My friends' band is on the CBC Radio 3 Podcast this week so you should check it out. They're called Beija Flor and are called "The most exciting band to come out of Calgary Alberta since Chad Van Gaalen". I think he meant Jann Arden. So insensitive. Anyway, download it for free, buy their album, and enjoy the sunny weather.

Propagandhi last night was amazing. I realized I've been listening to them for 14 years. I have listened to no other album more than Less Talk, More Rock. It was dripping with heavy, heavy irony as all the frat-punks put their fists in the air at precisely the wrong times and told them to shut up and sing when they were talking about the mildest of ( Read more... )

Someone asked me where my list was for this year, so here it is:

Let's face it, objectively, 06 kind of sucked for music. TV was the new movies two years ago, but apparently it's also the new music. Even Pitchfork agrees. All the best music either was copped from other stuff or sounded like it was from a different era/century. But as all the ( Read more... )

Children of Men is seriously (seriously!) one of the best movies I've seen in years. It's way better than you think.

I'm having a housewarming/seasonal celebration. There will be good times and great oldies. Please come for 5 minutes or 5 hours. BYOB and BYOSO /F(Significant Others/Friends). I'm moving in with Jeremy Barretto. At least come to hang out with him! Here are the deets:

housewarming + birthday + solstice + hanukkah + christmas + you
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FTR: only doing this cause megan did. hopefully you all have seen D*ck in a Box by now.

1) Where did you ring in 2006?
went to the hockey game and then to steve and reggie's. woke up in a 2 year old's bed.

2.) What was your status by Valentine's Day?
long distance styles

3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
finished a master's degree in french ( Read more... )

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Guess who I just sold wine to? Hint:
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Since Fantasy Sports is the new Online Poker, and Lost is the new Televised Poker, I thought we should do Fantasy Lost. Who will die first? What's Fenry's real name? Who will get together first? Who will meet Jack's dad in a flashback first? Is this season going to suck?

I would estimate that 98% of people I know can't wait til Wednesday. So here is some fun stuff to tide you over:

and Chuck Klosterman's new article LOST vs SURVIVOR. "Lost may be the the best drama in television history, but it's nowhere near as important as that other desert-island classic"