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James Kingsley

@jameskingsley.ca
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Graphic Designer from #ldnont with a ❤️ for all the places we call home. Also: music 🎧, pizza 🍕, random hits & misc.™ www.jameskingsley.ca / www.thelocalistyxu.ca

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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 17/03/2026
SPOILER ALERT 🚨 Here’s a trio of memes for anyone else processing the Reuters piece on Banksy’s identity🙈 IYKYK… and now we all know 🐵
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 31/12/2025
It's New Year's Eve...which means it's time for another round. Here's my fifth (!) edition of drink pairings feat. your favourite hometown hunk and #ldnont 's best brewers and distillers!
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 13/12/2025
Tees are in and looking good!! Limited run available for purchase at www.JamesKingsley.ca/store with pick up available at @ldnontbikecafe.bsky.social ! Remember: $20 from the sale of each tee this December goes to the Regional HIV/AIDS Connection’s work here in #ldnont
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 01/12/2025
....was commissioned by @ldnontbikecafe.bsky.social to do up this ode to rock royalty in support of #WorldAIDSDay25 — with $20 from the sale of every shirt this Dec going to Regional HIV/AIDS Connection's work in #ldnont! ❤️ Grab yours here before the pre-sale sells out! www.jameskingsley.ca/store
White t-shirt featuring the illustrated head of a recognizable rock star who sang about bicycles wearing a pair of sunglasses with the words "I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like" reflected in the lenses.Black t-shirt featuring the illustrated head of a recognizable rock star who sang about bicycles wearing a pair of sunglasses with the words "I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like" reflected in the lenses.Light pink t-shirt featuring the illustrated head of a recognizable rock star who sang about bicycles wearing a pair of sunglasses with the words "I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like" reflected in the lenses.Illustrated head of a recognizable rock star who sang about bicycles wearing a pair of sunglasses with the words "I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like" reflected in the lenses.
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 26/11/2025
Has @99pi.org done an episode on the flaps which keep our cereal boxes closed yet? 🥣 Asking for a friend.
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 06/10/2025
Update on The Localist for Patrons /subscribers who follow me here: plan is still in place to get the newsletter off Subst@ck for '26. That said, the process is eating into my time to publish regularly... To make up for the lack of new content recently, I've paused Patronage until December.
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 16/09/2025
Missed it the 1st time around, but have been spinning The Lassie Foundation's remastered "Pacifico" ('99) for days now. Sugar-sweet shoegaze at its best. w/ most tracks hovering around the 4 min mark, the pacing is as much fun as the fuzz... lassiefoundation.bandcamp.com/album/pacifi...
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Pacifico (Remastered), by The Lassie Foundation
11 track album
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 22/08/2025
...and we're back with a 5th(!!) edition of The Localist's "More Local Lists" List 😉 🖐️ #ldnont thelocalist.substack.com/p/274-more-l...
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274 - More Local Lists! Vol. 5 👏
Welcome to our FIFTH edition of our current “go to” local lists!
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 25/07/2025
Tossed together a quick one for The Localist this week…. #ldnont #cornhole thelocalist.substack.com/p/273-cornhole
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273 - Cornhole 🌽
Sure, we’re starting to see summer’s sweet corn pop up at markets and farmstands around the city, but we’ve also got a bumper crop of Corhnole leagues and drop-ins to enjoy this year…
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 22/07/2025
Looking forward to some ✌️,❤️ & ☀️ this Sun Sept 7th with @shadkmusic.bsky.social , Sunshine Makers and Born in the Eighties at Sidelaunch Brewery's #ldnont beer garden. 🍻 Who's with me?! 👏 www.eventbrite.ca/e/side-launc...
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Side Launch London Presents: Peace, Love & Sunshine
Side Launch London Presents: Peace, Love & Sunshine is a one-day music fest rockin' in the Side Launch London Beer Garden.
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 21/07/2025
Perfect single for the dog-days of summer from M.E. Nezke. Imagine Beck paying homage to Lipps Inc.'s Funkytown with special appearances by a wah-wah pedal and a triangle... 👏 Also: the petition for a 12-19min remix of the track starts here 🗳️ open.spotify.com/track/6geF2P...
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I Lose Control
M.E. Netzke · I Lose Control · Song · 2025
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 18/07/2025
Getting a little brassy with this week’s edition of The Localist! open.substack.com/pub/thelocal... #ldnont
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272 - Brass'tastic ✨
With London playing host to the International Trombone Festival this week we figured the timing was perfect to slide into your inbox with a tribute to some of the city’s brassiest of brassy brassyness...
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 10/07/2025
Had some more fun with #Ldnont 's summer festivals for The Localist this week... of course, I jest because I love 😘 thelocalist.substack.com/p/271-festiv...
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271 - Festival Starter Packs ✅
The response to last week’s Festival Bingo Cards was enough to warrant another round…
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 05/07/2025
Heading out to enjoy some of #ldnont 's gazillion (and counting) festivals this summer? The Localist's Summer Festival Bingo is back and ready for playing 😉🎉 thelocalist.substack.com/p/270-25-sum...
