BEST BEDROOM TODAY: May 2009

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Dusty Fingers volumes 1-15

Get dusty fingers without getting your hands dirty!!!!! Each volume is PACKED with breaks and samples! Download them now!!!!

Dusty Fingers VOL1
Dusty Fingers VOL2
Dusty Fingers VOL3
Dusty FIngers VOL4
Dusty Fingers VOL5
Dusty Fingers VOL6
Dusty Fingers VOL7
Dusty FIngers VOL8
Dusty Fingers VOL9
Dusty Fingers VOL10
Dusty Fingers VOL11
Dusty Fingers VOL12
Dusty Fingers VOL13
Dusty Fingers VOL14
Dusty Fingers VOL15

Some rare ass mowtown acapellas

I just came across these rare mowtown acapellas, and when i say i came across them i mean i found them on the internet ;)

PART 1
PART 2

Track listing

I get the links so you dont have to! More to come, stay tuned!

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Some rare ass mowtown acapellas

DJ Victor Valentine drum pack

An absolute must have for any bedroom producer! Dont do anything else until you download these drums! My favourite drum kit at the moment! Got some good bassy kicks in there and plenty of misc instruments sounds.

DOWNLOAD NOW!

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DJ Victor Valentine drum pack

Simply Breaks

3 Albums full of songs with good breaks, you might recognise some of them.

Get Choppin'

STRICTLY BREAKS VOL1
STRICTLY BREAKS VOL2
STRICTLY BREAKS VOL3
STRICTLY BREAKS VOL4
STRICTLY BREAKS VOL5
STRICTLY BREAKS VOL6
STRICTLY BREAKS VOL7
STRICTLY BREAKS VOL8
STRICTLY BREAKS VOL9
STRICTLY BREAKS VOL10
STRICTLY BREAKS VOL11

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Simply Breaks

73 Drumkits.. over 2000 sounds!

Another download packed full of drums and sounds, im in the process of downloading these myself so i cant tell you wether they are any good or not?!?

Courtesy of kid quan
DOWNLOAD

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73 Drumkits.. over 2000 sounds!

Another download packed full of drums and sounds, im in the process of downloading these myself so i cant tell you wether they are any good or not?!?

Courtesy of kid quan
DOWNLOAD

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Over 100mb of drums!!!

A must have for anyones drums collection. Over 100mb of raw high quality drums!!!

Get 'em here --- DOWNLOAD

P.S ... someone asked me for the password.. its DeuceBlack

Over 100mb of drums!!!

A must have for anyones drums collection. Over 100mb of raw high quality drums!!!

Get 'em here --- DOWNLOAD

P.S ... someone asked me for the password.. its DeuceBlack

First post and some samples for you all !

Welcome to my new blog, If your making beats in your bedroom because you love hiphop then this is going to be the place for you so stay tuned! Make sure to bookmark my page or subscribe with RSS or whatever.

Im going to be posting stuff i come across like DRUM KITS, DRUM LOOPS, BEATS, ACAPELLAS, SAMPLES, BREAKS, VST's and BEAT MAKING VIDEOS + TUTORIALS.

Ill start with these samples i downloaded this afternoon, Theres a Isaac hayes song in there iv heard used in beat by DJ MUGGS so download it and get to work!

DOWNLOAD

Stay tuned

DB

First post and some samples for you all !

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Pitter Patter Fest

Day 1. Brantford / Ford Plant

2 of the 4 bands listed on the bill didn't play/show up which is usually a bit of a bad omen. Good thing we shared the night with our pals and practice space cohorts Pants and Tie, who besides being an awesome band are also really snappy dressers with good senses of humor! Rob and I ate at KFC while Tim and Al made far more sensible dining decisions. Beers were drank in our van and someone told Tim and I about all the free burgers he managed to consume in one day and all the burger pals he made along the way doing it. We decided to play in the dark on the floor. It was a good decision.

Day 2. Peterborough / Montreal House

The easiest way to work out the kinks after a stint on the highway is to hit up the local amusement area (conviently located behind an East Side Marios/Swiss Chalet dining complex), hit the batting cages and make some stuffed animals.

We arrived at The Montreal House to more surprise last minute lineup changes. When rolling with the punches beer can be a pretty good place to start, because sometimes you gotta make the good times happen! Be advised: The guys in Great Bloomers may play great country dipped rock songs, but they can also dance. To anything!

Over The Top

Our Over The Top Fest show at Sneaky Dee's was fun times and we got to play with lots of A+ peoples!

FUN FACT: number of times we've played at Sneaky Dee's = 23!

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Friday, May 29, 2009

Time Differences

My parents live on the east coast of the US. This means that they are usually 5 hours behind me, well except for when they start daylight savings time roughly two weeks before the UK and then it is only a 4 hour time difference. Anyways, I always do my best thinking around 8am-9am. I just get these brain waves. I can't explain it. So usually when I want to tell my parents something important that I have thought about, I can't just call them right that minute. My mom just generally does not like phone calls between the hours of 3am-4am. Actually she would probably kick my butt the next time she saw me if I called her at 3 in the morning. So I usually have to remember my grand idea until at least noon. Then I call my dad at work, cause my mom is still asleep. My problem is that by noon sometimes I forget my wonderful idea.

Argh! Time zones suck.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Thanks, Bob Hope

Today after the girls are done cleaning their rooms, we are going to head over to the Bob Hope Center. This is a community center on one of the bases here that has an indoor play area. For those of you who are wondering "Why in the heck would they name a community center after an American actor/comedian?", let me enlighten you.

