Category Archives: Music

The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets’ “20 Minutes of Oxygen” video

Posted on February 19,2011 by Toren

This music video for my band The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets’ song “20 Minutes of Oxygen” was written, directed and cut by my good friend Mike Jackson of Steam-Powered Films. It was made possible by the kind donations of … Continue reading →

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Bloody Betty Honours the Thickets @ Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School

Posted on February 1,2011 by Toren

You haven’t heard about Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School? Part art class, part cabaret, the monthly Dr Sketchy brings you 3 hours with Vancouver’s dazzling and bizarre burlesque personalities. Sunday Feb 13 the notorious Bloody Betty will be posing based on … Continue reading →

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“20 Minutes of Oxygen” Video Shoot

Posted on July 5,2010 by Toren

A couple months ago, my friend Casey invited me to see his studio, which he made into a sort of “space bar” using panels from a dismantled set of the TV show “Defying Gravity.” About the same time, my friend … Continue reading →

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Thickets Show in Chilliwack’s Echo Room

Posted on May 20,2010 by Toren

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For the 20 Minutes of Oxygen video set

Posted on May 19,2010 by Toren

I took this from Star Wars Empire Strikes Back And this from Battlestar Galactica And I’m working on this for the 20 Minutes of Oxygen rock video shoot (click to make big): I can print this out in full colour … Continue reading →

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The Thickets Finally “Made It”?

Posted on December 24,2009 by Toren

I think the Thickets made a milestone today, as other bands are now referencing us in their descriptions… “Forming a strong union between the directness of boogie metal with intimations towards ’70s fuzz, à la Thin Lizzy, yet updated and … Continue reading →

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I Got Schooled

Posted on November 3,2009 by Toren

The Boise State University has an interview assignment as part of their English class, and this year Michael Gates interviewed yours truly! He got an A+ and allowed me to reprint the interview. Here it is:  The Syncopated Call of … Continue reading →

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Would You Buy It?

Posted on September 25,2009 by Toren

Now that we have the capacity to do full colour process art on dark shirts at work, I’ve been thinking about doing an homage to the Iron Maiden/Slayer style shirt for The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Lots of gore, … Continue reading →

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As Seen on Facebook

Posted on August 11,2009 by Toren

I was tagged in this note from a fan: My Life According to The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets… Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on… You can’t use the band I used. … Continue reading →

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New Thickets Shirt Finally Up!

Posted on May 30,2009 by Toren

The new Thickets shirt is finally up on The Dead Space God eBay store. I still want to get a web makeover for toren.net/thickets but I’m too busy right now with drawing to do anything about it.

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