tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60479882011-04-21T21:13:30.795-04:00mtroadseverything from my 20+ years of life experience. Movies, music, sports and Life In General.mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1115817890755655812005-05-11T09:22:00.000-04:002005-05-11T09:24:50.760-04:00Just a quick update, I'm pretty much finished with this site. I've purchased mtroads.com and will be getting something up there soon enough. I just have to sit down and figure out what will go there. Thanks to everyone that read my opinions here and I look forward to sharing my thoughts with you from my permanent domain.mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1113963903933481262005-04-19T22:24:00.000-04:002005-04-19T22:25:03.933-04:00oh yeah, I finished 0-for-9 in Roll Up The Rim To Win. Technically the contest isn't over but with the warmth experinced today, I don't see myself buying another coffee or hot chocolate while the contest is still running.mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1113963828934084482005-04-19T22:21:00.000-04:002005-04-19T22:23:48.940-04:00I'll take a diet shake to goAfter not seeing any shows in a while, I managed to catch a couple on consecutive nights and I figured that I'd give you a brief synopsis of both night's activities.First up is a concert that I've been looking forward to for a long time. Sunday night's trip down to the Kool Haus yielded a quality show of two up-and-coming bands, one definitely more well known than the mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1111119323508401592005-03-17T23:11:00.000-05:002005-03-17T23:15:47.496-05:00Roll Up The Rim UpdateI guess that it's time for an update to my progress in this annual contest. I've been linked to by Brian Jones specifically because I posted my first two results, so I guess that it's time to update. Also Dave has linked to me a couple of times, mentioning that I was doing this.Not much to report. I don't nearly as much coffee as the two people that I mentioned above but I mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1110425126221067522005-03-09T22:02:00.000-05:002005-03-09T22:25:26.226-05:00They Rally Round tha Family! With a Pocket Full of ShellsTractors on Parade!Sorry for the bad pun but I think that the bastardized lyrics will suit the situation that I'm about to describe. I'd like to take credit for the originality but this one was Dave's.In Toronto today, a large number of farmers were gathering at Queen's Park, the provincial parliament building for a demonstration to bring mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1109796485285014132005-03-02T15:47:00.000-05:002005-03-02T15:48:05.346-05:00Roll Up The Rim Attempt 2March 2nd, King & John, medium Hot Chocolate = Please Play Again.0 for 2 so far.mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1109688992982020622005-03-01T09:48:00.000-05:002005-03-01T09:56:32.983-05:00Spring is almost hereOne of the first signs in Canada that Winter is coming to a close, after Groundhog Day, is the appearance of Tim Horton's Roll Up The Rim To Win. The contest comes every March and sweeps up the nation in its desire to win something by drinking coffee. Since I'm out of ideas for posts for the time being, I thought that I'd keep a running update of my attempts at winning this mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1109572571561822012005-02-28T01:23:00.000-05:002005-02-28T01:36:11.563-05:00Lullabye"Sunday night has come again and still I cannot sleep"Since I can't sleep, I figured that I'd kill sometime by making a post. This time it's about something more universal than indie rock that no ones cares to comment about. (Seriously, check out that Starflyer mp3/)I ordered a Pizza tonight that may become my new favourite. There have been others in the past PBGB (Pepparoni, Bacon & mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1109303315551160632005-02-24T22:36:00.000-05:002005-02-24T22:48:35.553-05:00The New SoundWell, I picked up a couple more CD's this week and might as well give a brief review.First of all, new Starflyer 59 mp3 is available from their upcoming album, Talking Voice, Singing Voice. You can get it here. Sounds like classic Starflyer guitar driven pop. Check it out.Now onto the CD's.Garden State soundtrack. Great compilation of indie bands plus Coldplay and Simon & Garfunkel. mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1108614518693037412005-02-16T23:14:00.000-05:002005-02-16T23:28:38.990-05:00That's Great. It Starts With An EarthquakeThis was originally going to be a post that contained a profanity-laced tirade about the growing frustration that I've had with the NHL labour dispute. However, cooler heads have prevailed and I'll save that theme for another day. The theme would've been based around a quote from the classic movie 'Half Baked'. It shouldn't be too hard to figure which mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1108446230047765792005-02-15T00:31:00.000-05:002005-02-15T00:43:50.050-05:00Golfing is so much easier on the Playstation...Well, I'm sorry for not writing an entry for the past week. I'm still in the phase where I'm getting used to watching TV again. It's sapping way more of my time than I would like and after getting my fill fo useless cable TV (wouldn't be as useless if the NHL was playing but that's a different rant), I decided to buy a new video game. I haven't mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1107663688745416912005-02-05T23:06:00.000-05:002005-02-05T23:21:28.746-05:00The Allure of Rock n' Roll
You ever come across those movies on TV that just suck you in every time, now matter how many times that you seen it? Tonight I came across one of those. That Thing You Do, the playful movie about the instant rise to stardom of a one hit wonder, was playing and even though I've seen it countless times, I found myself just sucked in. What is it about this movie that mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1107408085097616882005-02-03T01:18:00.000-05:002005-02-03T00:21:55.620-05:00Let the countdown begin
The CFL pool is changing from a draft to an auction. For those of you that haven't participated in a fantasy auction before, everyone bids on a player until only one person remains. The winner then agrees to pay that player that amount of money from his salary cap.
