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When watching the Oscars, we might not care for the best sound awards category like the winners do, but we all have sounds that we enjoy. Therefore, words are not enough to describe the feelings I have towards some particular sounds. From the simple mechanical noise of the elliptical machine at the local gym to Morrissey sultry voice, I’m surrounded on a daily basis by sonorities that affect my mind and mood. Here’s are some that will probably be forever a part of my life.

1) Elliptical machine @ Nautilus Plus Mont-Royal
Ever since I was a little boy, I’ve always enjoyed food a bit more than some and have a love/hate relationship with physical activities. As I was growing old, I quickly saw my waistline expanding beyond my biggest dreams. Consequently at age 14, I was considered obese. Therefore, I decided to subscribe to the local gym and build a body that would represent my physical ideals. I quickly found affection for the elliptical machine, since it gave me the chance to lose a lot of calories without too much effort. The soft sound of the device became part of my daily gym routine and reminds me on how lucky I am to be
healthy and lean.





2) My friend’s cell phone in the early morning @ My friends’ living room
Usually when I go out on a Saturday night, I don’t come home alone. Sometimes it is a girl(s), sometimes my best mates. For quite a while now, every time I come back and crash on my friend’s sofa, I have the awful luck of hearing his cell phone ring at 5 am due to a booty call. It is a weird mix of vibration and shrieking sounds that scares the shit out of me every time. The worst part is that he doesn’t even wake up to turn it off or answer it. One time, I might just take the call and join the girl!




3) Seth Rogen’s laugh @ My DVD player
It is rare that I will laugh out loud when I watch a comedy on my own. However, there’s a slight exception when I watch a Seth Rogen flick. Besides the funny Apatow’s approved improvised dialogue and sight gags, I can’t stop giggling when I hear Rogen’s laugh. The sound is so warm and comforting that it gives me the feeling he is one of my buddy. Having met him last summer at the Just for Laughs festival, I can honestly say that he is a very kind gentleman not unlike the characters he plays.




4)Paul Bank’s guitar @ My iPod
There’s not a day that goes by without me listening to Interpol. Since I’ve discovered the band in 2003, I’ve been following their career and rocking their post-punk antics on a regular basis. Every time I hear a song by the band, I listen closely to Paul Bank’s guitar and it immediately brings me back to my first love. With only a guitar, he’s able to create a blend of gloomy and sorrowful notes that recall Bernard Sumner’s work in Joy Division. In the end, a 6 stringed guitar can make a grown man shiver and occasionally weep.





5) Morrissey’s voice @ My iPod
Who would have guessed that a shy mop haired teen from Manchester would become a quiff-sporting troubadour that has over a million fans? Certainly not me! Despite having no musical abilities, the charming man that is Morrissey has transformed the world of indie rock with a powerful voice that transcends time and space. I can’t recall the number of times I’ve listened to Ask and Suedehead and modeled my hair after his and started singing out loud. His voice is the epitome of cool and will remain forever engraved in my brain. When I feel sad, I can just close my eyes and let the Mozzer transport me to a place where there’s music, there’s people and they’re young and alive.