Thursday, 12 June 2025

AGE OF RAGE




this, is what victory
feels like

elon musk


A G E  O F  R A G E


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if you're on the right side, you will be rewarded
if you're on the wrong side, you will be punished




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a jim lamarche remix
from the album TEMPLE REDUX
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the roland system 8



kid rock - we the people
 
top dog records - 
2022


















see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/


see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>



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the problem is not guns
it's hearts without God
homes without discipline
schools without prayer
and courtrooms without justice

clint eastwood






A G E  O F  R A G E


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a raglan manor production '25
JUNE 2025




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Thursday, 5 June 2025

IN LIGHT



the global balance of terror
pioneered by the united states & the soviet union
holds hostage
all the citizens of the earth

carl sagan
cosmos



I N  L I G H T

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in mankind's quest for greatness
there is a folly of epic proportions
performances that stun & stagger
wins & losses, triumphs & failures
for real & for show

humanity is just an experiment
an observation in light











optimized for night vision



a jim lamarche remix
from the album NIGHT PARACHUTING 
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the roland system 8



composed & performed by jim lamarche
with ron allen (ewi winds)
at spiral studio, toronto
june 1985


















see the NIGHT PARACHUTING  album/page here >>>




see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/


see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>




see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>























I N  L I G H T
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a raglan manor production '25
JUNE 2025




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Thursday, 29 May 2025

BUZZFEED 25



if everything is amplified
we hear nothing

jon stewart



B U Z Z F E E2 5

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a jim lamarche remix
from the album TEMPLE REDUX
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the roland system 8



source music w/théo zouzou/øfdream


















see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/


see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>









U Z Z F E E D  2 5
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MAY 2025




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Tuesday, 27 May 2025

THE WRATH & THE RAPTURE

a discussion on options and opportunities in a turbulent world


Sweet Salvation

It's all rather morose, fatalistic, don't you think? I mean, c'mon. Pick a side. The right side? You live. The wrong side? You die. Simple stuff. Oh and only GOOD (God) shit happens on the right side. Wrong side? BAD shit. Wake up. Choose. For most voters in America's last election? The choice was in fact, a simple one, defaulting to the devout. 


I want to be a winner! ME not you. Me win. You lose!











America is the most powerful nation on Earth and they are at a point now where the powers that be have convinced them that if they choose the right side, they will benefit, prosper, dominate. They will come out on TOP, prevailing over those on the other side, weaker, left behind. Adversaries. Delegated to a BOTTOM position.Those not fulfilling the requirements will perish, refusing to believe. 



Outsiders


There is no WIN WIN ... I WIN you LOSE! When we are contorting freedom into being something restrictive, malevolent or something avoidant or punitive, that isn't freedom. It's a short lived conniption. A tantrum. 


It's a 'divide & conquer' approach to running things and a convincing one especially when momentum is on your side. Billionaires with billion dollar Super Pacs and God on board. 
A crime of the century con and all carried out in broad daylight. It’s chasing bad guys out the back door while the good guys slip in through the front door and clean out the living room.



A slam-dunk


I wrote a blog about 10 years ago called 'The Suicide Collective' addressing what I saw as a mass exodus in a willing extermination following. Us & Them by Pink Floyd nailed it 50 years ago. 
We are that much closer to it now. It's the insight in a resurrection that I'm drawn to - the plight and the revelation. The delivery of a humble humanity in a reimagined global community is far more appealing to me. Getting along with others requires effort. My way or the highway is something Dad blurted out when I was a kid and never made much sense. He died a lonely man.



Erroneous


So ya, I am in fact optimistic that it won't pan out as planned. Such campaigns have never really worked out in the past. Take the Roman Empire or Nazi Germany's kick at the can. 
Sure, they had legs for a while but dissipated in despair having imploded in its own generic grandiosity, power and unwillingness to embrace humanity as a whole. A failure. History has taught us that an ego driven autocracy can only last so long. 


Short term gain, long term pain has its limitations and it always regresses in time.








Winner - Loser. Pick one and if you choose the wrong one? You automatically lose. This is the mindset. You're either with ME or against me. The predictable predicament, 
always ending the same way. For me, it's all too clear. This is all temporary and ultimately? Will shift back eventually.


I will never know. It's just a hunch. The forecast is fair and faith is universal.






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Wednesday, 21 May 2025

FEEDING THE FANTASY




girl, in a rainy window
holding on to a dream
when her lover arrives
he'll take her through the mountains
to the sea



FEEDING THE FANTASY

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a jim lamarche remix
from the album OLD FRIENDS
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the roland system 8



music composed & performed by jim lamarche
at spiral studio, toronto - august 1986



















see the OLD FRIENDS album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/oldfriends/





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here >>>
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FEEDING THE FANTASY
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MAY 2025




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Friday, 16 May 2025

ECHOES OF WISDOM




find what you love
and let it kill you

charles bukowski




ECHOES OF WISDOM
TWO LIVES 25


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a jim lamarche remix
from the album TWO LIVES
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the roland system 8



















see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/


see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>



see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>




















ECHOES OF WISDOM
TWO LIVES 25


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MAY 2025




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Tuesday, 6 May 2025

AURORA 25 - w/North Wind



in June 1992
I received a grant to go to a fly in lake
50 km northeast of Chapleau Ontario
10 km hike to the nearest empty road - creepy
tent camp, bears around, alone, 17 days there

I had visited Spearmint in 1990
on a 3 day fishing trip with my brother Dave
and was fascinated by the 100' tall & elevated limestone basin
that the lake was situated in and the sound/echoes
when I sang a long note from the center of the lake thinking
oh man, I'd love to do an album here
fantasizing, planning

In August '92, I returned w/a whack of gear
and a rather loose agenda - my mission
to write & record an album of music

It was a blast




A U R O R A  2 5
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37 faces, 37 gravestones













fast forward

my fourth remix of Aurora now in 2025
dreaming of Norway this time
and what it would
be like


here at night
in northern Ontario
something happens in late August,
early September that can't be described
sleeping under it can be dangerous

but life changing














recommended listening: volume up, 
good headphones after dark - it's a long-throw 
and all very slow



composed & performed by jim lamarche
from the album SPEARMINT LAKE
assembled in logic audio & final cut
featuring the roland system 8



spearmint lake
30 year anniversary edition
1993 - 2023














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this music clip was made possible by:

Toronto Arts Council
Ontario Arts Council







N O R T H  W I N D
spearmint lake

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see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>



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see the SPEARMINT LAKE album/page here >>>











    A U R O R A  2 5
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