Ok, so most of you know Memorial Day was on Monday, and no I didn't do a post for Memorial Day, mostly because this holiday in remembrance for military members who have died while in while in service for our great nation has become just another day off. Also because I think in some small way for Americans, everyday should be Memorial Day. Even if it is just a thought about what has been sacrificed for American freedoms. Now back to Bob Hope, he was a real and true American patriot. He lived every day like it was Memorial Day.

Bob Hope donated countless hours to the USO (an organization that boosts troop moral). He did this out of a great love of America and because he believed in our troops. He started his work with the USO in 1941 and continued his work with the organization for 60 years. He headlined shows to entertain troops, often risking his life by going into war zones. Now, to me, this is going above and beyond for our troops. And while I can't thank him personally because he died in 2003, I would like to say thank you now. Thank you Mr. Hope for your service to my country, to the troops who defend my nation and for your great sense of humor. You really were a national treasure.

So today I will take my kids to the Community Center that was named for a man who was born a British citizen, emigrated to America when he was five years old, and became an American citizen when he was seventeen. I will think about the troops he entertained and the sacrifices they made. I will also be glad that Mr. Hope not only entertained the troops, but the community center named after him can continue his work and entertain my children and the other children of troops stationed abroad.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Wordless Wednesday- Perfect Spring Day

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Random Tuesday Thoughts- My Heathen Kids

Tuesday Random Thoughts: My way to release the crazy stored up in my head from the past week. Enjoy, the go see Keely, grab the button and release your own crazy upon the intenetz.

My landlord's agent came by on Wed to look that the broke toilet (it still isn't fixed) and while she was here LaLa just had to show the lady her bedroom. As we were going down the hall I swore I smelled dog poop. Let's get this straight people, my dog has pooped in my house ONCE and it was my fault for not letting her out the night before. I was completely befuddled. I played it cool and pretended that the smell did not exist and when the lady left I went running around the back of my house looking for poop. I couldn't find any poop. Then I went in the bathroom and saw tell tale skid marks in the toilet. "LaLa did you poop a minute ago?" "Yeah!!!" God, I hope that woman didn't smell my child's stankness.

And so it begins...my daughter says the last letter of the alphabet is zed.

Ok, so usually I change KiKi's diaper right after her nap, but I fell asleep with her too yesterday and usually she wakes me up if I do this, but she didn't. So, when I got up and went into the living room to chill out with The Man, I didn't even think about her diaper cause she usually tells me about it (I know I should be working on potty training, but I don't really know if she is ready). So, then she comes into the living room in nothing but her diaper (it is hot in our house and we have no AC) spreads her legs slightly and starts shaking her butt back and forth with her pee heavy diaper swinging back and forth like a pendulum and declares "I got pee!" The Man looks and me and we both start laughing and this makes her do it even more. By the time The Man had her diaper changed we were laughing so hard that we had tears streaming down our faces.

Everytime I hear Susan Boyle (from Britain's Got Talent) sing it makes me cry. She has the voice of an angel.

My kids are a completely crap sleep schedule now that it is half term break. Past 10pm and not in bed. Yes, mom fail.

Ahhh, speaking of half term break...a week of not having to wake up at 7:30 AM. Just kidding, KiKi will still be in my room wide awake and bushy tailed promptly at 6:30 AM demanding juice and me to turn the TV on to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I hate that show, but Mickey sure does make a good babysitter early in the morning.

North Korea is acting up again. Awesome. Nothing says "screw America" like doing a nuclear test and launching long range missiles on Memorial Day.

And with that, I'm done.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Bloggy Love Letter

On Wednesday I received an award that really knocked my socks off. It was from The Laughing Idiot on her gardening blog. When I went to retrieve it I was so honored and humbled. See, a lot of awards ask you to pick your favorite bloggers, or interesting blogs, etc. This award was different though. The description was this:

"These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers."

And by this description I am truly humbled. I decided to take the Most Wonderful Favorite award and pass it on to other bloggers who fit this description, bloggers who are aren't just funny and a good read, but bloggers who are in fact people who I would call my friends.

1. The first blogger I am choosing has been my partner in crime since the beginning of this blog. You guys know him as Captain Dumbass. He and I share a weird sense of humor and our IM conversations (be glad I don't save them Captain) could make Random Tuesday Thoughts posts look like sane and organized well thought out posts. I love hearing about his life with Supreme Leader and his gorgeous little boys Connor and Liam. One of these days the boys are gonna come to my house and we are going to climb the trees in my back yard and watch the planes across the street.

2. One of my bloggy friends has now become an "in real life" friend. Not From Around Here is a fellow American Expat living over here in England. She and I met in real life a few weeks ago and have been like peas and carrots ever since. She is in one word awesome. We share the same love for so many things from Russian Literature, Sex and the City, Gone with the Wind, and so much more. We are just cut from the same cloth. I wish we could see each other everyday but because of her work schedule and my husband's travel schedule getting together for a face to face chat is sometimes difficult.

3. Mama Dawg is not only a great blogger, she is a good friend. She is smart, witty and just overall a really sweet person. Her daughter LOML is beautiful and growing into such a great little person and I credit that all to Mama Dawg. I can always count on Mama Dawg to send me a little pick me up note on twitter when I am having a rough day and that counts for a lot. Oh and she has awesome music taste as well.

