Monday 31 December 2012

Monday Morning Music - "Outta Time"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Prince and the Revolution - 1999



"1999" is a song by Prince, the title track from his 1982 album of the same name. The song is one of Prince's best-known, and a defining moment in his rise to superstar status.

 On New Year's Eve 1999, Prince (his stage name at that time still being an unpronounceable symbol) held a concert entitled Rave Un2 the Year 2000 at his Paisley Park Studios Soundstage, and he later vowed never to play it again. However, in August 2007, as part of his Earth Tour, he reintroduced the song to his set after an absence of almost eight years.

I only seem to think of this song around New Year's, so here 'tis!

Enjoy!

Monday 24 December 2012

Monday Morning Music - "From the land where palm trees sway"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Bing Crosby - Mele Kalikimaka


 "Mele Kalikimaka" is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas song written in 1949 by Robert Alex Anderson. The song takes its title from the Hawaiian phrase, "Mele Kalikimaka," meaning "Merry Christmas".[1] The phrase is borrowed directly from English but since Hawaiian has a different phonological system - Hawaiian does not have the /r/ or /s/ of English and doesn't have the phonotactic constraints to allow consonants at the end of syllables or consonant clusters - "Merry Christmas" becomes "Mele Kalikimaka"

Of course, I usually think of this scene from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."

Enjoy!

Monday 17 December 2012

Monday Morning Music - "It's Christmas time and we got the spirit!"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis


"Christmas in Hollis" is a single by Run–D.M.C. that was included on two 1987 Christmas compilation albums featuring various artists: A Very Special Christmas (A&M 3911) and Christmas Rap (Profile 1247).


"Christmas in Hollis" has also been featured in a few Hollywood films and TV shows since its 1987 release. It was featured near the beginning of the 1988 action film Die Hard

 Enjoy!

Tuesday 11 December 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Beauty!

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

There's finally a Don Cherry soundboard!  Enjoy!


http://www.realmofdarkness.net/pc/sb/sports/dc/1

Monday 10 December 2012

Monday Morning Music - Uh-Huh

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I`ve got in my head when I wake up.

Trio - Da Da Da


"Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha" (usually shortened to just "Da Da Da") was an international hit record for German band Trio (sometimes written TRIO) formed in 1980 by Stephan Remmler, Gert 'Kralle' Krawinkel, and Peter Behrens. "Da Da Da" released in 1982 was a hit in Germany and about 30 countries worldwide and sold 13 million copies worldwide.

Enjoy!

Monday 3 December 2012

Monday Morning Music - "And they say that we'll have fun if it stops raining."

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Allan Sherman - Hello Mudda, Hello Fadduh


 Allan Sherman (born Allan Copelon;[1] November 30, 1924 – November 20, 1973) was an American comedy writer and television producer who became famous as a song parodist in the early 1960s.  His biggest hit single was "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh", a comic novelty in which a boy describes his summer camp experiences to the tune of Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours.

Enjoy!

Monday 26 November 2012

Monday Morning Music - A Little Something For The Argos

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Neverending White Lights - "Always"


A promotional video used by the CFL during the 2008 season, "CFL This Is Our League" uses "Always" by Canadian artist, "Neverending White Lights."  An inspirational compilation that will touch the heart of every Canadian Football League fan.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 20 November 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - An Uncomfortable Truth

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

Nobody ever says they're a bad driver,



A lousy singer,



Or, have a bad sense of humour.




Monday 19 November 2012

Monday Morning Music "Ah, Mancini. A mascot's best friend."

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk


 "Baby Elephant Walk" is a piece of music written in 1961 by composer Henry Mancini, for the 1962 release of the movie Hatari! The composer combines brass instruments (including repeated blasts from the tuba) and woodwind elements to convey the sense of a toddler that is large and plodding, but nonetheless filled with the exuberance of youth. The catchy, jazzy simplicity of the tune has made it one of Mancini's most popular works, prompting its appearance on nearly twenty later compilation and best of/greatest hits albums.

 In The Simpsons, it is used by Homer Simpson in the season 2 episode "Dancin' Homer" where he dances as a mascot for the Springfield Isotopes baseball team.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 13 November 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Deep Thoughts

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

Some days (or weeks, or months, even years) the pressure feels unbearable.  But, remember that constant pressure turns coal into diamonds.


