Things I Love – Canadian War Art

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Huge Ups – Efekt

Matt Savage – 2010

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Things I Love – The Simpsons – Special Guests

Super Down With – Canadian Search and Rescue

 

 

 

Things I Like – Graffiti on Trains

 

Things I Love – The Catorialist

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Matt Savage – Luminara

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Things I Like – Musical Dream Teams

This list is some of my favorite collaborations

and remixes in music over my listening years.

song title will link to track / control click to download

 

1. Highwayman - Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

This is the dream team. very much a foot tapper / knee slapper of a song

 

2. Money – The Clipse/Re-Up Gang

“ask yourself . do you roll with the winner?”

the clipse / re – up gang are the the winners

 

3. Where’s Da G’s - Dizzee Rascal Bun B, Pimp C

wow what a cross over. and the fact Pimp C is no

longer with us makes this a song to remember

 

4. Sealion – Feist – Chromeo Remix

Canadian Content. and some of the best at that.

 

5. Charlie Sheen vs Henry Rollins – Alexisonfire/Moneen

Eastern Canada is so cold in the winter only amazing

music can be made in this hibernation like state.

 

6. Us Placers - CRS (Child Rebel Soldiers) (Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West & Pharrell)

I should also mention that this song also features

Thom Yorke (radiohead) samples

 

7. ballad of Noah  - K-Os, Buck 65

A match up of two of Canada’s weird

flowing positive rappers.

 

8. Hold On – Hot Chip (D.I.M. Remix)

Do you feel like dancing. because this

song forces it out of you. and like a lot

of D.I.M’s work its additive

 

9. The Next Episode – Dr. Dre, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg

West coast revival. classic track off 2001.

 

10. Thug Luv -Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ft. Tupac)

there is only one track that can follow this up.

 

11. Notorious Thugs - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ft. Notorious BIG)

Take one greatest rapper add Bone Thugs. wrap. bag. sell

Products for Life – Altea

Altea is out of Italy and they do Beautiful work.

I love their shirts, great cut, slim arms, and nice

classic colours and patterns. They also make

amazing sweaters, scarfs, ties and socks.

check out their site ALTEA

 

 

 

 

 

Things I Like – Plants

Photos From

http://christianbarnardblog.blogspot.com/

Huge Ups – Helmets

Wear a helmet when riding your bike.

its just safer that way.

 

 

Things I Love – Earl Grey Tea

Products For Life – Apple Computers

 

Great Advertising – Bic

Super Down With – Spotted Owl

 

last week at work there was an Owl

hanging out in the back courtyard .

rad bird..

Things I Like – Tilt Shift Photography

 

Please Do – Watch 65 Red Roses

Last night on CBC The Passionate Eye

was the story of Eva. She has cystic fibrosis,

it’s a horrible disease effecting the lungs.

Eva is an amazing human and her story is so touching.

the love that  is shown is incrediable.

65 Red Roses is a must watch.

Link below…

65 red roses

Eva’s Blog

The Chairmans Desk – 1408-1410 Broad

So I sent off an email on Friday asking the city of Victoria if they could help me find out some of the history of my new building. Monday, the answers arrived. This is part of the “Statement of Significance” about the building. note both of the pictures are before the facade restoration of a few years ago and it again looks more like the top photo not the later

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

The historic place is a two-storey plus basement brick commercial buildings concealed by a post-modern stucco façade, and addition to rear occupying almost an entire lot in Victoria’s Old Town, a vibrant historic commercial district at the heart of the provincial capital.

Heritage Value

The historic place is valued for its association with the origins of Victoria’s automobile industry, and for its history of use that reflects wider trends of use in this part of Victoria’s Old Town.

Constructed for the Plimley Auto Company in 1910 to the designs of accomplished and prolific Victorian architect William Ridgeway Wilson, the building at 1408-1410 Broad Street served as showrooms and a repair shop for one of Victoria’s first automobile businesses.  Thomas Plimley, a former bicycle dealer, who in 1901 sold the first car in the city, and R.P. Clarke who had bought Plimley’s business the year before and subsequently entered into partnership with him, formed the Plimley Autos, a company that is remembered city-wide, where by the time of its closure in 1998 it had established many car dealerships and garages.

The original use of the historic place reflects the evolution of the automobile as a vehicle of leisure for the monied classes in Victoria and its popularity as a means of transport is echoed in the subsequent use of neighbouring buildings for garages, auto supplies, and showrooms.  Plimley and Clarke’s choice of this block almost certainly refers to its growth during the late nineteenth century as a centre for bicycle and carriage sales and repair, and to their first-had knowledge of that industry.

