This was a poor shot, it was a very sunny day.

The crab cake is hand-made pan fried, nice toasted bun, lettuce, tomato, and slightly spicey sauce. The sandwich comes with a slice of lemon, I recommend using it a little acid helps. I wish the remoulade sauce has a little heat to it, but this sandwich is nice much better than some deep fried crab cakes I've tried. The sandwich was $7.76 with tax.

Ah Maple CreeMees a great Vermont-y treat. Real maple syrup is very prevalent in this saccharine confection. If you like maple syrup and have tried a maple creemee (aka soft serve in other parts of the US) you need to. A small was $2.22, also the "EAT-IT ALL" cone was nice and fresh. So what about that view?

The Echo Center is a cool museam of Lake Champlain, if you haven't been.

So in conclusion if do get lunch @ BBMC, sit on the back deck and bring shades.

I just got back from what I was taking to calling a writing sabbatical, but more turned into a wander and sleep fest in Victoria, BC.

A distinct lack of motivation and desire to want to do anything. Maybe too much time thinking but that’s how I roll I spose. I really wanted to get more songs done, or should I say, it would have been cool IF I had. But the thing with writing is if I want it done, I have to sit down, focus and do it. Its not divine inspiration. Its intentional and specific…to whatever it is.

That may sound like it would steal the creative side of it, but if I don’t operate like that, I don’t get anything done. There’s always the songs that just COME up, but 90% of the time I have sat down to write them knowing I would write something.  Now… there are the songs, that creep up on me, right before I drift off to sleep. And I’m so convinced that the melody I’m humming as I fall into my slumber will be with me until morning. How could it not, I’ve been humming it while I try to sleep and it wont go away.  But, inevitably… when I wake next to my piles of laundry and a guitar case, I realize that the great feeling of that song and the song itself are gone.

This happens all the time. Ever since I began writing songs. My best ideas come before I sleep. This particular song had three parts, a lazy three-part harmony chorus based somewhere in B-minor.  The easy save would be for me to sit up and start playing it before I crash…I just don’t.  I give myself sympathy for being tired or that because I’m on a holiday or maybe that song sounds like something else, I should just leave it for morning.

Now what kind of  “musician” does that. It bugs the hell out of me but I guess being lazy is being human.  And all success is derived from direct action. The balance is there somewhere.

Candysound is an Indie Garage Rock band from Bellingham, WA. They recently released there first LP. Recomended tracks: Suddenly and June.

www.myspace.com/candysoundmusic

Likewise if you're a current City Market member, you will get a discount on your first BT bill if you sign up for new Burlington Telecom service.

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Naylor on Bush and the price of gold:

Naylor on Vermont secession and the ways it could be used to shield Vermonters from the National Debt:

A multi lingual dance party fun fest will be taking place this coming Tuesday at Club Metronome.

THE BRAZILIAN GIRLS

w.

CHARLIE EVERYWHERE & DJ MIKE DEVICE !

CLUB METRONOME

21+ // $20 ADV // $25 D.O.S. // 8PM DOORS

Over the course of two previous studio albums and countless all-nighters at their East Village clubhouse, Nublu, Brazilian Girls have established a reputation as New York’s premier international party band. To attend a Brazilian Girls show—with its blur of beats, colors and textures—is to experience something like time travel: No one else is quite as capable of making a few hours fly by like a few minutes.

The members of the band are sure that the wide variety of fans who make up Brazilian Girls’ diverse audience will respond to their latest explorations. “Rather than something cool or hip, I think people are looking for something that touches them,” says Sciubba and she adds, “Everyone needs a little love right now.”

CHARLIE EVERYWHERE

( saratoga springs )

Their sound combines elements of electronica, psychedelic rock and ’90s shoe-gazing indie; Carter and Barthel cite artists like Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine and David Bowie as inspirations, along with underground hip-hop artists like Madlib, J. Dilla and the Pharcyde.

DJ MIKE DEVICE ( burlington )

Mister Mother Fucking DJ!!!

