tag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:/blogs/hypo-records-news?p=2HYPO RECORDS NEWS2024-02-28T17:44:41-05:00Krista Muirfalsetag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/73588952024-02-28T17:44:41-05:002024-02-28T17:44:41-05:00Les Chouettes Premiere at KCFF! Ouéee!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/1866ad2a7cbb50439ffe123c4c5f65b2a84f84c5/original/kmworld.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_m justify_left border_" height="757" /><p>Bonjour les amis! Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 the new Letter Lettre video will have its' premiere at the <a class="no-pjax" href="https://kingcanfilmfest.com/2024/music-video-showcase/" data-link-type="url">Kingston Canadian Film Festival</a> as part of the Sleight Music Video Showcase. Ready for a journey with Krista and a morphing letter? This one features the combined forces of Muir from Les Chouettes (actor/costumes/art direction) and Jenn Norton (director/editor) and Ryan Randall (cinematographer) from Fovea Productions. Cast and crew in attendance and there will be a reception to follow so if you LOVE music videos and happen to be in Kingston, Ontario come out come out! We are anticipating an online release of the video in spring so stay tuned…ouéeeeeee! 8pm. Tickets available at the link above!</p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/2ad6c3c02a2e34245ba1e81784e9b701c68f930c/original/img-5699.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_m justify_right border_" height="785" />Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/73399292024-01-25T10:15:08-05:002024-01-25T10:30:56-05:00Chanson-O-Grammes - Custom Song commissions for you/your beloved ones! We sing all things!<p><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">Happy Robbie Burns Day! There's nothing like a spot of poetry and song to bring some joy to a wintery grey day. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/a8ecfb1fde82c1a807b01f66c99f7025631a351c/original/screenshot-2024-01-24-at-5-16-43-pm.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_left border_" />This here Muir (eventually I'll visit the land of my forefamily - trobairitz once more!) has been been writing </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://kristamuir.com/chanson-o-gramme" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);"><strong>"Chanson-O-Grammes"</strong></span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);"> - custom song commissions - for over eleven years! </span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">Seeking a gift that rings like no other? These unique pieces honour your beloved ones throughout the year! Mark a special occasion - bring joy to a friend in need of cheer - romance the pants off your mate - make your niece giggle with a theme song about her favourite foods. </span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">Odes to family members, crushes, spirits, partners, pets...you share your story and I'll shape your song. I've even written odes to local businesses and, on one occasion, a thank-you song to the entire staff of a non-profit. The possibilities are infinite!</span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">Song mood, mode and length vary as each is completely unique. Genres to date include folk chanson, pop, electro, surf, rock, bossanova, jazz ballad and bluegrass but I'm adaptable and love experimenting with new sounds and my instrument trove. I've be requested to record as Lederhosen Lucil (she's usually game!) and have been asked to incorporate Elvish, Estonian and learn the technical language of slow pitch baseball. </span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">Ici on chante l'amour! Please note, this is a year round service, but if you are looking for delivery on February 14th, your order would need to be in by January 29th to allow for time to write, record and prepare the MP3 - OUI! </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://kristamuir.com/chanson-o-gramme"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">CLICK HERE for MORE DETAILS.</span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);"> </span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">2024 rates are $150 for a 1-minute classic ode and $300+ for a 2+ minute fully orchestrated song. Prices are in Canadian dollars ($111 USD / $102 Euro) via Paypal or Etransfer (preferred method so more goes to the artist - no fees!)</span></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/73029572023-11-13T09:42:58-05:002023-11-13T09:44:43-05:00Motel Chelsea's ALL AGES 60's Dance Matinee with Les Chouettes and DJ LK!<p> </p><p><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/ef864d64572657068913affe9a11ba9d52b83f87/original/screenshot-2023-11-13-at-9-38-18-am.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_m justify_inline border_" /></strong></p><p><strong>Outta site! ALL AGES 60’s matinee with Les Chouettes and DJ LK (Tickets $5-20) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH 4-7pm OUé!!!!! </strong></p><p>Krista Muir (Musician/Recordist/Cultural Producer) and Laura Kelly (Radio host/DJ/Cultural Producer) met at CFRC radio in Kingston and quickly discovered a shared love of vintage clothes, music and curating unique events. Their debut collaboration at the Chelsea Motel will be an afternoon of live music and rare, vintage and classic grooves from the swinging 1960's. Sit back and listen to Les Chouettes (pop chanson) or jump up and enjoy DJ LK's set and learn some of the dance crazes that defined an era. Dress the part or come as you are - it’s all groovy. Ouéeee! And the beat goes on...Masks/safe distancing encouraged for optimal comfort and fun. Tickets <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/motel-chelseas-all-ages-60s-dance-matinee-with-les-chouettes-and-dj-lk-tickets-740990672047" data-link-type="url">HERE</a>.</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/72892062023-10-17T20:20:49-04:002023-10-17T20:20:49-04:00Soiro Spooky Bizarro <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/bef4df44868f1f1f0ce6863ae0aa281597bfb9ec/original/soirobizarrosocial-instagrampost.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_left border_" />It's been nearly 20 years since Lederhosen Lucil brought together a motley crew of creatives to put together a 1-night <strong>SOIRO BIZARRO</strong> cabaret! This one will be extra special and spoooky since it's a costumed cabaret on HALLOWEEN NIGHT! </p><p>It promises to be a wunderbar eve for ALL AGES featuring <strong>Birdbone Theatre</strong>'s mysterious puppet show (WORLD PREMIERE!), <strong>The Cardboard Carnival</strong>'s interactive gameshow with prizes from some of our favourite local businesses (The Screening Room, Minotaur, Improbable Escapes, Nexus…), <strong>Videoland</strong> (video mix including several underground Canadian shorts) and then a dance party led by <strong>Lederhosen Lucil and her Skeleton Crew</strong>! Jaaaa!</p><p>A despair-defying evening of entertainment is GUARANTEED! Come Halloween your night away with us! <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/45916/" data-link-type="url">Tickets are only $20 in advance/$25</a> at the door. Doors at 7:30. Show at 8:00pm. Book early to avoid tears. Masks and social distancing encouraged for optimal fun for all.</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/72771822023-09-22T11:44:45-04:002023-10-16T10:54:11-04:00Le futur est...un Letter Lettre Video? Ouéeeee!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/59a767305d0c5783bb83593570ca912009b1d0d7/original/choucrew.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_m justify_left border_" /><p>VOILA! Last night KCFF announced the winners of the <a class="no-pjax" href="https://kingcanfilmfest.com/2023/09/21/slaight-music-video-program-lineup/" data-link-type="url">Slaight Music Video Program & Showcase</a> and notre équipe was one of the 10 chosen to create a music video for their showcase at the Festival in March 2024. Les Chouettes are teaming up with the “chou crew” <a class="no-pjax" href="https://ryanarandall.com/bio" data-link-type="url">Fovea Productions</a> - brainchild of Ryan Randall and <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.jennenorton.com/" data-link-type="url">Jenn E. Norton</a> - to created a music video for <a class="no-pjax" href="https://kristamuir.com/music" data-link-type="url">LETTER LETTRE</a>. We are VERY excité to see what they collectively come up with…we'll keep you in the loop and announce it closer to its' launch. </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/72723672023-09-12T18:31:45-04:002023-09-12T18:32:48-04:00WE LOVE HOLY CRAP RECORDS!<p>We love Holy Crap Records so much! They premiered Letter Lettre by Les Chouettes on their podcast last week…and then played SO MUCH FUN MUSIC (as always) after firing up the podcast with our chanson…click on this image to listen in and discover some new bands comme nous. One day we hope to meet them down in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Or maybe we'll meet them halfway from here to there? But there's definitely a postcard in the mail for them after hearing how much they love letters and getting tangible, tactile objects aussi! <a class="no-pjax" href="https://hlycrp.com/2023/09/ep-279-with-music-by-les-chouettes-telekrimen-dirty-ass-tucker-riggleman-the-cheap-dates-greebo-gtbym" data-link-type="url"><strong>CLICK THIS LINK for IT</strong></a></p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/a5d327fa0382128c5146e122091918d23a1496a7/original/screenshot-2023-09-12-at-6-26-43-pm.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/72575882023-08-15T23:14:09-04:002023-08-15T23:14:09-04:00Will you write us a Letter? New Les Chouettes EP out September 15th!<p>Les Chouettes are celebrating their 3rd birthday with a brand new 5-song bilingual EP Letter Lettre! It'll soon be available to pre-order but in the meantime mark your calendars for September 15th! We'll be hosting a virtual Listening Party on our bandcamp site day of and a few secret in-person events TBA soon. The title track initially was a Chanson-O-Gramme thank you song that Krista wrote for her favourite prof from her 1990's McGill days - <a class="no-pjax" href="https://willstraw.com/" data-link-type="url">Will Straw</a> - who has written her several reference letters over the years. This latest one helped open the door for her to pursue an MA in Cultural Studies this fall. The power of letter writing is great so grab your pen and paper and send someone a letter - a crush, a friend, your municipal commissioner about that pothole that nearly sent you flying off your bike last week. It's amazing what a pen, paper and a stamp can do! <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/5fbabb9e536e02a4fc0fb732528179fb85a7a5bc/original/letterlettrecoverpinkstripe.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/72102292023-05-16T18:56:18-04:002023-05-16T19:03:13-04:00May days - Time Machine Surprise Pack & Walk for Alzheimer's <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/7fdb81aeedf582bf4f8e14ff5769b86972bd9f28/original/surprise-pack.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_left border_" /></p><p>Mayday mayday! Calling all friends and fans of hypo records and Muir Music…Feel like time traveling with us for a moment? </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://kristamuir.com/product/901492" data-link-type="url"><strong>TIME MACHINE SURPRISE PACK</strong></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">! </span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">The family home/hypo HQ storage unit has sold and Muir has been tasked with travelling down the various memory and merchandise highways and byways...front ways and sideways… </span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">This geographic locale was where Krista Jr. studied piano and had secret poetry club meetings and where, eventually, The Tides was recorded in 2017 post op (pictured at the piano in the music room where she engineered it in 10 days!). She's unearthed stock that lay dormant due to minimal touring from health issues and would love for these beloved objects to grace car stereos, dvd players, record players and fridges instead of the impending doom of darkness. *For $25 (North America) or $35 (International) Canadian we will send you a hand-picked package that includes music (not necessarily what is pictured…it'll be a true SURPRISE!) as well as mystery ephemera - sticker? Set list? Postcard? Photos from the vault? Hand scribbled note? Gift it to yourself or a surprise a friend in need of cheer! Rest easy knowing you've supported an artist/s you've enjoyed over the past few months, years,…decades? Help us unshackle this dormant merchandise and the other odds and sods in this storied place! Free exclusive thank-you song with every purchase. Entertainment guaranteed. Warning: Tangible, audible, but <i>not</i> edible.</span></p><p>Order here today: <a class="no-pjax" href="https://kristamuir.com/product/901492" data-link-type="url"><strong>TIME MACHINE SURPRISE PACK!</strong></a><a data-link-type="url"><strong> Who doesn't love getting a package in the post?!</strong></a></p><p><strong>MAY 27th</strong>: I'll be walking in honour of my mom Ann and several other friends parents (including fellow composer/musician Gregory Oh's mom Young-ja Choo) this month in Kingston. You can support this walk/Alzheimer's Society of Kingston by <a class="no-pjax" href="https://support.alzheimer.ca/site/TR?px=1514138&pg=personal&fr_id=4376" data-link-type="url"><strong>visiting my page here</strong>.