tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57555302551439127162011-12-29T03:47:56.840-05:00[ryan somers aka fritz tha cat]ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.comBlogger3051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-86059250097525990122010-07-14T16:47:00.002-05:002010-07-14T16:49:52.580-05:00

hey folks.this is the end of this blog.it's been fun.now, find me here.

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hey all.as you can see, it's been a while since i've posted anything on here.i guess i'im just kinda bored with the whole "blog" thing.(for now.)i've been sitting down at real tables, with real pens, and real paper, and writing things that way. drawing things too.i'm just way more into that way of doing things for now.(at least for a while.)so, uh, i guess there won't be much happening on here

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ryansomers@gmail.com says: (12:25:34 AM)dude. ryansomers@gmail.com says: (12:25:38 AM)you were in my dream last night.ryansomers@gmail.com says: (12:25:44 AM)it was weeeeeiiiirrrrrrrd.ryansomers@gmail.com says: (12:25:59 AM)you were in a room with me and farah fawcett.ryansomers@gmail.com says: (12:26:03 AM)the two of you had gone on a date.ryansomers@gmail.com says: (12:26:06 AM)and i also liked

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ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-5685237635424046712009-10-23T10:37:00.005-05:002009-10-23T10:59:05.543-05:00

hey gang. quick note, in case you're interested. cbc radio's DNTO is doing a show this week called "i quit," and, well, being that our latest single/video is called "i quit (i give up)," they invited us up to the studio to chat with sook-yin and do a little live performance. a great experience, a real pleasure to meet sook-yin, who is super easy-going, fun, sharp and a talented conversationalist.

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http://www.cbc.ca/dnto/MT/2009/10/ok_cobra_vs_mr_dressup.html

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(painting from here.)i'm in an airplane. small one. maybe two other people in it. we're flying over water. i'm a passenger. the pilots are using their plane to fish, somehow. like, dropping nets from the planet that are dragged through the water. for some reason, i decide i want to jump out. so i dive out of the plane, and go DEEP underwater. i'm under for a long time. when i come up, the plane

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ok cobra: i quit (i give up) is the cbc radio new music canada song of the day.check it here: http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/10/OK-Cobra-I-Quit-I-Give-Up---Track-of-the-Day-for-October-13-2009thank you.

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hey kids. we're going on tour starting oct. 1st.it's us (OK Cobra), the leathers, and dj b-nutz.here are the dates we have so far: thu. oct. 1 - LONDON, ON @ moon over marin sat. oct. 3 - BAYFIELD, ON @ the black dogsun. oct. 4 - HAMILTON, ON @ the corktown mon. oct. 5 - TORONTO, ON @ the boattue. oct. 6 - KINGSTON, ON @ the mansion wed. oct. 7 - PETERBOROUGH, ON @ the underdogthu. oct. 8 -

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click here:https://urbnet.box.net/shared/vbvp63c740i hope you enjoy it.

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"OK Cobra & Urbnet Records team up with Focused Skateboards for a LIMITED EDITION "Delirium Tremens" run of skateboards!"

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OK Cobra - Delirium Tremens SKATEBOARDS!we are doing a VERY LIMITED run of these.if you want one, reserve it now.email me: ryansomers AT gmail DOT com.

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i've tried to write this bio a couple of times now, and, well, the thing is, I have nothing to say about me, us, our group, or our music. well, that's not entirely true. i have lots to say about it (and a million other things), but i'd rather do it over drinks in the pub than staring at a computer screen, sitting on my friend's couch, up north in the country, in my pajamas, at 3am, the night

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valdy."when they told me about the bear, i though they were kidding,i'm like "you're bullshitting, are you for real?" they said "yeah,it lives at the end of our street, where the forest and thecountry road meet, you might see it, on your way to thebeach." on my way to the beach, on my bike, that night,i stopped at the crossing, looked left and right,about an hour after dusk, there wasn't much

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Weed, Booze, Cocaine and Other Old School "Medicine" Ads.[thanks jamie for the link.]

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hell with the lid off.welcome to my dream.one step ahead of the spider.