4. So there is this crazy ass chick in Savannah, her name is Jess. I swear next time I am in Charleston I am taking the two hour drive down to Savannah to go and meet Jess, Larkin, and Bobby. They are my kind of people. Laid back and ready to sing karaoke. I am sure that pictures will end up on the Internet of me wandering down the Savannah river front with a cone on my head one day, but that's OK Jess. It will have been well worth it. ;)

5. OK so Larkin is getting two mentions in one post. She is awesome. She also has this ginormous cat that I am sure will one day eat her. She and Jess work at the same law firm down in Savannah and I love reading about all their antics together. I can't wait to meet her in person, and not in a crazy stalker way.

6. Have you guys met ChurchPunkMom? She and I have become really good friends via the blog world. Her 5 kids are always entertaining and her husband Aman is a really good guy. She home schools her kids and is very honest about how sometimes it isn't all unicorns and rainbows when you have so much responsibility on your plate. Sometimes I wished I lived in Iowa just so I could go and hang out at ChurchPunk Headquarters for a day.

7. My friend Irish Gumbo hasn't been around much in Bloggyland lately. He just got a new job with demanding hours and is going through some stuff in his personal life, it happens. He is still a gem of a writer and a great dad. You all should visit his site and put it into your reader. His writing will amaze you. While you are over there go through his archives and read all of his past posts, you will not be sorry you did so.

8. Last but certainly not least is Sammanthia. She is a riot to read and a really sweet person. Her stories about her boys and their antics are pure comedic gold. Her tweets on twitter make me laugh out loud and she has become one of my homegirls. Plus we both wrote about our lady bits on the same day, that has got to make us soul sisters.

So these are my nominees. Go read them, you won't be disappointed. To all my nominees, I love you, Man!

Thursday, May 21, 2009

A Tale of Caution

Ok, actually this just might be another chance for all of you guys to have a laugh at my expense. I may surprise all of you to know I was not an angel in high school. I did not come home on time, I did really stupid things like drinking beer underage, dating really questionable boys and lying to my mother. I never did homework at home (cause duh that is what the other class periods were for). I know all of this is shattering your dreams of me. I did however maintain really good grades, which saved my butt more than once in a pinch (because she's a good kid, never in trouble at school). Anyhoo out of all the stupid things I did, this is by FAR the stupidest thing I EVER did. No amount of good grades or teen aged smooth talking was gonna get me out of this one.

I guess I should start at the beginning for this doozy of a stunt. See I was a senior in high school, it was 1999 and I thought I was in-freakin-vincible. Now, I had never been one to skip school, if I didn't want to be there I just generally called my mom and made up a fake ailment so I could go home. Usually it worked. This day however, I just did not want to go to school. It was a nice day and I just could not see myself cooped up in a classroom. I was gonna skip. Now, my only problem was I had to drop off my brother and the exchange student who lived with us. I swore them to secrecy upon punishment to death on the way to school and then weaved my way past the barriers into the Senior Parking Lot and dropped them off. Then I turned up the music as loud as it would go in my dad's big red van and high tailed it out of the parking lot as fast as I could. I didn't even notice the van jostle to the side a bit.

When I got to my friends house (yeah she had skipped school as well but she didn't even make the effort to leave the house because he mom left for work at the butt crack of dawn and was already gone by the time she woke up), I got out of the car and for some reason walked to the passenger side. THEN I saw it. A HUGE dent that pretty much crushed in the entire sliding door of the big red van. Ho-ly shiiiiiiiiit! I am in so much trouble. How in the hell am I going to explain this one to my parents? They are going to kill me. See those barriers I had weaved through on the way into the Senior Parking Lot...well, apparently I didn't do such a good job weaving back out of them.

I went into panic mode. I went into my friends house and just sat there, almost catatonic. All I could think about is how my life was going to end for the foreseeable future. I had to make something up. They could NOT find out I skipped school. I needed a lie. A really really good lie.

I went home early that afternoon, before school had officially been let out because I was expected to be there (I didn't have afternoon classes), and waited for my mom to get home. She came down the road in her 1980 Triumph Spitfire and I prepared for the lie of my life. I showed my mom the dent on the side of the van and explained how I had come out of school that afternoon to find it like that.

"Well we need to call the police to make a report," she informed me.

Now, in my head I am saying every single cuss word known to man (and some I made up) and then I told her I didn't think we should. She insisted. Then she left to go make the call and then left to retrieve my brother and exchange student from school. This lie was about to take on a life of it's own.

On the way to the school she pondered where I had parked and how I had got this huge dent. Then she asked my brother where I had parked. He hesitated...cause technically I didn't park. Then he told her that he didn't remember. Then it clicked in her head. I hadn't parked at all. I hadn't been at school. Meanwhile I was sitting at home clueless and still reciting all the cuss words I knew at the time over and over and over again in my head.

The police man got there and I explained that I really didn't want to file a report and he became really insistent. Then I heard the unmistakable sound of my mom's car coming down the street. I got one good look at her. She was PISSED. I mean seriously, if blood could have shot out of her eyes from being pissed off, it would have been. She got out of the car and proceeded to chew my ass out about making false police reports. The police man then got in on the act and chewed my ass out about making false police reports. Remember *I* did not want to make the report. THEY wanted me to make the report. I was crying and carrying on. I then told my mom that I had skipped school but I was not going to tell her how the dent got onto the car. She assumed that one of my friends had backed into the van. The police man left and my mom proceeded to keep chewing me out. When my dad got home, he chewed me out. Oh Granny got in on the action as well. Everyone wanting me to tell how that dent got onto the side of the car. I wasn't budging.

That night I got ALL privileges taken from me. No car, phone, tv, radio, pager (we didn't have cell phones as teens back then), or computer. I was to come home and do my homework (which I never had because I had done it all at school) and then read in my room. The length of time? One month. I was in some serious crap. My life as a teen was pretty much over.