</a><a data-link-type="url"> </a></p><p><strong>JUNE 15th:</strong> <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.kingstonpride.ca/events" data-link-type="url"><strong>ROSIE plays at PRIDE</strong></a><a data-link-type="url"><strong> - FREE EVENT + Krista Appearance!</strong></a> Come out on this beautiful summer eve for music, cinema and pride! Dusk (8pm) - bring a chair, picnic, friends…</p><p><strong>NEW RELEASE</strong> - <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.instagram.com/leschouettesyeye/?hl=en" data-link-type="url"><strong>Les Chouettes</strong></a> have something to share and it may involve sealing wax…what!?? They won't tell us exactly but it is music (yé!yé!) and one track is entitled “Letter Lettre.” Excité!<br> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/71825162023-04-01T18:08:50-04:002023-04-01T18:08:51-04:00TAG...you're IT!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/3591da698ddf45123050129c3064dd6de8be0eab/original/othermarketcrew.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_left border_" />While I've only delved into the voice over world sporadically throughout my career, I ALWAYS enjoyed the work whether for <i>Data Tell Us</i> UNESCO clips or as a space monkey in cartoon DOKI. This past month I was invited to voice direct and act in a new interactive game called <i>The OTHER Market</i> - a live action role playing game that will open in Montréal on Saturday, April 22nd at <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">the ANTEISM space (435 Rue Beaubien) from</span> 10-6pm. This project was created by Lynn Hughs and JoDee Allen in conjunction with the TAG (Technoculture, Arts and Games) group at Concordia University. TAG <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);">is an interdisciplinary centre for research/ creation in game studies and design, digital culture and interactive art. Such a fun collaboration! I've known JoDee through the Montréal arts community for over 20 years and I met Lynn in 2012 when she was a co-curator for the <i>Joue Le Jeu</i> group show in Paris where I was participating as a composer, lyricist and singer for the game <i>Kit Operette</i> (by <i>Daily tous les jours</i>). See you in April…let's PLAY!</span></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/71676902023-03-08T16:40:40-05:002023-03-08T16:40:40-05:00The Tides of March<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/6f6ba96ff5d82d67f5a9264257a40e57771d0023/original/llrockskcff.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_left border_" /><p>This past weekend I had the pleasure of taking part 3-fold in the <a class="no-pjax" href="https://kingcanfilmfest.com/" data-link-type="url">Kingston Canadian Film Festival</a>!</p><p><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">Pictured in B&W is my alter ego </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.facebook.com/lederhosenlucil?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWfFWg_E8vidhrlZFJHg4CV_n9gX6ilB1hlAHDifZQWYSr0eCs26SLfTTHB_t_Juzjjos597uCAKfDLua8Gkp0ksX5YEJL2XpFsgGrnkR0l1r0VnUvCxgS_Gr3bJUjKeD2g4JY4mrL-gadFdsXZTM-hUyNazR30MdRy1Bpy8BXiB2aZFnOqlm1s4P7oj-p0s5I&__tn__=-%5DK-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);"><span>Lederhosen Lucil</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);"> ROCKING songs from the 20-year-old album (!) </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1768374/tales-from-the-pantry" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">TALES FROM THE PANTRY</span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);"> to a surprised pub crowd at The Toucan. She warmed up the stage for 3 emerging bands from Kingston - Good Fortune, Scott Owen and Tiny Horse. </span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">Our music graced not only the stage but the screen as well! We were so happy to hear that </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.facebook.com/gail.maurice.94?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWfFWg_E8vidhrlZFJHg4CV_n9gX6ilB1hlAHDifZQWYSr0eCs26SLfTTHB_t_Juzjjos597uCAKfDLua8Gkp0ksX5YEJL2XpFsgGrnkR0l1r0VnUvCxgS_Gr3bJUjKeD2g4JY4mrL-gadFdsXZTM-hUyNazR30MdRy1Bpy8BXiB2aZFnOqlm1s4P7oj-p0s5I&__tn__=-%5DK-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);"><span>Gail Maurice</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">'s feature </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.instagram.com/rosie_the_film/?hl=en" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">ROSIE</span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);"> made its way back to The Screening Room for a sold out run. If you're flying Air Canada in the coming weeks check it out in-flight and listen in for some hypo records chansons…</span></p><p>Lastly we had the pleasure of being included in the Local Shorts Program that was curated by filmmaker Ahmed Ismaiel Nour. <a class="no-pjax" href="https://youtu.be/l7ftvZjgL_o" data-link-type="url">“Idiomatiques”</a><a data-link-type="url"> (it's now available on our youtube channel to watch - enjoy!) </a>my experimental music video for “Idiomatiques,” had its world premiere on the big screen with big sound Sunday afternoon in front of a lovely local audience. Merci to Fran Ashcroft, 50% of Les Chouettes (Yé! Yé!) for providing me with the space drum sample that started it all…</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/71516152023-02-09T21:11:41-05:002023-02-09T21:20:14-05:00The Screening Room Jingle and Future KCFF Appearances!<p><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/390202/e1888ca7888c3b9a5964063694348c4cf372c745/original/minitsr.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_m justify_left border_" />My adventure as Cultural Producer at </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://screeningroomkingston.com/" data-link-type="url"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">The Screening Room</span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);"> for their fall/winter season is nearly up! 5 months zipped by and VOILA here we are in February. Many thanks to </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.facebook.com/wendy.huot?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXXJLyDqWtGa58CD55b-8f7LWfwA9uh2FUTgpRwz1eOjsFNmJElX6KJ8o587Ew7q8EdUePB81af4MAoLQznhI8Wjamn7tftYcOvqI3WU4-IhzFvtQMETNttZ932Z64fvBTVDXaRS4RNtzXvJCFxySFAFpQ_xLrRENHfQgoSIUBn9lJTBW-D4pWi-wWFWfxSdJc&__tn__=-%5DK-R"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">Wendy Huot</span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);"> for inviting me on the adventure. I had a lot of fun enhancing their cult film series with interactive events and live music, trivia and other tomfoolery - harkening back to my Soiro Bizarro days in Montréal. One of the many highlights for me during my time at this independent arthouse cinema was writing a radio jingle for airplay on </span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.facebook.com/cfrcradio?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXXJLyDqWtGa58CD55b-8f7LWfwA9uh2FUTgpRwz1eOjsFNmJElX6KJ8o587Ew7q8EdUePB81af4MAoLQznhI8Wjamn7tftYcOvqI3WU4-IhzFvtQMETNttZ932Z64fvBTVDXaRS4RNtzXvJCFxySFAFpQ_xLrRENHfQgoSIUBn9lJTBW-D4pWi-wWFWfxSdJc&__tn__=-%5DK-R"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">CFRC 101.9fm</span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);">. This jingle then became the soundtrack for a pre-show video montage by local filmmaker Joe Elliott! I hope you enjoy and get thee to an independent cinema with authentic theatre popcorn (REAL BUTTER) - one of the unique joys of urban life!</span></p><div class="video-container size_xl justify_right" style=""><iframe data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="cvUoTkk1jCY" data-video-thumb-url="" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cvUoTkk1jCY?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><p><strong>MARCH 2023 - Two Appearances at The Kingston Canadian Film Festival:</strong></p><p><strong>Saturday, March 4th: The Toucan (76 Princess Street) - </strong>KCFF After Party Featuring some most excellent bands. FREE! Doors at 10pm. Lederhosen Lucil fires up the night at 10:30pm sharrrrp. See you there freundlings!</p><p><strong>Sunday, March 5th: The Baby Grand (218 Princess Street) - </strong>KCFF Local Shorts Showcase. Doors: 3:15pm. Showtime: 4:00pm. Programmer: Ahmed Ismaiel Nour Runtime: 74 minutes. <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/42631" data-link-type="url">Tickets here</a>.</p><p>Dating back to the early days of KCFF, the beloved Local Shorts Program has promoted hundreds of short films (we estimate 225) created by Kingston filmmakers. The program is designed to accommodate experienced filmmakers as well as emerging talents who are taking their very first steps in the world of filmmaking. Our aim is to acknowledge the work of our amazing local artists and introduce them to a wonderful festival audience who are eager to explore and encourage our hometown film scene!</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/71324702023-01-04T11:59:17-05:002023-01-04T12:04:30-05:00Flashdance Deluxe + ROSIE!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/dea292a96d0d4b153771a696ae2d803f8ec340aa/original/flashdance-deluxe-instagram-post-square.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /><strong>FILM - MUSIC - FLASH!</strong> It's a month of music and film for me! I've been enjoying getting creative with Cult Classics as Cultural Producer at The Screening Room and this January may be my last major event for a while so <a contents="get your tickets here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/14384?siteToken=8tyh9g2g0ses73rsj6se5pb6c4">get your tickets here</a> before they're gone! </p>
<p><strong>SUNDAY, JANUARY 22nd, 7PM</strong></p>
<p>Winter blues setting in? <a contents="FLASHDANCE DELUXE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/14384?siteToken=8tyh9g2g0ses73rsj6se5pb6c4">FLASHDANCE DELUXE</a> promises to transport you to another time and get you moving…the 80’s way! Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of this cult classic – a dark dramatic dance film starring Jennifer Beals about a passionate young dancer who aspires to become a professional ballerina. An evening of 80’s fashion (dress up and you could win!), aerobics, special guests and pre-show footage from the 80’s vaults of Kingston and beyond. Sneakers, headbands, and cut-off sweatshirts not included in the price of admission. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/019949c34800544d3a5dc1092cb8ca411f48e876/original/kristadance1984.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="Mini 1984 me!" /></p>
<p>I'm excited to revisit Flashdance as I grew up in Kingston in the 80’s and took ballet and jazz at Kingston School of Dance (pictured: mini me in class, 1984) as well as co-founding the “Health Angels” youth aerobics troupe. I was inspired by the Flashdance Soundtrack and the birth of MTV and went on to lead this ever-evolving career in the performing arts - composing and recording original music, creating videos and touring globally. In the words of the late, great Irene Cara "take your passion and make it happen - pictures come alive you can dance right through your life!"</p>
<p>This is the third mask-on Cult Classic event that I'm curating and hosting at The Screening Room so please bring your preferred mask, socially distance when possible and only remove mask when eating/drinking. Thanks for helping us making the space safer and more welcoming to all! </p>
<p>Warning: Flashdance contains a sequence of flashing lights during one scene which may affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or other photosensitivities. </p>
<p><strong>FRIDAY, JANUARY 27th</strong></p>
<p>I'll be attending the Kingston premiere of ROSIE at the <a contents="Reelout Film Festival " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.reelout.com/">Reelout Film Festival</a>. This is Gail Maurice's first feature film about a suddenly orphaned Indigenous girl and her newly chosen family in Montreal in the 1980s. The soundtrack is epic and I have a few songs featured in it so will be performing one prior to the screening. Details TBC but rumour has it that it will be at 7pm at The Screening Room (Kingston's only downtown cinema! Independent since forever!).</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/71276342022-12-23T14:06:10-05:002022-12-23T14:09:30-05:00Festivus Miracle!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/9170bda3ff2fc7b92b7cbc1f9d0845f6bb69a8bf/original/kmfestivus2022.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-right: 40px; margin-left: 40px;" />Friends! It's truly a festivus miracle that I'm still here-acle...thanks to friends, family, music, humour, science, chocolate etc. I've made it through another year'acle...and what better way to celebrate festivus than to hang out with a broom handle (we coordinate our seasonal look) in lieu of the usual official pole (mine was mistaken for a curtain rod so is serving a less festive and more functional role this year).</p>
<p>To offer thanks for your continued support - following me along this strange chosen path - I've uploaded the lovely, raw and unmastered 1950's inspired <a contents="Please Send Me A Festivus Miracle" data-link-label="" data-link-type="album" href="/album/2364628/festivus-miracle" target="_blank">Please Send Me A Festivus Miracle</a> track for your listening pleasure. I wish you joy and peace and some laughs this holiday season.</p>
