Songs for the Moment - The Start of Mixed Tape..

A quick 6 Song hit that express the way i feel..


Iron And Wine/Postal Service - Such Great Heights

I am thinking it's a sign
that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images
and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned

and I have to speculate that God himself
did make us into corresponding shapes
like puzzle pieces from the clay

and true, it may seem like a stretch,
but its thoughts like this that catch my troubled
head
when you're away when I am missing you to death

when you are out there on the road
for several weeks of shows
and when you scan the radio,
I hope this song will guide you home

they will see us waving from such great heights,
'come down now,'
they'll say
but everything looks perfect from far away,
'come down now,'
but we'll stay...

I tried my best to leave this all on your machine
but the persistent beat it sounded
thin upon listening
and that frankly will not fly.
you will hear the shrillest highs and lowest lows with
the windows down
when this is guiding you home

they will see us waving from such great
heights, 'come down now,'
they'll say
but everything looks perfect from far away,
'come down now,'
but we'll stay..."


R. St. Clare - Into your arms (Lemonheads)

I know a place where I can go, when I’m alone
Into your arms, into your arms I can go
I know a place that’s safe and warm, from the crowds
Into your arms, into your arms I can go

And if I should fall
I know I won’t be alone
Be alone anymore

I know a place where I can go, when I’m alone
Into your arms, into your arms I can go
I know a place that’s safe and warm, from the crowds
Into your arms, into your arms I can go

The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound

Changing Your Strut When You Know I'm Behind You
Changing Your Ways Cause You Don't Know What To Do
I Only Wanna Tell You
How I Feel Inside
If Only You Could Listen
Try To Change Your Mind

So I Walk Right Up To You
And You Walk All Over Me
And I Ask You What You Want
And You Tell Me What You Need
Can't You Feel It All Come Down
Can't You Hear It All Around
At The Place Where Lost Is Found
That Great Love Sound

Talking To You Makes Me Wanna Shake And Shout
Touching You Makes Me Wanna Come Right Out
You Could Never Want Me
The Same Way I Want You
I'm Love Tornado Struck
I Don't Know What To Do

Gordon Lightfoot - If I Could

If I could sing like the poets and kings of this world
If I could rise like the wind or the tides of the sea
I would sing you to sleep my love with sweet melody
And let you dream away till the morning light returned again
To take you away from me

If I could speak with the tongues of the masters of old
If I could tame all the fleeting perceptions I hold
Would I stand in the marketplace before
To be shouted down without any warning at all, to be stood by the wall
And shot by the man in blue

If I could run with the grace of a sun-colored stallion
If I could fly like the great silver jets in the morning
If I caused the wind to change with one wave of my hand
And if I could play the final symphony and set it free
Would it mean anything to you

If I could stand like a rusty old man in his armor
If I could ride the steed that he rode in his time
I would turn his head away to the river
And let him wander through the meadow grass, wild and free
For everyone to see

If I could sing like the poets and kings of this world
If I could rise like the wind or the tides of the sea
I would sing you to sleep my love with sweet melody
And let you dream away till the morning light returned again
To take you away from me

The Doors - Light My Fire

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn’t get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

Time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

Aouh, come on!
Come on, babe!

Yeah! come on!
Come on!

Woaouh! yeah!

It was the greatest night of my life.
Although I still had not found a wife
I had my friends
Right there beside me.
We were close together.
We tripped the wall, we scaled the graveyard
Ancient shapes were all around us.
The wet dew felt fresh beside the fog.
Two made love in an ancient spot
One chased a rabbit into the dark
A girl got drunk and balled the dead
And I gave empty sermons to my head.
Cemetary, cool and quiet
Hate to leave your sacred lay
Dread the milky coming of the day.

Ah, ah, ah, ah!
Ah, ah, ah, ah!
Ah, ah, ah, ah!
Ah, ah, ah, ah!
Ah, ah, ah, ah!
Ah, ah, ah, ah!
Ah, ah, ah, ah!
Aah, aah, aah, aah, aah
Aah, aah, aah, aaah!

Time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

Know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn’t get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire!

All right, all right!
All right!"


Neil Diamond - I'm a believer!

I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else but not for me.
Love was out to get me
That's the way it seemed.
Disappointment haunted all my dreams.

Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
I'm in love, I'm a believer!
I couldn't leave her if I tried.

I thought love was more or less a given thing,
Seems the more I gave the less I got.
What's the use in tryin'?
All you get is pain.
When I needed sunshine I got rain.

Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
I'm in love, I'm a believer!
I couldn't leave her if I tried.

Sad's House Sells - Vancouver bound 22 Sept 05

Dancing with Bruce

As previously mentioned, I heard Tegan and Sarah covering this song tonight on CBCRADIO3 tonight. I have been working on writing a nasty little email for SG for good morning thoughts, and I was hoping that the lyrics contains some goodness. Unfortunately, upon actually reading them, Dancing in the dark seem to be about trying to picking up a girl, who just won't pay any attention to you.

Dancing In The Dark: brucespringsteen.net: Bruce Springsteen

TEGAN AND SARA: IN SESSION WITH CBCRADIO 3


This performance was on tonight's rebroadcast of CBCRADIO3 (on CBCRADIO 2). The session is worth listening to for the following reasons.

A) Tegan and Sarah rule the school
B) The live version are actually better then the recorded versions.
C) They do a cover of Bruce Springsteen 'Dancing in The Dark'. Yes, 'Dancing in the Dark'. Clap your hands and say Yeah. Dancing in the dark is my all time favorite Springsteen track, and one of my childhood favorites.
D)Tegan has a great rant about the music industry, which ends when Sarah asks if Tegan's batteries ever run out.
E)Did I mention "Dancing in the Dark"?.

Update: It looks like the session has been edited, and the 'Dancing in the Dark' has been removed. Also, Tegan's great rant about the sexist music industry is gone.

Unfortunately, it's in realmedia. So realmedia (Or Real Alternative) is required.

"Just Concerts: TEGAN AND SARA"

TheStar.com - The Anti-Hit List for June 25:

"MALCOLM MIDDLETON, 'A HAPPY MEDIUM'

Sprung from the sombre confines of Arab Strap, this multi-instrumentalist sounds like he's channeled years of pent-up energy into this breakneck acoustic number. The results are reminiscent of the Nails' FM cult hit '88 Lines for 44 Women' crossed with the Primitive Radio Gods' 'Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand.' And if your musical tastes encompass both of those disparate referents, this one's for you. (From Into the Woods, http://www.malcolmmiddleton.co.uk/audiovideo.htm)"


I'm a big fan of the Anti-Hit list. I've been reading it for years. I followed it from the Sun to Eye and now to the Star. I'm delighted to hear that John Sakamoto/The Star has decided to create a podcast. However, the show is limited to 10 mins, and features on full song, and quite clips from the rest that make the list up. Back on June 25, he posted the above review for a pretty good track by Malcom Middleton. While it's very rooted in pop, I enjoy this track a lot better then his Arab Strap work.

Leslie Fiest Interview on Tofu Hut.

Indie darling no-longer, Feist still has it going on.. Check the interview, live tracks and a few of her current picks for rock'n'roll.

I'm still not sure what to think of her live show, although, I'd defiantly recommend it. It's just a little odd to see her up there with her multitrack sampler, singing her own backing vocals.

I guess she has left the Arts & Craft stable, and signed with Interscope. Maybe It's only for the States. Although, this isn't really suprising, as she was already singed to Universal Records France.

THE TOFU HUT: "glisten: the Leslie Feist speakeasy"

'In other news tonight, Voltron got served...

"Voltron Gets Served from robot chicken."

(From: Music for Robots)

London Photo Bloggers

From behind
Originally uploaded by Nicholas Shanks.

