MOCtalk Back In Action for 2010!

Hello friends and followers! Thank you so much for your patients over the last 5 months. I’m excited to inform you that MOCtalk has a few releases for you! First and foremost, I’m especially excited to inform you that Episode IIX is currently online! It’s a good one and one of my favorites featuring Ginger St. James, Anna Ripmeester, Robert Browning, The Anti-Q’s and The Roxwells. What makes this extra special is that is the first episode to feature our new co-host, Joel Van Vliet! Go check it out on the episodes page: http://www.moctalk.ca/episodes.

Secondly, I think you should watch and enjoy the next two clips! The first is Peace in The Park September 2009, the second is a congratulations to the MOCie Award winners and our sponsors. Enjoy!

MOCzine XIV available for download!

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An Introduction To An Idea

As 2009 comes to an end, I find myself re-evaluating the major aspects of my life; where have I been? where am I now? where am I going?

I realized that my life post-post-secondary education is not exactly what I had imagined; I am feeling more lost than when I took CEE 490 Dynamics of Structures. My professors and colleagues assured me the engineering workforce was awaiting my arrival; I would be able to help mold and shape the world for the betterment of all society, and my pocket would be overflowing with cash. Well, that situation was simply not realistic. The education system is one aspect of my culture that needs serious reconsiderations.

Whilst struggling through my endless assignments and exams, I dreamed of the day when I could say, “I am free of obligations! I can travel and explore the world and be in control of my immediate destiny”. But after graduation, reality brought me a desk, computer, decreasing satisfaction and increasing unhappiness. So much for the glorious travelling life experiences I’d hoped for.

Two and a half years later, the opportunity arose to embark on a family vacation deep into the southern United States; a three-week vacation was a great way to end the roller coaster ride that was 2009. Any regular chap would be satisfied with that, but not me. I had finally reached a point where I did not have any obligations; I left my desk job behind months earlier and I had no car/house/wife and/or kids of my own. It was time to take the adventure from my deep subconscious and make it a reality. Continue reading…

Dante Tomaselli, one tripped out director.

I feel like having an epiphany in a calm and beautiful forest, drop some window pane, and head on down the river of lucious colours and gorgeous times. The more I sit back and enjoy my body buzzing and gearing up for a trip of a lifetime, I hear voices in the distance. “Nahhhhhhh, can’t be, I’m gonna have a sweet trip”. The voices are getting closer. The trees are getting darker and swaying all the way to the ground. “I’m OK, the acid is kicking in and I just have to let it take me away”. The grass is wet for some reason, it hasn’t rained for days. “It’s all good. Take a deep breath”. Something is weird. It is not flowing for some reason. Was that a shadow? I look at my hands to see if the trip is really happening and sure there are trails beyond belief but why are my hands dripping red? What is going on? I need to stop this? SOMEONE IS COMING AFTER ME? BREATHING DOWN MY NECK AND SLOWLY SEEPING INTO MY EARS. I CAN’T STOP THIS MADNESS? I HAVE TO RUUUUUUNNNNNN.

As I write these articles, it seems as though drugs seem to be a reaccuring topic. Not that I partake in massive amounts, I just like what the drugs represent in a high state. The trip, the colours, the dreams. So naturally I look for these qualities in movies, especially fear films. The darkness, the music, the scenery, the monsters. Always thought about in one way or another, just when put to the screen, it translates a different perpective. So who out there likes to dabble in offbeat imagery? The one that comes to mind nowadays would be this man, Dante Tomaselli. I received a copy of this indie produced film entitled HORROR, aptly titled. So off I went. The one downfall I found with this film is the way drugs are represented, sure you trip out but we are not that gullable as he portrays them as, but that is not what I want you to think of this film as. I want you to close your eyes and put yourself into a state of negativity.

Continue reading…

Ginger St. James <3′s blenderhead

Ginger St. James Loves blenderhead – MOCtalk from Joseph Stracuzzi on Vimeo.

This is a short clip we aired before the taping of the MOCtalk One Year Anniversary show!

Ginger St. James was unable to attend the event and wanted to contribute by sending this video.

Hope you enjoy!

