It's New Year's Eve...which means it's time for another round. Here's my fifth (!) edition of drink pairings feat. your favourite hometown hunk and #ldnont 's best brewers and distillers!

Tees are in and looking good!! Limited run available for purchase at www.JamesKingsley.ca/store with pick up available at @ldnontbikecafe.bsky.social ! Remember: $20 from the sale of each tee this December goes to the Regional HIV/AIDS Connection’s work here in #ldnont

....was commissioned by @ldnontbikecafe.bsky.social to do up this ode to rock royalty in support of #WorldAIDSDay25 — with $20 from the sale of every shirt this Dec going to Regional HIV/AIDS Connection's work in #ldnont! ❤️ Grab yours here before the pre-sale sells out! www.jameskingsley.ca/store

Has @99pi.org done an episode on the flaps which keep our cereal boxes closed yet? 🥣 Asking for a friend.

Update on The Localist for Patrons /subscribers who follow me here: plan is still in place to get the newsletter off Subst@ck for '26. That said, the process is eating into my time to publish regularly... To make up for the lack of new content recently, I've paused Patronage until December.

Missed it the 1st time around, but have been spinning The Lassie Foundation's remastered "Pacifico" ('99) for days now. Sugar-sweet shoegaze at its best. w/ most tracks hovering around the 4 min mark, the pacing is as much fun as the fuzz... lassiefoundation.bandcamp.com/album/pacifi...

...and we're back with a 5th(!!) edition of The Localist's "More Local Lists" List 😉 🖐️ #ldnont thelocalist.substack.com/p/274-more-l...

Tossed together a quick one for The Localist this week…. #ldnont #cornhole thelocalist.substack.com/p/273-cornhole

Looking forward to some ✌️,❤️ & ☀️ this Sun Sept 7th with @shadkmusic.bsky.social , Sunshine Makers and Born in the Eighties at Sidelaunch Brewery's #ldnont beer garden. 🍻 Who's with me?! 👏 www.eventbrite.ca/e/side-launc...

Perfect single for the dog-days of summer from M.E. Nezke. Imagine Beck paying homage to Lipps Inc.'s Funkytown with special appearances by a wah-wah pedal and a triangle... 👏 Also: the petition for a 12-19min remix of the track starts here 🗳️ open.spotify.com/track/6geF2P...

Getting a little brassy with this week’s edition of The Localist! open.substack.com/pub/thelocal... #ldnont

Had some more fun with #Ldnont 's summer festivals for The Localist this week... of course, I jest because I love 😘 thelocalist.substack.com/p/271-festiv...

Heading out to enjoy some of #ldnont 's gazillion (and counting) festivals this summer? The Localist's Summer Festival Bingo is back and ready for playing 😉🎉 thelocalist.substack.com/p/270-25-sum...

📬 Check your inboxes/link below for this week's edition of The Localist—dedicated to all things #ldnont, thunderbolts & lightning ⚡️😉 thelocalist.substack.com/p/269-thunde...

...bit of a meandering edition of The Localist today—ending up right where it began with a little inspiration from @sameervasta.bsky.social and @cedricrichards.bsky.social 👏 #ldnont thelocalist.substack.com/p/there-and-...

Friday reminder from the liner notes to Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend"...

Feeling a small bit responsible for the @bluejays.com win tonight on account of posting these custom ⚾️ card design ideas—inspired by Barger’s play and nickname—to the ‘gram earlier today 😜 #lightsupletsgo

Still working on moving my personal newsletter from S*bstack to Squarespace. Once the archives are shifted—and I've got a few campaigns published—it'll then be time to move The Localist too! 👏 Any Squarespace users here have any tips/tricks to keep in mind while I'm at it?

In other/related(?) news, my buddy's marriage broke down and he almost had to move in with a bunch of University students 😱...Still reeling from the scare, he channelled the vibes into this "Sugar Ray-meets-Sheryl Crow" jam: open.spotify.com/track/03ImBi...

Either fishing 🎣, birding 🐦 and baseball ⚾️ are having a moment... or this is just normal for your late 40s.

Who's ready for a jam-packed June in #ldnont? Here's just a few of the events taking place around town this weekend... thelocalist.substack.com/p/267-big-we...

Been offline a few days and just now learning the sad news about Pocket's demise 😥. Gonna miss the app as much as I continue to miss rdio. Any suggestions on an app to (try and) take it's place? For context, my Pocket export included 1,294 unread articles and 6,290 more in the archives 🙃

Two of my favourite slides from a recent presentation to a class of graphic design grads. Always important to set/manage expectations early on in the address 🙃

Belated birthday gift c/o Andy Squyres latest single, "Miracle Service." This one's got a little something for everyone "heading out of [their] cynical eras." 👋 open.spotify.com/track/4bIaI7...

Confirmed: #ldnont loves pickles 🥒 thelocalist.substack.com/p/266-kind-o...

