While we scribble away at lyrics and scratch at guitar strings and thud drums, there has is some time to investigate other art that inspires us. In this case, Jon Whyte‘s visual poems. We first discovered Jon Whyte’s writing in A/Long Prairie Lines: An Anthology of Long Prairie Poems and we’ve quoted one of his [...]
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Visual Poems
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged jon whyte, martin reisch, music video, PARLOVR, pen to the paper, safe solvent, visual poems on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Get dressed and go outside.
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, Do the right thing, tagged beats against the police, faggity ass fridays, lara kaluza, Montreal, police brutality, safe solvent, safesolvent, Sikh Knowledge, Soké, the balconies, the crumpet closet, TuThree, vintage coats on January 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If you’re in Montreal, we urge you to leave your cozy apartment this weekend! Here are a few good reasons to pull on your boots: FaGaGaty Ass Friday: queer dance party benefiting sex-ed with a Lady Gaga theme! Come on out to The Playhouse tonight (5656 ave. du Parc) and wear your best bubble bodysuit [...]
Pop the Nightwood
Posted in carta marina, Style & Fashion, tagged i heart norwegian wood, lara kaluza, Midnight Poutine, Mike Rollo, norwegian wood, photos, pop montreal, safe solvent, worn fahsion journal on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Folks! The nutty times of Pop Montreal are upon us! Our record launch is tomorrow and our tour is next week (Ontario! Secret shows! Etc!). Here is some festival stuff you might wanna check out…. Tonight: Two of us are gonna go check out Fashion Pop at 8:30pm! Check out the info on Worn Fashion [...]
Fish with Human Teeth + Underground Sounds tonight!
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, carta marina, Interviews, tagged carta marina, ckut, frugivore, national geographic, pop montreal, safe solvent, underground sounds on September 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Close up of a Pacu’s teeth in Brazil. Pacu fish, cousins to the piranha and known as “frugivores,” have human-like teeth that can crack nuts and fruits. In the Amazon regions, the biggest threat to the Pacu is commercial fishing.” – National Geographic: Vampire Fish Thanks for the hot tip, *safesolvent! ***** Happy Monday! Pop [...]
Dress Up!
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged etsy, Lalouka, lara kaluza, music video, norwegian wood, safe solvent, the crumpet closet on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our bud Lara (owner of Lalouka and The Crumpet Closet) has been working with Angie of the excellent shop, Norwegian Wood! They are both featured in this video below. Lara is also styling the Nightwood music video that we’re shooting this weekend with *safesolvent! When it’s all finished up, you should keep your eyes peeled [...]
epic
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged martin reisch, Mikael Kennedy, safe solvent, safesolvent, sfaesolvent, vinyl artwork, vinyl records on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This iconic photo reminds me of another, more local auto-iconographic photographer we know: *safe solvent™ A BIG THANK YOU to *safe for helping us with the epic layout last night for the vinyl artwork! Yeah!
Beardo
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged beard, beard championships, beard enthusiast, beard lovers, beardo, duffy, Expo67, Freelove Fenner, hairstylist, L'Esco, L'Escogriffe, nerdboyfriend, Nightwood, PARLOVR, safe solvent on June 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This post is gonna make one beard enthusiast super happy, that’s for sure! There aren’t a whole lotta beards on Nerdboyfriend, for some reason…hmmm. Maybe a flashy beard gets in the way of a fancy cravat. Beards might not be for everyone in the summertime; I see more furry faces in the cooler months for [...]
Time Lapse-y Daisy
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged 52 pick-up, Mike Rollo, Nightwood, patsy cline, safe solvent, sewing, time lapse on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a sneak prev’ of our ‘Week 5′ submission for 52 Pick- Up! Last week isn’t up on our youtube account due to music copyright issues (we used a Patsy Cline track), so check it out here. Thanks to *safesolvent for the time lapse tips! Thanks to Mike Rollo for helping us with the [...]
Xenophobia + racism; doodles + snowstorms
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged Abelkader Belaouni, activism, baby tourism, cave of the spleen, Freddy Villenueva, Julia Sonmi Heglund, justice, Montreal, my love for you is a stampede of horses, no one is illegal, safe solvent, xenophobia on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Art by Julia Sonmi Heglund, found on MLFYIASOH. *** In Montreal there’s been a lot of mention of “baby tourism” on the radio (a horrible term), which refers to non-status women giving birth to their children in Canadian hospitals which some people are freaking out about as they think it’s a strain on the system [...]


