i write to you from the bay area, on the eve of my lucky day 2.22, the good luck number has been following me since an eerie and memorable night at the age of 13. it’s a good day to introduce OOOM to some special people from the magic Apple world. then on flight to the UK for lots of talk and action, more on that soon….
before laying my sleepy head, and taking off for a busy couple weeks of promotion (of up coming album release, finally!), i wanted to recap the OOOM / WATERHOUSE exhibit that closed this month.

(the sign to the right says “not suitable for children”, but i do not agree)
for those of you who’ve been following this blog, or any version of me in the last many years, you must know what a PRE-RAHAELITE era fan i am. the inclusion of OOOM Film as contemporary response to that era, and in particular the painter, J W Waterhouse, has really been the greatest honor in my creative life to date. to share a Fine Art Museum with a Master from the Victorian era, and to be sharing wall space with his muses, whom have been mine for so long, is HEAVEN. HEAVEN. HEAVEN.
don’t even need to time travel to get there!


the black velvet womb projection room with church pews, was the ideal way to experience it. now we know, and i will aim to frame it that way again one day.
for now i will get some rest, and in lieu of museum installation, i will prepare to spread the message of OOOM via talk and conversation for a while. an equally sacred exchange… just not enough black velvet.

xMAdMx
happy happy happy

(”Burning Heart” by Gusti Boucher)

OUT OF OUR MINDS MUSIC VIDEO from MAdM OOOM on Vimeo.

revealing the woods, the collision, the water and the sound of OOOM.
the doors between you and i are opening, slowly but surely.
along the way, from this song to you, came a week of hard labour in the rain and a man named stone dove into those woods with the song, to bring it to life. linking car crashes to fireballs.

as i type this in my friends los angeles guest room, a band of coyotes are howling outside.
i take that as a good sign. they are with us, but didn’t hunt me down in the woods of OOOM.

thanks for tuning in, looking forward to sharing more.
2010
xMAdMx

I LOVE LIFE
EU AMO A VIDA
AMAMOS LA VIDA
ICH LIEBE LEBEN
J’AIME LA VIE

SUCCESS! WE LOVE LIFE and SHARED THE PROOF WITH EACH OTHER via PRIMITIVE LO-FI ON LINE COMMUNICATION! I had a fantastic long night of friends, music and celebration. it makes me so happy to compile the effort to spread the word, to spread the LOVE and communal determination to walk into this new and ominous decade together in LOVE. global makes me happy and this is the impressive list of countries that participated with us in our LOVE CHANT:

ARGENTINA UK ITALY MEXICO SWEDEN HOLLAND CANADA EL SALVADOR TRINIDAD SPAIN USA FRANCE BRAZIL GERMANY PORTUGAL & SOUTH AFRICA

Now for a compilation of the sentiments captured and shared on that midnight 2010 BLUE MOON:

MARIANO

THE GALS!

RAY

I Love Life – Happy New Year 2010 Blue Full Moon

rayson d’etre | MySpace Video

CATARINA

MIKE NOURSE

SUNFLOWERDAGGER

MISSFITZ

CECILSEASKULL

QUEENFAIRYPANTS

THE CHILDREN OF STUDIODOG

you who participated (sorry if you are left out, my consolidating skills are not up there but i tried!)

missfitzpd sunflowerdagger chaotic_color kheir kcinkcity keatonxkeaton axestatic kalaroy hhhancock antonioreyx360 mccpazz welshie84 stublab systris miss_mmm themarknews tinkyvinky glamourpuss15 vacantsea hada_verde stacenator aproizeaparnan vermicidefrosti betyoucantseeit speilbilde loversdiscourse thecarpathian Catarina daniel raine Mi4U Jaqueline Andy camilla thatsscottie jasonkadlec davehealy starryxnitez riotness kheir, patty&christina!…..

and here are some photos you passed on to declare your ILOVELIFE-ness

and a shipwreck diary entry:
http://shipwreck-free.livejournal.com/6663.html

and a FB video i couldn’t figure out how to embed!
http://www.facebook.com/v/106493722701189

i feel that’s an impressive testimony to good LIFE LOVERS all around the world.
i am on the hunt for you via song, show, blog, twit, thought, dream and hope. we are in this together, and a collective good attitude will only improve our future x
we are not alone x

xMAdMx

P.S. This Mysterious Clan was not part of our MIDNIGHT 2010 Chant Plan, as this video was posted in April… but seems they are right there with us … BLACKIEATTITUDE