Everyone should check out STEREO WARMUP Vol. 2 featuring MIKe DEVICE

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You can scope out the track list and or download the mix at STEREO WARMUP!

]]> http://frontlipped.wordpress.com/?p=460 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:47:49 +0000 Jason Petznick http://frontlipped.fr.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/its-always-snowing-somewhere-in-calgary-and-toronto/

Within a span of 14 days, Burton snowboards will be premiering its brand new flick, It's Always Snowing Somewhere, in 11 cities across North America. The two Canadian stops on the tour will take place in Calgary, Alberta, on October 16th, and in Toronto, Ontario, on October 17th.

The tour, sponsored by SoBe, Corona, Ubisoft, Transworld Snowboarding and Snowboard Canada, will then continue with stops in Boston, New York, Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, Portland, Los Angeles and Reno, before it wraps up on Burton's home soil in Burlington, Vermont.

Canada is represented well in the movie with Natasza Zurek, DCP, Trevor Andrew, Mikey Rencz and honourary Canadian Tadashi Fuse, all logging footage. The rest of Burton's heavy-hitters including Shaun White, Terje Haakonsen, Gigi Ruf, Heikki Sorsa, Nicolas Muller, Jeremy Jones, Jussi Oksanen and Kevin Pearce also take starring roles in the film.

For more information, and to see what's going on at all the stops along the way, take a peak here.

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]]> http://firenationstudio.wordpress.com/?p=149 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:19:57 +0000 The Jam Master http://firenationstudio.fr.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/the-sandalwood-project/ The Sandalwood Project (TSP) is an sociopolitical comedy animation story by FireNation Media Studio.

The basic story plot follows the main character Muktub; a young immigrant Somali trying to find his way in the small state of Vermont in North East United States. The location is Jericho City; a fictional place based on the greater Burlington area (South Burlington, Winooski, Colchester, etc).

Muktub is a 16 year old young man who has retro grade amnesia after a run in with a herd of cows while riding on a dirt-bike. He moves in with small Quebecois farming family who just happen to be Jewish. He is often hassled by the other Somalis for this. On top of these he has to relearn Somali and the Somali culture while at the same time trying to rediscover himself.

Muktub create this plan called "The Sandalwood Project". "The Sandalwood Project" is in Muktub words "the campaign to save the world and set the people free". During the entire show it is never reviled what exactly the world must be saved from, although it is hinted. Basically the "project" is actually a company that is a "Jack-of-all-Trades" and will do just about anything to get by. In the process they get into some thick political situation that have major social ramifactions.

Political Situation:

The federation of United States of America is disintegration due to a serious of internal and external issues. The main one beginning the draining of US power by the continual use of the Military Industrial Complex and not enough attention is being paid to domestic issues, the other one is the collapse of the US market due to transfer of wealth from lower and middle class to wealthy elites; effectively eliminating the middle class, the last one is the aggressive invasion on Civil liberty to its own citizens to the point where the US resembles a police state. The collapse of the US market has brough many other countries around the world to their knees especially the neigboring states of Mexico and Canada.

Vermont Situation:

Due to the fall of the Federation states such as Vermont are trying to stabilize themselves. Vermont is try to do this through political and social centralization, in a sense revillagization and planned developments. The political turmoil has brought massive crime waves and incredible amount of refugees from war zones such as Boston and New York City. Also the Federal Government still in DC has called the separatist actions of the North East states along with much of the rest of the United States including California, Haiwii, and Alaska "Mass High Treason" and has forceably been trying to restablish control. On the state level there is take of forming either a federation of a conferderacy with Northern New York, Quebec (due to the US deintergration much of Canada is turmoil), Maine, and New Hampshire. However there is much disagreement there has been scrimages between all states.

Themes:

Omin: The Dirt Bike: The name Omin (often pronounced Oman) for the dirt-bike is short for ominous because Muktub continually claims that it is trying to kill him and he often talks to/ about it as if it was a person. Basically its a run down piece of shit but it gets him around.