<p>Yours in song, Krista</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/71213602022-12-11T18:36:48-05:002022-12-11T18:36:48-05:00El Gran Chocolate Season! <p><span class="font_small"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/dbb41890a146e5955b486638ed6e9e4602c4ba99/original/kmfestive2022.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" />At this very moment in time 2022 feels somewhat hazy - blurry - much like this festive photo I just captured in anticipation of the <strong>Love Actually Cozy Christmas</strong> event I'll be performing at this Thursday, December 15th at <a contents="The Screening Room" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://screeningroomkingston.com/movie/cozy-christmas-edition-love-actually-2003/"><strong>The Screening Room</strong></a> (<a contents="El Gran Chocolate" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1798317/el-gran-chocolate"><strong>El Gran Chocolate</strong></a>!).<a contents=" Reserve your seats" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://screeningroomkingston.com/movie/cozy-christmas-edition-love-actually-2003/"> <strong>Reserve your seats</strong></a> to avoid disappointment - they are nearly gone! I've been working there as a Cultural Producer since September - producing and hosting special events and embracing many other roles including research, community outreach and engagement. This Thursday I'll be doing a chocolate blessing (organic fair trade chocolate inc in the price of your ticket!) before the <strong>Christmas Sweater</strong> contest (most excellent prizes) judged by <a contents="Montréal Street Collective" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.instagram.com/montrealst.collective/?hl=en"><strong>Montréal Street Collective</strong></a> (who will have a pop-up vintage shop to buy your last minute sweaters!) and feature film <strong>Love Actually</strong> avec Eggnog (optional...available at the snackbar!). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">While private song commisisons as well as writing jingles/theme songs for The Screening Room has occupied my musical time this past while, I do have an album-in-waiting that I may dig into in 2023...let's see...shall we? Till then you can catch some of my songs in the feature film <strong><a contents="ROSIE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/5JiECdefmSE">ROSIE</a></strong> that is playing festivals around the world (I'll post dates as they arise on my SHOWS page...) and winning lovely accolades. Many congrats to Gail Maurice and Mélanie Bray - their first feature was chosen as one of the top 10 at TIFF 2022 and won the Peoples Choice Award at the <a contents="imagineNATIVE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://imaginenative.org/"><strong>imagineNATIVE</strong></a> festival.</span></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/70956882022-11-04T14:56:46-04:002022-11-04T14:56:47-04:00Lederhosen Lucil emerges for live CABARET performances Nov 10/19!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/612031dd02eb2cfab330e40dad8d0cb66dbb4603/original/cabaret-deluxe-1080p.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>November promises to be a ridiculously good time! LL is pleased to emerge from the pantry for two special evenings of live, in person entertainment in Kingston, Ontario. </p>
<p><strong><a contents="THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10th @The Screening Room -&nbsp;CABARET DELUXE!&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/13900?siteToken=8tyh9g2g0ses73rsj6se5pb6c4">THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10th @The Screening Room - </a><a contents="THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10th @The Screening Room -&nbsp;CABARET DELUXE!&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/13900?siteToken=8tyh9g2g0ses73rsj6se5pb6c4">CABARET DELUXE! </a></strong></p>
<p><strong>ONE NIGHT ONLY EVENT! MUSICAL INTRO, FEATURE FILM, SURPRISE APPEARANCES – ENTERTAINMENT GUARANTEED!</strong></p>
<p>Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome to The Screening Room’s deluxe screening of CABARET! Join the intergalactic electropop fraulein Lederhosen Lucil as she experiences Cabaret for the first time ever! </p>
<p>She’s toured Bavaria! Eaten bretzels in Berlin! Her video about bicycle safety “Chicken On Clark” (shown as part of the event!) an underground future classic colour corrected by the talented Montréal-Paris based colorist Marc Boucrot (Dallas Buyer’s Club, Blue is the Warmest Colour). So leave your troubles outside – real buttery popcorn and an evening of entertainment awaits! </p>
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<p>This is a mask-only event: we ask that you bring your own mask and only remove mask when eating/drinking. Danke and thank you for helping us make this special event safer and more welcoming to all. </p>
<p>Synopsis: In Berlin in 1931, American cabaret singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) meets British academic Brian Roberts (Michael York), who is finishing his university studies. Despite Brian’s confusion over his sexuality, the pair become lovers, but the arrival of the wealthy and decadent playboy Maximilian von Heune (Helmut Griem) complicates matters for them both. This love triangle plays out against the rise of the Nazi party and the collapse of the Weimar Republic.</p>
<p><a contents="SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19th - Hotel Wolfe Island" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-burning-hell-w-jake-nicoll-lederhosen-lucil-at-wolfe-island-hotel-tickets-453346159567"><strong>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19th - Hotel Wolfe Island</strong></a></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/27afec2ab9cbec569037f927c8ce3c44d842ca41/original/bh.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_left border_none" alt="" />Krista couldn't play the Montréal September show due to the plague (she had it! again!) but Lederhosen Lucil is going to be joining forces this month on Wolfe Island - they may even play together on a few Hosemusik classics in celebration of its 20th anniversary! So hop on the free ferry and head over early to grab a lovely meal and make an evening of it jaaaa!!! </p>
<p>DOORS AT 7pm </p>
<p>SHOWTIME AT 7:30pm </p>
<p>THE BURNING HELL: The Burning Hell is the ongoing musical project of songwriter Mathias Kom and multi-instrumentalists Ariel Sharratt and Jake Nicoll, often including additional comrades and collaborators. Their densely populated genre-shifting songs are packed with an abundance of literary, historical, cultural, and pop-cultural forebears, heroes and villains, subjects and objects, stories and hooks. They move with heavy rhyme and a light step, incorporating a frequent fixation on apocalypse and ruin into work that celebrates participation in a mutually created, ever surprising, delightful, and even occasionally beautiful world. Which is to say they’re good dance partners and they want to dance with you. </p>
<p>The Burning Hell are DIY in the best possible sense—underlining the “Do”—their albums and singles manifesting from the edges of the music industry as collaborations with independent labels and publishers, and their years of touring forming connections person by person, show by show, in town after town. They’ve famously ventured to every out-of-the-way island and inland neglected by the less adventurous, emphasizing presence and connection across latitudes, longitudes, and time, affirming a commitment to the political power of sharing music. It is a profoundly optimistic gesture delivered by way of killer tunes, exuberant hooks, and joyful live performances. Listen here. </p>
<p>LEDERHOSEN LUCIL, who represented Saturn in the 2010 Cultural Olympiad alongside earth friend DJ Kid Koala, emerges from the pantry for a very rare appearancevin celebration of her first analog album HOSEMUSIK that turned 20 years old on September 15th, 2022. Jaaaa! Armed with two vintage PSRs she will genre-bend her way into your world. Lucil’s motto: Always make time to hose! Favourite food: Dried apricots. </p>
<p>Lofi music video from the vault - ALL GOOD SCABS </p>
<p>JAKE NICOLL: Indie folk songwriter and producer Jake Nicoll is a staple of the St John’s NL scene. In March 2022 he released the stripped down, sun-bleached folk album “Pool House” made on a small suitcase tape recorder in Pasadena, California. Recent months have seen him travelling the country in his “Phonoautomat” instant recording booth built into his home made solar-powered recording camper, being shortlisted for the Polaris prize as co-producer and engineer of Kelly McMichael's Waves, and touring as drummer for the Burning Hell.</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/70884762022-10-25T15:30:33-04:002022-10-25T15:30:34-04:00Donnie Darko Deluxe was SO FUN! Next up - Lederhosen Lucil LIVE on CFRC!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/4696362205587b967b9c957a316c9c6ef19e74c7/original/pxl-20221023-232622680.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpeg" class="size_l justify_left border_none" alt="" />The Donnie Darko Deluxe event at <a contents="The Screening Room" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://screeningroomkingston.com/">The Screening Room</a> Sunday evening was BRILLIANT thanks to all of those who came out, masked up, sang along with Mad World, took in Les Chouette's<a contents=" FALLOW OR FOLLOW" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vUugxWM694&ab_channel=KristaMuir"> FALLOW OR FOLLOW</a> video for the first time on the big screen (!) and enjoyed the feature cult classic (SO GOOD...oh that ending...).</p>
<p>Special thanks to Kiki from <a contents="CFRC" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cfrc.ca/">CFRC</a> radio who co-hosted the night - check out her show Directors Cut - and Ezgi (my awesome roomie who helped with prize draw) and Jordan who ran tech / Wendy who owns and operates this amazing rep cinema. I'll be back soon with more special events...but first LEDERHOSEN LUCIL returns this Friday, October 28th on CFRC for a very special LIVE show - <a contents="she'll be playing HOSEMUSIK " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cfrc.ca/">she'll be playing HOSEMUSIK </a>in its entirety (first full length analog album she recorded in 2002 - 20th anniversary!) and telling stories behind the songs.<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/ecabaf82ad983773f09767756a86ceba27eb59b0/original/img-8616.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>Here she is getting ready to HOSE! Tune in from 2-3pm EST (check your time zones so you won't miss it!) and you'll hear LL getting silly...</p>
<p>A tiny clip of Krista LIVE at DDD:<iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="YrHAVdbYSHk" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/YrHAVdbYSHk/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YrHAVdbYSHk?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/70733592022-10-03T10:20:44-04:002022-10-03T10:20:44-04:00The Screening Room + 20th Anniversary Live Session on CFRC<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/32e04b9e5a7daba09b969ddb35d4ffcb10e2f7f0/original/5c445737-ceaa-4b00-bda7-34de399d6902.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_none" alt="" />Whenever I return home to Kingston I always make a pilgrimage to <a contents="The Screening Room" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://screeningroomkingston.com/">The Screening Room</a> - a 3-screen Independent cinema owned and operated by Wendy Huot. There's always something interesting playing and they have best popcorn in town (real butter!). I'll be working with Wendy as Cultural Producer at the cinema this fall/winter - helping her diversify the programming and bringing in new audiences for a variety of cinematic happenings! When things start rolling out I'll be posting on my <a contents='"Shows"' data-link-label="Shows" data-link-type="page" href="/shows">"Shows"</a> page and keeping you in the loop so stay tuned! If you're in Kingston on October 14th/20th as part of the CULT MOVIE NIGHTS we are screening Donnie Darko...surprise musical guest? You'll have to come and find out...</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/916f6faee761a4065ffc93d288700d3043bd2ee1/original/llhuh.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" />20 years of HOSEMUSIK? WHAAAAAAA???</p>
<p>Lederhosen Lucil is celebrating the 20th anniversary of <a contents="HOSEMUSIK" data-link-label="" data-link-type="album" href="/album/1768464/hosemusik">HOSEMUSIK</a>! This analog classic was recorded to tape with the Fembots back in 1999 and released in 2002. Her first full studio album! To celebrate this special occasion Lucil will be doing a live performance of the entire album on <a contents="CFRC" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cfrc.ca/">CFRC</a> Friday, October 28th between 1-3pm. We will be recording it and making it available after the event so no worries if you can't get online to tune in 'live'. And if all goes as planned LL will be playing LIVE with The Burning Hell in November - TBA soon!</p>
<p>Revisit LL in an<em> epic</em> breakdance battle (watch out for the split hosen...ha!) in the music video for <a contents="ALL GOOD SCABS." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvXCgu-QIt8&ab_channel=KristaMuir">ALL GOOD SCABS.</a> Ja!!</p>