The salary cap will remain in place for the auction only. This will allow teams to add and drop players mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1106539527237677862005-01-23T22:52:00.000-05:002005-01-23T23:05:27.236-05:00The Drug of a Nation
"How can you live without a TV?" This is a question that I've gotten from numerous people over the four and a half months that I've been in Toronto. And now it's a question that I'll no longer have to deal with. On the weekend, I finally broke down and ordered a TV. It should get here sometime this week.
But before I go back to the zombie nation of couch potato mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1105591388449343472005-01-12T23:28:00.000-05:002005-01-12T23:43:08.450-05:00Finally, some new music...
It had been a while since I had purchased some new music so I'm gone on a bit of a spending spree. Here's what I've added to the collection lately:
Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers: What's Golden has been in my playlist since the summer, so I figured that it was time to pick up the album. It's solid back to front. Great mic skills all around, decent beats, a good listen mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1105413299067327382005-01-10T21:44:00.000-05:002005-01-11T23:21:36.416-05:00There May Not Be NHL But There's Still Hockey
I promised some sports topics in the blog subtitle, so I figured that it was about for another entry of that sort. I know that many Canadians are depressed about the large, empty arenas and I lambasted a few of them for not seeking out other levels of hockey that are often more enjoyable than watching a scoreless draw between Minnesota and New Jerseymthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1103688253236105012004-12-21T22:47:00.000-05:002004-12-21T23:04:13.236-05:00Well, It's About That Time
Time to bust a rhyme? No, it's about time that I dedicated a post to the awesomeness that is the Sufjan Stevens Christmas EPs. If you don't know what Sufjan sounds like, click here and check him out for a bit of a background. Since I know that you're lazy and you didn't click that link, Sufjan has a very lo-fi, minimalist sound. SPIN magazine referred to him as "mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1103170684785555682004-12-15T23:07:00.000-05:002004-12-15T23:18:04.786-05:00Try, try again
Well, I had this long entry all typed up about how to contruct a proper public playlist but my IE window crashed as I was typing up the conclusion, so it's gone. I may attempt it again but I didn't feel like typing it out again. So instead, I'm going to do an abbreviated version of the Top Notch Christmas Choices that I've been doing over the last week.
Puller - Saviour of the mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1102889053280195822004-12-12T16:36:00.000-05:002004-12-12T17:04:13.280-05:00The Latest and Greatest
This entry will be a little different than the two previous. Instead of giving a synopsis of 5 different Christmas songs that I think are worth a listen, I'll focus on one song that I've only recently gotten a hold of. The pop-punk band Relient K released a Christmas EP called Deck The Halls, Bruise Your Hand last year but was only included with a re-release of their mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1102649355380218332004-12-09T22:03:00.000-05:002004-12-09T22:29:15.380-05:00It's That Time of Year Again, Part II
After yesterday's post, I looked at my list and realized that I had barely scratched the surface of quality music produced by bands in the last few years. It's also really tough to find a lot of this stuff but with patience and the right tools, you should be able to track down even the rarest of the songs mentioned here and if you didn't go and listen to "Oi mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1102563875434409372004-12-08T22:06:00.000-05:002004-12-08T22:46:12.760-05:00It's That Time of Year Again
Every year, you hear the same Christmas carols over and over and over again. I'm not bashing Bing Crosby's crooning on "White Christmas", Chuck Berry's marvelous "Run, Run Rudolph" or Evie's Adult Contemporary classic "Come On Ring Those Bells". It's just that I've heard these songs so many times, it really gets boring. That's why I made a concerted effort this year mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1102047887084327582004-12-02T22:56:00.000-05:002004-12-02T23:24:47.086-05:00Just Get Over It
Most people who know me, know that I'm a man of few words. Usually when there's a heated debate, I'm the spectator in the corner, occasionally adding to the conversation when I feel it's necessary. However, there are a couple of topics that will get me going and ranting. One of which is the current labour unrest and lockout of the NHL Players' Association. Now we in Canada can't mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1101878344202128622004-12-01T00:00:00.000-05:002004-12-01T00:19:04.203-05:00A Question of Identity
Wow, two updates in one week. If I actually had any readers, they'd probably be happy but that whole 4 months of inactivity chased what little readership I had. I guess that it's all for the best. Now I can write without fear of reprisal.
