This is Ben Sollee. He is a special guy who plays the cello (awesomely). Part of his bio on bensollee.com says this: …In 2010, Ben embarked on the “Ditch The Van Tour.” Ben and his band abandoned the comforts of a motorized vehicle and hauled their gear and instruments (yep, the cello too) across the…
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Rebecca Black’s Friday and Other YouTube Sensations
It was a couple months ago that I was first introduced to the video of this special, special new song that has taken YouTube by storm. My husband preambled it by telling me it was basically the worst song ever. I’ll admit I was skeptical. Could this really be worse than Kylie Minogue’s “I Just…
BANG Movie Review: THOR
I first typed BANG Movie Review: Thor, and it just didn’t look right. This movie requires CAPS, people. See? I went to see the movie not knowing anything about the comic book it’s based on – except that it deals with the Norse god of thunder. I knew that it starred Chris Hemsworth, that guy…
An Open Letter to Stephen Harper
Prime Minister Stephen Harper Langevin Building 80 Wellington Street Ottawa ON K1A 0A6 Dear Prime Minister, Firstly, I would like to apologize. I know I have started off on the wrong foot: I am supposed to address you as the Prime Minister of Canada, but with “Harper Government” replacing “Government of Canada”, I got confused…
Canadian Elections 2011, Part II: My Epiphany
Something dawned on me recently: I have some heavy prejudices when it comes to politics. (Warning: Di-atribe.) It’s not that I thought I was completely free from bias, but I try to be as open-minded and critical-thinking as I can. Though I am white, female, educated, middle-class, anglophone, straight, and born in Canada, I try…
Canadian Election 2011: Stuff that’s Cool
This March, when the current federal Conservatives were found in contempt of Parliament and the government fell, a widespread reaction was, “We’re going to the polls again?? This is a stupid waste of money – we’re just going to end up with exactly the same situation.” (It’s been less than 3 years since the last…
BANG Movie (and story) Review: The Adjustment Bureau
After seeing The Adjustment Bureau last night, I decided to read the story it’s based on – “Adjustment Team”, by Philip K. Dick. A strange experience on both counts. I’d seen trailers, so I knew the movie was about some guy who gets involved with a group of sinister guys in fedoras who reveal to…
BANG Movie Reviews: Just Go With It vs. Blue Valentine
Kudos to my friend Skye. She is my most moviegoing friend, and she has now seen all TEN Oscar Best Picture Nominees! And she still made time to see two other movies with me in the past couple weeks. Here’s my little Table O’ Comparison between Just Go With It and Blue Valentine. Two movies…
BANG Book Review: When You Are Engulfed In Flames
Our latest book club meeting was to discuss When You Are Engulfed In Flames, by David Sedaris. We met at Williams Fresh Cafe (formerly known as Williams Coffee Pub), so it was a very casual atmosphere with considerably more gossip than book discussion. Some of us had read all of it, some only parts of…
BANG Movie Review: The King’s Speech
A friend of mine said her first reaction, upon hearing about the premise for The King’s Speech, was Why would anyone watch a movie about that? How can you even base a movie on something so boring? She was apparently not alone in this thought: even the Oscar buzz has not stopped some people wondering…