OVERDRIVE

it's 11 o'clock.  do you know 

where your children are?

O V E R D R I V E
volume up

it's the overdrive
that comes with the red lines
my baby hit the mainline

a jim lamarche remix

from the album TWO LIVES

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

the story behind overdrive

it fascinates me how we're drawn to other
that animal attraction

the scent of each other's short-comings
in passing ... that familiar return

injecting our heritage
yet again

calling it home
for a year

it was in a thought about ecstasy 

and what that might look like

that inspired me to go here

to capture a short glimpse of my youth
getting close but no cigar

a blast regardless

listen to the album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE

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

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AURORA BOREALIS

she was there, sitting right there
in the back seat, then there was the accident
and she was gone - they were gone


A U R O R A  B O R E A L I S
sound up

I was supposed to be somewhere
I just can't remember where
I can't remember things
anymore



optimized for night vision

a jim lamarche remix

from the album THREE LIVES

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

the story behind aurora borealis

fading faces - in the lights
eyes wide open at 4am
ok, let's do this


mothers & daughters - fathers and sons
having been separated
a return through the lights

spearmint lake - it was there


that I sat under the aurora in aug/92 - no roads to this place
northern ontario, out in the bush, open lake/high up
and this is what came of it
a reminder

like coming home 
to an old friend 




A U R O R A  B O R E A L I S
the remix

listen to the album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE 

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CASUAL SHOPPER

it isn't stealing 
if it's for a reason, purpose
my reason, my purpose


C A S U A L  S H O P P E R
sound up

50% off with the coupon
please bring the shoes, to the front cashier
for your reimbursement

thank you and have a great day

a jim lamarche remix

from the album TWO LIVES

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

"Career Opportunities (1991)"
Hughes Entertainment
Universal Pictures

voices: sadhana sarkam
& jim lamarche

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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

the story behind casual shopper

nothing special here

no hidden messages or underlying folly
ok maybe a little

just coming across a youtube clip

a short segment from the movie "Career Opportunities"
a 1991 John Hughes comedy/drama that fizzled upon landing
attracted to her in that moment
not sure why

OK, maybe because ... OMFG!

thought I'd add music/voices
because it's beautiful to look at
having fun w/the pictures
feel like I'm 15 again

guilty pleasure

listen to the album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE 

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WANNABEE

what do you want to be when you grow up

a firefighter? or a policeman?

what's your dream-job?
me? I wannabee a TV reporter!
and report the news

W A N N A B E E

sound up

a jim lamarche remix

from the album ONE LIFE

assembled in photoshop, logic audio and final cut

flute/reeds by ron allen

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LISTEN TO ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind wannabee


it's that high pitched voice
like all the other wannabee soccer moms
desperately trying to fit in
and not say the wrong thing
'sorry' in every sentence
ok, you know her

always the same
"so jimmy, what do you want to be when you grow up"?
(thinking fuck off but answering politely)

when you're 5 or 6, the 'go to' answer is always
fireman or policeman, maybe a lawyer or politician; doctor? meh
ok, not too important - an honest living
putting out fires, locking criminals up
getting good guys out of jail if they're innocent
that sounds like fun

maintaining a sense of order


even better - what if we lived in cement blocks
painted blue on the inside - pretending we're outside?
flat ceilings, no windows and no doors ... protected?
white billowing clouds painted on the walls and ceiling

let's look at the bigger picture
just imagine

ok, even real birds actually inside our box
and what if everything we could ever dream of
was inside an industrial unit out on the I-90
with a hidden tunnel to the taco bell next door
and unlimited wi-fi within

just imagine








mmmhmmm potential

my little secret for the moment
and I would appreciate you not telling anyone
not even my friends - my loser sister
especially not mom or dad

there must be a way
I can make this work - for me

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IF YOU BELIEVE

through hard work, perseverance and faith in God
you can live your dreams

Ben Carson

I F  Y O U  B E L I E V E

sound up

a jim lamarche remix

from the album ONE LIFE

assembled in photoshop, logic audio and final cut

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http://www.jimlamarche.ca/music/

  read more of Jim's blog posts here 

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LISTEN TO ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE 

our Father, who art in heaven
hallowed be thy name
thy kingdom come 
thy will be done on earth 
as it is in heaven

give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us
 
and lead us not into temptation 
but deliver us from evil 
for thine is the kingdom 
the power, and the glory 
for ever and ever 

amen

it puts you and me
inside the shadow



FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind if you believe


mixed messages - not intended
when I was assembling the music
I saw religious symbology
and was reminded 
that believing
in God

fundamentally changes nothing
it just makes us feel a bit better about ourselves
for a few minutes

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DESPERADO

we think sometimes that poverty
is only being hungry, naked and homeless
the poverty of being unwanted
unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty


mother teresa

D E S P E R A D O

sound up

a desperado has nothing to lose
so everything is on the table
and anything is possible

a jim lamarche remix

from the album ONE LIFE

assembled in logic audio and final cut

visit my music page
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/music/

  read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

LISTEN TO ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE 

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind Desperado

slow fades are good
I like long cross-dissolves best
ample time to leave one thought behind
before entering a new one 

in and around 1983, my wife to be
Jody Terio and I put a show together
and performed it to a modest/artsy/financially challenged 
Thursday night crowd at the Rivoli on Queen West in Toronto
it was called Nuclear Cartoons
I wrote the title track
we were in our 20's
and had a lot
in common

I had just met her and she inspired me 
it was all very crude, but I remember
the crowd responding by clapping
after each piece
genuinely appreciating
the effort we had put into it

it was an audio-visual thing
we had taken out a 16mm film projector
from Toronto Public Library (free)
something you could do back then
and we showed holocaust pictures
and synchronized the music
I had created during downtime
at the recording studio
where I worked at the time

there was this new thing called VHS
but the players were a TV thing and
we wanted larger, projected images

since then, a cinematic sensibility
is something I've been drawn to 
new sounds and pictures

36 years later
and a tad more refined
it's kinda what I wanted to do back then
and now can - my mission
a new vocation
resurrected

I'm still on the clock
but it's my clock

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