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Dear Lord, Haven't done anything since September?
(Okay, late September, but still...)
That's said.
So, in no particular order, here are random things I felt like mentioning.
1) Despite ostensibly being the posession of a man named Tim Horton, rather than some sort of coalition of men with the same name, the Tim Hortons coffee/donut chain seems to have lost their much needed apostrophe. This apparently occurred some time during the mid-90s, no doubt because some corporate hack thought it looked funny hanging up there.
I find the grammatical error disturbing and I'm not the only one.
If you also wish the signs said "Tim Horton's" (just like McDonald's, Wendy's, Harvey's and everyone else!), you can sign a petition here.
2) Did you know that Chris Isaak is 50 years old!
I'm not into dudes, and certainly not older men, but damn...that guy looks good.
3) Rapdily moving from rumour to fact is the notion that The Police will be celebrating their 30th anniversary by touring this year.
Apparently they are practicing in Vancouver RIGHT NOW.
I'm not a massive Police fan but, they're a damned good and important band. Since The Beatles aren't getting back together, 1/2 The Who is dead, Waters & Gilmour made it clear that Live8 was a one-time thing and The Eagles suck, that makes this about the coolest rock reunion news there could possibly be.
I'm there.
Oh, and did you know that dude's real name is "Miles Gilbert Horton?" Well, now you do.
4) There are people who love Ryan Adams and people who hate him.
There are people who think it's funny to make "Bryan Adams" jokes about him and, since his real name is David Ryan Adams, I guess that's partially his fault.
There are people who think he's a genius or that he could be a genius or that he's just a jerk.
I think he's great, but a bit nutty. And since he's recently gone sober, I think the genius will shine through soon enough.
In the meantime, he has uploaded 11 faux albums to his website; albeit not under his own name.
I should go back to mention that his website is a cool, bizarre space-themed thing that, if you look hard enough, includes a link to play "Lunar Command" online.
Anyway, his websites "radio" section includes all these songs and song fragments that are basically just him having fun.
So he pretends to be a band called The Shit (sample album: Holy Shit!) and they have heavy songs like "Blow Me Through a Whale Hole" and "Taco Bell in Bed."
Then there is hip-hopster DJ Reggie who has made albums like Holla Dayz Inn and 1980 x 1000. Apparently recorded on Adam's laptop, tracks include "David Letterman" and "Chocolate Wizards Arise."
Finally there is speed metal band WhereWolph who have songs like "Personal Hygeine Zero" and "Pink is NOT Your Colour" on their album, Feel the Laser.
If you wanna hear a death metal-sounding cover of Shania Twain's "You're Still the One," that's the album you wanna spin.
It's just funny shit, is all I'm saying.
(Okay, late September, but still...)
That's said.
So, in no particular order, here are random things I felt like mentioning.
1) Despite ostensibly being the posession of a man named Tim Horton, rather than some sort of coalition of men with the same name, the Tim Hortons coffee/donut chain seems to have lost their much needed apostrophe. This apparently occurred some time during the mid-90s, no doubt because some corporate hack thought it looked funny hanging up there.
I find the grammatical error disturbing and I'm not the only one.
If you also wish the signs said "Tim Horton's" (just like McDonald's, Wendy's, Harvey's and everyone else!), you can sign a petition here.
2) Did you know that Chris Isaak is 50 years old!
I'm not into dudes, and certainly not older men, but damn...that guy looks good.
3) Rapdily moving from rumour to fact is the notion that The Police will be celebrating their 30th anniversary by touring this year.
Apparently they are practicing in Vancouver RIGHT NOW.
I'm not a massive Police fan but, they're a damned good and important band. Since The Beatles aren't getting back together, 1/2 The Who is dead, Waters & Gilmour made it clear that Live8 was a one-time thing and The Eagles suck, that makes this about the coolest rock reunion news there could possibly be.
I'm there.
Oh, and did you know that dude's real name is "Miles Gilbert Horton?" Well, now you do.
4) There are people who love Ryan Adams and people who hate him.
There are people who think it's funny to make "Bryan Adams" jokes about him and, since his real name is David Ryan Adams, I guess that's partially his fault.
There are people who think he's a genius or that he could be a genius or that he's just a jerk.
I think he's great, but a bit nutty. And since he's recently gone sober, I think the genius will shine through soon enough.
In the meantime, he has uploaded 11 faux albums to his website; albeit not under his own name.
I should go back to mention that his website is a cool, bizarre space-themed thing that, if you look hard enough, includes a link to play "Lunar Command" online.
Anyway, his websites "radio" section includes all these songs and song fragments that are basically just him having fun.
So he pretends to be a band called The Shit (sample album: Holy Shit!) and they have heavy songs like "Blow Me Through a Whale Hole" and "Taco Bell in Bed."
Then there is hip-hopster DJ Reggie who has made albums like Holla Dayz Inn and 1980 x 1000. Apparently recorded on Adam's laptop, tracks include "David Letterman" and "Chocolate Wizards Arise."
Finally there is speed metal band WhereWolph who have songs like "Personal Hygeine Zero" and "Pink is NOT Your Colour" on their album, Feel the Laser.
If you wanna hear a death metal-sounding cover of Shania Twain's "You're Still the One," that's the album you wanna spin.
It's just funny shit, is all I'm saying.
posted by Heavy Early at 11:00 PM
1 Comments:
The apostrophe. I also think it's stupid that in Quebec, they dropped the apostrophe AND the S for the now-defunct Eaton's department store chain.
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