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i'm leaving toronto in three weeks.going up north to tobermory for july and august. should be nice.i'll be the guy sitting out on the lake in a canoe with an acoustic guitar that i don't know how to play, a rice hat, and a lava lamp.day 15 of my yoga 30-day challenge. was going really well, but i either pinched or pulled something and now the entire part of my body from my lower back to my left

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my buddy ***** sent me this link. i can't believe this is for real. he says to me, "i'm going to get an iphone just for this app." crazy.

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went out last night to the jason george for a little get-together for my friend and former co-worker nick, who is leaving tomorrow for a year in dubai. i worked with him for years at c'est what. good dude. wish him an awesome time. hopefully i'll get over there at some point for a visit. wouldn't that be a trip? i got the travel bug hard now, after hitting europe three times in the last two

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wanna remix our shit?the new OK COBRA album is almost done (finally...), and will be coming out this summer.in the meantime, i thought it would be fun to make the acapellas and instrumentals from the last album available, for anyone who might want to rock a remix...we'll put the ones we like best together as a digital-only release this summer...here we go...first, if you still haven't heard the

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this is a song i wrote late one night (or early one morning, depending on your point of view) after work. it's about being a bartender. it's called "working the wood.""he stands behind the bar, an undiscovered star,pours another beer, hands it over, saying "cheers,"you hand him your money, and he collects his tips,picks up the bar towel, wipes up the drips,he takes a sip of water, he's been sober

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okay, this is where i'm going to start plugging in my daily numbers. what i do to work out, what i eat, and other relevant stuff. so here it is for yesterday:woke up at 12:30pm. i would have liked to have gotten up earlier (as i had planned to make it to the noon moksha yoga class), but i didn't get home from work until 4:30am, and it took me at least an hour to fall asleep. doing any sort of

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another dream i had, this one a few weeks ago, but i don't think i've told you about it yet, so here it is...i'm standing outside, talking to two police officers, both of them male (for some reason, i am thinking of the two cops from 'superbad,' but this is most likely after the fact). it's daylight. we're standing sort of in between two police cruisers, that are parked at an angle, towards each

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last night i had a dream that i was in a studio in somebody's apartment, and they kept playing me different beats, and i kept freestyling lyrics over them... rhyming, singing, doing it all, in different styles, even imitating other rappers' styles at times (i remember doing one freestyle in the style of the alkaholiks) and the crazy thing is, even in my sleep, i was freestyling real words. it was

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you ever notice when you change something in your body chemistry, you get really crazy dreams for a while?try it. quit smoking. or start. quit drinking. or start. take away or add anything significant to your intake and your dreams will change. at least for a few days.last night i was in an apartment. there was some sort of a party going on. there were lockers in the kitchen. each one had a

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so i decided, at the top of this year, this was going to be "the year i get my life together." if you've been reading, then you know i've been struggling with quitting smoking, working on eating better, did the moksha yoga 30-day challenge in february. after looking into a few different gyms, i finally decided on joining goodlife, and went in a couple of weeks ago to sign up. i opted to set up

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of the rest of my life.sure, just like every other day. but no, it has to be. do you hear me? it HAS to be.an open letter to myself:ryan, quit fucking around and get your shit together. those cigarettes are going to KILL you. those chicken wings are going to KILL you. that third beer - the one that leads to the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventeenth ones - is going to KILL you. make the commitment

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my homegirl audra sent me this link. isn't this what we're all thinking?lookatthisfuckinghipster.

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(shout to mark mckay for sending me this.)

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these are some new lyrics, i hope you enjoy them. if you'd like to hear the demo of the song, shoot me an email (i don't want to post it up here, but don't mind sharing it with a few friends...)"waiting for jamie."lyrics by ryan somers aka fritz tha cat[(c) 2009 seriously, don't bite it.]if this is the first day of the rest of my life,i might as well climb up and take a dive,and do a couple flips

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-33654192380644178462009-04-07T12:57:00.004-05:002009-04-07T13:19:52.740-05:00

i haven't been writing on here much lately. i can't really say i've been doing all that much at all, really. just working, and sleeping. sleeping lots. and watching lots of movies. TONS of movies. i've probably watched about 200 movies over the last four months. city of ghosts. apocalypse now. best in show. the last samurai. w. dogma. garden state. blow. sideways. rescue dawn. eyes wide shut.

