On the Strombocast
Due to the Winter Olympics my employer George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight has been pre-empted or in off-hour reruns for the last week.
This has made the staff a wee bit restless. So to combat that we’ve started doing something called the Strombocast — a sort of news roundup of interesting things that happen each day.
I made an appearance on the February 11 edition, offering up a musical recommendation for George.
Watch the Strombocast here:
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
Holy Fuck Kitten Bowl
Something called the Super Bowl happened over the weekend.
We didn’t really care.
However, something else happened on the weekend called the Kitten Bowl.
THAT we did care about.
And Sarah wrote about it for Huffington Post Music Canada.
To read the article go here.
Filed under Culture, Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
Dr. Who’s Tardis
Doctor Who is making an appearance in an unlikely place — on the rashguards designed by Toro BJJ for Brazilian jiu-jitsu training.
This seemingly odd intersection of sci-fi nerd culture and fight culture isn’t actually that odd at all and Sarah investigated why for Fightland.
To read her story about it go here.
Filed under Culture, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
Flight Of The Conchords
Because we’re uncomfortably deep into awards season Sarah took a look at some television shows to determine which had the best soundtracks from their time on the air.
Some of the names that made the cut include The Wire, Twin Peaks and Life On Mars.
To read the full article at Huffington Post Music Canada go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
Godspeed You! Black album cover
By now most good musicos are aware that Godspeed You! Black Emperor won the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.
We also know how that turned out.
What folks don’t know is that because of a combination of indifference, content hoarding and a dismal sense of history on the part of previous Polaris Gala broadcasters, this is the first time you can actually go back and watch the full awards show broadcast without worrying about it disappearing from the internet.
So please go back and watch the telecast via Aux TV if you haven’t. I was responsible for writing a solid seven per cent of the dialogue that came out of co-hosts Kathleen Edwards and Shad’s mouths.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Recollections, Shameless Promotion, Television
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 