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20 June 2016

An update

Filed under: Notes — Spencer Crone @ 01:46

So it’s been 5 years. And 15 days.

For anyone still following this in any capacity imaginable, I commend you for your patience. I should also probably scold you for your stupidity or laziness.

Either way, it’s true that I’ve neglected these “posts” for so long. No excuses, life just got in the way somehow. This is all to say that yes, I am planning to start this up again in a slightly new form: more regular, more introspective, not necessarily about any particular person, place, or thing, just about whatever happens to cross my mind. More so as a journal for myself than anything else (if you’re reading this I can assure you only tens of others are).

The inspiration for resuming this weblog originates in a unique fashion. Whilst digging through the Internet Archives, fondly remembering a few of the blogs I used to follow in the early 2000’s (when the web was a bright new light, at least to me) I came across a few links to Douglas Bowman’s (stopdesign.com, @stopdesign) early blog posts. Suddenly it all made sense. You don’t need to compose a full, 4 page article, rigorously fact-checking and painstakingly editing every time. Whatever is on top of mind will suffice. Among the list of inspiration includes Khoi Vinh’s Subtraction (subtraction.com, @khoi) and Dave Shea (mezzoblue.com). The list goes on and right now I can’t even think of them all, but as I do I will certainly give them their due. The spontaneous musings from these blogs in the early days of the web had, and continue to have, profound impact on me.

So with that said, I find myself full of a new energy, eager to share my thoughts, feelings, and views with anyone who happens to stumble upon this humble web diary about my goings on in life as a boring Torontonian. Oh, I’ll also have a few other more provocative things to say as well.

The newest version (6.0) is currently in development and will be released very soon…I promise! It captures the original essence of this blog in its infancy, while expanding on the latest and greatest HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript technology, all with a contemporary yet timeless look and feel.

Life has been quite busy at the moment overall, so unfortunately I can’t promise a solid date on the introduction of Ver 6.0…you’ll just have to look for it.

Here’s to seeing you in less than 5 years time.

05 June 2011

Total

Filed under: Shares — Tags: , — Spencer Crone @ 19:16

I have been waiting years for a full LP from French electro genius SebastiAn, and as of a few days ago, the wait is finally over. I can’t think of a better soundtrack for summer. Enjoy this bonus track “Organia” from his debut album “Total”, released on the Ed Banger label. Better yet, you can pick a copy up for yourself here.

27 May 2011

I Am Your Grandma

Filed under: Shares — Tags: , , , , , , — Spencer Crone @ 12:06

Don’t you wish Jillian Mayer was your grandma?

22 November 2010

Winnipeg is an old woman

Filed under: Thoughts — Tags: , , , , — Spencer Crone @ 09:56

“Winnipeg is an old lady. She goes to bed at 9:00 in her nightie with her nightcap and her cup of tea…she’s an old Ukrainian lady who smells of borscht, and eats perogies on a daily basis, and likes to go to socials, and likes to spend a lot of money on things, and that’s what downtown Winnipeg is, it’s just this gaping hole that goes to bed at 9:00. The tumbleweeds rolling through the city, the vacant storefronts that used to be, just so many interesting and cool places to go are just ghetto cash chequing shop bargain bin garbage places…that’s what Winnipeg is, an old lady in her nightie who goes to bed at 9:00 and doesn’t like the music too loud…kids start having fun and she has to rap on the window and tell them to stop and keep it down. ‘Cause she has to get up early. She’s gotta get to her job. Kids start having fun, and she comes around with her little housecoat on, tapping on the door telling the kids to keep it down. That’s what Winnipeg is.”

Taken from Winnipeg is a Boiling Pot of Cranberries (Fanny Remix) by Venetian Snares.

25 June 2010

A Roundtable Conversation on Tomorrow, In A Year

Filed under: Shares — Tags: , , , , — Spencer Crone @ 18:39

The Knife, Mt. Sims and Planningtorock discuss their collaborative opera project “Tomorrow, In a Year”. You can download the album here.

15 June 2010

The bad nurses

Filed under: Shares — Tags: , , , , — Spencer Crone @ 17:01

The Bad Nurses

Artwork by Saturno Butto.
spleen-art.com/products/Bad-nurses.html

22 May 2010

It’s the world of dB drag racing

Filed under: Shares — Tags: , , — Spencer Crone @ 16:02

The music video for DJ Mehdi’s “Signatune” from French director Romain Gavras.

http://vimeo.com/9357434

16 May 2010

Online “journalism”

Filed under: Shares — Tags: , , — Spencer Crone @ 19:39

Online Journalism

From thenextweb.

09 May 2010

Born free

Filed under: Shares — Tags: , , , , — Spencer Crone @ 15:00

Another fine music video by Romain Gavras, for the new single from M.I.A, “Born free”.

http://vimeo.com/11219730

16 April 2010

Back from beyond

Filed under: Shares — Tags: , , , , , — Spencer Crone @ 23:18

A low budget horror video set to a tacky, pumping beat. This is the video for Blackstrobe’s “Back From Beyond”, directed by Laurent Chanez.

https://vimeo.com/9233237

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