Music

"Starting next week, the Anti-Hit List is moving a couple of kilometres southeast to the Toronto Star, where it will run Saturdays in the A&E section." - John Sakamoto (Anti-Hit List)

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #129 (Jan 31, 2005)
A Saskatchewan scandal, a 10 tonne fiddle and bar fighting.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Arts

"If you take a brief tour around cbc.ca/arts, you'll find a passionate attack on book clubs, a story about a magazine published in Vancouver that caters to high-end canine owners and a chat with Douglas Coupland about his latest novel. Katrina Onstad reviews Don McKellar's new film, Childstar; Liz Hodgson profiles controversial architect, Daniel Libeskind; and in the first installment of a regular feature called "Alternative Canadian Walk of Fame," Andre Mayer gazes back wistfully at the biggest media rodent of all time, Hammy Hamster. - Greig Dymond, Senior Producer

Music

"When asked to give a quote for the dust jacket to Kurt Cobain's posthumously published diaries submitted this quote: 'Please don't do this to me after I kill myself.' (The publishers opted not to use the quote.)" - From the Eel's All about Blinking Lights and Other Revelations. You can listen to a little bit of it here.

Ween's "Where'd the Cheese Go?" in lego form.

Beck's "E-Pro" video by Shynola and "Hell Yes (Ghettochip Malfunction 8-bit remix)" (win or real) by Mumbleboy.

Games

Oughtta Stay Out of Pictures - Why video games shouldn't be like the movies | Slate
By Clive Thompson

Travel

Portland to Halifax: Taking the Car Along for the Ride | The New York Times

Nerd Alert

Dethroning King Gillette: Is iPod the Razor or the Blade? | PBS

Nerd Alert

Free FileMaker Pro 7 Seminar

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #128 (Jan 24, 2005)
Robbing the church, unnerving Newfoundlanders and potatoes for the poor.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Film

The Official Website for the "Strangers With Candy" movie

Games

WarioWare: Twisted!

Video

The Postal Service "We Will Become Silhouettes" (dir. Jared Hess)

News

Hurtubise says invention sees through walls | BayToday.ca

Facts

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

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #127 (Jan 17, 2005)
Block Parent abandonment, smelly Cow Head kelp and major audits.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Audio

The Conet Project - Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations

Tech

Apple's Magic Act (January 12) | Fool.com
The Mac Mini and the iPod Shuffle may sound like good news to some, but one Fool thinks he hears the sound of Steve Jobs slipping his foot into a neoprene booty, slipping on Fonzi's leather jacket, and preparing to take a trip off the ramp and over the shark tank. By Seth Jayson

Living Up to the iHype (January 13) | Fool.com
Don't let the headlines fool you (little f). It's about more than the iPod. But the amazing increases in profitability at Apple have one Fool wondering if he's not the one putting on the leather jacket and grabbing for the waterski rope. By Seth Jayson

TV

2004: the stupid version

Film

Tara's Sundance Trip

film

Charity

Canada For Asia - A broadcast event to benefit Southeast Asia

Nerd Alert

Macworld San Francisco 2005 Expo Keynote

Highlights: Mac mini & iPod shuffle

History

20 Year Usenet Timeline | Google

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #126 (Jan 10, 2005)
Lowering the flag, lovely lumpfish and the adventures of Acadieman.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Post

Torture Tapes | Metafilter

Film

2004: The Year in Movies - Flight of the Movie Club. By David Edelstein, A.O. Scott, Charles Taylor, Armond White, Stephanie Zacharek, Scott Foundas, Christopher Kelly, and Wesley Morris | Slate

Post (Halifax Locals)

Junior Boys (makers of Last Exit) at Reflections on March 4th.

That is, if I can believe what I read on the internets.

Here is a thing on the Concert for Asia and an EPK thingy for Matt Mays.

Note: ex-pats Bontempi have a nice, cozy home on the web.

Yet another "next big thing" article on Buck 65 (<- recently renovated).

Holy F*cking Sh!t

Us.ef.ul - A beginner's guide to The Next Big Thing

Film

After reading this pretty typical Top 20 DVD list for the year, I scrolled to the bottom to find 15 other lists that may open my eyes to something new this year. Also, Mark Palermo has listed 175 films of 2004 in order so you don't have to.

Magazine

Best letters ever (re: Vice's Worst Issue Ever)

Stupid Baby Names

Some may see this as a new low, but I can't help it if parents are stupid enough to label there kids with such silly handles...and publish it in a newspaper. It's not like I am making fun of how stupid many of them look. That would be cruel.

Here are some dandy ones:
* Cash Bartholomew Bertolo
* Maximilian Logan Butler
* Connor John Joseph Cool
* Ayla Laurine Pearl Hogg-Chasbassol
* Logan William Kenneth Leigh Stewart

I also noticed a pattern of frigging up the spelling (I am one to talk) of normal names like these: Emyleigh, Emilee, Rebekah, Rebekkah, Sydnee, and Madyson. Also, the mash-up is popular, like Rylan, and I also gave bonus points to someone for naming their child Autumn Pilgrim.

TV

Concrete TV

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #125 (Jan 3, 2005)
A big win, a big storm and a big allegation.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Music

Analord 10

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #124 (Dec 20, 2004)
Jim Carrey as a Newfoundlander and driving under the influence.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

TV

10 ADS AMERICA WON'T SEE

Nerd Alert

2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist

Nerd Alert

Mind Hacks: Neuroscience and psychology tricks to find out what's going on inside your brain.

Holiday Greetings

Lewis-MacLeod Family 2003/2004 Timeline

Nerd Alert

"Gary Schare, Microsoft's director of product management for Windows, has been assigned the unenviable task of explaining how Microsoft plans to respond to the Firefox challenge with a product whose features were last updated three years ago. He has said that current users of Internet Explorer will stick with it once they take into account 'all the factors that led them to choose I.E. in the first place.' Beg your pardon. Choose? Doesn't I.E. come bundled with Windows?" - Randall Stross, The Fox Is in Microsoft's Henhouse (and Salivating) | NY Times

Music

The Ten Most Accurately Rated Artists in Rock History | Spin.com

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #123 (Dec 13, 2004)
A 400 year-old play, the war on meth and a new beak for a bittern.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Media

Stephen Colbert's Guide to Dressing and Expressing Like a TV Journalist

Music

Beatles Christmas Records

Law

Wal-Mart Sued For Selling Evanescence CD | VH1.com

I totally agree with this lawsuit, but for very different reasons.

Religion

"If you think the 10 commandments being posted in a school is going to change behavior of children, then you think employees must wash hands is keeping the piss out of your happy meals." - Jon Stewart (CNN Larry King Live)

Video

Grandaddy: "Nature Anthem"

News

The Year in Ideas: A to Z | NY Times Magazine

Film

"In my ideal cinémathèque, 'The Life Aquatic' would play on a permanent double bill with 'The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.' Mr. Anderson and Stephen Hillenburg, Mr. Squarepants's creator, share not only a taste for nautical nonsense, but also a willingness to carry the banner of unfettered imaginative silliness into battle against the tyranny of maturity." - A.O. Scott (The New York Times)

Love Thy Neighbour

Coulter: Canada is "lucky we allow them to exist on the same continent"; Carlson: "Without the U.S., Canada is essentially Honduras" | Media Matters for America

News

"A survey of 300 retailers in Sweden found that squeezing handsets into snug-fitting pants is the second leading cause of broken phones." - (CNET News.com)