Shine is a new dance lounge located at 1337 Mission Street in San Francisco. Yep, that is Mission l33t! We have a photobooth that automatically loads pictures to Flickr for everyone to enjoy and share. See latest pictures from the photobooth here. (Via Bandeapart.fm)
Myspace angst
‘Angry members of MySpace, the personal file-sharing website for young adults, are accusing Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation of censoring their postings and blocking their access to rival sites. The 38 million subscribers to MySpace discovered that when they wrote to each other about rival video-swapping site YouTube, the words were automatically deleted, and attempts to… Continue reading Myspace angst
Le projet LibriVox recherche des volontaires!
et spécialement des francophones. Voici : LibriVox demande aux volontaires d’enregistrer des chapitres de livre du domaine publique, dans un format numérique (catalog, podcast, et torrent). Nous cédons ensuite les fichiers audio au domaine publique. Notre objectif: avoir tous les livres du domaine publique disponibles, gratuits, dans un format audio, sur l’Internet. C’est un project… Continue reading Le projet LibriVox recherche des volontaires!
Madame Edgar invite Derrick Hodgson
Vernissage ce vendredi de 18hres à minuit, exposition du 13 janvier au 20 février. Opening party friday 18h ’till midnight. Exhibition from jan. 13th ’till feb. 20th. Lien. Link. Btw, they have new toys. I want: Mars-1 Observer édition rouge, Sancho and Ocho, Moly la pieuvre and Hannibal le gorille. Thank you.
Girly dinner at la Sala Rossa
The hottest people food in town, beside elderly card players. Saturday nite dinner with Nika and Carole. Silly as if we were 16.
Phôte de phrappe
voilà ce qui arrive à force de passer constamment du français à l’anglais.
Born on the same day as Elvis
46 pages, 7 755 words, 1 108 lines, 502 paragraphs and 49 459 letters typed. meïdia‘s business plan is done. I am tired, i need to buy myself a treat (read a trip), something nice (meaning travelling). ah. Elvis is also born on jan. 8th. But his death is still quite of a mystery…
Coppola + New Order
OMG- as he wrote: Sofia Coppola’s new movie trailer featuring Age of Consent by New Order.
Hi, i am Cory Doctorow
From Cory Doctorow’s bio, (…) I believe that we live in an era where anything that can be expressed as bits will be. I believe that bits exist to be copied. Therefore, I believe that any business-model that depends on your bits not being copied is just dumb, and that lawmakers who try to prop… Continue reading Hi, i am Cory Doctorow
New Order, All the Way
It doesn’t take a genius to tell me what I am Or lecture me with poetry And tell me that I can I don’t remember what happened yesterday But I don’t give a damn about what all those people say. It takes years to find the nerve To be apart from what you’ve done To… Continue reading New Order, All the Way
Ninja High School Monday @ Green Room
5386 St. Laurent, 21h – $6 Ninja High School’s website, listen to them on podcasts 55 and 54.
Local blogs: Luce Beaulieu
Some people are just born bloggers: not more than a week after the launch of her blog she already had more than 20 text entries posted. She’s now traveling in Thailand, blogging pictures and text – you can read her blog here, see her pictures here.
flickr + retrievr
Retrievr is a neat Flickr hack from System One that searches a database of images based on simple drawings rather than tags. via cc, via boingboing.
Urban Exploration Montreal
Underground hobby? These guys, Urban Exploration Montreal spend their free time exploring how does Montreal look underneath. Some really nice, hidden treasures are to be seen. Be careful kids, this is not for everyone! UEM is a small group of urban explorers based in Montreal, Canada. Our particular characteristics such as name or age are… Continue reading Urban Exploration Montreal
Woody’s bookshelves choices
Did anyone in the whole universe ever made a list of the books that we can see standing on the main character’s bookshelves in Woody Allen movies?
Keep’em close
Always keep these 2 ones close. Do not, under any circumstances, get rid of them.
Retourne d’où tu viens… et pour ceux qui aiment jouer dans les parties
chez ben : trop drôle! chez fred-éric : hillarant!
Kraftwerk: Minimum-Maximum
2 x DVD companion release – This is the first ever official document of Kraftwerk’s legendary live show. More infos on the astralwerks site, on the Kraftwerk official site, Pitchfork review of the cd. Seems that its still not out in North Em-erica.
