Category Archives: Music

Enunciator of the Year Award

I would like to make claim to an enunciator of the year award. Since I know of none that have existed before, I hereby give the award to Ivan Doroschuck and Men Without Hats. For those who don’t know, Men … Continue reading

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Glowing Hearts

For the 2010 Winter Olympics, VANOC (Vancouver Organizing Committee) trademarked the phrase, “with glowing hearts”. Now most of you might not be Canadian so you thought “So what?” but this phrase is known to all English speaking Canadians because it … Continue reading

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Uniqueness of Humanity

If you’re like me then you’ve heard that humanity sets itself apart from the rest of the animal world in many ways. Like for instance in our use of language. Of course this particular brand of uniqueness has been under … Continue reading

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Polymath as Remedy

I hate novels about writing. I hate songs about music. I hate movies or television about Hollywood. I hate art that asks “what is art?” The first three of these were developed by me as a simple member of the … Continue reading

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The Ligh-yer Based Professions and the Unending Copyright Wars

On SOPA/PIPA protest day (there has been at least one call to name it Netizens Day), the supreme court of the USA decided that since they had cover, they could rule that the public domain could be taken from the … Continue reading

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Time for an Old Fashioned Folk Off

I’ve always wanted to write a novelty song. It at least goes back to my early guitar playing days. Back then I remember coming up with a chord progression that sounded like a “real” song (I hadn’t done so previously … Continue reading

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Things That Make Sense Can Be Deeply Funny

I was going to rail against a quote in the Natalie Imbruglia song Wishing I Was There. But the two lines “I wish you made sense, Like a joke that no one gets” are fine sentences and don’t need to … Continue reading

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I Think I’ve Been Experimented On

The new Coldplay album, Mylo Xyloto is out. I’ve been waiting since June because I wrote this post mentioning Coldplay and some thing, perhaps human, perhaps a bot, alerted me that Every Teardrop is a Waterfall was out. I checked … Continue reading

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Honest Jobs for John Edward

You may remember my nasty post over half a year ago regarding John Edward. He is of course the crummy psychic of Crossing Over fame. I thought of him because again he was on daytime TV. This time it was … Continue reading

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TV Weathermen Aren’t Scientists

In a nearby riding, Kitchener Centre, Progressive Conservative candidate Dave MacDonald is running for election for the Ontario government. He is a former weatherman for the CTV network in southwestern Ontario. In Canada, there is no accreditation to allow the … Continue reading

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