Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
goodbye 2012
saying goodbye to 2012 and can't say i'm too sad. 2013 is already shaping up to be a MONSTER!@#$%!!! lots of creative projects on the go and BIG goals to accomplish. there's a certified union on the horizon and work and travel in-and-around it all... always sharing the land. following dreams and dreaming more. at this tender time of the year, i'm once again disgusted by consumer culture. surprised, no, but trying to reduce waste and wasteful actions. it's the only way and order of the day. family and simple gestures of love trump all. and don't forget, the dollar record always gets more play than the "holy" grail resting on the shelf. always. so keep posing w/ your regurgitated trophy photos and revealing your true self. if you don't l-o-v-e music, go back to being a hockey card collector and let the real heads do their thing. in other news, cratery keeps on burning on and on... don't stop. my beard is getting whiter. as i get older, i'm not inspired by a lot of the people and things that used to stoke my fire. it's weird. and i gotta say this LOUD and CLEAR. i'm not like "you" or "that guy" you know who you "think" does the same thing as me. i'm blazing my own path. i'm turning shit up (to 11) and putting it out. i'm trudging through fields in a different type of war. i'm driving my whip. across this country. not in a cubicle or (always) glued to a screen. for the man. i'm pressing flesh. climbing ladders. looking you straight in the eye. taking short steps and continuing to learn from my elders. producing content, not simply spinning it (though i can do that too)... i am not alone. voluntary in nature. these are my people. you know who you are. we rap more mellow. PEACE
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
sipreano top 9 of 2012
re-posted from Light In The Attic Records
1) Thin Lizzy – Over 10 years ago, my dearly departed record
guru, Ty Scammell (RIP), turned me on to Thin Lizzy’s debut Decca LP w/ Eric
Bell-inspired air guitar antics and a tear in his eye from the emotive poetry
of Phil Lynott. In 2012, I was fortunate to spearhead a LITA vinyl-only reissue
of Thin Lizzy, mastered from the
original tapes and featuring an extensive interview w/ none other than OG Thin Lizzy
co-founder and guitarist, Eric Bell!@#$%!!! So honoured to be involved in this
long overdue vinyl re-release. Thanks for the music Eric, Phil, and Brian (and
Ty)!!!
2) LITA 10th anniversary celebrations: I’ve been
working w/ LITA for almost ten years now. Our initial collaboration was on a
reissue of Wayne McGhie & The Sounds
Of Joy, the first title in what became the 6-album Jamaica-Toronto series. I’ll never forget meeting Wayne (who had
been “missing” for years) in Toronto w/ LITA honcho Matt Sullivan during the
winter of 2003. The December weather was wicked and wild w/ enough snow and ice
to remind this transplanted West Coaster of the occasional sub zero temps of my
Ontario youth. Playing vinyl records at L.A.’s The El Rey Theatre nine years
later w/ Rodriguez, Shin Joong Hyun, Michael Chapman, and Stephen John Kalinich
on stage was far from frigid, but equally heart-warming. It was incredible to
see an eclectic mix of groovy people coming together for the love of music!!!
3) Upcoming LITA projects: I’m super honoured to be
assembling two more archival albums for LITA, the first, a long overdue look at
folk and rock from a key selection of North America’s finest aboriginal
musicians. It’s been incredible working w/ spiritual artists like Canadian
First Nations music, film, and cultural legend Willie Dunn, learning more about
his life and digging deep down into the sound. Secondly, is another compilation
we’ve been working on for a number of years now, Share The Land: Canada, the product of multiple cross-country
research trips w/ my digging partner Birdapres, where we seek off-the-grid and
little-known folk, psych, country, and soul, and most importantly, a greater
understanding of the country we live in. Please keep your eyes peeled and ears
open for these releases in 2013.
4) Ladyhawk – No CanDo: No Can Do is Canadian rock
group Ladyhawk’s third long player (released on vinyl and CD by Triple Crown
Audio, home of Destroyer, Sports, and Duffy & The Doubters). Not to be
confused w/ Kiwi chanteuse Ladyhawke, the ‘Hawk are hardcore rock and roll w/
an emotional melodic touch (hardcore
like Crazy Horse, not hardcore like
Black Flag, but hey, who am I to say!@#$%???) . Long time brethren born in the
Kelowna, B.C., region, these musical brothers play in that special telekinetic
way that so few musicians can. Seek No
Can Do out!@#$%!!!
