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this heart will not break; it is an iron pump... |
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| Location: | Vancouver BC & London ON, |
| Country: |  Canada |
| Last Login: | May 31, 2008 (584 days back) |
About Me |
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| Olenka (Alexandra Krakus) started her life in an environment rich in tenderness and turmoil, conditions which left their indelible mark on her character and eventually her music. Her earliest memories of Poland, the Communist Poland of the early 80s, consist of experiences typical to most children – swings and sandboxes and teddy bear confidantes – but inflected by the melancholy instability of the time, a spirit revealed in the gypsy folksongs she inherited from her grandparents and parents. It is the images within these early songs to which she often returns in her own music: apparitions isolated in poverty, loneliness, heartache, disconnected from a society that is nevertheless converging on them.She has explored the paradoxical mood of those Eastern European tunes, but admittedly her mother’s fondness for the Beatles played an equal role in her preliminary musical development. In her mid-teens, after having appropriated her father’s seldom-used acoustic guitar, Olenka started playing in a variety of bands and on occasion performed as a solo artist. During those years, Olenka was involved in Vancouver’s punk and hardcore scenes as a musician and promoter, though her music seemed always to revert to its melodic pop origins. Soon after she started playing a number of her close friends in a variety of ensembles which included some short and some longer lived appellations: The Reverse Vampires, The Convoy, The Rub, Tableaux Recs, and The Concrete Lions. On occasion a variety of musicians came together in tribute to Bob as The Robert Zimmerman.Olenka is now based in London, Ontario where she is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in English literature; it is this lifelong commitment to literature, music and the arts and humanities in general that has contributed to her lyrical depth. Olenka is currently playing in and around Southern Ontario with the support of a number of London and Toronto-based musicians, dubbed The Autumn Lovers.Olenka's music ranges from mild country folk, to gypsy madness, to sombre fête pop and has been compared to the work of Gillian Welch, Chan Marshall, Townes Van Zandt, Devotchka, and Beirut.Olenka's musical influences are as varied as the insights she has gained from them, but those musicians who have left the most lasting impressions include The Beatles, Townes Van Zandt, Sonic Youth, Chopin, Bob Dylan, The Pixies, Gram Parsons, Miles Davis, Gillian Welch, The Dead Kennedys, John Prine, Leonard Cohen, The Band, Wilco and Bach.
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Music:Member Since: 4/18/2006Band Members: Me and some good friends who are kind enough to put aside time for my demands. Influences: revolutionaries, idealists and the blues Sounds Like: a Polish waltz, a vodka glass, a melancholy playground, a night of carnivalesque revelry View Olenka's EPKView Olenka's Virb Profile Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk / Lyrical / Other) |
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My Blog |
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Allies Vancouver show: Royal Rock Revue |
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| The fourth installment of the Allies Vancouver secret-show series is nearing! Check the myspace site for details:
http://www.myspace.com/alliesvancouver
Details that we can release so far:
WHEN:... Posted by Olenka & the Autumn Lovers on Sat, 10 May 2008 03:33:00 PST |
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"birds too tired to fly" Profile/Interview |
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| Shawn Clarke has kindly profiled me on his new blogozine "birds too tired to fly". Check out the site and interview:
http://birdstootiredtofly.blogspot.com/
Thanks Shawn!... Posted by Olenka & the Autumn Lovers on Fri, 09 May 2008 09:17:00 PST |
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NXNE |
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| got in. YAY!will be playing at C'est What on Fri. June 12th, c. 9pm.
-ola Posted by Olenka & the Autumn Lovers on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:50:00 PST |
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London-based Awards: LMAs & JRMAs |
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| Hey folks, So I'm up for another London-based award: a Jack Richardson Music Award in the "Fan Favourite (Original)" category. Thank you to those of you who nominated me. If you feel I... Posted by Olenka & the Autumn Lovers on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:55:00 PST |
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A revival of CENSORSHIP in the Canadian film industry |
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| Go read this article to get the background info on this issue, then read my response below.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080228.
wheritage28/BNStory/Entertainment/home
Lim... Posted by Olenka & the Autumn Lovers on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:43:00 PST |
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NIU shooting in DeKalb |
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| DeKalb is a beautiful little town full of tall cornfields and endless stretches of farmland, with a city centre reminiscent of a Steinbeck novel. It's the sort of place where you find humil... Posted by Olenka & the Autumn Lovers on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:52:00 PST |
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Krakus & the Dragon |
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| AKA my polish heritage......as told by British children.
http://blip.tv/file/212115
hugs, ola Posted by Olenka & the Autumn Lovers on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:03:00 PST |
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RE: Sing Tadzio: The Requiem |
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| a difficult song for a number of reasons, which need not be elaborated presently.it's a bit shaky, as my guitar was cold and i recorded it live with my mic. and i figured i'd try out some effects, as ... Posted by Olenka & the Autumn Lovers on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:14:00 PST |
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RE: A Story (of the forging of Little Olek's social realist spirit) |
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| It's been a while since I've posted something new, so here's a brand-spanking new one. It's very reminiscent melodically and narratively of the sorts of folk tales/songs I heard as a child. ... Posted by Olenka & the Autumn Lovers on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:12:00 PST |
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Another old song available on TRecs site! |
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| So I went browsing through my Vancouver friends' sites and I realized that the fabled Tableaux Recs performances are kinda available. What is this fable, you ask? About two years ago, when I wa... Posted by Olenka & the Autumn Lovers on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:39:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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ALLIES, The Viking Swimmers of 1926, Our Nation, the rub, Unreliable Narrator, The British Columbians, Together in a Sweater, Shawn Clarke, a lending library, sara, The Bambourines, Kevin Brasier, a horse and his boy, Sam Allen, Mike Harloff, timothy m. glasgow, harvest chant, sick friend, Dan, Concrete Lions, buffaloswans, Morningsong Records, Dave the pebble, paul the driver, 94.9 CHRW, the TRANZAC, THE 4555, Kaya Fraser, Nick Zubeck, BARZIN, theAdores, Palatypus, Jason Hakin, the cotton jones basket ride, e.s.l., Scarlett Hand, frank, Monica Lee, organ trail, Creole Vintage, The Rare Moth, We.are.Canadian. **Now on PunkRadioCast**, The Tom Fun Orchestra, *Butterfly Dawson*, young and sexy, Lightning Buck, barry james payne, Aaron, Ann, Severine, STAND, ADIF Musique, Troll Collins, Noble Savage, Gilliatt on the rock, Women of the '90s, Stefan!, xoxoxcom, Cailen Dye, The Book of Gnomes, Maja, Polyester Heart, Deathstyle, theyageletters, millicent, razza, nicolevenegas.com
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