Pictures say it all..
Flickr: The London Bomb Blasts Pool

"Stay Away, or I'll be kicking your hairless, pink Muhooke"
Open Season

RENT - The Movie

Rent is one of the few musicals that I ever had the patience for. It's also one of the few musicals I've taken the time to see. I was attracted to it's story of grit and grime, and the it's billing as "Rock Opera".

I did not realize until surfing the apple trailer site, that there was a motion picture adaptation. After reviewing the site and trailer, I feel that the movie will be missing an important piece - The 'ROCK'. In making this film, hiring some of the original cast was a nice touch. However, the trailer gave me a vibe of too much of 'American Idol' and not enough of the 'Never mind the Bullocks". It also had that feel of the 'sophisticated urban' in the vein of 'How Stella got her groove back'. Perhaps it was the casting of Taye Diggs. Before the movie is released, I hope they take time to review the movie and story. Perhaps then, they will take to the editing room, and add some of grit.


Sony Pictures - Rent

A taste of Pitchfork Radio

It appears the station is still in beta. The selection is a little less pretentious then I expected. The sound quality isn't nearly as good as the WOXY AAC stream, but it still presents an intresting listen. I'll still support WOXY and KEXP.

Pitchfork Radio
02:27:49 Ted Leo/Pharmacists - Biomusicology Current Song
02:25:02 Futureheads - Carnival Kids
02:21:55 Elvis Costello - 14 Veronica
02:18:23 The Fiery Furnaces - Here Comes The Summer
02:14:30 David Bowie - Life On Mars?
02:09:52 Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
02:07:11 13 Vic Godard and the Subway - Parallel Lines
02:02:00 Various Artists - 04 Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
01:58:01 Notorious B.I.G - Things Done Changed
01:54:22 The Cure - Primary

Canada Day Quiz - A little late, but still fun.
I got 14.. I should of had 16, but I couldn't remeber when the looney was brought in, and I clicked wrong on "the great depression"

Thanks to Alex for sending me link. He got 10 :)

CBC News Indepth: Canada Day: "Canada Day quiz"

July 1st Fireworks Abbotsford

July 1st Firework Abbotsford 029
Originally uploaded by prosonik.

I wasn't sure how this would turn out. My digital camera isn't great at taking night shots. I was actually impressed with the Abbotsford Canada day fireworks. It doesn't compare with the displays that Burlington used to put on. However, the display was a good half hour of decent fireworks..

Old School Meets New School

I like the illustration. It makes me giggle. I never owned an old school ghetto blaster, but I did own a late 80's dual cassette badass. It had a big old shoulder strap on it instead of a handle. I'm a geek. I know these things.

Prep the Champagne

SG has a conditional offer on her house. The deal goes down 8 July. Keep you fingers crossed. It looks like she's finally BC Bound. I'm ecstatic. However, I guess the future is now. I will finally have to grow up and shut up. I suppose it's time to drop the college kid antics and prep myself for the dirty thirties.. Diapers, minivans, wedding rings and the most important thing: -HAPPINESS.

Hey, Look I can still code Perl!

I'm feeling preety damn smart these days. Who cares if i bashed together 3 exsiting examples? At least I did it!
woxy.com > Boards - Woxy RSS Feed Creator (Perl): "Woxy RSS Feed Creator (Perl)"

Canada Same Sex Bill Passes - Yeah! Canada..

What a fuckin' concept. The freedom to be married to the person you love. Who would of thought? I still can't believe in 2005, this is even an issue. Hopefully the same sex debate can now be put to bed. And as a country we can sleep soundly tonight. We know our elected leaders support the Canadian ideal of personal rights and freedoms.

PS, America, it's time to follow our lead. Show the world that America still means freedom.
A quote for you "The land of the free?, Whoever told you that is your enemy"

"Kandahar is the Wild West compared to Kabul.' "
edmontonsun.com - Canada - Canuck soldiers head to Kandahar

Guide to Blogging

1)If Somebody can say it better then, rip them off and then link to their site.

I'm not sure what to say about this link other then, Uhh? I know SG is out there thinking "Pros' a huge dick, and he needs to stop posting about Jessica Simpson on his blog, he obviously has some sort of Jessica fantasy". Well. No, I don't think think so.

I'm not sure what to think of this video other then; "Fit For the Strip Club." I know one thing, I'd be having a talk with my fictional teenage daughter concerning Jessica's overtly sexualized imagery.

PopText: Jessica Simpson ft. Willie Nelson - These Boots Are Made For Walking (video stream): "A video so exploitative, Jess has obviously been working long and hard at Cheap Stripper Academy to learn that thrust and swing action (“Daddy, daddy! Look at what I learned today' disturbing mental imagery alert!). The pink bikini scenes alone need to be worshipped as the pinnacle of incongruous, pointless masturbation-fantasy sequencing!"

Stacey, I don't know where your black lipstick is. I swear I didn't borrow it.

Lots of cool Mp3's. Unfortunally, I'm the kid with the baseball cap, feeling a little out of place, taking a pee beside two dudes sharing black lipstick.

Kick & Go: Bela Lugosi's Dead....: "you may see some guys sharing a tube of black lipstick at the urinal".

Go figure, He's from Western!..

Damn the Western engineering types. I know it was you bastards that were hitting on my girlfriends in the late 90s.. But I never realized you guys were actually SMART!? Being a college kid, I was allays jealous of university brats, the living away from home, the party-party attitude. However, us college kids, our retort was always "we have the hands on skills to get the job done". I guess all that Beer Drinking and pot smoking actually did pay off. I'm embarrassed that I didn't think of this. However, I would like to geek it up. Perhaps a web-based control module? Control Via Mythtv?

Anyways, props to this dude. He gets my geek of the week award. In addition, he gets an extra star beside his name for the quote:
"I realize small air conditioners are quite cheap. But then you don't get to build anything!"

Amen to that, My geek brother.

Homebrew Air Conditioning

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WTF??


Bugs Bunny gets an extreme makeover - Children's TV - MSNBC.com

Algonquin Sunset

Algonquin Sunset
Originally uploaded by prosonik.

Rock'n'Roll Saturday with the National

I've heard the song "Abel" a of times on KEXP and WOXY. I hear a strong hint of Frank Black. However listening to the rest of the KEXP Live performance, it seems like there is much more Ian Curtis then Frank Black.

I'm going to lump the National into the same Joy Division loving genre as Interpol. To my ears, that's not such a bad thing.

KEXP Live performance With the National

Stompin' Tom Live 8 Petition Petition

I (heart) Spirit of the West

Can you tell tonight, that I'm suppose to be packing and cleaning my place instead of geeking out? Can you tell that I'm avoiding do the dishes?? Oh, procrastination..

Some music and songs just stick with me throughout my life. Poltical is one of the songs that hits me in the right spot. Perhaps it's because of the songs universallyrics, or it's snappy Celtic pop melody's.. Whatever it is, whenever it comes up on my playlist, I crank it and dance around like a stupid college kid.


POLITICAL Lyrics - SPIRIT OF THE WEST: "I was tired of being put right down by myself for not being what you thought you had found pulled hard in two directions by a desire to learn and my old affections when I tried to share my world with you you could not seem to tolerate the people i had grown to love they shrank under your scrutiny, became the ones you'd hate why did everything, every little thing every little thing with you and me have to be so political? I was feeling a little underwhelming about hanging around with you and feeling over cautious every word, every little look, every little sign every little phrase put me deeper in your doghouse you'd let me out to run across your world I ran into a wall you told me I built you then you'd reel me in, ream me out, pick me up push me out again -and then repeat it - chorus - too busy tripping on my tongue to try and stand my ground I can still see myself crying in your lap asking you are you happy with the man you have found? I'm grateful for what you did for me I can see things now I never would have seen today I thought about what could have been but could never be for you and me because everything, every little thing every little thing with you and me had to be so political"

HEY PHISHERS, PHUCK OFF!!!