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Delivering pizza became a life-affirming occupation the day the half-naked couple in their seventies opened the door, releasing billowing clouds of pot smoke and Jefferson Airplane into the atmosphere.

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little email blast from my man odario from grand analog..."Friends, Lovers and StrangersGrand Analog will release album numero dos on May 26, 2009. It'scalled Metropolis Is BurningHere is the first single "Electric City" featuring my buddy Shad. It'sa funky free download. Check it out...http://grandanalog.bandcamp.com/track/electric-city-featuring-shadHit me up, let me know you're alive!!!OneLove

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got an email a few days ago from my cousin paul, who i haven't seen in close to 15 years:"Hey man what's going on ? How ya been doing ?I actually lucked out and got a part in a pretty well established metal band called Absu as the new singer/bassist. Well I do most of the vocals the drummer does some. Anyways I feel pretty lucky and humbled.But to get to the point were going to be up in Canada

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you ever see that show numb3rs? i've caught the odd episode. judd hirsch plays the father of two boys who - if i remember correctly - are investigators for some government agency (fbi or cia or something). and one of them happens to be a math genius. there's a quote from one of the shows, where the math guy is trying to explain something to everyone else, and is having a difficult time finding

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the nope. i first met psy and moka (dave and dan, respectively) somewhere around the same time. oh, ten years or so ago. (has it really been that long?) living in toronto, writing the rap column for vice magazine, my path crossed with both of theirs, back in the day when dudes were hustling tapes. i love tapes. ape nuts. awkward why. durable mammals, both of these cats. good guys too.a decade

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read it here.

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just ran into jason ebanks last night. he told me to check out the new shawn hewitt video they made. so i did. fire!so much other stuff to tell you good people, but i'm going keep my cards close to my chest for the next little while. the internet has been acting funny lately."i gotta fall,i gotta fail,i gotta feel,i can't save us all.i won't cry foul,i've been a fool,i'm gonna findmyself out now.

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-73273262010669982272008-12-29T13:47:00.002-05:002008-12-29T13:54:46.739-05:00

i don't recall ever being much a new-years-resolution type of person. i maybe had the odd idea of something i wanted to do, but i doubt i ever wrote it down. for some reason, with this year closing in on its end, i've been making a little mental list for the last week or two. what do i want to achieve? who do i want to be? what have i been doing wrong? so, i decided to write it out. a few things

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so a while back i'm talking to tim (recordface) and i'm all wasted and saying stupid shit like "dude, i think people slept on "beautiful," it's like the forgotten song on our album and shit, we should do a remix, blah blah blah..." and then a few weeks later he sends me this. the band man!

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my man dj hullewud sent me this link for a little collection of hip-hop holiday songs he threw together. throw this on after christmas dinner while you sip your bailey's by the fire. enjoy.tracks:Audio Two - A Christmas RhymeCold Chillin' Juice Crew - Cold Chillin' ChristmasSurf M.C.'s - A Surf M.C. New YearDerek B - Chillin' With SantaRun-DMC - Christmas In HollisKing Sun-D Moet - Christmas In

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this is the first in what may or may not become a daily thing for me.but, i listen to a ton of music, and i always want to share. so, a "song of the day," why not? it makes sense. anyway, here's the first one...the roots - here i come.my man sean from rakehellrow put me on to this song. pure energy. when we were shooting sheepsh*t, it became the theme song for the cast and crew. whenever our

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congrats to my friends jason and paul - their restaurant, the only on king, was listed in enroute magazine's top ten new restaurants of 2008. if you haven't already, check them out. if you don't live in london, it is well worth the drive.The Only on King172 King St.London, 519-936-2064theonlyonking.ca Considering all of the foie gras and caviar, lobster and oysters that are consumed on this trip,

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all i want for christmas is a devin the dude skate deck. check out soundclash skateboards. they got decks from awol one, acey, ab rude, living legends, more. my man submass in paris had the 2mex one when i was just over there. dope shit...

