Category: tivo + movies + music

WESC has launched a music competition. A ton of entries have already been uploaded — some good and some bad !! You can either submit an original track or create…

While away on vacation, I read a book recommended by a friend and praised by a co-worker. “The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer” which is a post-cyberpunk…

David Tabb has put together a nice simple theory behind the current New Battlestar Galactica series. Stop reading now if you don’t like theories and potential spoilers as I personally…

Apathy Is Boring is going to be putting on a great show. These guys are on a mission to get people involved and they’re really getting things rolling. We’re really…

We watched the premiere episode of Wired Science on PBS (Vermont) tonight. A nice convergence/happy medium between the web and commercial free television. The episode seemed available for download on…

Burton has posted their 2007 movie online. For free. Filmed by Mandalay using hi-quality cameras/film. Haven’t watched it yet – but i’m sure it’s pretty good – for free. I…

I walk into Steve’s Music store, fight my way through the narrow rooms packed with every instrument known to man, and find the guitar/bass amp’s section. I’m looking for a…

I like Black Sabbath. It’s by far the heaviest band that I’ve ever really loved. I always enjoyed some other “heavier” bands – but not to the level of 1970-1976…

For a measly 650$ US, you can purchase the Criterion Collection – Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films. It contains a hard cover book documenting the history of…

Austin City Limits Presents: Sufjan Stevens followed by Calexico Two of the underground rock scene’s most creative artists perform. Critical darling and indie rock sensation Sufjan Stevens brings his orchestral…

We finally got Mike set-up with a flickr account. It got used yesterday to post up photos of US citizen’s voting and bringing a broom to the polls with them….

The HBO documentary “Hacking Democracy” has been uploaded to Google video.. no telling how long it will be there so watch it sooner than later. “Hacking Democracy (HBO Special) Electronic…

An awesome short documentary about one of my favorite movies. Deals with a majority of the interesting questions surrounding the movie, it’s production, the holes in the story line (intentional…

I’m going with Linda to big ‘ole bad Toronto to help support some of her friends who will be putting on a great show…. “The United Steel Workers of Montreal…

We watched a movie last night that has been on my list for some time now. Actually, since I skipped the class in my Québec Cinema Course when it was…