"I quit my job because the idea burrowed into my mind that, on the long list of things I could be doing, television news is not the best use of my short life."

Ladies and gents, the 5 Seconds Of Decision family will be meeting up at 8pm on on Tuesday, July 12 at Callahan's Pub to kick planning into high gear for the coming next installment of our fair Port City's ongoing electric spectacle of the same name. The event will take place Saturday, July 23 at Pepper's Pub, and will feature the release of a new record from Adam Mowery with Hamburger Tapes, as he performs with his Giants of Industry. Also in cahoots are Port Greville, NS's lavishly lo-fi duo Construction & Destruction (pictured above) and creative wellspring Troy Charles Chenier (the brain behind local wonders Jet, jeTprojecTlabs, Broken Boy, Mimic, The Weird Guy, Stabby Dancers and more), not to mention our partners, CultureHub.ca, Third Space Gallery and more, who will bring their own fruits to bear, including new 5 Seconds recording engineer Corey Bonnevie.

As has been discussed on this blog and elsewhere with regards to this event, we want to transform concepts of club culture, public perceptions of music and entertainment, the public's (realized or unrealized) fundamental participation therein, and generally explode the idea of concert performance and leisure into something much more subversive, playful and exciting through blurring distinction between the content and vessel of spectacle. We want you, the audience to take ownership of your role as the actual chief architects of public happenings through your very presence within such situations. You are the impetus kids. You are the heartbeat within any framework. You are the stuff dreams are made and all other nitwit hyperbole you like. We are relying upon you...

In the meantime, please enjoy this wonderful testimonial from yet another seemingly kindred spirit, CTV's Quebec City Bureau Chief, Kai Nagata (right), who recently resigned his position in an effort simply to take the reins of his own life and thought, and to take ownership over his own means of production, of his own ends, of whatever context you want to see one's personal actions in. The bottom line is, here is a person who has taken great responsibility upon himself purely by choosing to be honest with himself, which is a wonderful gesture. That he has openly shared these thoughts is something to be relished and appreciated.

In response to feedback on his initial posting, which quickly went viral, he writes:

"I had two very simple motives. I felt I owed it to the colleagues I would be leaving to explain my decision. And I needed to save my energy for driving, rather than telling the story to each and every friend and family member over the phone. When I was done digging a shallow grave for my TV career, I swung my pickaxe and stuck it in the ground. Then I sat down to rest.

"When I took my eyes off the horizon and looked down at the ground, I realized something was seeping out around the blade of the pickaxe. A tiny bit of sweet, clear water trickled out over the rocks. But it didn't dry up, like I thought. Now there's a little spring gurgling along, winding its way through the dust, carving a little channel as it goes along. It tastes amazing."

Watch this space soon for announcements on the next installment on July 23rd, new additions to the 5 Seconds family, and much more.

We have swung our own axe. We have rested. We now have work to do and play to indulge in. Please join us as creators, as artists, as audiences. The single most important thing however is simply that: Please join us.