Monday 12 November 2012

Monday Morning Music - Ain't Right

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Alice Mudgarden - Right Turn


 Alice Mudgarden is the "band" given credit for the Alice in Chains song "Right Turn" off of their 1992 EP, Sap. The group was so named because it was made up of the full Alice in Chains lineup, Mark Arm of Mudhoney, and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 6 November 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Stay Flexy

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya..

If Kiana Tom doesn't motivate you to exercise, absolutely nothing will.


Monday 5 November 2012

Monday Morning Music - "Milan, New York, and Japan."

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Right Said Fred - "I'm Too Sexy"


 "I'm Too Sexy" is the title of a song by English trio Right Said Fred from their album Up. The single topped the American charts for three weeks in early 1992, after having peaked at number two in Britain less than six months earlier.

 The song was rated #49 on "The 50 Worst Songs Ever! Watch, Listen and Cringe!"[1] by Blender. In 2007, the song was listed as #80 on the VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s. It was also ranked #2 on VH1's 40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 90s.[2] Most recently, in 2010, the song was ranked at #8 on AOL Radio's list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever, with Matthew Wilkening advising the reader: "Next time the Brits try to knock our culture, just ask them where [Right Said Fred] had four Top 30 singles in one year."

Enjoy!

Tuesday 30 October 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Shameless Self-Promotion

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

 You should check out www.argosendzone.com for completely irrelevant CFL and Toronto Argonauts fan fun!

Monday 29 October 2012

Monday Morning Music - "I Hardly Know Him..."

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

 Bruce McCulloch - Daves I Know


From his 1995 album, "Shame-Based Man" Bruce McCulloch's "Daves I Know" is simply that; the Daves he knows.  The song was originally a sketch used on the show, "The Kids In The Hall" and was one of the first music video style sketches on the popular Canadian show.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 23 October 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Think Pink!

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

Say what you will about professional wrestling, but I don't see the NFL or any other organization promising to donate 100% of profits to charity.


http://shop.wwe.com/John-Cena-Rise-Above-Cancer/shop-wwe-new-riseabovecancer,default,sc.html


Monday 22 October 2012

Monday Morning Music - Phone Is Ringin'

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Beastie Boys - Get It Together


"Get It Together" is a song by American hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, released as the second single from their fourth studio album Ill Communication. The album version of the song features rapper Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, but not the single version.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 16 October 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Music Sure Has Come A Long Way...?

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

How can a song from October 1975 be light years ahead of one released May 2009???


Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Released October 31, 1975

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooo
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody - I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooo - (any way the wind blows)
I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro - magnifico

I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go - will you let me go
Bismillah! No - we will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let me go
Will not let you go - let me go (never)
Never let you go - let me go
Never let me go - ooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no -
Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
for me
for me

So you think you can stop me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby - can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out - just gotta get right outta here

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me

Any way the wind blows...

Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
Released May 21, 2009

 I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night (x3)
Tonight’s the night night
Let’s live it up
I got my money
Let’s spend it up
Go out and smash it
Like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Let’s get get OFF
I know that we’ll have a ball
If we get down
And go out
And just loose it all
I feel stressed out
I wanna let it go
Lets go way out spaced out
And loosing all control
Fill up my cup
Mozoltov
Look at her dancing
Just take it off
Lets paint the town
We’ll shut it down
Let’s burn the roof
And then we’ll do it again

Lets Do it (x3)
And live it up
I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night (x2)
Tonight’s the night
Let’s live it up
I got my money
Lets spend it up
Go out and smash it
Like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Lets get get OFF
Fill up my cup (Drink)
Mozolotov (Lahyme)
Look at her dancing (Move it Move it)
Just take it off
Lets paint the town
We’ll shut it down
Lets burn the roof
And then we’ll do it again
Lets do it (x3)
Let’s live it up
Here we come
Here we go
We gotta rock
Easy come
Easy go
Now we on top
Feel the shot
Body rock
Rock it don’t stop
Round and round
Up and down
Around the clock
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday,
Saturday and Sunday
Get get get get get
With us you know what we say
Party everyday p-p-p-party
Party everyday
I gotta feeling that tonight gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night(x2)

Monday 15 October 2012

Monday Morning Music - When I Hear That Trumpet Sound, I'm Gonna Rise Right Outta The Ground

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave


American VI: Ain't No Grave is a posthumous album by Johnny Cash, released February 23, 2010, on American Recordings and Lost Highway Records[1] Its release was three days prior to what would have been Cash's 78th birthday.

