Toronto Pride, Friday night: Foxhole

Tonight's destination is the Gladstone Hotel for Foxhole, a gay mixer put on by Shane Mackinnon.

Dramatic Chipmunk

This little gem goes out to Constance and her mother. Seems right up their alley.


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Dorian's friend Delia

Early in the year, I met Dorian Douma at Salem's Loft while visiting Toti. A bunch of us were sitting around a coffee table enjoying eachothers' company and conversation. The night turned out well. When I left to bike home in the wee hours of the morning, the guys were still upstairs, the Flamenco guitarists mashing with Dorian's drum machine.

Dorian, it turns out, is a very talented sound maker. If you enjoy electronic music and experimentation, click over to his project page, A Great White Bird; there you'll find a few mp3s of his pieces and other information. Or, you can listen to Dorian Douma's "My Friend Delia," below.

Here's some of what you'll find on his bio page:

A Great White Bird is one of the musical projects of Dorian Douma. Dorian grew up in the Yukon and moved to Victoria BC in 1991. He started making electronic music after hearing Radiohead's Kid A.

The A Great White Bird "sound," though singular and specific to the project, obviates Dorian's affection for the ephemera of 60s and 70s documentaries, lo-fi indie rock, the post-rock energy of American bands like Trans Am and Tortoise and European groups like Boards of Canada, Autechre, Radiohead, Broadcast and Stereolab.

I look forward to hearing more of his work, hopefully soon.