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may 8: Buy the song featured on Hockey Night in Canada's opening montage that sets up Game 5 of the Habs Pens series: 
march 15: It's coming!
Someone please buy these guys a drink. The good people at 3 Syllables Records approached me a while back to put out Now, More Than Ever on vinyl and the day is almost here. Click on the link above to pre-order your copy today. I may also have a few of these for sale at the Starlight and Elmo shows.
feb 25: Weekend of shows coming at the end of March. On the 26th we'll be playing at the Elmo in Toronto and on the 27th in Waterloo at the Stralight. Come!
december 12: I am playing a show on NYE at the Tranzac in Toronto. It has been a loooog time since I've played a "Jim Guthrie" set and I'm pretty excited about it. It will be a full band including Nate Lawr on drums, Samir Khan on bass, Jordan Howard on guitar, Shaw han Liem on keys, Jeremy Strachan on saxamaphone, Randy Lee on violin and Nick Buligan on trumpet. We'll be playing mostly oldies but everything old is new and it'll be a great way to end the decade, right?
december 3: I have always loved video games and I've always thought of them as "art". I've also always thought of them as having as much potential as any song or album- artistically, personally or culturally. I am very lucky to be involved in a new project along side the "eyegasm inducing" superbrothers and the "thumb-crippling" capybara games. Who knows where all of this synthetic sworcery will lead but here's your first look:
First Look from Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery on Vimeo.
april 11: Just finishing up the music for a new documentary film entitled when we were boys(view trailer).
At an elite private boys school, students make and lose friends, create a pecking order, and begin their individual paths to manhood. The adolescent culture of boys lies beneath the surface, an emotional world often unspoken to each other or to the adults around them. This sensitive observational story unfolds over two years through the experiences of Noah and Colin, two friends since grade school.
Director Sarah Goodman (Army of One, Best Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs, 2004) follows the boys as they navigate from grade eight to the senior school, playing video games, singing like angels in the choir, and alternately goofing off or napping in class. Watching the boys study Lord of the Flies with an inspired English teacher is fascinating. Emotional struggles flicker beneath the surface as the pecking order they establish takes its toll on their friendships. The way each negotiates the culture of boys begins to define the leaders, fathers, and men they will become.
When We Were Boys will debut at Hot Docs 2009!
Screening dates:
Fri. May 1, 2009 9:00pm @ Cumberland 3
Sun. May 10, 2009 4:00pm @ Bloor Cinema
2008
sept 27: One of my favorite gadget blogs posted a mention of an animated film i contributed the music for. Take a gander at dot matrix revolution. the film is animated by craig adams and you can see more of his killer work here.
i've also posted some more playstation compositions on my soundz page.
2007
march 23: it's once again time for my yearly update! i wanted to tell you all about a feature documentary that i did the music for. it's called the body builder and i.
it's my first film score and it's directed by bryan friedman. it's also his first time directing and we think it turned out real good. the film will have it's world premiere next month at hotdocs.
june 16: it's been too long since i've up dated this site. last september i jumped ship(ss guthrie) and landed on an islands.
since then i've been touring like crazy and even was in a video if you can believe it. i'm back home now for a bit and hope to get started on a new album or something like it. islands will continue to tour like crazy with a shift in the line-up and i'll be thinking of them(good thoughts) while they're gone.
july 23: jim has a run in with a fella at coke machine glow
june 17: listen here to Stuart McLean of the vinyl cafe comment on three gut closing shop.
june 1: the newest issue of believer magazine comes with a cd featuring cover songs.
it features many gems including a cover of nighttime/anytime(it's alright) by jim
TRACKLISTING
CD enclosed with the June print issue
1. The Decemberists: “Bridges & Balloons” by Joanna Newsom
2. Spoon: “Decora” by Yo La Tengo
3. The Constantines: “Why I Didn’t Like August 93” by Elevator to Hell
4. CocoRosie: “Ohio” by Damien Jurado
5. The Mountain Goats: “Pet Politics” by Silver Jews
6. San Serac: “Late Blues” by Ida
7. The Shins: “We Will Become Silhouettes” by the Postal Service
8. Josephine Foster: “The Golden Window” by the Cherry Blossoms
9. Cynthia G. Mason: “Surprise, AZ” by Richard Buckner
10. Jim Guthrie: “Nighttime/Anytime (it’s alright)” by the Constantines
11. Espers: “Firefly Refrain” by Fursaxa
12. Two Gallants: “Anna’s Sweater” by Blear
13. Vetiver: “Be Kind to Me” by Michael Hurley
14. Ida: “My Fair, My Dark” by David Schickele
15. Mount Eerie: “Waterfalls” by Thanksgiving
16. Devendra Banhart: “Fistful of Love” by Antony & The Johnsons
17. Wolf Parade: “Claxxon’s Lament” by Frog Eyes
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