5) HK BBQ Master: Found underneath a giant grocery store in
Richmond, B.C., HK BBQ Master is just that, the spot for Chinese char siu and
other barbecued delicacies. This is a no-frills joint, a handful of tables, lovely
staff, take-away biz, and 2 mind, body, and soul altering variations of chili
sauce (one red, and one w/ burnt chili flakes immersed in oil w/ peanuts).
Order fat or lean on your next B.C. visit (hey, you’re overdue for another
stay, aren’t you???), you won’t be disappointed!@#$%!!!
6) Transmolecular –Offerations Vol. 1 and 1.2 Redemption
Sessions: Hats off to my Transmolecular family Seekers International,
WZRDRY A/V, ASTRX, and GALAXABURN. In December of 2012, we presented an evening
of original art, music, and visuals unlike anything Vancouver has ever seen
(well, at least since the Melodic Energy Commission’s early 1980s happening that
advertised “original art, music, and visuals,” on a vintage concert poster
Kamandi and I caught recently in a display of local punk-era artifacts!@#$%!!!).
A reminder, that it’s all been done before??? Lol… Any which way, we tore it up
for the heads and will continue to do so (this is just the beginning)!@#$%!!!
7) 9.79*: To quote
“Let Your Backbone Slide” rapper Maestro Fresh Wes, “Ben Johnson’s still the fastest brother in the world.”
I will never forget the elation and national pride watching Jamaican-Canadian
sprinter Ben Johnson during the Seoul Olympics in 1988, probably the only time
I’ve felt such an overwhelming patriotic feeling in regards to my country
(well, until LITA’s Share The Land:
Canada get released!@#$%!!!) A few days later, we all know Ben’s dream came
crashing down and the track and field star’s career was tarnished forever.
Director Daniel Gordon’s 9.79* is a
gripping sports documentary that incredibly interviews every participant that
epic 100 meter final and while the end results of that fateful race will never
change, it definitely makes you think about how it all went down and what was
going on behind the scenes. Any which way, Carl Lewis is still an arrogant
prick (*sorry US brothers and sisters, f#ck that dude!@#$%!!!).
8) The Stone Roses: 2012 saw Manchester rock heroes, The
Stone Roses (Mani, Ian, John, and
Reni!@#$%!!!) overcome their differences and band up for a series of high
profile reunion gigs. Over three days, they played to over 210,000 people at
Heaton Park and while I couldn’t be there in person, I could certainly feel the
positive vibrations all the way over here on the west coast of North America.
I’ve wanted to see The Stone Roses live since the early 1990s after watching
their “Fools Gold” video on late night CDN music TV. The next day, I raced to
A&B Sound and bought The Stone Roses on
cassette + repeated listens + much dancing + deep introspection= life changed
forever!@#$%!!! How bout a stand-alone 2013 date in Canada or the States, eh???
“One Love.”
9) Holiday get together w/ Doug Randle: This one has yet to
happen, but I’m very excited to meet w/ composer, arranger, and overall maestro
Doug Randle this holiday season. He’ll be visiting Vancouver, B.C., to spend
time w/ his daughter Joanne (w/ whom he’s just recorded a contemporary vocal
jazz album w/) and it will be great to reconnect after a few years. Doug is an
incredible visionary and deep music man rooted in Canada’s early jazz scene.
His Songs For The New Industrial State
(CBC, 1971/LITA, 2009) is a profoundly personal and timely socio-political
masterpiece, a veritable What’s Goin On
for open-minded heads who choose to dig (and listen) a little bit deeper than
the rest. Not that you have to listen too hard to understand the still
pertinent message Mr. Randle was laying down at the turn of the 1970s
(inspired, at least in title, by Canadian-American economist John Kenneth
Galbraith’s The New Industrial State).
Sunday, December 16, 2012
secret santa record swap
*little PRIDE DJ reunion (TSM, sip, and kallen) at save on this monday!@#$%!!! bring a decent LP or 45 (wrapped up) and receive one in return, secret santa styles...