Over the last couple weeks, the amount of Phishing emails that I have recieved has been astoushing. It seems that the adapative filter on my Thunderbird isn't catching them all. I've been tempted to do a little 'research' and find the source of the emails, but I know it's a losing battle.. So Instead, i'll post some of them here. I hope by posting them, other email users will take the time be to google up strange looking emais, and find blogs like mine and that rally to expose the scams..

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WARNING, THE EMAIL BELOW IS A PHISHING SCAM, IGNORE AND DELETE IT IF YOU RECEIVE IT
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Dear LaSalle Bank customer,

We recently noticed one or more attempts to login intro your LaSalle Bank online banking account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to believe that your account was hijacked by a third party without your notification.

If you recently logged intro your account while traveling to a foreign country, the unusual login attempts may have been made by you.

However if you are the rightful owner of the account, click on the link below and submit as we are trying to verify your account information. (In case you are not enrolled use your Social Security number as you User ID and the first six digits of your Social Security number as a password).

http://lasalle.sp2xp.net:680

The login attempt was made from :

IP: 144.115.214.40
ISP Host: host24-0-5.comcast.net

IF YOU CHOOSE TO IGNORE OUR REQUEST, WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND YOUR ONLINE BANKING ACCOUNT.

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WARNING, THE EMAIL ABOVE IS A PHISHING SCAM. IGNORE AND DELETE IT IF YOU RECEIVE IT
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I (heart) the 90's
Read the article for yourself. After a quick scan of the tracklisting.. I see Jump by Kris Kross and Walk by Pantera on the same disc. Above the 90's trends of grunge, 'euro, boybands, gansta rap and NU Metal and numerous others, retrospectively I think you can look at the fragmenting of pop music as the biggest trend of the 90s. The kid who was listening to Kriss Kross probably swiped his brothers Pantera tape and his dads Johnny Cash, started up a rock band and is now making music being played on ipods everywhere.

Pitchfork: Daily Music News: "Rhino to Release 7xCD 90s Box Set"

My first John Deere

My Gardens 010
Originally uploaded by prosonik.

Yes, it's used.
Yes, I've never used it.
Yes, I don't cut my own grass
Yes, I have no idea how to cut grass.
But it's mine, and it's a John Deere.
I wonder if I'll be more widely accepted in Abbotsford now?

The Canadian Legal System Can Work
Well, some days I worry about the legal system giving in to political pressure, however, I think in this case, if it did, it did for a good reason.

I don't want to hype or critique the case anymore then necessary, but as a society, do we really want to let any former killer of Homolkas nature, have a relationship with another criminal? Especially one that killed his girlfriend? The only logical reason I can think that a pair of murders should have any sort of relationship or friendship together, is perhaps a support group for when they are re-introduced to society to support the challenges that they face.

That being said, as with most right-wing Canadians, and growing up in Burlington, I'd personally like to see Holmoka spend the rest of her life in a jail cell, a very small jail cell, one that doesn't see the light of day. So perhaps she'll violate her release conditions and end up back there.

CBC News: Judge says Homolka still poses threat, imposes strict conditions on her freedom
CBC News Indepth: Bernardo: "Homolka court appearance - Online diary"

CBC RADIO 3 LAUNCHES PODCAST

Well, they are a little late to jump on the bandwagon (Podcasting is no longer a bandwagon, it's more like a bus fleet), However I have been waiting for this for awhile. Unfortunally it's not the entire CBC radio 3 broadcast, however, it is a step in the right direction.

Sometime soon, I'll post on how you can use streamripper, and the cron daemon or task scheduler (For Windows) to create your own podcasts of cbcradio3 (Or something like it).

In addition, I'll post my experiences on getting Mythstream up and running for use with Podcasts.

CBC Radio 3 About our Podcasting
MythStream - an opensource application

A picture says a 1000 Words..

But I think i'm going to skip the visual. I was dog sitting joe tonight. He decided to puke up on my front entrance. The good thing it was on tile. The bad thing, it made me puke up when i was cleaning his puke up.

I can gut a fish, I can stand the sight of blood. However, when it comes to the smell of any type of puke, I just can't keep myself togther..

A taste of WOXY Vintage




I really want to see WOXY succeed. I'm just too much of a music junkie not to love it. So, here is another attempt at WOXY Vintage propaganda. However, when it comes the music woxy plays, I guess it's best to do let the music do the talking.. So at 31 May 05 100 EST WOXY Vintage was playing:

1:37am The Sugarcubes - Eat The Menu
1:34am Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities In Dust
1:29am Swervedriver - Rave Down
1:22am Love And Rockets - Ball Of Confusion (12' mix)
1:17am Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt
1:13am Vitamin Z - Burning Flame
1:10am Husker Du - Don't Want To Know If You...
1:08am The Wonder Stuff - A Wish Away
1:03am Cock Robin - When Your Heart Is Weak
12:57am The Afghan Whigs - Mr. Superlove

A case for flag waving?

The Globe and Mail: Canadian named Miss Universe

I guess this is just as much of a reason to flag wave as hockey. However, I don't think Stacey will agree..

WOXY EXPANDS!

I find my online listening time these days divided 2.1 Ways.. 1.KEXP 2.WOXY and .1 CBC RADIO3.. It looks like that will expand into 3.1 with the addition of WOXY's Vintage channel.
The have kicked off the stream by playing the annual Modern Rock 500. This is great news from a radio station, that only a year ago looked like it was on the brink of extinction. I'm glad they have decided to expand the WOXY brand, buy focusing what they do best - play a great variety of intresting and exciting music.

Everybody has been looking for it..

EIII, looks like it's in widespread release. I haven't seen the quality of the rip yet.

myBittorrent - Bittorrent Downloads: "myBittorrent.com > Movies > Release #70460"

Testing Azureus distributed Client

Mike Doughty - Busting Up a Starbucks

Of late, "Busting Up a Starbucks" one my favorite tracks. It's from his new album
"Haughty Melodic". There is another version of this track from a live set he did a couple years back, where he admits that he goes to starbucks everyday. I sort of relate to that, because like Tim Hortons, Starbucks is something that a)I'm addicted to and b)I hate the fact that I'm addicted to. However, Tim horton's addiction is something widely accepted in Canada, whereas starbucks addicts are still considered white-upper-middle-class snobs..

This is my first attempt at using the Azureus distributed tracker. If it works well, I'll be posting links regularly.

Just in time for the End of the 2-4 Weekend



Well, I'm not sure if it's time to be thinking about drinking beer, and and soaking up the last day of the 2-4. The events of this last week, are hardly "Party It Up" Sort of stuff:

• Stacey's Parent's have disowned her over our relationship
• We will find out the status of her job Tuesday
• Sean's grandmother passed away Friday.

Party, Party, Party

Anyway, for a bit more lighted hearted read/watch, check out the excellent CBC Archive on selling Beer in Canada.

Selling Suds: The Beer Industry in Canada - Politics and Economy - CBC Archives: "Selling Suds: The Beer Industry in Canada"

Distributed tracking, the sexy new torrent feature..

Since the death of SuperNova.org, many people in the file-sharing community have been rushing to provide solutions. While Products like EXEEM have filled the gap, some people (like me) have stayed away due to it as closed source nature. However, that has all recently whe n Azureus was the first torrent client to provide support for embedded tracking. Now, the official Bittorrent client is getting in the game.

That being said, I'm looking forward to being able to use these clients to provided the type of multimedia content that I've been to cheap to buy hosting for. I suspect allot of other bloggers will jump on the band wagon as well. I suspect the community will see an even greater increase to the podcast community.. (When is the podcast bubble going to burst?)

BitTorrent - Trackerless: "BitTorrent Goes Trackerless: Publishing with BitTorrent gets easier!"
Azureus : Java BitTorrent Client: "Azureus now features an embedded tracker easily set up and ready to use."