The 1910 leasing of the upper floor by a printer and sign-writer speaks to another activity focused on Broad Street – journalism and printing.  Victoria’s main newspapers, the Colonist, the Times and the Daily News all had offices nearby.  And the purchase and alteration of the buildings by the Columbia Paper Company in the 1930s strengthened that association.

Subsequent use of the building reflects social trends in the Downtown core: its conversion to premises for the Victoria Social Club reminds us of the transition, in the Pacific north-west, of the senior citizen from perceived nuisance to respected elder; the creation of residential suites speaks to the need for low-cost housing and soaring inflation; and the Government’s Downtown Outreach Service, catering to the severely mentally ill, to the reaction to care in the community policies for mental illness, and the terrible consequences caused by cheap street drugs and continuing homelessness in the city.

Character-Defining Elements

The character-defining elements of 1408-1410 Broad Street include:

Ÿ       Location on the 1400 block of Broad Street

Ÿ       Proximity to a number of surviving former carriageworks, car showrooms, and repair garages

Ÿ       Cambered and flat brick-arched window openings and double-hung wood window joiner in the front, rear and north elevations

Ÿ       The fair-faced brick rear and north walls except for the light-reflecting whitewashed panels on the north wall that refer to the window positions of the former Kingdom of Jehovah’s Witnesses Hall on the lot to the north

Ÿ       The stepped parapet of the north wall

Ÿ       The automobile repair pits

Ÿ       The flat-roofed kitchen addition to the rear including its tiled floor

Ÿ       The floor surfaces, scarring and textures in the basement that indicate the former arrangements of the garage

Ÿ       The remains of the ‘area’ beneath the pavement on Broad Street

Ÿ       The reveals of the vehicle opening in the rear elevation within the former restaurant kitchen (now Chain Chain Chain) and certain internal partitions that indicate the position of the former road through the building

Ÿ       The scars and iron fixtures behind the modern stucco that indicate the position of the Italianate scrolls, pressed-metal cornice and string courses that adorned the street façade

Ÿ       The scars and fixtures behind the modern stucco that indicate the former arrangements of the gallery clerestory glazing, the lower cornice and the awning position.

Things I Like – Retired Sports Logos

 

Big Ups – Ellen Russell Stop Animation

My sister did these stop Animations

last year. so good

The Chairmans Desk – Moved In

John A. Di Castri – Trend House

Back in June I did a post about John A. Di Castri’s Trend House. (post here)  since then the house has been listed. offering us pictures of the interior and exterior of the house that is almost unchanged from the original. and it sold for just under $600 000 I should also mention that it’s only 845 square feet

Things I Like – Moods of Norway x Helly Hansen

Moods of Norway is one of my favorite lines.

they really put the fun back into fashion. Using

outrageous colours, patterns and prints it is definitely

different. This season they teamed up with outerwear giant

Helly Hansen to create some eye catching snow wear…

more here

 

Big Ups – Over The Edge (1979)

I saw this movie and it is amazing

I would really recomend it. Some amazing

shots and a supporting actress that looks

eerily similar to my sister. the story is about

the problems that came about in the 1970s in

suburban housing. and the vandalism

and drug use that followed

A Good-Bye – Pristine Forests

A Thank You – Ellen and Jeff

While I wait the eight days until the

boardroom can be fully moved to its

new location my sister Ellen and

her super rad boyfriend Jeff have been

nice enough to let me into their home .

Things I Miss – Henry The Dog

wile I was moving I got to see

my favorite dog. Henry.

what a good boy

 

Huge Ups – Eames Fall Mix

84/ aka Eames has just

released a fall mix that is gold.

really works in with how my mood

is with this weather. go download it

HERE

Matt Savage – Structures

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Things I Like – Old Posters

It seem that the poster design in the late 1930s

in the USA was super on point. Think how photo heavy

posters and advertising are today. And any poster

that is more text based usually involves complex

colour schemes. nothing like these

classic posters from 1936 – 1943

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Things I Am Not Down With – Environment Protesters

Yesterdays question period was held up because some protesters were shouting from the viewing area. they were angry because a NDP environment bill C-311 did not make it to the senate for a 2nd reading .personally I may dislike the Conservative government, and I definitely do my own complaining. but I do it in the public sphere where it is freely allowed, and I would say expected. that said, it is a politicians job in question period to ask the government why. If you really wanted to get your point across wouldn’t it be better to stage a huge rally on the front lawn of parliament and show the government that a large group of Canadians agree. Instead of interrupting public servants while they work, here’s an idea, go sit down a write an environment bill that could be passed by all parties

More Credit Needed – Rupert the Bear

I love the Rupert Fashion..

Especially the clean scarf tie that

rupert rolls with

 

 

 

Matt Savage – Black and White

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