This is from the soundtrack to a movie called “Inside Llewyn Davis” and yes, it is seriously by that Justin Timberlake. It’s also really, really good. Not make me overlook how much I can’t stand the rest of his output and become a giant fanboy good, but he’s a hell of a folk singer. If …
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The Movies Of My Life, Part 1: What Did You See First
As promised in the last post, here’s Gill. Think back to when you were small, or maybe not. You may or may not remember your first trip to the movie theater. It might have been as a tag-a-long with an older sibling to see Star Wars. Maybe it was a glimmer of happiness during tough …
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A Very Late Goodbye To Sean Keane
I was just sitting here, Googling a few comedians who’s names I hadn’t heard in a while to see what they were up to, when I stumbled on something one of them had written about a Sean Keane tribute show. Uh-oh, tribute show? That doesn’t sound good. So I immediately switched my focus to Googling …
How To Opt Out Of Bell’s New Everything Tracking And A Few Other Items Of Interest
Yesterday we learned of Bell’s plan to track the crap out of many of the services you pay them a king’s ransom for and then sell your usage patterns to whomever it chooses. Since then, a few things have happened. Several people have complained, which is nice. I don’t know how many, but it was …
Dear Bell Customers: If You Don’t Like Being Tracked And Sold To, I Have Some Bad News For You
So wholly crap, this is pretty nuts. The Great Canadian Personal Data Grab Continues: Bell Expands Its Consumer Monitoring and Profiling Long story short, starting next month, if Bell is your provider for basically anything, I suggest not only being prepared to become the product, but minding that sketchy internet and television use of yours. …
People Falling Off Of Ladders On TV
Aside from the one doing the falling, who doesn’t like a good video of someone falling off of a ladder on live television? So here’s Nick Collins of Sky Sports doing just that while reporting on a soccer match. Maybe there’s something I’m not seeing in his face, but when the feed cuts back to …
Memories Of Dave Nichol
When I was a kid, you couldn’t turn on a TV in Canada without seeing Dave Nichol in ads pushing the new President’s Choice Memories of something or other. He was everywhere…until he disappeared. I can’t remember when those commercials suddenly stopped (I want to say mid 90’s), but it’s been a long time. But …
We Regret The Error, The June Edition
The geniuses at Deadspin have struck some serious gold with this one. They’ve started a feature called We Regret The Error, which compiles mistakes and the subsequent apologies that air on local newscasts. Amazingly (not really all that amazingly if you’ve watched the 6 o’clock news for any length of time), there are so many …
Breaking News From CTV. It Was Hot Yesterday, You Guys! And We Can Even Show You Why!
So here’s one of the more embarrassingly stupid and useless things I’ve happened to catch on the news in a while. Not only is the hot weather a major story on the *local* newscast as if anybody living in the area is going to be caught completely off guard by it should they fail to …
How Those Fake Asian Pilot Names Appear To Have Found Their Way To That Newscast
Thanks to Rich Lieberman who blogs about media in the area, more information is coming out about how exactly those fake Asian pilot names wound up making it to air on the KTVU news. It turns out that the names were read out loud after all and even flagged as suspect by at least one …
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