tentative NXNE '12 schedule

I'm already overwhelmed, but the festival hasn't even started yet! Nevertheless, I am excited to write and share with everyone my NXNE shenanigans for Static! I can feel it in my bones, it's going to be good!

Tuesday, June 12
2pm     Carnival Moon @ Lavish & Squalor

Wednesday, June 13
5--9     Static #4 Launch @ Of A Kind (1037 College St W)
7--11   Meligrove after-party (586 Richmond St)
9pm    Army Girls @ Supermarket

Thursday, June 14
2:45    Army Girls @ JangBang
1--7    Audioblood rooftop party (435 Spadina Ave)
--:--     Julie Dioron (Bellwoods)
6pm    Dusted (Gibraltar Point, island)
--:--      Smith Westerns (Gibraltar Point, island)
10pm  Army Girls @ El Mo
10pm  Hands & Teeth @ Silver Dollar
12am  Bleached @ Silver Dollar
12am  Zulu Winter @ Rivoli
1am    Julie Doiron @ Lower Great Hall

Friday, June 15
8:30    Plants and Animals @ Dundas Sq
9pm    2:54 @ Lee's
10pm  DIIV @ Lee's
11pm  Parlovr @ Silver Dollar
11pm  Ryan O'Reilly @ El Mo
11pm  Friends @ Lee's
12am  Oberhofer @ Lee's
2am    Zulu Winter @ Lee's

Saturday, June 16
--:--     UO in-store
1--5    Boat party: Bleached, Hooded Fang (board at 207 Queens Quay W)
--:--     Ryan O'Reilly (Bellwoods)
--:--     Paper Lions (Bellwoods)
2pm    Luke Lalonde (218 Brock Ave)
3:40   THOMAS (218 Brock Ave)
4:20    Henri Faberge (218 Brock Ave)
2pm    Parlovr (Dundas Sq)
6pm    Oberhofer (Dundas Sq)
7pm    Of Montreal (Dundas Sq)
8pm    Portugal. The Man (Dundas Sq)
9pm    The Flaming Lips (Dundas Sq)
12am  Carnival Moon @ Czehoski

Sunday, June 17
--:--    Army Girls (Bellwoods)
8pm   Laura Marling @ Phoenix*


*The Laura Marling show isn't part of NXNE, but my week (/life) wouldn't be complete without her! #Truth

Brontë afternoons

Lately, when at home, I've been donning this velvet dress that has quickly become a favourite and patent brogues on the feet. (Sometimes, when running errands to the store or the post, tights and a long cardigan are added -- odd combinations to a June outfit, no doubt.)

And with Wuthering Heights and the usual cuppa on hand to keep my annoyance of Heathcliffe in moderation.

Static 3!

This issue came out in March, sometime around Canadian Music Week -- which makes this post embarrassingly outdated, especially by today's social networking/internet standards. But I'm posting these anyway! (Stop me.)
And because why not, let's start with what the back of the zine says:

Cover page:

Two of my favourite pieces from the zine are Tom's and Aviva's:

"The Cartoon" by Tom Lowery

"Life According to Edward Gorey" by Aviva Cohen

And here's my little contribution of tweets:

See the rest of the pages and past issues at StaticZine.com.

Issue 4 is coming out during NXNE. Stay tuned!

photo diary: this past Victoria Day long weekend

What would Anna Karina/Franny Glass wear?

Odile (Bande à part)Schumacher lightweight cardigan, Lands End plaid skirt, Christian Louboutin velvet shoes, ASOS wide brim fedora hat, Pieces hair clip


Franny GlassMargaret Howell cotton blouse, Proenza Schouler full skirt, Salvatore Ferragamo flat heels, Ray-Ban shades, Chanel lipstick