This song always reminds me of one of my all-time Top Ten favourite movies “Stand By Me” – a young middle class type with an artistic bent writes about hanging with the town lowlife(es).
From the “How Dumb Am I?” files: A couple of my toes have been a greyish shade of blue since I got my cast on a couple weeks ago. I thought it was the blue colouring from the cast wearing off or something. Yeah, you're not supposed to get a cast wet so how could […]
This will possibly be the end of GPS companies such as Garmin and Tom Tom (their stocks have already plummeted since the announcement):Google also announced that soon, any search for a song or band will result in a stream of the song being returned from various partners which will be able to be played in […]
Is there any other link today than the archive of the live U2 concert that was broadcast on YouTube last night? I haven't seen any final figures yet but some media outlets were reporting that there was likely an audience of hundreds of thousands of viewers watching live around the world and that figure will […]
I promise I'll stop writing about my poor little hockey boo-boo but I saw this on Reddit and couldn't resist posting it – a video highlighting some of the gutsiest performances from the NHL in 2008-09. (Warning: some potentially disturbing imagery) Of course, the big difference between me breaking my leg then getting up and […]
How'd I know there'd be a song by the title “Broken Leg” on YouTube??? Catchy little tune too…
A fan-made video for a haunting Conor Oberst song (warning: there are a couple graphic images near the end)…
Another in the never-ending series – Jason's fond memories of his semester in England… Sometimes you just need a song that makes you get up and dance and this one fits the bill perfectly (especially when you're 22 and have a couple pints in you!)(Sorry – embedding disabled by request. I'd link to a live […]
Someone sent me this and even as someone who's very interested in the idea of generational differences, I honestly can't decide what I think of it. I'm sure it's a sincere idea aimed at building community and facilitating the exchange of information and experiences within the ranks of young librarians out there. But at the […]
Recently rediscovered the album, “Flaming Pie”, one of my favourite McCartney solo efforts. This song is a number of keepers on the album and the video's great too. Interesting Jason-specific trivia – the death of Linda McCartney in 1998 is probably still one of the saddest celebrity deaths I can recall. The fact that the […]
