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Ben Folds -Way to Normal (2008) I'm a little new to Ben Folds. I didn't really like any of his records but through his production work -which I do like- I'm better able to experience the fun that is Ben Folds. If you like Ben Folds, you probably already have this old record.

Bon Jovi -Greatest Hits (2010) I'm actually listening to this one and The Circle (2009). It's amazing how much these songs all sound like rock radio. I can always imagine driving with the top-down. Perpetual beer commercial and the cameras give the effect that we're spinning. Or I'm in a hair salon. All of these songs are completely corny but they're totally fun and I like that Jon tries to be serious about "workin' man" issues and stuff. Obviously, everyone in Jersey knows who's Boss.. At least Richie Sambora can still pull out some fiery solos. Is he still married to Tommy Lee's ex-wife? I also like how Bon Jovi has songs that are like U2. The only difference is that I don't ever get the feeling that Bon Jovi is trying to fool me the way I do with U2..

Eric Avery - Help Wanted (2008) Why did no one tell me about this record before? This is like listening to a John Cale record with a little more California sunshine. Half of that is due to the deep vocals. It sort of sounds like Deconstruction and other Avery stuff. It always sounds like the lyrics are a little too "art-school" and trying too hard to be deep. That being written, I still like this record a lot!

Fight -War of Words (1993) I don't know what I've been doing not listening to this. You have to realize I keep a "Defenders of the Faith" draped on my mirror that says "Keep the Faith". I'm a total fan of Judas Priest. I guess I was afraid this record would not be as good as Judas Priest? It isn't but it's a billion times better than most records. AND features 2 Priest members. Halford even gets to do some more American-sounding metal in here. 

Nirvana -Nevermind Super Deluxe Edition (2011) This is great! I got sick of this album years ago but now it's really fun again. Very often with these special edition things there are lots of songs that were on the cutting room floor for a really good reason. Not so here. Most of these extra tracks are interesting to listen to. Even the Boombox Rehearsals are cool. They give you the sense that this is the olden days when we were all still using cassettes to learn about music.

Robert Downey Jr. -The Futurist (2004) OK. I admit I was curious. This sounds like a musical version of that movie "Short Cuts". There's something strangely un-musical about this album even though it is all sort of well-done. Downey writes most of these tunes and apparently plays the piano sometimes. He even sings well. The production is sort of okay but it comes across as being like... it's trying too hard. Nonetheless, it is certainly not as crazy as the William Shatner records, which are amazing but there is a certain fun in imagining Iron Man as a lounge singer.

Yuck -Yuck (2010) This band is from London, England, and came to me because someone suggested that if I liked some of the songs by GroupLove, then I might like this. Wrong. I already have the good Dinosaur Jr. records and I've heard a billion-million-jillion shoegazer bands in the 90s. This is not compelling at all. It's sort of ok and I'm sure would be fun at a club. Honestly, the bands we have here generally suck and something like this would be fun because they have great guitar sounds from the 90s. There's nothing really transcendent here and the name is terrible. Although "Suicide Policeman" is a pretty funny title. To me, that seems very British.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:15:34 -0700 And in TMD News... http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/and-in-tmd-news http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/and-in-tmd-news

The next show is on August 6, 2011, in Welland, ON at Illuminaqua Festival. This is presented by Supernova. You'll be amazed at the band! We'll be playing songs from "Deathstyle Celebration", new songs, and maybe even something by Björk. thismaddesire.com for more info.

INTERVIEW WITH MACKENZIE KRISTJON (moi): themansphere.blogspot.com/2011/06/men-we-admire-mackenzie-kristjon.html

Thoughts and prayers to everyone in Norway.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:07:00 -0700 Singles From The Past http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/singles-from-the-past http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/singles-from-the-past
The Hamilton Public Library has a new service called Freegal which allows members to download and keep 3 mp3's each week. The service is underwritten by the Library. It's great! This week I decided to delve into the world of the 70s. And I wish lyrics today had this much personality. People don't know what they're missing.

TODAY'S SELECTIONS

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IGGY POP :: I'm a Conservative from Soldier (1980)

I've never heard this record before although I've certainly heard my share of Iggy Pop over the years. It sounds like Rolling Stone had initially given this album a positive review. So what, right? This particular cut is one of the deeper cuts on the album and it's completely hilarious. It starts off with this melodramatic slow introduction (like it's Broadway) during which Iggy explains that he used to live such a horrible life. Enter machine-gun distorted guitars. "Hello my friends! I'm a conservative and I like all the crazy girls that I screw. Hey," he explains, "I know them all well." 