I survived the month. I actually finally told my mom exactly what happened when I was twenty one years old. She laughed at me. It is funny now, but at the time, I thought my life was going to be over.

(OH, and B, (my 16 year old cousin who reads this blog) see what happens when you skip school. Nothing good comes of it. Go to school, listen to your parents and for goodness sake be nice to your sister.)

*Also my Granny thanks all of you for the birthday wishes, but she wants you all to know even though she is now 70 years old that she could still run circles around us all.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Alright Blogger

Apparently my Wordless Wed post isn't showing up in some peoples dashboards. So it is up, just so you know. Blogger, get your act together!

Bookcase armchair - BIBLIOCHAISE From NoBodyandCo

Is a chair or is it a bookcase?

The Bibliochaise is both.. Very similar to the Ptolomeo Bookshelf which we blogged about before.

Nobodyandco make some great designs and are well worth checking out but the armchair caught my eye.

This would fit so well in a drawing room/library and could sit inbetween two Ptolomeo bookshelves and be an amazing feature.

Find out more about the Bibliochaise and other item from nobodyandco

Floating Bed Dylan from Cattelan Italia

The Dylan bed gives the allusion that the base of the bed is floating above the ground.

You have to look close to find the hidden legs that support the frame and base of the bed.

The photo to the left doesn't show the legs as I think is just covered by the white cover and the angel of the photo. The technical information show the legs in around about the covers position.

The white leather frame works so well within a white room as picture giving a clean and very modern and contemporary bedroom.

Find more items from Cattelan Italia

Read the spec about the Dylan bed here

Wordless Wednesday- Her Dad So Proud

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

SO IT BEGINS!

We started recording our first full length album this weekend!
Rob had his way with a grand piano and many pistachios were consumed.

Monday, May 18, 2009

BRING IT ON.

We haven't played any shows in the past couple months and we've got a bunch of new songs to show for it! Check 'em out at the following exciting live music events.

Summer is here - let's party!

Saturday May 23rd @ Sneaky Dee's (Toronto)
Over The Top Fest w/ Green Go, Shellshag (NY), Fiasco (NY), Bayonets.

Thursday May 28th @ The Ford Plant (Brantford)
Pitter Patter Fest w/ Raccoon Wedding, Archipelagos, Pants and Tie.

Friday May 29th @ The Montreal House (Peterborough)
Pitter Patter Fest w/ Great Bloomers, Wax Mannequin.

Friday June12th @ The Matty Eckler CRC (Toronto)
All Ages Show w/ Place Hands, The Rescue, Fall Of Heros.

Wednesday June 17th @ The Boat (Toronto)
w/ The Stolen Minks, B.A. Johnston.

Monday June 29th @ The Drake (Toronto)
w/ The Paper Chase (TX).

Random Tuesday Thoughts-Even I Don't Know Where I am Going with This One

Strap yourselves in, we're in for a bumpy ride. It is Tuesday *cue dramatic music* and you guys know what that means *Big Echoey Voice* time for Tuesday Random Thoughts! You guys can thank Keely the UnMom for this, my lovely bit of neurosis for the week.

Now, lets get started. On Monday my husband and I decided that they need to enact a DVLA (British DMV) close to the bases for stupid Americans (us) who are trying to renew their road tax. Yes, I know we can go renew at the post office, but not if the guy you bought the car from didn't do the paperwork correctly. Now we can't get our road tax disk for the next 2-4 weeks. Awesome.

As I was going to bed last night LaLa woke up and I thought she was having an asthma attack. She was doing this really croupy cough. It sounded like she was having a hard time to breath so I stuck her in the car and was going to take her to the ER on base. By the time we got there she had calmed down and quit with the cough. I decided to skip the ER and keep her home today. Today she is perfectly fine. She should have gone to school.

My mom sent me a bunch of pictures from my Granny's surprise birthday party. Four of my Gran's five sisters came down from North Carolina and hid at my Aunts house. My Mom tricked my Gran into thinking they were going to pick up my Aunt and go antique hunting. When they got there my Gran's sisters surprised her. Needless to say they did not go antiquing, they became the ladies who lunch and then go site seeing in Charleston, SC. Mom said Gran was stunned speechless, and that NEVER happens. Gran said it was one of her best birthdays ever.

Yesterday I witnessed the best melt down by a 5 year old E.V.E.R. I would tell you more, but it is going to be my guest post for Mama Dawg, while she is down at Disney.

I got Twitter back. It is like crack. I just don't sit on it as much as before.

My kids are walking around in costumes from Halloweens past. KiKi is in a bee costume. LaLa is in a unicorn costume. These costumes were originally LaLas costumes from when she was a year old and 2 years old. I have no idea how they can still get them to semi somewhat fit. A picture might be in order for this one.

Ok, I think I am done now. Carry on.

Things Overhead and Observed

KiKi whilst in the back seat of the car on the way to the indoor swimming pool- "You guys drive me crazy!"

A man and a lady shopping at the commissary-

Her- I nead one head of lettuce to shred for tacos and one bag of lettuce for salads."

Him obviously confused walked over to the heads of lettuce and picked up one "So one of these?"

Her- "Yes, do you understand what I am talking about?" Walks off without an answer

Him turning around towards the head of lettuce and half under his breath "Nope"

Poor chunky kid at the swimming pool...in a speedo. He couldn't get onto the inflatable obstacle course and none of the other children would help him up.

