tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63433372011-07-30T21:24:28.838-06:00All Things Michael ApplebyMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-85400289373190079582009-12-16T22:40:00.005-07:002009-12-17T06:16:31.445-07:00

Before I begin this post I have to give a shout-out to Adam Snider (@ink_slinger if you do the whole Twitter thing). Thanks to a small series of recent tweets from Adam, I arrived at the following theory. So without the tireless efforts of Adam Snider (or here if you do the whole World Wide Web thing)(here if you have no idea what a World Wide Web is)(here if you are clinically considered to be

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-46038346722253636742009-08-23T08:34:00.003-06:002009-08-23T09:04:34.384-06:00

The folks over at Pitchfork have recently compiled a list of the top 500 songs of the decade. According to them. I followed it as it wended it's way from number 500 all the way down to number one over the course of five installments. What made the list so cool to follow was that the contributers to the list including samples from each song included, but really if you wanted to hear the full

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-70745389220894136212009-06-30T22:17:00.005-06:002009-06-30T23:38:55.114-06:00

Okay, so when I mentioned driving around listening to sexy songs recently I was asked by a few people what I meant by that. Well, the songs were sexy. There's something utterly cool about driving around town listening to songs that are sexy. Anyway, since I was asked, I thought I would go through the playlist I have on my iPod, yes there actually is one, and comment on each song's inclusion.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-3559263139369936602009-05-22T01:36:00.003-06:002009-05-22T03:03:15.489-06:00

1. Spell your name without an E,R,S,H,K,I,M,L,C,A,Y,N: PPB2.Are you single? Yes3.What is your favorite number? 234.What is your favorite color? I would say black, but it's so basic and essential. So, instead of that, I'm going to go ahead and say blue. 5.Least favorite color? I get tired of purple. 6. what are you listening to? Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's self-titled album.7.Are you happy with

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-11272435541673815972009-05-20T06:24:00.002-06:002009-05-20T07:05:24.673-06:00

Camping season is fast approaching here in desolate Alberta, Canada (sorry Tourism Alberta, your cheque bounced hard and fast; that's the only endorsement you'll get from me). With the warmer weather comes what promises to be many cherished memories, "off-road" vehicles getting trashed actually going off-road, wild mountain lion attacks, cases of West Nile Virus, and whatever else it is you

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-19223575611390129862009-02-20T00:43:00.002-07:002009-02-20T01:13:52.497-07:00

Okay, recently (well, not so recently given my timing, but you know what I mean), Groundhog Day was upon us and then it was over again just as suddenly as it arrived. I thought that I would take this opportunity to fill you in on the outcome of the day's festivities in case you were living underneath a rock. Do you want to know what the little varmint had to say? Do you want to really know the

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-43865153495182400292009-01-20T12:55:00.002-07:002009-01-20T13:02:39.357-07:00

Because I've been feeling kind of blah the past few days I'm going to point in the direction of 5secondfilms. I really like how they do the whole internet sketch comedy thing blended with the ultimate in brevity. If you watch a sketch that doesn't seem that funny, hey, that's okay, it was only 5 seconds long, move on to the next sketch. So far, though, this one is my favorite. If you see me

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-86642136469850547372009-01-13T04:11:00.003-07:002009-01-13T04:44:58.223-07:00

Coming to the Sundance Film Festival this year is a little Norwegian horror movie called Dead Snow, and after having had a chance to watch the trailer for it on YouTube, I can honestly say I have a pretty good feeling that this movie is going to be the drop-dead-gorgeous-woman-whose-t-shirt-just-spontaneously-rips-open-to-expose-huge-globous-breasts-that-god-never-intended-to-be-concealed of

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-48771411780619632092009-01-11T03:18:00.003-07:002009-01-11T04:05:36.309-07:00

Hey there, long time, no see.So, today I was at work. Dutifully, as usual. And something happened today that more or less scared the shit out of me. It wasn't scary in the sense that a psycho killer with a meat cleaver and a necklace of children's teeth was leaping out from the shadows telling me that he wanted to butt-rape me, though I'm not really sure why I just put all of those elements

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-51677867316764894692008-07-24T03:32:00.002-06:002008-07-24T04:11:26.686-06:00

Somewhere along the way, culturally speaking, older women got a whole lot sexier. That is to say, you watch television, you watch movies, you put on a Madonna album, or you read something by Anne Rice, and older women seem to be depicted more and more as being sexual deviants. You know the old lady who looked after Tweety Bird in the Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner Show? She probably got her kink on

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-73306970599333973202008-06-09T01:52:00.004-06:002008-06-09T03:13:55.492-06:00

Click Here.You know, I tried to come up with a title for this blog entry that sums up what I found in the linked article perfectly. No matter what, though, nothing I could put together in words communicated it succinctly enough.Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.I'll summarize the article for you because the article itself is pretty short and easy to follow. Basically, in Vancouver, the police

