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Wednesday Wadio: The Tragically Hip’s ‘In View’.


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Drummer Johnny Fay once famously quipped to Billboard that being the biggest band in Canada was “like being the world’s tallest midgets.” HipWiki

Gord Downie appears to be flapping out a poutine-induced dutch oven at the beginning of The Hip‘s new video for ‘In View’ – and things go downhill from there. Throughout the course of the clip, he lifts dumbells, has severe communications problems, gets chased through Shanghai after stealing a cell – all in an attempt to phone a woman lass than half his age. I’m not sure what is happening here, but I think my first interpretation which revolved around the protagonist being an aging, Asian-hating pedophile is a little off. Only repeated viewings will tell for sure.

And repeated viewings there will be. It’s a catchy little tune, along the lines of Fireworks or Music at Work, and I can’t wait to hear the rest of the album, World Container, which is being released in Canada on October 16th.

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The Dregs of MySpace.


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MySpace is a lot of things to a lot of people, and one of the more poignant analogies I’ve heard is that it’s like a web enabled high school. This is even truer when you consider all of the recent virtual bullying cases that have been in the news. They’re all here – the nerds, the jocks, the band geeks, the parking lot blowjob queens with daddy issues. Maybe that was just CCHS. You get my point.

My roomate and I are working on a MySpace Layout site, so I’ve been delving into the seedy subculture a bit. Urban Dictionary has a ton of tags – MySpace loser, whore, hooka, hootchie, dork – they’re all here. The real bullies couldn’t be far behind the name-calling. I sniffed around to see what I could find in terms of malicious MySpace-related sites and these are the best of what I unearthed…

– Daily Raider’s MySpace Loser of the Week: This site showcases a particularly jaw-dropping profile every 7 days. The author isn’t particularly gifted in terms of humor in the accompanying copy, but it’s worth a look. Pay particular attention to Lucky Charms McHomosexual.

– The MySpace Losers Experiment: “One day I decided to create a fake profile – a young Swedish girl, complete with bogus info survey and girly layout – and began adding. Eventually, with so many new friends, I began getting some strange messages.” Our little decoy duck attracted a breathtaking array of scumbags, and he includes photos and email examples.

– WorstOfMySpace.com: This site has been around for a year, and has a lot of potential if only the owner updated it more than once a month. The Top 10 list of MySpace cliches is right on the money, and this kid is a good writer. Buddy, if you see this post, email me and we’ll make some money together.

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Highest Of The Highbrow Humor.


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This movie may come and go with little aplomb, so I feel obliged to tell you all: Jackass 2 is two of the most entertaining hours of celluloid since One Night in Paris. I was never bored, my gut ached afterwards from laughing and I did something I’ve never done while watching a movie: retched violently. Twice. So if that sounds like your bag, get yourself down to the cineplex. And bring that bag with you so you can throw up in it. Seriously.

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