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…is Small by Lamb, off their album What Sound. A melancholy but beautiful synthpop gem with my all-time favourite chord progression, I – V – flat VII – IV. I may have to learn it on accordion.

And if any of you Big Content guys are reading this: would you like to know how I discovered the song, which led me to find out more about the band and purchase the album? Internet radio — namely one of my fave stations, Evil Dildo — which you idiots are trying to kill in your war on innovation.

Small

by Lamb

from their album “What Sound”

Sometimes I climb high above the city

To see all the lights shining they’re so pretty

And think of the millions of lives going on

At this present moment

And those come and gone

And it makes me float free

To feel how small my life must be

And it makes me float free

To feel how small my life must be

Whenever I can I go down to the sea

And wonder at how many miles there must be

And all of the people on all of its shores

At this present moment

And those gone before

And it makes me float free

To feel how small my life must be

And it makes me float free

To feel how small my life must be

Sometimes I’m out in a bustling street

Dazzled by all of the faces I see

It strikes me we get lost so soon after birth

But one smile can turn over heaven and earth

And it makes me float free

To feel how small my life must be

And it makes me float free

To feel how small my life must be

And it makes me float free

To feel how small my life must be

And it makes me float free

To feel how small my life must be

Should I ever get into acting for “adult videos”, I shall go by the stage name of “Vlad the Impaler”.

The Thirsty People of Toronto are gathering tonight at Vinnie’s (22 Duncan Street, at Adelaide) for the usual good conversation and booze-fueled mayhem. And believe me, after the craptacular weekend I had, a little booze-fueled mayhem will do me good.

See you there!

They say that the Chinese pictogram for the word “crisis” is also used for the word “opportunity”.

(The smartass would come back by saying that some of them view “dog” and “dinner” as the same thing.)

Welcome to the Autumn Equinox! From here through to mid-December, the nights get longer.

Being an ambitious kind of guy, I got a head start on the season and had a weekend’s worth of long — and craptacular — nights. After those, Fall’s going to be a cakewalk.

The Law of Averages (math pedants: I know, I know…) says that I’m not due for another weekend like that one for a long time. Good.

Updated Monday, Septmber 23rd

From the Seattle Times (thanks to FARK for the link):

Update: here’s the story behind the costume. Thanks, Anita!

Jeremiah, a fellow GTABlogger and Filipino dude over at Triple Double You has a list of 101 things he’s promised to do in the next 1001 days. You might want to consider making a list like his for yourself. The process of even trying to think of 101 things you must do could be life-changing.

If I speak in generalities, I can cut the size of my own list down to these items:

1. Use my powers for good, not evil.

2. Fall in love.

3. Live interestingly, well, happily and with a purpose. Or, as the soul of Billy Idol now living in Philippe the otter would say, “Exist as a mixture of sexiness and danger”.

4. Finally learn to play Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit and that really difficult organ riff from The Doors’ Light My Fire (warning: cheesy MIDI file) on accordion.

Everything else is gravy.