I was changing KiKi's diaper on Thursday night and she was lying down and I was leaning over her with my butt kinda up in the air. Well LaLa decided to kick my butt. Only she didn't kick me in the butt. "Hey, Mom, I'm kicking your butt!!" "Ummm, that isn't exactly my butt!" She kicked me in the va-jay-jay three times.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Because you guys asked...

Yesterday, due to all the questions I received about what mums in England wear to drop their kids off to school, I wrote this post for the other blog I write for, Expat Mums Blog. So if you want to know the differences in appearance between American moms and British mums, head over there and read!

Go. Now. Please. That is all.

SHOW HISTORY

2010

01/23/2010 - Teranga, Toronto w/ Terror Lake, The Meat, Wild Boar.
03/26/2010 - The Garrison, Toronto w/ Magic Markers, Rat Tail.
04/13/2010 - The Garrison, Toronto w/ Best Coast.
07/20/2010 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto NXNE w/ Ancestors, Invasions.

2009

01/15/2009 - El Mocambo, Toronto w/ Pace the Stairs, Dance Electric.

02/13/2009 - The Atria, Oshawa w/ Ancestors, Micronite Filters.

03/05/2009 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ We Take Lovers, Buckets Of.

05/23/2009 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ Shellshag, Fiasco, Green Go (Over the Top Fest).

05/28/2009 - The Ford Plant, Brantford w/ Pants and Tie.

05/29/2009 - The Montreal House, Peterborough w/ Great Bloomers.

06/12/2009 - Matt Eckler Community Center, Toronto w/ Place Hands.

06/17/2009 - The Boat, Toronto w/ The Stolen Minks, BA Johnston, Real Cops.

06/29/2009 - The Drake, Toronto w/ The Paper Chase.
07/06/2009 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ Pacific Trash Vortex, Bagtag, Rattail.
12/30/2009 - The Garrison, Toronto Boxing Day Special Fest w/ Pony Da Look, Rat Tail, I Love You Too's.

2008

01/25/2008 - Pepperjack's Cafe, Hamilton. Joel Elliot's CD release show w/ Neil Haverty.
02/29/08 - Terranga, Toronto. Haggard Beast 12inch Release Party w/ Hot Monogamy, Lunchmeat.
04/03/2008 - The Savannah Room, Toronto. Wells' Birthday Show w/ Buckets Of, Hot Kid.
04/05/2008 - University Of Windsor. Smash The Glass Fundraiser w/ Buckets Of, Hot Monogamy, The Nice Device.
05/11/2008 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto. Wavelength w/ Orn.
06/14/2008 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto. NXNE w/ Monotonix
06/23/2008 - Gladstone Hotel, Toronto. GentlemenFest w/ Place Hands, Tradition.
07/17/2008 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ We Take Lovers, Femme Generation.
08/30/2008 - L'Escogriffe, Montreal w/ The Stolen Minks, Greg Cocaine.
08/30/2008 - House Show, Ottawa w/ The Stolen Minks, The Weathermakers.
09/04/2008 - Jimmy Jazz, Guelph w/ The Stolen Minks, The MEAT.
09/05/2008 - Casbah Lounge, Hamilton w/ The Stolen Minks.
09/06/2008 - Call the Office, London w/ The Stolen Minks, The Can Too's.
09/07/2008 - The Merchant Ale House, St. Catherines w/ The Stolen Minks.
09/10/2008 - The Spill, Peterborough w/ The Stolen Minks, Fire Flower Review.
09/11/2008 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto. TW/BS EP Release w/ The Stolen Minks, Brides.
10/18/2008 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ sBACH, Huckleberry Friends.

12/05/2008 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ Lunchmeat, Dead Messenger.

12/19/2008 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ We Take Lovers, Pants and Tie, Proof of Ghosts, CITUS, more (Covers for Cans)

2007

10/02/2007 - Salem's Loft, Toronto. Wavelength Anniversary w/ Think About Life, Animal Monster, The Winks, Drumheller, DJ Goinsteady.
08/03/2007 - Waterloo Campus Bar, Waterloo. Women's Week Fundraiser w/ Galaxy, Emm Gryner.
23/03/2007 - Concord Cafe, Toronto. ICE AGE + Movement EP release w/ The Creeping Nobodies, The Sharp Tongues, Huckleberry Friends, DJ Dan Vila.
06/04/2007 - Silver Dollar, Toronto. The Patients CD Release w/ Hot Monogamy.
10/05/2007 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ We Take Lovers, Pants and Tie, Wordburglar.
17/05/2007 - One World Cafe, Halifax NS. All ages w/ The Stance
18/05/2007 - Gus' Pub, Halifax NS w/ The Stance, The Stolen Minks.
19/05/2007 - The Reading Well Bookstore, Charlottetown PEI. All Ages With The Stolen Minks, Andrew Murray, The Barnkats.
19/05/2007 - Baba's, Charlottetown PEI w/ The Stolen Minks,Smothered in Hugs.
20/05/2007 - Vixen's, Fredericton, NB w/ The Stolen Minks.
03/06/2007 - Lee's Palace, Toronto w/ Loney Dear.
04/06/2007 - The Underground, Hamilton w/ The Patients, Ladyfingers.
15/06/2007 - Gladstone, Toronto. CIUT 20th Anniversary Party.
30/06/2007 - Schoolhouse Volume 2, Chatham w/ Ancestors, Lunchmeat.
21/07/2007 - Irenes Pub, Ottawa w/ The Stolen Minks, Play Guitar, Captain Foxy.
31/07/2007 - The Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto. Bizzare Celebration Event - The Office Christmas Party.
03/08/2007 - Duke of Marlborough, Missisauga. Beating Heart Festival After-Party w/ ARCS, False Heroics.
11/08/2007 - Dufferin Grove Park, Toronto. ALLCAPS! Outdoor Show w/ Germans, John Kameel Farah, Bruce Penninsula, more.
16/08/2007 - Call the Office, London w/ The Stolen Minks, Katie Stelmanis.
17/08/2007 - 130 King The Trepid House/Pirate Bordello, Waterloo w/ The Stolen Minks, Katie Stelmanis.
18/08/2007 - Velvet Elvis, Oshawa w/ The Stolen Minks.
25/08/2007 - Turple's Apartment, Brantford w/ Sailboats Are White, The Sharp Tongues, Dead Love Traingles, Pants and Tie.
12/09/2007 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ Numbers, The Sharp Tongues.

