February 2001
rock and roll will never die
Posted by on Wednesday, February 28, 2001 in
Since he was kind enough to lend us his digital camera, we've squeezed in a late submission to our rock concert feature by David Moses.
über-experience: rock concerts remembered
Posted by on Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 1 comment
Behold the latest aov feature, über-experience: rock concerts remembered. The feature is comprised of a series of transcendent rock concert experiences remembered fondly but with varying degrees of accuracy. • Thanks to Kent, Peter, and Dennis for having lives more interesting than our own …
canadiana debunked
Posted by on Sunday, February 25, 2001
For those that missed the link last week, I encourage you, a confused Canadian (or a disenfranchised American looking north), to read Matt's article for ForgetMagazine.com: How I Inadvertently Came to Understand the Appeal of Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian Icon. • It helped me to come grips with …
thoughts on search keywords.
Posted by on Saturday, February 24, 2001
First, a confession: I am a web stats junkie. I get some kind of power rush from knowing that people are visiting our website. • The stats I love so much include keywords from popular search engines that have led people to aov. Some make sense, others do not. Some are interesting, others …
bono, won't you sweat on me?
Posted by on Saturday, February 24, 2001
I have secured tickets secured to U2's second Montreal show on the Elevation Tour. • You're tired of Bono's rock star preaching you say? What's that? I can't hear you. I'm too busy throwing my panties on the stage and weeping like a school-girl when they play songs from Joshua Tree.* • * I am …
songs suggested in a largely undecipherable “if (you want) A, then (listen to) B” format.
Posted by on Saturday, February 24, 2001 in
Hipster country-folk music - “Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi” by Jim White. Complete with “Sha-la-la” chorus, everything is indeed peaches but the cream. • No tea with my sugar, thanks – “Heartbeat” by Tahiti 80. Best if listened to ironically, or while chasing butterflies through a sunny …
Monkeys and morphine
Posted by on Thursday, February 22, 2001
I remember another potentially interesting hospital story. It doubles as a drug story which are also popular or ‘hip’ among teens and twentysomethings. I hope it isn't one of those ‘you had to be there’ tales. • For a week after my surgery I had to stay in ICU (intensive care unit) full of tubes …
The little things
Posted by on Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Living in the busy world for so long, then taking a vacation of sorts from the horribly stressful life known as 'web programming' one comes to appreciate the simpler things in life. • Not 5 minutes ago I arrived back in my room after occupational therapy (where I thoroughly enjoyed a round of …
rocking a cold, pimping a website.
Posted by on Monday, February 19, 2001
Rock: • The hour is ungodly late and I am still awake. I have a cold. It would not be so bad - it is "reading" week and thus there is no school and no need to get out of bed, or even wake up - except that my nose is a tap, and the constant dripping makes it nearly impossible to sleep. That and …
happy birthday, here's a Joe Louis
Posted by on Saturday, February 17, 2001 - 1 comment
I went to Pat & Willy's, a local Mexican restaurant to celebrate a birthday (don't even get me started on the bizarre market for faux-Mexican/Texan motif dining on Prince Edward Island - it boggles my mind). • They have a promotion where you get a free meal on your birthday. The idea, no doubt …
“Cooking My Eggs” – a (belated) valentine's day story.
Posted by on Friday, February 16, 2001
Witness The Editor hard at work. • Is it school work? Is he drawing a picture or writing a poem in blank verse? Is he actually editing something? • No, The Editor is hard at work putting the final touches on a Valentine’s Day card for his honey, whose arrival is eminently immanent. • It is …
aov marches slowly but consistently towards perfection
Posted by on Thursday, February 15, 2001 in
As promised, aov is now searchable by keyword (see the left bar). Thanks for mastah programmah nick for the help. • Look forward to other promises being kept in the future (such as the rock concert über-experience feature which will be out in a few days - late submissions are still being …
not quite as good as highschool girls.
Posted by on Thursday, February 15, 2001
Thieves broke into Oscar Lim's house and made off with, among other things, Oscar's DVD player. Among the things they left behind was Oscar's webcam. • Go here to see stills or video of Oscar's house being robbed as captured by his webcam.
I rock harder (A Valentine's Day Greeting).
Posted by on Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 5 comments
So I was lying back in my en-f*cking-joyable HMCS Charlottetown room in heart of a big f*cking hospitial, when the doc shows up. • Doctor says, “You have one f*cked up intestine”. • I say, “Get it the f*ck out of me, mofo”. • I was on an operating table shaped like a cross - with my arms out …
eyes for telescopes
Posted by on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 in
The gem of the East Coast Music Awards was right under our collective nose (if there can be such a thing) all along. • The Charlottetown band, Eyes for Telescopes is comprised of former members of east-coast super-group strawberry. • They have recently released their first CD called Please …
sleep deprivation.
