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Drifting...

2009-07-06T03:25:00.003-05:00

King Kahn & BBQ - June 28, 2009 - Part II

2009-07-06T02:51:00.003-05:00

Excuse my lack of editing skills. (To me) these are just too much fun, so I'm throwing up unlucky 13 as a sequence.

King Kahn & BBQ - June 28, 2009

2009-07-04T03:54:00.003-05:00

KING KAHN & BBQ @ the Pyramid Cabaret in Winnipeg, Canada

I have a few rolls to develop which might yield a few more shots... Stay tuned...

Bill Dzogan (November 20, 1922 - May 7, 2009)...

2009-06-23T04:50:00.003-05:00

Caribou...

2009-06-09T05:34:00.003-05:00

HOMEM D HAMBUR GE R...

2009-06-09T05:27:00.002-05:00

Dr Dang

Adult Service...

2009-06-09T01:08:00.002-05:00

Randoms...

2009-06-07T14:19:00.001-05:00

The Kingdom...

2009-05-25T00:13:00.002-05:00

Beware, Robber-Conman...

2009-05-24T00:44:00.003-05:00

BEWARE
ROBBER-CONMAN

eyes: dark brown
hair: black
scars: very deep pock marks on lower cheeks
aboriginal in appearance

Scavenging...

2009-05-22T10:37:00.002-05:00

Playing catchup...

2009-05-22T01:41:00.002-05:00

I have a lot of film to develop/scan/edit/post/and then shoot. Wish I only had a 1-day work week...

Radio State Online - Podcast 002 - May 13, 2009

2009-05-13T13:06:00.004-05:00

This is the online supplement to the Radio State show that airs on 101.5 UMFM Winnipeg on Mondays from 10 PM until Midnight CST.

This time around... Dancing, or is it flailing around with broken limbs? Semi-retarded Monks covers. Arthur Brown laying into a synth-laden blues dirge. Zombie disco prog. Millions of robotic punks. '75 Detroit via '78 DC. Staples and oddities dredged from Mutant sounds. Electronic car-crash writing off 1 and a 1/2 hours of your life. No dialog, just mix.

- DJ Terrible

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01. the Homosexuals - "You're Not Moving The Way You're Supposed To" (Bigger Than the Number But Missing the Dot, 1979)
02. Lords of the New Church - "Li'l Boys Play With Dolls" (s/t, 1982)
03. the 49 Americans - "Stupid Boy" (Wonder Only 85 Pennies, 1979)
04. Fish & Roses - "Monks Hate You" (Friar Tuck Record, 1991)
05. JPM & Co. - "Plus Jamais Ca" (Phantasmes, 1977)
06. Arthur Brown & Craig Leon - "Not Fade Away" (The Complete Tapes of Atoya, 1984)
07. Frankie Teardrop - "Electro-Acoustic Rollercoaster Ride" (s/t, 1997)
08. Evil Moisture - "Tribute to the Hiss on a 3rd Generation Copy of Blood Feast" (split 7" w/ Commode Minstrels In Bullface, 2001)
09. Mekanik Kommando - "Window" (Dancing Elephants, 1982)
10. Dag Vag & Svagsinta - "Nar Varden Slar Till" (Dimma/Nar Varden Slar Till, 1978)
11. Gleitzeit - "Nuclearvision" (Ich Komme Aus Der DDR, 1984)
12. Current Obsessions - "Dodecapod" (s/t, 1982)
13. Portion Control - "All Present and Correct" (I Staggered Mentally, 1982)
14. Ballistic Kisses - "Black and Broke" (Total Access, 1982)

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15. Mars Everywhere - "Zone of Twilight" (Industrial Sabotage, 1980)
16. Aroma Di Amore - "Naaldhak" (Koudvuur, 1987)
17. the Mad - "The Hell" (The Hell, 1979)
18. Randy Greif - "I'm A Bat" (v/a H23 No. 2 compilation, 1990)
19. Commode Minstrels in Bullface - "Cud Feast/Hide the Charter in the Oak Tree" (split 7" w/ Evil Moisture, 2001)
20. Factrix Cazazza - "Prescient Dreams" (Prescient Dreams/Zanoni, 1983)
21. Death - "Freakin' Out" (...For the Whole World to See, 1975)
22. No Trend - "Two Seconds 'Til Non-Existence" (When Death Won't Solve Your Problems, 1986)
23. Dementia Precox - "Newar's Eve" (Of Parts Unknown..., 1985)

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Look back...

