Monday 20 February 2023

STONE COLD



fuck the voting
let's get straight to the violence


Roger Stone



S T O N E  C O L D
volume up . 1080p





and most people like him
some people probably don't


















optimized for night vision



a jim lamarche remix
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8


source music: Vangelis





inspired by the documentary
A Storm Foretold
Directed by Christoffer Guldbrandsen


















STONE COLD
backstory


I came for the American dream bro
and yer not in it



After seeing the Danish documentary
A Storm Foretold
I got something quite profound
It is in fact spiral architect Roger Stone
who is the MAGA wizard/punisher


It's round 3 in a tie game. Strap in
We live in a Marvel Universe 
once again











This time, our emperor's mentor
 and spiritual advisor is on the rebound
Perturbed passed over & pissed cause Roger didn't GET
what he DESERVED the first time around



Interesting delusion, seclusion, intrusion
and such are the entitled
me more - you less
Make America Great Again - FOR ME



FOR THE PEOPLE?
FUCK THE PEOPLE!

so
Buckle up and grab a Bud
It's going to be a thrill ride









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



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S T O N E  C O L D
volume up . 1080p




a raglan manor production
february 2024



























recommended follow up
an op-ed on the American psyche





















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Wednesday 15 February 2023

PILGRIM



I am a pilgrim in the world
but at home in my God
In the earth, I wander
but in God I dwell in 
quiet habitation

Charles Spurgeon









P I L G R I M
volume up . 720p


footage: The Pilgrims
a documentary film by Ric Burns


source music w/Ray Armando Morabito



special thanks to my friend Don Spanner
for inspiring this w/his unique vision
for a remix



 kindred spirits











forgive the restraint
I thought it might be
appropriate




optimized for night vision

it's nuclear cartoons
I just ran w/it




a jim lamarche remix (w/don spanner)
from the album TEMPLE REDUX
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8





read more of Jim's blog posts here 














see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>



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




see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/twolives/



see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/threelives/



read more of Jim's blog posts here 



listen to the youtube album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE
(play all)



















Friday 10 February 2023

ALONE




He said he was from Glasgow
or was it Belfast? Fak
I can't remember
begging the more
serious question

Why am I



A L O N E  
summer '23 - volume up















optimized for night vision


there's one song every year
ok maybe every 3 years
(and sometimes 3 in one year)
that truly tears me to shreds
 I remember being 9
when it began

first 'michelle'
by the beatles in '65 

'windy'
by the association 

'daydream believer'
by the monkees soon after

'nights in white satin'
by the moody blues
all in 1967

so many more
later


timeless masterpieces
that never get old
every time hearing them
it's BAM - nailed it







more recently this thing
by ray wilson that I keep listening to
just resonates so it's on repeat here
all the while thinking, how could it be better 
w/EQ, automation, overdubs & pictures

a more visceral version


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alone
composed & performed by ray wilson



a jim lamarche remix
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8




read more of Jim's blog posts here 
scroll down











we really do have
a lot in common


listen to the album ONE LIFE 
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/ 


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













Thursday 9 February 2023

MAGA LIGHT - Introducing the Moderates



It's a crapshoot.

Over the past 10 years, I have been closely observing Canadian culture with an even closer look post 2016 after Donald Trump became President stateside and have made some observations that I think are pretty accurate. That thing that divided them has also divided us.

Today, roughly 1/3 Canadian adults are Liberal, 1/3 are Conservative and 1/3 are ‘moderates’ meaning they have no particular affiliation with one side or the other but are still leaning left or right. Moderates are everywhere (all around you) and you know many. They have traditional values; can be more easily swayed/persuaded and are generally tolerant of new trends around vaccines, immigration, religion and gender preference. That said, they can still find fault with one side or the other’s point of view and like hard left or right wing thinkers, tend to follow the thoughts/ideas of their friends & family but prefer not to talk Conservative vs. Liberal at all because once you go down that road, there's no turning back. 


When it comes to politics, they're the quiet ones.







Lock her up - Lock him up.

Ok, hardliners are more into punishing those who disagree with them and moderates really aren't into taking it that far at all. Finding an amicable solution is almost always preferred. 