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-86991042559800033932008-11-19T09:23:00.005-05:002008-11-19T13:57:49.477-05:00

nneka. wow. watch this video. myspace. serious...[thanks dougal for sending me the link.]

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"In the late summer of 1969 the Canadian record buying public chose to endorse The Poppy Family by establishing `Which Way You Goin' Billy?' as the biggest Canadian hit ever. `Billy' successfully climbed to the No.1 spot on all radio stations across Canada. Having watched The Poppy Family from Vancouver, British Columbia, evolve as a recording group has been a satisfying and rewarding experience

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ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-53392816539676243112008-10-30T06:15:00.004-05:002008-10-30T07:33:00.494-05:00

d-ray presents supertoke 3. download.

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in toulouse, france, right now. off to switzerland soon. germany too. life is good...thu. oct. 16 - paris, france @ twenty one club (w/ thesis sahib & zoen)fri. oct. 17 - amiens, france @ ring ding (w/ thesis sahib & zoen)sat. oct. 18 - tours, france @ donald's pub (w/ thesis sahib & zoen)sun. oct. 19 - paris, france @ twenty one club (w/ thesis sahib, zoen, 2mex & riddlore)wed. oct. 22 -

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my boys are having an album release party in london on nov. 1st. peep it...

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-61288668961934883692008-10-09T02:11:00.002-05:002008-10-09T02:12:11.279-05:00

i walked from bayfield to grand bend yesterday. on the beach. it took seven hours. it was awesome...

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-12306950927683376202008-10-09T02:10:00.002-05:002008-10-09T02:11:04.712-05:00

i don't know where my towel is...

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i'm going to sleep, for once in my life...

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-39315875390373467382008-10-09T02:09:00.001-05:002008-10-09T02:10:09.983-05:00

i'm thinking about becoming a vegetarian again, after five years of being back on the meat...

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-18848611373689475212008-10-09T01:34:00.003-05:002008-10-09T01:37:39.406-05:00

well, i blogged about it yesterday, and shot my man ebanks a little email to let him know...he fired me back one that looked a bit like this..."wow!! dude you rock! thank you for the big-up / support! dude when you reach back to t.o! holla 1.j e416 ***.****PS. there a link to ski's performance at manifesto 2k8.i didn't have my camera =, but my homeboy recorded it for moi...http://www.youtube.com

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thank the heavens for email. living in bayfield for the last six months - population 700 - i am so far out of the loop i don't even remember what it feels like to be plugged in anymore. but every once in a while i get a little email from somebody telling me about something i want to know about. today, my man jason ebanks sent me the link for the video, above, that you hopefully just watched. (if

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-20175489607886975202008-09-23T19:27:00.003-05:002008-09-23T19:45:42.533-05:00

seems like a whole little wave of nostalgia for toronto's hip-hop history has been building up over the last couple of years, what with year two of manifesto just taking place in the last week, the live at the bbq parties bringing back the - i hate to say old school - veteran toronto emcees and deejays, and a number of blogs popping up with old radio shows, concert flyers, twelve inches, and

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-23570665854064864672008-09-23T10:20:00.002-05:002008-09-23T10:35:25.541-05:00

everlast's new album, love, war, and the ghost of whitey ford, is out today. i just snagged a download from here, but i'll be buying it as soon as i find myself back in a city with an actual record store. a couple of links for you... everlast's myspace, interview, website.

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-82429220729122463092008-09-22T10:28:00.001-05:002008-09-22T10:30:46.184-05:00

my buddy jamie just sent me this link to check out: black cab sessions. pretty cool.here's a sample...

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-87195233439638249632008-09-20T19:33:00.000-05:002008-09-20T19:34:59.953-05:00

check out a couple of my homeboys from london on the skate tip...

