Did you miss Burning Man? Couldn’t manage to get the time off work to go? Couldn’t sell enough hippy skirts, hemp bracelets and pot to cover the cost of getting tickets and getting to the middle of the desert?
Then check out the live Burning Man Webcam and find out what everyone is up too.
As you probably know by now, CNN reporter Kyra Phillips had a bit of an accident with her coordless microphone the other night and had her bathroom chat broadcast on national TV during President Bush‘s Katrina address. Well, it did turn out that the “asshole” she referred to was unfortunately a member of her family and not the President. Although the event has still managed to turn her into a mini 15 minutes of fame style celebrity and she made an apperance on the Dave Letterman Show for the top 10 list to celebrate.
The topic of this very special Top 10 list just happened to be the “Top 10 Kyra Phillips Excuses” list. Now, I’ve never been a big fan of Dave Letterman or the Top 10 list specifically, I’ve rarely ever found them funny, but this one was actually pretty good. I especially liked #5. It’s good for a chuckle.
Check out Dave Letterman’s Top 10 Kyra Phillips excuses list @ Raw Story.
I couldn’t help but post this. I found it on Gawker and got a good laugh out of it.
This video footage was all taken at last nights MTV VMA‘s, can you see the theme?
Check out the Emo Hair Ballad at Gawker.
I like doom.
The folks over at theblogjoint.com have put together a pretty good list of WordPress Plugins and explenation of what each on does. Going through the list earlier today I noticed that I had most of them already, but a few that were on there I don’t have and certainly plan to get.
This is a really good list and covers all the bases of WordPress blogging really. I’ll be grabbing a few more plugins off that list and throwing them into the mix over the weekend.
Check out their site, they could have something listed their that *gasp*, may even be usefull to you!
Enjoy your long weekend folks! Here’s hoping that the sun holds out and Vancouver actually has a sunny labour day weekend for a change!
Vancouver is a fantastic city and is home to a vast number of fantastic discovered and undiscovered, as it were, rock bands. Tonight, I feel like shedding some light on a few local bands that I’m a big fan of:
A Spectre Is Haunting Europe – My friend Matt Sheppard, former bass player for Vancouver based Creepy Family, Seventh Image and Caustic Pleasures is the current bass player for the post-punk-goth-rock-indie-mish-mash band A Spectre Is Haunting Europe. The band has released three albums independently or with independent labels and consists of Jean H (Guitar/Vocals), Matt Sheppard (Bass) and Phil Western (Drums). The band is very melodic and has upbeat and down tempo songs, all of which have very well written lyrics and a smooth, almost relaxing sound. Check out A Spectre is Haunting Europe‘s site and MySpace Page.
The Vincent Black Shadow – TVBS is one of my favorite Vancouver Bands and is luckily getting some well deserved attention. The group was signed to a record deal fairly recently and very recently released their debut album, entitle “Fears In The Water”. They have also been touring with the Warped Tour for the past few months and now, having finished that tour, are going to tour Germany. The Vincent Black Shadow consists of beautiful lead singer Cassandra Ford, Robbie Kirkham (guitar), Anthony Kirkham (Drums), Chris Kirkham (Bass) and Mary Ancheta (Keyboards). Their music is rock through and through, and real rock, not the crap they call rock on the radio now-a-days. Check out The Vincent Black Shadow‘s site and MySpace Page.
and of course, I wouldn’t be able to mention Vancouver bands without mentioning my all time favorite Vancouver based band…
Nim Vind (formerly known as Mr. Underhill) – Nim Vind, a.k.a Mr. Underhill, a.k.a Chris Kirkham (yeah, same guy from TVBS, and his brothers are in this band too), is a fantastic singer, wicked guitar and bass player and quite well known in the Vancouver scene. Nim is a goth rock crooner at the very best with the sexy voice to boot. The band is fantastic live, wicked on Vinyl and just great in general. Most recently Nim Vind toured Germany and released their first full-length album entitled “Fashion of Fear” and it’s great. If you enjoy psychobilly, rockabilly, goth rock inspired crooning you will LOVE Nim Vind. At the very least, give their music a listen and, if possible, check them out live, it’s worth every penny. And if you like the music, buy the CD/Record or some gear to help fund this wicked project. I picked up the Vinyl for Fashion of Fear at their last Vancouver show at the Media Club and I love it. Check out the Nim Vind site and their MySpace Page.
That’s that for this round of rockin’ Vancouver Bands. I hope to do this a few more times though. There are a lot of fantastic bands in Vancouver that aren’t nearly as recognized or appreciated as they should be and I can only hope to try and shed some light on these great musicians.
Norwegian police made the announcement today that two of expressionist artist Edvard Munch‘s masterpieces that were stolen from an Oslo, Norway museum two years ago were recovered and being returned to their home. Yay! Finally.
After being stolen two years ago from a museum in Oslo, Norway, Edvard Munch‘s “Madonna” and “The Scream” were finally found and returned. A Norwegian court laid down sentences of four – eight years for the three men involved and is stating that the theifs must pay $750 Million Kroner ($121 Million dollars) in damages.
Good work guys! I’m a big fan of Edvard Munch and love his work, especially “The Scream.” I am very happy to see these paintings returned to their rightful home in Norway where they can be enjoyed by millions of artist’s and fans for years to come.
Read the story @ Raw Story
Wow! Captain hair-piece himself, Donald Trump, uttered those two immortal words once again today and told The Apprentice co-host Carolyn Kepcher “You’re Fired!”
Apparently the fame of being a part of the hit show The Apprentice went to her head and “she became a prima donna” and “was giving speeches for $25,000 and doing endorsements.”
Looks like The Donald doesn’t like to share his success and fame with anyone, not even the people that helped him make The Apprentice the smash hit it was. Hopefully Ivanka Trump doesn’t let it go to her head as she’s Carolyn Kepcher‘s replacement on the upcoming season of The Apprentice.
Best of luck to Carolyn on speech work, bork work and endorsements, she’s going to have to find another source of income now.
You’re Fired! Ha! Sorry, that’s just to much fun.
Read the story @ New York Post