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<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/70668302022-09-22T23:43:51-04:002022-09-22T23:46:31-04:00COVID III got me (temporarily - on the mend!) but The Burning Hell are still playing tomorrow at URSA!<p>ROSIE was sold out and well received at TIFF (and now circulating at film festivals round' Canada) buuuuut I brought home an unwanted guest - Sir Covid III: Return of the Vid. Thankfully this variant has been very mild compared to the cron so instead of feeling like I've been shot in the right lung with an arrow and can barely walk up stairs without heart pounding (amongst other delights), I've felt rather spaced out/light-headed and had to sleep for nearly a week straight. While I'm on the mend I'm lying low and passed the torch to Michael Feuerstack for tomorrow nights show at URSA. My plague songs will have to be shared another time when I don't have said plague.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/3f7c41cab89be10bd5e423838d84a2f2e0ddebab/original/kristaelectric.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>In the meantime, who knew a smaller me wrote a famous book about electricity? Not I until yesterday convalescing with boxes of random stuff from the past...so I leave you with some light reading (heh heh). The things you find when you are half conscious in frog pajamas. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/f9dce5931540e6d5bf661c9172188f64d6025b6c/original/kristaelectric1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Dry cells indeed...back to hydrating! I recommend a blend of ginger root, tumeric root, cloves, cinnamon stick and garlic clove...simmer and sip...will help kill what ails thee!</p>
<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/70465562022-08-26T09:20:33-04:002022-08-26T09:21:13-04:00TIFF Premiere! Upcoming Shows!<p><a contents="THIS!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://tiff.net/events/rosie"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/bf06e87e6fa49d8425e8fcf4202a6d1a235eaec2/original/rosie.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" />THIS!</a><a contents="THIS!&nbsp;ROSIE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://tiff.net/events/rosie"> ROSIE</a> is a trilingual film about family, love and misfits from Métis writer-director-actor Gail Maurice and features an 80's inspired soundtrack including three of my songs. Yaaay! It's her first feature and my first time being a part of a film that is premiering at TIFF. EXCITANT!</p>
<p>Toronto International Film Festival is September 8-18 this year. Congrats to all cast/crew!</p>
<p>Heard word that <a contents="Sarah Polley" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://twitter.com/realsarahpolley?lang=en">Sarah Polley</a> chose it as her top pick for TIFF so we'll see how getting tickets goes...if not then - future screenings TBA.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/27afec2ab9cbec569037f927c8ce3c44d842ca41/original/bh.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><span style="color:#f39c12;">LIVE SHOWS! </span>I'll be opening up for <a contents="The Burning Hell" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://theburninghell.bandcamp.com/album/garbage-island">The Burning Hell</a> September 23rd at URSA in Montréal - beloved, intimate venue run by Martha Wainwright (we nearly met when I spieled the Bizarre Curieux Festival in Rotterdam waaay back in 2004). Plan on playing my collection of songs from the plague era and some old favourites. My first live in person show in a venue since February 2020...<a contents="Limited tickets ICI.&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/event/4724744/603867983/the-burning-hell-krista-muir">Limited tickets ICI. </a></p>
<p>Special 20th ANNIVERSARY of LEDERHOSEN LUCIL'S <a contents="HOSEMUSIK" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1768464/hosemusik">HOSEMUSIK</a> in the works...November 2022 TBA.</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/70062612022-07-01T22:40:34-04:002022-07-01T22:42:33-04:00I sing for you - I sing for me - This is (still) how I breathe...<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/ef1eed6f8f64b55ea89cf6348e9b816ecd845b7f/original/tour-august-045.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" />Once upon a time in 2007 while on a very ramshackle tour of Leave Alight I retraced steps and found the candy store - SWEETIES - in a neighbouring small town that my family frequented in 1984 while on sabbatical in Amherst. I'm still on the road to recovery from sugar addiction (read "Sugar Blues" for an interesting look into the refined sugar industry and impact on health anecdotally and otherwise...) replacing the hard stuff with maple syrup and honey and easing up on the gluc-fruc-continuum.</p>
<p>While I won't be touring internationally any time soon, I will be performing LIVE and in person with <a contents="The Burning Hell" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hXxz5YQSCA&ab_channel=BurningHellOfficial">The Burning Hell</a> who will be launching their new album Garbage Island in Montréal on Friday, September 23rd! <a contents="You can get your tickets here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-burning-hell-and-krista-muir-at-ursa-tickets-358684162987?aff=aff0bandsintown&comeFrom=267&fbclid=IwAR2mFvwa43HUuggrownNa8r9ie9CTLYB7XBLo9kLQ2oZDukPnLUeDdCD0Uc&artist_event_id=103559122&appId=JVK_gur-oheavat-uryy">You can get your tickets here</a> (limited space - small, cozy safe distanced venue - Covid protocol TBA). Yasssss!!! We haven't shared the stage before but been in each others orbits for a loooong time...TIME to PLAY together! Expect to be entertained. Sweeter than candy. RAW and UNREFINED!</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/69599922022-04-30T16:38:36-04:002022-05-03T17:17:47-04:00She'll never forget me! <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/d49fb9d4282f7e3db294acb12210e24994f951ce/original/screen-shot-2022-04-28-at-3-59-44-pm.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_left border_thin" alt="" />Since I made that last announcement about getting funding to create a songbook of a collection of my works/stories over the course of the past 20 years,I chose to refocus my energy and delve into the world of navigating healthcare systems for the aging population. My mother was diagnosed with <a contents="Alzheimer's" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.alz.org/">Alzheimer's</a> last spring and like my approach to all things great and small, I dove in headfirst - this time to coordinate care and alleviate some of the fear and stress around the situation. It was much more gargantuan than I'd expected and quickly became a full time job. Things are still in the process of coming into focus but I'm learning so much and may even, due this experience, move into the Health & Aging field with my vision for a more equitable and joyous approach to living and dying with dignity. For my parents, myself, and future generations!</p>
<p>Upon returning home after the initial shock of seeing them both in such a poor state, I blasted the <a contents="Annoying Song by the Butthole Surfers" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI9D4q8pLuw&ab_channel=Libertine62">Annoying Song by the Butthole Surfers</a> on repeat and went into shadowboxing mode. I hadn't listened to it in decades but the repetitive, annoying, driving, distorted sound encapsulated my state perfectly. The need to vent turned quickly into a new song of my own - my favourite form of processing tough emotions. Here's my mirror to that moment: <a contents="She'll Never Forget Me by&nbsp;Ointment&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://holycrapcommunity.bandcamp.com/track/shell-never-forget-me">She'll Never Forget Me by <em>Ointment</em> </a>. Included on the <a contents="Holy Crap Records compilation Ramonesesque" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://holycrapcommunity.bandcamp.com/album/ramonesesque">Holy Crap Records compilation Ramonesesque</a>. "Holy Crap Records is a community of underground artists who make music because they can. It is also a weekly podcast on www.hlycrp.com. All proceeds from Ramonesesque in support of Musicians for Overdose Prevention."</p>
<p>And if you're so moved, check out my <a contents="Walk For Alzheimer's Fundraiser" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.imakeanonlinedonation.org/socalzh/campaign/marche/participants/Profiles/view/0f4d1d42-ad16-49fe-9e0f-35b6b49148e8">Walk For Alzheimer's</a> page - every dollar goes to the Montréal Alzheimer's Society - helping with awareness and supporting those on 'the journey' and their family/friends.</p>
<p><strong><em>She'll Never Forget Me</em></strong></p>
<p><span class="font_small">When I got home I could only scream - shadowboxed until I cried</span></p>
<p><span class="font_small">blasted loud music in my apartment - it shook the walls the naive old me died</span></p>
<p><span class="font_small">She said the last thing she'll forget will be her name but she'll never forget me</span></p>
<p><span class="font_small">Ghosts in the house but she's still there - laughing in flashes then lost in time</span></p>
<p><span class="font_small">Where did she go? This strange new world - wish I could kill dementia with this rhyme </span></p>
<p><span class="font_small">She said to me "I forgot my name. Who are you my dear?" </span></p>
<p><span class="font_small">I'm someone who loves you </span></p>
<p><span class="font_small">(I love you mom - this ones for you)</span></p>
<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/68268962021-12-01T15:08:38-05:002021-12-01T15:08:38-05:00Digging into 22 years of songwriting thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts!<p>It happened and it couldn't have come at a better time! <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/d3859fecee0e1912418458ef993b59196d13ce2d/original/kristathanks.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" />I've been awarded my first Research & Creation Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. Over the course of the next three months I'll be creating a Master Song List of the past 22 years of songs I've written/co-written (around 150 songs...zow!) and will delve into learning notation software as I arrange ten of my most beloved pieces for piano and voice.</p>
<p>This is something I've long wanted to take the time to do but haven't had the resources or impetus for. Nigh? The time is now! This project may very well lead to an illustrated song booklet complete with stories behind the songs - the arc of my lyrical life.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/1daafcbeec07db50e13a526779f8fe440157cf9c/original/cca-rgb-colour-e.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></p>
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<p>We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.</p>
<p>We are beyond amused...we are ecstatic!</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/68025462021-11-08T23:45:49-05:002021-11-08T23:55:58-05:00Site-wide sale - the shop is OPEN! hypo records (rip) last release It's A Piquenique is out - our music lives on! <p>Thanks so much for picking up our latest (last) hypo records release "It's A Piquenique." It was chouette to celebrate with a virtual picnic serenade although I think I was the only on-screen eater - mph!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/b0df5aa77a65b1444db62a3bc8a7422296a1c1b7/original/b-wkristaheadphones.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_left border_none" alt="" />It's been more sweet than bitter wrapping up odds and ends here at hypo records hq. I've had such a brilliant time - releasing records, playing in several bands, making friends and fans, sewing costumes, curating and hosting cabarets, making music videos with big budgets and no budgets, film and tv collaborations, touring, adventuring...the stuff of an active and creative life. I would love to thank each and every one of you for joining me on this bizarre and surreal ride. As Lucil would say...Let's (continue to) HOSE! </p>
<p><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/4dca9d0e387db87f4e05b342d1a10202ea8b61b7/original/22yearsopen.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><a contents="The hypo records store" data-link-label="Store" data-link-type="page" href="/store"><strong>The hypo records store</strong></a> is still open and all physical merch is on sale until Dec 2021 so grab your back-up CD's, 7" vinyl, masks, pencils and other items today! We'll also happily ship gifts on your behalf and do have some fun non-denominational wrapping paper that I made while interning at a letterpress printshop back when I was recording Between Atoms.</p>
<p>If you have any questions, concerns or comments you can always reach us through instagram @kllmuir...who knows, if things get much more meta we may just unplug and retreat to a friendly island. See you there?</p>
