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black like my need, bleeding like my heart

one of my favorite duos of all time are back! strindberg and helium are written and voiced by killing my lobster and animated by eun-ha paek, who did the beautiful video for queen of the may, currently available to watch on youtube and myspace. when i’m really down, i like to imagine helium repeating my desperate phrases back to me. and offering me a cupcake. Continue reading black like my need, bleeding like my heart

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another oscar year

well folks, once again the oscars served as a fabulous excuse to drink fancy cocktails and yell about fashion. head on over to what we’re wearing to catch a glimpse of our own choices, as well as some examples of fetching winter ensembles.

speaking of winter, i’m heading up to whitehorse on thursday with the fits and the vh band to play at the canada winter games. it’s -40 up there today. and we’re playing in a tent downtown. but when we play with kim barlow we’re indoors, thank heaven, both at the cultch in vancouver on feb 28 and at the yukon arts centre on march 1. i’m happy to have a week of playing ahead. oh, and of course i’ll be doing research at the winter games for the new theatre replacement show yufo, which involves alien abduction, slow food, and the olympics in its convoluted plot. plays in vancouver at performance works in late march! Continue reading another oscar year