it has been so full and so extreme i’ve barely had time to sleep, reflect or eat, let alone blog it. so making up for lost lost time…. mini novel would have to be written to express the range of emotions that have been soaring through the first wave of 2010 … i can only hint at them here, beginning with I AM STILL INFUSED AND INTOXICATED WITH #ILOVELIFE BLUE MOON…. then the story began (almost in chronological order) completed the MASTERING of my album, had the best japanese food, i found a much needed proactive agent to book MAdM OOOM for LIVE events in USA, took part in a circular group talk between 40 women, NYLON mag came to my house to observe my life, told the NME where i’ve been hiding and what i am coming out with, premiered the OOOM music video with the support of quicktime, participated in a discussion of “ART AS DECISION MAKING” at the DONALD JUDD foundation, saw marianne FAITHFUL perform, went to LA for the first time in over a year, while there: i went to a KINGS hockey game, did a signing for AMPEG at NAMM music convention, got reconnected with long lost allies: AMPEG, FENDER, DUNLOP, witnessed one of my dearest friends go into LABOUR!!!! did an interview with the BBC about being a bass player for an interesting series on comparing the different roles in bands, caught up with my parts of my ’90’s life left behind in that strangely melancholic sunny city, saw a magic cat crawl into bed with my two friends and declare it his new home, drove by where a used to live and waved goodbye to my past.

(with fellow AMPEG BASSISTS : MIKE INEZ of OZZY / ALICE IN CHANS and DOUG PINNICK of KING’S X)
back EAST, visited my mother on her retreat near the ocean, donated to RED CROSS HAITI RELIEF (in USA text “Haiti” to # 90999), sang ozzy’s CHANGES for my friend jason under a WOLF MOON, experienced the epic beauty of KATE MCGARRIGLE’S LIFE at the most beautiful 24 hour funeral event in MONTREAL- where my old friend RUFUS sang a song in NOTRE DAME cathedral with the voice of a GODLY created ANGEL, finalized the art work for my new album, did a photo shoot for the cover of premiere woman’s music magazine VENUS, went to see OOOM FILM for the last time at the MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (bye bye lady of shallot and the magic circle – an honor to have shared a physical space with you) and last night, went to an opening of FRED TOMASELLI listened to him speak with great delight and connect then had my mind blown by his work….

(more can’t believe my eyes TOMASELLI)
now skipping the SUPERBOWL party to write to you and try to schedule and master plan the LIVE EVENTS for me and ooom in 2010…. HOMEWORK for the LIFE I LOVE.
I WILL FIND YOU OUT THERE – LIVE – IN THE FLESH – LOUD – WITH HEART IN HAND.

(COMMITTED TO EXPANDING HORIZONS AND ALIGNING ONE SELF WITH TRUE ART)

thanks for following, and showing support in the early stages of OOOM!!!
xMAdMx

OUT OF OUR MINDS MUSIC VIDEO from MAdM OOOM on Vimeo.

revealing the woods, the collision, the water and the sound of OOOM.
the doors between you and i are opening, slowly but surely.
along the way, from this song to you, came a week of hard labour in the rain and a man named stone dove into those woods with the song, to bring it to life. linking car crashes to fireballs.

as i type this in my friends los angeles guest room, a band of coyotes are howling outside.
i take that as a good sign. they are with us, but didn’t hunt me down in the woods of OOOM.

thanks for tuning in, looking forward to sharing more.
2010
xMAdMx

I LOVE LIFE
EU AMO A VIDA
AMAMOS LA VIDA
ICH LIEBE LEBEN
J’AIME LA VIE

SUCCESS! WE LOVE LIFE and SHARED THE PROOF WITH EACH OTHER via PRIMITIVE LO-FI ON LINE COMMUNICATION! I had a fantastic long night of friends, music and celebration. it makes me so happy to compile the effort to spread the word, to spread the LOVE and communal determination to walk into this new and ominous decade together in LOVE. global makes me happy and this is the impressive list of countries that participated with us in our LOVE CHANT:

ARGENTINA UK ITALY MEXICO SWEDEN HOLLAND CANADA EL SALVADOR TRINIDAD SPAIN USA FRANCE BRAZIL GERMANY PORTUGAL & SOUTH AFRICA

PLEASE VISIT NEWS SECTION FOR FULL PARTICIPATION OF CHANT PLAN!

i feel that’s an impressive testimony to good LIFE LOVERS all around the world.
i am on the hunt for you via song, show, blog, twit, thought, dream and hope. we are in this together, and a collective good attitude will only improve our future x
we are not alone x

xMAdMx

xMAdMx on TWITTER: DEC 29TH 2009 8:19 – 8:33 PM

wait! while i have your new years attention! let’s make a #ILOVELIFE unison chant plan! at midnight, we will chant it, together wherever …
#ILOVELIFE i am planning this as i type, but i can feel it’s right… if we spread the word, and make a pack to do it alone or with masses..
#ILOVELIFE or with dogs in snow, monkeys in huts, snowboarders in lodges, drunks in bars, costumes and lady gaga, USA or Turkey, up or down
#ILOVELIFE we will chant it together at the top of our lungs, and MEAN IT! SCREAM IT TIL IT HURTS!!!!!! join together in POSITIVE CHANTING
#ILOVELIFE you can scream it in your language or whisper it with an accent, let’s please do this together on thursday dec 31st midnight
#ILOVELIFE we can ALSO DOCUMENT IT! photo or video or audio or write a report. i am already giddy for my friends and i to do it together
#ILOVELIFE it would be an honor to collect the documentation for US and post it on my blog in the early days of 2010… we will be witnesses
#ILOVELIFE to our commitment to MEAN IT AND SCREAM IT AND BELIEVE IT AND SHARE IT ! proof to ourselves and to each other. no FAKING
#ILOVELIFE hunters, healers, team ooom, lovers, screamers, cryers, runners, bummers, scaredy cats, dirty dogs, jokesters, believers, do you
#ILOVELIFE read me? i am serious. i am picking out my outfit and charging my mode of documentation as soon as i step away from this tweet xo
#ILOVELIFE UNISON CHANT PLAN – MIDNIGHT 2010 – PASS IT ON. WE WILL SCREAM IT AND FEEL IT! i am serious! more on this coming soon …

