after seeing this last night i am starting to think socalled is the most brilliant (and least pretentious) artist in montreal these days

want to make it into a recording device and tuner - so i will have to solder together my own adaptor

went to see the buzzcocks last night - excellent show. as mike pointed out with a smile - once again they are "relevant". the punk rock kids were emphatic in their texting and cell-phone picture taking. i noticed one girl even had a punk blackberry (it had a shatterred screen)

israeli human rights organization

an instrument invented 10 years ago that i've just discovered

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ok go nicking bob marley element's from mr. brown? that's what i thought the first time i heard the song and i guess i am not alone
anyways - all the interviews with the lead singer about the state of the recording label model are very interesting

heard in this context - the theme from taxi sounds like a lyle mayes composition - with the guitarist owing a bit to pat metheny hisself.

Pat Metheny with his orchestrion

Better explained by WIRED

The builder Eric Singer

i just realized lonely island ripped off flight of the conchords

Photos by Kirk Wight - Divan Orange Feb 28, 2010

enjoy it while it is still available for free streaming

robot chicken's take on if frank miller did american history

this is actually what i have been thinking about doing with music. sita sings the blues....question copyright

This lightbulb has been on since 1901 (I think it's only been off for 22 minutes).

The phase when people thought I was half-Black (it really happenned all the time)....

আপনিকি আমাকে বাসতে পার্চেয়্ন?

mel gibson asking "you have a dog in the fight?"

i got a fedex attampted delivery notice - tracking shows this is the current voyage the package has completed (montreal to sun valley back to montreal):

Jan 8, 2010 12:07 PMAt local FedEx facilityST LAURENT, PQ

Jan 8, 2010 11:00 AMDelivery exceptionST LAURENT, PQCustomer not available or business closed

Jan 8, 2010 10:35 AMOn FedEx vehicle for deliveryST LAURENT, PQ

Jan 8, 2010 9:34 AMAt local FedEx facilityST LAURENT, PQ

Jan 8, 2010 8:21 AMAt dest sort facilityMIRABEL, PQ

Jan 8, 2010 7:53 AMInt'l shipment releaseMIRABEL, PQ

Jan 8, 2010 3:45 AMDeparted FedEx locationINDIANAPOLIS, IN

Jan 8, 2010 2:02 AMArrived at FedEx locationINDIANAPOLIS, IN

Jan 7, 2010 8:23 PMLeft FedEx origin facilitySUN VALLEY, CA

Jan 7, 2010 3:57 PMPicked upSUN VALLEY, CA

Jan 6, 2010 12:04 AMIn transitMIRABEL, PQPackage to be cleared by FedEx broker

mj talking about why pigeons bob their heads while walking (on quirks and quarks)
as always - amazing ability to explain things understandably (and with humour)

when bus fare was 8 cents you knew it was going to be a good week when donny and marie switched roles. he became a little bit country and she became a little bit rock'n roll - and wore black leather.

SUCH a good show on stochasticity

more blasts from the past

ck one

the gmail spell checker was making me second-guess myself until i realized it was americanizing my english. i've changed the setting to uk english.

this clip is always amusing
i just noticed jian's screen says "if this really goes sideways, i have new neil, new metric standing by" - obviously a message from his producer.

Apparently I am still in the top 25 without the error. I estimate I did about 1000km on BIXI (pronounced bike-sie in English according to Kevin). This was all done in 8 min trips.

I just got the below email. There was an administrative error that said I had a bike out for 3 months - I asked them to verify that I am still in the running when discounting this mistake. If so - since I am a HUGE fan of BIXI - I think I'll do it...
Letter:
Hello Mr.

For the end of our first year, our team is analyzing the possibility to do year-end review in the media and on our website. We would love to present to top 25 BIXI BIGGEST USERS, the members that most frequently used our system.

By getting this email, you can guest…that you are part of the TOP 25 most frequent Bixi users. We would like to know if you would accept to collaborate with us so that we can present you on our website, at www.bixi.com.

glad i'm not alone in my feelings about 300

Jingoist Frank Miller should listen to this episode of This American Life.
300 pissed me off.

one of my favourite concerts this year

amar from the anokha album (the voice from jaan) - singing dolly parton (i think as a kid)

after all these years my creation of a swear word has still to catch on:
de la visitation
as in
'stie de la visitation y m'fait chier!

the best jean leloup song and video

MyRobotHead

MyRobotHead
Originally uploaded by prasun

First pass robot head

i don't get all the voice correction effect on every pop single that comes out. it is as if you put a phaser on every single vocal on a 60s pop song...

death letter blues

jonathan goldstein and david rakoff's correspondence between gregor samsa and dr seuss is on of the most brilliant things i've ever heard

some nice words and pics about montreal

google with its hosted apps is becoming what vjungle was (trying to be) 10 years ago

guy moved back to india

i remember emailing with him back in the day - very nice guy

Such Great Heights got cut off - hopefully will be uploaded soon

those swedish kids sibling harmonies are just crazy.

grodin explains his mystique on letterman after all these years

Charles Grodin at The Late Show
envoyé par Meowbay. - Cliquez pour voir plus de vidéos marrantes.

can't help myself
listening to her on npr and had to check out the vid of her doing this all alone

i never new *what* charo was celebrated for (originally)...what made here a celebrity. she was twice named best flamenco guitarist by guitar player magazine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgpAlKKftG0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfVf7N8CJEA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whErwOotGSY

blogging overload

why are there no comparisons made between nina simone's chaffeur and the beatles' drive my car?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3SPPTlN_Ys

wow - delhi, ontario is not the only place that doesn't know how to pronounce its own name (they say del-high)... there is also one in new york

Delhi, New York — /ˈdɛlhaɪ/

chords of fame

pics from osheaga

why has allen klein (abkco) not gone after neil young for borrowed tune (lady jane)? not worth it compared to bittersweet symphony?
oh - i just read he died a few days ago - neil is safe.

