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Happy Anniversary PriceCanada.com!

2007-11-04T17:01:00.000-04:00

Turn Left at the Blogspot

2006-04-05T11:34:00.000-03:00

Ok, so I am capping off this blog for now. I have found a new home.

http://blog.boostventilator.com

It took awhile to get the content moved and it is going to take even more time to tag and categorize everything, but I am happy with the move to Wordpress and mediatemple (turns out I am not alone).

Column

2006-03-27T16:08:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #173 (Mar 27, 2006)
Fighting in a cage, messaging in a parlor and a dog in a park.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Music

2006-03-26T22:00:00.000-04:00

Ron Sexsmith "All In Good Time" [MP3]

Windom Clips

2006-03-26T20:22:00.000-04:00

Windom Earle - Stage Nine
March 25, 2006

Windom Earle - Touched by a Transvestite
March 25, 2006

Windom Earle - Get On Into It!
March 9, 2006

Windom Earle play that Greg song
March 9, 2006

Random Bits

2006-03-24T09:55:00.000-04:00

All Televisions tuned to FOX News | The Smoking Gun

"Quiet Town" by Josh Rouse [MP3]

Kill the Moonlight DVD | Plexifilm

Word!

2006-03-23T13:51:00.000-04:00

Metro-technical: n. Someone who's willing to try ANY piece of software or hardware for at least a week until the shine wears off and they go sniffing for the next buzz. The metro-technical is to the far left of the tech scale, equidistant from the suspender-wearing sys admin and the nervous iPod upgrader. (Mule Design Studio's Blog)

Film

2006-03-23T13:37:00.000-04:00

The C.S.A.

Religion

2006-03-23T13:16:00.000-04:00

Inside Scientology: Unlocking the complex code of America's most mysterious religion | Rolling Stone

Word!

2006-03-22T18:24:00.000-04:00

Neurologism: a word created by prefixing "neuro" to almost any normal word | Mind Hacks

Film

2006-03-21T23:50:00.000-04:00

The Top 100 Overlooked Films of the 1990s | The Online Film Critics Society

Freelance

2006-03-21T23:49:00.000-04:00

"From Idea to Air" Workshop in Halifax | I Love Radio .org

Muzak

2006-03-21T23:09:00.000-04:00

Bing Crosby, Gwen Verdon, Bobbie Gentry, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Dick Shawn sing a Beatles Medley | WOW Report

Shaving Technology

2006-03-21T17:49:00.000-04:00

Column

2006-03-21T17:46:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #172 (Mar 20, 2006)
Gymnastics, petitioning and meat packing.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Robots Part Deux

2006-03-17T09:03:00.000-04:00

Exceptionally Memorable Movie Robots | The A.V. Club

Toys

2006-03-16T12:33:00.001-04:00

Kurt Cobain Action Figure | Toy News International

Career Alert

2006-03-16T12:33:00.000-04:00

Therapeutic Clown | CareerBeacon.com

Robots

2006-03-16T12:32:00.000-04:00

"Maybe I was the only one that saw Small Wonder and decided to get a PhD" - Daniel H. Wilson ("How to Survive a Robot Uprising" Reading | Google Video)

Column

2006-03-14T14:45:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #171 (Mar 13, 2006)
A holy face cloth, Sunday moose killing and death by piercing.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

German Word of the Day

2006-03-11T14:00:00.000-04:00

Geisterfahrer: A person driving on the wrong side of the road. Literal translation: Ghost Driver.