Here's just a few more of the many #ldntont events I wasn't able to include in last week's "May'hem" edition of The Localist: Ting Fest at TAP 🪱, Poutine Fest at Vic Park 🍟; Pickle Fiesta at RBC Place 🥒; Great Canadian Art Hop at various galleries 🎨;Free Comic Book Day on Dundas Place 🦹...

Lots of great activities to enjoy around #ldnont over the next few weeks... To help you choose what to do, I've pitted a handful of events against each other for a "May'hem" edition of The Localist's new'ish "This and/or That" series 🤔 👇 thelocalist.substack.com/p/265-this-a...

I mean, has anyone ever actually seen The Boss and Tom Waits in the studio AT THE SAME TIME?! 🤔 open.spotify.com/track/6UuDam...

Rainy spring days like this were made for St Germain's "Tourist." Change my mind... open.spotify.com/album/0YqCvO...

Congrats to the @nsl.ca on their league launch last night. Looking fwd to the season as a whole... but mostly can't wait to see @rosesmtl.ca jerseys on the field.

Super inspired by the portfolios on display at @fanshawecollege.bsky.social 's Graphic Design grad show last night. #ldnont ' s got a lot of sweet design in our future. 🔮

Here's to everyone heading out to enjoy the sun for the 2nd Annual Banana Kingdom ride shortly! 🍌🏰 And for those who were thinking about swinging by Fanshawe's Grahpic Design Grad Show this eve (to check the work and watch me deliver 221 slides in 30 minutes): doors at 6, program at 6:30! #ldnont

Bummed to be missing tomorrow’s ride through the Banana Kingdom, but looking fwd to checking out the @fanshawecollege.bsky.social Graphic Design grad show—and delivering a motivational'ish speech while I’m at it! 👇 🍌🚲 www.londoncyclelink.ca/events/2024/... 🎓😉 fanshawegraphicdesign.ca #ldnont

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New #ldnont Banana Kingdom tees are up on the site now!! 👏 👉 www.jameskingsley.ca/store 🍌🏰

Shop update imminent…super stoked on how these turned out! 🍌 (Kudos to @statusnonstatus.bsky.social and the whole Rezonance team for the stellar work and quick turnaround.) 💯 #ldnont

Cool Cat vibes this AM c/o the coolest cats: open.spotify.com/track/6Re2Aw...

…now batting for the @bluejays.com, forever: Vladimir Guerrero Juuuuuuunnnnnnioorrrrrrrrr!!!!

Wrapping the whacky week that was with an edition of The Localist dedicated to bunch of #ldnont jokes I'm happy to see become realities—and a trio of realities I think are an absolute joke. 🤦🏻‍♂️ thelocalist.substack.com/p/264-no-joke

Absolutely cranking this blistering 2005 set from Feist at the moment... 🤘🇫🇷 Her live take on Sexsmith's "Secret Heart" (5:45) is just plain bonkers. archive.org/details/feis...

April Fool's Day had some different vibes this year—a yearning for some of the more ridiculous ideas was palpable, and it's been fun to learn more than a few of those dreams are becoming realities today HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU @londonmajors.bsky.social /FOREST CITY COBRA CHICKENS!! 🐍🐓⚾️❤️😉 #ldnont

The wait is over! "Shadows in the Moonlight: A Tribute to Anne Murray" is available NOW—April 1st—exclusively from JK Records! 🎉

Stoked to throw the extras from this test run into the next couple of shirt orders! 🚲 💀 #86Bill212

👉 New blog post/newsletter out celebrating #MLB Opening Day with a pair of my favourite quotes about the sport and some links to misc Jays' designs from my archives ⚾️! #letsgobluejays www.jameskingsley.ca/blog/hits-an...

Hey #ldnont - you want some new bumper stickers? 😉

👉 "Hey Doug!/Grim Rider" tees & stickers are back online over at www.jameskingsley.ca/store ! 💀🚲

...and in celebration of the robins returning to #ldnont: here's my remix of the harbinger of spring as a Blue Note Records-inspired album cover! 🎷🪺

☘️ So many ways to spend St. Patty's ranking #U2 albums, but today we're going for my top 5 in "historically appreciated" order: 1. Achtung Baby ⚠️ 2. ZOOROPA 👶 3. Rattle & Hum /The Joshua Tree 🤠 4. Live Under a Blood Red Sky 🌫️ 4.5 Passengers' "Original Soundtracks 1" 🚀 5. Pop 🥫

ICYMI: Took a break from moving the archives to the new site (teased below) and finally published 2025’s first edition of Hits & Misc. www.jameskingsley.ca/blog/hits-an...

Had a lot of fun paying homage to MC Pirate’s legendary “Rap Attack” interstitial after realizing the opening frames uncannily echoed The Clash’s infamous “London Calling” cover (which was itself a nod to Presley). 🏴‍☠️ ✌️ #ldnont