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1ST ANNUAL KITSCHYKOO DISC O' SOUNDS by SON OF BONDAR

hey guys,

so this is a mix that i made for the summer music issue of kitschykoo (http://kitschykoomag.blogspot.com/). i listened to it again the other day and still like it (shocker!) so i'm posting it fashionably late. if i tagged you it's cuz i think you'll like it.

it has pop and disco and an abstinence message and faulty memory cartridges.

here's the link: http://www.divshare.com/download/5229242-4a3

here's the tracklist:
1. The Shangri-Las - Good Taste Tip: Gift Receiving
2. Antena - The Boy from Ipanema
3. The B-52s - Planet Claire
4. The Saints - Wipeout!
5. The Seashells - Love Those Beach Boys
6. The Tammys - Egyptian Shumba
7. Jonathan Richman - This Kind of Music
8. Devo - S.I.B. / Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire (creepy version)
9. Certain General - Back Downtown
10. Legend of Zelda - Castle Theme / Raymond Scott - Bufferin
11. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
12. The Pride of Arizona - Talking Heads Suite [excerpt]
13. Allez Allez - Wrap Your Legs Around Your Head
14. Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
15. Don Armando's 2nd Ave. Rhumba Band - I'm an Indian Too.
16. Princess Superstar - Bad Babysitter (Shir Khan remix)
17. Pyjama Party - Yo No Se
18. Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off
19. Junior Senior - We Are the Handclaps
20. Architecture in Helsinki - Do The Whirlwind (YACHT remix)
21. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (Son of Bondar's 'You Call This an Edit?!')
22. Space Cowboy - That's What Dream's are Made of (MTV) (Alan Braxe mix)
23. Georgio Moroder & Philip Oakley - Together in Electric Dreams

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*recorded in serato, july 2008. some tracks prepped/edited first in ableton.

GAYE RAGE!!! Final Show Review

Gaye Rage Final Show
@ Broken City
August 7, 2008
BY KAIT KUCY

Mariachis, tight pants, and a masculine flip of a scarf are all essentials to be a member of Gaye Rage. A band worthy of being written up in MOJO or SHINDIG!, is a rare find in this country-engulfed city. Before parting ways forever, this garage rock 5-piece played one last show at Broken City on a warm August evening. Craig Fahner, frontman for Gaye Rage and an absolute musical chameleon, took the stage full force with his eccentric 1960’s inspired movements complete with an all-white outfit and red scarf. Their stylized rock tunes meld both the garage rock and mod rock movements into a sound that any listener could enjoy. The whole crowd was getting into it and Fahner only upped the antics, such as singing into the mariachi why shaking the microphone. Any new fans of Gaye Rage were probably heartbroken by the end of the set – lets hope for a reunion show!

That’s All Folks!
Artstar Matt Luckhurst says goodbye to Calgary
@ Artlife Gallery
August 6, 2008
BY KAIT KUCY


If anyone has met Matt Luckhurst before, they know he is one enterprising high flier. With countless solo and group shows in Calgary, his own line of clothing, vinyl toys, animation, and even wine labels, Luckhurst has developed a brand for himself -- and it works. His imaginative colourful characters have been seen large-scale on the walls of the HIFI Club, and now as he prepares for grad school in NYC he presents one last solo show in Calgary. That’s All Folks!, is a collection of new works and prints of older works. The celebratory piece “Keep Your Feet in the Clouds” includes a small caption, “I did it!” would make even your mother proud. While many of his themes are fun and child-like some have a hidden entendre or are in-your-face-crude. “Nuts”, a nude portrait of a man with an, ahem, abnormal genital area is an example of one of these hilariously PG-13 works. While many are sad to see Luckhurst leave, the fact that one of our own is going on to big and better things in the art capital of North America is exciting in itself.

The artist, Matt Luckhurst poses with a recent work.