Dressed in Black: We’ve named this blog column in honour of the tune by The Shangri-Las cuz it’s a little moody sounding…like us! Check out other entries in this series by clicking on the Style & Fashion category. Now without any further ado, our twelfth interviewee, Sherwin Tjia! In 5 words or less, describe your [...]
Posts Tagged ‘slowdance night’
Happy Halloween!
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged cosmic dust, cruise control, halloween, monster mash, slowdance night, worn fashion journal on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Halloween ghoulies! We’ve been a bit lo-key this week (busy with other projects and nursing colds, etc) but life isn’t ever too busy to carve a pumpkin and give out candy to kids, so that’s what some of us are gonna do this evening. Also, it seems like most of the Halloween-centric Montreal parties [...]
“It is not down in any map; true places never are.”
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged herman melville, moby dick, passovah, slowdance night, sully, the hipless boy on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
….That quote there is from Moby Dick by Herman Melville. *** We may pull together some kind of Pop Montreal must-see list for you by tomorrow (do check out the Passovah showcases), but in the meantime let’s just worry about what you should be doing tonight! Sherwin Tjia (a.k.a. Sully) is a dear friend of [...]
Slow is Beautiful
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged 52 pick up videos, slowdance night, time lapse, timelapse, young marble giants on June 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve put my new time lapse “skills” to use for a Slowdance Night-related video. It features Sherwin and I DJing throughout the last SDN evening. Hope you like it! The song is Choci Loni by Young Marble Giants. You’ll also be able to find this as part of the 52 Pick Up Videos series. (Hint: [...]
Hey DJ, turn the iPod on, I wanna slowdance with my baby
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged mainline theatre, sherwin tjia, slowdance night, worn fashion journal on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK, OK: I’m not really a real DJ or anything, but I put on Slowdance Night with one Sherwin Tjia every now and again (this is Amber typing). It’s a pretty fresh concept, in my opinion and we do it up with dance cards, designated dancers, pretty clothes, rules of engagement and the like. OH [...]
we’re all in it together
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged Brave Radar, recording, road trip, said the gramophone, silver dapple, slowdance night, smut-to-go, tessa smith, the feminist porn awards, time lapse on May 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Recording is lovely, grueling, magickal, etcetera, etcetera…in the band-saturated Montreal, and other places, I am sure there are many folks who would agree! We’re almost finished and that is a thrilling and bitter-sweet thought. Yesterday we recorded more vocals and sipped small drams of whiskey and loads of water to open up and lubricate our [...]


