Thyme Warp: August 2012

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

So another birthday has gone and passed. And really this one was something to remember. One day of celebration turned into four days of fun.

My actual birthday consisted of working (hanging out with farmers all day) and then heading out with two of my co-workers to drink copious amounts of wine at a waterfall.

The day after my birthday consisted of being hungover, checking out a museum (part of my job) with my two best friends and then heading to my hometown for a birthday supper and then drinks with friends and family. All of my loves were there and it truly was the most magical night.

Saturday then consisted to heading to #yyc, my old home city to help a friend find a place to live, shop for records and roam around. Headed to a pub for supper with a co-worker and then I checked into my downtown hotel. Met up with my partner in crime shortly after to do some drinks and dancing at a tiki room called Bamboo that plays strickly soul.

Sunday I headed back to my hometown and then to a family celebration to say goodbye to my sister who is moving away to Vancouver. Somehow I made it through the day without crying until I got into my car and was driving home towards Twin Peaks (I mean my new mountain digs).

Who could ask for a better birthday weekend than that? All I wish is that I had some photos to remember these majestic days that I will never get to relive. The stars aligned on the correct weekend and I am truly grateful.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Do you remember me?

Children of the Grave

And here with much delay, is the August playlist: a trip down memory lane via Lords of Dogtown/ The Runaways/ Dazed and Confused way. Listen to it here
Enjoy!

1)Embryo/ Children of the grave- Black Sabbath
2)Bad Reputation/ Thin Lizzy
3)Iron Man/ Black Sabbath
4)Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo/ Rick Derringer
5)Telegram/ Nazareth
6)Into the Void/ Black Sabbath
7)Space Trucking/ Deep Purple
8)Dead End Justice/ The Runaways
9)Voodoo Child/ Jimi Hendrix
10)Fox on the Run/ Sweet
11)Cat Scratch Fever/ Ted Nugent
12)Slow Ride/ Foghat
13)Communication Breakdown/ Led Zeppelin
14)Loose/ the Stooges
15)Crosstown Traffic/ Jimi Hendrix
16)Heartbreaker/ Led Zeppelin
17)The Wild One/ Suzi Quatro
18)I Hate Myself for Loving You/ Joan Jett
19)Mississippi Queen/ Mountain
20)Sweet Emotion/ Aerosmith
21)Let the Good Times Roll/ The Cars
22)Cocaine/ Eric Clapton
23)Gimme all your Lovin'/ ZZ Top
24)Jack the Stripper-Fairies Wear Boots/ Black Sabbath
25)Black Dog/ Led Zeppelin

The Golden Age

"Nostalgia is denial - denial of the painful present... the name for this denial is golden age thinking - the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one ones living in - its a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present." -Midnight in Paris

At first I disliked this quote and thought the character that said this in the film was a complete asshole. But now that I have mused it over, maybe it's true....