On Friday, I finally changed my license plates from my Manitoba ones to the new Ontario ones. I asked a friend to come along and take amthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1101790454000083772004-11-29T23:42:00.000-05:002004-11-29T23:54:14.000-05:00Why are professional athletes held in such high regard? I haven't watched every second of CBC's program "The Greatest Canadian" but I watched a couple of shows and know a reasonable amount about the top 10. What I want to know is how do Wayne Gretzky and Don Cherry make it to the top 10? They are great at what they do, that's a given. Wayne Gretzky is easily the greatest hockey player that I willmthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1089921953123164112004-07-15T15:51:00.000-04:002004-07-15T16:05:53.123-04:00Almost there, Almost there
Due to my boredom, I thought that I'd give a brief outline about vacation and what I hope to accomplish during the next two and a half weeks. I've never had a vacation this long so this is new to me.
Well, the real reason for the trip was to attend Brad & Kelly's wedding. It's just a longer vacation because I had some holidays that I have to take before July 22. Other mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1089310647749142772004-07-08T14:17:00.000-04:002004-07-08T14:17:27.750-04:00You're it.mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1084458408219590562004-05-13T09:40:00.000-04:002004-05-13T10:26:48.220-04:00The band that tried too hard
It's been a while since I've written anything so I figured that I'd write a review of the concert that I was at last night.
The Rock Band - First of all, this show was a little late starting. We had a very out of place snow storm a couple days ago and so the promoters thought that it would be funny to show 30 minutes of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" instead of mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1081432495886334342004-04-08T09:54:00.000-04:002004-04-08T09:59:56.060-04:00Top 5 Covers
Honourable Mentions: After I wrote and published the first part, I remembered a couple more covers that deserve a small mention. We'll just get through these quickly and then it's on to the top 5. First of all, the suburban punk of Starting Line covering the J-Lo/Ja Rule hit "I'm Real" recorded for the little known "Punk Goes Pop" compilation. Had I thought about this song yesterday,mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1081357771588766582004-04-07T13:09:00.000-04:002004-04-07T13:13:18.670-04:00Top Ten Covers
In light of yesterday's review of the U2 tribute album, I thought that I'd list my top 10 favourite covers. This is off the top of my head so I may be forgetting some, but this should be pretty accurate. I'll give you 6-10 today and return with my top 5 tomorrow.
First of all, hounourable mention goes to The Stereo with their cover of "El Scorcho" from the "Rock music: A Tribute mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1081261475224425602004-04-06T10:24:00.000-04:002004-04-06T10:28:20.640-04:00In The Name of Redundancy
Saying that U2 has inspired a generation of Christian musicians is like saying that Michael Jordan has inspired a generation of ballers. Look through any Worship team member's CD library or mp3 list and you're bound to find a whole section devoted to this Irish quartet's recordings. It seems like you weren't let into a Youth Group unless you knew the lyrics to the Joshuamthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1081174853485071162004-04-05T10:20:00.000-04:002004-04-05T10:24:37.483-04:00Well I guess that it's about time to add another entry to this blog. Looks like I'm treating this with the same stamina that I treat with every other aspect of my life. ** insert self-depricating sexual joke here ** Anyway, I never really had any good ideas that I felt strongly enough to write about.
That is until I was watching Dateline last night. Since it was Palm Sunday, they were mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047988.post-1068252269784387042003-11-07T19:44:00.000-05:002003-11-07T19:44:33.473-05:00Well, I've managed to put this off for a long time but it seems to be the cool thing to do, so I guess that I have a blog. I know that I'm a little bit late jumping on the bandwagon, but that's usually the case if I jump on it at all.
I thought for a while about I would need a blog. Are there that many people that are curious about my inner most thoughts that would even read this? Aren't there mthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01177408793222417215noreply@blogger.com