Now it makes more sense - the original Mr. Potato Head used *real* potatoes...and other fruits and vegetables....

i think david bowie is the only person who can consistently pull off tucking his shirt into his pants

It seems Google sites (Gmail, Youtube) are getting successfull in making IE and Firefox consistently crash. A little push for Chrome?
(I'm surprised Blogger is allowing this post)....

Danger Mouse, Sparkelhorse and David Lynch?

1977? Crazy foreshadowing

Buffy Ste. Marie is so cool

bixi and sympatico should have gotten their acts together in the first few days of bixi (probably mostly sympatico's fault). when bixi servers are overloaded they redirect the site to 70.38.15.10 - an ip that was being blocked by sympatico. seems to be ok now.

quickme

quickme
Originally uploaded by prasun

5 min twith a tablet

seeing bell orchestre the other night placed them as my number 2 montreal band (just behind priestess) - truly amazing. but also made me remember i have to be on the lookout to catch another show by plywood 3/4

you can undo send on gmail now....and no it isn't april 1

wow
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/21/george-galloway-canada

hmm - listening to the everly brothers' walk right back i realize that neil young lifted (paid homage) to the riff

i guess i could have figured it out with a tennis ball and light-bulb but why the moon looks different in india from here

euler's formula intuitively explained by pictures

I found this song on my computer - I recorded it late at night on October 16, 2007. I have vague memories of doing so....I would have to figure out the song from scratch by listening to it....but I know it is in "Nick Drake" tuning. I guess I was thinking about music for soundtracks....

This is it

i love the graphics in fancy pants

finally made a jr myspace page

amusing message from rola

Did Georg W give Barack a "soul shake" (1:05) before boarding his helicopter into oblivion?

what are these guys thinking?
Originally uploaded by prasun

Retrieved from the current (Jan 14, 2009) wikipedia entry on Charles Leblond:

To mark his 65th birthday in 1975, Leblond was honored at an international symposium on the existence of stem cells in adult tissues; the resulting book, Stem Cells of Renewing Cell Populations, was the first formal, comprehensive account on the subject.[16]

16. Cairnie A.B., Lala P.K. and D.G. Osmond. Stem Cells of renewing Cell Populations Academic Press. N.Y. 1976.

Hmmm - my dad edited the first book on stem cells....

The engineer's disease and here

madoff homepage

When a community or society is so repressive and unwavering in ideas and ideologies - is it memetic inbreeding akin to genetic inbreeding?

My dentist who I have been seeing since th eage of three is retiring....I am thinking of sending him this painting

Are You There Google? It's Me, Margaret
With the advent of Google Chrome....I'm starting to get really scared.

Eric Bachman acoustic Web in Front and others....

One of the coolest animations I have ever seen

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

C Lambert Badge 15625 should be fired 1

C Lambert Badge 15625 should be fired 1
Originally uploaded by prasun

good list of quebec brands of yesteryear (i was searching for perrette's)

wow - i know the term is "influence" - but my first time hearing wes montgomery and pat metheny is almost a "rip-off"....

Habs'n Skate
Originally uploaded by prasun

A skateboard and a Habs flag (courtesy Boni Enseignes) attracts a lot of attention....

why are most montreal street kids anglophone?

something like one third of McGill Elec & Comp Eng and Comp Sci graduate students don't take evolution as fact....
personal (unscientific, incredulous, sample size of not a lot) survey done at CIM
ps - doubters all went through the Montreal highschool, CEGEP, and university systems....
required reading

My theory:
A lot of Beatles' hits using a descending chord progression (Cry Baby Cry, Michelle, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Dear Prudence) are derivative of the Lenny Welch version of A Taste of Honey.
Bealtes songwriting 101 - Listen to their version of A Taste of Honey

I just found a site talking about the roots of the Beatles

someone is stealing my electricity but hydro won't help me....i will have to do some home PI work....

this company lied to me. they left a voice mail message saying i had 5 minutes of free long dustance - it is a scam

Field Sense - training the Gretzky/Nash touch

sorry - the fda thing again:
Raja Foods Issues Nationwide Recall on SWAD BRAND ABIL, GULAL, KANKU, KUM KUM, LAGAN SAMAGRI, AND POOJA SAMAGRI Containing High Levels of Lead
i didn't even know i made kum kum....

listening to neil young's massey hall concert lead me to find this interview - excellent

i keep resisting posting fda notices (like an erection aid that has been recalled because it *actually* has viagra in it) but here's one i couldn't resist - my emphasis added:
Harry & David Operations Corp., of Medford, Oregon, is voluntarily recalling approximately 5880 tubs of the Milk & Dark Chocolate, White Chocolate Macadamia because they may contain macadamia nuts not declared on the ingredient statement, and 4400 tubs of the Peanut Butter, Milk Chocolate, Macadamia Nut because they may contain macadamia nuts and peanuts not declared on the ingredient statement.
from http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/harrydavid11_07.html

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