Two best modern bands I've heard this year: The XX [youtube][video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EEnpd57Z9E[/video][/youtube] [youtube][video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ktYpaGVUe0[/video][/youtube] [youtube][video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI2eO_mNM88[/video][/youtube] God Is An Astronau...

As for Ben Elton - you gotta love him for Blackadder series with Rowan Atkinson!

Nice find - appreciated! Tradition plays a very important role in Poland. That BBC documentary is interesting, but there was a tad more to this story. It was probably the second most important battle on European front, since it directly begin the Iron Curtain Era... As much as I dislike the CNN, the...

Finally!! A step in good direction (all depends on how its done tho - the devil is usually in the details): BC politicians will soon post expense reports online. Starting in October, quarterly expenses for MLA's will be going up on the Internet Andrew Hopkins Jul 31, 2012 19:51:53 PM "VICTORIA ...

Nah, I hate company logos on stuff as well, about as subtle as a brick . The maker of it should be paying the wearer , not the other way around. :kez: :) :thumbsup: "Every person repeatedly hears this hypnopaedic phrase from an early age. The phrase is embedded so deeply into the consciousness...

This would be a good example of the marketing gimmick: Premier's push for pipeline demands too late: analyst Dan Burritt Jul 31, 2012 16:56:09 PM VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - At least one political watcher doesn't think much of Premier Christy Clark's push for you to support her five requirements on major...

Dagon, like your signature. :) I keep seeing that lately but it's always "sent from my iphone". :kez: LOL, I find that rather silly, along with the lines of being a walking advert (by wearing clothing with a huge logos). Working as graphic designer, one often sees things that marketing pe...

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Interesting look at the "Cap & Trade": http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-cap-trade/ Oh, and I do not think that carbon is the main reason for our change in climate: scalping the earth of oxygen producing trees in favor of concrete forests, pumping chems into rivers, ocean...

Jesus! A new contender for the Darwin Award 2012 has just appeared...

I think I recently saw the third bee from the upper left ... 500,000 stolen bees sought by police in B.C. http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/07/20/hi-nb-bees-swarm-4col.jpg Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are searching for about half a million bees and an estimated 3,600 kilograms of hon...

Of course they will... how about a death sentence for the whistle blowers?
Sorry, but looking at the RCMP handling things in just the past decade -> I have no more trust left...
And about as much "respect" as Becon brothers...

About 200 women ask to join lawsuit against RCMP. They are claiming discrimination and harassment on the job Dan Burritt Jul 30, 2012 15:56:16 PM VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Hundreds of women have come forward to be part of a class-action lawsuit against the RCMP over claims of discrimination and harass...

Another good POV from Whistler... with a bear:

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LMAO!

Why is America there ? Why pressure the Russians ? Why keep the cold war going even if it's not called that anymore ? http://oi48.tinypic.com/34sf29k.jpg F#%&*n He!! Sorry, but that is a little bit much! It looks that I no longer can use "cynicism" to declare to come from a banana rep...

A perfect weather to hit some of the local mtn bike trails: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Dkl41cQl4[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA9Zq2C2jMo[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm0b6YyLijA[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s55s8IEg0iQ[/y...

And Justice For All aka The Canadian " justice " Farce Continues... No jail time for disgraced ex-Mountie Monty Robinson House arrest for 1 month, followed by probation and curfew Posted: Jul 27, 2012 7:02 AM PT Disgraced former Mountie Benjamin (Monty) Robinson has been given a 12-month c...

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Nite.

btw, walk Off the Earth were crap! They play some electronica mixed with what I can only classify as gangsta-pop. But the Fest was pretty good. Chinese Dance/Acrobatic Group was great. There were also a couple of pretty good groups. Took a lot of photos, talked to some of the local Vancouver artists...