Music

2006-03-11T12:00:00.000-04:00

Jeff Tweedy with Special Guest Nels Cline Live from Mandel Hall at the University of Chicago | Wilco

Quote

2006-03-10T10:43:00.001-04:00

"Jon Stewart did a capable job, but I didn't feel like he was embracing the movie business. Jon doesn't have the basic understanding of show business that Johnny Carson had. Jon's fresh and irreverent, but I don't think it worked." - Tim Allen Reviews Jon Stewart | Defamer

Nerd Alert

2006-03-10T01:12:00.000-04:00

"We are thoroughly surprised at how accurately Microsoft and Intel have targeted a segment of the computing market completely barren of potential customers." - Origami: Buzz Killer? | Gizmodo

Criticism

2006-03-09T17:45:00.000-04:00

Art statements, Pitchfork, and fancypants analysis | Signal vs. Noise

Stopped Holding My Breath

2006-03-07T11:09:00.000-04:00

From William Morrow/An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers: We do not plan to publish FREAKONOMICS in paperback until September 2007.

Column

2006-03-07T10:52:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #170 (Mar 6, 2006)
Twin tower controversy in Halifax, two moose deaths in New Brunswick and heavy helmets.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

The State of Real Estate

2006-03-05T13:32:00.000-04:00

"Thanks to various market pressures and especially some recent online innovations, the real-estate agent seems poised to join a list of endangered service-worker species that includes stockbrokers and travel agents." Endangered Species by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | NY Times

Shopping

2006-03-02T12:16:00.000-04:00

"Many Europeans use platform beds without box springs. Do you hear them complaining?" - Seth Stevenson (Going to the Mattresses | Slate)

Film

2006-03-02T12:12:00.000-04:00

Hollywood By The Numbers | The Smoking Gun

Commercials

2006-03-01T14:33:00.000-04:00

2005 Awards | Best Ads On TV

Windom Watch

2006-02-24T20:17:00.000-04:00

March is shaping up to be quite a music month:

Thu, Mar 9: Books on Tape (Los Angeles) + Windom Earle + Mark Black @ Gus' Pub

Sat, Mar 18: North By North End - Karaoke Brunch curated & hosted by Jeff Coll and Stephan MacLeod. Sing for TOAST (toast by Stephan MacLeod) @ Gus' Pub ($1.99 brunch, does NOT include coffee/11AM-1PM)

Sat, Mar 25: Akron/Family (New York) + Windom Earle @ Stage Nine. $7/10pm

Sat, Apr 1: [Expletive] the Junos w\ The Sweet Tenders, BA Johnston, the Jeff Coll 5, Mr.Plow (Vancouver) @ Gus' Pub

Post

2006-02-23T09:04:00.000-04:00

Self Imposed Restraining Order | Halifax Locals

Cult

2006-02-21T21:22:00.000-04:00

What You Didn't Know About Scientology
by Mark Owen

Dueling Reviews

2006-02-21T08:37:00.000-04:00

On "Magnificent City" by Aceyalone Accompanied by RJD2 [Project Blowed/Decon; 2006]

"Aceyalone's most accomplished album...[he] hasn't felt this vital in ages, and RJD2's creative winning streak continues unabated." - Nathan Rabin (A.V. Club)

"This should be great...[it's] lazy and inept, devoid of force and inspiration and chemistry...We deserve better from these guys." - Tom Breihan (Pitchfork)

Column

2006-02-20T14:00:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #169 (Feb 20, 2006)
Stormy weather, pond hockey and square footage.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Column

2006-02-13T14:46:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #168 (Feb 13, 2006)
New ministers, paclitaxel production problems and driving yourself to emergency.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Link of the week

2006-02-12T20:11:00.000-04:00

Report your Saint John crime in Chinese

Comedy

2006-02-12T14:21:00.000-04:00

San Francisco Chronicle TV critic Tim Goodman interviews Stephen Colbert (4 parts) | Chronicle Podcasts

Unfrying Things

2006-02-07T10:00:00.000-04:00

ThinkFilm has acquired all worldwide rights to "Strangers With Candy."

