{"id":618,"date":"2008-02-14T18:34:06","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T23:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=618"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:25:38","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:25:38","slug":"winter-bound-urban-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/02\/14\/winter-bound-urban-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter-bound wandering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]jbDznfxIT-8[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I can take it anymore. This endless procession of snowstorms has made the winter combo of cold temperatures and grey skies even more unbearable. Even walking around the city, my favourite pastime, has lost its appeal when it feels like a struggle just to walk a few blocks along snowy sidewalks. (Luckily, I&#8217;ll get an early break from winter this year when I jet off for a month and a half in Hong Kong at the end of next week.) <\/p>\n<p>Despite my winter doldrums, though, I thought this music video, for the song &#8220;Samedi&#8221; by 3 Gars Su&#8217;l Sofa, did a nice job at capturing the beauty of Montreal streets in the winter. Shot mostly on the streets, on buses and in the metro, it&#8217;s a pleasure to watch, even if you don&#8217;t particularly like the pleasantly unremarkable song that sounds like something that could have been made by a dozen other Quebec bands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]jbDznfxIT-8[\/youtube] I don&#8217;t think I can take it anymore. This endless procession of snowstorms has made the winter combo of cold temperatures and grey skies even more unbearable. 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