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-91093800833301022852008-09-05T10:36:00.001-05:002008-09-05T10:38:32.667-05:00

the fifth day of september. the summer is over. waking up on the tuesday after labour day, you could feel it. tangibly. the air was different. brought to mind a line from george jung (the guy who the movie blow was about), something to the effect of "it's the last day of summer, and i'm alone in the cold." something like that. a mild melancholy. a little bit of depression sinks in. is it really

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-54900470587957209622008-09-04T08:00:00.011-05:002008-09-04T09:04:20.509-05:00

here's a little video of these two cats getting into it during a little rap battle situation...

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-89513153248019021402008-09-04T07:55:00.002-05:002008-09-04T08:00:18.142-05:00

a few nights ago i woke up the loud singing of a black bird on my windowsill. this is the first time this has happened. the sleep i was in, was, so deep, so dark, so consuming, i'm not sure if i would have woken up at all if it wasn't for that bird. i think it saved my life. maybe it was sent. maybe it picked up on something that was happening and came to bring me back. i don't know. all i do

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-21350501044467743892008-09-04T07:52:00.000-05:002008-09-04T07:54:48.539-05:00

"Hey Man,I made a shitty record just to please myself. It sounds like shit and is virtually un-sell-able. If you want to hear it, it's here:http://www.zshare.net/audio/17691744a94f4663/Hope things are good.Rich"

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ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-22624447702019105442008-08-20T09:20:00.003-05:002008-08-20T09:54:55.348-05:00

Hand signals are frequently used by beach volleyball players to communicate to their partners. The signals -- one or two fingers down, closed first, etc. -- generally let their partner know who should attempt a block at the net on their opponents' return.("cracking the code?" seriously? hahaha...)[link from here.]

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ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-50302884264581085052008-07-26T12:39:00.004-05:002008-07-26T14:18:57.999-05:00

blank blue. western water music volume 2. nobody. this dude is my favourite. i've been waiting to hear this album since it came out a month or two ago. i had a copy on hold at grooves for a while, and finally my man dj hullewud picked it up for me on his way up here to dj last night. on first listen, i am in love. this is going to easily get as much play as the one he did with mystic chords of

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i'm not going to say any names. from what i'm told, a certain family in this town (bayfield, on) hold a large family reunion every five years. people come from all over. 150-200 people. lucky us. it happened a few weeks ago. here's the story...working at the bar one night. i walk outside to check on the patio, and i see my co-worker **** take off towards the street in front of the bar next door.

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-58261263458530670702008-07-26T12:02:00.003-05:002008-07-26T12:15:39.111-05:00

(pic from here.)i woke up this morning with an army of bagpipers marching outside my window. at 10am. i would have slept through, i was having a pretty intense dream. pete woke me up, pushing my door open, saying "as if this is happening!" hey man, they woke you up, why are you waking me up? life. in the dream, i was writing a story. strange layers to this. in my dream, i'm writing a story, and

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-11888339475335902052008-07-24T13:53:00.002-05:002008-07-24T13:54:12.724-05:00

i just saw this for the first time. just now. wow. crazy. good work fellas. intense.www.urbnet.com/thecarps

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-8252326563243121952008-07-24T13:27:00.002-05:002008-07-24T13:30:08.571-05:00

this video starts off really awesome, then i kind of started to think it sucked, and then it was amazing...(thanks to my man click for the link.)

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-76488733320971437972008-07-24T12:50:00.003-05:002008-07-24T13:00:45.603-05:00

man oh man, this shit made me laugh so fucking hard. check it out here.i remember hearing a year or two ago that she was having a kid with the d.o.c., anyone know if there is any truth to that? i think he's probably immune from the same affliction that has affected andre 3000, common, and who knows who else. i just can't picture the diggy-doc wearing knit hats and capes and wrestling boots and

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-9056736573683335922008-07-18T12:41:00.002-05:002008-07-18T12:43:34.264-05:00

so, apparently, crop circles have appeared on a farm just a few minutes from where i'm living, close to the nearby town of holmesville. click here for more. later today i'm going to take a drive over there and check it out. crazy.