"At this important stage of our company's development, we were looking for a film that combined all of the best qualities of 'Crash,' 'Brokeback Mountain,' and 'Capote.' "'Strangers with Candy' has ethnic slurs, clandestine gay sex, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. What more could we want?" said THINKFilm's head of U.S. theatrical, Mark Urman | IndieWire

Column

2006-02-06T15:15:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #167 (Feb 6, 2005)
Documenting a trade mission, Nigerian bank scams and focusing on small houses.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Column

2006-01-30T14:13:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #166 (Jan 30, 2005)
McKenna for leader, ice-o-lation and the new crystal methodology.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Stuff

2006-01-24T23:03:00.000-04:00

The Pitty Card (dir. Bob Odenkirk) | Sundance

Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground) | Grandaddy

DVD

2006-01-23T22:27:00.000-04:00

Wholphin DVD

Event

2006-01-23T14:13:00.000-04:00

Column

2006-01-23T12:59:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #165 (Jan 23, 2005)
Co-op closures, plunger attack and votes for sale.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Meetings

2006-01-18T09:36:00.000-04:00

Meetings considered harmful | Signal vs. Noise

Column

2006-01-16T16:26:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #164 (Jan 16, 2005)
Manure management, historic Barrington and reserved restaurants.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Column

2006-01-13T10:09:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #163 (Jan 10, 2005)
Dusty hospital machinery, whale bones and video game violence.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

The Paper

2006-01-12T00:13:00.000-04:00

Flying Cow fined $239k | The Herald

Local Media Watch

2006-01-09T11:36:00.000-04:00

Plagiarist suspended from Halifax Chronicle Herald | Regret The Error

Program Bits & Bobs

2006-01-09T11:34:00.000-04:00

The tools we use to run and build 37signals | Signal vs. Noise

Startup kit | Nick Denton

Running your company on web apps | Evhead

Favorite Macintosh OSX Applications | matt.makalumedia.com

Essential Mac OS X Applications | Mac Specialist

Geek to Live | Lifehacker

Demo Gods

2006-01-09T11:29:00.000-04:00

"I certainly know better than to try to re-record or recreate things that sound cool. Record companies used to do demos, and that's something Mike and I always fought against early in our career. When something sounds great, it's done. You don't want to go back and re-record something that sounds great. The way we recorded with computers in our history, the quality was always good enough. You don't want to repeat golden moments. We always felt like 'We don't do demos, we only do finished product." - John King of the Dust Brothers (Sound on Sound)

The Future

2006-01-09T11:27:00.000-04:00

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "We live in a world with too much music," writes Joe Nickell at Missoulian.com. He's bothered by the fact that everywhere he goes, there are tunes pouring from cell phones and mp3 players and TVs and radios and live bands. As far as you're concerned, though, Nickell is utterly off-base. In 2006, you should take advantage of the profusion; you should immerse yourself in music more than you ever have before. To do so will be instrumental in helping you accomplish your top assignment in the coming months, which is to feel deep, rich, interesting emotions as often as possible. (courtesy Free Will Astrology)

Canadian Innovation

2006-01-09T11:25:00.000-04:00

Designer invents winter snow skirt | CBC

Books

2006-01-09T08:53:00.000-04:00

"Thanks to Oprah Winfrey, author James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" has sat atop best-seller lists since the TV star picked the nonfiction memoir for her powerful book club four months ago. Winfrey has called Frey's book, which chronicles his years as an alcoholic, drug addict, and criminal, "gut-wrenching" and "so real." Well, not exactly. A six-week investigation has determined that Frey's blockbuster is filled with fabrications, falsehoods, and other fakery. In a related note, a "rattled" Frey has lawyered up and is threatening to sue us for millions." Details at The Smoking Gun.

Event

2006-01-05T10:40:00.000-04:00

"Also on tonight, Gus’s Pub has one of the quirkiest lineups in recent memory, with The Jeff Coll Five (with members of Windom Earle, Death by Nostalgia and Stiff Kitty/Catholic Gaydar), Ceti Alpha (named after the planet that Captain Kirk stranded Khan on) and street poet Jack MacDonald backed by Dartmouth’s Hotel Faces.

