This picture makes me laugh. My brother Matt stepped into the year 2009 days before with ring in the big 10 with a smart-phone. He snapped this last night after Christmas dinner while we were all huddled around the TV watching “The Hangover” for the third time. My old man got us all Team Canada [...]
Archive for December, 2009
South Georgia—that snowy island looked like paradise
Posted in Dave Babych, life or something like it, neat-O gang, tagged Christmas, Olympics, South Georgia Island, Team Canada on December 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
it won’ be the same dear / if you’re not here with me
Posted in life or something like it, tagged 500 Days of Summer, Christmas, Tegan and Sara on December 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Doh! I didn’t save the audio from my most recent interview with the Quin twins, Tegan & Sara. But Two took pictures so I have photographic proof! *** Ok, I wanna run and get a couple last minute presents and need to be back for noon to get the bird ready for the oven, the [...]
But like the flame that burns the candle/ The candle feeds the flame
Posted in ...this is your father speaking, tagged Esquimalt, Madelyn, puddles, rain on December 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Capital Rock City #85 // Its a Capital Rock City Christmas!
Posted in Capital Rock City, tagged Christmas Music, Colin McTaggart, Podcast, Said The Whale, The Blue Violets, Vegan Holocaust, Vince Vaccaro on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Its a Capital Rock City Christmas! ho ho ho, merry Christmas, enjoy. Download: Capital Rock City #85 *** DJ Notes: 01) Said the Whale – “The Weight of the Season” 02) Said the Whale – “Wanting like Veruca” 03) Colin McTaggart – “O Holy Night/Silent Night” 04) Vince Vaccaro – “Little Drummer Boy” 05) theset [...]
2 + 1 = broke
Posted in life or something like it on December 22, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Just putting the finishing touches on some projects here at the Zone then I can start really getting into the festive spirit. I think I might come in tonight after Madelyn is off to dreamland and push through the night so I can enjoy my Wednesday broadcast without the Top 91 weighing on me. I [...]
My Top 10 Zone Shows of the 2000s
Posted in music, tagged Anti-Flag, Band of Horses, Beck, Billy Talent, Death From Above 1979, Hot Hot Heat, Metric, Moneen, Nine Inch Nails, Our Lady Peace, Queens of the Stone Age, Rifflandia, Rise Against, Sam Roberts, Sloan, sum 41, The Killers, Tragically Hip on December 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The Zone @ 91-3 signed on the radio June of 2001. And since that time, The Zone has sponsored a large number of Zone Shows. I didn’t come to the Zone till the spring of 2003, but I have done my best to reflect on some of the best concerts I can reckon from our [...]
The mad dash of Mads
Posted in life or something like it, tagged Madelyn, Shopping, Twitter, Zellers on December 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wow, when was that video taken? Summer of this year? Amazing how much more hair she has now. We were at Zellers doing some shopping and Mads loved tearing through the store. Just the other night we were in Zellers to buy some clothes for a family portrait and Mads bolted and started running through [...]
Ataque de Pánico!
Posted in neat-O gang, tagged Ataque de Pánico!, Jason Lamb, youtube on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cool, Jason Lamb was telling me this morning about this video a dude in Uruguay made. This film creator had a budget of around $500 and made an epic sci-fi 5 minute production. YouTube short lands budding director $30M movie deal Because of its high quality and Youtube-sensation-ess, a Hollywood Mucky Muck offered in a [...]
My Favourite Records of the 2000s
Posted in music on December 16, 2009 | 8 Comments »
My Top 10 Records of the Ought Nots Rozie said it best when she described the process of picking just 10 records as ballz. To help make the pick, I consulted my Last FM to see what recently still gets plays but also relied a bit on my memory for those records that were a [...]