Enjoy!



Tuesday 2 October 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Feel The Groove

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

 If you're not using GrooveShark every day, you're not getting the most out of your internet experience.


http://grooveshark.com/

Monday 1 October 2012

Monday Morning Music - "And I Will Never Be Ignored"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Garbage - #1 Crush


"#1 Crush" is a song by Garbage, released internationally on the b-side to their debut release "Vow", and in the United Kingdom on the b-side to second single "Subhuman".


In 1996, the track was remixed by Nellee Hooper and Marius de Vries for the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's modernised William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet movie adaptation. The remix of "#1 Crush" peaked at #1 on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks, where it stayed for four weeks, and as of 2010 is Garbage's sole #1 entry on any US chart.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 25 September 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - It Ain't A Game Anymore, Eh?

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

For something that's supposed to be an escape for the masses, pro sports is becoming awfully complicated.

Monday 24 September 2012

Monday Morning Music - Three Hundred Sixty Five Degrees

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

"Burning Down The House" Talking Heads


 "Burning Down the House" is a song by New Wave band Talking Heads, released as the first single from their fifth studio album Speaking in Tongues.

The song always makes me think of "Revenge of the Nerds."

Enjoy!

Tuesday 18 September 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Rain, Rain, Go Away

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

Few things lead to a lazy day quicker than rain on a window.

Monday 17 September 2012

Monday Morning Music - "No stopsigns, speed limit, Nobody's gonna slow me down."

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

AC/DC - Highway to Hell


 "Highway to Hell" is the opening track of AC/DC's 1979 album Highway to Hell and the twelfth track on AC/DC Live. It was initially released as a single in 1979.

 The song and album's title supposedly came after a reporter asked band members if they could describe what life was like being constantly on tour. Angus replied that it was "a fucking highway to hell". He stated in the magazine Guitar World that when you are out on the road on a bus sleeping with a guy's smelly sock in your face, it's like you're on the highway to hell. However, rumours circulated that the band members were Satanists and the cover of the album named after the song, depicting Angus with devil horns and tail, added fuel to the fire. The band has denied having anything to do with Satanism, with Malcolm Young commenting: "my mum would kill me for that!"

Enjoy!

Tuesday 11 September 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Where Was That?

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

Although a picture may be worth 1,000 words, sometimes it's still not enough to convey the feeling.

Monday 10 September 2012

Monday Morning Music - "I Will Chew It Up And Leave"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Tool - Sober


 Sober is a song by US rock band Tool. The song was released as the second single from their debut album, Undertow.  Tool guitarist Adam Jones has stated in an interview that the song is about a friend of the band whose artistic expression only comes out when he is under the influence. "A lot of people give him shit for that," Jones explains. "If you become addicted and a junkie, well, that's your fault."

 Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain called the "Sober" video a rip-off of the Brothers Quay" and stated Tool should be sued for this

Enjoy!

Tuesday 4 September 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - ...Wait, what?

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

There are days when it feels like the only thing I accomplish is procrastinating.

Monday 3 September 2012

Monday Morning Music - "Take A Little Trip..."

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

War - Low Rider


"Low Rider" is a song written by the band War and appearing on their 1975 album Why Can't We Be Friends?. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B charts and peaked at number seven on the Pop Singles chart.

According to the Allmusic review of the song, "the lyric takes the cool image of the lowrider — the Chicano culture practice of hydraulically hot-rodding classic cars — and using innuendo, extends the image to a lifestyle."

 The song has been featured in thirteen movies, including Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke, Colors, A Gnome Named Gnorm, Robots, 21 Grams, Dazed and Confused, Paulie, Beverly Hills Ninja, A Knight's Tale, the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds, The Young Poisoner's Handbook, Friday and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

Enjoy!

Monday 27 August 2012

Monday Morning Music - "Hit In The Head With A Frying Pan"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

They Might Be Giants - Particle Man


 "Particle Man" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. The song is the seventh track on the band's 1990 release, Flood.

