June 27, 2005
Home is where the rock is
I am sad. I just found out over the weekend that one of Canada’ best little indie labels Three Gut Records is calling it quits. The Toronto-based, Guelph-founded, label is home to some of our country’s best music (in my opinion) including: the Constantines, Jim Guthrie, Royal City, Gentleman Reg, Cuff the Duke and Sea Snakes. The label’s last official release will be the new Constantines... [More >>]
June 27, 2005
my kind of headline writer
Potter-mania shifts up a gear [More >>]
June 27, 2005
my painful monkey spine
About ten minutes ago, I booked an appointment with Benjamin, a granite-handed Russian massage therapist who, sometime around 6:15pm tomorrow, will have me begging for mercy as he digs his thumbs under my collarbone. I’ve had neck problems since I was 28, largely caused by spending my mid-20s hunched over a computer in a fit of constant anxiety trying to write a thesis that was read by at most... [More >>]
June 25, 2005
Meanwhile, in Chile…
A proposed open-pit mine to be run by Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold touched off protests early this month of 2,000 each in Santiago and Vallenar, near the mine site. From CorpWatch: “Barrick! Listen! Chile will not surrender!, No to Pascua Lama!,” roared a crowd of protestors as they paraded through the streets of Santiago, Chile. The crowd was addressing Canadian mining giant Barrick... [More >>]
June 24, 2005
It’s the scurvy
I don’t know why anyone bothers blogging when there is Inkless Wells. Everytime Wells declares that he’s taking a break and that “blogging will be sporadic for a while,” he turns around and unleashes the best stuff anywhere. Today, he follows his rant against Harper with an annotated reply to one of his critics. Sometimes it’s brilliant, but more than anything it’s... [More >>]
June 24, 2005
You gotta admire their cajones
Ever so quietly, the federal budget has been passed. I’m not a fan of the Liberals or their apparent behaviour in AdScam, but I’m pretty impressed with their resourcefulness; they found a little-used procedural motion to force through the budget late last night. Of course, it helps that this is a good budget for Canadians. A national child care program, money for cities, affordable housing... [More >>]
June 23, 2005
Exit Interview for Ethics Commissioner?
Regular readers of this blog might remember back in March a little investigative work by Andrew Potter revealed some problems with accountability in the Ethics Commissioner’s office. Seems the Sgro inquiry has taught the Ethics Commissioner a few things. Like it shouldn’t take seven months to find an office, hire a staff and make a few follow up inquiries. He’s sure he’ll be... [More >>]
June 23, 2005
If the blood loss doesn’t kill you, the poison will
Creationists, please avert your eyes. News from the University of Alberta’s school of paleontology today that some of the earliest mammals had a lethally poisonous bite. From today’s Edmonton Journal, the fossil in question belonged to “Bisonalveus browni, a furry, insect-eating creature about the size of a mouse that lived in North America some 60 million years ago, during what is... [More >>]
June 23, 2005
Harpernalia
I just wanted to take a moment to note Paul Wells’ recent advice to Stephen Harper. “Do something!” And then go back, way back to a blog posting I made about a month ago. Here’s me in the comments section later: But seriously folks, does anyone else think that those rumours about a “dump Harper” underbubbling in the Conservative party should now no longer be just... [More >>]
June 23, 2005
Who knew?
I took my time this morning and went to get Live 8 tickets just now, but I’ve discovered that all of them were snapped up in 25 minutes! How disappointing. [More >>]
