J.M. Maerz

Three stars from July 15, 2025

3. Dinner at La Tikka with A-son. Aloo Gobi + Cashew Curry.

2. Summer camp singing.

1. Willpower and keeping my routines.

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Three stars from July 11, 2025:

3. I,tM song is coming along. Added some aux percussion and samples. Always fun to test my mixing skills.

2. Big news at dindin!

1. First doubles pickleball win! All time record now 1-0. Made some new friends while we were at it. 🏓

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Three Stars from July 10, 2025:

3. My dad's shorts... 1950s style.

2. Our backyard being a veritable wildlife sanctuary for birds, bunnies, and mice.

1. Studio time finishing new I,tM song. Hitting hard!

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Three stars of July 9, 2025:

3. Finishing the rebuilding of our backyard shed. It stands and keeps a lawnmower dry.

2. The rain on the Walmart roof which sounded like armageddon.

1. Dinner at The Civil for the best pizza in KW, maybe the universe. If ya know…

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Ripping CDs to iTunes like it’s 2008. 🥳🥳🥳

Three stars of July 8, 2025

1. Perfectly prepared pork tenderloin. First time firing up the new BBQ.

2. Taking the first step to getting off Spotify and getting back to a more healthy relationship with music.

3. First showtunes dance class! We did "Dancing Through Life" from Wicked. 🔥

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Sure. Found lots of great songs and lots of crap on DW over the years. It has definitely worsened as Spotify pushed its algorithms away from organic human trends though. Lots of other (better) ways to find great artists and songs.

Goodbye and good riddance Spotify. You'd rather fund war machines than the artists that made you successful.

Go push your shitty fake AI artists to someone else.

And, for the record, your canvases, algorithms, and marquee payola program were always trash for indie artists.

Smell ya later! 🎉

Three stars of July 7, 2025.

1. Unreal hamburger at the one and only Misty Meadows Market in lovely Conn, Ontario.

2. Pingpong with friends at our Midtown Radio meeting.

3. Apparently dressing like 'the most generic Instagram white guy', to quote a certain someone.

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What a game! What a ride!❤️🍁 That's some big time hockey out there! #GLG

What a punchline. 😂😂😂

Big love to our @kcgreenparty.bsky.social team! Looking forward to helping the cause.

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Unreal time at Wintersong Music Festival on Saturday with I, the Mountain! Great to get back it in 2025. Thx to everyone who showed up (in I,tM merch no less). Y'all are the BEST! 🎉❤️🪩

About time! 😊

Really cool story about "badlands" in Ontario. I had no idea such a place existed, let alone only an hour from KW!

Some good news today... Midtown Radio KW kicked off our strategic visioning sessions this evening at Communitech in downtown Kitchener! Can't wait to see where this process will take us! :-)

This. Exactly this. Sucking up working class wealth like a sponge. Gross.

Matt Elliott: Most Torontonians say life in the city is getting worse. Here’s how Olivia Chow can help change that Those who’d like to see Toronto on a path toward better should demand that this year’s spending plan at least do more than sustain the status quo.

Vibes don't match reality. As usual, progressives have a marketing and narrative problem. Frustrating.

"[Yet] 90 per cent of those using recreation and library programs said they were satisfied with the experience. 81 per cent who have accessed social services gave them a satisfactory grade."

Kingston Stadium Could Clear Path For CPL - Northern Tribune Kingston's mayor reveals that a newly-proposed stadium in the city has ties with CPL expansion hopes.

This should be happening in #KW! I'd love to see a prospective owner (or community group) emerge and champion this for the community.

Lots of local albums that didn't make this list (including one from yours truly). Can't wait to see what's coming in 2025. 🎉

A nice little article highlighting some of the best Kitchener-Waterloo albums of 2024. I've listened to a few of these and am excited to check out the rest!

Gotta go check this one out!

Money means nothing. Value is dead. No rules. No reasons. Just blind greed.

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For the good of the country, I think that 2000s Canadian metalcore should be a regular trivia category at @counterpointbeer.bsky.social. 🇨🇦🎉

Today's workout playlist:

"Nothingwrong" - Jimmy Eat World
"Lean In" - Patrick Martin
"Beverly" - Alex Wilkes
"Beautiful Girl" - The Similar
"Try Try Try" - Luis Fernandez
"Daisies" - Good Neighbours
"Found You" - Silicone Boon
"In Distress" - The End

Day 1 in 2025.

Well, look who's third line from the top! 😳😳😳 Can't wait for this one. ❤️🎉

Be fairy-tale valiant.
The stage is set the lights are dimming;
So begins the final scene."

The End, "Awake?" (2007)

When your favourite album from high school hits even harder in 2025.😐 Absolute GENIUS from one of Toronto's best metal bands.

"Swallow the light with open eyes
For soon the night will be the headline.
When the world you knew has left you
With aches and memories
Be brave and be human