love your enemies - street sign hack

Love this work! Via http://reubenmiller.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/08/parking-love-si.html

Banksy on the arts

inflatable space

Inflate is a company that makes awesome inflatable structures... would love to make a labyrinth inside one of their domes!



Also, as portable prayer tent/sacred space...

Blublu - Amazing Animated Graffiti

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

People would like you more if...

This one's for Jonny

Aerotone is a fantastic online record label - all beautiful ambient and almost all free! Some of my favourite music is stuff I found here and they don't seem to want much in exchange.

Le Mepris is currently blowing my little feeble mind...

(It's for Jonny as I figure this would make a sweet 'worship trick'... I should prob. pass it his way... )

Entire Cities' Deep River - Now Available!

Listen to this post!

Entire Cities' Deep River is now available! You can even get it online at Zunior.com.

"Really, I can't find anything wrong with this record, and more importantly, I don't want to. It's a great showcase of a lesser known Canadian band doing all the right things. They are trying new things, without ever drifting too far into the experimental sounds that often bog down these type of records." - Read the full review at Herohill.com

"...albums this amazing/wonderful/superb/
whatever-other-positive-adjective-you'd-ever-want-to-affix-to-an-album don't come around very often, and I sincerely hope that in a decade I'll still be able to appreciate something that strikes me as deeply as this one does." - i (heart) music

Learn more about Entire Cities at our new website: EntireCities.ca

Dear God blog

'Dear God' is a (snazzy designed) prayer blog for all denominations, beliefs and non-believers. Go, read the prayers...

The Gertrudes

Well, I know I do not have a vast readership and I try to keep on track, but as you (anyone) knows, I love music, it brings me joy and, well, I reckon playing music with folks is pretty darn sacred.

With that excuse, I hereby plug my newest band project: The Gertrudes.

We have a myspace where you can listen and download a song for free!

Greg Tilson and Annie Clifford are the primary song writers, we arrange collaboratively. The lineup consists of accordion, bass, keys, drums, trombone, guitars, banjo and lots of gang vocals and pretty harmonies... we're even working on an all accordion version of "Reel in the clothesline"... secret info leak... you didn't hear it here.

Check it.

Rock.

J

easter report - the house famous perspective

for more info/background on the easter weekend and how it all went down, hop on over to my good friends at the house famous blog.

ps. these guys are doing some really great stuff around communal living/hospitality/general creativity and sharing of their lives... inspired/inspiring stuff!

good friday in the park - labyrinth

good friday in the park - labyrinth, originally uploaded by josh lyon.

as part of a good friday installation/service in the park, we made this flagging tape labyrinth... took about 1.5 hrs to setup, and we left it in the park till easter sunday... ended up looking like laser lights in the darkness... see more pics from the event on my flickr site at flickr.com/photos/joshlyon

easter dawn

easter dawn, originally uploaded by josh lyon.

he is risen...!

so, we didn't want to miss the easter dawn service put on by the catholic worker in toronto.... so we had our own down by lake ontario, at 6:15am.

people from next came out, along with an accidental double-booking from the folks at central baptist, who graciously joined in. I'm wiped, but it was worth it! Happy Easter!

apology

Hi Jay,

I'm really sorry about the misuse of your photographs. I will not post the images on my blog or anywhere else... I did assume too much about a use that I thought you would approve, partially based on your posting of 2 Peter 3:10... (see Acts 4:32)

I would never assume use of anyone's artwork for commercial purposes and did not see the "all rights reserved" tag... I'll make sure to be more careful in the future and again apologize for any offense caused.

much appreciation for your work,

Josh

Good Friday and Easter Dawn

It's been a real joy planning the following events with the support of the next church and the good folks around the corner at the house famous... please come!


next invites you to a family friendly service 10am at neXt church, 89 colborne street





9:00pm Good Friday Meet for a time of exploration into and reflection on the Cross of Christ. Opportunity for interactive spiritual contemplation on the meaning of Good Friday and the responses of the disciples to the Easter events. - McBurney Park (a.k.a. Skeleton Park), Kingston

Labyrinth walk, stations, communion... in a park, in the dark... dress warmly!

rain plan: lovenasium at 89 colborne street



Sunday, March 23rd - 6:15am
(sunrise projected for 7am)
Meet at Murney Tower Parking Lot - Corner of
Barrie and King St, near KGH, on the waterfront.
A celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus! Come together
with the Body of Christ to rejoice in the gift of new life . . .





Everyone is welcome to join us at neXt (89 colborne st)
for breakfast after the service between 8am and 10:30am
SUNDAY SERVICE WILL START (at neXt) AROUND 11am.

entire cities "waiting" live

I got to play a set in Ottawa and in Kingston last week with my TO band - Entire Cities. Man I miss those kids... t'was a blast as always. There's nothing quite like rockin our with si and brendan while banwatt smashes stuff and tamara makes it for prettier...

Also, the new album "Deep River" is out finally! Or at least a pre-release version of it... available at shows for now. Check out the myspace for new tracks (myspace.com/entirecities)

and check out the great reviews on iheartmusic.net and herohill.com. it's not my fault they're both gushing... i'd post a bad one too if i knew about it.

attitude of gratitude - Thankscards blog

My friend has setup a blog with a similar theme to the now well known Postsecret blog except that this one focuses on thanksgiving! So send her a postcard at:

Thanks Cards
P.O. Box 339
Station A
Ottawa ON
CANADA
K1N 8V3

and make sure to check out the lovely works of gratitude already in place: Thankscards Blog

Winking Circle

The Winking Circle is a bunch of crazy, not-afraid-to-be-fools bunch of folks doing some really creative work to 'redeem' (their word, not mine!) their surroundings and fight attitudes of boredom and apathy...

their statement:



from winkingcircle.com

plus making some crazy art, doing wacky stunts, and making amazing art-bikes:



All things shall be made new: All things shall be redeemed!

ffffound

(for some reason the image is not showing up... click on the image box above to view)

ps this is not a trick... i just can't figure out the bug right now.

on ffffound.com

Circuit style Labyrinth

Vancouver School of Theology Labyrinth - I really like the circuit style design...

Also! Stumbled across thisquietarmy today... beautiful ambient guitar layers - similar to a lot of other solo guitar pedal stuff but somehow transcends the usual loopy sameness... really great + two free albums to download on the site!

oblique strategies cards

a selection of my favourite cards from brian eno and peter schmidt's 'oblique strategies' card set - seen at Dale Morningstar's Gas Station Studio while mixing the Entire Cities songs for the upcoming release.




































play online here: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rf6t-tyfk/oblique.html

see info here: http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies/

more info on Peter Schmidt here: http://peterschmidtweb.blogspot.com/