Willie Thrasher - Little Town in Saskatchewan (Humboldt Broncos Tribute)

Upon hearing about the tragic news coming out of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Willie Thrasher's mind raced back to his residential school days in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, as a fast skating and high scoring player for the Grollier Hall junior hockey team. He had to write a song in tribute and support of the friends from Humboldt that he never knew. "Little Town in Saskatchewan" is Willie's heartfelt effort. Please listen...

tripping!@#$%!!!

i've been on the road a lot in 2012. it's been great reconnecting w/ friends and family, exploring canada, and learning so much in the process... here's some snaps from a recent vancouver-winnipeg research trip. SHARE THE LAND

brain elevator

just got back from a week-long research trip in the canadian prairies w/ birdapres. rolling all over alberta and saskatchewan, it was rad to be able to visit a few new regions in the process. one early stop was a quick hang in eastend w/ bird's dad, artist stephen langton goulet. after a challenging three hour night time journey down jet black country roads (eerily enhanced by a lula cortes e ze ramalho soundtrack and families of deer hovering around us), it was very comforting to be greeted w/ open arms and a warm, home-cooked meal. what i didn't expect was a night's stay in the world's only "brain elevator," a creation/collaboration spearheaded by goulet after years of research and development. while there's a lot of numbers and geometry behind the shed-like structure (*that has phenomenal acoustics by the way), i can say that it's based (to scale) on the king and queen's chambers of the great pyramid of giza. though the original egyptian chambers were reputed to have special powers, the brain elevator, at the minimum, provided a magic resting place for the evening. thanks again stephen!

more information can be found at http://www.brainelevator.org/
 

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