As an added bonus, the show will also feature special guest speaker Mark Black delivering an illustrated talk about . . . well, what it’s about is anybody’s guess but it’ll likely touch on growing up in Cape Breton, major league baseball and Star Trek (which is why I know what Ceti Alpha is)." - Stephen Cooke (Chronicle Herald)

Column

2006-01-03T15:45:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #162 (Jan 3, 2005)
Civic bribes, volleyball courting and hypnotism for the holidays.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Film

2006-01-02T22:24:00.000-04:00

'This Film is Not Yet Rated' given NC-17 Rating | Yahoo! Finance

Film

2006-01-01T19:50:00.000-04:00

Movie report card : Palermo Ranks 2005 movies | The Coast

News

2006-01-01T16:06:00.000-04:00

Yearly Review | Harpers

Recipe

2006-01-01T12:48:00.000-04:00

1 bag of party mix + 1 bag of all dressed chips = a bowl of indecisive mix

News

2006-01-01T11:47:00.000-04:00

100 things we didn't know this time last year | BBC NEWS

Lists

2005-12-30T13:08:00.000-04:00

The Ten Best Top-Ten Lists | AlterNet

Video

2005-12-29T12:57:00.000-04:00

Top 50 Music Videos Of 2005 | DoCopenhagen

Hobbies

2005-12-28T12:42:00.000-04:00

rednecksurfing.wmv | Google Video

Neighbourly Love

2005-12-20T12:40:00.000-04:00

"Anybody with any ambition at all, or intelligence, has left Canada and is now living in New York...Canada is a sweet country. It is like your retarded cousin you see at Thanksgiving and sort of pat him on the head. You know, he's nice but you don't take him seriously. That's Canada...Canada is essentially a stalker, stalking the United States, right? Canada has little pictures of us in its bedroom, right? ... It's unrequited love between Canada and the United States. We, meanwhile, don't even know Canada's name. We pay no attention at all." - MSNBC host Tucker Carlson | The Chronicle Herald

Award Winning

2005-12-15T23:03:00.000-04:00

It's official. Holly Dazed won first prize in AFCOOP's Super 8 Holiday Party and Screening at the Seahorse tonight! More importantly, it was magically in focus. There was tough competition from filmmakers Megan Wennberg ("Tis The Season"), Cam Erais ("A Shitty Christmas"), Jamieson ("Agoraphobia"), Joel MacGregor ("Fortune Cookie"), Steven James May ("Memoria"), Josh Edmonds ("How To Make a Halfassed Super 8 Christmas Film") and Ron McDougall ("Duet"), but we pulled ahead of the pack and got to take home an autographed copy of Mr. December from the AFCOOP nudie calendar. Plus, we didn't even stack the audience. Now, to find the best (cheapest?) way to get the film onto DVD for future generations.

Update: Scott taped the screening on video last night and added the chipmunk effect. Holly Dazed is now available in QuickTime format. Here is a bit of publicity from The Coast.

'Tis The Season For Virtual Greetings

2005-12-15T09:50:00.000-04:00

Me Want Book

2005-12-15T00:26:00.000-04:00

The CKDU Top 10 of 2005

2005-12-13T08:49:00.000-04:00

01 -- Dog Day* -- Thank You -- Out Of Touch -- L*
02 -- B.A. Johnston* -- My Heart Is A Blinking Nintendo -- Just Friends -- L*
03 -- The Burdocks* -- What We Do Is Secret -- Black Mountain -- L*
04 -- Alpha Flight* -- Battle Royale -- Independent -- L*
05 -- Special Noise -- Special Noise -- Out of Touch/Youth Club -- L*
06 -- Wintersleep* -- Wintersleep -- Dependent Music -- L*
07 -- Windom Earle All Stars* -- A Series Of Minor Personal Tragedies -- Independent -- L*
08 -- Holy Shroud* --Ghost Repeaters-- Level Plane -- L*
09 -- The Stolen Minks* -- The Stolen Minks -- Independent -- L*
10 -- Broken Social Scene* -- Broken Social Scene + EP -- Arts & Crafts

from CKDU's Top 100 of 2005 (Discussion)

