skill-testing question was an audio-led tour of the indoor spaces of downtown winnipeg. eventually it will be downloadable here.

there were six editions, the insert of one is displayed below. participants followed the directions on the cd, searching for the answers to questions posed by a narrator. a short calculation provided the next track number to switch to.

track listings

all the trees of the field will clap their hands

• all the trees of the field will clap their hands by sufjan stevens
• gloria by patti smith
• tear me down from the hedwig and the angry inch soundtrack
• taking me home by sleater-kinney
• gifts by propagandhi
• a perfect day elise by p.j. harvey
• suha by xiu xiu
• train from kansas city by neko case
• brick by ben folds five
• coax me by sloan
• the ballad of marie sanders by veda hille

a fine start

• a fine start by veda hille
• it's not up to you by björk
• million miles by mirah
• a summer wasting by belle and sebastian
• reno dakota by the magnetic fields
• cause = time by broken social scene
• mrs. leroy brown by loretta lynn
• flint (for the unemployed and underpaid) by sufjan stevens
• fast car by xiu xiu
• oh comely by neutral milk hotel
• a quarter to three by sleater-kinney

i never want to see you again

• i never want to see you again by quasi
• it could have been a brilliant career by belle and sebastian
• june 'n july by cadallaca
• everything in its right place by radiohead
• if you don't cry by the magnetic fields
• top floor, bottom buzzer by morphine
• letter from an occupant by the new pornographers
• ban marriage by the hidden cameras
• sunflower by low
• waitress hell by heavens to betsy
• the boy in the woods by veda hille

nice day for a sulk

• nice day for a sulk by belle and sebastian
• san diego zoo by the 6ths
• everything must go! by the weakerthans
• angry inch from the hedwig and the angry inch soundtrack
• poses by rufus wainwright
• instructions by veda hille
• carey by joni mitchell
• high and dry by radiohead
• #1 must have by sleater-kinney
• sugar kane by sonic youth
• lodestar by sarah harmer

nobody has to stay

• nobody has to stay by mirah
• less talk, more rock by propagandhi
• candy is nice by p:ano
• the couch by alanis morissette
• ashes of american flags by wilco
• joy by p.j. harvey
• i don't want to get over you by the magnetic fields
• jackie's strength by tori amos
• don't walk away eileen by sam roberts
• one inch of lichen by veda hille
• stagger by underworld

our way to fall

• our way to fall by yo la tengo
• song against sex by neutral milk hotel
• night by the gossip
• round the bend by the beta band
• meeting of the group of 7 by veda hille
• bobcaygeon by the tragically hip
• milkshake 'n honey by sleater-kinney
• e-bow the letter by r.e.m.
• runnin' out of fools by neko case
• without mythologies by the weakerthans
• unison by björk