2006

19/01/2006 - The Boat, Toronto w/ The Ghost is Dancing (CD release), Rock Plaza Central.
06/02/2006 - The Silver Dollar, Toronto w/ 100% Wool, The Patients, Broken Tree Fort.
05/03/2006 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto. Wavelength w/ Books On Tape, The Airfields.
08/04/2006 - The Hooch, Toronto w/ Ca Va Mal, Bocce, Shapes and Sizes.
12/05/2006 - The Boat, Toronto. Ford Plant Fundraiser w/ Henri and The Adorables, The Miles.
22/06/2006 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto. Kickball Fundraiser w/ The Ghost is Dancing.
08/07/2006 - The Drake, Toronto. ALL CAPS! w/ The Phonemes, Robocop.
21/07/2006 - Schoohouse, Chatham w/ Lunchmeat, Ancestors.
22/07/2006 - The Last Drop, London w/ Lunchmeat, Ancestors.
23/07/2006 - The Ford Plant, Brantford. Matinee w/ Sailboats Are White, Bronx Cheerleader.
18/08/2006 - Live on Daria's Radio Show CHRY 105.5 FM, Toronto.
23/09/2006 - House Party, Toronto. Bag-O-Dicks! AKA Ryan Mounseys CD Release.
01/10/2006 - Rancho Relaxo, Toronto w/ Facing New York, The Inflation Kills, Royal School Series.
19/10/2006 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto. Galaxy EP release w/ Dads, Librarian's Touch.
03/11/2006 - Silver Dollar, Toronto w/ Ancestors, The Sharp Tongues, Lunchmeat.

2005

19/01/2005 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ Cougar Party, The Good Ideas, 9am Social, DJ Alan.
17/02/2005 - The Poor Alex, Toronto. Pitter Patter Nights w/ The Department of Foreign Affairs, Good People.
01/03/2005 - The 360, Toronto. Laundromat 6 w/ Royal Wood, The Sketchersons.
12/03/2005 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ The Diableros, Grassy Knoll and The Magic Bullet Band.
01/04/2005 - Healy's, Toronto w/ And The Vinyl.
15/04/2005 - Rancho Relaxo, Toronto. We Like Accidents! EP Release.
12/05/2005 - The Silver Dollar, Toronto w/ Sweet Thing, Permafrown.
22/05/2005 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ Carol Pope.
16/06/2005 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ The Ghost is Dancing, Henri and the Adorables, DJ Axewoundthegash.
25/06/2005 - The Riot House, Toronto w/ Sailboats Are White, Rock Lobster Tokyo, Lunchmeat, Nick Flanagan.
09/07/2005 - Lounge 88, Toronto w/ Millions Of Cats That Turned On Thier Masters, The Bicycles.
14/07/2005 - The Silver Dollar, Toronto w/ Spitfires and Mayflowers, The October Guard.
10/08/2005 - Rancho Relaxo, Toronto w/ Kickers, Galaxy.
20/08/2005 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto. Interval House Fundraiser w/ Cougar Party, Scandalnavia, Dance Yourself To Death, Galaxy.
31/08/2005 - The Drake, Toronto w/ Dance Yourself To Death, Hunter Valentine.
07/09/2005 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ Moggs.
25/09/2005 - The Polish Legion Hall, Toronto. Video Fundraiser w/ Lenin I Shumov, Germans.
01/10/2005 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ With Weird War, Republic of Safety.
02/11/2005 - The Embassy, Toronto w/ Henri & The Adorables, Spiral Beach.
11/11/2005 - O'Grady's, Toronto w/ Spitfires and Mayflowers, Immaculate Machine.
12/11/2005 - The Boat, Toronto. Honest Ed's Fashion Show w/ N!fty, Nick Flanagan.
08/12/2005 - Sneaky Dee's, Toronto w/ Kiss Me Deadly, 10000 Watt Head, Lipstick Machine.
20/12/2005 - Rancho Relaxo, Toronto. Bake Off w/ Henri and the Adorables, Laura Barrett, the Holiday Choir.

2004

03/11/2004 - Rancho Relaxo, Toronto w/ The Marauder, Galaxy, Boyfriend Material.
28/11/2004 Sneaky Dees, Toronto. Wavelength w/ The Diableros
03/12/2004 The 360, Toronto w/ The Spitfires and Mayflowers, The Bicycles, Honey Dear.
04/12/2004 - The Rivoli, Toronto. Pedal to the Metal 2 Craft Fair w/ The Pauls.

Because I don't have Twitter...

I don't have a place to place my mind junk. HA! That is why I have a blog! So here is some of my mind junk and no this is not a random tuesday post because it is all related to what I would have twittered about this week. I am going to write these all in twitter fashion as well...less than 140 characters (give or take).

- I dare you to find an English mum dropping her kids off in jeans, t-shirt and trainers. It

doesn't happen.

