Since it’s 7:58PM and I’m still at work, this is about as much original, interesting thought as I can muster: while listening to The Last Waltz by The Band, it occurred to me that if there was a god, he would sound like Muddy Waters.
Actually, on further reflection, god’s voice would probably sound like Mark Lanegan‘s. I think the almighty would be a whiskey & Marlboro kind of guy.
[tags]the band, last waltz, muddy waters, god’s voice, mark lanegan[/tags]
Oh god. No. Please, please no.
The popular 1990s TV series Beverly Hills 90210 — the numbers refer to the wealthy enclave’s zip code — may be getting a spinoff. The CW network is said to be developing a contemporary spinoff of Aaron Spelling’s teen soap, which starred Canada’s Jason Priestly and Shannen Doherty as Minnesota teens who move into L.A.’s richest community.
The rumour is that Rob Thomas — creator of the excellent (at first, anyway) series Veronica Mars — is supposed to direct. Culturally speaking, I’d say this is the rough equivalent of Weezer covering the debut album by Color Me Badd.
[tags]beverly hills 90210, rob thomas, veronica mars, weezer, color me badd[/tags]
Sorry internet, I’ve been too busy to blog lately. Work is devouring most of my time, so it’s probably a good thing I’ve dropped any pretense of putting effort into the MBA. Also, daylight saving time is wreaking havoc on my brain-clock, making it hard to keep up with my usual distractions. Thus, you shall get brief notes instead of piercing insights.*
* as if you ever get piercing insights here.
[tags]kara keith, montreal canadiens, fat cats, the frames, where is my mind, broken pinky toe[/tags]
The Wire is dead. Long live The Wire.
I agree with the critics who say it was the best show on television during its run. Each of the first four seasons was the best show I’ve seen related to whatever topic they were portraying that year: police, blue collar workers, politics, schools.
If you haven’t watched it, I beg you to go rent season 1; by the time you finish watching season 4 the final season should be available on DVD.
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So while my toe does appear to be broken — or at least really badly sprained, ’cause it’s the color of an angry plum right now — it’s more or less stopped hurting. I might actually try running on it tomorrow or Wednesday if I can get it into my new shoes without hurting.
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If you have ten minutes and thirty-five seconds to spare, I recommend downloading and listening to “Ghost Blues” by Ladyhawk.
[tags]the wire, broken toe, saucony running shoes, ladyhawk, ghost blues[/tags]
As is so often the case, I am acquiring media faster than I can consume it. I now have 22 films on the PVR:
I also have a bunch of music piled up in the inbox:
Gotta finish that MBA. Or at least stop caring…
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Oh yeah, and I think I’ve broken my baby toe. But hey, at least the snow’s stopped and the sun’s shining.
[tags]broken toe[/tags]
This helicopter’s been hovering around just to the east of my building for most of the morning. Not sure what’s going on. Nellie says that if we see guys with rifles start sliding down any ziplines, we’re locking the door.
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I forgot to post about the Flickr song chart pool last week when I saw it. I lost a good hour one night going through it. Enjoy!
(by the way, this one should make any Buffy fans out there extremely happy)
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I have to fly to Montreal tomorrow, and back Tuesday night. It’ll be my first time flying off the island airport with Porter Air, so I’m looking forward to it. Actually, what I’m looking forward to is to not have to go all the way out to Pearson.
If it’s as good an experience as I’ve heard, I can see us using them for flights to New York, Montreal and even Halifax.
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We have a new picture in the dictionary next to the word “ironic”: the logo of film production company Genius Products, who are responsible for The Hottie And The Nottie. Well done, gentlemen.
[tags]helicopter, toronto, flickr song chart pool, buffy, once more with feeling, porter air, irony, geniuss products, the hottie and the nottie[/tags]
BlogTO is single-handedly trying to kill me, listing the best places to buy chocolate in Toronto. Of course, I was already aware of them, especially JS Bonbons and Soma, but those pictures are making me hungry.
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Quick thoughts on the Oscars: for the first time in quite a while I have no problem with any of the winners (or rather, with who didn’t win). Also, it’s a good thing “Falling Slowly” won best original song, ’cause if it’d lost to one of those Disney songs from Enchanted I’d have flown to L.A. and burned the Kodak theatre to the motherfucking ground.
Watch the performance (and acceptance speeches) here at Cinematical.
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I just finished reading Incendiary (indigo) and need a new book. Fortunately I own about 60 that I haven’t read yet.
[tags]blogto, chocolate, soma, js bonbons, oscars, falling slowly, once, incendiary[/tags]
I like this recent development of traditional media linking out to local event sites for more in-depth coverage. It’s especially helpful in cases where user-generated content (like all the photos of this week’s fire on Queen Street) is better and/or more plentiful than the professionally-gathered stuff.
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I don’t know what it says about the internet (or, erm, me) that, just by reading her blog at NPR, I’ve developed a crush on Carrie Brownstein, a gay woman I’ve never met. I sense this could be difficult relationship.
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I can feel myself getting sick. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, since everyone around at work is sick, but c’mon…I was just sick. Super crazy mondo sick. Hell ass balls sick. I cannot be sick again, not with an assignment due Monday and work running somewhere north of murderous. I cannot. I shall not.
[coughs]
Goddammit.
[tags]blogto, toronto star, carrie brownstein, cold season[/tags]
It sucks seeing your weekend disappear before it even arrives. I’ve been working too late every night this week to get anything done on my marketing assignment, which is due Monday, and that means I’ll have to knock the whole thing off this weekend. I hope it’s not long. Or difficult. Or worth much.
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For the second game in the row the Canadiens came back from a big deficit, even taking the lead in the third period, but they gave up two quick goals and lost to the Penguins. What they are doing is not good for my heart, people.
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All these wacky hours is also hurting my music-listenin’. Right now this is what I have waiting in the music inbox:
[tags]canadiens, penguins, annuals, devotchka, duke spirit, ladyhawk, rebekah higgs, siberian, sigur ros, silver mt zion, sons and daughters[/tags]
Last night seven of us went to Indus Junction to celebrate Nellie’s birthday. It was very, very tasty…I think we tried five different appetizers and five mains. The vindaloo shrimp appetizer was excellent, as were the vegetable dumplings and the paneer & cauliflower dish. The vindaloo salmon was good too, and the soft garlic naan and dhal mahkni. A few of us had dessert; the rice pudding was apparently quite good but my double-fudge tart was just too much chocolate (!) for me.
All in all, good food, good spot, good service. We’ll be going back, I think.
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The Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators early last week, but that was when Heatley and Alfredsson were injured. Last night the Senators, with their top line intact, hung a 6-1 loss on the Habs. Glad I didn’t stay home to watch that one.
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It sounds more and more like Godspeed You! Black Emperor is over, finished, kaput. Granted, A Silver Mt. Zion is still active, but I’ll miss the bombast.
[tags]indus junction, montreal canadiens, ottawa senators, godspeed you! black emperor[/tags]
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