Posted by on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 in
Bands I have seen this weekend and will tell you about some time soon (hopefully), but not now, because now I will sleep: • Port Citizen (twice) • Joel Plaskett • The Guthries (twice) • Fermented Reptile • When I say “Windom” you say “Earle” • The Onlys • Heavy Blinkers • Eyes for …
calling all Autonomous Post-Materialists
Posted by on Sunday, February 11, 2001
If you have either a lot of bandwidth or a lot of time, there is a nice amusing feature on cultural demographics called Psycho-Graphics at the CBC's 120seconds.com (see my earlier comments about the site). • However, as is the evil nature of Flash websites, I can't provide you a simple link to …
we have no revenue model
Posted by on Saturday, February 10, 2001
Jeffrey Zeldman, for those who don't know, is the poster boy of independent content development on the web. His site, Zeldman.com, is fine example of an intelligent person writing interesting things. It's not a navel-gazing blog site (although there are some great ones out there). • Read this …
if you do not live on PEI, or in the general vicinity of Wolfville, NS, please disregard this post.
Posted by on Friday, February 9, 2001
It occurs to me that while reviews are all well and good, that perhaps I should be telling you about some events before they happen.* • Thursday go to Fishbones cafe (on Richmond St.) and see Windom Earle along with Port Citizen, The Guthries and Eyes for Telescopes, who will likely have their …
it is almost 4:00am and I am becoming delirious and more incoherent than usual.
Posted by on Thursday, February 8, 2001
It is nearly 4:00am and the snowplough (isn’t it snowplow? it’s late and I’m going to go with the spellchecker on this one) is burying my car. Something or someone is always burying my car. I would call them names, but Jenn thinks I have developed a potty-mouth (my words, not hers) so I will …
regurgitations (or ‘things you should do again’)
Posted by on Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Rehashing a few old posts, I will remind you of some great things. • First of all, go visit explodingdog.com. If you haven't been there before, I assure you that it has nothing to do with exploding dogs. Rather it is a site of fantastic illustrations that will make you laugh and cry (the happy …
a penny for your thoughts?
Posted by on Wednesday, February 7, 2001
It has to be at least a dollar actually. But is that too much to ask for our sharp humour and cunning witticisms? No, it is not. • Amazon.com has set up a new system called the Amazon Honor System which is the electronic equivalent of throwing money in to our hat as we amuse you on the sidewalk …
Bill Muray, Yoka Zuna and me.
Posted by on Tuesday, February 6, 2001 - 2 comments
Some things unrelated: • Read this article on Salon concerning one of the greatest actors of all time. And while we're talking about Bill Murray, it should be mentioned that he will be playing a lounge singer (!) in Steven Soderburgh's remake of Ocean's 11, which might also be starring Brad Pitt …
“If you would like to turn the music off, right click”
Posted by on Sunday, February 4, 2001 in
If it is possible for a website to be “ toe-tappin' ”, then I think I may have found such a site. Crank up your speakers and check out this gem.
accounting for time.
Posted by on Sunday, February 4, 2001
A brief accounting of my goings and doings, to borrow a phrase, over the past few days. This excludes certain foods eaten, some drinks drank, numerous things said and overheard, a couple sleeps slept, some women ogled, a few phone calls made and received and many other events, small and large …
wishful thinking.
Posted by on Saturday, February 3, 2001
When I tell you that Mike Lecky is the future of the Internet, understand that I am wrong. Understand that I am being entirely too hopeful, that the future of the Internet will likely follow the future of all things these days - less art and more product. • Less art and more advertising. But I …
waydowntown entertains 2/3rds of aov
Posted by on Saturday, February 3, 2001
Saw waydowntown at City Cinema* last night. Excellent movie. Smart, stylish, and very funny (kind of like matt). • The movie is about a group of friends who make a bet to see who can live in the connected office building apartment complex in which they work and live without going outside for one …
Sum41 and Treble Charger at The Barn
Posted by on Thursday, February 1, 2001 - 3 comments
I've never felt so old in my life*. The Sum41/Treble Charger concert at The UPEI Barn was like being at a junior high sock-hop (only with more piercings and pot). The opening band, Sum41 can be summed up as: Blink 183. They couldn't have been more than eighteen years old and judging by their …
really, really rich guy probably not actually dead.
Posted by on Thursday, February 1, 2001
www.billgatesisdead.com
chapters.ca vs. indigo.ca
Posted by on Thursday, February 1, 2001
Chapters.ca used to be a good ecommerce site. It's relatively easy to use (thanks to a heavy amazon.com influence) and your orders would actually arrive. This is no longer the case. The site is still quite good, but don't expect your orders to actually arrive. Here's my timeline (complete with …