PodCast - Because all the Kids are doing it (Pt.1)

(Not Grammer/Spelled Checked - I'm tired)

I really don't have alot of use for podcasts. I'm not a "commuter", so i don't find myself with hunks of time for listening to radios shows. However, there is a few media sources, that i have allways wished that i could get on demand.. Today, It turns out one of them has listen to me.

I have been a Fan of the "Anti-Hit List" for many years. It was a music blog, before the blog was even thought of. I started to read it in the SUN. I allways found it sort of funny that it was in the sun, because the elite hipster music fan are probably much more the Globe and Mail readers the Sun. That being said, when It moved over to "EYE", i was quite happy. It seemed to fit in well with the EYE theme. However, I allways thought that it deserved a higher profile then a free entertianment rag. Starting in January, it's has found it's way into the Toronto Star, which at first i thought was great.. Now they have locked it up, and you have to register to login.. However, It doesn't seem all bad, if they are going to continue to push boundries with technology like the podcast..

Toronto Star Podcasting: "Anti-Hit List for May 14, 2005"

"G-Unit Brand"...


I know that mainstream music is not music, but just a marketing tool. I'm not sure when that happened. I think the transition was around 2000 or so. It was about the time when Muchmusic/MuchMore stopped playing music, and started with "Lifestyle Programming", Whatever the fuck that is. However, when was transition that artists stopped being artists, and just a vehicle or an icon to sell shit? What the fuck is a "G-Unit" brand? And what the fuck does the G-Unit Brand have to do with Mobile phones? I know I'm not in the "urban-youth" market. I love hip-hop, but I hate the bling. From what I understand (I stopped keeping track of urban music sometime ago, G-Unit is a huge seller.. But a seller of what? A fake urban image manufactured by the heads of record and clothing companies? What ever happen to Chuck D? Do the Urban youth of today listen to Air America? Is chuck D even on it anymore? We need a does of "Fight the Power" And "9-1-1 is A joke".. More like "5-0 cent is a hoax".. Argh. There is good hip-hop out there. There is hip-hop-stars that aren't marketing tools. I will find them. I will promote them. Hip Hop needs to be refocused on the music and not the marketing.


50 Cent Shocks Toronto Club Concert Crowd With Appearance: "50 told Billboard.com that 'Zingy is a proven innovator in the mobile entertainment market,' and that they're the only company he'd trust to represent the G-Unit brand as they move into the lucrative mobile market."

Predator Awareness? Heartless Bastard?

Maybe if Mr. Sellers had a family, especially with a teenage daughter who lived in the golden horseshoe during this period, he's opinion would be a bit different then "Predator Awareness".

My memorys of this period is vivid. It was like the city was in locked down. No mother/daughter/wife/co-worker/sister whoever felt safe. Nobody walked the streets alone. If this Hollywood producer could feel 1/1000th of the fear that the area had, I think he'd have a different opinion. And that's even to mention the pain and the suffering that the family's of the victims went through, and are still going through today. I'm not for censorship, but I really do hope that the movie watchers of Canada will pass this one over.


andPOP | The Barbie And Ken Of Serial Killers To Be Chronicled In Deadly: "Hollywood producer Michael Sellers acknowledges the controversy of his film, but also feels that true crime films are merited in Hollywood tradition, as was Oscar-winning film Monster, which chronicled the real life story of a female serial killer’s heinous acts of violence. Sellers has emphasized that our intention behind this movie is to encourage 'Predator Awareness.'"

The Return of 10 Random Tracks..

Audioscrobbler :: User :: prosonik:
1 Barenaked Ladies - Be My Yoko Ono 07:26:27 PDT, April 26 2005
2 Elliott Smith - Twilight 07:22:57 PDT, April 26 2005
3 Dropkick Murphys - As One 07:19:16 PDT, April 26 2005
4 Tom Petty - Learning to Fly 07:15:56 PDT, April 26 2005
5 Ramones - The KKK Took My Baby Away 07:12:36 PDT, April 26 2005
6 Elvis Presley - Hound Dog 07:10:16 PDT, April 26 2005
7 Blur - Girls & Boys 07:06:56 PDT, April 26 2005
8 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away 07:02:16 PDT, April 26 2005
9 Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode 06:57:16 PDT, April 26 2005
10 Yo La Tengo - Cherry Chapstick 06:53:06 PDT, April 26 2005

Where trees meet technology

Trail Repository - Main: "the Trail Repository, a database with many trails and routes in Canada"

I'm not really up on the whole GPS/mapping thing. For all of my training, It was all done using map and compass, with little or no use of a GPS. Over the last couple of years, I have seen more and more interesting uses for GPS.. I have been thinking of investing in at least USB GPS transponder for my laptop, but I haven't really looked into the Linux based options for it.

A interesting read on P2P in Canada..

Piercing the peer–to–peer myths: An examination of the Canadian experience: "Although faced with significant pressure to reform Canadian copyright law, it is increasingly apparent that the industry’s ills are not the result of peer–to–peer downloading. Moreover, the Canadian experience with private copying suggests that a levy system may provide an effective alternative to adequately compensate artists for lost royalties that may occur due to the current popularity of file sharing services."

--
I'm know everybody is all up in arms over liberal handouts in the 90's, however I think there are newer burning issues like Copyright, that need to be debated.. I know most Canadians think "Ho-hum, so we can't pir8 anymore.. " However, the larger issue here is the fact the Canadian government has decided to ignore fact, and give-in to the powerful lobbying efforts of the (Global) Recording Industry/Film Industry, and not (Publicly) actively investigate the issue for itself..

It's Somebody's Birthday Somewhere (and they are sad)

prosonik says:
unhappy?
unhappy birthday says:
it is a song. which has been in my head since the telephone rang this morning
unhappy birthday says:
at 5:45 am
prosonik says:
oh
prosonik says:
yeah
prosonik says:
what type of an asshole would do that
unhappy birthday says:
you have no idea which song i'm thinking of do you?
prosonik says:
no
unhappy birthday says:
when i heard your voice i immediately thought of it.
prosonik says:
i can only think of the cracker version
unhappy birthday says:
http://www.davemcnally.com/lyrics/TheSmiths/UNHAPPYBIRTHDAY.asp

The Smiths Lyrics: "UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY Lyrics - The Smiths"
Cracker Lyrics: "Happy Birthday To Me (Lowery)"

CBC's "The Hour" is in Vancouver this week

I'm a big fan of "The Hour". I'm sure die hard CBC lovers, and pop-culture haters loath the ADD rapid fire format, but it fits Georges personality perfectly, and it keeps ADD/pop-culture/news junkies watching. When 'The Hour' first started a couple months ago, I Canadian media made more of Georges nose ring, then admitting has the show has merits.

CBC.ca - The Hour: "The Hour will be broadcasting live, April 18-21, from the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver. In addition to all the regular features you've come to expect, George will also be visiting some of his favourite haunts."

Napster/Itunes Fair Use

The concept of buying DRM music has pissed me off for awhile. A couple years ago, when record companies were all hyped up over pushing DRM protected cds, I stopped by any cd that had any sort of DRM on it. The majority of my music colleciton has been converted into mp3, so why would a buy a cd that i couldn't rip?

Fastforward to 2005, and we are now living generation I(pod). I personally have not bought anything from online stores. I have two major reasons why 1. Buying the album vrs downloading it, I have the physical album. What Happens to all purchased music if you have harddrive failure? 2. I'm slowly moving everything over to Linux, alot of DRM'd music simply don't support linux.