 Both "Particle Man" and another They Might Be Giants song, "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)", were made into music videos featured on the Warner Bros. animated series Tiny Toon Adventures. In the video for "Particle Man", Plucky Duck portrays both Particle Man and Person Man (Person Man being, in the video's interpretation, Particle Man’s secret identity), and the other characters are featured as massive wrestlers. The video also includes a cameo by The Crusher from the Looney Tunes short Bunny Hugged.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 21 August 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - "Fix this, Gary..."

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

 If the NHL has a lockout, I'm gonna completely lose my poop.


Monday 20 August 2012

Monday Morning Music - "And Then We'll Take It Higher"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue


 "Electric Avenue" is a song by Eddy Grant, from his 1982 album Killer on the Rampage. It was released as a single in 1982, and reached #2 on both United States and United Kingdom singles charts. The song's lyrics refer to the 1981 Brixton riot, the title referring to Electric Avenue, a market street in the Brixton area of London, England.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 14 August 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Just Don't Do It

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

For every hockey bag on wheels I see being dragged into an arena, I die a little inside.

Monday 13 August 2012

Monday Morning Music - "Talk About Movin'"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Lipps Inc. - Funkytown



 "Funkytown" is a 1980 disco hit song written by Steven Greenberg and performed by the band Lipps Inc. The song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keeps me groovin' with some energy". It is said that the song was written while the band lived in Minneapolis, MN and with dreams of moving to New York City, NY.

Enjoy!

Monday 6 August 2012

Monday Morning Music - Do You Believe?

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Nikki Yanofsky - I Believe


"I Believe" is a song sung by Canadian jazz-pop singer Nikki Yanofsky. Written by Stephan Moccio and Alan Frew, it was used as CTV's official promotional song for their coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and instrumental cues based on the song were also used as CTV's main theme for its coverage.

Personally, the visuals synced with the vocals of this video give me chills, in particular Sidney Crosby's "Golden Goal."  It's one of those moments that I'll always remember.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 31 July 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - "Traditional" You Say?

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

Anyone that claims they're in favour of, 'traditional' marriage I can only assume are referencing the original definition of a business transfer of property rather than the basis of love.

Monday 30 July 2012

Monday Morning Music - "Birling"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Wade Hemsworth - Log Driver's Waltz


 "The Log Driver's Waltz" is a Canadian folk song, written by Wade Hemsworth. The Log Driver's Waltz is also a Canadian animated film from the National Film Board, released in 1979 as part of its Canada Vignettes series.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 24 July 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - You CAN Miss With The 'Silver Bullet.'

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

 If you're drinking this much light beer,


you're drinking wrong.

Monday 23 July 2012

Monday Morning Music - That's right; "sitta" I'm Edgy That Way

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta


Harvey Danger was an American indie rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1993, and rose to prominence in 1998 with the single "Flagpole Sitta"

"Flagpole Sitta" made Billboard magazine's Top 40, and appeared in a number of films and television shows. Its video got heavy rotation on MTV and VH1. The song also became famous globally as one of the most memorable songs on the soundtrack for the film American Pie, despite not being on the official soundtrack sold in stores.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 17 July 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Stop, stop...It's just too funny!

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

If you're a big fan of, "Just For Laughs:  Gags" I don't think we can be friends.


P.S. I can't help but think this show had made crime a heckofa lot easier to get away with in Montreal.

Monday 16 July 2012

Monday Morning Music - "I'll Break 1,000 More, Baby..."

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone


 "Bad to the Bone" is a song by George Thorogood and the Destroyers released in 1982 on the album of the same name. While it was not a major hit on initial release, its video made recurrent appearances on the nascent MTV, which was created a year before. Licensing for films, television, and commercials has since made "Bad to the Bone" better recognized.

 The song has been used in filmmaking and television productions when a "bad guy" needs to be introduced or identified. The song was for instance used in the bar scene in Terminator 2: Judgment Day where the Terminator first is shown in his full leather outfit. "Bad to the Bone" can also be heard in the remake of The Parent Trap in the poker scene, as well as a few trailers, the opening credits to Major Payne, in the first scene and during the closing credits of Stephen King's Christine, as well as multiple episodes of the sitcom Married... with Children, usually preceded or followed by Al Bundy's battle cry "Let's Rock".

