Trent Reznor
Nine Inch Nails’ main man Trent Reznor and filmmaker David Fincher are apparently working on a rock opera based on Fight Club.
We’d tell you more about it, but first rule…
Anyway, Sarah recapped the available information on the project for Fightland.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Music, Shameless Promotion
Mary Spencer
Canadian boxer Mary Spencer has quit literally had to fight for all her successes.
And fight through defeats.
The Olympic boxer didn’t make the Canadian national squad that’s participating at the Pan Am Games right now, but Spencer has been using that missed opportunity to do some good.
She’s been doing demos and mentoring at the Aboriginal Pavilion.
Sarah spoke to her about her work and her career for Fightland.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
The band Creed’s Scott Stapp
There’s a new Rocky film called Creed coming out focusing on the next generation, specifically on Rocky Balboa adversary/trainer Apollo Creed’s son.
There’s also a bad Christian rock band called Creed.
There’s also, also, now a “petition” from the musical Creedmunity declaring the film Creed is abusing the Creed name and should be changed.
Sarah wrote about this fight for Fightland.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Music, Shameless Promotion
Polaris 2015 Long List by the numbers
My benefactors at Aux let me unleash my inner numbers geek on the 2015 Polaris Music Prize Long List for a statistic-y feature.
The result was a document where I tracked the number of references to IKEA hotdogs amongst the 40 nominated albums (one), the number of appearances from F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters (one) and other fascinating data.
Check out the By The Numbers feature.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
A Guitars 4 Vets lesson
The folks at Guitars 4 Vets Canada have a pretty simple mission — put a guitar in the hands of veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder or other disabilities.
Jim Lowther, the man behind the program, says this simple act is life-changing for someone who’s suffering.
I spoke to him about this form of self-help for Samaritan Mag.
Head over there to read the full interview.
Filed under Health, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 