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April 1, 2015
Spring 2003, suburban Burlington VermontAfter leaving my rare...

Spring 2003, suburban Burlington Vermont
After leaving my rare blue 1979 Toyota pickup parked under a New Hampshire snowdrift for the winter, I returned from Norway to reclaim my things and tour around a little in the late spring of 2003. The self-done canopy job had leaked during the slow thaw and my bed was moldy and my books were wet. I threw the moldy mattress away in a mall dumpster and bought a lawn chair pad from a thrift store to sleep on for the next few months of choice truck homelessness. One of the first shows was in Burlington Vermont and I was hosted to sleep at a nice normal house in the suburbs. In the morning I took the opportunity to air out my things and my self in the sun. I propped my books against the garage door to maximize sun coverage. I wore the thinnest hospital scrubs. Sun bath.
The books, left to right, are:
• My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir
• (face down) Japanese phrase book
• (beneath that) Tolstoy And His Wife by Tikhon Polner
• Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
• Dōgen’s Manuals of Zen Meditation
• Japanese kanji guide
• The Myth of Freedom by Chögyam Trungpa
• The Pathless Way, John Muir and American Wilderness by Michael P. Cohen
• Japanese for Busy People
• unknown
• unknown
• Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
• The Universe, an 1800s science encyclopedia
• unknown
• Macbeth by William Shakespeare
• Water Babies by Charles Kingsley (1901 edition)
• (open on ground) Kodansha’s Japanese/English dictionary
• unknown
• (on ground) unknown
• Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
March 3, 2015
“WRECKED FAERINGS”Water Activated Designer Packing...

“WRECKED FAERINGS”
Water Activated Designer Packing Tape #5, by Phil Elverum
limited edition of 20, for sale now:
February 6, 2015
ncascades:Here are maps by Seattle mapmaker and urban planner...



Here are maps by Seattle mapmaker and urban planner Jeffrey Linn that show “what coastal cities would (will) look like if (when) all the ice caps melt, and the seas rise roughly 80 meters, or 260 feet.” Found on Grist: http://grist.org/cities/heres-what-your-city-will-look-like-when-the-ice-sheets-melt/
February 4, 2015
Around 1995 I had a short lived zine review column in my local...

Around 1995 I had a short lived zine review column in my local paper.
January 31, 2015
Four bonus demos to Sauna by Mount Eerie (that also appear on...

Four bonus demos to Sauna by Mount Eerie (that also appear on the Japanese import CD) are pre-orderable now.
ART SHOW:now through Feb. 2015- Anacortes, Wash- at Industrious...

ART SHOW:
now through Feb. 2015- Anacortes, Wash- at Industrious Industries, 1005 8th St., the original artwork for “Sauna” by Mount Eerie hangs on the wall. You
can come and see it and get served a very fine coffee M-F, 9am to 5pm
January 27, 2015
cequisetrouve:
“FLEUVE” est disponible dès...



“FLEUVE” est disponible dès maintenant.
Il est de ces nostalgies où le grand manque ressenti est pour un certain endroit à une certaine époque, quelque chose qui n’existe plus, qu’on ne pourra plus jamais revivre. “Fleuve”, le nouveau disque de Ô PAON, s’inspire en partie de cette nostalgie: les hivers froids où il y avait beaucoup ne neige, les moments passés seule à la maison à réfléchir sur son lit, ou les longues marches dans les banlieues de Montréal au temps où il fallait utiliser un téléphone public pour contacter ses proches.
Le “fleuve” en question est bien entendu le fleuve Saint-Laurent.
Ce genre d’album-concept commence à l’adolescence, on y rencontre en chemin de jeunes fugueurs, et l’histoire se termine avec le retour au Québec d’une narratrice nerveuse de se sentir différente, à un point tel qu’elle ne se reconnaît plus, qu’elle ne sait plus comment trouver sa place dans la société qui l’a élevée.
Sur ce disque, Ô PAON (Geneviève), montre ses influences de façon plus intentionnelle qu’auparavant. Les guitares sont électrifiées et distordues, on y reconnaît les textures de cette époque pré-internet mentionnée ci-haut. Comme sur les autres disques de Ö PAON, les paroles sont le résultat d’un mélange de colère et de frustration. Geneviève adresse directement son sentiment d’impuissance face aux politiques des gouvernements canadien et québécois. Elle demeure présentement aux États-Unis, elle a perdu son droit de vote et elle ne sait pas quand elle reviendra habiter dans son pays natal.
“Fleuve” est une lettre d’amour écrite à quelqu’un qui nous énerve.
L’album a été enregistré à Anacortes (dans l’État de Washington), dans une ancienne église catholique à la fin du mois d’octobre et au début du mois de novembre 2013 avec l’Australien Gus Franklin (avec qui Ô PAON avait travaillé sur Quatorze/Quinze Ans).
Personnel:
Geneviève: guitares, basse, orgue, mellotron, voix.
Gus Franklin: synthétiseurs, mellotron, percussions, batterie.
Lori Goldston: violoncelle.
Nick Krgovich: voix.
Achetez-le ici maintenant.
***
“FLEUVE” is available now.
There is a type of nostalgia where the yearning is for a certain place at a certain time, something which no longer exists, something you’ll never be able to re-live. “Fleuve”, the new record by Ô PAON, is partially inspired by this very nostalgia: the cold winters when there would be a lot of snow, the times spent alone at home pondering while lying on your bed, or the long walks in the suburbs of Montréal in a time when you had to use a payphone to contact your people.
The “fleuve” (river) we are talking about here is obviously the Saint-Lawrence River.
This sort of concept album starts off in adolescence, along the way we encounter young runaways, the story ends with the Québec homecoming of a narrator who is nervous about feeling so different that she is completely alienated by it, she doesn’t know what role to play in the society which raised her.
On this record, Ô PAON (Geneviève), shows her influences more intentionally than ever. The guitars are electrified and distorted, we recognize the textures of the pre-internet era mentioned above. Just like on previous Ô PAON records, the lyrics are the result of a mix of anger and frustration. Geneviève addresses directly her feelings of powerlessness when faced with the politics of Canada’s and Québec’s respective governments. She is now living in the United-States, she has lost her right to vote and doesn’t know when she’ll come back to live in her home country.
“Fleuve” is a love letter written to someone who annoys you.
The album was recorded in Anacortes, Washington, in an old catholic church at the end of October and beginning of November 2013 with Australian friend Gus Franklin (with whom Ô PAON had worked on Quatorze/Quinze Ans).
Personnel:
Geneviève: guitars, bass, organ, mellotron, voice.
Gus Franklin: synthesizers, mellotron, percussions, drums.
Lori Goldston: cello
Nick Krgovich: voice
Buy it here now.
cequisetrouve:
"FLEUVE" est disponible dès maintenant.
Il est...