Enjoy!

Tuesday 10 July 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - "...Huh? Sorry, I'll be right with you."

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

I can't take you seriously if you wear a bluetooth in public.


Monday 9 July 2012

Monday Morning Music - "Open Wide..."

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Monster Magnet - Space Lord


mp to: navigation, search "Space Lord" is a 1998 single by the psychedelic rock band Monster Magnet, from the album Powertrip. It brought them mainstream success, with its accompanying music video directed by Joseph Kahn.[1] The music video was a direct spoof of the music video for the single "Feel So Good" by rapper Mase.

 The line "space lord motherfucker" was truncated and an echo added to make the song more radio and TV friendly (the lyric is heard as "space lord mother mother"), but the vocal rhythm is unchanged, and a band version with the original lyric has never been released.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 3 July 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Made Ya Look!

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

It's amazing the lengths we go to avoid eye contact with strangers.

Monday 2 July 2012

Monday Morning Music - "KBILLY Super Sounds of the '70's"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

"Little Green Bag" George Baker Selection


 "Little Green Bag" is a 1969 song written by Dutch musicians, Jan Visser and George Baker (credited as Hans Bouwens), and recorded by the George Baker Selection at the band's own expense.  In 1992, when the song was used in the film Reservoir Dogs, it became an international cult classic.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 26 June 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Kickoff Weekend

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

As a Canadian, few things get me more excited than the Canada Day long weekend and the start of the Canadian Football League season, marching toward the 100th Grey Cup in Toronto.



Monday 25 June 2012

Monday Morning Music - "Elvis was a hero to most"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Public Enemy - Fight The Power 


 "Fight the Power" is a song by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released as a single in June 1989 on Motown Records. It was conceived at the request of film director Spike Lee, who sought a musical theme for his 1989 film Do the Right Thing. First issued on the film's 1989 soundtrack, a different version was featured on Public Enemy's 1990 studio album Fear of a Black Planet.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 19 June 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Your Children Must Be So Proud

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

I respect the athleticism it takes to play soccer well, but stuff like this is why I can never support the game.




Monday 18 June 2012

Monday Morning Music - "I Was Only 15 Years Old"

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Barenaked Ladies - Enid


  "Enid" is a song by the Canadian alternative rock group Barenaked Ladies.

The original studio version of the song has been described as one of the most complex recordings of the band's earlier career by Steven Page in the liner notes for Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits. It includes a horn section, pedal steel guitar, a cuica and a pastiche of Depeche Mode as an intro.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 12 June 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - *SLAP* Sonofa...

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

 Aside from sport for birds, I see zero purpose for mosquitoes.

Monday 11 June 2012

Monday Morning Music - Sing Along If You Know The Words

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer


 "Axel F" is the electronic instrumental theme from the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop performed by Harold Faltermeyer. The title comes from the main character's name, Axel Foley (played by Eddie Murphy), in the film.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 5 June 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - You're My Only Hope

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

Princess Leia certainly set the bar particularly high for the future Mrs. Jube...


Call me!

Monday 4 June 2012

Monday Morning Music - It Don't Get Better Than This

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time


 "Nothin' But a Good Time" is the first single from the second Poison album Open Up and Say...Ahh!. The song was released as a single in 1988 on Enigma Records and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #19 on the Mainstream rock charts.[1] It also charted at number 10 on the Australian charts and number 35 on the UK Singles chart.

Enjoy!

Wednesday 30 May 2012

Jube Theory - How The Hockey Gods Will Stick It To The Leafs (And Their Fans) This Playoff

A Jube Theory is a rarely researched hypothesis based on limited observation.

Jube Theory - The Los Angeles Kings will win the 2012 Stanley Cup
  


 As a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, I know pain.,I know disappointment, I know unrealistic expectations, and I know the anger of the Hockey Gods.  It can take generations to appease an angered Hockey God, and there are times when you don't even know what made 'em angry in the first place.  Perhaps the Leafs moving to the Campbell Conference, away from their traditional rivals, angered them.  Perhaps Harold Ballard's countless hockey-crippling, and fan-enraging moves angered them.  Nobody knows for sure, but the Leafs have not hoisted Lord Stanley's hardware since 1967, and that's where this theory comes from.

