As a long-time pro wrestling fan, I can’t decide if this clip is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen (those inside jokes!) or the worst (such a strange way to try to explain the appeal of wrestling.) But if you don’t want to watch the whole thing, it’s worth watching the last three minutes as […]
A visually impaired Liberian street musician named Weesay makes up a song about chips on the spot using a very unique guitar… After the video goes viral, he is given a real guitar from supporters in the US. Now there’s even an IndieGogo campaign to raise funds to fly him to the US for surgery to […]
Fittingly you can play the hugely popular independent party game on a site called Cards Against Originality.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day (one day early)! Iron Brew was a Celtic band in Regina in the late 1990’s-early 2000’s. The lead singer was the husband of one of my bosses at the Sask Publishers Group. He plays a monumental role in my musical education as the person who introduced me to Fred Eaglesmith’s music. (I […]
Remember how, in the old days, you’d try to maximize your $14.99 (or $19.99 or more!) when buying a cassette or CD? To do this, instead of blowing your cash on an album by a single artist that might only have 1-2 songs you like, you’d pick an album with a title like “Biggest Chart Toppers […]
Recently, at my library, I delivered a program called “Trip Planning 2.0: How To Research Your Vacation Online” where I gave registrants a “guided tour” of some the most useful sites for trip planning, both well-known (Google, TripAdvisor) and lesser-known (Reddit, FourSquare). (The program was basically an expanded version of a blog post I did […]
Saturday Night Live is having their 40th Anniversary Special tonight. For some people, it’s Python or SCTV or Richard Pryor. But for me (and most of my friends), SNL probably played more of a role in developing our sense of humour than any other single source. Some great treasures in the audition tapes including perhaps SNL’s […]
American Idol is one of my guilty pleasures. It’s fascinating how they put together the show – especially the audition rounds to add narratives to what is otherwise a series of very similar clips. For example, they’ll show a montage of one judge being mean to every contestant only to cut to them being blown […]
This is pretty funny stuff… The Emperor’s most trusted lieutenant and advisor, Darth Vader, was seen as an imposing and frightening figure to those who did not know him. This was because Vader, a veteran of the Clone Wars, had been injured in battle, and required a full-body suit to sustain him. The suit was […]
