mp3 gallery 1: gotta love the weekend

No promises, but I’m going to try to post an mp3 every so often that I think you’ll enjoy. The first selection is by The Weekend, a London, Ont., group with a knack for power pop perfection and featuring a sweet-voiced frontwoman. The track is called “Temporary Insanity,” and it drives along with straight-ahead guitars, […]

Aug

25

photographic evidence

10:41 am | 3 Comments

My trip to Vancouver earlier this month was nothing short of rad. Not only did I attend a great wedding of two close friends, I also got to attend the Under The Volcano festival of arts and activism in North Van, surprising several old friends by showing up. Otherwise I got in some quality visits, […]

Aug

19

CBC feed on hold

1:48 pm | 3 Comments

Shrewd readers will notice that I’ve disabled the CBC headlines feed, which normally resides in the left-hand column of this weblog. Due to the labour dispute currently underway at the Mother Corp., I feel some solidarity with locked-out CBC employees is in order and so I’m currently boycotting the broadcaster. (Incidentally, this is harder than […]

Aug

8

dinner, drinks and me

7:46 pm | 1 Comment

So plans have been made for this Friday night to share dinner and/or drinks with whoever wants to join me. The place is Subeez Cafe at 891 Homer Street, and the time is 7 pm till late. If you didn’t get the email, send me one with an RSVP if you plan to be there […]

Aug

4

off to the ‘couv

2:18 am | 1 Comment

On Friday I’m taking a bloody WELL deserved vacation for ten days and heading back west for Erin and Steve’s wedding. Any trepidation I’ve had over the past few weeks (mostly over who’s going to take care of Angus — thankfully my kind neighbour is taking care of that) has been replaced by excitement. Mountains! […]