Avant-Lard
@avantlard.bsky.social
I make music as Countach
Canadian in America
Sometimes I write
https://avantlard.substack.com/p/some-thoughts-on-david-lynch
https://countach1985.bandcamp.com
Canadian in America
Sometimes I write
https://avantlard.substack.com/p/some-thoughts-on-david-lynch
https://countach1985.bandcamp.com
I remember a scene in Heavy Metal Baghdad, where they were saying during Saddam's regime as a band you had to have a song in the set that was like "dear leader, you rock so hard". I Guess we're like 6 months away from that being a thing here now?!
September 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I remember a scene in Heavy Metal Baghdad, where they were saying during Saddam's regime as a band you had to have a song in the set that was like "dear leader, you rock so hard". I Guess we're like 6 months away from that being a thing here now?!
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My Bandcamp Friday offering is a collab EP with Calgary artist Chad VanGaalan. All fund raised from this album today (sept 5) will be donated to Doctors Without Borders. Thanks for listening. chikwhite.bandcamp.com/album/peace-...
Peace Museum VOL 2 ‘chad responds to chik’, by chik white and Chad Van Gaalen
7 track album
chikwhite.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My Bandcamp Friday offering is a collab EP with Calgary artist Chad VanGaalan. All fund raised from this album today (sept 5) will be donated to Doctors Without Borders. Thanks for listening. chikwhite.bandcamp.com/album/peace-...
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Andrew Cuomo couldn’t allow his first, tepid recognition of reality — that the Israeli government, with the full support of the Trump administration, is starving the people of Gaza — last more than a few hours without walking it back.
This is someone who believes in nothing.
This is someone who believes in nothing.
August 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Andrew Cuomo couldn’t allow his first, tepid recognition of reality — that the Israeli government, with the full support of the Trump administration, is starving the people of Gaza — last more than a few hours without walking it back.
This is someone who believes in nothing.
This is someone who believes in nothing.
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The loss of Brian Wilson & Sly Stone in the same week is a MOTHERFUCKER.
Two tortured geniuses, without whom the world would be a LOT squarer and less colorful.
R.I.P. Brian Wilson. There wont be another.
R.I.P. Sly Stone. There wont be another.
Appreciate the special weirdos when they’re here.
Two tortured geniuses, without whom the world would be a LOT squarer and less colorful.
R.I.P. Brian Wilson. There wont be another.
R.I.P. Sly Stone. There wont be another.
Appreciate the special weirdos when they’re here.
June 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The loss of Brian Wilson & Sly Stone in the same week is a MOTHERFUCKER.
Two tortured geniuses, without whom the world would be a LOT squarer and less colorful.
R.I.P. Brian Wilson. There wont be another.
R.I.P. Sly Stone. There wont be another.
Appreciate the special weirdos when they’re here.
Two tortured geniuses, without whom the world would be a LOT squarer and less colorful.
R.I.P. Brian Wilson. There wont be another.
R.I.P. Sly Stone. There wont be another.
Appreciate the special weirdos when they’re here.
RIP Sly, what a legend. I’ll always remember the first time I heard the outro to “Stand”. It goes so hard
June 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
RIP Sly, what a legend. I’ll always remember the first time I heard the outro to “Stand”. It goes so hard
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god damn
In 1985, director Barry Myers - who also gave us the classic 'Finger of Fudge' advert in the 1970s - brought us the NATURAL BORN SMOKER, an incredible telepod fusion of Blade Runner and David Cronenberg...
June 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
god damn
“Let’s punish people”
Louisiana residents were warning their neighbors about polluted air—now the state could fine them $1M for doing it
Louisiana residents were warning their neighbors about polluted air—now the state could fine them $1M for doing it
Last May, the state passed a law that would fine residents for sharing air quality data that did not meet strict standards.
www.fastcompany.com
May 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“Let’s punish people”
Is eating fast food radical now cause RFK hates it?
May 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Is eating fast food radical now cause RFK hates it?
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Oh hey! Here's Jimi Hendrix live on the BBC in 1967 with Stevie Wonder playing drums. Just in case that's a thing you might find interesting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B4k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4XX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B4k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4XX...