already THREE on board:
MISSFITZPDX: @xMAdMx team OOOM is in your pocket on this one, MAdM–we await the midnight toll!!
SATANERS: @xMAdMx Sure! Have a great new years party! Listen out for my call!
AXESTATIC: ASP call to arms! Join @xMAdMx at 12am on NYE to scream chant yell rejoice #ILOVELIFE ! Snap a pic, take a vid, Tweet it out loud! You in?!

join this TRINITY and me!
i am going to document my midnight, with my people, where i am, to prove the LOVE WE MERE HUMANS HAVE for this great LIFE. IF you can do the same, wherever you are, then post a link to prove it. be sure to tag or mark it with #ILOVELIFE so i can find it, and post it either here as a comment on this blog entry, or on my facebook group page:

MAdM Facebook Fan Page

then i will take on the pleasure filled task to compile them all for us to see in the early days of 2010.

#ILOVELIFE PASS IT ON
2010 will hear US COMING LOUD AND PROUD !!!!!!

xMAdMx

~ Fever Ray
~ Mastodon “Crack the Skye”
~ Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America
~ Julian Plenti “…Is Skyscraper”
~ The Entrance Band
~ My Yellow Stone Road trip
~ JW Waterhouse Exhibit
~ Amanda Palmer’s Overall Expressive Ways
~ We Were Monkeys Video for Land of Talk
~ The Hope for Change

BRUTAL STUFF WHERE I LIVE IN 2009
as far as the leaders of north america goes, this past week in particular has been most concerning. i am a dual citizen engaged in both the canadian and american system. the climate crisis and health care crisis have been at the fore front of this years end, and what a tragic closing statement it’s been. canada was ranked by far the worst western country at the copenhagen climate change conference. one of the worlds worst creators of fossil fuels, while being the least willing to make a change. how horrifying (not to mention canada’s engagement in the afghan war and blind eye to torture that came to light this past year) i’ve never been more disappointed in my homeland than now.
meanwhile, 2009 brought the USA loads of HOPE for CHANGE, but at the end of the momentous battle for health care reform (one of the countries most corrupt systems), NOT every american will have their health cared for and the lobbyists, got what they payed for ………… so, the biggest let downs of 2009, are that north of the border, they are willing to actively and shamelessly participate in the rapid deteriation of our planet and everyone on it, and the USA continue in their tradition of not caring for their own and allowing corporations to have final say. BRUTAL.

that being said, this has been an amazing year in the arts…. and all of this beautiful, weird and tragic will be translated into fantastical work made by we mere humans. we are beautiful vessels that harbor beautiful sounds, thoughts and visions. that’s why i wake up every morning, excited to be alive and why i go to sleep excited to dream at night. i have no real complaints, i LOVE the life experience we are sharing. the possibilities are endless, and the bussier we are, the more we will get done, and the further we reach, the more we will connect.
thank you for receiving my transmissions, and i could not dream for a better time to give birth to my new project. 2010 is a time for OOOM …

hug your family and animals for the next 3 days straight,
and see you in 2010!
xMAdMx

ok, these memories albeit are from the best tour ever to happen in my life, The Curiosa Tour 2004, and the specialness may never happen again BUT the Mountains played a role. these photos are from the last night being on that tour and it was a BIG hurrah in Denver, Co (they are our photos, but i’ve since missed placed them in the world of time, but a stranger on flickr has resurfaced them- thx for the memories!)
ANYHOW. me, steve and robert. that alone makes me want to join the party FOREVER! really…..
meanwhile, i am  near the Northern tip of those same mountains years later, today to prepare to unveil new MAdM OOOM sounds to Edmonton and Calgarian heads and hearts x
with me on stage this weekend, will be the magic TRINITY of CHRIS, ADAM and JOE the best band members a girl could ever dream of. THEY heil from the the Mountains of Colorado … which beings me back to my Curiosa Memories and the forever party with my best mate steve… and Robert Smith dedicating “Close to YOU” TO MEEEEE.

(that’s me celebrating that fact after a few wine and orange juices later..)
we are eager about sharing the stage with AFI this weekend… but that doesn’t stop me from dreaming of The Cure, Interpol, Muse, Cooper Temple Clause and Mogwai being there too…. thanks for the memories friends of music. we will make new ones soon …..

WICKED LOVE OF MUSIC
XMAS COMING AND WE LOVIN’….
xMx