the act of just being [t]here
@theactofjustbeingthere.ca
Part music criticism, part nostalgic over-analysis, and deeply unnecessary to all but a niche audience of one (me).
https://www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/
https://www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/
And be sure to scroll to the end to follow the *suede list* playlist on Apple Music and Tidal.
September 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
And be sure to scroll to the end to follow the *suede list* playlist on Apple Music and Tidal.
Thanks to everyone who has supported my recent Substack launch.
There is now a dedicated instagram account set up for @theactofjustbeingthere where I will be sharing all future posts.
Please follow me there:
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There is now a dedicated instagram account set up for @theactofjustbeingthere where I will be sharing all future posts.
Please follow me there:
www.instagram.com/theactofjust...
August 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Thanks to everyone who has supported my recent Substack launch.
There is now a dedicated instagram account set up for @theactofjustbeingthere where I will be sharing all future posts.
Please follow me there:
www.instagram.com/theactofjust...
There is now a dedicated instagram account set up for @theactofjustbeingthere where I will be sharing all future posts.
Please follow me there:
www.instagram.com/theactofjust...
Bloodsports reconnected @suedehq.bsky.social with the essence that made them vital in the first place. Their 2013 return is a confident, tightly focused album that feels like a reset.
#suede #mysuedestory #bloodsports
#suede #mysuedestory #bloodsports
August 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Bloodsports reconnected @suedehq.bsky.social with the essence that made them vital in the first place. Their 2013 return is a confident, tightly focused album that feels like a reset.
#suede #mysuedestory #bloodsports
#suede #mysuedestory #bloodsports
🎧 the act of just streaming here 🎧
Yes, it’s a playlist. No, it’s not radical. A lightly haunted jukebox. Some new. Some old. Some weird little in-betweens. The Hidden Cameras, Saint Etienne, Vivek Shraya, Nation of Language + more.
open.substack.com/pub/jimdigio...
Yes, it’s a playlist. No, it’s not radical. A lightly haunted jukebox. Some new. Some old. Some weird little in-betweens. The Hidden Cameras, Saint Etienne, Vivek Shraya, Nation of Language + more.
open.substack.com/pub/jimdigio...
August 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🎧 the act of just streaming here 🎧
Yes, it’s a playlist. No, it’s not radical. A lightly haunted jukebox. Some new. Some old. Some weird little in-betweens. The Hidden Cameras, Saint Etienne, Vivek Shraya, Nation of Language + more.
open.substack.com/pub/jimdigio...
Yes, it’s a playlist. No, it’s not radical. A lightly haunted jukebox. Some new. Some old. Some weird little in-betweens. The Hidden Cameras, Saint Etienne, Vivek Shraya, Nation of Language + more.
open.substack.com/pub/jimdigio...
🧵 suede: a retro-flection.
Third Intermission: The Tears, Here Come The Tears
Revisiting Here Come the Tears, the one-off from former
@suedehq.bsky.social collaborators Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler that quietly did everything it needed to.
open.substack.com/pub/jimdigio...
#mysuedestory
Third Intermission: The Tears, Here Come The Tears
Revisiting Here Come the Tears, the one-off from former
@suedehq.bsky.social collaborators Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler that quietly did everything it needed to.
open.substack.com/pub/jimdigio...
#mysuedestory
July 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🧵 suede: a retro-flection.
Third Intermission: The Tears, Here Come The Tears
Revisiting Here Come the Tears, the one-off from former
@suedehq.bsky.social collaborators Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler that quietly did everything it needed to.
open.substack.com/pub/jimdigio...
#mysuedestory
Third Intermission: The Tears, Here Come The Tears
Revisiting Here Come the Tears, the one-off from former
@suedehq.bsky.social collaborators Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler that quietly did everything it needed to.
open.substack.com/pub/jimdigio...
#mysuedestory
🧵 suede: a retro-flection.
Act Five: A New Morning
Not every album deserves a second chance. But sometimes, revisiting one reveals more than you expect. A New Morning was @suedehq.bsky.social's lowest point—and mine, as a fan.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/a-new-morn...
#suede #anewmorning
Act Five: A New Morning
Not every album deserves a second chance. But sometimes, revisiting one reveals more than you expect. A New Morning was @suedehq.bsky.social's lowest point—and mine, as a fan.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/a-new-morn...
