Snapshots and Needle Drops

Montreal's tour la nuit, cyclists in motion

It’s My Road

November 26, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

I’ve been working like a madwoman lately. This photo was taken during Montreal’s Tour la Nuit this past summer. It’s an annual festival where about 15,000 bike 20km through the city at night. For the event, a lot of major roads are blocked which delayed my dinner companions significantly. However, while I waited, I ended up writing one of my first posts: ‘Go. Stop.’ “My Body” by Young the Giant

Categories: Alternative, Rock • Tags: alternative, biking, Canada, indie, Montreal, music, photography, Rock, tour la nuit, Young the Giant

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Looking through a snowy window at Montreal

“Worse than….”

November 23, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Last night I arrived home from my 10 day trip in Paris and Scotland. It turns out I was just in time! I woke up at 6:30 this morning to find it had been snowing all night. It’s a magical day, that first day of snow. The world is all of sudden a completely different landscape- granted it is a landscape you’ll be tired of in five months- but for now, coupled with the newly strung Christmas lights around the […]

Categories: Covers, Dance, Pop, Soundtrack • Tags: bakewells, Canada, dance, girls aloud, jump, Love Actually, Montreal, music, photography, pop, snow, Soundtracks, winter

Bordeaux & Paris

November 18, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Paris is the only city in the world I feel I could walk out into the street in broad daylight wearing this shade, Bordeaux, of lipstick. It’s strangely empowering, I was struttin’ all day. As a thank you to my gracious Parisienne host, GB, I’m embedding one of her favourite songs. Enjoy. “Elle me dit” par Mika

Categories: Dance, Electronic, French, Pop • Tags: blonde, dance, electric, France, french, lipstick, Mika, music, Paris, photography, pop

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Paris at sunset, Place de la concorde, Eiffel tower

Paris, je t’aime

November 15, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Fun fact: it is impossible to take a bad photo of Paris between the hours of 5pm and 7pm. This city is so freaking gorgeous. I should really just rename this blog “Paris Shots and Needle Drops” because that might be all get from me for awhile. I’m giving you some vintage Feist. This song was used on the Paris, je t’aime soundtrack- something I had not thought about when I titled this post. For those who haven’t checked out […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, French, Indie, Pop, Rock, Soundtrack • Tags: Eiffel Tower, Feist, France, music, Paris, Paris je t'aime, photography, soundtrack, sunset

Close up on Barr Brothers' guitar and harp

Releasing the Brothers

November 13, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Eeeks! I had got complaints, but I hadn’t realized it had been nearly two weeks since I had posted! Sorry, it’s been fast-times in the world of VApps, and at the moment, I’m writing to you from my best friend’s place in Paris. Alright, so about a month ago, I was fortunate enough to attend the album release concert for The Barr Brothers. The Brothers have been a big hit on this blog. For previous posts click here (coincidentally a photo […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Concert Pics, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Rock, Soul • Tags: album review, alternative, Canada, concert, experimental, folk, guitar, Harp, indie, La Tulipe, Montreal, music, Paris, photography, Rock, soul, The Barr Brothers

Carved pumpkins, wolf, jack-o-latern, Liverpool, LFC

Happy 90s Halloween

October 31, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

My close friends would be able to tell you that Halloween is not a favourite holiday of mine. Halloween was so much better in the 90s when I was a kid. The costume barely mattered because you had to put a coat on anyway and you got to run around your neighbourhood with friends getting candy. As an added bonus, I grew up in a small town, so every time my friends and I went to a house that we […]

Categories: 90s, Covers, Pop, Rock, Soundtrack • Tags: 90s, Canada, carved pumpkins, covers, halloween, jack-o-lanterns, LFC, Liverpool Football Club, memories, music, photography, pop, pumpkins, Rock, Soundtracks, Sugar Ray, wolf

The Underdog

October 28, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Meet Rocky. Rocky lives in Vancouver. Rocky is gorgeous. Rocky is fierce. Rocky was made for the camera. The photo here was taken by a Mr. Davidson at a high tea hosted by the ever-dashing Mr. Ting. It was well posh. The song, The Underdog has been used both wisely and unwisely by music supervisors in quite a number of projects. For instance, it’s used awesomely in Horrible Bosses, How I Met Your Mother, but awfully in 17 Again. There is an […]

Categories: Alternative, Indie, Pop, Rock • Tags: alternative, Canada, dog, indie, music, photography, pop, Rock, Spoon, Vancouver

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Red ball on reflective water, cloud reflections

Making Mirrors

October 26, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Feel like having a xylophone song break your heart? Here is Belgian-Australian Gotye and Kiwi artist Kimbra, who will, with layers of synthesizers, cowbells, and xylophones, rhythmically give off a vibe that is both quirky and bleak. Gotye spent eight weeks at number one on the Australian charts this summer with this single off his 2011 album Making Mirrors. He is the first Australian act to do so since Savage Garden and their hit “Truly, Madly, Deeply” (a song that I still […]

Categories: Alternative, Experimental, Indie, Rock • Tags: alternative, Australian, balloon, Canada, experimental, indie, Kiwi, mirrors, music, photography, reflections, Rock, Vancouver, water

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Birthday Post!

October 24, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Hello friends! Today just happens to be my birthday. You can celebrate it yourself by eating some cake… and by listening to my favourite song. Coconut Skins by Damien Rice

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Indie • Tags: Acoustic, alternative, birthday, Canada, Coco Locale, cupcakes, Damien Rice, folk, indie, Montreal, music, photography

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