Jammin' (BBC Sessions)
YouTube video by Jimi Hendrix - Topic
www.youtube.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Oh hey! Here's Jimi Hendrix live on the BBC in 1967 with Stevie Wonder playing drums. Just in case that's a thing you might find interesting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B4k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4XX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B4k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4XX...
Had a lovely time answering some questions for @ienjoymusic.net
"I was trying to think of visuals for the songs and the dancing Cuttlefish really seemed to fit....I just imagined them dancing along to the tracks with their colors morphing."
talked to @avantlard.bsky.social about Countach's cooooool EP art!!
www.ienjoymusic.net/countach-beh...
talked to @avantlard.bsky.social about Countach's cooooool EP art!!
www.ienjoymusic.net/countach-beh...
behind the album art with Countach
This past Sunday was a Couch Day. I love a good Couch Day, I'm on the record about that. Well, this one wasn't an entire Couch Day—the morning was spent dropping friends off at Los Angeles Internation...
www.ienjoymusic.net
May 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Had a lovely time answering some questions for @ienjoymusic.net
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Seems like everything is looking up
May 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Seems like everything is looking up
Wrote about one of my favorite music docs Metallica’s Some Kind of Monster.
open.substack.com/pub/avantlar...
open.substack.com/pub/avantlar...
Some Kind of Monster
Thoughts on one of the best music documentaries some twenty years later.
open.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Wrote about one of my favorite music docs Metallica’s Some Kind of Monster.
open.substack.com/pub/avantlar...
open.substack.com/pub/avantlar...
Second post up of a little weekly feature I am trying out on my substack, "Relaxing Video of the Week"
avantlard.substack.com/p/relaxing-v...
avantlard.substack.com/p/relaxing-v...
Relaxing Video of the Week
Relax and submit yourself to the sublime nature of giant waves.
avantlard.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Second post up of a little weekly feature I am trying out on my substack, "Relaxing Video of the Week"
avantlard.substack.com/p/relaxing-v...
avantlard.substack.com/p/relaxing-v...
LFG!
Ivan Demidov released from KHL contract, paving way to join Canadiens for home stretch
www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/626...
April 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
LFG!
The sudden arrival of all these hot chicken restaurants feels like AI breaching reality, just a vibe.
April 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The sudden arrival of all these hot chicken restaurants feels like AI breaching reality, just a vibe.
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Bruins fans watching their team lose their 10th game in a row in Montreal of all places vs the Habs
April 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Bruins fans watching their team lose their 10th game in a row in Montreal of all places vs the Habs
I made a new mix, to warm up those muscles for spring. I wrote about each of the tracks and included some cool videos. Please give it a read and listen! Thanks
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open.substack.com/pub/avantlar...
Morning Stretch Mix
Something to wake you up to the new day and the new season
open.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I made a new mix, to warm up those muscles for spring. I wrote about each of the tracks and included some cool videos. Please give it a read and listen! Thanks
open.substack.com/pub/avantlar...
open.substack.com/pub/avantlar...
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Twilite Zone
Stanley, WI
Stanley, WI
March 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Twilite Zone
Stanley, WI
Stanley, WI
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What SpaceX and Musk are desperate to keep quiet is every launch has a dog and monkey astronaut onboard for biometric data gathering. You’re watching dog and monkey murders every time one of these ships explode.
BREAKING: Debris over the Bahamas after SpaceX Starship falls apart during test flight
March 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What SpaceX and Musk are desperate to keep quiet is every launch has a dog and monkey astronaut onboard for biometric data gathering. You’re watching dog and monkey murders every time one of these ships explode.
Posted some new music for bandcamp Friday! My tribute to the ethereal cephalopod, the cuttlefish.
countach1985.bandcamp.com/album/cuttle...
countach1985.bandcamp.com/album/cuttle...
Cuttlefish EP, by Countach
2 track album
countach1985.bandcamp.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Posted some new music for bandcamp Friday! My tribute to the ethereal cephalopod, the cuttlefish.
countach1985.bandcamp.com/album/cuttle...
countach1985.bandcamp.com/album/cuttle...
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remember Medicare for All? Wish that was still a thing
February 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
remember Medicare for All? Wish that was still a thing
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Shaq and Robert Wadlow on Robert Wadlow’s tour bus
February 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Shaq and Robert Wadlow on Robert Wadlow’s tour bus