That being said, i'm increaslying tempted d/l music from a pay service, when i can't find a good copy of the floating around. A great example of this is "Beverly Hills" by Weezer. I am making a spring mixed cd, and I'd like to include it. However, the album is not out yet, so i can't rip it. The versions I have downloaded from various file-sharing services are radio-rips or are damaged. Finally, I don't want a broken DRM'd version of the song that i can't listen to on my laptop or Mythbox. I would be happy to pay $.50->$.99 for a good clean version of Beverly Hills - In a format I can use such as MP3 or OGG

It looks like this may be the case in future if i want to circumvent the drm from napster or itunes (The itunes hack has been around for awile, but itunes only became avaible in Canada in the last 6 months). Musik release seems to be a result of reversing both the itunes and napster clients, and allows linux users to use the songs that they have legally purchased on their platform of choice. What a concept!

Realm of the BlackBlade Clan » Musik Release

Fark Beat Me to the Punch Line

FARK.com: (1445834) Limp Bizkit plans to be more like Rage Against the Machine. Only with less hair, a worse guitar player and bad lyrics

Every indie kid likes a pop culture reference..
I stumbled across this track on pitchfork. A CN tower reference, Hidden Cameras feel, and some fun organ loop and bell chime. Sounds like indie-snob-rock heaven to me.

Pitchfork: Free Downloads: "MP3: Final Fantasy: 'The CN Tower Belongs To The Dead'"

I don't think I could find more fitting lyrics..

This song just about wraps up how I'm feeling these days.

The Scientist Lyrics - Coldplay

Come up to meet you, Tell you I’m sorry, You don’t know how lovely you are

I had to find you, Tell you I need you, Tell you I set you apart

Tell me your secrets, And ask me your questions, Aww let’s go back to the start

Runnin’ in circles, [sounds like] Comin’ our tails, Heads on the science apart

Nobody said it was easy
It’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Aww take me back to the start

I was just guessin’, At numbers and figures, Pullin’ the puzzles apart

Questions of science, Science and progress, Do not speak as loud as my heart

Tell me you love me, Come back to haunt me, Oh when I rush to the start

Runnin’ in circles, [sounds like] Chasin’ our tails, Comin’ back as we are

Nobody said it was easy
Aww It’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I’m goin’ back to the start

Ahhooooooooooooooooo
Ahhooooooooooooooooo
Ahhooooooooooooooooo
Ahhooooooooooooooooo

You are being Watched

I put up a hit counter yesturday, because honstely, I thought i was talking to myself, well, Inturn I guess I'm not... So I had a a look at where people came from before this blog.. (Refering Links).. And I don't have a damn clue on how they got here from there. However, whoever you are, and if you can actually read english. Welcome!. However, I'm preety sure people are coming here as a mistake, becasue the majority of hits are less then 5 seconds.. Just enough time to release how much of a moran i am (If they need real proof, email one girlfriend, I'm sure she'll lay witness to that)

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Looks Like My Sloan Catalog is going to double.




I (heart) Sloan. I have been a fan ever since hearing the indie version of "Underwhelmed". I'd like to say that i was too cool for school, and bought Peppermint.. But the first Sloan album i bought was "Smeared". Now, to date myself, I'm almost 100% sure, I first owned smeared on cassette. How's that for too cool for school? After "Twice Removed", my love for Sloan was solidified. Thirteen years have passed since the release of Smeared, and I now hold their entire catalog in both CD and MP3 format. My collection is missing a few gems such as the plexi single from Edgefest 3 in 96.. (interestingly Enough, the Official Sloan Discography does not list this as a single, but I swear it was from 96) My collection does contain such rarities as the original 7 inch of "Stove/Smother"

However, it looks like I will have a chance to fill in the gaps in my collection. According to the MTV article they are re-releasing all their albums in the States, complete with bonus tracks. Bonus track that I don't own. So I suppose my collection is about to double. Hopefully they will be fully re-mastered, in all the rock and roll glory that is Sloan.

mtv.com - News - Sloan Get Nostalgic With Greatest-Hits Release, U.S. Reissues

and from Tofu Hut, Sloan "False Alarm"

Sloan is playing across Canada this spring with a stop at the Commodore on Thursday, May 5, 2005

Mythbuster - Smashing Phones
After watching Cellular, Alex proves that you can infact dial out on a smashed up phone.
alnemosophy: Cellular

America, We love your processed Cheese..




Hot on the heels of Mr. T talking about not dissing your mother, Scenestars brings us this gem. I'd love to write an essay on the topic of this guys hair. However, I'm withdrawing on the heaving bashing as it's obviously some post-911 song. That being said, it is some well processed American cheese.

America We Stand As One

However, just a side note; Why Have we not seen any cheese rock on crisis in Dafur?

Mr T says 'Treat your mother right... Fool!

(From stereogum: I Pity The Fool Who Doesn't Watch This Video )

AudioScrobbler

I had totatly forgot that I had this winamp plug-in installed. AudioScrobbler collects stats based on the music you listen to. The site also performs the expected tricks. It displays other simular users to your listening habbits, and other band you may like. However, It's the nice clean interface that i like.

Perhaps I can figure out a way to feed the rss into this site, for some phat-ass realtime rock and roll stats.
Audioscrobbler :: User :: prosonik

My Top 3 Artists for the week: (Number of Plays to the right)

1	Beck	24
2	Nouvelle Vague	19
3	Queens of the Stone Age	16

B-U-S-Y

My parents are here this week. Life seems to be busy. I haven't touched on the death of the pope or shrivo at all. I'm sure there is lots of blogland stuff about it already. Maybe I'll blog on it next week, way after the fires have settled.

I came across this gem. From the EFF, the ins and out of blogging without getting fired..
How to Blog Safely

CHUM-FM Launches PODCAST
Okay, I'm am not at all a fan of Chum-Fm (Other then the fact that ex-CFNY DJ Maie Pauts seems to work there now). However, I am pleased to see that they are launching a podcast. To really impress me, they would use Bittorrent to speed up the distribution, but it is good to see mainstream media types to offer cutting edge concepts like podcasts.

What I would really like to see is CBC RADIO 3 go the same way. I truely believe that if you could get it on demand, that it would greatly increase it's listenership.

Here is the link to the pulse24 article:

Pulse24 - Toronto's News: "as of May 2, those of you with an MP3 player will be able to listen to more than just your favourite catalogue of tunes on your way to the office. CHUM FM is offering fans a downloadable version of the Roger, Rick and Marilyn morning show"

WTF? Now, If Mc's was actually marketing savy, not only would they not of let this story break, but they would pay me (yes, that's prosonik at hotNoSpammail.com) for postive product placements.. However, as Charlie Brown best puts it.. 'Good Grief!

The Globe and Mail: Ronald McDonald recruits a new posse

This one is for you Rex

I'll skip any more articles to post a cup half empty post. Stacey is here this weekend, and I'm absolutely delighted to have her here. I have not seen her since Valentines day. Unfortunately, Its 10:00pm (PST), she is currently jet legged and sleeping, and instead of going in there and 'waking her up, I'm here bloggin. How retarded is that? We should be midway through a bottle of wine, well into the Miles Davis, and doing anything but blogging. I'm not sure what that says about our relationship. We have defiantly got to that "comfortable" stage.

Speaking of the "comfortable stage", I knew we had hit that stage, when she started to pull the freaky mutant hairs out of my back, and I started to fart in front of her. But I digress..

Canadian File Swappers Unite!
Time to call your local MP and voice your anger of this one.

The Globe and Mail: Proposed changes to track file swappers

A bunch of Unrelated random news items.

CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Hockey AHL Baby Leafs now Marlies: "TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto Marlies are back.
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd. announced Tuesday its American Hockey League team would take on the name of the former Toronto junior team of the 1980s."