2009-05-07T00:15:00.003-05:00

Kids shooting up Polo Park.

I locked myself out of the house on Valentine's Day. No one was home, so I wandered down to Silver City and watched this guy before deciding on catching a flick and killing off time until someone come home to let me in.

My grandparents.

Some of the photos that were on display at Tolerable Affections...

2009-05-03T01:35:00.003-05:00

First rays of Spring...

2009-04-29T00:32:00.005-05:00

Homeless gentleman with sunbathing pet ferret. His cat preferred a nap in its cage.

From left to right: Brad Moise, The Man Who Can't Stop Working... Clark Savage, King of the Rockers... and Thomas Harper, Child Actor...

Die winter die! Die fucker die fucker die!

2009-04-29T00:20:00.003-05:00

Leathergramps, showing on May 1st at Tolerable Affections...

2009-04-23T15:35:00.002-05:00

Featuring 24 photographs.

Date: Friday, May 1, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 11:30pm
Location: IT³ Back Stairs United
Street: 161 Langside St, Suite 24 (around the back & up the stairs)

Syphilitic Mermaids Magazine Presents:

TOLERABLE AFFECTIONS

Art Show / Party / Music / Pat Short's Birthday / Kristel is Leaving Town Event

Winter will be over; we promise.

Hosted by Kristel Jax & Matthew Poirier

Contributing Artists:
Reetbot
'Lil
Dylan Doom
Leslie Supnet
Ryan Trudeau
Jason Penner
Tyler Funk
Rodrigo Pradel
Christian Worthington
Patrick Neufeld
Doreen Girard
Kelly Ruth
Sickjin
Triumphene
Kara Von Cannibal
Johnny Mingo
Eugene Boittiaux
Nik Arnoldi
Mateo
Lara Violet
Moonhawk
Jill Hisco
+ more
& (probably) some last minute surprises

Premiering Jan Michael Veldman's 'Vanzyp' comic

Tons of wall space; music all night; craft table for zines, handmades, stickers & etc.

Live performances by:
DJ MP MP
Kram Ran
The Floorboards (Patrick Short solo{?} project)
Adam Cz!

CHEAP DRINKS / BAR
(classy, classy, classy)
Standard wine, beer & liquor options, as well as espresso, pop & etc.

MANY EDIBLE THINGS will be present (& free).

Stay tuned for more details.

Art Submissions for the show are currently OPEN.
Email inquiries to magazine@syphmag.net, or send a message to Kristel Jax or Nic Van Roon.

Preceding this event:

One week of 'Open House' at IT³:
Friends and strangers are invited to come over anytime after 6pm all week for impromptu musical performances, random films, laughs and new friends.
Bring ingredients, or just your able self, and use our oven to help us bake & cook some snacks for the show.
Come chat with artists, hang some stuff on the walls, read little things, or just sit around and knit (why not?), and hang out basking in the glow of good company -- before we take this place apart.

the Windups, the Sweet Nothings and American Flamewhip - April 9, 2009

2009-04-10T18:58:00.008-05:00

AMERICAN FLAMEWHIP @ Hooligans in Winnipeg, Canada.

THE SWEET NOTHINGS

Finally, a shot of Ryan!

THE WINDUPS

Jill singing with THE WINDUPS.

The rest of Jason Penner's photographs from this set can be viewed here.

AIDS Wolf and Shearing Pinx - April 8, 2009

2009-04-09T11:17:00.003-05:00

SHEARING PINX @ the Royal Albert in Winnipeg, Canada.

