yours to photograph
Not quite as catchy as A1 Great, though I can understand why they’d want to cop my style.
young people
43 things that will make you feel old. 43, 38, 37, 32, 31, 30, 26, 25, 24, 22, 14, 13, 12, 10, 9, 8, 3, 2.
Not listed: having a weblog that you never post anything to any more. All of my not-young-people friends have those.
damn near killed ‘im
Washing dishes by hand. Not only a waste of your finite number of heartbeats, but also a surefire way to leave bacteria on your dishes and cutlery for next time. Enjoy your Sunday dinner, everyone!
no maybe ok
When it comes to recommendations for videos I might like, it’s clear that my twelve year old nephew has been using my computer to access YouTube far more than I have.
too hot
Alan Cross unearths a treasure trove of forgotten atrocities with his list of the 15 worst Canadian songs of the 90′s. So many horrors – Snow, Love Inc, Bass is Base, Prozzak! And twin teenage terror groups Serial Joe and the Moffatts, whose work is another reminder that children should never be encouraged to sing for an audience.
(I’m not sure a spot for the Crash Test Dummies on this list is deserved, even if “Keep A Lid On Things” was a bit daft. I saw them live in Kingston around the time that that album came out, and it was a pretty great show.)
Fun fact: I owned the “White Lies/Black Truth” cassette single by Slik Toxik. 1992. Summer after grade nine. It was, uh, a different time.