Forgery League

I had been secretly hoping that some totally unknown 80-year-old country singer from Kapuskasing would kick all our asses with a witty, heartfelt tune and a glint in his/her eye (shades of a certain David Hein song)... but it was not to be.

Nah, we didn’t get the encore either. But whatever - Julian said it best in his email: “It’s public broadcasting, so there are no prizes, and everybody wins!” We sang really well, people seemed to enjoy it, and they edited our mini-interview down to one sound-bite so we didn’t sound like total knobs. I’m happy!

They also cut the pre-song chatter with Steve Paikin, where I accidentally admitted to not having a television… aheh. It got a laugh, but oh boy. :D

Tune in to TVOntario this evening to catch Flickershow on Studio 2! We’re first on the bill with an acoustic rendition of “Erratic Satellite Aphrodite”, and from what we saw, the rest of the show should be great as well.

STUDIO 2 ONTARIO SONG CONTEST
Thursday 23 June - 8 pm on TVO (repeats: 11pm, 2:30pm Friday)

And as if that weren’t enough…

“INVINCIBLE” VIDEO LAUNCH PARTY
Friday 24 June - 9pm - The Renaissance Café
1938 Danforth Ave, west of Woodbine [map]
with Archery and Jessica Graham

CANADA DAY SHOW
Thursday 30 June - 9pm - The Pour House
182 Dupont Ave, east of Spadina [map]
with Some Of The Parts

Got to talking about seminal experiences with a friend - among other things, how my musical tastes in high school and beyond were shaped by Mondo 2000 magazine. *blush* (Among other things, it was there that I discovered Camper Van Beethoven, Negativland and Brian Eno.)

There was also this odd little TVO series that was just clip after clip from weird experimental films. I used to sit a tape recorder next to the TV speaker to record the music (or sound effects, or whatever). One had a clip from Koyaanisqatsi, and the music blew my mind - the tinny sound made it sound like it was on a gramophone. And thus it was that the first album I ever bought 1000 Airplanes On The Roof by Philip Glass, followed by several more… much to my mother’s annoyance. ^.^