SHEARING PINX/AIDS WOLF jam

AIDS WOLF

You can view the rest of Jason Penner's photos from this set here.

Miami Vice...

2009-04-07T12:38:00.004-05:00

This is Edward. He has learned everything there is to learn about computers at CDI College, and he has learned everything there is to know about dentistry terminology and such.

In fact, he is at the moment trying to figure out how he can get his diplomas printed out at pretty much any university, college or training centre there is. Is there one giant diploma that one can get with all of one's achievements on it? I hope so, for Edward's sake.

Best of luck, Edward. It was a pleasure visiting with you and I hope we meet again. I think your photography job that would pay $95 an hour sounds fantastic. I think the job lead of potentially creating a musical for the guy from That 70's Show sounds promising as a fallback plan, even if it does only pay $45 an hour. I hope that you end up getting the full pension that CBC owes you when you turn 65...

But most of all, I hope you follow through with your intention of moving down to Florida to create a television series called Miami Vice.

Ressurection, my greatest need...

2009-04-06T00:27:00.004-05:00

Between having my cameras serviced, being entrenched in the eat/work/sleep cycle, succumbing to the it's-not-quite fucking springtime blues, I have not been taking many photos the last couple of weeks. Getting my digital back has changed that. Wow, the viewfinder actually frames things properly now! So as much as I love film, I'm having some fun shooting digital these days. It was moderately nice out and I had some time to kill before work, so away I went. I haven't used my Epson R-D1S in ages and it's encouraging that upon picking it up, I realized that I was shooting with it differently. I have so far to go but at least I'm evolving, ever so slowly... I hope I don't stop.

Rangers fan. I love this guy. Been running into him frequently as of late. Always with the rangers jacket and the bright red toque and the broken glasses.

Mighty Ducks fan.

Handprint...

2009-03-26T17:22:00.003-05:00

Radio State Online - Podcast 001 - March 24, 2009

2009-03-25T15:49:00.001-05:00

Radio State... Well, things have just changed. I've quit the radio show, after almost a decade on the air. The show still lives. It's been handed off to my co-host of many years, DJ Fuck You and will continue to air on 101.5 UMFM Winnipeg from 10 PM until midnight CST... as the Nihilist Spasm Band would say, "Every Monday night!"

So why am I posting a new podcast? Well, this is not an archive of the live broadcast at 101.5 UMFM. I'm going to continue using the namesake, providing a sporadic online supplement. I've always loved concocting mixes and I'm not going to stop now. When I can find the time and the inspiration, I'll do so. If you happen to like what you hear, then I encourage you to tune into the live radio broadcast. Radio State has always been about pushing boundaries, and the new rulers of the Radio State establishment have their own fascist objective. Surely worth a taste for the daring and the hungry. Thanks to all those who tuned in, even if by accident.

And now, the podcast... Big city coke-head rockabilly freakout. Psychedelic disco space party. Therapeutic lo-fi jackhammer headbanging. Intoxicating Japanese love ballads. East Indian movie madness shooting bullets at Michael Jackson. Washed up shock rockers finding salvation in a perfectly executed cover. All this and much more in a 2-hour mix. No interuptions, no dialog this time. Maybe on another occasion. Just mix. Enjoy.

- DJ Terrible

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01. Alan Vega - "Outlaw" (Collision Drive, 1981)
02. VK88 - "Wir Wollen, Daß Sie Glücklich Sind" (Alles Über Atemtechnik, 1981)
03. Afrirampo - kanji (s/t, 2004)
04. Temporal Pain - "Baptist Girls" (More To Come EP, 1982)
05. John Livengood - "Punkwaltz" (s/t, 1980)
06. Mammut - "Classical Mammut" (s/t, 1971)
07. Mammut - "Mammut Ecstacy" (s/t, 1971)
08. Masaiko Satoh and the Soundbreakers - kanji (Amalgamation, 1971)
09. Intense Molecular Activity - "Points In Space" (s/t EP, 1980)
10. Stanya - "Synd" (Lif, 1982)
11. Igor Wakhevitch - "Danse Sacrale" (Logos, 1970)