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<p>Krista, LL, Les Chouettes, NACNAC</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/67758362021-10-14T13:11:55-04:002021-10-14T13:17:17-04:0022 years of hypo records! <p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="Bc7tAdbD6mw" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bc7tAdbD6mw/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bc7tAdbD6mw?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/1c776618c0f8a5b6744abb0d3505fa4d1495586a/original/img-5326.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" />It's official! Pre-order your It's A Piquenique compilation album celebrating 22 years of hypo records and we'll send you the link to a private picnic party on the official release date - October 28th at 7pm EST. Songs, stories and virtual snacks guaranteed!</p>
<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/67529202021-09-23T13:21:10-04:002021-10-17T21:53:40-04:00Harvest time: Lederhosen Lucil un'jarred + hypo records cornucopia!<p>For those lucky enough to be in Kingston, Ontario on Saturday, September 25th you'll be treated to a rare LIVE Lederhosen Lucil show at 5pm sharrrrp on the Mansion Patio. Click <a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/shows">here</a> for more details. </p>
<p>NEW RELEASE! It's A Piquenique! What better time of year to host an indoor picnic for your bubble than on/after October 28th? That's the official release date for this new compilation featuring all of our hypo records artists. Songs in French, Greek, Spanish and English - a genre bending mix that will delight picnic-goers of all ages. Pre-order your copy exclusively <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/2043955/it-s-a-piquenique">HERE</a> at hypo records!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/bcd6b280ebbe1a304fc62b5618c2af94ff4438fc/original/itsapiqueniquecoverbandcamp.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-right: 35px; margin-left: 35px;" /></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/67304222021-08-29T16:18:32-04:002021-08-30T00:16:20-04:00Lederhosen Lucil - August 31st - dress rehearsal show in support of International Overdose Awareness Day<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/bd6a220b83c3c3b6ec51993ec4acd70d69eb448b/original/llportraitjpg.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" />We heard about International Overdose Awareness Day through <a contents="Holy Crap Podcast" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://hlycrp.com/">Holy Crap Podcast</a> hosts Cinnamon and John (supporters of our record label/bands). Even though last minute and rather raw, we decided to spend today revisiting old and new songs through Lucil's Yamaha PSR-5oo and managed to get LL into the Starwarshosen she hasn't sported in several years. GO LUCIL!</p>
<p>This 10-song set is dedicated to two of Krista's friends - one who did and one who didn't survive accidental overdoses. We are starting to learn more about overdose prevention ourselves so that we can help friends, family, and strangers should the need ever arise.</p>
<p>We called today to ask about getting a Naloxone kit to have on hand should any emergency arise but learned that to receive either a nasal or injection kit covered by the Québec government we'd need to go in to a pharmacy and tell them that either we are a drug user or someone we know is. Still feel like there's a stigma attached as they made it sound like having it for emergency purposes wasn't "included". Anyways, for more info and resources on what an overdose is, how/why it can occur and how to help those in need click here: <a contents="International Overdose Awareness Day.&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.overdoseday.com/overdose-basics/">International Overdose Awareness Day.</a></p>
<p>The LL broadcast will go "live" on <a contents="youtube channel for the set on Tuesday, August 31st at 8:00pm EST!&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.youtube.com/kristamuir">our youtube channel Tuesday, August 31st at 8:00pm EST! </a></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/67242442021-08-22T23:50:27-04:002021-08-22T23:54:40-04:00The Fartniss Disco Live. Fresh masks. Fact or Fiction?<p>Bonjour friends! hypo records was on hiatus July and much of August due to several unforeseen challenges but we're still truckin' and have a few fun things coming up worth sharing.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/4240c6b31f65966f81e9903179cfe0a196497e56/original/fartnissdisco.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJjb250ZW50LnNpdGV6b29nbGUuY29tIn0=/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>1. Lederhosen Lucil is doing a guest appearance set at Luther Wright & The Wrongs Patio extravaganza at <a contents="The Mansion on September 25th" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/shows">The Mansion on September 25th</a>. 4-7pm Rain or Shine. Limited spaces available so email pamelacross54@gmail.com to reserve your free ticket. Free? YES! (Fartniss Disco included in performance)</p>
<p>To find out how you can book LL to perform at your safe distanced fully vaccinated outdoor event (or for a personal pan pizza show via zoombie) contact PaulGrantMgmt@gmail.com.</p>
<p>2. Krista has been sewing to relieve stress so there are new masks and scrunchies in stock at the store. <a contents="Scroll to the bottom of the page for the physical merch.&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/store">Scroll to the bottom of the page for the physical merch. </a>MASK ON!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/6162b563c12086a9166b711d134e6584a7f29c8d/original/kristab-wmask.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.jpg" class="size_s justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>3. We're putting together a compilation album featuring all the hypo records bands and may release it as early as this...? Halloween? Festivus? Will keep you in the loop dee loop...</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/66542222021-06-09T10:31:35-04:002021-06-09T10:31:35-04:00Curve of Time<p>"'Curve of Time" video cake (serves 7)</p>
<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/akGg0-CqQaI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p>1 cup song </p>
<p>1/2. cup artwork zoom </p>
<p>1/2 cup dancing in various outfits (rooftop optional) </p>
<p>1/2 cup archival footage (public domain preferred) </p>
<p>3 Tbsps reverse effect </p>
<p>1 Tbsp duotone filter </p>
<p>1 Tbsp mini moto </p>
<p>Combine ingredients and let sit for 12 hours. Remix and let sit again for 3. The batter will rise and then bake at 425 degrees until golden atop. Let cool completely and ice with credits. VOILA! Best digested on June 15th, 2021 at 14h30 EST. </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/66293822021-05-13T11:12:23-04:002021-06-07T13:06:55-04:00Idiomatiques! The single is out May 31st but the industrial space garage video is up now...<p>Vidéoclip exclusive! Voyez - l'écouter - aujourd'hui!</p>
<p>Industrial space garage chanson time courtesy of Les Chouettes...</p>
<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qk5YFHEWId0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p><a contents="Pre-order the Idiomatiques/Curve of Time Single" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1933718/idiomatiques">Pre-order the Idiomatiques/Curve of Time Single</a> and be the first to hear it May 31st!</p>
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<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/66222902021-05-05T14:46:17-04:002021-06-09T01:15:05-04:00May is for mulling - musings from a post residency brain-melt...<p>Tis the month of May and I'm in the midst of processing the several months I spent living and composing, recording, editing...in a haunted heritage house on Pleasant Valley Road in Vernon, B.C. The late Sveva Caetani, whose childhood room I resided in for nearly five months, donated this house to the city so that it could serve as a cultural beacon for both locals and guests.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/5c4a8ef63ec96e75f830eeff23885af31277172c/original/residencydeskweb.jpeg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_left border_thin" alt="my workspace in Sveva's Sermoneta Room - magnolias in full April bloom" style="margin-bottom: 5px;" /></p>
<p>Sveva was "a visionary figure in the community with a deep belief in culture, education, knowledge and the importance of artistic endeavours to the well-being of society as a whole. 2021 marks the 100th anniversary year since the family immigrated from Italy to Canada. The patriarch, Leone Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, was a parliamentarian and celebrated scholar. With the rise in fascism, out of all the places in the world he had travelled, he chose Vernon, having visited the Kootenays in the 1880s." (from www.caetani.org)</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/783e610ad674cf515f675896479ac0bf738ee8e8/original/dec6arrivalcaetaniweb.jpeg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_thin" alt="" />I arrived on December 6th and stayed in the Sermoneta Room, Sveva's childhood room, pictured here - top right corner windows on the 2nd floor.</p>
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<p>My initial proposal was to get to know the community by serenading local residents at a safe distance/virtually but this proved more challenging than I'd anticipated. With the Caetani Centre focused on a new museum project and welcoming Sveva's "Recapitulation" back, I opened up to international commissioned pieces while performing virtually and recording new pieces. What did I do throughout the residency? Here's a glimpse into some of my wanderings and doings.</p>
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<p><strong>Wanderings?</strong> Vernon, Kal Park (pictured here), Ellison Park, Rail Trail, Rose Swanson, Kits Beach, Black Rock, Sovereign Lake, and Fintry Falls to name but a few...</p>
<p><strong>Concrete Doings?</strong> Throughout my stay I gave <strong>three interactive virtual concerts</strong> that can be re-watched here: <a contents="January at Dogwood" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROfMGgx6xrw&t=477s&ab_channel=KristaMuir">January at Dogwood</a>, <a contents="February at Dogwood" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW7XgBg9xLw&ab_channel=KristaMuir">February at Dogwood</a> (Mercury Retrogrrrrrade Edition), and <a contents="March at Caetani" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbrmN3fyVQE&t=3614s&ab_channel=KristaMuir">March at Caetani</a> (featuring ghost of double delay at 7:31).</p>
<p><strong>I composed</strong> four private Chanson-O-Gramme commissions as well as <em><a contents="El Gran Chocolate" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1798317/el-gran-chocolate">El Gran Chocolate</a></em> (ode to chocolate used to serenade several folks virtually during my stay), <em><a contents="Bound To Be The One" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU0l3MG5ZYg&ab_channel=HolyCrapRecords">Bound To Be The One</a></em> (Cover Contest for Holy Crap Records), <em><a contents="Ode to Dogwood Records" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ADOIFq6O6M&ab_channel=KristaMuir">Ode to Dogwood Records</a></em> (I created both song and video!), and Ode to Zeli the Princess Dog (only experience'able at the end of the March Livestream). </p>
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<p><strong>The last song</strong> I composed and recorded while at Caetani - <em>Curve of Time</em> - was inspired, in part, by the Recapitulation series/writings by Sveva as well as the book Thought Forms by Besant/Leadbeater. The upcoming Les Chouettes single Idiomatiques (sneaky video premiere featured in the March livestream as well)/Curve of Time will be released at the end of this Month. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/d9b53295a33bdcfee526e8da0a4cc091d7a1219f/original/chouettesmaysinglecoverart.jpeg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpeg" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p>During my stay I rediscovered my love of <strong>blazing through books</strong> thanks to the local library system. If you are looking for something random to dig into here are my top picks - poetry, nonfiction, fantasy, essays... Write the titles on pieces of paper and pick one out of a hat. </p>
<p><strong>The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World</strong> by David Malouf, <strong>Garden Time</strong> by W.S. Merrien, <strong>Kitchen Confidential</strong> by Anthony Bourdain, <strong>No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference</strong> by Greta Thunberg, <strong>I Am Malala</strong> by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzan, <strong>All About Love: New Beginnings</strong> by Bell Hooks, <strong>Our House Is On Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis</strong> by Greta Thunberg + Family, <strong>The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart </strong>by Alicia Garza, <strong>We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice</strong> by Adrienne Maree Brown, <strong>Man's Search For Meaning</strong> by Viktor E. Frankl,<strong> The Night Circus</strong> by Erin Morgenstern, <strong>Our Malady: Lessons in liberty from a hospital diary</strong> by Timothy Snyder, <strong>All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis</strong> edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Kathleen K. Wilkinson, and <strong>Little Fortress </strong>by Laisha Rosnau.</p>