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-10796137150324079522008-06-05T08:09:00.003-06:002008-06-05T08:14:23.135-06:00

Okay, so for those of you who were in the audiences at the Raving Poets reading series "Heart Beat" this will probably not be a new poem for you because I read it over a month ago. Mind you, I'm neglectful of my little blog sometimes and so I'm finally getting around to putting up some new poetry and, of my new poetry, this is some stuff that got pretty positive feedback (or at least I thought

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-51138000335860170152008-04-28T21:48:00.003-06:002008-04-28T22:42:22.587-06:00

Man, you know what I saw on T.V. the other day? Another Cialis commercial. It doesn't really matter how clever they write the ads for any of the boner pills out there, every time I see them I get a little bit angry. Now, don't get me wrong, I think it's great that I get to see commercials with middle-aged shlubs dancing around in public and singing the praises of their chemically induced

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-28008564089556127062008-03-05T01:29:00.002-07:002008-03-05T01:33:08.550-07:00

Click here.The link goes to a site that contains what can only be described as an interactive (go ahead try clicking Win's hands and face while he sings) music video for the Arcade Fire song "Neon Bible." I just thought I'd pass that link along to you because I just watched it for the first time and it blew my mind!

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-52736767306861578792008-03-03T15:56:00.002-07:002008-03-03T16:06:32.917-07:00

If you're like me you're trying to buy a download of Nine Inch Nails' latest offering "Ghosts I-IV" today. It's available for download only through various Torrent sites or you can go to the official website and purchase a download for as little as $5.00. Musically, it's 36 tracks of instrumental NIN bliss. Right now I've got it playing on the website's player while I wait for the download to

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-35877531630076114142008-02-25T04:57:00.002-07:002008-02-25T05:05:16.772-07:00

On March 5, 2008, the Raving Poets return to their cozy little Yianni's basement, The Kasbar. Details of the next reading series we're doing can be found at the Raving Poets' website. I hope to see all of you there. It promises to be a great feat of literature. In the meantime here's a new poem. It's short and sweet.FutilityI mailed you a tin can.It should have arrived by now.I'm very sorry;

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Click here.Government officials are now citing drinking bottled water as immoral. Some of you are probably drinking a bottle of water as you are reading this and, you know what, you are monsters!It's about damned time somebody came out and said it. Every time I see some jerk cracking open a bottle of water I vomit emotionally because I know that Mother Nature is getting raped repeatedly for her

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-39142207548053608402008-02-07T05:55:00.000-07:002008-02-07T06:26:58.079-07:00

So I was watching television the other day and saw an ad for a Glomobi service. Glomobi, for the uninitiated, offer a range of services for cellular phone users all over the place. Text message the word "JOKE" to blah, blah, blah, blah and you'll have trouble not crapping your pants from getting the funniest jokes in the world sent directly to your cell phone! You know the kind of service I'm

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-47617474659576692942007-09-15T23:14:00.000-06:002007-09-15T23:27:00.415-06:00

On September 21, next Friday to be more informal, the third annual Roar literary festival takes place here in Edmonton. Click the picture will take you to the official website for the festival. You would do well to go to the website and check it out. There are a ton of great shows going on that night if you are into poetry.My own little part to play in this year's festival happens at Three

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-40359990047184193232007-08-12T06:28:00.000-06:002007-08-12T06:44:59.388-06:00

So tonight, after I got home from work, I thought that I would kick back and listen to the latest Garner Andrews podcast. After opening up my iTunes and starting the latest podcast I found myself looking through all of my downloaded podcasts and noticed something that made me smile.As some of you out there may know, or maybe not, I was featured in a couple of episodes of The Raving Poets'

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-18941210404663875832007-07-18T03:12:00.000-06:002007-07-18T03:56:46.770-06:00

I very recently finished reading Max Brooks' novel World War Z: An Oral History Of The Zombie War. I had read his other zombie book The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead some time ago and was quite impressed with how thoroughly Brooks approached the subject of a zombie apocalypse. In the survival guide he expounded, at great length, on various strategies for

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-88855196194892506422007-07-14T16:50:00.000-06:002007-07-15T02:51:06.639-06:00

Here's another poem that was performed at the last Raving Poets series that I'm finally getting around to posting. I think this one is more in my loveable scumbag mode of writing. It's called "Affront." Enjoy.AffrontIt had to be said.It had to be whisperedhow much I wanted to fuck youwhile we sat in churchat your nephew’s christeningbecause I didn’t want to disturbthe rest of your familywith

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-83194558741252620422007-07-05T03:05:00.000-06:002007-07-15T02:51:34.706-06:00

Sorry that I haven't been posting very much lately. I've been a busy boy of late. Lots of living life away from my keyboard. It's not that I haven't been writing, but I've been really distracted from getting to my beloved blogging. Here's a poem that I actually performed a while back in the "Rapture" series with the Raving Poets. You'll notice that it's dated for July and that's because I