"FLEUVE" est disponible dès maintenant.
Il est de ces nostalgies où le grand manque ressenti est pour un certain endroit à une certaine époque, quelque chose qui n’existe plus, qu’on ne pourra plus jamais revivre. “Fleuve”, le nouveau disque de Ô PAON, s’inspire en partie de cette nostalgie: les hivers froids où il y avait beaucoup ne neige, les moments passés seule à la maison à réfléchir sur son lit, ou les longues marches dans les banlieues de Montréal au temps où il fallait utiliser un téléphone public pour contacter ses proches.
Le “fleuve” en question est bien entendu le fleuve Saint-Laurent.
Ce genre d’album-concept commence à l’adolescence, on y rencontre en chemin de jeunes fugueurs, et l’histoire se termine avec le retour au Québec d’une narratrice nerveuse de se sentir différente, à un point tel qu’elle ne se reconnaît plus, qu’elle ne sait plus comment trouver sa place dans la société qui l’a élevée.
Sur ce disque, Ô PAON (Geneviève), montre ses influences de façon plus intentionnelle qu’auparavant. Les guitares sont électrifiées et distordues, on y reconnaît les textures de cette époque pré-internet mentionnée ci-haut. Comme sur les autres disques de Ö PAON, les paroles sont le résultat d’un mélange de colère et de frustration. Geneviève adresse directement son sentiment d’impuissance face aux politiques des gouvernements canadien et québécois. Elle demeure présentement aux États-Unis, elle a perdu son droit de vote et elle ne sait pas quand elle reviendra habiter dans son pays natal.
"Fleuve" est une lettre d’amour écrite à quelqu’un qui nous énerve.
L’album a été enregistré à Anacortes (dans l’État de Washington), dans une ancienne église catholique à la fin du mois d’octobre et au début du mois de novembre 2013 avec l’Australien Gus Franklin (avec qui Ô PAON avait travaillé sur Quatorze/Quinze Ans).
Personnel:
Geneviève: guitares, basse, orgue, mellotron, voix.
Gus Franklin: synthétiseurs, mellotron, percussions, batterie.
Lori Goldston: violoncelle.
Nick Krgovich: voix.
Achetez-le ici maintenant.
***
"FLEUVE" is available now.
There is a type of nostalgia where the yearning is for a certain place at a certain time, something which no longer exists, something you’ll never be able to re-live. “Fleuve”, the new record by Ô PAON, is partially inspired by this very nostalgia: the cold winters when there would be a lot of snow, the times spent alone at home pondering while lying on your bed, or the long walks in the suburbs of Montréal in a time when you had to use a payphone to contact your people.
The “fleuve” (river) we are talking about here is obviously the Saint-Lawrence River.
This sort of concept album starts off in adolescence, along the way we encounter young runaways, the story ends with the Québec homecoming of a narrator who is nervous about feeling so different that she is completely alienated by it, she doesn’t know what role to play in the society which raised her.
On this record, Ô PAON (Geneviève), shows her influences more intentionally than ever. The guitars are electrified and distorted, we recognize the textures of the pre-internet era mentioned above. Just like on previous Ô PAON records, the lyrics are the result of a mix of anger and frustration. Geneviève addresses directly her feelings of powerlessness when faced with the politics of Canada’s and Québec’s respective governments. She is now living in the United-States, she has lost her right to vote and doesn’t know when she’ll come back to live in her home country.
"Fleuve" is a love letter written to someone who annoys you.
The album was recorded in Anacortes, Washington, in an old catholic church at the end of October and beginning of November 2013 with Australian friend Gus Franklin (with whom Ô PAON had worked on Quatorze/Quinze Ans).
Personnel:
Geneviève: guitars, bass, organ, mellotron, voice.
Gus Franklin: synthesizers, mellotron, percussions, drums.
Lori Goldston: cello
Nick Krgovich: voice
Buy it here now.
Viking's Choice: Ô Paon, 'Fille Tannée/Fille Tendue'
Geneviève Castrée says the restlessly icy song was inspired by the Québec punk bands she loved as a teen. “I believe in having a future without forgetting who you really are at the core,” she says.
January 25, 2015
Rough storyboard ideas for the “SAUNA“ video, by Mount...
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