Posted in Film on August 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, its time for my quarterly “Movies that look good to me.” This edition: Movies that are coming out this fall.
September 14
Across the Universe
A musical that uses the Beatles as its main source of inspiration. This one could go either way.
September 21
Into the Wild
This movie looks really amazing. Directed by Sean [...]
Posted in Music on August 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Using this reference guide, take one point each if you can spot (in the choir):
- Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene
- Carl “AC” Newman from The New Pornographers
- Aaron Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, and Scott Devendorf of the National
- Nicole Atkins of … Nicole Atkins
- Grizzly Bear
- The Mates [...]
Posted in Hate on August 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I am up, almost 2am, and insomnia has taken hold again.
I am going to live blog eTalk daily in hopes that it will help me sleep.
- Owen Wilson may have attempted to commit suicide, to which they begin by showing footage of a paparazzi asking David Spade if he had heard the news… WTF? What [...]
Posted in Naveling on August 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I remember being absolutely terrified of this video, and this strange music when I first saw it in the mid ’80s. I was in the fourth grade, and obsessed with MuchMusic. I would come home from school and watch videos for hours. When this one came on, I would be thrilled, [...]
Posted in Hate on August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Internet Culture on August 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Q: Recent polls have shown a fifth of americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?
Here is my best transcription effort, annotated: God help us all.
“I personally believe… that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because …ah… some… people out there in our [...]
Posted in Music on August 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Not sure how this song that I first heard way back in the early 2003 has remained so listenable. Perhaps it is because so much of it rings true? Either way, it is true classic, to be sure. There are lots of obscuro references, so I decided to annotate the lyrics. Most of [...]
Posted in Naveling on August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jessica won HOH. Please remove Dick or I am going to go off like the trumpet player in a ska band
Soy Captain are changing their name to “The Coulees” – FR? Dear Soy captain: Stop blowing it.
The Verve are getting back together.
The FutureShop commercial with the rude robot is the best shit ever… dorkstick.
Posted in Hate on August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. Spinny rides at Whoop-Up days (aka: the only rides that come anymore).
2. Mario 64.
3. The “Bourne” movies (shaky cam! NOOO!!!!)
4. Your face.
Posted in Naveling on August 23, 2007 | 4 Comments »
My friends are all part of a bowling league, of which I absolutely refuse to participate in. The reason: I fucking hate bowling.
You see, spending such a long time working with the disabled, you do a lot of bowling. It is a weekly, highly ritualized event (you see, the disabled love bowling almost as much [...]
Posted in Academic on August 22, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Do you ever get that distinct, specific glimpse of your own personal growth?
Tonight, I put on The Shins Wincing the Night Away , and it immediately made me recall late 2006. In that recollection (a very specific image of me crossing the bridge over Crowchild Trail in the biting cold, blasting the album in my [...]
Posted in Music on August 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Blatantly ripped off this idea so that I could turn it into a meme. You should try it too!
Can’t help playing blue eyes, since these are the eyes that I was born with; slightly aggrivated Al Ferrier.
I do blame you; got into a big row with Cat Power.
This music is way too funky not to [...]
Posted in Naveling on August 22, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Backstreet’s back… ALL RIGHT!
Allow myself to introduce… myself. My name is Paul. I’ve been doing this Blog since September of 2006. It started off as a way to stave off the biting loneliness of living out of my office at the University of Calgary, where I am doing my Phd in Sociology. At first I [...]