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-84964190440751012512007-06-19T06:42:00.000-06:002007-07-15T02:51:49.917-06:00

Okay, not exactly new, but a poem that all but six people have seen in some manner of print. I just thought I would post it finally. I wrote it back in April and performed it at one of the Raving Poets nights pretty much right after writing it. I really like writing these sort of noctunal type poems. Enjoy. Lamp Men Of MidnightIamhomeamong the lamp men of midnight, theshadowed faces cutting

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-20285661424041735482007-06-12T18:35:00.000-06:002007-06-12T18:49:25.425-06:00

As most of you out there know by now, I work in a casino. In that casino we get live entertainment each and every weekend. I say "live entertainment," but trust me when I say that entertainment isn't always what you get. The bands we get are a mixed bag. Some are actually pretty good and others are pretty bad.How do you cope with having to remain in that place when a bad band is booked to

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-39710997458347390172007-05-21T23:44:00.000-06:002007-05-22T00:29:14.745-06:00

So today I finished reading the home stretch of Chuck Palahniuk's latest novel, Rant: An Oral Biography Of Buster Casey. Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while now or know me personally know that I have a very deep reverence for Palahniuk's work and that I probably spend a tad too much time championing his work. He is my favorite author. Naturally, I was expecting to really

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-77047247348652208442007-05-14T22:43:00.000-06:002007-05-14T23:18:22.649-06:00

The other night I was privileged enough to bear witness to one of the great debaters of our time. For free! Can you imagine it? It was sort of like going to a local outdoor basketball court and finding Michael Jordan shooting hoops or like going to a local hockey rink and getting a chance to watch Wayne Gretzky play shinny. It was that rare of an opportunity! For the few brief moments while

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-71756982147914136622007-05-10T02:32:00.000-06:002007-05-10T03:27:25.120-06:00

Click here.If, like me, you are shock, outraged, completely discombobulated...Am I the only person in the world who giggles like a schoolgirl when given the chance to use the word "discombobulated?" It's one of those words in the English language that has its dictionary meaning, or as we in the biz call it, denotative meaning, but it has this sort of allegorical meaning, a hidden meaning, and

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-51850869064775478362007-05-09T01:25:00.000-06:002007-05-09T01:44:45.580-06:00

Last night marked the final game of the 2006-2007 FBA (Farmers Basketball Association) season. It was a good game to end the season on. Now that it's done, though, I'm going to miss playing Tuesday night hoops with all the guys in the league. I call it a league, but really there's only a handful of us and we play a pick-up game each and every week. Oh well, no FBA until October most

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-22943814753184203152007-05-05T14:56:00.000-06:002007-05-05T15:21:46.711-06:00

This week's installment of the Raving Poets' series "Rapture" was one of the best poetry shows I can remember in a long, long time. We had a theme night, the theme being the blues. So for every poet who took a turn behind the microphone the band would play a blues song. What it led to, then, was quite a variety of interpretations on the part of the 16 poets as to how their poems would work

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-42567561078711682902007-05-05T14:54:00.000-06:002007-05-05T14:56:21.973-06:00

Just a quick note. I want to wish a happy birthday to Nadine, Darcy, Ian, and Cory who are all celebrating birthdays this week. This weekend is going to be off-the-hook I think. It just sucks that I'm battling a terrible cold.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-88280543101342665542007-04-28T20:36:00.000-06:002007-04-28T23:35:14.353-06:00

10.) 107 Wives- Click here. A 74-year-old man from Indonesia was recently put in jail for beating up his wife because he suspected her of infidelity in the marriage. I can't figure out why the fuck any woman would want to be unfaithful to a husband who has 106 other wives. That's not a typo. He has 107 wives in total. From those 107 wives he has 41 children and a small city's worth of

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-6109138425438082502007-04-27T22:33:00.000-06:002007-04-28T23:35:53.929-06:00

Tonight I'm posting a rerun. Many of you out there probably haven't read this one so it might not actually be a rerun for you. Some of you have read or heard it before so I welcome you to amuse yourself in the archives somewhere. Actually, I was going to post my Bottom Ten for April, but my browser crashed as I was drafting it and I'm too frustrated to start drafting it all over again tonight.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-13590714347527207732007-04-15T22:48:00.000-06:002007-04-15T22:53:31.589-06:00

Last night I received a belated birthday present from my very good friends Brodie and Kristin. They bought me an autographed Alex Grey poster. For those of you who want to see what the poster looks like do click the link to go to Alex Grey's site, click the shop link or click here and go to the posters page. The poster they bought me is of the "Oversoul" painting. It's freakin' beautiful!