#suede #anewmorning
July 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🧵 suede: a retro-flection.
Act Five: A New Morning
Not every album deserves a second chance. But sometimes, revisiting one reveals more than you expect. A New Morning was @suedehq.bsky.social's lowest point—and mine, as a fan.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/a-new-morn...
#suede #anewmorning
Act Five: A New Morning
Not every album deserves a second chance. But sometimes, revisiting one reveals more than you expect. A New Morning was @suedehq.bsky.social's lowest point—and mine, as a fan.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/a-new-morn...
#suede #anewmorning
🧵 suede: a retro-flection.
Act Four: Head Music
Synths, spirals, and self-destruction. @suedehq.bsky.social's Head Music is the sound of a band unravelling—and somehow still making it to the other side.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/head-music
#suede #headmusic
Act Four: Head Music
Synths, spirals, and self-destruction. @suedehq.bsky.social's Head Music is the sound of a band unravelling—and somehow still making it to the other side.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/head-music
#suede #headmusic
July 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🧵 suede: a retro-flection.
Act Four: Head Music
Synths, spirals, and self-destruction. @suedehq.bsky.social's Head Music is the sound of a band unravelling—and somehow still making it to the other side.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/head-music
#suede #headmusic
Act Four: Head Music
Synths, spirals, and self-destruction. @suedehq.bsky.social's Head Music is the sound of a band unravelling—and somehow still making it to the other side.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/head-music
#suede #headmusic
🧵 suede: then and there.
Second Intermission: Introducing the B-Sides: 10 Best from Sci-Fi Lullabies
My 10 favourites from @suedehq.bsky.social's 1997 compilation, Sci-Fi Lullabies. What's yours?
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/introducing-the-b-sides-10-best-from
#suede #scifilullabies #bsides
Second Intermission: Introducing the B-Sides: 10 Best from Sci-Fi Lullabies
My 10 favourites from @suedehq.bsky.social's 1997 compilation, Sci-Fi Lullabies. What's yours?
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/introducing-the-b-sides-10-best-from
#suede #scifilullabies #bsides
July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🧵 suede: then and there.
Second Intermission: Introducing the B-Sides: 10 Best from Sci-Fi Lullabies
My 10 favourites from @suedehq.bsky.social's 1997 compilation, Sci-Fi Lullabies. What's yours?
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/introducing-the-b-sides-10-best-from
#suede #scifilullabies #bsides
Second Intermission: Introducing the B-Sides: 10 Best from Sci-Fi Lullabies
My 10 favourites from @suedehq.bsky.social's 1997 compilation, Sci-Fi Lullabies. What's yours?
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/introducing-the-b-sides-10-best-from
#suede #scifilullabies #bsides
🧵 suede: then and there.
Act Three: Coming Up
In 1994, every music journalist was busy figuring out which up-and-coming band would claim @suedehq.bsky.social’s throne. No one expected it would be Suede themselves.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/coming-up
#suede #comingup
Act Three: Coming Up
In 1994, every music journalist was busy figuring out which up-and-coming band would claim @suedehq.bsky.social’s throne. No one expected it would be Suede themselves.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/coming-up
#suede #comingup
July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🧵 suede: then and there.
Act Three: Coming Up
In 1994, every music journalist was busy figuring out which up-and-coming band would claim @suedehq.bsky.social’s throne. No one expected it would be Suede themselves.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/coming-up
#suede #comingup
Act Three: Coming Up
In 1994, every music journalist was busy figuring out which up-and-coming band would claim @suedehq.bsky.social’s throne. No one expected it would be Suede themselves.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/coming-up
#suede #comingup
🧵 suede: then and there.
First Intermission: The Best of Bernard Butler Post-Suede
A break from my retro-flections on @suedehq.bsky.social for some of Bernard Butler's best work post Suede.
Did your favourite make the list?
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/the-best-of-bernard-butler-post-suede
First Intermission: The Best of Bernard Butler Post-Suede
A break from my retro-flections on @suedehq.bsky.social for some of Bernard Butler's best work post Suede.
Did your favourite make the list?
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/the-best-of-bernard-butler-post-suede
July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🧵 suede: then and there.
First Intermission: The Best of Bernard Butler Post-Suede
A break from my retro-flections on @suedehq.bsky.social for some of Bernard Butler's best work post Suede.
Did your favourite make the list?