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12. the Screamers - "I Wanna Hurt" (demos, 1977-78)
13. Chiru - "Golimar (Shoot the Bullet)" (?, 1985)
14. Cyrnai - "Noct (Mourning Glare)" (Charred Blossoms EP, 1985)
15. Kiyoko Itoh - kanji (Woman At 23 Hour-Love In, 1971)
16. Napoleon XIV - "The Place Where the Nuts Hunt the Squirrels" (They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!, 1966)
17. Alice Cooper - "Talk Talk" (Flush the Fashion, 1980)
18. Fad Gadget - "Sleep" (Gag, 1984)
19. Parasites of the Western World - "Siege of the Twilight Loon" (s/t, 1978)
20. Happy Dragon Band - "Astro Phunk" (, 1978)
21. Poison Dwarfs - "Nachmahl" (Wechselbad, 1983)
22. Brian Sands - "Dialogue In Limbo" (Fixation, 1980)
23. Television Personalities - "A Life Of Her Own" (The Painted Word, 1984)
24. the Flamin' Groovies - "I Saw Her" (Shake Some Action, 1976)

>>> Fast Forward to Podcast 002...

Famena restaurant on Garry St...

2009-03-24T01:06:00.001-05:00

Cam told me about a Winnipeg dining experience not to be missed, so I took him up on his offer to show me something new and off we walked to Famena restaurant one afternoon. Here's how it goes... Simply make your way down to 287 Garry St. That's where the Garrick Hotel is. There'll probably be some "interesting characters" lurking about outside. Pass them by, step up and inside, then take a moment listen to the commotion going on in the bar. Laughter, vending machines, and depending on the mix of patrons, perhaps a healthy debate or hostile misunderstanding. You could step inside and see what happens. Or you can decide to hang a right, pass through the now defunct vendor (closed forever, most likely due to a few too many stabbings) and then you'll find yourself in a tiny little restaurant called Famena. A charming West Indian couple run the place and will be happy to sit down and chat with you, as they did with Cam and myself.

During our meal of vegetable roti (cheap and pretty decent) we witnessed some of the goings-on at a typical Famena day of business. The hotel caretaker stepped into the restaurant and slammed down a salt and pepper shaker. Mystery solved. Tenants living at the hotel often steal cutlery, salt and pepper shakers, even food from the fridge and freezer and cash from the register. The shakers were found in a destroyed room after the boozehound couple staying there were evicted.

I was shocked to find out that Famena has been open for a few years now. I've walked by many times, each time oblivious to what lay hidden inside this building. Even had I entered the building, finding the restaurant buried inside would not have been a certainty. What a hidden marvel, a true gem of Winnipeg surreal dining experience.

In the middle of the afternoon, we were the first customers of the day. As we were finishing up, a 3rd patron stumbled in. A haggard man, probably in his 60's, stumbled in and demanded a cheeseburger and fries. Despite making a go of West Indian cuisine, most customers are the down-and-out, the unfortunate, the self-destructive and addicted, and the assholes who stay at the Garrick. And they don't want West Indian. They want burgers and they want perogies. So that's what's often served up. Just a minute or so after ordering, the old man glared at the owners and demanded his cheeseburger. He was assured that it was coming right up. His glare remained but slid off them and into no-man's land.

I would love to see Gordan Ramsay's expression upon walking into this place. Or perhaps it would be best without his middling. No, I wouldn't consider this a kitchen nightmare. I think it's a perfect moment in time, something that cannot possibly sustain itself as yet, not something that most would be interested in experiencing, yet something that will be missed by the few who appreciate Winnipeg for its quirks. I am glad that the owners have plans to relocate their business to a proper building on Notre Dame, where they can make a real go of selling their food. I wish them all the best.

Muhammad Ali, who runs Famena along with his wife (who's name escapes me at the moment).