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Monthly Archives: July 2006
Beautifully Useless | New York Times
I must find a Buddha Machine by FM3. Here are some mp3 samples and photos. Reviews: Believer, Exclaim, Listening Post, Pitchfork, Pop Matters and music thing.
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Red Hot Headline
Inline skater feels the burn | Halifax Herald
Man does laps to raise funds for burn treatment
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The Montreal Mirror Says:
Windom Earle, Gold Wave (Boost Ventilator)
Yup, this Haligonian affair boasts 11 members in the CD credits, and yes, glockenspiel figures prominently. But chamber pop this ain’t. The one proper song, with vocals and standard structure, is “Kitten vs. Pegasus,†which unfortunately comes off like a Modern English number, and that we don’t need (the macho-meltdown [...]
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The Dirty Quote Book or “Do me like I like my wings”
Episode IV of the Windom Earle podcast has unearthed all kinds of nastiness from Windsor, Ontario. Features a guest appearance by Tom from Shane and Tom’s Squeezebox.
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Linkages
MetaFilter Sources for 2006 [via MeTa]
Note that cbc.ca has risen 5 spots to #24.
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The Windom Earles
A couple of weeks ago I mailed out about 50 copies of Windom Earle’s Goldwave to Canadian Campus Community stations, select alternative weeklies and other key stakeholders in the potential Windom Earle army. It would be nice to get some feedback by the end of the summer. Ideally, these would have been mailed out well [...]
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Danger Horse
Sparklehorse Sees The ‘Light’ On New Album | Billboard
Among the contributors to the album are the Flaming Lips’ Steven Drodz, who plays drums, guitar and synthesizer, Tom Waits and red-hot producer Danger Mouse…”We’re definitely going to do a proper collaboration at some point, like the Danger Doom record [on which Linkous played bass] — but [...]
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The Unseen Power of the Picket Fence
R.E.M.’s And I Feel Fine…The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 2CD Collectors’ Edition | REM HQ
Pavement’s Wowee Zowee to Be Reissued | Pitchfork
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I’m No Doctor…
…but neither is this guy.
Hmm…a story about healthy alternative calcium sources?
Is drinking milk enough? | The Daily News
I went to Rob Lough at Popeyes to find out. “Calcium is one of those things which is a little hard for your body to take in and use,” said Lough. “Sure, when you drink a big glass [...]
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Death Cab For Randy
Ben Gibbard outed himself as a Trailer Park Boys fan during the Nardwuar vs. Death Cab For Cutie podcast. Here is my proposed soundtrack to the upcoming film:
“Crooked Teeth”
“Title and Registration”
“A Movie Script Ending”
“Styrofoam Plates”
“Champagne from a Paper Cup”
“TV Trays”
“The Face That Launched 1000 Shits”
The Postal Service’s “This Place is a Prison”
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Charlottetown bar blues, a runaway crane and Africentric education institutionalized
A to Z: Atlantic News Perspective #190 | Aliant.net
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Minor Tour Tragedies
The Windom Earle Podcast has been updated from Edmonton. Contains Slayer content.
Note: also available in Charlottetown, Fredericton and Sydney flavours.
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Yes Surprises
Everything In Its Right Place: The Productions of Nigel Godrich | CBC
For the song No Surprises, about the malaise of modern life, Radiohead wanted a tempo that was too slow to be played well on their instruments. Godrich solved the problem by borrowing a trick from George Martin’s beloved production of the Beatles’ [...]
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Canyon plays a parking lot, Grand Falls-Windsor is running low on space and fifty years of sea cadets
A to Z: Atlantic News Perspective #189 | Aliant.net
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What Side Are You On?
Operation Truthful Promise
Operation Just Reward
Click one, print your answer and mail it to your nearest holy representative.
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O RLY?
Warnings issued about buying breast milk online | Halifax Herald
Health Canada…advised people to be aware of the health risks associated with consuming breast milk bought over the Internet or directly from another person whose medical information may be unknown.
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Bridgewater’s Most Wanted
Husband charged with assault, burning house
Man charged under Environment Act
Store owner charged with sexual assault
Elderly New Ross man facing two sex crimes
Headlines from today’s Halifax Herald.
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Well Before Martha Went To Jail
Amy Sedaris as Piglet on Conan | Youtube
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Fence jumping, Halifax’s mystery rock concert and a strawberry picker shortage
A to Z: Atlantic News Perspective #188 | Aliant.net
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Good News for Houston’s Assalted Nuts Improv Group
Best way to handle crises like 9/11: A good sense of humor? | Cognitive Daily
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How To Poke Pole A Monkey-Faced Eel
The second issue of Wolphin is out and features Andrew Jay Cohen (Freaks and Geeks, The 40-Year Old Virgin), Errol Morris (The Fog of War), Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show), Steven Soderbergh (Syriana) and a couple of The Daily Show and TV Funhouse contributors.
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Ventilator Blues