"You're always on the right side when you're conservative."
"It would mean so much to me if you would only be like me."

The lyrics are delivered in a straight, unironic tone -which only deepens the weirdness. 

4/5 Black Stars!

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ALICE COOPER :: Lost in America from The Last Temptation (1994)

Someone mentioned Alice to me yesterday in reference to his radio show. What a career this guy has had! I'm only now discovering that all of his records since the 80s are actually pretty fun. I think The Last Temptation might have been a concept record (Alice loves concept records). This is basically a mid-90s stompin' rock tune with clever lyrics and a little social consciousness.. "My dad's got a wife but she ain't my mom/Mom's looking for a man to be my dad/But I want my mom and dad to be my real Mom and Dad!" This could be any song by Van Halen or AC/DC or whomever but the lyrics are far more interesting. In my 10-second Wikipedia research here, I see that when this record came out, it accompanied a 3-part comic book written by Neil Gaiman. WOW. I think a lot of people do not realize that without Alice Cooper, popular culture as we know it simply would not exist.

4/5 Black Stars!

but THIS WEEK'S WINNER is....

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BURTON CUMMINGS :: Never Had A Lady Before from My Own Way to Rock (1977)

And could there have been any doubt... Growing up in Winnipeg, there was no escaping Burton. He hated Winnipeg with a vengeance and swore he'd never return. At some point, he made nice and bought all the Salisbury House restaurants. If you're not from Winnipeg, this is the most interesting restaurant chain of all time. You simply MUST go when you make your pilgrimage to Winnipeg. But I digress..

Never Had A Lady Before comes from Burton's My Own Way to Rock, his second solo offering after leaving the Guess Who. As if there was any doubt in anyone's mind, this funked-up disco tune reminds anyone why Burton has to have his own way to rock. "I've had girls! I've had women! But I've never had a lady before!" And this nugget of truth: "I've seen brains! I've seen brilliance! But I've never got them through my head before!"

You cannot resist. You cannot deny. Run.. don't walk. This is even better than Rod Stewart's Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

5/5 Black Stars

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:47:11 -0700 How can they fall for their lies? http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/how-can-they-fall-for-their-lies http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/how-can-they-fall-for-their-lies
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How many times did she have to repeat that lie to herself in order to imagine it to be true?

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:11:26 -0700 Britney Spears http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/britney-spears http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/britney-spears Those of you that know me know that I wouldn't exactly be described as a huge fan of Britney Spears. Nonetheless, in my dream I attended one of her concerts last night... or almost did. I had purchased tickets through the venue office earlier in the day and the date seemed wrong on the ticket. I was assured that it was no issue.

I left and then arrived with 4-5 other friends who all proceeded into the show -prepared to be wowed, I'm sure. I had purchased the tickets for this woman who is, let's say, a bigger fan of Britney than I am and in some sort of puppy love with me. Of course, the date on the ticket issue turned out to be serious and we were denied access. My puppy love date was furious. I drove her home and promised to take her back to see Britney at the next possible opportunity.. which was the next day and the date for which the tickets I had purchased had really been. Wow... I was not looking forward to either taking this angry puppy dog love girl AT ALL.

I can't stand people that whine and complain about things. You know the ones... they think they are at the centre of the universe and masquerade as caring wonderful people. People who are always "offended". (A larger question might be why I didn't just tell this chick to flake off.. And the short answer is I said I'd take her and I feel obligated to make my statements come true. No matter how ridiculous the situation.)

Of course, in my anger about not being allowed into this concert and being completely denied by the very woman who had sold me these wrong tickets, I had thrown the tickets on the ground in disgust -so I no longer had them.

I spent the rest of the dream driving through snow, arguing with the ticket agency and so on and so forth and eventually received tickets (after a few phone calls to the bank and causing every woman in this office to fall madly in lust with me) and woke up just as Britney was about to hit the stage. Puppy love girl was still cantankerous.

My question for you dream analysts is WTF? Where did this come from? WHY WHY WHY?

