paul anthony’s talent time
Monday, August 30, 2010
hey folks! the Vancouver Complaints Choir will be at Paul Anthony’s Talent Time at the Biltmore this wednesday. fun.
woo
Saturday, August 28, 2010
my friend quinne sent me this emily carr drawing, and i pass it along to you.
give the people what they want
Sunday, August 15, 2010
once again, i notice that searches for “weasels” are being led to my site. i fully encourage this! more weasels for you.
cartographies
Monday, July 26, 2010
hello friends
as i’m sure you’ve noticed, i’m staying pretty far away from the computer this summer. doing my best, anyway. but i couldn’t help posting this: cartographies is now online as individual pieces. this is an incredible film project by brian johnson and leah mallen; a series of creative film portraits of vancouver artists. they shot me in the woods with my piano, and i really love it. and so many other great pieces! go spend some time and have a look.
gigi
Saturday, June 19, 2010
the gigi record is finally out on tomlab records. i had a small part in this massive band, masterminded by nick krgovich and colin stewart. a fantastic record, 4 years in the making with a cast of thousands.
complaints choir takes vancouver
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
a bit of vancouver, at least. we had a grand day. menaced by security guards at waterfront station, followed by rabid fans, burnt by the brilliant sun. here is a video of our art gallery performance:
complaints choir at the art gallery
giorgio is working on an edited video of all 4 performances. i’ll post it when it’s up. and here are the lyrics, for those who want to sing along:
Vancouver Complaints Choir in the year two thousand and ten
This song contains foul language.
what the fuck gordon, what the fuck?
why is a person with a car more important than a person with a bike.
where are my kids going to live
what do you mean i should nurse the baby in the bathroom?
Complaining is for whiners
don’t get me started
I have to get up way too early
People don’t know how to right hand signal on their bikes.
I cannot buy beer or wine in the grocery store
there is a crow who thinks it’s okay to bring a half eaten wiener into my room.
Hst! Hst! Hst! Hst!
hst increases taxes and my wages stay the same
I’d like to loudly complain
about MLAs who give themselves big raises
if you want to cut then roll back your salaries first.
my complaint is all the complainers
nobody seems truly happy
i also don’t like:
plant theft
the lack of good venues
main street hipsters
“vintage” clothes that were truly butt-ugly the first time around
homelessness, crappy SRO’s, and rich NIMBY jerks
kitsilano body beautiful
AND that at joe’s grill
a slice of tomato on your grilled cheese
costs as much as a slice of bacon or ham
don’t get me started….;-)
don’t get me started
don’t get me started
don’t get me started
The Olympics made everyone crazy (go Canada go Canada go Canada go)
White subtitles make me crazy (guh cucucu guh cucucu guh cucucu guh)
My husband drums ALL THE TIME it drives me crazy
sometimes people think it’s fine
to leave their used condoms in our garden.
It’s not fine.
people on the bus try to get up on you
the smell of urine mixed with perfume on the bus.
on the bus no one talks to me
the number 20
the number 20
the #20 bus is the most useless bus in the universe.
The schedule is a farce, a farce
just start walking, you will get there faster
in the bitter cold it will drive right past you
then it stops two blocks from where you got on and stays there till your brain explodes.
Granville Street! Granville Street! I HATE Granville Street! What did they do to Granville Street? Bring back Granville Street!
Granville Street! Granville Street! I HATE Granville Street! What did they do to Granville Street? Bring back Granville Street!
Granville Street! Granville Street! I HATE Granville Street! What did they do to Granville Street? Bring back Granville Street!
Who thought dead tree’s were a good idea?!
Drunk jocks on Granville Street!
Bring back the greasy haired punks, the pot smokers!
The homeless Thunderdome kids!
It’s an apocalypse!
I am a 37 yr old woman. I have had two hundred and ninety periods.
Two hundred and ninety periods
I call BULLSHIT!
BULLSHIT!!!
I can’t stand 30 days of rain
I got into grad school but I cannot get a loan!
I will never be able to afford a house in vancouver
I will never be able to afford a house in vancouver
Cheap housing means living with rats, fraying wires,
and a furnace that could blow at any time.
In all my travels,
I have never come across a people
who whine more about money than Canadians
Don’t get me started
Don’t get me started
Don’t get me started
Don’t get me started (repeat this chorus under the next verse)
One of my biggest complaints is how noisy restaurants are.
You can’t have a quiet conversation anywhere it seems.
I blame the young people.
And the open concept kitchen
I just started a kitchen job… there is so much waste!
My parents lived for months in caves in Sicily during the war
Really, you couldn’t finish that one leaf of lettuce?
we have nanotechnology but veggie bacon tastes terrible. Why?
In a city with so much rain, people can’t learn umbrella etiquette? Why? Stephen Harper- his clothes just don’t fit Why?
Traffic calming doesn’t make me calm at all
Traffic calming doesn’t make me calm at all
Traffic calming doesn’t make me calm at all
my feet are cold
it is too bright.
my eyes feel too large.
those huge baby strollers.
cell phones should be waterproof
and the aggressive mothers
raccoons living in the roof
I love Monday Night Martinis
but I hate Tuesday mornings
Cyclists go the wrong way on the seawall
I can barely see the mountains
Women wearing Lululemon
Not enough women wearing Lululemon
Women wearing Lululemon
Not enough women wearing Lululemon
all bathrooms should have coatracks. No one wants to put their jackets on the floor!
happy planet my ass, mr. Robertson!!!
I really have nothing to complain about really.
You ever seen the video of the guy with no arms or legs
from Australia
who can surf.
He is so damn positive
and if he can be then I will always try as well.
Although I’m sure there is something he complains about
proper nouns should not be allowed in scrabble.
don’t get me started
don’t get me started
I mean honestly
I mean honestly
Etcetera.
Etcetera!
songwriting workshop on denman
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
i’ll be teaching a two day workshop on beautiful denman island this july 7&8. go here to register. hopefully i’ll play a show too, we’re just working out the details.
complaints choir details
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
here it comes gang, the 2010 version of the Vancouver Complaints Choir. we will be singing on june 13 in the following locations:
1pm – 837 Davie St. outside Vancouver New Music entrance
2pm – intersection of W. Cordova and Seymour (near Waterfront Station)
3pm – intersection of Robson and Homer (near the Vancouver Public Library)
4pm – intersection of Robson and Howe (near the Vancouver Art Gallery)
it looks like we will also be reprising the song at To Sir With Love at the wise hall on june 24. the complaints continue!
to sir with love
Friday, June 4, 2010
a vancouver show just added: To Sir With Love. june 24th at the wise hall, with geoff berner, the fits, vh, wyckham porteous, the vancouver complaints choir, and a dance party! a benefit for our friend sir, who is laid up. she may attend on a gurney, get ready to shake your booty in her face. fun! $20 cheap.
fitsvideo
Saturday, May 29, 2010
the awesome team of kleinenstein and mirchik have put up some video from our biltmore show on may 26. look!
and don’t forget, duplex (in a reduced form) at the vancouver art gallery today and tomorrow. 2-5 at family fuse. plus scratch animation workshop with alex mackenzie and more! i think i need to take a break from exclamation points. it’s just that everything is so exciting!