Music

2005-12-13T08:33:00.000-04:00

Belle & Sebastian "Another Sunny Day"

Think

2005-12-11T16:13:00.000-04:00

The 5th Annual Year in Ideas | New York Times

Happy Holidays

2005-12-08T13:55:00.000-04:00

List to End all Lists

2005-12-06T21:38:00.000-04:00

Lists: 2005 | Fimoculous.com

Radio

2005-12-06T21:25:00.000-04:00

"An in depth portrait of John Lennon, told through the original audio of Jann Wenner's seminal 1970 New York interview with Lennon for Rolling Stone magazine. The most famous interview Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner ever did was an extensive interrogation, on tape, of Lennon shortly after the Beatles had broken up." - BBC Radio 4

Work

2005-12-06T20:34:00.000-04:00

"Encourage creativity. Google engineers can spend up to 20 percent of their time on a project of their choice. There is, of course, an approval process and some oversight, but basically we want to allow creative people to be creative. One of our not-so-secret weapons is our ideas mailing list: a companywide suggestion box where people can post ideas ranging from parking procedures to the next killer app. The software allows for everyone to comment on and rate ideas, permitting the best ideas to percolate to the top." - Google: Ten Golden Rules | Newsweek

Column

2005-12-06T12:16:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #161 (Dec 5, 2005)
Nunatsiavut, Oxford's Christmas Season and an unofficial Stompin' Tom figurine.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

It's a Wrap!

2005-12-05T10:21:00.000-04:00

Production wrapped on the no-budget, 3 minute short Super 8 film Holly Dazed. As co-producer, camera-person, light supplier and part of the creative team, I would like to thank the rest of the cast (Sam, Scott, Amanda and Markus) and crew (Lynn, Steve and Glen's mom's sweater) for all their hard work and dedication on the project. Also the various locations (Alantic Film Festival, Profac, CBC Radio Canada, Chadwick Foods, Kick Ass Shoes, Nubody's and the Park Lane Parking Garage) that put up with our shenanigans. A big fat "no thank you" to Alexandra's Pizza for taking about two hours to deliver two medium pizzas. Another shout out to Amy at The Maxwell's Plum for serving us during our impromptu wrap party event, about 5 hours after we began shooting. The film was produced for the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative's annual Super 8 Holiday Party and Screening taking place on December 15, 2005 at the Seahorse Tavern (9 PM). Fingers crossed...I just hope it is in focus. And there was enough light. And it is funny. And why didn't I take any pictures? Damn.

Economics

2005-12-04T13:17:00.000-04:00

Treasure Chest

Dead Letter Office

2005-12-03T13:50:00.000-04:00

An Open Letter to Larry The Cable Guy by David Cross

David Cross vs. Nardwuar

Yawn

2005-12-01T23:01:00.000-04:00

Satellite Radio On The Air in Canada...about two decades too late, I think.

Sweet Zombie Jesus!

2005-12-01T10:36:00.000-04:00

"If you’re a member of the long-suffering Christian majority, have you been cowed into feeling guilty about this special time of year?" - Political correctness a blight on society | Halifax Herald

"What happened to this country. It was founded on Christianity. And you may talk about the bylaw – but what about the B-I-B-L-E? What about some righteousness, what about some holiness?" - Proposed adult entertainment club sparks lively debate | Halifax Herald

Bad Pun Alert

2005-11-30T08:44:00.000-04:00

RIM Jobs

Column

2005-11-28T16:20:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #160 (Nov 28, 2005)
Air Canada's oxygen, Halifax nation's crime capital and mourning John "Junior" Hanna.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

The Worst Shit Ever

2005-11-27T23:42:00.000-04:00

Romance?