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-68188839305092503112008-07-18T09:44:00.009-05:002008-07-18T10:13:27.685-05:00

for vinyl, i recommend checking out paul's boutique, on mont royal, about a 1/2 block east of st. laurent. i picked up some old public enemy records. i spent about two hours in there, getting my fingers dirty, but i could have spent the whole day...i also checked out this other record store, just around the corner. i can't remember the name of it, but there were some nice people hanging out, and

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-89012345989296456982008-07-18T09:37:00.002-05:002008-07-18T09:42:27.866-05:00

[ghetto sox, timbuktu, d-ray, soundminds, etc.]i didn't finish posting the last few days of the d-tox, i'll see if i can find my notes photos and get 'em up here. things got busy...

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this is the morning of day six. i'm almost half way. it hasn't been as bad as i thought. but i have had my moments. breakfast today: scrambled eggs with peppers. no cheese. i picked out the mushrooms (forgot to ask). i ate the strawberries, but not the other fruit. (not supposed to eat tropical fruit on this thing.) more green tea. water. drops. one thing, again, about this detox, is the, er,

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-65684193510372816442008-06-30T09:18:00.006-05:002008-06-30T09:37:23.735-05:00

chicken breast and hard-boiled egg. late night snack on day four. didn't get a chance to write yesterday. day five as follows... breakfast: soup. some kind of black bean soup. with some veggies in there. dinner: salad. veggies. i didn't use the dressing they gave me. and i picked out the mushrooms (forgot to ask them to leave them out). for breakfast on day five: oatmeal with berries. i had a

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this is the rest of what i ate yesterday. lunch, a couple hard-boiled eggs, more chopped green onion, a few baby carrots, and some cucumber. with herbs. and water. mmmm.went for a jog.dinner. salad. some turkey on there. avocado. egg. lettuce. no dressing. you don't need dressing when you can stab a tomato for each forkload. late night snack at the bar, chicken breast, and an egg. (maybe i'm

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-86516914418688705612008-06-27T08:14:00.004-05:002008-06-28T11:55:41.463-05:00

day three. i crashed so early last night. had a great sleep, despite the loud music in the bar downstairs waking me up a few times. woke up at seven am, which, for me, is just shy of a miracle. feeling a little slow today. not drinking is nice. i lack the sharpness of mind that coffee brings, but this will change. going back to go forward. green tea is good. i could learn to even like the stuff.

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-85905537387060525902008-06-27T07:58:00.006-05:002008-06-27T08:08:24.272-05:00

okay, day two. breakfast. oatmeal. nothing else. yup, oatmeal, plain. and green tea.a couple of pots of green tea at work.lunch. grilled chicken breast on spinach salad. with egg. and walnuts. went for a job on the beach after work.dinner. salmon. carrots. asparagus. bok choy.no severe side effects so far on day two. i'm a little bit spaced out, moving and thinking a little bit slower than usual,

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-58622267849876472352008-06-26T09:09:00.006-05:002008-06-27T07:57:32.192-05:00

this was breakfast yesterday. day one on the twelve-day wild rose d-tox program. you buy the box and get three bottles of pills and a bottle of liquid. twice a day, with a meal, you take two of each pill, and drink water with 30 drops of the liquid in it. the liquid says: CL herbal extract. the three pill bottles say: "biliherb" (bile flow stimulant), cleansaherb, and laxaherb (herbal laxative).

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-17052044130404223542008-06-13T13:26:00.010-05:002008-06-13T13:45:57.072-05:00

so, a couple of hiccups, but my health kick is going pretty well, been eating good meals and biking/running/walking lots. with the exception of the copious cider consumption, smokes and cheeseburgers, i'd say i was doing pretty well. kidding. seriously though, i just picked up the wild rose herbal d-tox kit, i'm reading through the instructions right now. i'll be giving it a whirl in the next day

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-48045158827938361342008-06-13T13:00:00.002-05:002008-06-13T13:25:17.107-05:00

here's one for you. last weekend, i'm bartending, and this dude walks in, probably in his 50s, grey hair, ponytail, wearing a tanktop. he orders two drinks, and as i'm making them, he turns to his side and i see a huge nazi tattoo on his bicep... it's an eagle or something, carrying the swastika in its talons. so i walk back over to him and tell him that i won't be serving him tonight. he asks