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/the-best-of-bernard-butler-post-suede
First Intermission: The Best of Bernard Butler Post-Suede
A break from my retro-flections on @suedehq.bsky.social for some of Bernard Butler's best work post Suede.
Did your favourite make the list?
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/the-best-of-bernard-butler-post-suede
🧵 suede: then and there.
Act Two: Dog Man Star
Chaotic and out of step with its time, Dog Man Star is @suedehq.bsky.social at their most ambitious and combustible.
When a band makes a masterpiece from the wreckage of a break-up > www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/dog-man-star
#suede #dogmanstar
Act Two: Dog Man Star
Chaotic and out of step with its time, Dog Man Star is @suedehq.bsky.social at their most ambitious and combustible.
When a band makes a masterpiece from the wreckage of a break-up > www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/dog-man-star
#suede #dogmanstar
July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🧵 suede: then and there.
Act Two: Dog Man Star
Chaotic and out of step with its time, Dog Man Star is @suedehq.bsky.social at their most ambitious and combustible.
When a band makes a masterpiece from the wreckage of a break-up > www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/dog-man-star
#suede #dogmanstar
Act Two: Dog Man Star
Chaotic and out of step with its time, Dog Man Star is @suedehq.bsky.social at their most ambitious and combustible.
When a band makes a masterpiece from the wreckage of a break-up > www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/dog-man-star
#suede #dogmanstar
🧵 suede: then and there.
Act One: Suede
All drama and defiance, @suedehq.bsky.social's debut strutted in like it owned the place—because it did.
I wrote about the album’s impact (culturally and on me personally), then and now > www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/suede
#suede
Act One: Suede
All drama and defiance, @suedehq.bsky.social's debut strutted in like it owned the place—because it did.
I wrote about the album’s impact (culturally and on me personally), then and now > www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/suede
#suede
July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🧵 suede: then and there.
Act One: Suede
All drama and defiance, @suedehq.bsky.social's debut strutted in like it owned the place—because it did.
I wrote about the album’s impact (culturally and on me personally), then and now > www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/suede
#suede
Act One: Suede
All drama and defiance, @suedehq.bsky.social's debut strutted in like it owned the place—because it did.
I wrote about the album’s impact (culturally and on me personally), then and now > www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/suede
#suede
🧵 suede: then and there.
Prelude: “My Insatiable One”
@suedehq.bsky.social’s B-side masterpiece is all attitude, ambiguity, and artful arrogance. “The Drowners” may have been the debut, but “My Insatiable One” is the one that lit the match.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/my-insatiable-one
Prelude: “My Insatiable One”
@suedehq.bsky.social’s B-side masterpiece is all attitude, ambiguity, and artful arrogance. “The Drowners” may have been the debut, but “My Insatiable One” is the one that lit the match.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/my-insatiable-one
July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🧵 suede: then and there.
Prelude: “My Insatiable One”
@suedehq.bsky.social’s B-side masterpiece is all attitude, ambiguity, and artful arrogance. “The Drowners” may have been the debut, but “My Insatiable One” is the one that lit the match.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/my-insatiable-one
Prelude: “My Insatiable One”
@suedehq.bsky.social’s B-side masterpiece is all attitude, ambiguity, and artful arrogance. “The Drowners” may have been the debut, but “My Insatiable One” is the one that lit the match.
www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/p/my-insatiable-one
And here's what's COMING UP starting 04-22-2025.
April 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
And here's what's COMING UP starting 04-22-2025.
albums I loved in 2023 that wouldn’t be covered in @dominionated.bsky.social should i start writing about these and other non-canadian albums somewhere else?
January 2, 2024 at 7:19 PM
albums I loved in 2023 that wouldn’t be covered in @dominionated.bsky.social should i start writing about these and other non-canadian albums somewhere else?
Northern Refractions returns to take the bite out of autumn with Markus Floats, Matthew Cardinal, Tanya Tagaq and more.
URL
dominionated.ca/podcasts/northern-refractions-016/
URL
dominionated.ca/podcasts/northern-refractions-016/
October 31, 2023 at 11:05 AM
Northern Refractions returns to take the bite out of autumn with Markus Floats, Matthew Cardinal, Tanya Tagaq and more.
URL
dominionated.ca/podcasts/northern-refractions-016/
URL
dominionated.ca/podcasts/northern-refractions-016/