Scott Morgan is best known as the electronic music project loscil. He previously played in Meet Daisy, Thee Crusaders, Destroyer, The Multiplex and others. The Blinding Light! was an underground cinema which ran from 1998-2003 at 36 Powell Street. Founded by Alex MacKenzie as a follow-up to his Edison Electric Gallery of Moving Images (1995-1997), the space housed a cafe, a gallery and a 110-seat cinema. It showed new and classic underground and avant garde films, hosted nights to bring your own 8mm films and hosted experimental bands with a visual element. Other venues visited include the Cruel Elephant (23 W. Cordova St), The Town Pump (66 Water St), Amnesia (356 Water St), Blim (23 w Pender), @ Gallery (425 Carrall St). Other venues mentioned: The Edison Electric, Helen Pitt Gallery, Archimedes Club, Station Street Art Centre, Or Gallery. Other bands mentioned: Steel Pole Bath Tub, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Negativeland, the Jades, Jesus Lizard, Pearl Jam (Town Pump show 1991), The Rose Chronicles, The Odds, Dick & Jane, Mudhoney, Helmet, Superconductor, Marc Ribot, Shiny Greedy, Slowhand, Strategy, Growing, Sinoia Caves. The conversation was recorded on January 26th, 2024.   Music clips played with artists' permission. Loscil: Triton from submers Ticker Tape Parade: Audience with the Pope Destroyer: M.E.R.C.I. from Thief  

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