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:58:00 -0700 From the Archives!! http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/from-the-archives http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/from-the-archives

from January 18, 1996

Golden-eye

and so at what point does a song become great? At what point does it transcend itself to become a work of art? The reason these questions are being posed is a result of the upcoming birthday (#2) on jan. 29 of “perfect ring”. At some point, and this was a gradual process, that song became a defining work of mine. It was with such trepidation that I brought that song to the bloodflowers’ attention. “oh, another song,” I thought. “they will hate learning it.” And not being sure the arrangement or form of the song. Should the first verse be repeated twice at the beginning and the final chorus twice at the end? At some point, an ending emerged and the song takes over the creator. The performer becomes a slave to the song. You try to beat a song into submission but just when you think you have it, there is an uprising from within the song itself such that the performer is usurped by a powerful preserce that the song becomes. There is an element of power from no knowable source inherent in great works be they paintings or movies or statues or songs or dances. Something in the expression of thepiece makes the performer a tool in the creation of… light? It is almost like the performer is a lightbulb and when performing lesser works, she still seems like a lightbulb and people recognize her for being a lightbulb. However, when the right piece is performed, when the electricity is just so, that performer becomes a conduit for breathtaking beauty and light. “I can see clearly now,” the audience would gasp.

What is that magical quality?

 

(NOTE: even at such an early time, my fascination with great art was evident. Without any schooling, I had already found dominant metaphors of illumination and divinity..)

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Thu, 19 May 2011 05:08:48 -0700 Random sampling of books I have read recently http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/random-sampling-of-books-i-have-read-recently http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/random-sampling-of-books-i-have-read-recently
Parentless Parents by Allison Gilbert
Payback by Margaret Atwood
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (I didn't finish this one)
Why Birds Sing by David Rothenberg
Shoptimism by Lee Eisenberger
Beauty & Sadness by Andre Alexis (I kept singing it's a "Sad and Beautiful World" in my head)
Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky *NOT GOOD
Everyone Loves You When You're Dead by Neil Strauss
My Winnipeg by Guy Maddin *FANTASTIC!!!!
Convert! Designing Web Sites to Increase Traffic and Conversion
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
The Red Hot Chili Peppers Oral/Visual History

Only 2 more days until the end of the world!!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:32:00 -0700 PIGEON ENGLISH http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/pigeon-english http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/pigeon-english

REVIEW OF Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman

(Toronto: House of Anansi, 2011. 263 pp.)

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First-time novelist Stephen Kelman has achieved something like a modern-day Catcher in the Rye with the much-hyped Pigeon English. Both a coming-of-age novel and something of a murder mystery, it provides insight into the world of gangs and violent crime and their impact on young people. It is no secret why twelve publishing companies participated in a bidding war to acquire this novel.

Written from the perspective of Harrison Opoku, an 11-year-old Ghanian immigrant who lives in a London housing project, Pigeon English draws on the real-life killing of ten-year-old Damilola Taylor, a Nigerian schoolboy who died in the UK. At the beginning of the novel, a boy has been knifed to death and Harrison and his friend become amateur sleuths in a world of urban decay and violence.

The language used is a mixture of British and Ghanian slang written with just enough childhood naïveté to provide both humour and horror. At the same time as Harrison is trying to solve the murder, he is also being tested for recruitment into the local Dell Farm Crew gang. Meanwhile, he's still only eleven and busy wondering if the girl next to him in school likes him, thinking about superheroes, and trying to attract a certain pigeon to his balcony with flour. Some parts of the book are also told from the perspective of the pigeon.

The magic of the book comes directly from the sense of boyhood wonder as Harrison flails his way through this world as he considers if gangs can be for good and what makes a good detective and just why are girls so icky anyway. Poignant observations abound as when Harrison takes part in the mugging of an older gentleman from the local church. Upon realizing the identity of the target victim, he thinks, “That's when I knew why he sings louder than anybody else [at church]; it's because he's been waiting the longest for God to answer.” 