Y'see, there's been some long Stanley Cup droughts that have ended since '67;

- The Boston Bruins went 37 seasons before breaking their slump last year
- The Detroit Red Wings had gone 41 seasons without the Cup until Steve Yzerman & Co. brought the title back to HockeyTown in '97
- The Chicago Black Hawks endured 47 seasons before Patrick Kane's anti-climactic OT winner in 2010
- The New York Rangers suffered the longest Cup-less run in NHL history of 53 seasons, until the Mark Messier-led '94 roster brought the Stanley Cup back to Broadway

From a Canadian perspective, since 1993, every Canadian-based NHL team has appeared in the Stanley Cup Final (not including the recently repatriated Winnipeg Jets), with the (gah...) Montreal Canadiens winning their (gah...) 24th title in '93.

Which brings us to the longest current streak without winning the Stanley Cup.  There are 3 franchises tied at 43 seasons (and counting); the Los Angeles Kings, the St. Louis Blues, and the Toronto Maple Leafs.  Now, Los Angeles and St. Louis were part of the first expansion of the NHL back in '67, and neither have won the Cup.

And here, gentle readers, is where the Hockey Gods step in...

As I've watched the Bruins end their streak last season, and the Black Hawks hoisted the Cup in 2010, I came to realize that the Leafs are the only Original 6 team to not win the Stanley Cup since expansion.  As this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs progessed, and the Kings kept rolling (12-2 thru 3 rounds), it all became crystal clear:  The Los Angeles Kings will win the 2012 Stanley Cup, ending one more epic drought, and sticking it to the Toronto Maple Leafs (and their fans) for another season.

So, let me be the first to congratulate the St. Louis Blues on winning the 2013 Stanley Cup.

Well played, Hockey Gods...Well played...

Gah.

Tuesday 29 May 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Two Truths

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

Nobody thinks they're a bad driver & nobody thinks they have a poor sense of humour.

Monday 28 May 2012

Monday Morning Music - So, What Do You Want?

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Beastie Boys - So What Cha Want


 "So What'cha Want" is the second single from the album Check Your Head by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released on June 2, 1992

 The music video, directed by Nathanial Hörnblowér, simply has the Beastie Boys recite the song in a woodland area, with clips of DJ Hurricane and Money Mark interspersed throughout. The sky has a photo negative effect, a direct allusion to the werewolf point-of-view in 1981 horror film Wolfen. Similarly, the infrared style incorporated during the band cutaways are an homage to the hunter vision in Predator.

Enjoy!

Tuesday 22 May 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - Cutest Post Ever

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

 Sometimes, you just gotta see puppies.




Monday 21 May 2012

Monday Morning Music - For The Long Weekend

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Loverboy - Working For The Weekend


 "Working for the Weekend" is a song released in 1981 on the rock band Loverboy's second album Get Lucky. The song contains more of a pop feel than the other songs that the band produced, but this new sound proved to generate a lot of success, as the song reached #29 on the pop singles charts, and #2 in mainstream rock in the United States.

But, you can't hear this song without giving a nod to "Saturday Night Live's" funniest sketch ever;


Enjoy!

Tuesday 15 May 2012

I Tell Ya Tuesday - "Assemble!"

I Tell Ya Tuesday is a quick-hit thought of the day.

I Tell Ya...

If you wanna have a great big-ticket movie experience, make sure you go see "The Avengers" in theatres.

Monday 14 May 2012

Monday Morning Music - "a brain, and an athlete, and a basketcase, a princess, and a criminal..."

Monday Morning Music is whatever tune I've got in my head when I wake up.

Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me


 "Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a song known for its being in the soundtrack to the film The Breakfast Club and performed by the band Simple Minds in 1985.

 Forsey asked Cy Curnin from The Fixx, Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol to record the song, but all three declined; Idol would later perform a cover of it on his 2001 greatest hits compilation. Schiff then suggested Forsey ask the Scottish New Wave band Simple Minds, who initially refused as well, but then agreed under the encouragement of their label, A&M. According to one account, the band "rearranged and recorded 'Don’t You (Forget About Me)' in three hours in a north London studio and promptly forgot about it."

"The Breakfast Club" should be mandatory viewing for any student about to enter high school.

Enjoy!