god, I love remix culture… I love hip hop… I love NY

An angel, hardly in disguise, has left us. The beautiful video above by friends Ralph Dfouni and Brigitte Henry. Rest in peace Lhasa, you will be greatly missed…

Lhasa interviewed by Stefan Christoff back in August.

remember, you heard it here first! (maybe)

more (official) info here.

It’s too nice outside to be working today. woe is me…

This looks like its going to be great. Amazing song choice for the trailer, and the most exciting surprise for me is the screenplay co-written by the one and only Dave Eggers. Can’t wait!

The official site is here, though there’s nothing on it yet…

We’re very excited to announce the official launch of Four Minutes to Midnight Issue 10 (finally)! This Saturday, March 7th at Lab Synthese. This is gearing up to be a great event with 4 amazing bands, surprise performances and screenings, art on the walls, and a drink and draw/collage/write/scribble corner.

The event kicks off at 8 PM and is BYOB.

Link to the facebook event page here.

Cover design for Racine: A Perfect Hand

Racine (aka Yan Basque Thériault) asked me to help him out with the sleeve design for his first full-length album, A Perfect Hand. I was more than happy to oblige and work with the beautiful surreal illustration provided by Nicole Aline Legault.

Not visible in the comp above was the marrying of TSTAR mono and Mrs. Eaves for the track listings on the back… trust me, it actually works!

The album itself is inspired, technically masterful and emotionally powerful, with lyrics influenced strongly (I believe) by Situationsit thinking. How can you go wrong?

I discovered this BEAUTIFUL song by Adem over the weekend and now I can’t get it out of my head. So I thought I’d share… A melding and reinterpretation of two Aphex Twin classics into a beautiful (yes, I say it again), dreamy, hope-filled ‘folk’ song. Impressive and inspiring…

To cure a weakling child / Boy / Girl Song (MP3)

The song is from his latest album, ‘Takes’, which features 12 cover versions of songs from 1991-2001. His eclectic selection of artists and songs, including Yo la Tengo, Smashing Pumpkins, Tortoise, PJ Harvey and Low, seems spot on. Can’t wait to pick it up.