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-35664637680656825682007-04-12T06:33:00.000-06:002007-04-12T06:38:09.580-06:00

R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-50026329743979120592007-04-11T00:31:00.000-06:002007-04-11T00:35:53.304-06:00

So, here's another story from my job. It's kind of funny in that sort of way that makes me wish that the rest of humanity was rendered sterile so that people would not be able to bring more fuckwits into the world.Let me first set the stage a little for you because I could potentially lose you in my little narrative if I don't. Our casino recently converted all of its slot machines to a system

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-38379706137782141192007-04-06T04:12:00.000-06:002007-04-06T05:01:43.688-06:00

So I was doing my regular perusal of the news around the internet thanks to the good folks at Fark and I found a link to this article on CNN:Click here.The link goes to an article about porn addiction. I'm sure it's something that affects somebody somewhere. Okay, maybe not just "somebody somewhere," it affects a lot of people. Okay, you're clearly onto my clever ruse, I have a window open on

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-17259935833093369082007-04-03T05:18:00.000-06:002007-04-03T05:50:17.755-06:00

About two weeks ago I was finding myself a few spare moments to eat a very quick dinner after work. I was on my way to the weekly Raving Poets show at Yianni's, but didn't feel much like eating Greek food that night. So anyway, a little bit of time, a quick dinner? I went to McDonald's.Now, bear in mind that I've drastically cut down my McDonald's intake over the past few years. In fact, I

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-16966210171214924642007-04-02T04:41:00.000-06:002007-04-02T04:55:16.717-06:00

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has recently released it's Definitive 200 albums list. These are the albums you are supposed to own. I'm not sure how I feel about the list myself. Naturally, not everybody is going to agree with all the selections, but it's a good topic of discussion. Where would you rank some of these albums? Would some of these albums not even rank at all? Are there albums

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-44706667150125532412007-04-02T00:14:00.000-06:002007-04-02T03:55:56.455-06:00

I suppose there are a few of you out there who are wondering why it took me so long to finally get around to posting a review (or my best attempt at a review)of The Arcade Fire's latest album, Neon Bible. It's definitely not a case of me not buying the album as soon as humanly possible, that's for sure. I was at HMV the morning of the release to pick it up as is customary for me when it comes

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-63005435661852426692007-03-30T19:26:00.000-06:002007-04-28T23:36:30.515-06:00

10.) Tony Blair- Click here. Apparently in his youth the current Prime Minister of England made a lewd hand gesture in a photograph once. Gasp! On top of that he flashed an office full of secretaries through a window in a building across the street. Shudder! Why is any of this even news? Nobody fucking cares what happened over 30 years ago with a lewd hand gesture and/or flashing a bunch of

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-61175771701294456772007-03-20T23:11:00.000-06:002007-04-28T23:37:06.372-06:00

No Threat#1 A prop telephone formy brilliant one-man skitsinvolving telephone conversations.#13 A somewhat surprisingly sturdyhammerwith a grip that is velvety smooth,and easy on my calluses.#20 An impromptu pieceof exercise equipment,the bending back and forth.I can feel the burn in my chestthat may or may not heartache. Yes. I have found twenty uses for your dildo since you stormed out in a fit

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-64994884522517472392007-03-11T15:16:00.000-06:002007-03-11T21:09:46.967-06:00

So this weekend marked Lori's 30th birthday party (happy birthday, Lori!). And the gang got together as the gang is wont to do on such an occasion. We started our Saturday night with a dinner at Chianti's and then finished our night at The Billiard Club.All-in-all it was a hell of a night, but for some reason I only got a few pictures and only a couple of those pictures turned out well. So

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-11224414999583199592007-02-21T14:12:00.000-07:002007-02-21T14:26:04.604-07:00

The latest reading series from The Raving Poets is set to kick off tonight. The name of the series is Rapture.So if you are looking for something entertaining to do on Wednesday nights between now (February 21, 2007) and then (May 31, 2007) you should definitely come on down to Yianni's Taverna (10444 - 82 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta) for some literary ass-kickery.They've streamlined the format a

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-85438124351767706522007-02-16T20:46:00.000-07:002007-02-16T21:47:45.891-07:00

Sorry for the lateness in finally posting something. My work schedule has been a little crazy lately (waking up "really early" now as opposed to "just early"), but here's a little peak at some of the better photographs we got from my big 30th birthday bash.A group shot at Beerfest.Our table of dead soldiers at Beerfest.Cheers!Jeff and Jay rawking out.Before Jeff gives his official endorsement of

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-4669596431727848092007-02-10T06:13:00.000-07:002007-02-05T23:06:12.824-07:00

Today is my 30th birthday. There was a part of me that for a long time was just a little apprehensive about the prospects of turning 30. Now it's here and nothing is all that different about me. I still feel the same.Anyway, I'll try to get some pictures from the birthday party tonight. I can't make any promises, though, because if the people at Beerfest, happening tonight at the Dinwoodie

