Monthly Archives: October 2004

Post (Halifax Locals)

wintersleep - “sore” (29MB Quicktime Movie)
Made by Ghostmilk Studios (Modest Mouse/Broken Social Scene/Death From Above 1979). They also did a video for Boozehounds II by DJ Moves & Tachichi. Once again, this post has been inspired by the messageboard.

Post (Halifax Locals)

Julie Doiron: Goodnight Nobody: Goodnight Nobody– the fifth Jagjaguwar effort for the all-folk, no-freak former Eric’s Trip member– continues Doiron’s fascination with plainspoken lyrics but dresses them up with heartier arrangements. (courtesy of Pitchfork)
Performer in induced coma, on ventilator
Police ask for public’s help
By DAN ARSENAULT / Crime Reporter (The Halifax Herald Limited)
Buck 65 Hates Hip-Hop?
Sage [...]

Halloween

Costume Ideas: Star Wars - Celebrities - Billionaires

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #116 (Oct 25, 2004)
Bears like Moosehead, mourning “Eddie the Bum” and shifting Halloween.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #115 (Oct 4, 2004)
Wartime plane wrecks, cheese crimes and 1,132 feet of cruise liner.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Music

The WIRED CD: Rip. Sample. Mash. Share. | Creative Commons

The Fake News

Comedian Jon Stewart on American Perspecitves | CSPAN

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Tactical Alert? | Metafilter

Music

Richard Buckner: “Do You Wanna Go Somewhere?”

Post (Halifax Locals)

CBC Radio 3 -> Appetite For Reconstruction: Growing Up With The Super Friendz
By: Tara Lee Wittchen / Photos by Ryan Whynott
The link doesn’t work if you have pop-up blockers engaged…which you should…so, er, just find the story, pics and concert yourself using the table of contents.
Ninja Tune News: Sixtoo ‘Body Ache Summer’ 10″
Sixtoo, sometime [...]

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What The Bleep?

Tech Support

How to pick up and carry your iMac G5 | Apple.com

Comedy

Bill Hicks Live DVD | Amazon.ca
Bill Hicks e-card | Rykodisc

The Fake News

Since there is a lot of chatter about Jon Stewart vs Crossfire, here are some related Daily Show clips:
Jon reveals conservative columnist Robert Novak to be a “Douchebag of Liberty.”
Jon interviews Wolf Blitzer, who actually utters the phrase “mistakes were made.”

Weird

Found Footage Festival Preview

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A Day of Wrest

Politics

From the old inbox:
From: helpwin@yesbushcan.com
Date: October 17, 2004 12:51:47 AM ADT
Subject: More False Documents
RatherGate proved that bloggers are the best fact checkers. That is
why we are writing to a few bloggers asking for help.
Yes Bush Can has collected several documents that are clearly suspect.
But we need your help to prove [...]

Team America

“At a time when the world is in crisis and the country faces an important election, the response of Parker, Stone and company is to sneer at both sides — indeed, at anyone who takes the current world situation seriously.” - Roger Ebert
“Clever comedians that they are, they have also rigged “Team America” with an [...]

WTF?

Noam Chomsky was in Antigonish on the 13th??? I am going to go back under my rock now.

The Fake News

Transcript of Jon Stewart on Crossfire | CNN.com
An excerpt:
CARLSON: Let me ask you a question on the news.
STEWART: Now, this is theater. It’s obvious. How old are you?
CARLSON: Thirty-five. STEWART: And you wear a bow tie.
*snip*
CARLSON: I do think you’re more fun on your show. Just my opinion.
CARLSON: OK, up next, Jon Stewart [...]

Post (Halifax Locals)

The Halifax Pop Explosion site has been updated and includes a schedule. Here are some MP3’s of artists that will be coming to town that you may or may not have heard before…if you have more, send the links my way and I will post them:
The Arcade Fire: “Wake Up” (Merge)
The Hidden Cameras: “I Believe [...]

Finding Your Spirit

Now for some rare commentary: I pray to [insert ficticious deity here] that someone is going to be wearing one one of these t-shirts to the three day narrow-mind-a-thon this weekend. I am kicking my own ass right now as I type this that I did not think ahead enough to come up with some [...]

Contests

Bored? Looking for someting to do and yearning for a free portable music player? Just enter the Pepsi iPod contest every hour for the next 1715 hours (The trick is to click on the “No Purchase Necessary Details” button).

Nerd Alert

The Tyranny of Email | Critical Section
Tyranny Revisited | Critical Section

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“Van der Plaat suggested that the Microsoft platform is ‘easier and better at organizing and maintaining your music collection than Apple.’” | CTV.ca