Friday, December 14, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
offerations vol. 1
good morning.
i want to dedicate this post to all who made transmolecular-offerations vol. 1/1.2 possible...
what really made it pop was the open contribution and positive energy of everyone that lent a hand, eye, ear or thought...
the music, art, and visuals of SEEKERS INTERNATIONAL, ASTRX, GALAXABURN, and WZRDRY A/V was a sight and sound to behold and i look forward to more events like this in the not too distant future, an expression of culture for the love.
offerations vol. 1/1.2 was another reminder that we are not alone in our vision...
thanks for the support good peoples!!!
PEACE,
sip
i want to dedicate this post to all who made transmolecular-offerations vol. 1/1.2 possible...
what really made it pop was the open contribution and positive energy of everyone that lent a hand, eye, ear or thought...
the music, art, and visuals of SEEKERS INTERNATIONAL, ASTRX, GALAXABURN, and WZRDRY A/V was a sight and sound to behold and i look forward to more events like this in the not too distant future, an expression of culture for the love.
offerations vol. 1/1.2 was another reminder that we are not alone in our vision...
thanks for the support good peoples!!!
PEACE,
sip
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
offerations/VIVO test
*see you tomorrow at VIVO (1965 main street, 7-10 pm)!!! offerations 1.2 LIVE and DIRECT!!!
Monday, December 10, 2012
SHAWBROS SHODOWN.
*late 1990s video in event from kam and sip... gearing up for offerations vol. 1.2 this wednesday at the same spot (w/ transmolecular brethren). 1965 main street!@#$%!!!
Friday, December 7, 2012
if you want a love affair
*just a little testifying here...
wanna send a BIG west coast hello to none other than the mighty pope!!! if you told me 15 years ago (when i first started digging for his records) that we'd later become fam, i would have laughed my head off in sheer disbelief!@#$%!!! whatever B.S. has crossed my path (in the music biz and beyond) it's been very comforting to know that pope's got ol' sip's back and for that i am eternally grateful!!! it feels BOSS to have such a friend on your side (shout to l.l. too!@#$%!!!)... even if you're not religious, it's easy to see (and hear) that this musical pope is still the ruler!!! to good things ahead in 2013!!! PEACE
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
epilogue
*check out the alternate "couldn't find the sun" by montreal rock masters, mashmakhan!@#$%??? dope... BIG shouts to rayburn, brian, pierre, and jerry!!!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
der raeuber und der prinz
*shouts to the dancing bear (anybody got a spare/functional DJ mixer out there???)!!! hit me up)!@#$%!!!
Monday, December 3, 2012
redemption sessions
ok friends, here's the skinny... due to unforeseen technical issues at VIVO, our transmolecular offerations vol. 1 installation was cancelled 2 hours after projected "showtime." while we were extremely bummed, we gotta give a GIANT shout to the 60+ friends, family, and friendly supporters (yes, all in their sunday best!@#$%!!!) who represented (and demonstrated immense patience while VIVO tried to get their equipment in order... no hard feelings, onward and upward!!!). also wanna give BIG props to the georgia straight for their initial print and web media coverage (LOVE it!!!). thankfully, we have been given another date in lieu and that date is DECEMBER 12, 2012 (7-10 pm). w/ a single shot at redemption, we WON'T back down!!! transmolecular offerations vol. 1.2: redemption sessions will showcase original art, music, and visuals from SEEKERS INTERNATIONAL, WZRDRY A/V, ASTRX, GALAXABURN, and yours truly, SIPREANO. please tell your good peoples about this event. one for the books!@#$%!!!
*all of the artwork and merchandise (prints large and small, buttons, catalog, vinyl, tapes, CDs, etc...) will once again be available for purchase. most of these materials are strictly limited, so don't forget to bring some extra corn if you fancy such stuffs (for the deep dish archives??? XMAS gifts for that special space cadet in your life??? old-fashioned shopping addiction???)...
**ok, enough promotional poppycock, we will let the music and art speak for itself on the 12th. hope to see you there. PEACE!@#$%!!!
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