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Trans-dental Electromicide!

About Me

I am the Arts editor of THE VARSITY . I play bass guitar in a band called DEBASER ,and also for a band called PUT THE RIFLE DOWN .I also DJ around Toronto and do a bi-weekly residency at The Tap on Bloor Street.

MY BI-WEEKLY RESIDENCY. CZECH THE CALDENDAR.

My Interests

reputation, restituion, repetition, revelation

I'd like to meet:

Robots from the coming Human/Robot war.

Music:

modest mouse, klaxxons, the pixies, christie front drive, joy division, ride, atdi, MC5, kids on tv, the jealous sound, planes, the teenagers, the early morning, dandi wind, october guard, lo-fi fnk, sdre, ccrystal ccastles, spitfires and mayflowers, the coast, creeping nobodies, duchess says, stop.die.resuscitate, moving units, kraftwerk, anagram, css, squarepusher, q and not u, remainameless, the gloria record, the cribs, new order, postage stamps, emm gryner, embrace, cap'n jazz, griffen technology, s.s. cardiacs, the wrens, disraelis, television, infighter, daft punk, talking heads, the mark inside, gang of four, bloc party, mineral, uncut, the smiths, controller.controller, channels 3 & 4, the go! team, the straits, the rocks, the coast, iggy pop, death from above, the black keys, in-flight safety, republic of safety, the most serene republic, braid, the walkmen, sarah slean, !!!, ladies and gentlemen, northside, the constantines, stars, deadly snakes, pinko kronkite, the gossip, wax mannequin, american football, cities in dust, fjord rowboat, i love you but i've chosen darkness, the cure, mission of burma, ninja highschool, whateverwolf and wolfwhatever.

Movies:

The Home Crisis (play)

Television:

CNN Breaking News, 4815162342

Books:

salinger, camus, fitzgerald

Heroes:

JFK, Warren G. Harding, Peter Hook

My Blog

//// FRIDAY MAY 18 /// PUT THE RIFLE DOWN @ THE BOAT!

STEP BALL HUSTLE (DJs Dougie Boom + Orly) + PUT THE RIFLE DOWN + SIMPLE PLEASURE (NYC) = THIS FRIDAY AT THE BOAT!COVER = $7DOORS = 10YOU = THERE...
Posted by JORDAN on Wed, 16 May 2007 09:04:00 PST

HOT DOCS: HOTHOUSE

Here's another film I've previewed for Hot Docs. It's called HOTHOUSE and it's definitely worth a peek. Seriously.http://www.hotdocs.ca/daily_post.aspx?blogpost_id= 63...
Posted by JORDAN on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:34:00 PST

HOT DOCS: KIKE LIKE ME, WAR AND PEACE, STATE LEGISLATURE

If you live in Toronto you should already know that the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival is in full swing. This year I'm lucky enough to be a staff writer for their online publication,...
Posted by JORDAN on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:51:00 PST

VARSITY ARTS: YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE! & JUNIOR BOYS

READ MY INTERVIEWS WITH BECKY FROM YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE!, AND JEREMY FROM JUNIOR BOYS HERE]YSP!WSD! INTERVIEWSJUNIOR BOYS Q & AOR BETTER YET, PICK UP THE PRINT VERSION ANYWHERE AT U of T OR IN FU...
Posted by JORDAN on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:59:00 PST

VARSITY ARTS: NEW MUSIC REVIEWS: STOP.DIE 12", GERMANS

NEW MUSIC REVIEWED:STOP.DIE.RESUSCITATE - BAD NIGHT 12"GERMANS - CAPE FEARALBERT HAMMOND JR. - YOURS TO KEEPCONSEQUENCE - DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOBRead 'em all here....
Posted by JORDAN on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:46:00 PST

VARSITY ARTS: CMW + PITTER PATTER + NExT REVIEWS / OF MTL

REPORTS FROM THE RIVAL MUSIC FESTS:READ REVIEWS OF:UNCUT @ THE SILVER DOLLAR [CMW]ACTION MAKES @ THE COMFORT ZONE [NExT]APOSTLE OF HUSTLE @ THE EL MOCAMBO [CMW]APACHE BEAT @ THE BOAT [Pitter Patter]IN...
Posted by JORDAN on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:27:00 PST

PUT THE RIFLE DOWN MINI TOUR! [MTL+OTT+TOR]

PUT THE RIFLE DOWN is hitting the road for a few days, if you know anyone in these towns, tell them to get out and DANCE!!Wednesday March 7 @ Zoobizarre (Montreal) w/ Planet Ta FemmeThursday March 8 @...
Posted by JORDAN on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:00:00 PST

VARSITY ARTS: TTC & THUNDERHEIST REVIEW

Read my review of Paris party starters TTC and semi-local electro-hop threats THUNDERHEIST @ The Social here.Photo by Zach Slootsky from www.takemorephotos.com...
Posted by JORDAN on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:38:00 PST

VARSITY ARTS: THE POSTAGE STAMPS CD REVIEW!

Read my review of THE POSTAGE STAMPS lovely new album, THIS UGLY ARRANGEMENT, in this week's issue of THE VARSITY (the one with AL GORE on the cover).You can also read it, and see a pic form their CD ...
Posted by JORDAN on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:59:00 PST

VARSITY ARTS: FJORD ROWBOAT FEATURE/REVIEW

PICK UP THE FEB 15 EDITION OF THE VARSITY FOR MY INTERVIEW FEATURE WITH FJORD BOWBOAT AND REVIEW OF THEIR NEW CD SAVED THE COMPLIMENTS FOR MORNING.OR, YOU CAN READ IT ONLINE HERE....
Posted by JORDAN on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:38:00 PST