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270 - '25 Summer Festival Bingo 🎉
Summer Festival season officially gets underway with Sunfest 🌞 this weekend...
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 26/06/2025
📬 Check your inboxes/link below for this week's edition of The Localist—dedicated to all things #ldnont, thunderbolts & lightning ⚡️😉 thelocalist.substack.com/p/269-thunde...
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269 - Thunderbolts & Lightning ⚡️
When lightning hit South Secondary earlier this week, we took the hint—here’s a list of the city’s most electric odes to thunder & lightning...
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 20/06/2025
...bit of a meandering edition of The Localist today—ending up right where it began with a little inspiration from @sameervasta.bsky.social and @cedricrichards.bsky.social 👏 #ldnont thelocalist.substack.com/p/there-and-...
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There and Back Again: Street Edition 📍
Bit of a meandering edition of The Localist today...
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 20/06/2025
Friday reminder from the liner notes to Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend"...
Musician Matthew sweet smiles and looks at the camera with his arm extended and hand miming the motion of turning up the volume while the caption reads: "don't be afraid to play it loud!"
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 18/06/2025
Feeling a small bit responsible for the @bluejays.com win tonight on account of posting these custom ⚾️ card design ideas—inspired by Barger’s play and nickname—to the ‘gram earlier today 😜 #lightsupletsgo
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 16/06/2025
Still working on moving my personal newsletter from S*bstack to Squarespace. Once the archives are shifted—and I've got a few campaigns published—it'll then be time to move The Localist too! 👏 Any Squarespace users here have any tips/tricks to keep in mind while I'm at it?
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 13/06/2025
In other/related(?) news, my buddy's marriage broke down and he almost had to move in with a bunch of University students 😱...Still reeling from the scare, he channelled the vibes into this "Sugar Ray-meets-Sheryl Crow" jam: open.spotify.com/track/03ImBi...
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Stoner House
Francy Planet · Stoner House · Song · 2025
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 13/06/2025
Either fishing 🎣, birding 🐦 and baseball ⚾️ are having a moment... or this is just normal for your late 40s.
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 12/06/2025
Who's ready for a jam-packed June in #ldnont? Here's just a few of the events taking place around town this weekend... thelocalist.substack.com/p/267-big-we...
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267 - Big Weekend 🗓️
Sure, summer in London is pretty hot...but our Junes are heading up too!
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 27/05/2025
Been offline a few days and just now learning the sad news about Pocket's demise 😥. Gonna miss the app as much as I continue to miss rdio. Any suggestions on an app to (try and) take it's place? For context, my Pocket export included 1,294 unread articles and 6,290 more in the archives 🙃
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 13/05/2025
Two of my favourite slides from a recent presentation to a class of graphic design grads. Always important to set/manage expectations early on in the address 🙃
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 09/05/2025
Belated birthday gift c/o Andy Squyres latest single, "Miracle Service." This one's got a little something for everyone "heading out of [their] cynical eras." 👋 open.spotify.com/track/4bIaI7...
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Miracle Service
Andy Squyres · Miracle Service · Song · 2025
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 08/05/2025
Confirmed: #ldnont loves pickles 🥒 thelocalist.substack.com/p/266-kind-o...
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266 - Kind of a Big Dill 🥒
You into pickles?
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 03/05/2025
Here's just a few more of the many #ldntont events I wasn't able to include in last week's "May'hem" edition of The Localist: Ting Fest at TAP 🪱, Poutine Fest at Vic Park 🍟; Pickle Fiesta at RBC Place 🥒; Great Canadian Art Hop at various galleries 🎨;Free Comic Book Day on Dundas Place 🦹...
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 02/05/2025
Lots of great activities to enjoy around #ldnont over the next few weeks... To help you choose what to do, I've pitted a handful of events against each other for a "May'hem" edition of The Localist's new'ish "This and/or That" series 🤔 👇 thelocalist.substack.com/p/265-this-a...
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265 - This and/or That: May'hem edition 🤔
🌸 Spring has sprung and with May’s flowers comes a LOT to get out and enjoy around this city.
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 02/05/2025
I mean, has anyone ever actually seen The Boss and Tom Waits in the studio AT THE SAME TIME?! 🤔 open.spotify.com/track/6UuDam...
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Faithless
Bruce Springsteen · Faithless · Song · 2025
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 01/05/2025
Rainy spring days like this were made for St Germain's "Tourist." Change my mind... open.spotify.com/album/0YqCvO...
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Tourist (Remastered)
St Germain · Album · 2000 · 9 songs
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 17/04/2025
Congrats to the @nsl.ca on their league launch last night. Looking fwd to the season as a whole... but mostly can't wait to see @rosesmtl.ca jerseys on the field.
