Beck apparently gets together with a group of musicians regularly. They record a cover of an entire album in a single day then release the results. Here's their haunting take on a well-known song from INXS' “Kick” album (and yes, I'll admit it – one of my favourite songs from high school):(via NPR's “Top 5 […]
It's my dyslexic birthday today (I was born in '73 and am turning 37) and I know they didn't do it for me but what a great gift to stumble across a clip of a quasi-Beatles reunion as Sir Paul recently took to the stage to celebrate his old bandmate at the conclusion of an […]
I know its juvenile but given how he died, you have to admit that this DVD case for a David Carradine Tai Chi workout has some unfortunate text on the cover promoting its “benefits”. When I saw the case at the library, I just burst out laughing. Then I realised this would be my […]
A new site called IWriteLike.Me claims to analyse your writing and tell you which author's style you most resemble. I tried it with a couple recent blog posts and got Dan Brown (great! ). On the other hand, when I copied in the recent article I wrote for real money and with a bit of […]
Here's some local coverage of a book that's being produced by RPL's “Friends of the Library” group to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the opening of our original Central Library. I'm pretty excited as I ended up being asked to do a brief blurb on what RPL has meant to me over the years so […]
Sure, they're counting on some store specials in this list but the point they make about the healthiest foods that you can eat often being the cheapest is a very valid one.
Someone posted on Facebook about the big dump of snow Alberta got today. That reminded me of one year when Shea and I were living in Calgary when there was some sort of snowfall all twelve months of the year – including June, July and August. A couple quick Google searches don't refresh my memory […]
I'm about as far from a Pitchfork following, Fleet Iver Weekend-listening hipster as you'll find. But I do have friends who fit that category and a recent visit to Vancouver where I got to catch up with one of those friends also introduced me to a new singer-songwriter who I think is probably very much […]
A few weeks back, I posted that Michael Geist was doing an “Ask Me Anything” thread on Reddit. Here's a link to the actual questions that were asked and his answers.
