MS Beaches Walk-a-thon is Underway!

The MS Beaches Walk-a-thon provides an opportunity for the beaches community to come together for a 3K walk or run along the boardwalk while raising money for MS. On September 12th at 9:30 am we will meet at the RC Harris Water Filtration Plant (easternmost point of the beach - near Neville Park) to begin our walk together. At the end of your 3K journey enjoy a BBQ, refreshments and raffle prizes with friends and family!

Each participant is asked to fundraise a minimum of $100 to take part in the walk. For every $10 raised over the minimum, you will receive a ballot for your chance to win one of our raffle prizes including a one year membership to the Royal Botanical Gardens! Register before August 27th and get a free MS t-shirt and wrist band! (Wrist bands will also be on sale after the walk). All money raised with this event will go to the MS Society of Canada to support research and those living with MS.

To register, please send an email to msbeacheswalk@yahoo.ca

Hope to see you at the beach!

Music For MS Benefit Concert

This October my team and I will be heading to Tanzania to climb Africa's tallest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro, in order to raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis research. A portion of the funds raised will also be shared with the Ilkurot Primary School to educate the poorest of the poor children of the Masai Tribe.

This concert is just one of many fundraising events helping us reach our goal of raising $1 Million.

Hope to see you there!

Playlist ~ December 17th/08

Even with all the copyright issues, we still love them. Search youtube for some creepy Crystal Castles video's, especially Atlantis to Interzone and Jo's fan vid for Cry Babies - if you watch that one for long enough you will fall under the influence of the Teletubbies...evil...I still feel a bit creeped out...

Akido - Mikado
Dada Pogrom - The Sky
Thom Yorke - Eraser (XXX_Change Remix)
The Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow (VanShe Remix)
Foals - Electric Bloom (Nightsweats Remix)
Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)
White Lies - Death (Crystal Castles Remix)
The Killers - The Human (Ocelot Remix)
Daft Punk - Human After All (Sebastian Remix)
Crystal Castles - Vanished (Mr. Vega Remix)
Schwarzkopf - Dancing In The Dark (The Proxy Remix)
Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow (Teenagers Remix)
Trentemoller - Danger Global Warming

Next weeks show falls on Xmas Eve so expect some presents and maybe some holiday related music!

Playlist ~ December 3rd/08

I love remixes of old jazz classics so when I find one you will definitely hear about it - especially if it's Nina Simone. This weeks gem was Felix Da Housecat's remix of Nina Simone's Sinnerman. The song's been around since the beginning of the 20th century but wasn't recorded by Simone 'til her 1965 album Pastel Blues. For more jazz remixes check out the Verve Remixed albums.

Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Remix)
Bjork - Wanderlust (Ratatat Remix)
Dragonette - I Get Around (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)
Crystal Castles - Vanished (Mr. Vega Remix)
Ladytron - Ghosts (Toxic Avenger Mix)
DJ Mujava - Township Funk (Sinden Remix)
The Killers - The Human (Ocelot Remix)
Justice - DVNO
Thunderheist - Jerk It (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)
Yelle - Tristesse / Joie (Rolf Honey Remix)
New Young Pony Club - Get Lucky (MSTRKRFT Remix)
The Bird & The Bee - F*ing Boyfriend (Peaches Remix)
Tegan & Sara - Back In Your Head (Morgan Page Remix)

Playlist ~ November 26th/08

Montreals Misteur Valaire is offering a remix of 'Sp4Lovers' featuring Ariane Moffatt called 'Astronef' free for download on their website. If you haven't been there already they've also got their entire album Friterday night posted. Kewlness.

The Streets - Weak Become Heroes (Royksopps Memory Lane Remix)
Misteur Valaire - Et Si C'etait Un Veau
Primary 1 - Hold Me Down (Foamo Remix)
Fox'n'Wolf - Youth Alcoholic (Etienne DeCrecy Remix)
The Presets - My People (DIM Remix)
Bloc Party - Hunting For Witches (Crystal Castles Remix)
Polysics - Ceolakanth is Android (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Revl9n - Walking Machine (Sebastian Remix)
Lykke Li - Little Bit (CSS Remix)
Metric - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Kasabian - Me (+) One (Jacque Lu Cont Mix)

Playlist ~ November 19th/08

It's the Klaxons! The group from London have gone into hiding for the year to produce their next album...exciting!

The Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow (Van She Remix)
New Young Pony Club - Get Lucky (MSTRKRFT Remix)
The Presets - Talk Like That (Jence Remix)
Audio Bullys - Shot You Down (Feat. Nancy Sinatra)
Polysics - Ceolakanth is Android (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Yoko Ono - Walking on Thin Ice (Pet Shop Boys Electro Mix)
My Brightest Diamond - Freak Out (Gold Chains Panique Mix)
The Blow - The Love That I Crave (Strategy's Strata Club Remix)
Kasabian - Empire (Remix)
VHS or Beta - Burn It All Down (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)
Bounte - Going Nowhere

MS Climb 2009 - Kilimanjaro!

I just got involved with a new fundraising event with the Multiple Sclerosis Society and its really exciting! My goal is to personally raise $10,000 for the MS society, and just like the bike rides and walks that they have every year, this year they are taking it to the next level. Along with my team, I will be summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa in support of MS. Every bit of money raised will go towards finding a cure for this terrible disease, and I hope that I can count on your help in trying to make MS a disease of the past. To find out how you can help check out my webpage! [click the pledge link] ->