There are points at which the sense of character comes across as contrived and Harrison seems too comfortable with a language that is still supposed to be very new to him. Nevertheless, the sheer kaleidoscope of experiences refracted through this character's voice more than makes up for it. 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:09:28 -0700 A Sampling of Records I've Listened to this Week http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/a-sampling-of-records-ive-listened-to-this-we http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/a-sampling-of-records-ive-listened-to-this-we Acadie by Daniel Lanois
Aerosmith by Aerosmith
Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on her Magic Ukelele by Amanda Palmer
All for Nothing/Nothing For All by the Replacements
Anytime at All by Banyan
Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses
Beauregard by Kate Rogers Band
Best of Joan Baez by Joan Baez
Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Build A Rocket Boys! by Elbow
Classic Southern Gospel by Various Artists
Collapse Into Now by R.E.M.
Comedy Is Not Pretty! by Steve Martin
Ecstasy by Lou Reed
The Fame by Lady Gaga
Feminist Sweepstakes by Le Tigre
Femme Fatale by Britney Spears
Frank's Wild Years by Tom Waits
The Gold Experience by Prince
Good God's Urge by Porno For Pyros
Homeland by Laurie Anderson
Hometowns by the Rural Alberta Advantage
Honey's Dead by Jesus & Mary Chain
Islandsklukkur by Various Artists
Lake Michigan Soda by Bob Wiseman
Live on I-5 by Soundgarden
Live at Copps Coliseum by Pearl Jam
Live to Win by Paul Stanley
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
Neil Young Unplugged by Neil Young
Pop by U2
Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens
Song Yet To Be Sung by Perry Farrell
A Sphere in the Heart of Silence by John Frusciante
Surfer Rosa by the Pixies
Swanlights by Antony & The Johnsons
Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart
Uncool by Bumblefoot
Who You Are by Jessie J
Years of Refusal by Morrissey
69 Love Songs Vol. 1 by the Magnetic Fields

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:23:17 -0800 On the Nature of Time! http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/on-the-nature-of-time http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/on-the-nature-of-time In the news department, I'm still in writing and deconstructing/reconstructing songs for my forthcoming eventual record.. And meanwhile everything else... All the humdrum daily life stuff.

This morning as I listened to Ron Sexsmith describe being a songwriter and explain that he does not have an iPod and was reading further on Bev Oda and researching better car designs that get energy straight away from oil and imagining new technologies to replace "phone lines" (cf. Libya and recent Egyptian... oh my..) - The world is too small and Life is Too Short.

It occurred to me a very funny thing: I would suppose these days that the vast majority of people are using iPods and not View Masters. The iPod users would think that songs start and end on time like a machine. I should be able to take your iPod and not accounting for any kind of wind-resistance or humidity expect that Song X will last Y seconds independent of anything.

But did you know:

Once upon a time back when the Smashing Pumpkins were more popular in Canada than anywhere else on the planet on a per-capita basis, we decided to take 2 Siamese Dream CDs and play them in different players in in the house. We timed precisely the beginning of that SilverFish song (not Fish but...). Imagine someone standing in the middle of the house yelling, "T-minus 5-4-3-2-1! GO!!"

An imaginary gun goes off.

A few false starts later, we were off to the races! SilverF-sharp is playing in 2 players simultaneously with a perfectly synchronized beginning. Total success!

And you could feel the power as the house electrified like when you have speakers running throughout your whole house all running from one source.

But at around the six-minute mark, you could start to feel the time sliding and by the end, as each CD became 2 beats off, you could feel your head SPIN. It was like a Siamese Scream! (If you have ever heard cats in heat, you know what I mean. It's like razorblades across your sense of hearing.)

CD players all play at slightly different speeds. As do record players. As do cassette players.

Never mind the sound-waves that come out of real speakers. I'll leave that for later...

This is all ONE planet. Remember that you are not locked in a little bubble only caring about pre-fab boxed foods that no one grows and no one knows where it comes from. There is no such as thing as magic. But somewhere over the rainbow, there's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.

Dream-Love-Imagine-Peace

-Mac

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:33:24 -0800 Death to the Pixies http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/death-to-the-pixies http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/death-to-the-pixies
A BLAST FROM THE PAST.... AN OLD E-MAIL!! Back before there were blogs!

Here it is:

some writing, people. let me know your thoughts... friday night
writing. something to help you pass the time. a little levity while
the flinstones are on..

&*&*&&&*&*
death to the pixies because this is what the pixies mean to me.

when i was younger than i already am, i was running with a crowd of
music hipsters. they were the coolest kids in school and my relation
to them was that i really got the music, but we would debate how cool
songs were and why and whether lyrics mattered or not and whether the
pixies were not the most incredible new sound we'd ever heard in our
young and ever younger lives.

my friend drew had a cottage around the bend from ours. his mother was
the minister or education for the province of manitoba, and this was
always the source of intense controversy because all of her children
attended at private schools - a sure sign of faith in the system that
she is responsible to make well for every class of person! and he was
a sweet guy. i heard he's now a teacher.

one day, this guy gave me a copy of the pixies because we were already
pals over jane's addiction and he knew that i needed to know about
this record. and it had nothing to do with the fact that this record
showed nudity on the cover (much like jane's).

and this music slayed me.