<p><strong><a contents="Little Fortress" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.kelownacapnews.com/entertainment/historic-okanagan-familys-25-year-isolation-resurfaces-during-covid-19/">Little Fortress</a></strong> was the first book I ordered and the last I received. It centers on the true story of Miss Juul who traveled to Canada with the Caetani's for whom she worked as a "personal secretary" but who was so much more. After the passing of Leone, the three women secluded themselves in the house for 25 years until Ofelia passed away and Sveva and Miss Juul stepped back out into the world. I visited the Pleasant Valley Cemetery with some wildflowers and dried grasses from the Caetani grounds and found the three buried together under five trees. Never did I feel a malevolent force in the house, but there was a darkness and melancholy there - a weight that was undeniable. Happy to arrive - happy to go. Ever moving clouds. Ciao!</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/65928312021-04-03T00:46:18-04:002021-06-09T01:19:06-04:00Poisson d'avril...avec Les Idiomatiques!<p>Bonjour les amis...</p>
<p>We're going into hermit-mode for the month of April after several months of video, chansons and custom commission activity. We'll be back soon with info about the brand new single "Idiomatiques" from Les Chouettes - Yé Yé! Want a sneak listen? It's hidden in the final Livestream show <a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbrmN3fyVQE&t=8s">here</a>. Till then voici the latest Chanson-O-Gramme creation from our custom song shop - "Ode to Dogwood Records" - featuring Vernon, B.C.'s hidden gem of a record shop! Merci Andy for welcoming us in and selling so many great records! Hypo vinyl/cd's soon to be in stock if you happen to be in the area...</p>
<p>\<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ADOIFq6O6M" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/65631882021-03-02T18:10:17-05:002021-06-07T05:42:01-04:00ZIP ZAP ZOP! Forward March...<p><strong>MARS = LIVESTREAM action and NEW MUSIC!</strong></p>
<p><a contents="WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24th - THE KRISTA MUIR SHOW (click to get your ticket today!)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/shows"><strong>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24th</strong> - A FEW HOURS LEFT TO BUY $6.00 RAFFLE TICKETS FOR THE KRISTA MUIR SHOW GRAND PRIZE DRAW! (private virtual zoom serenade!)</a>. OR simply <a contents="Click here at 5pm for youtube fun." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/kbrmN3fyVQE">Click here at 5pm for youtube fun.</a>..</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/743b14874ef0509f54f9684cc63b9bf8143439be/original/march24show.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_left border_none" alt="" />ZIP ZOP ZAP POWWWWW!!! And we're back with Livestream Dream #3! A monthly all ages extravaganza featuring music, vegetation, prize draw, interactive improv and surprise guests! To participate during the live chat sign in to your youtube account. If you're on the mailing list (sign up at www.kristamuir.com) you'll receive an invitation to submit your song requests two weeks before we go live! Let's all TRA LA LAAAA!!! Each $6.00 ticket comes with a chance to win the prize draw! </p>
<p>5pm (PST) so don't forget to check your timezone! 8pm (EST) 9pm (AST) 9:30pm (NST) 1:00am (GMT) 3:00am (GMT+2) ... 2pm Thursday March 25th for friends in New Zealand! ZAPPO!</p>
<p>Les Chouettes also have another single coming out soon...Idiotmatique! Why not? Let's CHANTE! And if you are looking for a serenade or custom song commission for a friend, family member, crush etc. in need of cheer drop us a line!</p>
<p><a contents="HOLY CRAP RECORDS - GOODBYE DONALD" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://holycrapcommunity.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-donald">HOLY CRAP RECORDS - GOODBYE DONALD</a> Anti-fascist compilation fundraiser album! Covers of All You Fascists Bound to Lose/We Are The One. Funds raised go to the </p>
<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/65502232021-02-15T04:00:00-05:002021-06-07T05:42:16-04:00February flying at you from the ether...<p>Oh February, how you drag and zips by at the same time! It took me longer than expected to recover from the February 3rd Livestream Dream show. Mercury had us all round the retrograde but I'm back and finally took the time to rewatch the Livestream Dream show so I could enjoy all of your livechat action. LOVED the participation. Much love from the bottom of my omnichord heart to all who tuned in that night. SO SILLY and CATHARTIC to perform for the sweetest virtual crowd in North America. Many thanks fly to Gambletron for tech'ing and playing saw and Andy Moorhouse for letting us take over Dogwood Records outside regular hours. I'm at Caetani Centre doing a residency and Gabe who was recently hired to help with the Artists in Residence Program tuned in and sent me a few images. So happy with the way it translated to screens of all sizes! POLKA DOT TWISTER FUNTIME! Missed it? Hear Social Pariah and other sleeper hits LIVE <a contents="Click here to watch it on youtube." data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/IW7XgBg9xLw">here on youtube.</a></p>
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<p>For those who might want to "play" our live collaboration - here it is. I misread a few things (reading glasses anyone?) so my interpretation was a bit skewed. If you end up doing a rendition of your own and post it somewhere let me know - I'd love to hear it. Also, I'm now wondering what everyone was reading...from whence did these solitary words spring forth? And shall we do it again in March?</p>
<p><strong>SONG IN A COUNTRY STYLE (Lyrics and Chords by the Feb 3rd Livestream Dream Club)</strong></p>
<p>C# B E C D D D G A A F# </p>
<p>Quick - Spotlighted </p>
<p>hesitant I </p>
<p>Brisk Apartments </p>
<p>Quick Mouse - resist touchdown </p>
<p>Terrifying Astronaut </p>
<p>resist Asparagus</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/ba5a598a1d7af021374d3f3f1a96684e9619bafc/original/kmprizedraw.jpg" class="size_orig justify_left border_none" alt="" />Congrats again to Amanda Gullace who was the winner of the prize draw! We hope you enjoy your deluxe prize pack!</p>1:43Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/65303222021-01-25T17:31:36-05:002021-05-28T10:29:41-04:00DREAMERS AND STREAMERS! Be a patron of the arts for $5!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/4f0767949cc27f1e9bc4e81f1b052c656a21e4e1/original/livestream2introimage.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_left border_" /></p>
<p><a contents="Buy your $5 tickets here for THE KRISTA MUIR SHOW @Dogwood Records!&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/event/4197005/551353021/krista-muir-show">Buy your $5 tickets here for THE KRISTA MUIR SHOW @Dogwood Records! </a></p>
<p>After the success of trial run on youtube/instagram last month we've decided to bring Krista back to the virtual sphere with an hour of songs (the lost 2020 hits that were to tour that n'eer did...Starting with NEW MATH!), stories and silliness. Instagram viewers (@kllmuir) will get the basic stream experience but those who tune into the YouTube edition will experience the sights and sounds of transmogrified friends, psychedelic imagery and optimal sound (headphones if you please). All from the comfort of your own abode! 5pm (PST). If you login to your youtube/gmail account you'll be able to communicate with us in the live chat during broadcast for shout outs, song requests, random prize draw (!!) and collective improv experiment (whaa?).</p>
<p>All for $5? Really? YES!!! If you'd rather support us more heartily, buy a few tickets! They are infinite. 100% of ticket sales go directly to the artists involved - Krista and Gambletron. Thanks for being a patron of the arts! </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/65248872021-01-19T13:10:21-05:002021-06-05T11:53:44-04:00WATCH Les Chouettes debut at Dogwood Records! Oué!<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="ROfMGgx6xrw" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/ROfMGgx6xrw/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ROfMGgx6xrw?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p>Dreamers and Streamers to met up on January 20th for a little French yéyé to make it a lovely day, eh? Yé! </p>
<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/65199672021-01-13T14:45:10-05:002021-06-07T09:12:50-04:00Chocolate and music and salads...oh my!<p><strong>JANUARY 2021: </strong>Still trucking along in the quarantino lifestyle but hypo records is staying active making melodies and sending them out through the virtual ether for ears in search of something positive, harmonic...transportive!</p>
<p><strong><a contents="CHOCOLATE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1798317/el-gran-chocolate">CHOCOLATE</a>:</strong> It's almost the 1st (month) anniversary of our new Dec 15th holiday <a contents="El Gran Chocolate" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1798317/el-gran-chocolate">El Gran Chocolate</a> and Krista has done three private virtual performances (so far! you could be next?!) to bring good fortune to those who enjoy eating the dark, bittersweet stuff (or any varietal really). If you would like to order your very own ZOOM chocolate serenade or gift one to a friend, send a message to kristamuir@gmail.com and we'll book you in! (PWYC/By Donation) <em>WORLDWIDE!</em></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/f6438b61ce847875e3d5be9efdff9510bbd7d6c7/original/kmbassmoodyblue.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></p>
<p><strong><a contents="CHANSON-O-GRAMMES" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/chanson-o-gramme">CHANSON-O-GRAMMES</a>: </strong>Our custom song service! We've recently postered Vernon, B.C. as Krista is Artist-In-Residence at Caetani Centre for several months. The centre is dormant (zzzzzz) due to C19 (no live shows, artist talks etc. in the foreseeable future) so we're offering this service again in the hopes of meeting and singing to local folks (safely). We're also opening it back up to our global fanbase so message us for details about virtual serenades, custom commissioned songs for your beloved ones and a brand new a la carte virtual mini show! <em>VERNON / WORLDWIDE </em></p>
<p><strong><a contents="THISANDTHATTAPES" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thisandthattapes.com/">THIS&THATTAPES</a>: </strong>Our latest addition to the hypo records family is Greek dreamscape band <strong>Ιάσονας</strong>. They reworked their inaugural Autumn song into a Winter song for the 2021 November <em>Winter At Home </em>compilation (This&ThatTapes). We met this DIY tape label through Joe Jack Talcum who recently released <a contents="Word Salad" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thisandthattapes.com/releases/j3x1kx9h6xfvqvk6jddwtaece7a8un">Word Salad</a> with them. The love analog technologies like we do! Fun fact: Joe was the first "mask dancer" in Les Chouette's video <a contents="Ha Ha Happiness" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/3HfcSu2g_CE">Ha Ha Happiness</a>! And Krista may have been a robot dancer in the Dead Milkmen's <a contents='"Why Do People Lie".' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/oXh1ATbfhXo">Why Do People Lie.</a> <em>WORLDWIDE </em></p>
<p><strong>LL, LES CHOUETTES et NACNAC: </strong>What are they up to? We're not really sure. But this is what we heard a few of them were eating lately. <a contents="Winter Farro Salad" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.loveandlemons.com/winter-farro-kale-salad/">Winter Farro Salad</a> and <a contents="African Peanut Stew" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cbc.ca/life/thegoods/oh-she-glows-soul-soothing-african-peanut-stew-1.5030770">African Peanut Stew</a><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/66fce606b9ea0add57036c214deca1078c77682a/original/farosalad.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.jpg" class="size_s justify_left border_" /></p>
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<p><span style="color:#27ae60;">MIAMMMMMMMMMM!!!!</span></p>
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<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/65077622020-12-25T14:56:28-05:002021-06-07T07:17:40-04:00It's a HOLIDAY! That's what they say...<p>It's a lovely wintery Friday midday here in Vernon, B.C. where I've recently landed. I'll be adjusting to my new environs here at the Caetani house as I gear up for my upcoming Chanson-O-Gramme virtual troubadour for plague times serenade project. In the meantime I've written a few fun non denominational tunes. IT'S A HOLIDAY! by NACNAC is the perfect soundtrack for folks of all walks including the shamans, nihilists and sailors to name but a few.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/4c27a1e7e99b383896b3254d864e205480e119e8/original/itsaholidaynacnac.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" />Click <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1798350/it-s-a-holiday">HERE</a> to stream or download NACNAC's festive offering...great for cleaning the kitchen to as part of the soundtrack to a brisk winter walk...come let's play! </p>
<p>The El gran Chocolate tradition I started December 15th to honour the theobroma tree centers on serenading and then enjoying a few dark squares of the equitable, lovely stuff. <a contents="Here's a song" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1798317/el-gran-chocolate">Here's a song</a> you can play (or sing a long with - lyrics provided!) to 'bless' your chocolate anytime anywhere!</p>
<p>More to come </p>
