You’ll Probably Never Hear Bohemian Rhapsody Quite The Same Way Again

Here’s a neat video on the making of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

I remember covering this in music electronics class back in high school. We didn’t go into it in this much depth, but we went deep enough to understand that the thing is a freaking marvel. Not just because all of it was recorded in the 1970s on actual tape which is pretty insane to think about in an age where almost everything is digital and in some ways much easier, but also because the vision, musicianship and patience it would have taken to pull it all off is at a level you rarely encounter. It’s astounding, really. Even if for some reason you don’t like the song much (Does anyone not at least kinda like it?), you might come away with a new appreciation for it if you take the time to watch.

Oh, and here’s a thing I learned that some of you might call me stupid for not knowing. It isn’t Freddie Mercury hitting all of those really high notes in the opera part. Some of them are drummer Roger Taylor. I had always assumed that Freddie sang everything.

Fill My Cone Up To Here

I like the Tragically Hip well enough, but nowhere near as much as most people seem to. they’ve put out a good bit of stuff which, to my ear at least, kinda sucks, actually. Just because a song references Canada in some form doesn’t automatically make it good.

This has been unpopular hot takes with Steve. Thank you all for coming.

When they really started to lose me was around the Bobcaygeon era. I’ve never liked that song. It’s a total channel changer for me. I can’t put my finger on exactly why I hate it so, but it’s got a whiny, irritating quality to it that I just have never been able to handle. Much like the way I sound to most of you right now, probably. And that’s fair enough. I know I’m in the minority here. I came to terms with that long ago.

But after all these years, something good may finally be coming out of that awful, awful song!

The band have now officially launched their own ice cream flavour with Kawartha Dairy, the family-owned dairy business based in Bobcaygeon that has been serving products across Ontario since 1937. Obviously called the Tragically Chip, the Hip’s ice cream is maple whisky-flavoured and features dark chocolatey chunks, as well as a black cherry ripple.
A portion of the proceeds from the ice cream — available this summer for a limited time — supports the Breakfast Club of Canada, a nonprofit helping ensure that kids nationwide don’t start the day with an empty stomach by way of nutritious school breakfast programs.

That sounds almost as good to me as the song sounds bad. It’s been a long time since I’ve had Kawartha Dairy ice cream, but I recall it being pretty darn tasty. My only hope is that the whisky doesn’t overpower everything else. I like whisky, but there are plenty of examples of tastes you like feeling out of place. But a worthwhile cause is benefiting from it, so even if it somehow turns out bad, it’s still good.

I Hate Them Plenty Already, But There’s Always Room For More


Remember the other day when I said, basically, that TKO is a terrible company filled with shameless assholes who only care about money and Donald Trump? This video is all of that laid out in great detail. Don’t let the 92 minute length or the focus on boxing scare you off, because if you care about what’s happening to WWE or UFC or any of the other things that TKO is buying up and making shitty or even about exploitative monopolies in general, then you care about this. And I certainly wouldn’t blame you if you decided to stop watching your TKO product of choice when you’re done. We don’t have much power over what the billionaires do, but we do have that. That often feels like nothing, but it’s not.

You Can’t Spell Bad Radio Without AI

Pretty sure I just ran into my first case of egregiously awful radio AI.

Flipping around the dial and landed on Bounce Radio 99.5 Kitchener. Stayed there because I liked the song that was playing, which since I know someone will ask was “Don’t Wanna Fall In Love” by Jane Child.

Song ends, and the friendly human woman ostensibly running the show starts making conversation.

“There’s Jane Child.

“Canada Post has announced that it’s ending home delivery. Wow! Starts streaming on Crave this Tuesday.”

What in the world? The hell are you talking about? The end of home delivery streams on Crave?

That’s either the most horribly edited voice track I’ve ever heard or Bell’s cheap ass AI doing what AI does and screwing up a job it’s not suited for. I’m going for option B.

I Had To Make Sure. You Know Those Politicians Lie About Everything

Soldier shoots dead politician he was guarding
Contrary to the headline, the politician was in fact very much alive up until the shooting, which ended up being a murder-suicide. This is disappointing not just because murder-suicides are generally bad, but because I really wanted to know why the security guy hated the dude enough to make sure there wouldn’t be any of this resurrection shit.

A Ugandan national army soldier has shot and killed a government minister he was guarding.
Wilson Sabiiti shot dead retired Colonel Charles Okello Engola, deputy minister for gender and labour, at his home in the capital Kampala on Tuesday.
The soldier then turned the gun on himself and took his own life.
It is not yet clear whether there had been an argument between the two men. Sabiiti was assigned to the minister’s security detail a month ago.
Before he took his own life, some eyewitnesses said they saw Sabiiti walking around the neighbourhood and shooting in the air.

Come ON, Man. Be A Pepper. Just Once. Everybody’s Doin’ It, Dude

A couple things of note here:

  1. A drug investigation resulted in the arrest of a Bruce E. Huffer, which is what prompted me to open the post thingie.
  2. Check out what the cops confiscated in the process.

    During the investigation police seized meth, marijuana, blue pills believed to be Fentanyl, yellow pills identified as Gabapentin, orange tablets with various markings, smoking devices, scales, bagging materials, several phones, recording devices, cash books, ingredients to manufacture meth, a can of Dr. Pepper, and various other items.

    Everybody sing along!

    Is there something I don’t know about Dr. Pepper? Should I be giving it another try?