Category Archives: Video

Friday Fun Link – Six Straight Minutes of SNL Cast Members Breaking Character

 

The New Corporation – Documentary

It was pretty cool to go to the world premier of an anti-corporate documentary called “The Corporation” at the Calgary International Film Festival twenty years ago which featured a Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpQYsk-8dWg It’s less cool that this film has an “unfortunately necessarily” sequel released a couple years ago…

Music Monday – “What do you want to do?/I’m scared to even say the truth/This has been the hardest year/Is it even legal here?”

“The Problem” – Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell “Our Problem” – Amanda Shires with Friends

Music Monday – “The last goal he ever scored/Won the Leafs the Cup/They didn’t win another till 1962/The year he was discovered”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkYoGf0pN9o   “50 Mission Cap” – The Tragically Hip

Music Monday – “She got a six-six-six/I’ve got my crucifix/She’s got a spinning head/Like seeing grateful dead”

“Greedy Soul” – Liam Gallagher

Friday Fun Link – 2022 Sask Book Awards Shortlist Announcement

I wasn’t able to pop over for the live announcement like I usually do (and with current Covid stats in Sakatchewan, maybe that’s okay too?) But nice to have an archived livestream of this year’s SBA shortlist announcement… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilAhyjfkLao

Friday Sad Link – RIP Mike Bossy (1957-2022)

Sad to hear that my absolute favourite NHL player of all-time, Mike Bossy, passed away today after a lengthy battle with lung cancer (almost unbelievably, one of the greatest goal scorers of all-time was also a heavy smoker, especially early in his career.) How much did I admire Bossy?  To this day, I used “22” […]

When Johnny Gaudreau Became A Legend

The Legend of How Gilbert Gottfried Turned a 9/11 Joke Into “The Aristocrats”

More than an uniquely annoying voice, Gilbert Gottfried was a comedian’s comedian and a comedy legend. RIP. Around two weeks after the attacks, one of the first big comedy events held in New York City was the Friar’s Club Roast of Hugh Hefner. Throughout the night, as funny as it was, there was also an […]

Friday Fun Link – “I’m sorry, I don’t want to be an emperor.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8HdOHrc3OQ