TheStar.com - `Party-goer' accused in HIV assault of CFB Borden soldier: "`Party-goer' accused in HIV assault of CFB Borden soldier". As well, a google news link:
Google Search: HIV Assault

The Globe and Mail: Man's chat room friendship leads to abduction ordeal

CTV.ca | Fraser River sockeye fishery in crisis: report: "Fraser River sockeye fishery in crisis: report

GEEK ROCK SUNDAY NIGHT

New Beck! The entire album streaming from NME.COM (Registration Required)

and,

New Weezer single "Beverly Hills", from albumfive.com. Unfortunately the quality is a little weak, but it is a good taste of things to come.

as to quote Beck, 'Hell Yah!'

I (heart) Lego

Oh My, I want to be 12 again. My birthday is coming soon. I know this isn't out until September, but I can only hope and dream.

LEGO Shop: Death Star II™

Sunday and Feeling Blue...
Last year, I was on Johnny Cash kick. I still love the cash, but this year, Hank Seems to convey the blue note that' I have been feeling.

(Mp3)Hank Williams Sr.-They'll Never Take Her Love from Me

VOIP in Trouble?
An interesting Article concerning VOIP service, and broadband giving their own products preferential treatment on their networks. I love my vonage. I'm not sure iif there is a way to see if Shaw is going to give priority to their soon to be launched voip product. I will have to do more research into the topic.

PBS | I, Cringely . Archived Column: "The Best days of Voice-over-IP Telephone Service May Already Have Passed

By Robert X. Cringely

These are heady days for Voice-over-IP (VoIP) phone services. From Vonage to Packet8 to Skype and a hundred more besides, several million people around the world are enjoying really cheap phone calls that are carried primarily over the Internet. But that fun may be diminishing soon because the big Internet service providers, which is to say the big telephone and cable TV companies, are about to start taking back that third-party VoIP traffic, leaving Vonage and the others at a distinct disadvantage."

Decemberists new video! (torrent)
decemberists news » The video for 16 Military Wives is now available via bittorrent
The torrent:
Decemberists: 16 Military Wives

I (heart) KEXP
An hour of songs that explain entirely why I support to KEXP.

KEXP 90.3 FM - where the music matters:
KEXP Playlist Archived Playlists Friday, March 18, 2005 - 5 pm
DJ: Kevin Cole
Show: The Afternoon Show
DJ Requests: Email

5:39 Aretha Franklin Respect The Best Of Aretha Franklin Atlantic
5:35 Aretha Franklin I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You Atlantic Recording Corporation
5:29 Arethat Franklin Skylarking Queen In Waiting Columbia
----- air break -----
5:18 The Wedding Present Interstate 5[Extended Version] Take Fountain Manifesto Records Inc.
DJ Comments: The Wedding Present at Neumo's, Sunday April 17th
5:14 The Shins Kissing The Lipless Chutes Too Narrow Sub Pop
5:12 Pixies Wave Of Mutilation Doolittle 4AD/Elektra
5:07 Placebo Special Needs Sleeping With Ghosts Hut / Astralwerks
DJ Comments: Playing in South America and Mexico: http://www.placeboworld.co.uk/tour/index.html
----- air break -----
5:00 The Decemberists The Engine Driver Live @ KEXP KEXP"

Mmmh. Sexy.

Official Ticketmaster site. Exclaim 13th Anniversary: Stars, Feist, Apostle of Hustle & Montag tickets Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC, Directions, seating chart.: "Exclaim 13th Anniversary: Stars, Feist, Apostle of Hustle & Montag
Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
Thu, Mar 31, 2005 08:00 PM"

More Fun with MythTv.. Playing with .iso's

I wanted to play .isos. Myth used to play them directly using mplayer.. but in Knoppmyth R5A10, it wasn't working properly.. So here is my quest and answer..

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Post subject: Problems with XINE and iso's
Hi All,

I know this has been discussed to death, but I'm having a problem with xine and playing isos.. Using r10, I'm trying to watch isos.. with past version, (in my experiences), you didn't even need to setup mplayer.. You just dumped the iso into the directly, and played it like a normal avi.. However, it's not working now. After a quick check of the threads, it looks like people are adding a .iso extention to the file type menu and then using 'xine %s'. However, I have had no luck getting this to work. xine fires up, and then freezes on the splash, and that's it. I checked and I'm using .99 version of xine. I know 1.0 is out, but I don't see debs around..

So I guess its a two part question
1)Has anybody else experienced this? did i miss a setting?
or
2)Will building xine 1.0 from scratch resolve my problems?

thanks
prsnk

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:11 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Edit/Delete this post Delete this post
I actually did some more digging, and I was missing a few options.. It also disbles the logo, goes fullscreen and sets some other junk up.

i had

xine dvd:/%s

and needed

xine -pq -V Xv -f -r anamorphic -g --no-splash --no-logo dvd://%s/

anyway here is the link

http://gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/101504?search_string=Kevin%20Denniss;#101504


prsnk

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New Fiona Apple... (.torrent)

Everybody else seems to be jumping on the band wagon, so I will too.. Hopefully, this result in the album getting it's release. I haven't had a chance to listen to it..
"Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (CD-quality) zip" - TorrentBox.com

I have found my true calling...

Six figure job: Watch Dukes of Hazzard - Mar. 2, 2005: "Watch Dukes, earn $100,000
Job requirements include knowing lyrics to 'Dukes of Hazzard' theme song, driving the General Lee."

Yeeehaww!!

(This message was inspired by the arrival of Dukes Of Hazzard Season 1 - From Zip.ca)

Maroon 5 and the black keetle..
Isn't this a case of a the pot calling the kettle black?

From stereogum: "Maroon 5: 'We Suck Less Than Creed'

Hot on the heels of last week's 50 Cent/Game feud, Maroon 5's Adam Levine is picking a fight with another bland creation, albeit one that disbanded last year. Via LA Times...

Adam Levine: 'People hated Creed. They don't hate us. At worst, they just don't really like us. Creed ... had that attitude, they pontificated about how great they were, they had a horribly generic band. They were easy to hate and we're just, you know, easy to disregard.'

Can't really argue with that."

William Shatner/Joe Jackson/Ben Folds Covering Pulps "Common People", Live on Leno

Joe Jackson - Videos

Argha. My Inet Connection has been complete crap over the last week. I finally got mad, and phoned up Shaw. However, I'd was quite impressed with the person on the other side. He knew his shit, and even more important, he recognized that it was a problem (my entire neighborhood was out), and didn't bother to ask the traditional stupid question (Have you rebooted your modem?.. Doh!!)

Anyways, the only bad thing when your have your entire house wired, is when the net goes down, everything goes down (including the phone).

Tuesday Rock and Roll.. Mr Joel Plaskett and a couple tracks from his new album. Unfortunately it's a stream, not a download :(

I Love This Town *
From La De Da © 2005 Joel Plaskett

Happen Now *
From La De Da © 2005 Joel Plaskett

And Some Older Stuff;


The sounds: "Work Out Fine*
From Truthfully, Truthfully © 2003 Joel Plaskett

You Came Along*
From Truthfully, Truthfully © 2003 Joel Plaskett "


The low tech answer to monday's Myth(ical) question.. Replace the onboard soundcard, with the SB audigy from my XP box. The lowtech process was; Insert card, disable onboard sound in bios, run alsaconf, run alsamixer confirm all channels are turned on, and presto, 5.1 Sound. I believe even XINE is working. I will test it further to confirm. The only funky issues was with my MSI KM4M, in the bios there is a "AUTODETECT" setting for on board sound. It had to be turned "off", and not the autodetect for alsaconf to probably detect the audigy.. Wierd..

Mondays' Myth(ical)quest for 5.1 Audio

Currently I have my Mythbox running out the line-out, to the line of my main XP computer, however, since the mythbox is the device i will be a)watching most of my movies and b)listening to music and d) I'm not big gamer, so i don't really care about sound, I have decided to hook my altec lansing 5.1 (analog) speaker up to my mythbox. However, if there was no 5.1 capabilty, there is no reason to do it. So, I have found this from the Xine website.. (I use xine within myth to play dvd's)..

xine - A Free Video Player: "Can xine produce 4-/5-channel surround audio output?