2005-11-27T12:43:00.000-04:00

Film

2005-11-24T01:02:00.000-04:00

Trailer Park Boys: The Movie

Post (Halifax Locals)

2005-11-23T09:14:00.000-04:00

Warning: This post contains no pictures.

* 'Sloan' to join CBC as satellite radio DJs

* The Canadian Podcasting Tour - Halifax: November 23 (7:30 p.m.)

* Ninjatune update:

S&N 'Homages' Double 7" EP
Sixtoo (1200hobos/Sebutones/etc.) and Norsola Johnson (Godspeed/Mollases/etc.) are S&N. No need for some witty snapping sales pitch here. Shit is hot. 4 sides of heat...with Sixtoo on live and not live drums and electronics. Norsola plays the cello, bass and other assorted instruments. Yes!

Sixtoo 'Duration' CD/DVD Re-issue!
Originally produced on Dollar Store VHS copies, we decided it deserved an actual DVD release, a full step up from the original 50 dollar store tapes that it was home-duped on! Say word. Also included on the bonus DVD is a full gallery section, a description of the project, and a high res gallery of other Sixtoo related goodness. There is also a CD of the instrumental hiphop classic Duration album.

* Buy Nothing Day is Friday Nov 25

There will be a street party and musical march meeting at Grand Parade Square at 5:30pm, and leaving at 6:00pm.Bring noisemakers, merriment, and fun to celebrate Buy Nothing Day. If you can't make the celebrations, then tune in to CKDU 97.5 from 6-7pm for live updates.

Dating Jimmy Kimmel, meta-bigotry and Zoloft

2005-11-22T22:40:00.000-04:00

Sarah Silverman | Onion AV Club

Irony Maiden | Slate

Sarah Silverman Interrogation | Slate

Quiet Depravity | The New Yorker

Jesus is Magic

Column

2005-11-22T15:54:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #159 (Nov 21, 2005)
Muskrat meat, deep fried SUV fuel and the "pass-out game."
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Road Trip?

2005-11-17T22:05:00.000-04:00

Sigur Ros
FEB 6 @ 7:30pm
On-Sale Friday, November 18
Tickets are $30.50, general admission, all ages.
http://www.liveatthestate.com/

US Politics

2005-11-16T12:13:00.000-04:00

"Members of Congress have increased their own pay by $30,000 per year since freezing the minimum wage at $5.15 per hour (the lowest among industrialized nations)." - Jimmy Carter (This isn't the real America | LA Times)

Music

2005-11-15T18:35:00.000-04:00

Halifax Pop Explosion Reviews (October 11 to 15, 2005)
By Carsten Knox, Iain K. MacLeod and Scott Reid

US Politics

2005-11-15T14:38:00.000-04:00

On Bush, the Dems, Jon Stewart, Hunter Thompson, Bill Moyers, and King (not Don) by John Cusack.

Column

2005-11-14T14:34:00.000-04:00

Atlantic News Perspective #158 (Nov 14, 2005)
Rose hips, prison tattoos and young vets.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Stuff

2005-11-13T22:27:00.000-04:00

Moleskine planners are available at The Bookmark (5686 Spring Garden Road) in Halifax. If I wasn't hooked on my Palm and iCal, I would probably buy one.

Post

2005-11-13T18:07:00.000-04:00

Ultimate Geek Tool | Ask MetaFilter

Halifax Locals

2005-11-12T19:40:00.000-04:00

Dangerously clever
Halifax 'rap nerd' to launch latest CD at Seahorse
By STEPHEN COOKE, Entertainment Reporter, The Chronicle Herald

Dangerously zone
Halifax hip-hopper Jesse Dangerously brings a crew along for the first time on his guest-laden EP Inter Alia.
By Jon Bruhm, The Coast

MP3>Jesse Dangerously's "Outfox'd (When Pacitists Attack)"

Cancon

2005-11-09T23:06:00.000-04:00

Hoser courtesy of The Colbert Report.