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-41683098277265107452008-05-28T14:42:00.005-05:002008-05-29T10:37:53.693-05:00

breakfast: a bowl of berries, granola, and fat-free yogurt. water. coffee. activity: went for a couple of little bike rides throughout the day. 50 push-ups. 50 crunches/leg-raises. ouch. i am feeling it in the my chest and stomach today. which is good. it's a constant reminder all day of what i'm focused on here. i find that sometimes, in the past, when i try to do things, often i don't

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-45870408393075225492008-05-28T14:21:00.003-05:002008-05-28T15:17:56.414-05:00

okay, so, after a couple of false starts, i stepped on the scale yesterday morning and came face-to-face with the number "199." scared shitless (i swore to myself years ago i would NEVER, EVER, EVER, cross that line again), i immediately went for a half-hour run, then walked on the beach for half an hour, then went for a bike ride, then came to work. here's what i consumed yesterday:a few

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so, i started off the day right. for breakfast, at the artsee cafe, a little salad with chicken, water, and coffee. i did a bit of biking around during the day (nothing major, just around town), and then for dinner, at home, a little salad with carrots and some sausage. (yeah, i know...) and then... well, shit, i got to work, and there's a stella promotion happening, this whole "learn how to pour

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-68905114632619629252008-05-24T10:16:00.026-05:002008-05-26T10:55:59.015-05:00

rest in peace brother. you will be missed.

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-82438818985972927492008-05-23T11:41:00.014-05:002008-05-23T18:32:11.223-05:00

it's happened before. and it's happened again. and again, i am doing something about it. a lifestyle fueled by the love of pints and cheeseburgers has left me, once more, in a situation where i wake up one morning and find myself about twenty pounds heavier than i'd like to be, moving a little slower than i'd like to be, and feeling my t-shirts and pants hugging a little bit tighter than i'd like

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-22202960963574474202008-05-22T10:59:00.003-05:002008-05-22T11:03:55.086-05:00

part of a long, vivid, brightly-coloured dream - the only part i remember is that at one point i was play-fighting with a polar bear, the same way i'd be playing with a dog... petting it, scratching behind it's ears, rubbing it's belly while it rolled around on the ground at my feet... the whole time, thinking to myself: "this is a POLAR BEAR..."

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-22507976431407012702008-05-21T22:02:00.002-05:002008-05-21T22:09:04.925-05:00

this cat is in the bar a few days ago. during the afternoon. slow day. cold outside. it's just him and me, drinking coffee on either sides of the bar. "hey, do you know anybody who might need a bicycle?," he asks me, "i've got one i'm looking to get rid of..." hmmm. "maybe," i say, "i've actually been thinking of getting a bike since i moved here...." what kind is it? "it's one of those cruisers,

ryan somershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761041754249173523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5755530255143912716.post-65574332599525235142008-05-15T11:22:00.002-05:002008-05-15T11:30:32.884-05:00

hand'solo records has just put out a mixtape called 'hokey religions & ancient weapons.' you can download it here. apparently, it's a mix of previously released songs, new verses over instrumentals from old releases, and new exclusives. i haven't heard it yet, but the tracklist is below...01. Fritz Intro / Secret Fuckin’ Song - Buck 65 feat Stinkin’ Rich02. Rhyming Into a 4 Track (dub) - Epic and

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new video from n*e*r*d. i dig the song. but then again, i knew i would before i heard it, based on how much i love their first two albums. still, i have a bit of a problem with this current paparazzi polaroid-scene coked-out cobrasnake trend... i guess this is the perfect bridge between the tuned-up and tight-panted hipster moron set and the snow-blowing clipse-inspired tony-montana wannabe rap

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i still haven't plugged in my clock. it's buried in my room somewhere. under a pile of clothes, or papers, or art supplies. you look for one thing, you dump out a box to find it, and before you know it everything is everywhere. unpacking. bit by bit. i sleep well here. with the window open. bundled up, it's still pretty cold at night. fresh air. wind. koochie socks, pajama pants, a hoody, and a

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devin the dude flies norwegian air? click here to peep it. (thanks mattsoreal for the link.)

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