- It is finally raining in England. Who thought I would EVER say that?

- On a mission to rescue my garden. I think I might have saved the pansies.

(as in the type flowers)(not calling my garden a pansie) (cause that would just be mean!)(it is more of a sissy anyway)(yes I know sissy isn't a PC term)

- I am rearranging furniture. See what happens when I don't have twitter!

- My sister in law is gonna have a baby!!!!!!

- Moved my desk into the living room. Behind the love seat. Not sure if I like it or not.

- Who wants to do my laundry? Any volunteers? Anyone?

See! I don't miss twitter at all.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

BAOBAB Tree Coat hanger From MDF Italia

The Baobab Coat hanger designed for MDF Italia is an undulated trunk and a crown of irregular branches.

The idea comes from nature. The coat is made to look like a tree with a trunk as its main body and a few branches on the top to allow you to hand a coat and alike.

This coat hanger would look great in the home as a feature to a entrance hall but would look like the image great as a feature along a hall way in a office with multi "trees" outside each office bringing a bit of nature in a working place whilst keeping a desinger contemporary feel.

Find out more about the coat hanger and MDF Italia

PMS and other stuff

This was me yesterday.

After cleaning the house from top to bottom (including mopping the kitchen and scrubbing toilets...well the toilets that haven't been shattered by my terrorist cat) I told LaLa "Do NOT make a mess!" The first thing she did when she got home was ask for a snack, then she proceeded to throw the wrapper on the floor. I burst into tears. Irrational? Probably.

Conversation from last night while I was trying to get LaLa in bed:

Me- Hey kid, time for bed.

LaLa- I don't want to go to bed.

Me- Don't you want to go to school?

Her- umm yes. I mean no!

Me- It was a rhetorical question, get your PJ's on.

Her- What is rhetorical?

Me- It means it doesn't matter what your answer was, you're still going to bed.

Motherly teaching at it's finest I tell you!!

I just had a cheesey chicken burrito for breakfast. Don't judge me people.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Dedon Phoenix Sofa and Coffee table - Outdoor Furniture

Got a place over looking the sea? Well dedon outdoor furniture is the only answer..

The phoenix range looks as if it made of carbon fiber, and is called the "carbon finish".

The photo shows off the range in situation with two dedon 2-seater sofas and a and a dedon phoenix coffee table.

The Phoenix range is designed by Nicolas Thomkins whom also design the Yin Yang which we have blogged about before here: http://modern-designer-furniture.blogspot.com/2009/04/dedon-yin-yang-garden-furniture.html

Find out more about Dedon

Wordless Wednesday- Interesting Pubs 1

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Skyscraper Magazine.

Scanned from Skyscraper #25
Summer 2007

Charles sofa From B&B Italia

Designed by no other than Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia the Charles Sofa is one of the most famous sofas in the world.

The charles is a massive range with the photo show a L shaped sofa but the array of options allows this sofa to fit any home or office.

Your very likely to of seen the charles sofa on many a TV show due to the array of formations you make the sofa let alone all the classic and modern and contemporary fabrics the B&B Italia offer.

Simple classic and refined..

Find out more about the Charles sofa from B&B Italia.

BIO

The Guest Bedroom are a 4 piece rock band from Toronto. Urgent and dramatic in tone, their songs are prone to swift changes in direction, often simultaneously adorned by offbeat hooks and outbursts of nervous tension. “Though their music is fairly aggressive, it never stops being fun, and even though it’s fun, it’s always emotionally rewarding.” (Skyscraper Magazine)

Formed in 2004, they've retained 3 of their 4 founding members: Sandi Falconer (guitar/vocals), Rob Castle (keys), and Tim Smith (drums). Late last year they added James Allan Toth (guitar/bass), who had started working with the band in the studio recording their upcoming release, only later to join in full time.

Historically speaking, The Guest Bedrooms 2008 release Treading Water Blowing Smoke found them “adding an interestingly proggy element to their sound.” At just under 20 minutes the EP “veers wildly between abrasive to catchy and back again, but they do it in a way that never fails to be completely listenable.” (Chart Magazine) Their two releases prior to that (Movement and We Like Accidents!) both sold out of their limited runs, received enthusiastic reviews, and charted on Earshot’s campus top 50. TGB have shared the stage with such bands as Magic Markers, Best Coast, Weird War, The Paper Chase, Monotonix, Think About Life, Numbers, and more.

Their upcoming full length A Year’s Supply Of Rabbit’s Feet will be released by Popsick Records on November 19th, 2010. At 11 songs in length, the album is darker and more deliberate than previous releases, and sees the band further experimenting with dynamics. A Year's Supply Of Rabbit's Feet continues with the pummelling, angular tracks that are TGB’s signature (“Kingdom”, “Ugly Thoughts” and “Thread”), but this time around they’ve also experimented with some more subdued, melodic instrumentation (“Dead Ends” and “Pulling Teeth”).

Discography
2010 - A Year’s Supply Of Rabbit’s Feet / Popsick Records
2008 - Treading Water Blowing Smoke EP / Popsick Records
2007 - Movement EP / Self Release
2006 - Tight 3inch Single / Self Release
2005 - We Like Accidents! EP / Self Release

Compilations
2008 - “Sleepers” - Fuck You Toronto Compilation / Haggard Beast Records

Videography
2006 - “No Thief” - Directed by Scott Cudmore

Random Tuesday Thoughts

Ahhhhhhh Tuesday. The day I get to mind dump upon the interwebz. My little slice of crazy set forth upon you, my loyal reader. You can thank Keely for this.