I’m guessing there are between 10 - 15 million Canadian moderates who could vote Liberal or Conservative in the next election depending on what’s on the table in the months preceding (could go either way). Right now (late 2023) more than two thirds of Canadians strongly disapprove of Justin Trudeau which means that all Conservatives and almost all moderates want him gone. That said, a larger percentage in the middle could easily still vote Liberal in the next election IF Trudeau stepped down which is why he almost certainly will in 2024. Now it's this ... why would moderates swing back into the Liberal camp after being seduced? Well, maybe it's because Pierre Poilievre is really creepy. Something to be said for good instincts. 

Saying that moderate Canadians are gullible is perhaps unfair even though the resentment politics game played by the opposition leader has in fact swayed 90% of them into his fold and would explain their soaring ratings in the polls recently.  So - gullible? I’m afraid so. It’s a no brainer amongst Populist politicians that shame & ridicule is successful at harnessing people’s anger and focussing all that rage in a singular direction has proven a useful strategy in getting more support, even from the moderates who can make or break an election campaign (like we saw in November '16).


Quite simply put, blame works. 






The reaction vote. Thank God for it.

It worked in America in 2016 so it can work here in 2025. That’s what Poilievre is counting on, placing all his chips on the table on that marker for all the obvious reasons in an all or nothing gesture designed to divide & conquer. It’s easy pickings and the country is his oyster - or is it? Maybe it's a short term gain - long term pain agenda that has a short shelf life, after all - history has shown us that the reaction vote never holds. Moderates remain wary (from experience) and weighing out the options is a honed skill and we are still mid-term.

With Ontario Premier Doug Ford tarnishing the brand in a big way right now and Trudeau inevitably on his way out, can Trump’s evangelical strategy work north of the 49th Parallel 9 years later? Only time will tell. Personally, I’d like to think that Canadians are smarter than that and that our moderates will see through all the red herrings & smoke screens and vote for reason over (so-called) treason; seeing the freedom farce as just that - a distraction.

One thing that is certain to me going forward and a message to Pierre Poilievre. What we've endured since the pandemic & global inflation flattened us has been tragic and NO one person/Prime Minister, political party or ideology could have circumvented it - so DON'T tell me it would all be different if you had been running the show because I'm not buying it. 

When it gets right down to it, I don't think most Canadians will either in 2025 when they go to the polls. It's just too easy - a painfully obvious scam (to anyone who actually looks).










In closing, I ask this question. Will people see through the facade and expose Pierre Poilievre for who he really is or will they succumb to the resentment narrative and vote in reaction just like they did in the U.S. in 2016?  You don't like Trump or MAGA? Welcome to MAGA light - because we're Canadians and everyone gets a say (except THEM). 

Same bowel movement, different toilet.


Until that fateful day when we as a country rise up and reclaim our freedom, Mr. Poilievre hopes you stay stupid because it's in his best interest. Trust me, what you don't know? Won't hurt you ... you can bet yer bitcoin on it. 






jimlamarche.ca





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Wednesday 8 February 2023

TRIPTYCH


The missing door, the lost room and the hidden floor,
several characters are evolving on a ship
in spaces from which they cannot escape.

They set out to seek an ideal, they left with a dream
and with hope.

Now they keep wandering throughout a mysterious 
and macabre labyrinth in which they are lost.
The characters live between reality and what's imagined,
guided by natural forces that lead them 
to an uncertain destiny











unconditional love
can get tricky



T R I P T Y C H
volume up . 720p


w/Peeping Tom Dance
Brussels Belgium




thanks to my friend Don Spanner in London
for passing the ball and sharing the amusement 
of a brilliant dance theatre company
in Brussels


 kindred spirits











optimized for night vision


it's nuclear cartoons
I just ran w/it





a jim lamarche remix
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8


concept & direction
Gabriela Carrizo & Franck Chartier
for Peeping Tom Dance Theatre, Brussels Belgium





read more of Jim's blog posts here 
















see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>



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




see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/twolives/



see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/threelives/



read more of Jim's blog posts here 



listen to the youtube album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE
(play all)