to after purchasing, I can't even begin to say how much I f-ing LOVE this track!...

Do Make Say Think.

This Toronto band has been on my iTunes ever since my “high school sweetheart” introduced them to me about 5 years ago. Today while I was headed into the gym “End of Music” came on and I thought to myself how their band name lives up to every expectation. Listening to their inspirational, all instrumental songs makes me want to get out there and Do (go to the gym, a walk, or whatever) Make (usually inspire me when I’m painting) Say & Think (Void of lyrics, their songs make me really think of how I feel without interrupting with conflicting lyrics). When you’re in one of those weird fazes in life when you’re not sure of anything, or have lost motivation, I think that Do Make Say Think is the perfect medication! Clear your mind, allow yourself to think without distraction and be inspired.

Music Drought.

Although New Years resolutions never seem to quite pan out for me, I do have one thing on my list besides the ever so typical “I want to lose 10 pounds” “I only want to drink one night a week” etc, etc. that NEEDS to be satisfied. This is the art of finding new music.

I grew up a confused child listening to whatever was blasting into my room through the wall that divided mine to my brothers. This typically included everyone’s favourites at the impressionable age of 10 (note my sarcasm)… Nirvana, NOFX, Rancid, Satanic Surfers, Green Day, Bad Religion, all the really good 90’s punk and alt rock. The confused part came when I went to school and all of my friends were listening to Spice Girls and the Backstreet boys. A ten year old girl in the mid 90s, obviously I was going to plaster my walls with images of the way too sexy (but totally all for girl power and not subjecting their bodies in any way) Spice Girls.

What does this have to do with my New Years resolution? Well, growing up with such an odd range of music tastes, I’d like to keep that going into 2009. I want to look into finding new and exciting artists and genres of music. The hard part for me is figuring out where to look. I tend to look in the “interests” section on friends facebook profiles, Now Magazine, Eye Weekly, and a couple other places, but this is not good enough. I have some serious searching to do. Since I would really like this to actually happen, I’m thinking of NOT calling it a “New Years Resolution”… maybe just a long-term goal?

Here’s something (not new but soooo good) that I have recently re-discovered (which totally counts in my books) I can’t tell if I like the original ‘Psychedelic Furs’ version of ‘The Ghost in You” or the Counting Crows version (which is the one I originally fell in love with thanks to the classic Clueless soundtrack, but anyways, this video is awesome… I should have been in my 20s in the 80s. Enjoy. Peace.