So, last week's show was only one day after the most depressing day of the year. I didn't realize it at the time. They call it "Blue Monday", which in itself was a depressing record as far as Tony Wilson's bank account could attest.

Chances are, you're still totally depressed. I hope it wasn't all about "tha damage", and maybe some good came out of it. Look inward, maybe you'll find some illumination, and while you're at it, ESB is here to provide you with some musical insight. Music is your solace in time of need, so live it up and listen up!

"Hold tight, and make no plans, and don't talk, don't say no words, and be still, now move like this, and hold on, until it kills."

ESB PODCAST 1/29/08

PRIMARY 1 - Hold Me Down (The Shoes Remix)
HOLY GHOST! - Hold On
THE HUES - Crimson
ALIAS - Making Cents
STA - Sex
EGYPTRIXX - Rinse Dat (Goo-Man Remix)
HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
PRINCIPLES OF GEOMETRY - A Mountain For A President (Joakim Remix)
HEALTH - Lost Time (Pictureplane Remix)
SEBASTIEN TELLIER - Divine
DAFT PUNK- Touch It / Technologic

This weekend:

STA releases the "In Living Color" single on Marine Parade. Check the party @ The Drake, w/ VNDLSM and Nu Ravers On The Block on Saturday night.

ESB PODCAST 1/22/08

STA – In Living Color
BRODINSKI – Bad Runner (Sta Remix)
STA – Sex
EGYPTRIXX – Rinse Dat
THE HUES – untitled new track
CANDY COATED KILLAHZ – Rich Kids
HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR – Blind
FRICTION – Dig It (Tyler Pope Remix)
!!! – Yadnus (Still Going To The Roadhouse Mix)
VITAMINSFORYOU – Flesh Python (Blunderspublik Remix)
DAFT PUNK - Aerodynamic Beats / Forget About the World - Giselle

ESB PODCAST 1/15/08

THE HUES - Magic Fly
EGYPRTIXX ft. Melissa Finch - Bass Boomy Loud
ENUR - Calabria 2007 (Hatchmatik Clubabria Remix)
YACHT ft. Bobby Birdman - Platinum
GOLDFRAPP - A&E (Hercules + Love Affair Remix)
VITAMINSFORYOU - Flesh Python (Stop Die Resuscitate Remix)
DOES IT OFFEND YOU YEAH? - Doomed Now
HEALTH - Lost Time (C.L.A.W.S. Remix)
METRONOMY - Heart Rate Rapid
SSION - CLown (Glass Candy Remix)
DAFT PUNK - Burnin / Too Long

Some stuff to do this weekend, at two new joints along the Ossington aka Awessington Strip:


Gabe Knox and Diana Maclean's new bi-monthly MIDNIGHT STATIC @ Baby Huey, 70 Ossington
Get your disco socks and space boots on!


CURB CRALWERS @ Levack Block, 88 Ossington
ft. Nacho Lovers, Egyptrixx, Sek One!, Alias
$5

Levack Block is a former bank or loan office from years and years ago, and the front room "looks like Cheers" to quote my friend Egyptrixx.



Meanwhile, the backroom looks like a neon-lit dream of heaven!

Vitaminsforyou was kind enough to pass along a copy of the Flesh Python single on vinyl. This is absolutely the last piece of vinyl printed in Canada.

You can get some ordering info and listen to the track here. There was some debate about whether or not this will be the final vinyl product manufactured in our great nation but there's little evidence that any Canadian plants are up for going the vinyl route anymore.

I'm not sure what a Flesh Python is exactly, but I imagine it's a long coil that emerges slowly from your skin in during dark moments of self-doubt. When it's perched and ready to strike, it attacks you with a vicious power, much like the track itself. It's an unforgettable listen, and along with the various remixes by the likes of Jokers of the Scene and Stop Die Resuscitate, it's a release you won't want to miss.

In other news...

More Proof drops into the Drake, on Thursday, and their friend STA releases the "In Living Colour" single at the same venue on the 26th. It's got a killer remix by D.I.M. on the flipside.


MORE PROOF: BACK TO REALITY
ft.Gingy, Yr Boy Brian, Dre-Bans, Colin Bergh, Jon Friis, Johnny Hockin, Gabe Knox
Thurs Jan 10 @ The Drake
$5


STA'S IN LIVING COLOUR RELEASE PARTY
ft. Nu Ravers On The Block, VNDLSM
Sat Jan 26 @ The Drake
$5

ESB PODCAST 1/8/07

JUSTICE - D.A.N.C.E. (Les Rhythms Digitales Remix)
CADENCE WEAPON - In Search Of The Youth Crew
PLIMSOULS - You Don't Look So Good
PLIMSOULS - 3000
CELEBRATION - Fly the Fly (Holy Fuck Remix)
VITAMINSFORYOU - Flesh Python
THE JETS - Crush On You (CFCF Remix)
PONEY PONEY - Junior (Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya Remix)
HERCULES + LOVE AFFAIR - Hercules Theme
INVISIBLE CONGA PEOPLE - Cable Dazed
VITAMINSFORYOU - Flesh Python (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)
SONS + DAUGHTERS - Dance Me In (JD Twitch + The Truffle Club Optimo Mix)