Berlin Transmediale 06: Participants
I will attend the next transmediale festival which will be taking place from February 3th to 11th in Berlin. transmediale is the biggest and most significant festival for art and the creative use of digital media in Germany. transmediale.06 is devoted to the theme Reality Addicts. The program of the festival is now on and… Continue reading Berlin Transmediale 06: Participants
Do not look at this post if you dont have money to spend: iTunes Originals – Death Cab for Cutie
iTunes Originals – Death Cab for Cutie songs, interviews and videos. I am heavily addicted to DCFC since December – compulsively listening to all their albums and wishing Ben Gibbard would be my neighbor. Tracklisting: Soul Meets Body (iTunes Originals Version) Hindsight One Take On Bellingham Amputations (iTunes Originals Version) A Top Five Song of… Continue reading Do not look at this post if you dont have money to spend: iTunes Originals – Death Cab for Cutie
À écouter ce soir
Le mercredi 4 janvier 2006 à 19 h sur le 95,1 FM (R-C) Info complète ici (via Gina)
défricher
Pour frayer un sentier nouveau, il faut être capable de s’égarer. (To clear a new path, it is necessary to be able to be mislaid.) Jean Rostand (via guylaine)
Montreal Mercredi Wiki Wednesday tomorrow
from Sebastien: That’s right folks, tomorrow is the next Wiki Wednesday, Socialtext provided the ice cream last time, but doing that again here in January is rubbing salt on the wound, really, so we have a beer budget this time around. Sign up on the wiki page. Given a bit of last-minute marketing on my… Continue reading Montreal Mercredi Wiki Wednesday tomorrow
DFA RECORDS HOLIDAY MIX 2005
Get the DFA Records Holiday Mix 2005 for 99 cents on iTunes. Tracklisting as follow, get up and dance: 1. Black Dice Smiling Off (dfa mix / luomo mix) 2. lcd soundsystem Too Much Love (rub’n’tug mix) 3. The Juan Maclean Give Me Every Little Thing (eric b dub) 4. The Juan Maclean Tito’s Way… Continue reading DFA RECORDS HOLIDAY MIX 2005
Converse
You need conversation. In practically every field of artistic endeavor, we see success stories grounded in artists who engage in some form of conversation with their audience. JMS kept Babylon 5 alive by hanging out on fan newsgroups. Neil Gaiman’s blog is built almost entirely on conversing simultaneously with thousands of readers. All the indie… Continue reading Converse
How to deal with comment Spam
I found out that the best way to deal with blog spam is to create a special place for them on your blog! Be friend with Spam!
Podcast #56: Datarock, Cuebism, Arctic Monkeys, Pictureplane, Boy Omega and Beirut
First podcast of 2005+1, Music to dance and clap your hands on #2. Get this podcast right here – à écouter dans vos écouteurs : – m4a (avec chapitres, photos cliquables/chapters suported) ou/or – mp3 (pas de chapitres/chapters not supported). Tracklisting: 00:00:00: Hey oh hi!!! January 1st 2006!! 00:00:10: the great Datarock!, fa fa fa… Continue reading Podcast #56: Datarock, Cuebism, Arctic Monkeys, Pictureplane, Boy Omega and Beirut
Happy new year!
05-12-31 15:44 m-c: when and where’s the future? 05-12-31 15:45 cc: it starts around may 2006 until july 2008.
Montreal by non-montrealers
Its always nice to read about montreal from people who just moved in. Makes me see my city with new eyes. Homes for milions.
43 Things
Uh, there’s been a lot going on at 43things since i last logged in. Learn geography with me, see what i want to do, and people i want to meet.
emcee’s best of 2005
My top most listened albums of this last year (2005 or not), in no particular oder (i know, i defy all rules about best of…): Björk, Medulla To me she is one of the most original, creative and authentic pop icon of the 90’s. Read my posts on Medulla here and here; Bloc Party, Silent… Continue reading emcee’s best of 2005
Titanic Lamp
‘I also showed a lamp, Titanic, designed to appear to be sinking beneath the surface of the table‘ The Titanic Lamp, a must see. Via Moco Loco.
TV is out too
Hey kids, TV is definitely out. Four Eyed Monsters is one of my favorite vlog – i honestly much prefer watching these guy than turning my cable TV on. What’s wrong? Blogging gave written medias the worse headaches ever (circa 2002-2003). Podcasting made us realize how commercial radio is poor, and that there is a… Continue reading TV is out too
Holidays blogging
I must admit, the content of this blog is quite different from what it is during the rest of the year. I am on holidays, I am rested, at peace, out of this buzy-ness but still full of ideas and fire burning inside. Filling my head with words i love to read, authors that inspire… Continue reading Holidays blogging
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“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” Anaïs Nin