Very interesting article showing sites of WW1 battles as they look today. The war to end all wars started just over 100 years ago. One of my grandfathers fought for Canada in this and was gassed at some point. I’m going to have to look into that a bit further.
Have you have had the feeling that yo wanted to go completely off grid and lose yourself where you will never (maybe) be found. The link gives you 29 possible places that you may be able to realize that dream. although several might be a bit to off the grid for even the craziest among us.
An interesting article from m Readers Digest. I have done 3 of 10 listed, Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the Champs Elysees in Paris and Abbey Road in London. How many have you done?
Gibsons Harbour, British Columbia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Back after our beautiful drive from Calgary to Gibsons, BC through the Rocky Mountains. What a beautiful drive. We live in an astounding place, this country of ours. One of our breweries, Molson’s (owned by Coors now, I think) has put together a great set of marketing tools, usually involving beer coolers and a uniquely Canadian only way to open it. The first series involved using a Canadian passport to open randomly placed machines around the world. Very cool idea. The video here represents their latest interesting take. Enjoy eh!
I found this on Tumblr. If any of you are hockey fans, you know about Darryl Sutter, coach of the LA Kings. He has a penchant for unintentionally funny press conferences and is well-known for his demeanour. Check this out for a good chuckle.
Today’s helpful sign is easy to relate to on a personal level. If I had a nickel for every time I watched the wrong side of a monitor, I would be pretty broke. Is this warning label hell? Is it a conspiracy to help the world on its dumbing down. Is it a government job creation program (someone has to make and apply these labels)? Did someone by Jimmy Kimmel a label maker for Christmas?
Happy birthday to Mike McKenna, born on April 15th a few years ago. He has an extensive CV in Canadian music. A short list of bands he has been with over the years are listed here. Luke and The Apostles The Ugly Ducklings McKenna Mendelson Mainline Mainline Downchild Blues Band The Guess Who (After Burton […]
March 29th saw 2 birthdays. First a big happy birthday to Terry Jacks who turned 75. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Terry is most noted for his monster hit, “Concrete Sea”. He also had a major international hit as a member of the Poppy Family with the tune “Which Way You Goin’ Billy’. Our second birthday […]
Today’s birthdays in Canada’s music scene are Melissa Auf der Maur, who has played in Tinker, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, Chelsea and The Hand Of Doom and a solo career turning 49 and Grimes (full name Claire Elise Boucher) turning 33. Grimes has 5 albums, 2 EP’s and 11 singles to her credit. Hope you each […]
The next installment of The Maplelist is Faber Drive at number 121. This group hails from Mission, British Columbia. The band formed in 2004, the current members being lead vocalist Dave Faber, lead guitarist Jordan Pritchett, bass guitarist Jeremy Liddle and drummer Seamus O’Neill. They were discovered by Chad Kroeger of Nickleback and were signed […]
And the Canadian artists that won Grammys are: Best traditional pop vocal album: Rufus Wainwright, Unfollow the Rules . Best Dance Recording: Kaytranada feat. Kali Uchis, “10%” Best Dance/Electronic Album: “Bubba,” Kaytranada Best country duo/group performance: Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours.” Best musical theatre album: Glen Ballard and Alanis Morissette, lyricists; original Broadway cast, Jagged Little Pill. […]