It's New Year's Eve...which means it's time for another round. Here's my fifth (!) edition of drink pairings feat. your favourite hometown hunk and #ldnont 's best brewers and distillers!
Tees are in and looking good!! Limited run available for purchase at www.JamesKingsley.ca/store with pick up available at @ldnontbikecafe.bsky.social !
Remember: $20 from the sale of each tee this December goes to the Regional HIV/AIDS Connectionβs work here in #ldnont
White t-shirt featuring the illustrated head of a recognizable rock star who sang about bicycles wearing a pair of sunglasses with the words "I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like" reflected in the lenses.
Black t-shirt featuring the illustrated head of a recognizable rock star who sang about bicycles wearing a pair of sunglasses with the words "I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like" reflected in the lenses.
Light pink t-shirt featuring the illustrated head of a recognizable rock star who sang about bicycles wearing a pair of sunglasses with the words "I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like" reflected in the lenses.
Illustrated head of a recognizable rock star who sang about bicycles wearing a pair of sunglasses with the words "I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like" reflected in the lenses.
....was commissioned by @ldnontbikecafe.bsky.social to do up this ode to rock royalty in support of #WorldAIDSDay25 β with $20 from the sale of every shirt this Dec going to Regional HIV/AIDS Connection's work in #ldnont! β€οΈ
Grab yours here before the pre-sale sells out!
www.jameskingsley.ca/store
Has @99pi.org done an episode on the flaps which keep our cereal boxes closed yet? π₯£
Asking for a friend.
Sneak peek: safe to say you can expect a lot more interviews next year! The time is perfect to get some more perspective into the mix. π
If you've got any hopes/dreams I should work into the reboot, let me know eh?!
Update on The Localist for Patrons /subscribers who follow me here: plan is still in place to get the newsletter off Subst@ck for '26. That said, the process is eating into my time to publish regularly...
To make up for the lack of new content recently, I've paused Patronage until December.
Missed it the 1st time around, but have been spinning The Lassie Foundation's remastered "Pacifico" ('99) for days now. Sugar-sweet shoegaze at its best. w/ most tracks hovering around the 4 min mark, the pacing is as much fun as the fuzz...
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Couldn't resist... π
...and we're back with a 5th(!!) edition of The Localist's "More Local Lists" List π ποΈ #ldnont
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Tossed together a quick one for The Localist this weekβ¦.
#ldnont #cornhole
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Hil and I purchased our GA tix this AM!! π«
Looking forward to some βοΈ,β€οΈ & βοΈ this Sun Sept 7th with @shadkmusic.bsky.social , Sunshine Makers and Born in the Eighties at Sidelaunch Brewery's #ldnont beer garden. π»
Who's with me?! π
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Perfect single for the dog-days of summer from M.E. Nezke. Imagine Beck paying homage to Lipps Inc.'s Funkytown with special appearances by a wah-wah pedal and a triangle... π
Also: the petition for a 12-19min remix of the track starts here π³οΈ
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Getting a little brassy with this weekβs edition of The Localist!
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β¦make it a double.
Was it suede? π
...couldn't find an old Layman House bag π
Had some more fun with #Ldnont 's summer festivals for The Localist this week... of course, I jest because I love π
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β¦the game is best played in Vic Parkβ¦but the Covent Garden Market and the Guy Lombardo Pavilion will work too this year π
Heading out to enjoy some of #ldnont 's gazillion (and counting) festivals this summer?
The Localist's Summer Festival Bingo is back and ready for playing ππ
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π¬ Check your inboxes/link below for this week's edition of The Localistβdedicated to all things #ldnont, thunderbolts & lightning β‘οΈπ
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Also a hit with kindergartnersβ¦