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-19262013370172449912007-02-02T20:12:00.000-07:002007-02-02T20:14:29.476-07:00

Okay, I apologize for putting up this notification so soon before the performance. I realize that this doesn't give you much time to make plans to be there if you want to be there. Anyway, I do hope that you can make it out for this show. It's happening on Frebruary 7, 2007 at the La Boheme Tango Lounge here in Edmonton. The address to the joint is 6427 - 112 Avenue and it's the show kicks off

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-59445214503855623872007-02-01T19:44:00.000-07:002007-02-01T19:47:50.938-07:00

My statcounter lets me see how people stumble upon my little slice of internet heaven here. One amusing way to find me apparently is to Google "assholes named mike". Ouch! That really smarts.Click to see if you don't believe me.So now you can say you know an asshole named Mike. You know, in case you brag about such things.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-37398507544846718952007-01-28T10:45:00.000-07:002007-01-28T10:48:28.410-07:00

I saw this while reading up on the forthcoming Arcade Fire album (Mar. 6 in North America) and found it pretty amusing.

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Okay, so I had the strangest dream.I was, I guess, for lack of a better word, a minister. The church I presided over was one of those churches where people tend to sing gospel music more than preach (the kind of church that is actually a lot cooler than 60 minutes of being told you are going to hell). I had just been promoted to minister since the last minister of the church had just recently

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-3131639985437875162007-01-24T09:55:00.000-07:002007-01-24T10:20:06.547-07:00

Click here.A German research team has discovered that larger doses of Viagra can cause a decrease in a man's ability to smell things. Viagra, for those of you who just woke from a 30-year-long nap, is the pill that men can take to get erections for hours on end. The reason why the pill also decreases the ability to smell is nasal congestion.While this may seem like a drawback to Viagra I think

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-26160445959190158812007-01-17T04:51:00.000-07:002007-01-17T04:54:20.074-07:00

From the regional finals of the 2005 National Poetry Face-off. It's a shame I couldn't go further into the contest with this. I just read it back for the first time in a long time and didn't think it to be half bad. Maybe I'll have to do this one for a Raving Poets show one day since it's only ever been performed once and almost forgotten since.Nuclear FamiliesIt was fun to be among you again,

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-63198276923659338602007-01-12T14:43:00.000-07:002007-01-12T14:52:23.352-07:00

So I'm keeping up with pretty much all of my new year's resolutions so far despite the depression, depsite the heartbreak, and despite the weather. One of the resolutions that I had, if you might recall was to resume work on my novel, which I've tentatively tiled Chicken Little: A Novel. Maybe it won't go anywhere. Maybe I won't have the discipline to finish it. Maybe it won't get published.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-42947334211094774292007-01-06T19:45:00.000-07:002007-01-06T19:59:42.515-07:00

Talking with a coworker recently I discovered that she knew somebody who, as a gift for one of his loved ones, bought the naming rights to a star. And I have to admit that's a pretty good gift idea. I mean who wouldn't want to have a gigantic ball of burning gas named after them? But then it really got me to thinking. For instance, how would I feel if out there somewhere there was a star

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10.) Ghouls- Click here. So the owner of the car in which Princess Diana was a passenger on that fateful night all those years ago when she died in that accident wants to get the car back from authorities so that he can sell it as a souvenir. That's right, a souvenir. Hey Tommy, what's new?Oh not much, did a bit of shopping on eBay the other day.That's cool, what did you get?Oh, you know, some

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First off, I just wanted to thank all of you who have contacted me to find out what's been up with me and why I haven't been updating my page very frequently of late, sending me Are you okay? emails, passing along 24-hour psychiatric helpline numbers, and whatnot. Please rest assured that I'm not trapped at the bottom of a well and I haven't fallen resulting in my inabiliy to get up (I wonder

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-29447557571337880292006-12-11T01:25:00.000-07:002006-12-11T01:32:02.127-07:00

Daysleeperby: R.E.M.Receiving department, 3 a.m.Staff cuts have socked up the overageDirectives are posted.No callbacks, complaints.Everywhere is calm.Hong Kong is presentTaipei awakesAll talk of circadian rhythmI see today with a newsprint frayMy night is colored headache greyDaysleeperThe bull and the bear are marking their territoriesThey're leading the blind with their international

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-74376251857938515852006-12-05T07:24:00.000-07:002006-12-05T08:36:01.006-07:00

Thank you for your patience. I would have had it up sooner, but it was an exhausting weekend for me at work.10.) Britney Spears Going Commando- Click here. I almost want to devote a whole rant to this topic because I find it so, so, so captivating a topic and I feel like I could expound on this for days. Seriously, Britney Spears has been photographed by members of the paparazzi not only

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-22608088815551238992006-12-02T00:22:00.000-07:002006-12-02T00:28:16.867-07:00

