July 2009
TORONTO TUMBLR MEET-UP
fuckyeahtoronto:
I NEED HELP ORGANIZING. WE NEED A LOCATION THAT IS CENTRAL, EASY TO GET TO, & LETS PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 19 IN.
THOUGHTS? IDEAS? DATE SUGGESTIONS (probably a friday night?)? LOCATION SUGGESTIONS? ANYTHING?!
REBLOG AND/OR EMAIL/MSN ME (s.c.stram [AT] gmail.com)
that is all. - Swapmeet
I can’t get this done without input from you guys… it’s your meetup too!! so let me...
June 2009
“History motherfucker. Do you speak it?”
– Gin & Frolic
BOOM.
(via realrealsoft)
Festival du cinéma français de La Nouvelle-Orléans... →
Organisé par la New Orleans film Society avec le soutient du consulat général de France, Le festival de cinéma français de La Nouvelle-Orléans aura lieu au Prytania Theater du vendredi 10 au dimanche 12 juillet. Il propose cette année 5 longs métrages, 4 films français récents et 1 film classique culte à la distribution irréprochable, réalisés par de grands noms du cinéma. A voir pour la première...
Huge second-line honors King of Pop Michael... →
I’m posting this more for the New Orleans factor than the vapid celebrity mourning. Also, I really liked Off the Wall, so deal.
They gathered on a 7th Ward corner to offer a traditional, raucous New Orleans send off befitting a king.
Just before dusk Sunday, the Revolution Social Aid & Pleasure Club began its march down St. Bernard Avenue, leading a second-line parade to honor Michael...
“Also reblogging because Matt and Kim fucking suck. Sounds like mentally...”
– sade
That’s the most on-point review of Matt and Kim I’ve ever heard.
I just want everyone to know, no one in the South...
jgh:
FYI.
True. Nobody in Louisiana talks like that.
Tonight’s episode was the first one I’ve ever watched. I’d probably be into the show if they tried to get the accents right and if it wasn’t about vampires or whatever.
Second-line on Sunday in New Orleans honors... →
The New Orleans Social Aid & Pleasure Club Task Force is sponsoring a second-line in honor of the King of Pop Michael Jackson on Sunday, June 28, at 4 p.m., says one of the organizers.
“We welcome everyone to join in,” says Action Jackson. Rebirth Brass Band and others are expected to play.
Those who wish to march should line up around 4 p.m. at the 1200 block of St. Bernard...
WatchBridge Burner 2009
St-Jean sous le pont Van Horne à Montréal.
video via Anne-Marie Bergeron
For anyone living in Virginia
taylorinrva:
I am putting this out there so everyone can know what the real deal about the new no texting while driving law is all about. I have already received emails/texts from friends who are giving out the wrong info… and since this IS what my job is… I figured I would clear up any confusion
HB 1876- Text messaging and emaling while driving
Prohibits operation of a motor vehicle, on the...
ThisIsWhyYou'reFat is now following you on...
I dunno how I’m supposed to feel about that.
Champion - Alive Again
(via Saboteur Records)
Canada Day 'After The Party' Party →
I will probably go to this, it being in Arlington and me being a fan of beer and whisky. I like that it starts at 3:00PM and features real poutine.
O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub 3207 Washington Blvd. Arlington, VA 22201
Celebrate Canada Day at O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub. We have the whole day dedicated to Canadian beer, whiskey and of course Canada. Owned and operated by a Canadian and Irish...
Girls in skirts that ride bicycles while smoking,...
This happens in New Orleans too.
Québec, je t'aime! →
24 things the Montreal Gazette loves about Québec. Some of my favourites:
13. Bikes and cigarettes
Check out the woman in the short skirt and high heels, riding a bicycle - and smoking en route!
Only in Quebec, where our love affair with everything on two wheels has not forced us into fleece and spandex, or healthy lifestyles.
The recent launch of the Bixi, allowing tourists and skeptics alike...
L'Autre St-Jean en direct sur nos ondes! (L'Autre... →
Not in Montréal? Exiled in somewhere in Canada or the states like me? Don’t want to miss out on Malajube, Les Dales Hawerchuk, Vincent Vallières and more? CISM, the official radio station of L’Autre St-Jean, will broadcast live tonight (mardi/tuesday) from 21h to midnight. Fucking awesome, eh?
For our non-French-speaking (reading?) friends/fans of (probably) Malajube, if you want...
'Men are attracted to smiles,' Alberta MLA advised... →
Edmonton-Calder Conservative MLA Doug Elniski apologized late Monday afternoon for controversial comments that he posted on his blog, and insisted that he is not sexist.
Elniski posted the text of a speech on June 13 that he said he gives to junior high school students at Grade 9 graduation ceremonies.
Part of the posting included advice to girls saying, “Ladies, always smile when you walk...
International Waters - Salt and Sea
@ Circle Bar...
Is It Canada Day Yet? →
NO
(I’m sorry, I find this hilarious.)
La patère rose - Jessicok
Iranian Protests Are Not Just An Excuse To Talk... →
This is clearly a sign that the good people of Iran want to become more like us. (By “us” I mean “Canadians,” and by “Canadians” I mean “Americans.”) Not only are they rejecting the leader we instructed them to reject—they are doing it in 140 characters or less! Truly, now, their democratic process is as insipid and puerile as our own. Maybe, instead of invading Iraq, Washington should have just...
Band's profane name prompts festival poster... →
Organizers of Calgary’s Sled Island festival are reprinting their promotional posters after allowing an obscenity to slip through the first time.
“I looked at the poster and thought, ‘Oh gee,’ ” festival director Zakary Pashak said, referring to the words Holy F—-.
Holy F—- is an electronic band from Toronto, and one of the 250-plus bands scheduled to...
Backup....
Music video clips in queue ready to vomit up on the Dashboard. You’ve been warned.
(They’are all good ones, thought!)
Sélecteur invité - Pascal Asselin, mix d’été...
King Bochek - Des mitaines en juillet
L'AUTRE ST-JEAN : Communiqué →
La programmation de L’AUTRE ST-JEAN : mise au point
Montréal, le 15 juin 2009 – En tant que producteurs délégués de L’AUTRE ST-JEAN, nous, C4 Productions, avons été mandatés par l’association Louis-Hébert pour créer un événement musical alternatif à l’occasion de la Fête nationale. En ce sens, nous maintenons notre position quant à notre programmation de l’événement, soit : Malajube,...
Gawker - Meet New York City's First Gay-Married... →
Two gay men, one of them dressed as a woman, sort of duped the city into granting a marriage license and performing an official ceremony for them, despite the fact that they both have male first names.
AWESOME.
http://www.facebook.com/maudit →
Whoops, I just realized that my privacy settings were set to “recluse”. So now this link might actually take you to my Facebook page.
Hopefully my fellow Quebecers get the joke.
Tell me SOMEONE has dropped the Cup, just once.
(via inothernews)
Ne dites pas ça, c’est sacré!
Game 7 Checklist
Guinness
Canadian Whisky
BBQ Brisket
Room full of Canadians rooting for the Penguins
I’m going to be totally faded by 8:45.