“Sound Characters stands as one of the most devastating aural artefacts of this or any decade.”
I found myself trolling the internet late last night as I usually do. Last night I had a bit of purpose as I am working on some playlists for a restaurant and wanted to dive into the world of dubstep [...]
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to the extent that the sound actually seemed to be pouring out of your ears
Posted in neat-O gang, tagged Maryanne Amacher, Pitchfork on November 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
head down, thumbs UP!
Posted in Dave Babych, neat-O gang, politics, tagged Chicago Blackhawks, Food Bank, gym, Jonathan Toews, MixCloud, Odyssey Fitness, Olympics, Regina, Vancouver, Vancouver Canucks, Victoria, Willie Mitchell on October 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Huzzah!
first this.
That is an end of the year high-light reel hit by the Pride of Port McNeil. Just an amazing freight train right through the Blackhawk captain Jonathan Toews. The only sad points about the hit…
I like Toews, he’s a great hockey player, why couldn’t it have been Kane?
AND the devastating [...]
Interviews: Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Yannick Rickli of The Victoria Rebels
Posted in music, neat-O gang, radio, tagged Corey Taylor, Football, Slipknot, Victoria Rebels on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday I was surprised to find that I had Slipknot front man Corey Taylor on the show.
Slipknot is arguably one of the biggest metal bands criss-crossing North America right now. Their four albums, beginning with 1999’s Slipknot are all platinum sellers in Canada.
When I was growing up, Slipknot became hugely popular during the days [...]
Interview: Glee’s Cory Monteith
Posted in neat-O gang, radio, tagged actor, Cory Monteith, Glee, Interview, Ted Gowans, Tegan and Sara, TV, Victoria on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was a magical few minutes I shared with Victoria’s Cory Monteith. Cory plays the character Finn on the musical situation comedy Glee.
My day begun today trying to track down Cory (see, I supposed to interview him on Monday but uh oh… I forgot). We were exchanging Facebook messages at around 10 something this morning [...]
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
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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 to Blue Buck.
It [...]
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 [...]
holiday Monday
Posted in neat-O gang, radio, tagged Cage the Elephant, Football, Hadouken!, Hep C, Interpol, Japandroids, Lady Gaga, Lake Cowichan, Okanagan Sun, Phoenix, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Zone Afternoon Show, Thetis Lake, Victoria Rebels, Yeah yeah Yeah's, Zero on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I enjoyed an amazing BC Day weekend. Saturday, my fiancee Coral and I took Madelyn to Beacon Hill Park to feed the ducks then off to Bear Mountain Stadium to watch the Victoria Rebels defeat the Okanagan Sun 34-21 in their football season opener. Sunday we trucked off to Lake Cowichan for a day of [...]
Thursdays
Posted in neat-O gang, tagged Clubhouse, Thursday, DJ, Mixtape on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
its you and me moving at the speed of light
Posted in neat-O gang, tagged Chris Brown, FMQB, Forever, iTunes, JK Wedding Entrance Dance, Nielsen's BlogPulse, Wedding Entrance, youtube on July 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Isn’t this neat. Last week or maybe a couple weeks ago, Coral emailed me a clip on Youtube to check out.
JK Wedding Entrance dance
The video had just begun its odyssey to the top of the internet pops and had a very modest 100,000 something views. now it is 11 million!
But more interesting, Chris “I Hit [...]
