“Name a time, name a place
Chances are I’ve had the means to be there”
I could’ve been at the concert. I ended up not going for a variety of reasons.
Still. I could’ve been there.
Still kicking myself, a little
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Les Claypool @ Winnipeg
For about–let’s see, 2009-1990, carry the 1, uh–almost twenty years I’ve been a fan of Primus and of their moderately mad, frenetic, fantastically talented bassist/lead singer, Les Claypool. I’d always lamented the fact that anytime Primus or Les toured North America, the closest they got was either Toronto or Vancouver, both of which were a little out of my price range.
So when I heard that Claypool was going to hit Winnipeg on his new tour, my first question was, “Where do I get tickets?” (Answer: online.)
My new obsession
Ladies and Gentlemans,
O’death.
They opened for Les Claypool (concert review still coming, honest). They’re fantastic.
Elimination Dance
Ah, how I love Canadian cinema.
I love stop-motion
Found via a site called Yeeeeee.
Standing on guard
W00t! It’s back!
Canadian World Domination has returned! Here I thought I was going to have to go trawl the wayback machine’s Internet archives, but someone’s resurrected the site for me.
Some gems:
- The redrawn world map, in the Cartography section
- The little pull-quotes at the bottoms of all the pages, like:
- The Generals. Which one is hotter? That’s up to each and every true red-blooded Canuck to decide for him- or herself.
- “You dismiss all beers under 6% as ‘for children and the elderly’.”
I’ll leave you with a piece of Canadian music, one that’s been stuck in my head for a couple days now, so it might as well be stuck in yours too.
Locked in the Trunk of a Car
And while I’m posting videos from the Tragically Hip, here’s one of my favourites:
At the Hundredth Meridian
Nage-no-kata
…or “What I had to do for a silver medal”.
I’m the one being thrown.
Enjoy!
The throws are, in order:
Uki-otoshi (“floating drop”)
Seoi-nage (“shoulder throw”)
Kata-guruma (“shoulder wheel”)*
Uki-goshi (“floating hip throw”)
Harai-goshi (“sweeping hip throw”)
Tsurikomi-goshi (“lifting-pulling hip throw”)
Okuri-ashi-harai (“sideways foot sweep”)
Sasae-tsurikomi-ashi (“blocking lifting-pulling foot throw”)
Uchi-mata (“inner thigh throw”)
Each one is performed right-handed and left-handed.
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* Which impresses everyone, but really isn’t that bad of a landing, if you know what you’re doing.
Trifle
My first stop-motion video:
Mmmm, trifle…
Update!
Because Doug demanded it, here’s the recipe.
You’ll want to do this in a trifle bowl, a tall, wide, cylindrical bowl, usually on a stand. I found mine at Wal-Mart for about $8.
Bottom layer: Take an angel food cake and tear it into bits. Put it into the trifle bowl. Cover with about one or two cans’ worth of mandarin segments. Mix up some red Jell-O (I use strawberry) and pour slowly over all. You don’t want everything to float to the top, which is what I find happens if you pour too quickly. Put in the fridge till the Jell-O sets.
Middle layer: Mix up some Bird’s custard according to the package directions for custard dessert (not custard sauce). Let it cool to about room temp (you’ll want to put plastic wrap on it so it doesn’t form a skin). Pour onto the Jell-O layer. Refrigerate till the custard is cool.
Top layer: Whipped cream. Garnish with fruit (I used left-over mandarin segments; my grandma always uses Maraschino cherries; sliced strawberries would probably be good too).
Enjoy!
A blast from the past
Man, I haven’t heard this song in years. It’s called “Don’t Call Me Dude”, and it’s by the now-defunct Scatterbrain.