<p>but until then...</p>
<p>I'll be stepping out</p>
<p>into the wintery</p>
<p>sun</p>
<p>YAY!</p>
<p>Happy festivus for the restofus! Feliz el gran chocolate!</p>
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<p>Krista</p>
<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/64994642020-12-14T20:28:24-05:002021-06-08T10:58:29-04:00El gran chocolate!<p>When NACNAC wrote the song "It's A Holiday" for the Holy Crap records 2020 Holiday fundraiser compilation it inspired us all at hypo records to think about what we hold sacred during these plague times...music, friends, family, community, nature are foremost on our minds but also...dark CHOCOLATE! The treat that brings bodies, minds and spirits JOY throughout the year (unless you don't like it or are allergic or both).</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1798317/el-gran-chocolate"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/43714202437eecb9663671785f8379a4ae48a538/original/elgranchocolatehypo.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></a></p>
<p>Krista dreamt up a holiday a few weeks ago El gran chocolate (aka "Le Grand Chocolat"). It's inaugural celebration will be December 15th at 19h PT with a chocolate serenade and screening of a chocolate-centric doc/feature (most likely the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...or Like Water for Chocolate...).</p>
<p>We invite you to celebrate this rich antioxidant ambrosia along with us from wherever you are! If you're signed up to our mailing list you'll receive a free download of the ode/theme song for El gran chocolate to commemorate this day of CACAO! What do you need to celebrate? Key ingredients are: yourself, chocolate, and the theme song. Additives? A chocolate themed movie such as the ORIGINAL Gene Wilder Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (rotten tomatoes calls it "Strange yet Comforting" - we highly agree). </p>
<p><strong>MUSIC RELEASES:</strong></p>
<p><strong>TODAY! <a contents="EL GRAN CHOCOLATE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1798317/el-gran-chocolate">EL GRAN CHOCOLATE</a></strong> (solemn and delicious hymnal ode to the great cacao). Best listened to with eyes closed while eating a few dark squares. Miam!</p>
<p><strong>NACNAC's</strong> <strong><a contents="IT'S A HOLIDAY" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/album/1798350/it-s-a-holiday">IT'S A HOLIDAY</a> </strong>(pan-denominational disco) single OR enjoy <strong>Holy Crap's Holiday Songs to Remember or Forget* Compilation</strong> with 36 festive songs <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://holycrapcommunity.bandcamp.com/album/holiday-songs-to-remember-forget">HERE</a><a contents="NOW AVAILABLE here!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://holycrapcommunity.bandcamp.com/album/holiday-songs-to-remember-forget">!</a> Funds go to the National Harm Reduction Coalition. *This is not recommended for children.</p>
<p><strong>STEFANOS ROKOS' 10 Years of Horror & Romance</strong> limited edition Vinyl is <a contents="NOW AVAILABLE here!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://unitedwefly.com/store/product/va-10-years-of-horror-romance/">NOW AVAILABLE here!</a> Music inspired by Stefanos Rokos’ exhibition in 2010...now remixed art along with remixed songs by three of the original contributors and one lost track revisited. Krista's Between Atoms was written for this project and we are so excited to hear it remastered and on vinyl! </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/64881622020-11-29T19:47:52-05:002021-06-09T15:16:22-04:00What's a holiday? NAC NAC let us know in their electro disco style...<p>It's a full beaver moon (we're howling and building dams over here) and nearly December so why not invite you to listen to a new non-denominational (or pan-demoninational?) song by hypo records electro darlings NACNAC! They wrote and recorded it last week for the <a contents="Holy Crap Podcast Holiday Song Contest!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://hlycrp.com/holiday-2020-song-contest?fbclid=IwAR3oBKPJ56i1HT7tucmDUweN3LnQMH43BAJsXKAj79AJp-CKsnfXulnxcH0">Holy Crap Podcast Holiday Song Contest!</a> One day left to enter (Dec. 1st deadline!). It will be available exclusively on the Holy Crap Records fundraiser compilation - we'll keep you posted on how to get it!</p>
<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8fo7XKiiD18" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p>In other news it's the 10th anniversary of Horror and Romance on Another Planet by Stefanos Rokos! Krista's Between Atoms was the last track on the compilation for this art/music installation that opened in Athens, Greece in 2010. Stefanos has remixed the art and invited 4 of the artists to remix their song for an exclusive<a contents=" vinyl/art release Dec 11th on United We Fly records!&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://unitedwefly.com/store/product/10-years-of-horror-romance-numbered-limited-edition-vinyl/"> vinyl/art release Dec 11th on United We Fly records! </a></p>
<p>Krista also recently scored a short film by <a contents="Marites Carino" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.instagram.com/mcarino/">Marites Carino</a>! More info about its release coming soon! </p>
<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/64685652020-11-02T12:53:57-05:002021-06-07T06:30:12-04:00Fallow or Follow...it's Les Chouettes!<p>Our upcoming Les Chouettes follow-up release is a dreamy one. The song "Fallow or Follow" holds special significance as it was inspired by an invitation to contribute to the Itty Bitty Little Ditty compilation. A group of Ottawa musicians started this project near the beginning of the pandemic to inspire one another to create during this time. The <a contents="second edition" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ittybittylittleditty.bandcamp.com/album/itty-bitty-little-ditty-volume-2">second edition</a> was given the theme (to take or leave) "Forest for the Trees". Krista took it literally and then sent it off to composer, producer, masterer in the UK Fran Ashcroft on a whim. He was delighted by it, suggested a collaboration and ZOWWW Les Chouettes were bairn! </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/c8b5189aac367687bb99379a0357131e1abf82d3/original/plaguedoctors.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" />More news to come...till then here's a <a contents="sneaky streaming only link for friends of hypo records" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/les-chouettes-second-double">sneaky streaming only link of the new single (to be released November 15th somewhere somehow) for friends of hypo records</a>. Photo features the Plague Doctors who appear in the upcoming Fallow or Follow video...</p>
<p>If you'd like to close your eyes and travel to Greece for a moment here's the second Itty Bitty Little Ditty contribution another hypo records project did. <a contents="A delicate song in Greek" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ittybittylittleditty.bandcamp.com/track/-">A delicate song in Greek</a> about the fall...</p>
<p>We are lighting candles today - the dia de los Muertos - and drinking spicy Mexican hot chocolate. Hope this finds you healthy and safe wherever this may find you.</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/64470442020-10-01T13:42:24-04:002021-06-09T14:36:41-04:00Salade Sauvage - Les Chouettes get leguminous...<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="VfkV6hf7KxE" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/VfkV6hf7KxE/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VfkV6hf7KxE?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/64418742020-09-24T11:52:32-04:002021-06-07T13:57:32-04:00Phantomzone Projector Rooftop Concert Series?!<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/TabFl2zbWXk"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/12dd8c11cf1bf96750f43dd3a0c6f4d51179a9bb/original/rooftopvideo.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/64342052020-09-15T13:51:49-04:002021-06-05T15:48:58-04:00Ha Ha Happiness is HERE!<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3HfcSu2g_CE" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="LES CHOUETTES INTERVIEWED BY CLUNK!&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://clunkonline.co.uk/les-chouettes-a-clunk-back-and-forth-interview/">LES CHOUETTES INTERVIEWED BY CLUNK! </a></p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/64292092020-09-09T16:14:50-04:002021-06-05T15:55:52-04:00September is for Cabbages? That's CHOUettes to you!<p>With the second wave waving its nasty hand at people all across the land we are zig-zagging protective masks (until they are no longer necessito...) and making music to help roll it along - day by day and song by song!<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/156fea4e7a2a997bb69180082491650ceac891ca/original/hhhsinglecoverweb.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></p>
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<p>This month we are excited to present to you the anthem that gets us out of bed in the mourning - <a contents="HA HA HAPPINESS!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/les-chouettes-sneaky-preview">HA HA HAPPINESS!</a> It's the debut single from psychedelique yéyé'ers Les Chouettes. Are they female <a contents="owls" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chouette">owls</a>? Are they tiny <a contents="cabbages" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.almanac.com/plant/cabbage">cabbages</a>? All we know is they sound great and make a mean salad and we could all use some healthy boosts during this time of the plague. Just say NO to scurvy! Say YES to LES CHOUETTES! </p>
<p>You can get cruciferous with us on SEPTEMBER 15th! Mark your calendars to enjoy the 2-song single (with bonus Deluxe Dressing Mix...) PLUS accompanying DIY mask maker video featuring some of our international friends whom we've masked! The music will be available directly through our website, bandcamp and other digital distro folks (if all goes as planned...a gamble these days!). If you<a contents="&nbsp;join our mailing list" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/"> join our mailing list</a> we'll remind you on this special day! Yé! YAY! And the featured polka dot mask Krista is wearing in the video? There will be 12 available through the @leschouettesyeye instagram account only. First order first mailed! Oh yes...we <a contents="SUPPORT USPS" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90540238/how-to-help-the-post-office-things-you-can-do-to-support-the-usps-right-now">SUPPORT USPS</a>. Postal is political! Snail mail FOREVER!</p>
<p>LES CHOUETTES: <a contents="MEDIA 1-PAGE ACTION&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/content.sitezoogle.com/u/390202/108cd673965cb763db3d1865c1d9e72d8da63db6/original/hhh1page.pdf?response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJUKM2ICUMTYS6ISA%2F20200909%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20200909T201205Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=814d9c83015ca0c18eddccdff3974719b59b2b8f895906f4afcc5c6b64e6d033">MEDIA 1-PAGE ACTION </a>(click if you are a radio station, zine, magazine, newspaper, organic market, elastic-distributor, or simply a curious cabbage...)</p>
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<p>CLICK to check out Krista's <a contents="MASKON" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.instagram.com/kllmuir/">MASKON</a> series. Every Tuesday she posts a portrait of someone she's "masked" and how they met. You get discover new artists and why they mask! The first four featured maskees are <a contents="Shawna Caspi" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://shawnacaspi.com/">Shawna Caspi</a> (Songwriter & Artist) <a contents="Joe Genaro" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jacktalcum.com/">Joe Genaro</a> (Songwriter & Artist), <a contents="Judith Rudd" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.agoodson.com/judith-rudd">Judith Rudd</a> (Illustrator) and <a contents="John Mata" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://cosmicasada.com/">John Mata</a> (Graphic Designer). </p>
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<p>After being boxed up in semi-quarantine mode as a long hauler (probable Covidian - just learned the term) recovering slowly but surely from a heart condition (Mr. Peri Carditis) and talking about it with a Covid Coven on the <a contents="Missing Witches Podcast" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.missingwitches.com/2020/07/20/covid-coven-with-whitefeather-krista-becca-and-amelie/">Missing Witches Podcast</a>, I wrote a ode to covid...</p>
<p><a contents="Ciao Covid Heart" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.bandcamp.com/track/ciao-covid-heart"><strong>Ciao Covid Heart</strong></a><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/bb1e6210bc0cbd89f245464f1ef6e41569d587d0/original/ciaocovidheartsingle.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></p>
<p><em>Don't come near me without a mask...simple courtesy is all I ask </em></p>
<p><em>(Pericarditis can kiss my...)</em></p>
<p><em>I've got dust in my heart burning dust in my chest burning</em></p>
<p><em>DUST! Da da da da da daaaa....</em></p>