Oh my god. Give me a day or two more to get this one out to you. I know that everybody just falls all over themselves to read what I have to bitch and moan about at the end of every month. I was typing this thing out and I got to about number 6 on my list at which point I had to check out my sources on a story about Mike Tyson becoming a male prostitute (it was a story that turned out to be a

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-66709944306326656032006-11-27T23:35:00.000-07:002006-11-28T00:10:54.164-07:00

I promised photos from the big Christmas bash with all my friends this past weekend. So here are said pictures. Enjoy.This is the group photo. I already miss everybody.Quite possibly the scariest picture of Jeff (or anybody) ever taken.Those are Jordan's real teeth.Jeff zonks out with his fake cock out while Trudy and Dave look on.Jeff attempts to give head to Trudy's hot water bottle.Lori's

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-68631966589022349352006-11-24T00:08:00.000-07:002006-11-24T00:11:47.702-07:00

In case you are wondering why the posts slowed to a trickle this week I should tell you that I am preparing for a weekend away at tropical Pigeon Lake, Alberta. I am having my annual Christmas party with all of my oldest and closest friends. We rented a cabin for the weekend and it will be fun to rough it with my best buds, eating turkey, playing poker, getting drunk, and braving the elements,

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-84138874035645663122006-11-18T06:16:00.001-07:002006-11-18T07:03:11.934-07:00

There are 3178 songs on my iPod right now. These are the top 10 that have been getting the most play lately.1.) "St. Elsewhere" by: Gnarls Barkley - The title track from Gnarls Barkley's absolutely amazing debute (my prediction is that this will make many people's lists of top albums of the decade in a few years) is the best track on the album. Why? Cee-Lo Green's lyrics on this track are

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-69036683165467385232006-11-15T02:54:00.000-07:002006-11-15T03:14:21.584-07:00

I'm not sure what made me think of this instance, but it was one of those moments when you think of the perfect comeback only it's months later and you have a beard or you're drunk in bed with some hooker who looked a lot better when you spotted her underneath the streetlight than she does in your bedroom. Wait a minute, what the hell do beards and hookers have to do with this little post? Okay

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-63431550129418861252006-11-10T02:57:00.000-07:002006-11-10T03:39:51.517-07:00

Tic Tacs, man. Fucking Tic Tacs.For a while there was this thng that kind of upset me on the subject of Tic Tacs, but I could never quite put my finger on it. Recently, though, through an intense session of meditation and self-discovery, I finally arrived at that one intangible that was bothering me all these years.And you know what it was? The two fucking calories per Tic Tac.Every Tic Tac is

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Click here.I thought that I would bring this little story to your attention tonight because just before I logged into my blog to make a post I was checking my MySpace account to see what kind of action is happening down at everybody's favorite social networking site on the internet. So it seems appropriate. In more ways than it seems.So anyway, the story I linked to revolves around a man in the

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-60122454411812655612006-11-01T01:53:00.000-07:002006-11-01T03:32:41.853-07:00

10.) Cyberbullies- Click here. If you read the linked article (it's quite short) you'll probably be alarmed by the growing trend of cyberbullying. What I like about the article is how they said, "Cyberspace bullies can strike from anywhere and can steal a child's pride instead of lunch money." Oh no, not my pride! Anything but that! Whatever will I do if my pride gets stolen? "While the act

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1162045438942053752006-10-28T07:44:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:31.474-06:00

You knew this was going to be coming from me sooner or later. Many of you who know me personally out there know that I am a big fan of The Tragically Hip. They're coming back to Edmonton to play a concert on January 14, by the way. Me? Row 31.So anyway, that's not what I wanted to discuss. I didn't want to come online to brag about getting row 31 tickets to see The Tragically Hip in January.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1162022050329660542006-10-28T01:45:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:31.399-06:00

First off, I apologize for the delay in updating my blog. Has it been 10 days since my last post? Already? Wow. Time flies when everything is fucking up around you.So for those of you who aren't in the know, my computer passed away suddenly and tragically just over a week ago. On Tuesday I finally got a new computer and since Tuesday I've been spending my free time getting my new computer

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1161218944545760362006-10-18T18:37:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:31.325-06:00

Click here.lYke OMG doodz, i'm So toTTally goin ta win dis conTest, yo! Gettin mY PartEE on wid Bee-Ritney and K-Fed on HallOween wood Make me da c00lest, yo! Partyin it up double-wide style, boyz!**I apologize for this brief, momentary lapse of character on my part. I read an article about how Britney Spears is asking people to whore her husband's attempt at music out to innocent friends and

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1160711739540931282006-10-12T21:48:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:31.252-06:00

So today I was at Bonnie Doon Mall (shout out to all my Boonie Doonies out dere, hellz ya!) and I stopped by at the Coles Bookstore where I noticed the latest issue of Wired on their magazine rack. Since I have become a regular reader of Wired I had to buy it. That's what regular readers of magazines do.And you know what.The first letter in the Rants+Raves section of the current issue (October,

