Slowcity.ca Open Mic with The Dears, Kate Boothman, Partner, POSTDATA, Dirty Projectors, Matt Berninger, Wolf Saga, and Yes Nice,

By Will McGuirk

“When we come to it
We, this people, on this wayward, floating body
Created on this earth, of this earth
Have the power to fashion for this earth
A climate where every man and every woman
Can live freely without sanctimonious piety
Without crippling fear”
~ Maya Angelou

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“We wanted to avoid some clichés like chestnuts and sleighs or whatever. Instead it’s a very simple love song about how sometimes that time of year can highlight who you really want to be with and how that brings a huge smile to one's face as well as the warmest feeling. This is what we hope happens when people hear this song.” ~ The Dears

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“It's about that confidence and arrogance that comes with being a spicy youth, and then all of a sudden you're an adult and you realize you knew nothing. You look back and can't help but examine everything you've learned and lost.” ~ Kate Boothman

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“Every time I put on Future Islands my impression of the human condition improves. Their remix of One More Second kills me.” ~Matt Berninger.

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WOLF SAGA · Fall Out

"Fall Out" is a song about leaving a toxic relationship, of any kind, and being able to keep your head up. Getting away from that and not getting caught up in the falling out”. ~ Wolf Saga

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Yves Jarvis, Rachel Beck, Storry, Dirty Projectors, JR JR, The Rentals, Bretton Lee John, and American Grim,

By Will McGuirk

The rainbow of a bruised eye.

The hues and cry of a riot. The stretched and ripping of separation. The birth of a rebellion. Identity is only won through a violent act. Anger is an energy. Nurture the righteous rage. Arm up with facts and dance moves.

“a tightrope walk between victor and victim,” - Yves Jarvis

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“We hear the cries for change, but we just turn up the music and keep dancin' while the earth burns around us”. - Rachel Beck

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“Be free, my friends, and watch how assortments of all kinds of love spring up all over the place. This song is for all queer love.” - Storry

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“We were put up in a truly depressing casino, which featured an oxygen/IV fluid bar in the lobby, next to a tattoo parlor.” - Josh Epstein, JR JR

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic - Tiger! Tiger! with Soft Plastics, Jacqueline Tucci, Tops, Pantayo, STORRY, Sarah Jarosz, Dirty Projectors and Sorry

By Will McGuirk

Well who knew we would find common ground in watching tigers. Maybe that fading grinning Cheshire Cat of Alice was the clue after all. Maybe the Tiger King in all his George the Third madness may result in a revolution, as disruptive socially as the the one George set in motion.

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“Sometimes we search for ourselves in various places, people, and things and end up ignoring what’s right in front of us.” - Jacqueline Tucci

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“I hope this video rings true in the hearts of those who watch it, in a world where more is more and less is not good enough, new is better and what becomes old is an increasingly shorter window. I hope that people will laugh and cry and leave changed. Because what is art if it doesn’t make us feel and ask important questions?” - STORRY

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Dirty Projectors, photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Harrison, the Cassidys, Stephen Fearing, Rose Cousins, Blood Orange Dirty Projectors and Yorkston, Thorne & Khan

By Will McGuirk

Had my hair did, the hairdresser said to me when done, well that should last the rest of the decade. Only struck me then where we are at. Time has broken down for me into smaller and smaller chunks, I think I live a decade in a day. One time I had one job for 25 years and now I have twenty five different jobs in a year. We stay busy, time flies, years roll in, decades are marked but are you marking the passing of each moment , the advent of a new moment, with the same celebrations. Happy New Moment.

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“I think about how we're so disconnected. I get sucked into my phone and forget to go for a walk because of this sense of obligation that I have that convinces me to get as much work done as possible. It feels like we’re not connecting in person as much as we used to and that we may be the loneliest we've ever been. We're missing what's actually happening, like, the earth being on fire. We get caught in the spin of comparing our lives to social media depictions, false standards of a good life. I’ve been thinking about how we must be getting close to a breaking point." - Rose Cousins

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