<p>Featured in the artwork is one of the many masks I've made in the past 4 months. I have 16 on rotation at the moment - using vintage clothes that no longer fit, getting donated fabric from friends with a surplus or supporting local businesses like <a contents="Espace Urbain" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/EspaceUrbainMontreal/">Espace Urbain</a> been sewing and donating or selling since this all began. You can buy them or gift them online <a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/store#!">here</a>! It seems, due to human behaviour, we will have to mask-up for quite some time.</p>
<p>Lucil, after releasing <a contents="The Fartniss Disco" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.bandcamp.com/track/the-fartniss-disco">The Fartniss Disco</a>, has returned to the pantry indefinitely...she's more comfortable conversing with cans of chickpeas than carbon based life forms. I can't blame her! She did enjoy seeing footage of our first Soiro Bizarro. Here's the fastest version of <a contents="YOU SUCK" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FxErOJU4bI">YOU SUCK</a> you'll ever hear! Lo-fi/one channel hilarity.</p>
<p>September 15th, 2020 will mark the release of <a contents="Les Chouette's" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.com/les-chouettes">Les Chouette's</a> first bilingual single! Sparked by a musical penpal n' secret producer-collaborator across the pond...more details to come...ouéeeeee!</p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/63505642020-06-11T22:04:21-04:002021-06-05T15:24:04-04:00June - New Music, Hootenanny, Masking...<p>Oh hello! Looks like I've haven't posted anything in months. Hmmm...strange and bizarre as I was fairly certain I posted a few things when my NEW MATH EP came out in February buuuut...ZAP! Tis gone! Mmm...It could be that I've been busy recovering from Pericarditis, a heart condition indicating that my body has been battling a virus (Gee, I wonder which one?), and what with the state of the world just plum lost the ooomph to toot toot about things. My doctor and Cardiologist couldn't find anything "abnormal" after the initial diagnosis but my gut instinct shouted "Dude, it's gotta be the dreaded C19!" Yes, my gut can be a bit of a hoser...Although the symptoms have persisted for months and I've now read several scientific articles that support my theory, the good news is that despite my having asthma and being a more "at risk" individual I seem to be on the mend. YAAAAY! </p>
<p>In the midst of all this quarantine'ing and hermit'ing I've been busy hugging trees and making masks to protect friends, family, strangers - people I love, respect and care about. It's become a bit of a mission - a daily task...<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/8e1e1b45d6be1b52e0cdecadc23865ae464c29b2/original/hugatreemaskafriend.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />When I saw a post by visual artist Emily Jan in late March I oiled up the old Kenmore that I have used to make Lederhosen Lucil costumes and merch throughout the years, and started making masks for myself, friends, family and eventually for others. Using vintage and donated fabric, this project has given me a sense of purpose throughout all this - an anchor-point to each day - and has connected me to people in a meaningful way. I sell them PWYC and donating about 50% of what I sew to those in need. Proceeds support local businesses (ie. favourite restaurants and fabric shops) and non-profits. Some masks I use to barter/trade for delicious food, carpool services etc. Folks are making cloth masks everywhere now so please support your local designers/sewists - protect yourself and others with this environmentally sound option until the virus has a vaccine! </p>
<p>I've also started writing, recording and releasing new music again...May 1st TOOOOTED out <a contents="THE FARTNISS DISCO! " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.bandcamp.com/track/the-fartniss-disco">THE FARTNISS DISCO </a>(Co-written by my magic niece "VV"!). Initially I was listening to it as a form of laughter therapy (hard to resist laughing when you hear VV giggling) which no doubt has helped the healing process along but then I thought maybe others would appreciate it aussi. On May 17th <a contents="FALLOW OR FOLLOW" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ittybittylittleditty.bandcamp.com/track/fallow-or-follow">FALLOW OR FOLLOW</a> was released on an Ottawa compilation Itty Bitty Little Ditty. It's currently being re-mixed and extended with a mystery producer/masterer (sooooon to be revealed) and the B-side is currently under construction....yay!</p>
<p>Lastly, Lederhosen Lucil is playing 2 songs alongside a host of other folks from across Canada at the <a contents="Skeleton Park Arts Festival Livestream Hootenanny so tune in June 18th" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://skeletonparkartsfest.ca/hootenanny-revue-with-luther-wright-friends/">Skeleton Park Arts Festival Livestream Hootenanny so tune in June 18th</a> for some singsong silly times! LL goes on near the end of the show which runs from 7:30-8:30pm sharrrp!</p>
<p>That's all for now! Thanks so much for tuning in...Don't forget your Vitamin C, D, zinc...and pineapples! </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/61163732020-01-16T21:28:46-05:002021-06-09T07:40:36-04:00New Math EP - Live from Banff - Feb 21st Release! Texas return...<p>Last March I spent three weeks living on the side of Sleeping Buffalo (aka Iinii Istako aka Eyarhey Tatanga aka Woweyahgey Wakân) - a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park in Alberta.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/390202/4b7b1575a384bbea88449be92957c06974fadb1a/original/nmsinglefbcover.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" />It was my first time at the centre <em>(cover of New Math one of the many mountains around the campus)</em>. The singer songwriter residency was comprised of 30+ musicians, mentor-teachers, and a team of studio and live venue engineers-in-training.</p>
<p>We played and sang on each others songs, hermited away to write, came out on the weekends to perform works in progress, watched movies and magic by <a contents="Fats Kaplin" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fats_Kaplin">Fats Kaplin</a> (who played pedal steel, fiddle and mandolin as part of the studio recording roster), and attended workshops and one-on-one sessions with folks such as <a contents="Kim Richey" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kimrichey.com/">Kim Richey</a> and <a contents="Kevin Welch" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kevinwelch.com/">Kevin Welch</a>. I also ate more cruciferous veggies and desserts than I thought humanly possible. Thank-you staff at Vistas for all those washed, chopped and prepared those meals and did all those dishes. Never lived so fancy free of the day-to-day schlep in my life. What a TREAT!</p>
<p>Anyways, back to the music...the original project I'd intended on exploring (a radio drama about my dad's crazy sailing adventure from Hawaii in the early 60's...still on the burner) flew out the window in favour of a group of orphan songs that tugged at my coattails. 'Fine! I'll play with you!" (they insisted) so I gave these songs some attention and ended up going into my 4-hour recording session with several of them.</p>
<p>9:00am on March 15th, 2019 (I'm not a morning person...) I walked down from the "wooden place" (<a contents="PDC" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.banffcentre.ca/hotels">PDC</a>) into the JPL building nervous and excited to record several songs (1? 2?) with the session musicians live off the floor. Chord/lyric charts in hand I stepped into the control room and was greeted by Christian Aylward and Joaquin Gomez at the board while <a contents="Howard Bilerman" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://howardbilerman.com/">Howard Bilerman</a> made everyone feel at home - calmly conducting musicians and engineers while serving up espresso shots (<a contents="Café&nbsp;Vito" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://cafevito.ca/">Café Vito</a> from Mtl no less!).</p>
<p>What you'll be hearing on the upcoming New Math EP release is this rare session - 6 musicians playing together while working out songs from start to finish while Howard offered guidance and kept things moving along. New Math was an epic start to the day (I had barely awoken...), Honouring Heirs ended up more ethereal than I could have wished thanks to the conversation that emerged between Carla's synth, Fat's pedal steel and Mike's guitar.</p>
<p>When we got to the third song Beautiful Trap - a ode to Montréal - we had about 30 minutes left on the clock. I started to run it on baritone uke (the instrument I wrote it on originally in a drafty old apt. on Bernard in Mtl) but halfway through I was all "bleh...this doesn't sound right..." and Howard, suggested I switch to the piano. BOOM we were off and what you hear is the product of about 20 minutes together feeling it out, running through maybe once or twice and then - HIT - RECORD! </p>
<p>FUN! SCARY! Mostly fun...check it out on <a contents="bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://kristamuir.bandcamp.com/">bandcamp</a> when it drops digitally only on February 21, 2020! Till then here's NEW MATH live with me on bass.<iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="WF1Zrm3OpFE" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/WF1Zrm3OpFE/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WF1Zrm3OpFE?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p>And I will be returning to TEXAS in March 2020 to see Pee Wee Herman at the Aztec Theatre in San Antonio so if I book live shows, collaborations, or workshops I'll be posting them ASAP. If you want me to play your town PM me on my facebook or instagram with suggestions for house concerts, venues, cafés, schools that might want one of my Album Visioning Workshops etc. </p>
<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/59936942019-12-05T14:29:22-05:002021-06-08T06:39:31-04:00ARC MTL - STUDIO 303 - New Recording project...<p><strong>TONIGHT</strong> is the <a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.arcmtl.org/en/">ARC MTL </a>Gala bénéfice/benefit at la Sala Rossa! Sous la forme d'un cabaret en premier lieu, il sera suivi d'un concert mettant en vedette les groupes Some Became Hollow Tubes, projet spécial entre les membres de godpseed you! black emperor et Thisquietarmy, et Crabe musique rock avant-gardiste. I'll be there to MC!</p>
<p>PWYC: 12$ - 20$ / La Sala Rossa, 4848 Saint-Laurent ( coin St-Joseph ) <a contents="Billets en ligne/Tickets online" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://lepointdevente.com/billets/czz191205003">Billets en ligne/Tickets online</a> /<a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.facebook.com/events/413384906270834/"> Facebook event</a></p>
<p>Arcmtl soutien les créateurs du livre et de l’art imprimé avec ses projets Expozine, Volume Mtl, la Grande Foire d’art imprimé et les machines d’art Distroboto, dans lequel plus de 450 artistes participent à chaque année. Arcmtl apporte une visibilité aux artistes grâce à son double mandat de promotion et de conservation de la culture indépendante.</p>
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<p><strong>LAST SATURDAY</strong> the Studio 303 Eternal Saturnalia was a brilliant eve!</p>
<p>An ongoing, joyful celebration of big shifts and new social orders, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of this interdisciplinary dance studio with vegetarian feast, performances by Éliane Bonin, Gabrielle Garant and Solène Laurin-Laliberté (from Productions Carmagnole), Alida Esmail, a second-generation Shia Ismaili Muslim Canadian choreographer and performer, Hanako Hoshimi-Caines and Stephen John Quinlan, Mykalle Bielinski, and The Right Honourable “Justin Trudeau“.</p>
<p>I created <em>Bonsoir Saturne! Ciao Saturne! </em>for the night - sending theremin messages to Saturn's orbit before landing back on Earth for an electropop dance serenade duet with cloud! The night ended with Miriam Ginestier, co-director of Studio 303 (and of the Hot Flash Dance Party series) playing the role as DJ...SO - MUCH - FUN!</p>
<p><a contents="CLICK HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.auctria.com/ev?site=25b77ad5-f15f-474f-a2a5-8774d8bdea10"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a> to visit the online benefit auction that includes local goods and services - KNIFE Sharpening, health services, tickets to dance/cinema/circus, and one of my CHANSON-O-GRAMMES (custom song writing service). Shop locally and responsibly while supporting art innovators!!</p>
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<p><strong>NEWS</strong> soon to come about my new recording project/s and upcoming tour dates. I'll be returning to France in 2020 and possibly Texas as well...and maybe Whitehorse?! </p>
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<p> </p>Krista Muirtag:lederhosenlucil.com,2005:Post/59009602019-09-21T22:12:31-04:002021-06-08T08:11:06-04:00LL to play KidsPop September 29th!<p>At least once a year we like to release electro pop 1-frau sensation Lederhosen Lucil from the pantry. 2019 brings LL back to the Pop Montréal festival for a mini set at 14h (2:00pm!) sharrrp for kids of all ages. FREE! Piccolo Rialto. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th! She’ll most likely be sporting her Harvesthosen and will spiel both alt und neue tunes! Let’s HOSE!</p>
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