Vermont Life: General stereotypical Vermont ideas are often dipicated and mocked (i.e. getting run over by a herd of cows)

At City Market a new fall arrival, cider donuts from Champlain Orchards of Shoreham Vermont. I love Cider Donuts. River's Edge Coffee Shop and Grill (RIP) had the best crispy, unctuous fried cider donuts, I'm looking for a new cider donut provider.

Champlain Orchards offerings are good, the cinnamon / sugar coating works well, however I prefer my cider donuts straight-up.  These also are not crispy, but were very moist and have some cider flavor.

$.89 per seems pricey since these donuts are smaller than "standard" donut size. I'm not aware of another cider donut vendor in town, so to get your fix head to City Market.

Henry Street Deli Mart is located coincidently on Henry Street in Burlington Vermont. Its close proximity to UVM makes this hidden gem a favorite of students. HSM used to known for not having anything on the shelves, it almost seemed like a cover operation for something else. They NOW have charcoal in the summer, a full deli featuring local McKenzie meat, American Flatbread,  La Panciata bakery bread, nice selection of beer and wine thanks to the new owner.

Excellent coffee is served fresh before 8AM from Vermont Artisan Coffee company, a "small" 12oz? is $1.25, a "large" 16oz is $1.50.

Since the geese are flying south:

The coffee makes a nice hand warmer, in addition to its good taste.

For $2.70 you get either Mckenzie Bacon, Mackenzie sausage, veggie sausage, with egg and your choice of cheese on a toasted English muffin. While this is a bit pedestrian, I sometimes crave a little bacon in the morning and don't have time to do a little cooking in the morning, and this sandwich it cooked well. The bacon and muffin are crisp, the egg is not over cooked with a hint of butter, I like to order Swiss with mine.

Final note: HSM used to carry Dinky Donuts, but I guess DD flew south (like the geese) to Middlebury.

Margaret Cho will be at Higher Ground in Burlington Wednesday night. Free with a printout of your MySpace profile. Tickets will be available starting at 6pm on the evening of the show. Tickets are limited and first come, first served. 2 tickets per person.

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Margaret Cho is a comedian, fashion designer, author and actress. Cho is best known for her stage performances, recordings, and concert movies. Her shows are a mixture of her comedy stylings with strong political and social commentary. Cho has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, Asians, and the LGBT community.

Tonight. Come. It's raining. I'm going to wear swim trunks and bike to The Monkey. Join me.

NICK JAINA (portland, oregon)

&

THESE UNITED STATES (ky/ dc)

w. The Vacant Lots!

Nick Jaina

These United States

The Vacant Lots

ps. feel free to support The Vacant Lots by voting for them for artist of the month for The Deli here

Continuing about the photos, I have a good number of INSOMNIA taken, still looking for input from you. Trying to find time to take more but its the week to get the music video done so I'm feeling swamped.  We just filmed the toughest scene left, so its only a couple more, then into the editing room, getting excited and anxious to see the final product.  Wish I could give you more detail, but I WILL say it pushes the boundaries of all people involved and should cause some commotion...

Other than the stuff on campus, I went up to Montreal with Ric last weekend to go to a Jay Brannan performance.  He plays the guitar, currently out of New York, it was his first time in Montreal and it was amazing.  I wasn't much into his sound until the concert and I haven't been able to stop listening to him.  Got to spend a couple hours hanging out and holding Ric as we sat on the steps in a packed lounge venue... perfect seats...

Even though it has been a great two weeks traveling around, spending time all over the place, always doing something different, it's great being back in my room, around my four other roommates, kicking ass in Halo 3.  I have a week to get myself back in order before it will get busy again with the video wrapping up, Ric back in town, and another week of class.  My desk is kind of unorganized at the moment, I need to utilize these drawers more... I love being in this room, we have prime real estate.  The view from our room "Day Till Dusk" can be seen larger by clicking the image below...

Have a great weekend and I'll keep you updated on the video/photo/etc.  Please give me some feedback/suggestions on INSOMNIA

Matt Hovey