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1160485934619183982006-10-10T06:56:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:31.173-06:00

Click here.In what can only be described as surreal, two men have stepped up to the plate so far claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby with a third man claiming to have been asked to be the willing (or unwilling) sperm donor. Naturally, these men are all being portrayed as men after 15 minutes of fame by the website I linked to for the article.And you know what? That's fucking

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1160483603693526842006-10-10T06:31:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:31.094-06:00

Once again the fine folks at dailysixer have posted a video that I really want to bring to your attention because it's pretty cool. How many of the albums in this video can you name? Better yet, how many from the video do you have in your own collection?

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So you might be wondering why it's taken me until now to finally post something about my trip down to Calgary this week to participate in the Red Mile Revenge reading for October.Well, to put it quite simply, the whole Calgary trip turned into somewhat of a misadventure. Now don't get me wrong because now that the misadventure is over I would have to say that I would not have changed anything

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1159872380755817052006-10-03T04:38:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:30.922-06:00

So today I have a day off of work (thank fucking god, let me tell you, with how things have been going at work lately) and today also happens to be the day that my friend Selina Clary puts on her regular monthly poetry reading in Calgary, The Red Mile Revenge. So I have a day off of work and there's a poetry reading in Calgary. If you put two and two together you must be able to figure out that

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1159703013899511342006-10-01T03:47:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:30.841-06:00

10.) The Royal Family- I was watching one of those shows that listed the biggest heirs and heiresses in England and, of course, Prince William was named at number 1 because the royals are worth something in the neighborhood of 10 billion dollars. My reaction: Why? I mean, okay, I can see the family being worth that much through years of sound investments and proper financial planning, but I

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1159432342720327622006-09-28T02:26:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:30.754-06:00

This is a brand new poem that I wrote after coming home from The Roar's big finale this past Saturday. I'm not sure how I feel about it in it's present form and I may yet go back and do some revisions to it. I was considering writing a part 2 to this piece in which the speaker admits that the only real reason he knows lovers need time to concentrate during road head is because there was a time

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1159310690488009402006-09-26T16:24:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:30.650-06:00

Click here.Fucking hell! Do I hate news like this or what? Jessica Simpson is set to open a new chain of barbecue restaurants built around a theme of her portrayal of Daisy Duke in the big screen version of the television classic The Dukes Of Hazzard.But Michael, why do you hate this news. Jessica Simpson is one of the greatest entertainers on the face of the planet right now and it's only

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1158749672754215142006-09-20T04:52:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:30.570-06:00

I just figured there would be quite a few of you out there who would appreciate seeing The Tragically Hip's video for their new single "In View" from the forthcoming album World Container. Enjoy.

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Debra Lafave.Debra Lafave. Most of you out there probably aren't familiar with who Debra Lafave is, only that I've mentioned her name twice in my little rant so far, which is two more times than I should given that I haven't established any manner of context for dropping her name like that.Debra Lafave.There, now it's three times, suckas, what'cha gonna do about it?But seriously, Debra Lafave is

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1158652892205895382006-09-19T01:22:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:30.420-06:00

I just recently finished reading Craig Davidson's collection of stories entitled Rust And Bone. I bought the book on the strength of a positive review written in one of the many magazines I buy on a regular basis (note to self: you read too many magazines).After reading the book I have to say that I was quite impressed with what I saw in Davidson's writing. There were numerous instances in

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1158229815078247132006-09-14T04:04:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:30.341-06:00

I was flipping through an old issue of Wired the other day and saw an ad for Nextfest, which is some sort of convention for brainiacs and the technologically inclined. Anyway, in the ad there was a picture of Hubo. For those of you who don't know what Hubo is, Hubo is a humanoid robot made by Kaist. And then the thought occurred to me, how long is it before we have the technology to have sex

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So on Sunday I gave my latest poetry reading in Calgary as part of the Calgary Stroll of Poets festival. I got a chance to read at Second Cup in Kensington and the place was packed. I am a bit ashamed to admit, though, that when I saw the type of audience that was in attendance I opted out of reading poems like "Vitriol," "Roll Call," and "Gnawing My Way To Freedom." There were a lot of small

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Antecedentthe realization that i am not the agent of euphoriain this relationship.fear is indeed capable of a slow evolution.the woman and me, happy.a slight drinking problem:she has only been sober once on all the dates that we have been on.the woman and me, together.serious.a slight problem with paychequesdisappearing up her nose when i am not around.the woman and me, tethered.dire.an early

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1157627678817477912006-09-07T04:48:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:30.118-06:00