the pixies were the third cd i ever bought. the store was sold out and
i had just taken an hour-long bus ride to get to the store with my
leftover xmas money and... no pixies. comment peut-on tromper le
monde? so i bought the odds and soundgarden.

the next week i begged for money because i knew it was important and i
finally purchased my third cd, trompe le monde par les pixies. and i
listened to it relentlessly as though in that recording were contained
the secrets of the universe (or at least musical intelligence). i knew
those songs like the surfer rosa songs... like the back of my hand. i
knew every inch of them. every sigh, every word, every bassline, every
quirk.

as time wore on, i would keep my eyes peeled in the media for the
future developments of the members of the band.

i was excited by the concept of the reunion and that it was scheduled
to begin in winnipeg (i madly considered the option of going!), and of
course, it wound up starting in minnesota anyway so.. that dream was
kind of stillborn.

i have always kept a postcard of the surfer rosa record on a wall
everywhere i have lived since i bought it ten years ago.

the pixies were a ticket i could not afford last winter. so death to
the pixies, because i want to forget that they were ever there and
that i missed them! and death to the pixies because i didn't go and
see who would be there because that might have killed me.

*************

death to the pixies because that's all love ever was. and i don't need
to be reminded anymore of how softly and wickedly they would dance and
slither and dream and come through any doors any countries, twist
round any branch, take charge of any kind of endless fateless forever
where everything always turns out this way: lovely and wonderful and
everything joy.

please don't remind me about that.

i sang here comes your man every time i would sing for years? how crazy is that?

(don't remind me about that either.)

and when you told me that were at that show i missed (and am now glad
i did), i felt awful that you went and did not appreciate what you
were doing to me. and that made me feel sick,

but rather than be reminded of that,

i say, death to the pixies for they represent everything that i loathe
in the world!

************

it's wicked salvation and horrific illusion, a man-made creation of
contempt and confusion, a horrendous drunken darling delusion, an
ever-so-comfortless deep sweet intrusion.

it's you! it's you! it's YOU!!!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:49:00 -0800 Recent Findings! http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/recent-findings http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/recent-findings

Part of my New Year's resolution is to blog more. I've been going through my old diaries combing them for lyrics. Trolling for Lord knows what. The truth is I prefer my hand-written diaries but I'm trying to be "modern". I've been posting demos on soundcloud. Which one will I pick today? Go to soundcloud.com/thismaddesire to find out!

As a result of my writing, I'm also reading and listening to a fair bit. This morning's prize? Adele. She seems to have two records, 19 and 21, recorded at those ages of life. Crazy good British soul production. And she has an authentic-sounding Etta James-like voice. Which I'm always a sucker for. The piano sounds are such garbage on this 19 album though. Very tinny and digital-y. Ick.

Current listenings: Amanda Palmer's Radiohead EP, Eliza Doolittle, Holy F&*k's LP, Iron & Wine's Kiss Each Other Clean, the Best of Joan Baez, a John Frusciante bootleg, Muse's The Resistance (not so into this yet), the new Methods of Mayhem (again -jury's out!), REM's Live at the Olympia, the Rural Alberta Advantage, some old Sufjan Stevens albums, a Tommy Bolin greatest hits, and some Run DMC just for good measure. Randomly I may write more about these records. And Beck's Guero just came on. I also like the new PJ Harvey song!

Recent Readings: You Are Not A Gadget, Darwin's Bastards, the Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga, the Heroin Diaries, Darwin's Bastards, McSweeney's 23, a book on Viking history, various poetry anthologies, Macrowikinomics, and A Colossal Failure of Common Sense -The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers.

And an Icelander was interviewed on the CBC this morning. Awesome.

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And this one was taken on the weekend. It was described by someone as modern daguerrotype. Patricia snapped it.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:11:00 -0800 In my secret dreams http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/in-my-secret-dreams http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/in-my-secret-dreams

In my secret dreams, you walk through the door as though you live here. Armed with good intentions and love, you disarm me. Your smile arrests me.
Even when you are not with me, this happens. Every night.

In your secret captivity, I twist and turn and watch my life fall apart.
My line of credit disappears, my hair recedes, my heart stops.
Especially when you are here with me, this happens. Every day.

Love fails, intelligence fails, insults fail, threats fail, anger fails.
Everything fails to stop it. It repeats with mechanical precision.
History crushes us both.
Even when you are not here with me, this happens. In every way with every fight.

