Our good friend The Awesome Australian, Tim Kelly, has brought us into the eyes and mind of a Montreal local musician known simply as Beaver.  An enigmatic performer and story teller reminiscent of my imaginary 4 year old nephew,  Beaver has tapped into that smushy place in our chests called ‘the heart’ and convinced us that it is OK to believe in hipster fairy tales.

Sept 22, 2009 is the seventh edition of the “In town without my car” day in Montreal. Part of Downtown will be closed off for cars.
On the plus side, there is a printable coupon available for free transit rides, click here (link is to a .pdf file).

Montreal’s OldGoldBoutique.com has finally opened for online sales. It’s been a long wait but the shop is up and the selection is interesting. If you’ve ever been curious to understand the inspiration for this unique space these videos that were found on the site’s ‘video’ section might help, but I doubt it.

Check out the shop online or in person at:
256 Mont-Royal est
Montréal, Québec
H2T 1P5
514.509.1675

This is simply one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Featuring Old Gold partner in crime Matt “Hatchmatik” Morein:

Montreal’s Music Guru, Kilroy, has released a long awaited version Nø3 of his infamous mixtape / playlist.

quoted from the Guru Energy blog:

“Check out this week’s work vibe – dubbed “DiscoConditioned Stell’R Rock Mix” – here. It’s an upbeat blend of everyone from M.I.A. to Metric to Iggy Pop plus some high-energy remixes of artists like U2 and Kings of Leon. The perfect pick-me-up for the post-lunch work slump. Well, the second most perfect pick-me-up…”

Remember to follow Guru Energy on their Twitter: @GURUENERGY

A self explanatory video promoting the city-dubbed “Quartier des Spectacles”

check out their Facebook page here:
Quartier des spectacles, Montréal

Facebook event for the Grand Opening of Place des Festivals:
LE GRAND BAISER
INAUGURATION DE LA PLACE DES FESTIVALS | OFFICIAL OPENING

Nice new Video by TourismeMontreal / Side Lee about the Belgo Art complex:

There’s a new Bofinger restaurant opening on Parc Ave.
I asked @ChefDeck what he thinks about this and here’s what he said:
“The biggest thing to hit Montreal since sliced bread.”

Somehow I missed this one till now.  Marilis Cardinal, a.k.a. the sweetest person ever, mentioned me in a blog post on NightlifeMagazine.ca,

Montreal Fashion Week Diary Part I

“We end the evening with the Godmother of Quebec Fashion: Marie St-Pierre. The room is packed and yours truly has to stand. Everyone is taller then me, I’m tired and grumpy and about 5 thirteen year old girls with bad haircuts are sitting in the front row. Thankfully, David Majer of Live MTL takes pity on a poor short girl’s inability to see and shuffles me to the other side of his camera where I have a prime lookout spot onto the runway.”

A very nice girl named SaraSophie Drouin-Siebes has posted this video, it’s a short documentary / party video featuring Montreal local DJ Mary Hell, who’s life is a kind of docu-party video in itself. The cirlce is complete.  Check it out here:

La Fee Verte, Montreal’s newest lingerie manufacturer, is taking a young new approach to an old industry, the Shmata trade (aka. Fashion).  Adam Sakara, the company’s founder, wants to see women’s wear with fresh looks on “classic technical garments.”  

P.S. La Fee Verte translates to: The Green Fairy… It’s an absinth thing.

For a behind the scenes view of a stop motion promo that was done for the brand, check out the video below:

The folks over at Pavilion Projects released this lovely map of Montreal’s hot art spots; is that a cool abbreviation coming on: HARTS?

Download the PDF map here: http://www.pavilionprojects.com/map

Miss Kitten & the Hacker spoke to us about their music and inspirations.

Local boy geniuses over at Moment Factory have outdone themselves once again in their collaboration with Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor on the NIN: Lights in The Sky tour, which is currently ongoing across North America

Moment Factory is well known in Montreal for their custom lighting design capabilities.  The company grew it’s roots in the VJ world and has since reached international fame working with major clients, like the Cirque du Soleil on the Revolution Lounge in the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.

Check out this video in which Sakchin Besette, co-founder of Moment Factory, talks about the NIN experience:

Nine Inch Nails – The Making Of

Nine Inch Nails – Teaser – MomentFactory

Thanks to the lovely folks at MEG and GEG, Sebastien Tellier, the uber-sexy singer-songwriter from France, blessed a crowd of horny Montrealers with gonad exciting rhythms off his latest release, Sexuality.  Sebastien talked to LiveMtl about his love affair with, music, fruit, and ‘everybody.’  So please snuggle up to someone tonight and kiss and caress and listen to Sexuality.

Check out the video here: