What Was 2010 (2 of 2)

Top readings for 2010:

David Sedaris's Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk—brilliantly illustrated by Ian Falconer and published by Little, Brown and Company.


Shawn Micallef's posts, commentaries, columns, articles and even a book (Stroll; Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto) published by Coach House Press.


Slavenka Drakulić's They Would Never Hurt A Fly; War Criminals On Trial in the Hague. Published by Penguin Books.


Top listenings for 2010:

Britain's Wild Beasts. They make really really good records.
Thanks Adrian.


This is Michelle Gurevich's second record under the moniker Chinawoman. It's glorious.


I never got much exposure to Toronto's veteran band Constantines. So I'm looking forward to the bunch of records of theirs I'm still to discover. This one here played many times—confirmes my iTunes song play counter. Truly a wonderful record and band.


Photo of Shawn Micallef by Liz Clayton. Photo of Wild Beasts from www.dominorecordco.com.

What Was 2010 (1 of 2)

Here's a first nod to what made my 2010:

German Montana's new line of paints. High fives all around.


This here painted with Sight, which made both of our day that day. It sadly lasted no more than a week.


One of my favourite personal designs of 2010, the smoking Vanessa t-shirt.


Steve Ferrara and Lisa Martin—the folks behind Well and Good—took very good care of me in 2010. Besides "collaborators" and "facilitators of local and international talent", I'm happy to call them friends.


I realise that Andrea Arnold's film was released last year (2009) but Cindy and I caught it this year. Truly amazing.





Photos: Montana Gold from www.montana-cans.com; Steve and Lisa by Eugen Sakhnenko; Bushmills Black Bush from www.bushmills.com.

Work In Progress

Further on that obsession with coiffure... here are a few recent studies.