Yep, it can do that using OSS or ALSA drivers, provided that the driver supports it. However, since xine cannot detect if there are actually speakers connected to the additional channels, you'll have to activate that feature manually.

You can do this either in the config dialog while xine is running (press the config button on the xine panel and go to the AUDIO tab) or have it the complicated way by editing the config file yourself which is located in your home directory in .gxine or .xine:

audio.output.speaker_arrangement:Surround 4.0
audio.output.speaker_arrangement:Surround 4.1
audio.output.speaker_arrangement:Surround 5.1"

Finally, on recent dvd i have watched, I have noticed, they look like crap, looking into it further, it looks like i can post-process the signal, to get a sharper, cleaner picture. I would like to do this with mplayer, playing xvid's as well.. (I'm not sure about that, it will require some more research)

The death of CBC RADIO 3?

I should of caught this earlier. Listening, to CBC Radio3 over the past couple weeks, and i noticed they were making some changes. I'm a big fan Radio3 radio. I'm not such a big fan of website. I thought the weekly web magazine was a alittle much. Perhaps the backend engine allowed for the easy posting of articles. But the articles were all gloss and no depth. I welcome change. Postive Change. But I fear that this will not be postive change.

I am a fan "This Hour - with George Stromboulopoulos", and I do to wonder if he thinks the radio3 resturcting would "totaly suck". Infact, I'm going email him, and DNTO and the rest of the hipster - GenXYZ targeted CBC shows and ask them their thoughts on the changes at CBC. I think it's time to see really how "Hip, and edgy" the GenXYZ targeted CBC Shows are. They say the best way to invoke change, is to invoke change from within. I think it's time to test this.

Pregnant Without Intercourse: Radio 3 R.I.P. in today's Globe

What the fuck is going with Vancouver? Do they know the Promotors know can't afford to go to all the shows? I know what's going to happen, mid-July, there is going to be NO SHOWs ON.. Nothing, everybody will have came through.. Starting today.. Kings, M. Ward, Joseph Arthur SoTW and Me First (Go to Me First, then SoTW the Next night i guess), Joel Plasket, Low, Ben Lee.. Gah. .And the list goes on.. Lowest of the Low.. Doh!

Anyways, I guess i should happy it's going to be a rock and roll month. However, I have to stick around Abbey Easter Weekend, so I won't get to see any of the shows (Unless I can swing something).. Doh.

(From Pollstar.com)
Pollstar -- The Concert Hotwire: " CONCERT SCHEDULE


post an ad for Vancouver, BC
Date Schedule sorted by date Artist Schedule sorted by Artist. Venue Schedule sorted by Venue.
Fri 03/11/05 Kings Of Convenience Richard's On Richards
Sat 03/12/05 Craig Cardiff Railway Club
Sat 03/12/05 Jack Connolly Railway Club
Sat 03/12/05 Authority Zero Richard's On Richards
Sat 03/12/05 Pepper Richard's On Richards
Sun 03/13/05 M. Ward Richard's On Richards
Mon 03/14/05 Black Mountain Richard's On Richards
Mon 03/14/05 Oneida Richard's On Richards
Mon 03/14/05 Kalan Porter Vogue Theatre
Tue 03/15/05 Jorane Richard's On Richards
Wed 03/16/05 Brant Bjork The Brickyard
Wed 03/16/05 Vic duMonte's Idiot Prayer The Brickyard
Thu 03/17/05 Joseph Arthur Red Room @ The Drink
Fri 03/18/05 Spirit Of The West Commodore Ballroom
Fri 03/18/05 Me First & The Gimme Gimmes Richard's On Richards
Sat 03/19/05 Spirit Of The West Commodore Ballroom
Sat 03/19/05 Decemberists Richard's On Richards
Sat 03/19/05 Okkervil River Richard's On Richards
Sat 03/19/05 Tom Russell St. James Hall
Sun 03/20/05 B.B. King Orpheum Theatre
Sun 03/20/05 Gift Of Gab Richard's On Richards
Sun 03/20/05 Lateef The Truth Speaker Richard's On Richards
Mon 03/21/05 The Wilders Anza Club
Thu 03/24/05 Carlos Del Junco Yale Hotel Pub
Fri 03/25/05 Joel Plaskett Media Club
Fri 03/25/05 Mono Media Club
Fri 03/25/05 Peter Elkas Media Club
Fri 03/25/05 'Taste Of Chaos' PNE/ Forum
Fri 03/25/05 A Static Lullaby PNE/ Forum
Fri 03/25/05 Idiot Pilot PNE/ Forum
Fri 03/25/05 My Chemical Romance PNE/ Foru"

F U C K M E

Jetsgo provided cheap airflights between Toronto and Vancouver. They were the backbone of my relationship to Stacey, without a low-cost way of seeing each, I don't know where we would be today. I hope they can just enter bankrupcty protection, restructure and keep there pricing scheme, but I just don't think that's in the works.

Stacey was suppose to fly down easter using her Jetsgo airmiles. My parents were coming down in april. All via Jetsgo.

This is not good.

CBC News: Jetsgo ceases operations; travellers stranded

Give Your Love to SXSW
Holly Fuck Kids, Give your love to the organizers/bands @ SXSW,
Pick Up 2.6 Gigs (Yes, 2.6 Gigs) of mp3's from the bands that are playing. According to the Wired article:

"For the bands, providing a free MP3 of their music is optional. Of the more than 1,350 bands scheduled to play the festival, 758 offered an MP3. The songs can also be downloaded individually from the conference website."

This is amazing. SXSW is the premier even for up and coming bands. This is a great, legal use for technology like bittorrent. As a geek, I commend everybody involved. I am currently downloading it, and looking forward to listening to the collection.

South by Southwest festivals + conferences


20 Random Tracks
Finally the World famous (Not really) 20 random tracks. OneclickPlay picked well today. It's a fine collection, excluding the Christiana with such fine lyrical content as: "I'm a genie in a bottle, baby, you've got to rub me the right way". GBV, Lemonheads, Ben Folds, Sonic Youth, Placebo, BAD... Very, very good.

1. Guided By Voices - Teenage FBI (2:56)
2. Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray (3:07)
3. Ben Folds Five - Jackson Cannery (4:01)
4. The B-52's - Love Shack (4:19)
5. B.T.K. - Peppyrock (3:38)
6. Story of the Year - And the Hero will Drown (3:13)
7. Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day (3:25)
8. Sloan - Lucky For Me (3:11)
9. Jamiroquai - Love Foolsophy (3:45)
10. Tears For Fears - Mad World (3:35)
11. Flogging Molly - The Ol' Beggars Bush (4:33)
12. Kid Rock - Only God Knows Why (5:27)
13. The Raveonettes - Heartbreak Stroll (2:26)
14. Placebo - Every You Every Me (3:33)
15. Sonic Youth - Androgynous Mind (3:30)
16. Foo Fighters - See You (2:26)
17. Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (6:03)
18. Violent Femmes - Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You) - Violent Femmes - Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You) (3:21)
19. The Sundays - Goodbye (4:46)
20. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle (3:37)

Am I a lout?

I guess this is all the talk in Edmonton.
Military attracts violent louts - study
CANOE -- CNEWS - Canada: Que. soldiers have different views on role

Ben Folds!: I have been meaning to post up some new Ben Folds, and i just hadn't got around to it. Welp, here it is: Ben Fold covering Dr. Dre's "Bitches Ain't Shit" (From Stereogum). "Landed" is the offical new signal from "Songs For Silverman"

This has been all over the net, new Ted Leo. I only discovered him last year while listening to KEXP. However, I was an instant convert. Here is Ted Leo covering American Idol Kelly Clarkson. Stereogum was the first site who actually had mp3's of it up, instead of having to visit the ugo site.
Stereogum: Ted Leo Covers Kelly Clarkson

Mmhh, This was one of my favorite songs of last year. Fluxblog doens't give it a good review, but for me it's up there with Kings X's "Detachable penis"..

