Taking a day or two to travel around British Columbia. Blog returns middle of next week. if you care, some sporadic updates may or may not be posted to my twitter. Thank you for reading.
Archive for August, 2009
taking a turn
Posted in life or something like it on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Tale of Boitano and the Blue Buck
Posted in neat-O gang, tagged Blue Buck, Boitano, Canada, Costa De Oro, History, Oranges, Phillips Brewing Company, Sara P, Twitter on August 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
*Phillips Brewing Company’s “Blue Buck.” picture courtesy of Ali The Zone Ranger *** BOITANO! What did you do? This is why breweries in Victoria can’t have nice things. Many moons ago, Phillips Brewery, the Pride of Esquimalt, was kindly persuaded by a Vancouver Brewer to change the name of the very popular Blue Truck beer [...]
swirls and foam
Posted in food, life or something like it, tagged BCIT, Event Planning, Mobile Disco, Root Beer, Royal Roads, Wedding DJ on August 26, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I stayed up way too late last night listening to music, and this morning woke up way too early. They are finally building sidewalks in my neightbourhood (huzzah) but for a few weeks at the end of the summer, some early wake ups for me. Getting up early was good, I had an interview with [...]
Interview: Daniel Wesley
Posted in music, tagged Daniel Wesley, Dave Genn, pot, Regis and Kelly, Tamara Taggart on August 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Daniel Wesley came by my radio show today to talk and perform. Man did we have some times. We talked about his new self titled record coming out in October, having the chance to take some time to record in a professional studio with a producer. That producer being Mr. Dave Genn. Dave smokes a [...]
Capital Rock City #70 // Saul, Hollydene, Sunday Buckets, Day in the Life
Posted in Capital Rock City, tagged Day In The Life, Friday I'm in Love, Hollydene, iTunes, Podcast, Saul, Sunday Buckets, The Cure on August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
That’s right sports rock fans, its time to put the hooks in a brand new Capital Rock City. The march to 1,000 weekly downloads continues and it can happen if you do your part by: a) sharing a link or this blog with a friend(s) on your social network b) subscribing to Capital Rock City [...]
Capital Rock City #69 // Saul, Paper Cranes, Lizzie and Simon, Cage The Elephant
Posted in Capital Rock City, tagged Cage the Elephant, Cavaliers, CBC, Chevelle, English Civil War, Hinder, iTunes, Lizzie and Simon, Podcast, Saul, The Paper Cranes, The Tudors, Victoria on August 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The march to 1,000 weekly downloads of Capital Rock City continues with… uh, you downloading my podcast? But it really kicks into gear when you unleash the social media revolution and share my work with your friends and ex-boyfriends. Be groovy, download: Capital Rock City #69 TODAY! *** DJ Notes: 01) Saul – “Wasteland Anthem” [...]
Interviews: Silversun Pickups and Cage the Elephant
Posted in music, radio, tagged Cage the Elephant, Interview, Live Music, Manchester Orchestra, radio, Silversun Pickups, The Zone @ 91-3, Victoria on August 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
thanks Two for the awesome pictures. *all pictures are from Two in this post. Monday night had a trifecta (I don’t know if that is a word or not), Monday night had three great modern rock bands invade our Island for a show at The Royal Theatre. Before the concert all three bands came by [...]
Interview: Eli Roth
Posted in neat-O gang, tagged Brad Pitt, Cabin Fever, Eli Roth, Hostel, Inglourious Bastards, Interview, movie, Silversun Pickups on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Me and actor/director/producer/writer Eli Roth are besties! True story, I interviewed him today about his new film ‘Inglourious Bastards,’ Brad Pitt, horror movies, how he single-handily propelled Lionsgate Studio to insane profitability,I pitched a movie idea AND recommended he check out the Silversun Pickups tonight Vancouver… all in five minutes. Good times. You should have [...]
Silversun Pickups on a Boat / Coral and Jeremy go to Kings of Leon
Posted in music, tagged BBQ, BC Ferries, Dix, Port Moody, Red Truck Beer, Silversun Pickups, Twitter, Vancouver, Victoria on August 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is pretty cool, The Silversun Pickups are on their way to Victoria for a Zone Show tonight and included a picture on their twitter of the Ferry ride. Yesterday, when I was on the ferry, back from our Kings of Leon concert adventure, we saw whales! no rock stars, but man, there were so [...]
Eating a Burger for the Burger Blog (my life is hard)
Posted in food, tagged Burgers, Cabin 12, Donald Kennedy, good eats, reviews, The Vic Burger Blog on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Look ma! I’m featured on the Burger Blog! Thank you Donald, that was fun… and I wanna do it again.