I opened my heart to a bird song. Its breath was even beautiful, but all birds can panic and songs can turn to shrieks and the fragile flutter of wings can be lethal when let loose inside. Outside, it may flee, may find direction, may find calm, may sing again.
But I still wait to see you crash through my window as though you can forgive fear.

!the love bank, the love government, the love laws, the love institutions, the love doctors, the love saxophones, the love melodies, the love potions, the love cafeterias, the love revolutions, the love new york, the love and holy eternity, the love breath on my neck, the love visionaries, the love abyss, the love forgiveness, the love supernatural suffering and kindness.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:41:26 -0700 Dreamtime http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/dreamtime http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/dreamtime
Just a reflection on the nature of discussing dreams.

SOMETIMES I get an urge to tell people about my dreams and I think to say, "Oh it was SO weird... yadda yadda yadda.. chickens were setting the house on fire and this baby cat had the features of a little girl and I found $300 in a zombie's pocket and..."

Whatever.

Then I think to myself... "Of course the dream was weird. It's a fucking dream. That's what they are all like."

Instantly I shut my mouth.

Occasionally I've written songs in my dreams and those are -as you can imagine- pretty weird songs but I'd rather just write them down rather than try to explain them. It's interesting to me that eventually I realize that they have some significance. Usually after someone approaches me during one of their acid flashbacks and explains that they totally get it, dude.

Show announcements etc. coming soon. Hope you had a happy Hallowe'en!

-M

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:08:57 -0700 This Mad Desire Gets Hammered on Y108. http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/this-mad-desire-gets-hammered-on-y108 http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/this-mad-desire-gets-hammered-on-y108
This Mad Desire will be featured on Y108's program "Get Hammered" at 11:30PM on Wednesday 27 October. Listen online atY108.ca or if you live in Southern Ontario, tune in to 107.9 FM. Facebook event info is here. Lyrics to the first verse of the song THIS MAD DESIRE are below!

Also if you live in Toronto, you should check out *TMD keyboardist Reinhard Kypke DJing at the coolest Halloween bash in Toronto this weekend. He'll be DJing as DJ Pressure. October 30. 10PM. 1610 Bloor Street West. Toronto, ON. Cash prizes for best costumes! The Facebook event page is here.

Hamiltonians can also mark their calendars as TMD will be playing at This Ain't Hollywood on Thursday, December 9. More info and other dates coming soon! This Ain't Hollywood was recently voted the #1 live rock venue in Hamilton in View Magazine.

BUY TMD's DEATHSTYLE::CELEBRATION ONLINE AT THISMADDESIRE.BANDCAMP.COM

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:38:30 -0700 *This Mad Desire to be featured on Y108 http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/this-mad-desire-to-be-featured-on-y108 http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/this-mad-desire-to-be-featured-on-y108 Tune in next week on Wednesday to Y108 FM at 11:30PM. *TMD will be featured on a program called "Get Hammered". I'll be interviewed! More on this later!

Monkeycycle

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:53:36 -0700 Initial posting http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/initial-posting http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/initial-posting I wonder how many people start off their posterous career with a test posting!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:34:00 -0800 Rob Halford and Christmas? http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/2009/11/rob-halford-and-christmas.html http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/2009/11/rob-halford-and-christmas.html Hold the phone. What's going on here? Metal God Rob Halford is bustling through the Arizona streets brandishing his new Christmas record. I just downloaded and listened to the new single "Christmas for Everyone". It's metallic for sure and also has bells and a joyful feeling about it. Kind of like a happy Ramones tune.. For the metal families out there for sure! What's next? Jay-Z's version of Rudolph?

Pretty surreal. Let me know what you think!!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:11:00 -0800 This Mad Desire video http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/2009/11/this-mad-desire-video.html http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/2009/11/this-mad-desire-video.html This is the video for "This Mad Desire" -a song I wrote. It comes from my Celebration record. Enjoy!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:07:00 -0800 Love at first sight http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/2009/11/love-at-first-sight.html http://thismaddesire.posterous.com/2009/11/love-at-first-sight.html Kylie Minogue. I never think about her but her song is on the radio. I love it! I'm new to the blogosphere but now I'm here. I don't have a definite plan for what this will become but I'm sure it will have poetry/music somehow connected to it. Maybe just daily events. Not sure yet. Stay tuned!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813511/photo.jpeg http://posterous.com/users/YS1J5ov5m5b Mackenzie Kristjon thismaddesire Mackenzie Kristjon