We had a stomach virus at the Bungalow the past few days. LaLa got it Saturday night, which shot my Mother's Day. Then KiKi and The Man came down with it on Monday, which shot my anniversary. Such is life.

It is kinda funny when a kid pukes on their father. Not because the kid puked because that is just sad, but the look on the dad- priceless.

A two year old is incapable of letting you know before they toss cookies. The best warning I got was a little cough before the storm.

A five year old will milk a tummy ache for days if you will let them. Even when you know they are not sick anymore they will try to pull the pity card.

A 29 year old man is worse than a two year old when he is sick. He wants to make sure everyone in the house knows he is sick.

I swear if I get sick now I am gonna make sure everyone knows it and babies me. Oh wait nevermind, Moms don't get sick days.

Twitter is a time suck. I got rid of it. I kinda miss it, but not enough to sign up for it again.

It is almost time for LaLa to get out of school for her week long half term break. I need to think of something fun for us girls to do while she is out of school for that week. Any suggestions are welcome.

I have decided that gardening is for people who don't have kids. Or if they do have kids it is for people who's kids like to help them in the garden. If their kids don't like to help with the garden than they must have a spouse who likes to help them garden. I have decided this because most of the plants I planted earlier in the spring have died. It might be because I didn't water them enough. Either that or they have some sort of zombie virus. I am putting my money on the zombie virus, cause surely my gardening skills are unquestionable.

Donkey with his head stuck.

(Don't worry he got it back out after about 5 min of struggle)

Monday, May 11, 2009

7 Years

Seven years ago I donned a white gown and walked down the aisle at St. Luke's Chapel (on the Medical University of South Carolina's campus) and married The Man.

I was twenty one years old and I had no idea of where this one act would take me. I just knew I was in love and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with The Man. Looking back now, I wouldn't change a thing.

So on my anniversary here is a list of things my marriage has had in store for me. Starting from the beginning-

- One big fat huge wedding.

- One night at the Folly Beach Holiday Inn (where every room has a beach front view)

- One honeymoon to the Bahamas

- One military enlistment.

- One transcontinental flight

- Two beautiful children

- Three states to be lived in (SC, TX, MO)

- Two countries to be lived in (USA, UK)

- 10,000 disagreements

- 10,000 make ups

- 500,000 inside jokes

- 1,000,0000 laughs

and more love than I could even try to quantify.

Happy Anniversary to The Man. May the next seven years have just as many laughs, inside jokes and love. I love you (even if sometimes I am a pain in the ass and don't show it).

Friday, May 8, 2009

Attention Advertisers

I know PR people have a hard time with their job. They have to search out places to place their ads and don't have a lot of time to do it. That being said, listen up PR people, if you have not READ my site, don't pretend you have and send me requests to place ads here. One of the first rules of marketing is to know your intended audience. If you have not read my site, how would you know if your product is right for here? Actually if you have looked at my site for more than two seconds you would see that I have a marked absence of ads on my site. I don't even have AdSense for goodness sake. I feel no need to junk up my side bar for seventeen cents and a stick of gum.

Second of all my audience isn't just the people who comment here. My grandmother reads this site, as do two of my aunts, my 16 year old male cousin and my mother's entire office (Hi, Dr. P!) Now, really, some of the ads that have been requested of me to put up on my site are just not family friendly. Others are for sites that are just pure crap (seriously one was for a web design site and seriously I could have designed their website better than they did). Some emails I have received didn't even say what the product was (yeah, cause I am just going to blindly agree).

I also will not do solicited reviews. I know that there is money to be made here (or at least a product to be had), but I don't feel that if I have been given money or the actual product that I could be unbiased. If I didn't like the product I would be feel compelled to lie or stretch the truth in favor of the product. I think my readers deserve more than that. I have in the past done reviews of products, but they were completely unsolicited. I didn't receive anything in return (hell, I don't even know if the companies know I exist).

I did one for Sol-U-Mel. I have a link at the bottom of my page for Badass Designs (owned by Badass Geek), who designed my site. I love Mama Dawg's etsy shop (for all your jewelry and lanyard needs). I also won a beautiful photograph from my buddy Michelle, who has her own photography shop as well.

That being said. I WILL NOT endorse a product that I haven't myself used or don't think is absolutely fabulous. I will not take money or a product in exchange for a review. Don't junk up my email trying to get me to hawk your goods. It won't happen. It is a waste of my time and your time.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Perception

It is spring in England, or well I am told that it is spring. The flowers are blooming. I guess that means it is spring. We get some nice days where the sun in shining and it is a nice 70 degrees F outside. For the past couple days it has been dreary. OK the sun did come out for a bit yesterday but the wind outside made it so chilly that I didn't want to spend much time outside. I let the girls play for about an hour then I had to go inside. It was just too cold.

I have noticed however that temperature is relative. What is freezing to me is balmy to the English. An example of this: Last week when we were having lovely weather, not hot, not cold, just pleasant, I had an English friend of mine complain about how hot it was. It was maybe 70 degrees. Now to me, hot it 95 degrees in the shade and it being so hot that your eyelids are sweating. Oh you didn't know that your eyelids can sweat? Well they can. Live in the deep south of the US and you will experience it more than once. Actually you might experience it every single day in August.

The English friend then commented about how his nephew and him had gone swimming in their backyard pool over the weekend. Swimming? It isn't hot enough for swimming! You go swimming when it is so hot that your skin is about to boil off. If you go swimming now you will catch a chill! My perception, yet again. I however have been informed that it does not get "hot" here and there is little chance that my skin will boil off and my eyelids will certainly not sweat.

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