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 17/04/2025
Super inspired by the portfolios on display at @fanshawecollege.bsky.social 's Graphic Design grad show last night. #ldnont ' s got a lot of sweet design in our future. 🔮
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 16/04/2025
Here's to everyone heading out to enjoy the sun for the 2nd Annual Banana Kingdom ride shortly! 🍌🏰 And for those who were thinking about swinging by Fanshawe's Grahpic Design Grad Show this eve (to check the work and watch me deliver 221 slides in 30 minutes): doors at 6, program at 6:30! #ldnont
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 15/04/2025
Bummed to be missing tomorrow’s ride through the Banana Kingdom, but looking fwd to checking out the @fanshawecollege.bsky.social Graphic Design grad show—and delivering a motivational'ish speech while I’m at it! 👇 🍌🚲 www.londoncyclelink.ca/events/2024/... 🎓😉 fanshawegraphicdesign.ca #ldnont
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 13/04/2025
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 12/04/2025
New #ldnont Banana Kingdom tees are up on the site now!! 👏 👉 www.jameskingsley.ca/store 🍌🏰
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 11/04/2025
Shop update imminent…super stoked on how these turned out! 🍌 (Kudos to @statusnonstatus.bsky.social and the whole Rezonance team for the stellar work and quick turnaround.) 💯 #ldnont
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 09/04/2025
Cool Cat vibes this AM c/o the coolest cats: open.spotify.com/track/6Re2Aw...
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Cool Cat - Remastered 2011
Queen · Hot Space (Deluxe Remastered Version) · Song · 1982
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 07/04/2025
…now batting for the @bluejays.com, forever: Vladimir Guerrero Juuuuuuunnnnnnioorrrrrrrrr!!!!
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 04/04/2025
Wrapping the whacky week that was with an edition of The Localist dedicated to bunch of #ldnont jokes I'm happy to see become realities—and a trio of realities I think are an absolute joke. 🤦🏻‍♂️ thelocalist.substack.com/p/264-no-joke
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264 - (No) Joke 🥁
With everything that’s been happening lately, you’d be forgiven for thinking the city moved April Fool’s “Day” to a whole week.
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 03/04/2025
Absolutely cranking this blistering 2005 set from Feist at the moment... 🤘🇫🇷 Her live take on Sexsmith's "Secret Heart" (5:45) is just plain bonkers. archive.org/details/feis...
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Feist - Live at Trabendo (France) 2005 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Feist - Live at Trabendo (France) 2005
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 02/04/2025
April Fool's Day had some different vibes this year—a yearning for some of the more ridiculous ideas was palpable, and it's been fun to learn more than a few of those dreams are becoming realities today HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU @londonmajors.bsky.social /FOREST CITY COBRA CHICKENS!! 🐍🐓⚾️❤️😉 #ldnont
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 01/04/2025
The wait is over! "Shadows in the Moonlight: A Tribute to Anne Murray" is available NOW—April 1st—exclusively from JK Records! 🎉
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 31/03/2025
Stoked to throw the extras from this test run into the next couple of shirt orders! 🚲 💀 #86Bill212
A hand holds a sticker depicting a  smiling grim reaper riding a bicycle with a trillium logo on their scythe above the words “86212: Save Our Lanes. Save Our Loves.”
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 27/03/2025
👉 New blog post/newsletter out celebrating #MLB Opening Day with a pair of my favourite quotes about the sport and some links to misc Jays' designs from my archives ⚾️! #letsgobluejays www.jameskingsley.ca/blog/hits-an...
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Hits & Misc. #20: Baseball. Is. Back. ⚾️ — James Kingsley
It’s a sunny day in southern Ontario and we’ve got a season full of questions for the Blue Jays ahead…
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 24/03/2025
Hey #ldnont - you want some new bumper stickers? 😉
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 20/03/2025
👉 "Hey Doug!/Grim Rider" tees & stickers are back online over at www.jameskingsley.ca/store ! 💀🚲
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 17/03/2025
...and in celebration of the robins returning to #ldnont: here's my remix of the harbinger of spring as a Blue Note Records-inspired album cover! 🎷🪺
An old, well-used vinyl album jacket with a minimal, abstract representation of a robin on it. The fictitious band's name is listed as "American Robin" and the album title: "Turdus migratorius." A price-tag for $5.19 is on the upper-right corner of the record.
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 17/03/2025
☘️ So many ways to spend St. Patty's ranking #U2 albums, but today we're going for my top 5 in "historically appreciated" order: 1. Achtung Baby ⚠️ 2. ZOOROPA 👶 3. Rattle & Hum /The Joshua Tree 🤠 4. Live Under a Blood Red Sky 🌫️ 4.5 Passengers' "Original Soundtracks 1" 🚀 5. Pop 🥫
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James Kingsley @jameskingsley.ca · 11/03/2025
ICYMI: Took a break from moving the archives to the new site (teased below) and finally published 2025’s first edition of Hits & Misc. www.jameskingsley.ca/blog/hits-an...
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Hits & Misc. #19: March Madness 🙃 — James Kingsley
Here we are in March already…
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