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Jason

tracyjacks

About Me

Seeking adventure, transformation and a country where my values were better represented, in 2004 I decided to immigrate to Toronto, Canada because as a city and nation, these were better suited to me than Los Angelels & the States. In June 2007 I became a landed immigrant and am enjoying my status as a permanent resident.

My Interests

Most things Canadian, going to shows, Coachella, IKEA, lofts, dwell Magazine, Eddie Izzard, Live Journal, public transit, Design Within Reach, Newcastle brown ale, Amoeba Records in Hollywood, Bang and Olufsen, converting from PC to Apple.

I'd like to meet:

Torontonians. Anyone who wants to come out for my DJ gigs. 589 College St. Thursdays.

Music:

The Russian Futurists, Holland, Mew, Great Lakes, Tortoise, Kraftwerk, The Candy Skins, The Delgados, Poi Dog Pondering, Pulp, Super Furry Animals, Cochineal, They Might Be Giants, Junior Boys, Dive, The Stone Roses, Darren Hanlon, Underworld, Islands, Caribou, The Orb, Flowchart, The Boo Radleys, Orbital, The Salteens, Pale Saints, Oingo Boingo, Manitoba, Talking Heads, Tegan and Sara, Billy Bragg, Holiday Flyer, American Analog Set, The Shins, Bardo Pond, Final Fantasy, Throwing Muses, Built to Spill, Stereo Total, Gymkhana, Stereolab, DJ Shadow, Portishead, Sweet Trip, Kostars, Supergrass, Electrelane, My Bloody Valentine, Catherine Wheel, The Slow Signal Fade, Blur, Shoestrings, Oasis, Belle and Sebastian, Suede, M83, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Broadcast, Stars, The Unicorns, e*vax, John Wesley Harding, Waterline Drift, JAMC, Raveonettes, Sloan, Orange Mix, The Hidden Cameras, Tullycraft, Junior Boys, Labrador, freescha, Club 8, Maikotobranco, Aerospace, The Busy Band, Small Sins, Easy, Squarepusher, Curve, New Pornoghraphers, Broken Social Scene, The Late Cord, Ruck Rover, Flin Flon, Hot Pursuit, Hartfield, full of emptiness

Movies:

Bowling for Columbine, Rosencrantz and Guildenstein are Dead, Nixon, Run Lola Run, Lost in Translation, Dark City, The Cell, Minority Report, Hoop Dreams, Boogie Nights, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, JFK, Fargo, The Insider, Quiz Show, Good Night and Good Luck, The Aviator, Leaving Las Vegas, Blue, White, Red, Ghostworld, Amadeus

Television:

Frontline, Nova, American Masters, Simpsons

Books:

Anything by Done DeLillo or Paul Auster, modern classics like 1984, Brave New World, Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything"

Heroes:

Noam Chomsky, Bill Moyers, Andy Warhol, Alfred Kinsey, Warren Olney, Clair Patterson, Emma Goldman, Darwin, Marcel Duchamp

My Blog

flickr and facebook

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonainsworth75/ http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=608495321 This is the first time I’ve been on Myspace...it feels so, retro.  Heh.  ...
Posted by Jason on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:01:00 PST

My first proper purchases since moving

Apparently there is a Canuck version of this that is different than the Japanese version. $8 in the used bin. I never really got into Lush that much but have always meant to.HollAnd is one of the mo...
Posted by Jason on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:56:00 PST

How could I have missed this??????????????


Posted by Jason on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:56:00 PST

look to this blog to see what music I'm buying

Ok, so one thing I used to do on the old blog, was track all of my CD buys. It made it handy for doing yearly reviews and is just kind of fun to go back and say, "Oh yeah, I was into Fatboy Slim back...
Posted by Jason on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:54:00 PST

Picked up at Sam The Record Man's closing sale

Big news in Toronto--a historic record shop bites the dust. I had to pick thru the bins to find anything worth buying and even at 50% off, I wasn't really getting a deal. I'm sorry but records store...
Posted by Jason on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:47:00 PST

So Long LA, Hello Toronto

http://moved2canada.blogspot.com/This is where my new blog is.
Posted by Jason on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:03:00 PST

something changed

So for those wondering, yes, I did make it up to Toronto!!! My visa came in at the end of 2006 and I waited until the end of my lease in 2007 to move from Los Angeles (Long Beach) in the States to To...
Posted by Jason on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:17:00 PST

2006 music mix

Just like last year: pick favorite tracks from favorite CDs you bought this year--it doesn't matter if the CD wasn't released in 2006.Theme From The Stars: StarsLet's Get Out Of This Country: Camera O...
Posted by Jason on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:04:00 PST

These are the songs on my "Jason turns 30" mixed CD:

Tears for Fears -- Everybody Wants to Rule the WorldDepeche Mode -- Get the Balance Right!Oingo Boingo -- On the OutsideJohn Wesley Harding -- The People's DrugBlur -- Tracy Jacks (live)They Might Be ...
Posted by Jason on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:29:00 PST