Jim Van Bebber. One helluva filmmaker……

So here’s this guy, this underground filmmaker. Jim Van Bebber. With such films as the classic revenge film DEADBEAT AT DAWN, KATA, ROADKILL: THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN MARTIN, MY SWEET SATAN, DOPER and a few music videos such as SKINNY PUPPIES video collection and NECROPHAGIA’s -Through The Eyes Of The Dead. Make-up on DB A D, which you have to see is pretty savage, acted in many a films. edited, and whatever else brings on indie mayhem. So as you can see, or read about if anyone here hasn’t heard of this dude, he’s into some pretty crazy shit. He’s always referenced in magazines for his links to killer music and taboo subjects. So I thought i’d throw him a few questions because I just need to know……..

So Jim, what’s been goin’ on with yourself lately?

You love music, especially some dark shit. what have you worked on?

You’ve been workin on the manson family film for a while, finally finished correct? Phil Anselmo helped with the soundtrack correct?

Deadbeat at Dawn has become such a cult underground hit, what was with doin’ a sort of vigilante film instead of a horror which you seem to be quite associated with. Continue reading…

Local doomsters Sound Asleep. I had to find out…

Like I usually do, I surf and surf and surf for new bands on almost a daily basis. Seriously, if i’m not fuelled up by any new sounds, guitars, space searing keys then i get bored fast. Maybe it’s my severe case of a.d.d. but thats how I work people. Mental illness is a serious issue and i crave new tunes like I jonse for RID. So here i am cruisin’ through live venue 73′s myspace (www.myspace.com/73stpaul), which i totally dig cause tons o’ tunes go through this place and let me tell you, in my fried state of mind, when i came across this band, YOB came to my head the instant some arterial feedback began dirging my ears. Then like a fuckin bulldozer, slow creeping doom? Oh boy, right up my alley. From around here? Are you kidding me? God damn yaaaaaa, and on the record, the first few YOB albums are among the most killer doom ridden psychedelic albums ever. AAAAAmazing.

Shane Tyrer (drums) goes on to tell me that their direct influences come from NEUROSIS, YOB (i knew it), HIS HERO IS GONE, ASUNDER and BURIED AT SEA, which totally show. This band, which was created over a year ago really take the sludge impact seriously.

From what Shane spews out about the band, “I feel we all wanted to create something louder, darker and heavier than anything else ever heard in Niagara. We wanted to write music that could deliver a relentless sonic assault on the listener from beginning to end. From the reaction we’ve received, I feel we’ve been effective in what we’ve been trying to create. “and It certainly is.

Nothing has been officially released as of yet, but you can download their ep here (www.mediafire.com/?nt1zzzvmjiu )and check out their tunes and info at www.myspace.com/iamsoundasleep. Shane has informed myself that they are working on a follow-up as we speak and would love to have it out by early 2010. So what I’m gonna do is try and save up as much weed as possible, maybe even a few brownies and fuckin crank that shit when it comes across my ears. God dam ya, it’s lovely to see bands that i really appreciate form in this area. I don’t have to go far at all, especially when i’m high as fuck.

Deluxe Galaxie 500 Reissues

Dream pop enthusiasts rejoice. Hazy New England originators Galaxie 500 are set to get the deluxe reissue treatment on March 22, when Domino UK releases the group’s three albums as 2CD sets with plenty of extras. Their 1988 debut, Today, is augmented with a career-spanning rarities disc called Uncollected (which was originally released in 1996 as part of a Galaxie 500 box set). 1989′s On Fire comes with a CD of Peel Sessions (originally released in 2005), and 1990′s This Is Our Music is coupled with Copenhagen, a live album originally available in 1997. All three albums will also be reissued on heavyweight vinyl.

http://www.myspace.com/galaxie500official

MOCzine XIII available for download!

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Dinning Options at Rock the Block Sat Dec 5th

Dining options will be available throughout the night at the Mide Bistro and Queens Pub & Restaurant.

A bar menu (sangwiches and fried foods) will be available at the Queens Pub & Restaurant; submit your orders  at the bar!

The Mide Bistro has prepared a special menu for the event: Continue reading…