A fierce partisan of moderation.
(Taken from The Week Magazine)I am your typical Canadian radical, said Stephen Lautens in The Calgary Sun. “I’m passionate about my beliefs and I’ll defend them to the end.” But as a Canadian, my passion is for “being moderate.” Moderation in all things really is a radical position in today’s world, where so many ( Read more... )

No, I'm not talking about the travel books ( Read more... )

Every now and then, something is lost which can never be replaced.

Last week being the past, it was fitting to spend it revelling in random acts of nostalgic turpitude inspired by the imminent presence of the venerable Bauhaus, followed only a few days later by Judas Priest and Anthrax.

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Last night was looking like any other night. I had just gathered my dinner from the food court downstairs and was about to sit down to partake in its curried goodness when I suddenly knew I had forgotten something ( Read more... )

Anyone planning on seeing KMFDM this time around, I highly recommend listening to the new album first. Probably several times. Unfortunately, most people will not have done this, so they will be lost during the let's-play-the-entire-new-album portion of the show. They did play a few older tracks (including Rabblerouser from MDFMK, which is sort ( Read more... )

It may be hard to tell, but agntdrake and I have returned alive after the 3 week tour ( Read more... )

When I was young, my parents always told me to smile and put on a happy face. Many adults would freely cite this supposed common wisdom, but I never really put much value in such a silly sentiment as it seemed so artificial and pointless. It now reminds me of a Simpsons episode where Marge is telling Lisa much the same thing -- however, the story ( Read more... )

I am sitting here waiting for someone to call -- listening to the machine instead of just answering the phone myself because work keeps calling with a crazy notion that I should work on the long weekend -- and someone just called from the Vancouver Sun trying, apparently, to make me say "NO" with regards to their subscriptions services yet again ( Read more... )

Three hams will fill him,
Three hams will thrill him,
Why don't you feed him three hams!