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By Geo Ong What you once thought was order was closer to chaos; what you later came to see as chaos was closer to order. It’s all the same, the look of it depending on where you stand and who … Continue reading
Spring Is Here! Crank Up the Jams!
Spring always feels, if you don’t mind the terrible cliché-pun super-combo, like a turning of a new leaf. Many folks are waiting eagerly, passionately, angrily for the winter to die down and the sun to show up. You can feel … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Music
Tagged ani difranco, david bowie, good day sunshine, move on, revolver, spring, sun, sunshine, the beatles, this bouquet
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Tune In: Urchin Radio Picks
Remember when the family used to gather around the radio after dinner? Yeah, neither do we. But that doesn’t we can’t enjoy a good bit of quality radio programming. What’s your favourite radio show? Car Talk So, I don’t know … Continue reading
The Weekly Urchin Recap
By Geo Ong Currently on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan is an exhibit called Blues for Smoke, ‘a wide range of contemporary art, music, literature, and film through the lens of the blues.’ The exhibit … Continue reading
4th Annual Urchie Award Winners!
Welcome to the 2013 Urchies! We are proud to present to you, for the first time anywhere, this year’s esteemed Urchie winners. Amidst all the rubbish clogging our theatres, televisions, and bookshelves, artists around the world are striving to bring … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Film & Television, Literature, Music, The Urchies, Travel, Urchin Eats
Tagged 2013 award winners, Urchie Awards, urchies
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To Love or Not to Love: Our Favourite Love and Anti-Love Songs
This week marks that polarising of all holidays, Valentine’s Day! Because the Urchins love you (yes, you), we thought we’d cover all bases, so that depending on how you feel this Thursday, we’d be there for you in any case. … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Holidays, Music
Tagged al green, all day sucker, and i love her, anti-love songs, beatles, buffalo springfield, cosmic love, expecting to fly, florence & the machine, florence and the machin, heartbreak, let's stay together, Love, love songs, stevie wonder, tegan and sara, unrequited love, valentine's day, where does the good go
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The Weekly Urchin Recap
By Geo Ong During one Christmas in high school, my lovely parents bought me a record player. There was a record store in Redondo Beach (no longer standing) called Go Boy Records that I must have driven to every Friday … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Music
Tagged Joni Mitchell, johnny cash, earth wind and fire, vinyl, records, record players, phonograph, record collection, that's the way of the world, blue, ladies of the canyon, roberta flack, killing me softly, elvis presley, elvis' golden records, handel, water music, guiomar novaes, chopin, everybody loves a nut, live at san quentin, 24 great tear jerkers
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The Art of the Album Cover
There’s no denying a great album, but an album’s greatness is exponentially increased when its album cover is great in its own right. Here are three more iconic album covers—feast your eyes, why don’t you? The Beatles – Abbey Road … Continue reading
