Man, I have the major cranks today. I am crabby McCrabberson right now. I’ll need a few sips of Sea Cider to get back into the normally happy spirit I carry around. I think it has something to do with waking up at 6AM for bootcamp. Bootcamp was fun… its the waking up at 6AM [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Its hard to fight the heart sometimes
Posted in Dave Babych, life or something like it, tagged Edmonton Oilers, Tofino, Vancouver Canucks on September 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
the end of the road: Tofino
Posted in life or something like it, tagged Cold Water Classic, Surfing, Tofino on September 29, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Its criminal. I haven’t taken the Highway #4 to its terminus since the summer of 2003. I first moved to Victoria that summer and like any recent immigrant I was a combination of excited for my new community and broke. My brother CJ and sister Andrea borrowed Mom and Dad’s mini-van. Loaded it up with [...]
First Listen: Jimmy Eat World – “Invented”
Posted in music, tagged Invented, Jimmy Eat World on September 28, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Nostalgia. The yearning for the past… a popular theme with many of my favourite 90s and early Oughts rockers. We all get old, and we all start thinking about the olden days. The beer was colder and cheaper. The days longer. The breasts were all firmer. The good ole’days. I have noticed with so many [...]
ZAS >> Bowhunter
Posted in neat-O gang, radio, tagged Bow Hunting, Bowhunter Magazine, Esquimalt on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I went to Shoppers Drugmart in Esquimalt last night to buy some medicine for my little sick monkey (or Baby Sick Money as I call her). I thought, “hmm, maybe I want a magazine?” I perused the magazine racks past all the thousands of wedding magazines, Cosmo, Home Decor and I spy… Bow Hunter. Wow. [...]
Otis and Paul are not brothers
Posted in music, tagged The Temptations on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I think if I got to work at an oldies radio station, the format would be this picture. I do know I need a suit like this pronto. Go with yourself.
Happy Rifflandia-ing
Posted in music, tagged Acres of Lions, Ball Gag and Chain Gang, Big Muff, Club 9one9, DJ Siclife, Dojo Workhorse, JFK, MSTRKRFT, Rifflandia, Sunday Buckets, Touch, Victoria Record Club, We Are The City on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night was the first meeting of the newly inaugurated Victoria Record Club. If you love vinyl or think one day you might… or like hanging out with music nerds… join the group! Not sure how many of us packed down a used shopping bag of vinyl to Talk’s Cheap on Pandora Street… but I’d [...]
Record Club 01:: Conan O’Brien – “And They Call Me Mad”
Posted in music, tagged And They Call Me Mad, Conan O'Brien, Jack White, Pol Plastino, Third Man Records on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I love mail, but I hate bills. And most mail is bills. That is the worst. Every so often, my Uncle Visa will allow it, I like to order something online and then it gets mailed to me! At the end of summer it was announced that Conan O’Brien recorded a spoken word single with [...]
Interview: Guilty About Girls
Posted in music, radio, tagged Candy Candy, Denial, Guilty About Girls, Jordy Birch, Pure on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Remember that band Pure? We used to play (used to? still do!) on the Zone. Like that song “Denial.” Yeah good song. The principle artist from that Vancouver heritage modern rocker is Jordy Birch and his new project, Guilty About Girls, is one of my favourites on the Zone right now. Jordy took a few [...]
Interview: Neon Trees
Posted in music, radio, tagged 30 Seconds to Mars, INXS, Justin Bieber, Neon Trees, Tyler Glenn on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Neon Trees are a massive popular rock band. The radio feature cut we’re jamming on the Zone is called “Animal” and it currently sits at #2 on the Billboard Alternative Rock Charts, #8 on The Zone’s Modern Rock Countdown and #23 on Billboard’s Hot 100. Not bad for a little band outta Provo, Utah. Tyler [...]
First Listen: Linkin Park – “A Thousand Suns”
Posted in music, tagged A Thousand Sons, Linkin Park on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If I went into yesterday’s listen of the new Brandon Flowers CD with hopeful expectations… today’s endeavor with Linkin Park was met with trepidation. Actually, trepidation might be the wrong word, but I like it… Linkin Park’s A Thousand Suns is LP’s forth studio record and likely destined for a billion-trillion copies sold and numerous [...]
