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Ren

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Ladies, I am now licensed to drive you wild... ;-* Here's what I've been listening to today:

My Interests

Music, Travel, Photography... not always in that order, and usually together.

I'd like to meet:

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Music:



I listen to a lot of Alt. Country and Dad Rock..

Wilco, Elliott Smith, Radiohead, Stephen Malkmus, The White Stripes, Blaze Foley, The Constantines, Joel Plaskett, M.I.A., Ryan Adams, The Tragically Hip, Gomez, MF Doom, Plan B, Aimee Mann, Dizzee Rascal, Neil Young, Jim O'Rourke, Sufjan Stevens, Built to Spill, Guided by Voices, Konono No. 1, Buck 65, Eels, On Filmore, Glenn Kotche, Broken Social Scene, Islands, Wolf Parade... something new all the time.

Weekly charts courtesy of last.fm

Movies:

I'm not much of a movie watcher, but I hold Baraka, Eternal Sunshine, Fargo and Lost in Translation pretty close to my heart.

Television:

Ali G, The Amazing Race, The Office [US], Dr. Jack Van Impe Presents, The Sopranos, Hockey Night in Canada, Stewart/Colbert...

Books:

The Watch that Ends the Night (Hugh MacLennan), The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury), The Medium is the Message (Marshall McLuhan)...

Heroes:

Michel Gondry is an alien genius (or maybe he's just French)

My Blog

The Heart & Crown, Oct. 19

here's some pictures from Jen's visit to Ottawa, and the Ingrid/Ren Birthday Extravaganza at the Heart & Crown...
Posted by Ren on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:16:00 PST

Doug Martsch is my best friend.


Posted by Ren on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:01:00 PST

Corrupt Photos from Jenny's Party!

Jenny had a party at her sweet new apartment on Tuesday night, and I got so drunk that I threw up. But wait, it gets even better!! My camera's memory card became corrupt!I kind of like the results, th...
Posted by Ren on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:16:00 PST

Lollapalooza 2006 in Chicago: Part 3

With Lollapalooza done, Crystal and I finally had time to explore the city and eat food that didn't come from a tent.If Pizzas ever went to war with one another, I'm sure Deep Dish Pizzas would win in...
Posted by Ren on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:08:00 PST

Lollapalooza 2006 in Chicago: Part 2

Part Two!The Cold War Kids played on one of the smaller side stages, and they were one of the nicest surprises of the weekend. They play just the kind of jangly Avant-Pop music I wanted to hear.Sonic ...
Posted by Ren on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:54:00 PST

Lollapalooza 2006 in Chicago: Part 1

Our story begins..Every journey starts with one single step; ours started with Max Horkheimer. While we were waiting to board a bus in Toronto at dawn, Crystal and I spotted this wonderful individual ...
Posted by Ren on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:24:00 PST

Canada Day Pictures

Here are pictures form yesterday's Canada Day party at Kat's, and the Buck 65 show on Major's Hill Park.The lovely hostess, Kat.Kat isn't usually an angry person.Simon does his white wacky dance in hi...
Posted by Ren on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 01:14:00 PST

The Dominion, May 17

A couple weeks ago I met up with Natalee for some drinks, and then ran into Kat, Andrea, Liz, Crystal, Meghan, Katie, Jennie and Pierre at the Dominion. Here's some pictures!...
Posted by Ren on Sun, 28 May 2006 04:55:00 PST

I have friends! (some of them are girls!)

Last night a bunch of people showed up at the Avant Garde Bar to help me celebrate the fact that I'm done school -- for a while, at least. I have a lot of amazing friends. David called me a nucleus, I...
Posted by Ren on Fri, 05 May 2006 09:59:00 PST

"In My Pants"

Put your whole playlist on shuffle. Take the first 20 songs and add "in my pants" onto the end of the song title. - Blatantly stolen from Kat's livejournal. 1. People in my pants 2. The last hour in...
Posted by Ren on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:48:00 PST