This month I'll be involved in a couple of literary events that you might want to check out, that is if you want to see me perform live, which you do because, come on, I'm totally hot. Alright, moderately lukewarm. Alright, alright, you pity me. There, are you satisfied?Anyway, first up, is this coming weekend's Calgary Stroll of Poets Festival. The actual Stroll day is on Sunday, September

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10.) The Man Glossary- Here. Okay, so I'm supposed to call my sandals "mandals" because they are for a man? And then I'm supposed to call a male nanny a "manny"? Look, the whole gender war is fucking done like dinner except for the knuckle-dragging men and women who won't let the stupid son-of-a-bitch die. I mean for fuck's sake, the longer we keep drawing attention making up stupid-as-fuck

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1156852178620078202006-08-29T05:46:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:29.957-06:00

While doing some surfing around on the web I found a video of an acoustic cover of Outkast's modern classic "Hey Ya!" hosted on DailySixer which just has to be seen. I thought I would throw a link to it for you because I actually thought it was a pretty damn good cover. Here's the link for you...Click here.

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Since I'm on the topic of this past weekend's Tool concert in Edmonton I should tell you a little bit about some of the great merchandise I was able to get my grubby hands on while there. Those of you who have known me a while know that I have a fairly extensive collection of Tool t-shirts and other band merchandise. So, naturally, when there's a Tool concert in town there's also a bunch of

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1156757827094120892006-08-28T03:06:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:29.804-06:00

On Friday night Tool rolled through town on their summer/fall North American tour. Needless to say I was ecstatic to see my favorite band play live again. This was the second time that I got to see Tool live and I found it to be a completely different concert experience than the last time they came to town. This time around Tool put on more of a traditional rock show. I remember seeing them

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121299372911531389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343337.post-1156508509022937602006-08-25T06:11:00.000-06:002006-10-28T20:27:29.719-06:00

I apologize ahead of time for the brevity of this post.I'm getting myself psyched up for the Tool concert that's happening in Edmonton tonight! I mean it's not as though I really need any effort to get psyched to see Tool again, but I'm just spending some time right now getting reacquainted with Tool's catalogue. That's some damn good music.I'll post my thoughts on the show the next time I'm on

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Click here.There are a lot of people who, like me, got really excited when they heard the news that there was going to be a live-action Transformers movie going into production. And there are probably many more of you who don't have a clue as to whatever the fuck it is I'm talking about. You're sitting there, just scratching your head, probably dressed in ill-fitting boxer shorts and saying:

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PortraitA man has jimmiedopen the door of thejanitors’ supply closetin the men’s room.A bottle of the blue stuff is missing.The manhunchedover one of the sinks,scrubbing the way a meth-head might clean house or an O.C. checks and rechecks door locks frantic.He’s scrubbingbecause before thishe shit himself andnow it’s timeto deal with stainsto deal with odorsto deal with one’s nagging humility.The

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Okay, here's the deal. You get to throw a dinner party for ten people, living or dead. Those people can be anybody of your choosing. Want Napolean over for a fat, juicy steak? Done. Want to show Gandhi a thing of two about gorging one's self on mashed potatoes? Done. So who would those people be? This is not a new concept. Mike Gravel's old Dirtpuppy website had this topic before, but

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On a recent perusal of the Toolarmy website I found myself in the message boards. At that time I found a link to Baby Rock Records and, more specifically, an upcoming album of Tool songs redone as children's lullabies. In fact, they seem to have a healthy catalogue of similar albums set to be released, each dedicated to many popular mainstream rock acts, acts traditionally not associated with

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It's been a while since I've posted any new poetry to the blog. So after so long here is something new. I actually had the first draft of this poem done a while back, but I've finally had a chance to sit down and revise it. I think it reminds me a lot of an earlier poem of mine called "Human Hot Box" in that it deals a lot with the same subject matter, but this poem "Humidor" takes that same

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10.) Carnies- What is a carnie? Well, traditionally they're sketchy looking meth addicts who always appear to be suppressing constant shrieking disorder. Right? Right. You go to the fairs and carnivals and they're supposed to reek of body odor and and they're supposed to have problematic body hair. Capital Ex recently happened here in Edmonton and I had a chance to check it out. And you

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I did survive.

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I just wanted to say happy birthday to Jordan. A little late, of course. As is my custom.

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Watching MuchMusic tonight I happened to catch the video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Can't Stop." I know what you're going to say and, yes, I swear I saw an actual fucking music video on MuchMusic, which is an anomaly given their round-the-clock schedule of playing second-tier reality shows and filler material that is thinly veiled attempts at fellating which ever pop star happens to big at

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So today I kind of made a rediscovery. I say "rediscovery" in a very loose sense of the word because, really, it was a discovery that never left me. In fact, I've probably been blathering on and on about this so-called "rediscovery" to just about everybody I talk about music with. That "rediscovery?" The Arcade Fire's Funeral.If you haven't had a chance to check this album out you have to do

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R.I.P. Syd Barrett.

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