November 2009
29 posts
“Like Twitter and Facebook, Foursquare taps into our inner exhibitionist self...”
– Om Malik - Why I Love Foursquare (via Fimoculous)
Rural Alberta Advantage - In The Summertime (Live)
Uptown Magazine - November 26/09
Clicker Television networks have been slow to adapt to changes in people’s viewing habits. While networks are slowly accepting the fact that they need to be streaming their content on the web, Canada still lags behind the U.S. when it comes to providing online access to TV and movies. Not only is some of the content from networks blocked because of location restrictions in our country,...
Winnipeg Free Press - November 26/2009
Gordon Ramsay Returns
CELEBRITY chefs are a dime a dozen these days, but Gordon Ramsay still manages to make people take notice. Returning Dec. 16 to Fox, the American version of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares might be more over-the-top than its British counterpart (check the reruns on the Food Network or BBC Canada), but it’s still worth watching. Although Ramsay almost seems like...
Uptown Magazine - Mike Gervais
When you think of music from the Midwest, techno probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But producer/DJ Mike Gervais’ has no doubt about the impact living in Minneapolis has had on shaping his sound as a performer. “There definitely was a lot of techno here. That’s what I grew up on. My style has changed a lot over time and is always evolving, but it’s...
WatchCuban Skateboarding Crisis
This is the short documentary that inspired Chris Nieratko’s trip to Havana.
Mission Skatepossible
I was in Havana in 2003/2004/2005. I was fascinated by the kids riding makeshift scooter/skateboard hybrids down the marble boulevards. Here are a few pictures from those trips. Below is an article by Vice Magazine’s Chris Nieratko on a trip he the took to the historic city to distribute skateboards to kids.
Mission Skatepossible
by Chris Nieratko
Before: Little makeshift...
My Winnipeg
Why is my Winnipeg not as cool as Guy Maddin’s?
Dinosaur Jr
via: the 411 on nightlife
Uptown Magazine - Tiesto Review
photo: Jon Williams
Tiesto
Nov. 11, Duckworth Centre (University of Winnipeg) w/ Dada Life, Darian James
B+
Say what you will about Tiesto - namely, that’s he’s overpaid, overhyped and plays it safe behind the decks - but the 2,500+ people who packed into the University of Winnipeg’s Duckworth Centre for the largest electronic music event in Manitoba’s history will...
Uptown Magazine - November 19/09
Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No Back in 1970, with a couple days off before his next trip to the mound, former Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitcher Dock Ellis decided to drop some LSD to unwind - and managed to get so messed up that he lost track of an entire day. Scheduled to pitch against the San Diego Padres, Ellis was still high when he showed up at the park. Although his teammates eventually...
Winnipeg Free Press - November 19/09
Guy Fieri’s Road Show
YOU probably know the Food Network’s rock ‘n’ roll chef Guy Fieri from his popular shows Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and Guy’s Big Bites. Since winning the second season of The Next Food Network Star, Fieri has been putting his unique spin on fast, fun cuisine and travelling across the U.S.A., eating at popular greasy spoons.
Fieri is the...
DJ Fame or Shame?
“Why does homeboy have a drumstick in his hand? I don’t see any drums around? By the way, change your shirt. I’m willing to bet that this dumbass never even went to real college, maybe community college, but not real college.”
VERDICT: SHAME. By the way, you look f*ckin’ creepy dude.
via: DJ Fame or Shame
Uptown Magazine - Pezzner
Although Seattle producer/DJ/ digital composer Dave Pezzner has been making electronic music since 1992 with partner Bob Hansen under the moniker Jacob London, it wasn’t until he branched out on his own that he was able to craft his unique brand of forward-thinking house music. Working exclusively together until a few years ago, both producers have now developed their own solo material....
Uptown Magazine - November 12/09
The Evolution of Skateboarding Although skateboarding is now generally accepted as a legitimate sport, it hasn’t always been. While skateboarding in the ’60s and early ’70s was on TV and seemed poised to enter the mainstream, something happened along the way; skateboarding became a fringe activity and was discouraged in many cities. The Evolution of Skateboarding is a series of...
WatchGenius Kills Promo
WatchMike Kelly’s Greatest Hits Quotes
Freestylin' - 1989
Spike Jonze (1988?)
Uptown Magazine - November 5/09
Blowing the Whistle: The Book the NBA Doesn’t Want You to Read NBA commissioner David Stern was in full damage control mode after word got out that disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy had written a book called Blowing the Whistle: The Culture of Fraud in the NBA, Random House was publishing it and excerpts were already circulating on the web. The publishing giant has recently pulled...
Winnipeg Free Press - November 5/09
Google Music Goes Live
DESPITE the efforts of the record industry, music is still one of the top things people search for on the Internet. With Google’s recent announcement that it was rolling out new, dedicated search features for music, you have to wonder if this is just another blow to a sagging music industry, a move that will accelerate the death of the compact disc or just another...
“I’m pretty sure my name will be mentioned. I don’t know in which...”
–
Pedro Martinez
WatchTechnology Stole My Vinyl - by Steve St.Louis