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Sexy girls drink + smoke + get up to no good!
No budget + lots of fun + talented friends = rock video!
Check out the custom-made, hi-res video page right here, courtesy of *safesolvent!
This music video for the song ‘The Bikeriders’ by Nightwood, was shot/directed/edited by Mike Rollo. This video was filmed on the fly with [...]

Erin and I sometimes tease each other about how it rains or snows almost every night that our band plays. Makes us feel like the 90’s band Garbage with that song, you know? Cuz we don’t mind. Neither should you! Tonight we’re playing with a few other very lovely folks such as Postcards (who have [...]

Summertime!!! Nice things are happening, like swimming, bicycle-riding in Verdun, barbecues, etc, including stuff related to our band Nightwood. Plus sunburns and thunderstorms.
First to mention would be our next music video for the song The Bikeriders off of the Big City E.P., which is being shot and directed by Mike Rollo. The song was inspired [...]

My band Nightwood is launching the Big City E.P. next weekend (more soon) and will be kicking off a small Ontario and Quebec tour, our first ever! We’re super happy to be a trio because that means we fit snuggly into Erin’s vehicle. I’m going to bring my super8 camera and diary to [...]

Yeah! High kicks and wild fist-pumping! The video for Cave of the Spleen is now on the web! Check it out:

Okay, so things you should know: this video is actually a stop-motion wonder made up of 7′300 digital still images all shot by *safe solvent this winter. He created this amazing page for the [...]

Aimée van Drimmelen

Aimée van Drimmelen

Well, some serious ‘grats are in order for Reel Dames 2008 organizers Aimée van Drimmelen and Hosay Breau; this year featured an array of accesible, oft enchanting, oft wunder-ful films from a plethora of walks and visions. And an additional ‘grats to Hosay who missed the evening due to the arrival [...]

There’s a buzz goin’ on about the Reel Dames Film Festival. A plethora of my friends have found ourselves pleasantly confounded by how we all independently decided this was what we were doing Wednesday night without consulting each other. TG great minds think alike. Yeehaw, as they say.
Our own Martin Reisch, aka *safe solvent, will [...]

These limited editions (only 30!) include contributions from the following artists, initiatives and indie businesses:
- Lickety Split stencil designed by Sherwin Tjia
- A nudie Polaroid pix zine by Giddy Gelfling
- Call Me Poupee + Starvin Hungry promo CDs care of Signed by Force/Semprini Records
- The Sound Sex Project mix with liner notes!
- A scented hand [...]

What makes Montreal Montreal?
That’s what Steph Troeth and AJ Kandy asked the crowd that gathered at the City Mess last Friday night. We all recognized the images of Saint-Laurent and Mount Royal avenue, but what makes these places so distinct and so dearly loved? According to the urbanist presenters, Montreal is all about the mix: [...]