Fluxblog: Enemies Of Fun, Stand Down! WE WILL FIGHT YOU!

Teehee..
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Useless Info
Slashdot | Israeli Army Frowns on D&D

Well, you may not get shot in Gaza, but at least you'd have a a job, the CF has to recruit 5,000 soldiers, I'm pretty sure they aren't screening out D&D types.

Tuesday, Tired. Didn't go to futureheads last night. :(

B/C I'm lazy, and tired.. Here are:

20 Random Generated Tracks from my Collection

1. Billy Bragg And Wilco - Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key (4:06)
2. Groove Armada - Superstylin (6:16)
3. Calexico - Clothes Of Sand (3:44)
4. Eels - Love of the Loveless (3:35)
5. Neil Diamond - Red, Red Wine (2:41)
6. Beth Orton - Touch Me With Your Love (7:27)
7. The Rondelles - Safety In Numbers (2:13)
8. Tricky - Black Steel (5:40)
9. Johnny Cash - I See A Darkness (3:42)
10. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus (9:11)
11. Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (4:18)
12. Joss Stone - Right To Be Wrong (4:41)
13. The Smiths - Hang The DJ (2:12)
14. Edwin - Alive (6:10)
15. Liz Phair - Nashville (4:42)
16. Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (Live) (2:45)
17. Axodry - You (5:44)
18. urge overkill - sister havana (3:50)
19. Deftones - Be Quiet And Drive (5:08)
20. Neko Case - Soulful Shade Of Blue (2:33)"

Black Steel, Urge Overkill and Liz Phair, Groove Armada, I woke up to some 90's alternatcool this morning.

This is the unspelled/grammar checked version of this posting

Saturday,

I Went to the "Fraser Valley Boat & Sportsmen's Show, BC Hunting Show & Country Living Show". It was a good way to kill the afternoon, but I was less then impressed. It should be called "Big Boys, who love big toys and especially TRUCKS". I've always been curious when people say that are outdoors types, then the load into there mutherfucking huge ass trucks, pulling huge ass boats, and tons of electronic gear. Maybe I'm jealous because I can't afford all that gear, or maybe It's because I find all the crap a bit offensive. I like to get out into nature to enjoy, not to run it over and with my big ass truck and big ass boat. Mind you, I love toys, and there was tons of toys there.

I have been thinking about upgrading some of my outdoors gear. Stacey and I have talked about getting each other a good tent for our birthdays. As well, I'm still half looking around for a new canoe, GPS and compass. I doubt I will get all this gear this year. Especially the canoe. I'd like to get an ultra-light kevlar, one that I can portage by myself, in case Stacey can't help.

I watched Mean Creek, tonight. I recommend it for anybody who likes the classic "Stand by Me". I would definitely say this was a "hidden gem" of 2004

I'm resetting up my MythBox. However, as usual, I've been getting lost in wonderful tangents. I stumbled over this article on O'Reilly Linux Dev. (As a side note, I'm a huge fan of the O'Reilly sites and books, constantly I find myself turning to them). I found the article below on the site.

"Freevo: Freedom For Your TV by Howard Wen -- PVRs may be the next big thing in home entertainment, but relying on a closed box leaves you few options for customization. The Freevo project is building a platform for developing television-aware applications, whether recording, timeshifting, or general-purpose mayhem. Howard Wen explains the Freevo project and interviews its developers"

It's Late, I'm stupid. I can't remeber what i was going to talk about. I just got done watching "Going the Distance". It's a stupid, Road Trip/Porkys kind of movie, and other the the fact it's a running ad for the "Much" lifestyle, it was actually preety fun and well done.

Stacey and I were talking about Lego today. I love Lego.

News
There has been alot of debate about joining the States for Missle Defence. Unfortuantely, I'm not informed on the subject. I have some reading to do.
Google News - Missile Defence

In RochFort Bridge, Alta. 4 Mounties Slain. Mapquest link

20 Random Tracks

1. Alice cooper - Poison (4:23)
2. Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale (5:29)
3. Thrush Hermit - Come On Teacher (4:26)
4. The Singles - He Can Go, You Can't Stay (3:23)
5. Transplants - Tall Cans In The Air (3:43)
6. Boo Radleys - There she goes (2:19)
7. Hot Hot Heat - Get In Or Get Out (2:50)
8. Dave Matthews Band - Too Much (4:21)
9. The Cure - The Walk (3:26)
10. The Vees - Seven Thirty (2:16)
11. Alicia Keys - Fallin (3:30)
12. Ron Sexsmith - Just My Heart Talkin' (2:22)
13. The Tragically Hip - 38 Years Old (4:20)
14. Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes (4:58)
15. Kings of Convenience - The Weight Of My Words (4:07)
16. Mazzy Star - Into Dust (5:36)
17. Tenacious D - Tribute (4:07)
18. Sloan - Don't You Believe a Word (3:15)
19. Tori Amos - Crucify (4:57)
20. Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (4:27)

I just finishing watching: I Heart Huckabees

Excellent. A little patience is required to watch it. I would recommend the movie for anybody who likes a little witty slightly offbeat movies, perhaps like Magnolia

Well, the sunshine has finally left us. But after two weeks of sunshine, I shouldn't complain. I manged to jog another 4 km today.

Mhh. To talk about. Somehow I managed to kill my Mythbox by not properly exporting by the LVM volume. I'm sure there is a way of fixing. I just haven't figured it out.

Rock and Roll Shit

• I'm off to see the Futureheads at Richards on Richards Monday.
• Stacey wants to see Low w/Pedro the Lion 26 Mar 04 at Richards on Richards

A couple of CanCon releases.

Kathleen Edwards Released "Back To Me" on March 1st.

and

- - - The Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir - - - As an added bonus, you can purchase the HDRC album in MP3 format. No Itunes crap, or silly Microsoft DRM infested file.


Finally, while browsing, I stumbled across this on MapleMusic.com

Save Canadian Music: "On March 31, 2005, FACTOR's contract with the Department of Canadian Heritage expires.

Since 1986, the Government of Canada has supported the Canadian Music Industry with Grants and Loans through the Canada Music Fund Council which are administered through FACTOR-funded programs, and include Artist Development and Industry Infrastructure programs that have been crucial to developing, producing and marketing Canadian talent around the world."


Todays 25 Random Songs

Godamn, It looks like a ripped off the playlist at Mix 99.9.

1. Digable Planets - 9th Wonder (4:27)
2. Headstones - Judy (4:07)
3. Audioslave - Like a Stone (4:54)
4. Veruca Salt - Spiderman '79 (5:16)
5. Sloan - Iggy and Angus (2:49)
6. Controller.Controller - Disco Blackout (5:22)
7. Beach Boys - You Still Believe in Me (2:31)
8. Bad Religion - 21st Century Digital Boy (2:48)
9. rammstein - feuer frei (3:09)
10. Blue Rodeo - Dark Angel (5:18)
11. Black Box Recorder - The Facts Of Life (3:11)
12. Kathleen Edwards - Six O'Clock News (4:28)
13. The Cure - LoveSong (3:30)
14. Motely Crue - Dr. Feelgood.mp3
15. Vanessa Carlton - Ordinary Day.mp3
16. Everclear - AM Radio.mp3
17. Radiohead - Talk Show Host.mp3
18. Sarah McLachlan - Fear.mp3
19. Johnny Cash - Kneeling Drunkard's Plea.mp3
20. Jackson - Fell Into.mp3

Wednesday..

A quick PSA from NHLFA (NHL Fans Association). If your a hockey fan, spread the link, make the point.

NHLFA.com - NHLFA's 30 second PSA video