Earth Hour: What are you going to do about it?

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Look, I’m not going to write this giant blog post telling you why you should participate in Earth Hour tomorrow. Can you just do it? Simply put, don’t be an asshole. It is an hour of your time. Most of you spend that time playing Farmville. Just turn everything off and stand outside. That’s the simplest way to participate.

But if you are looking to something a little more interesting with you hour in darkness, here are some ideas!
  • Go to McDonald‘s: The lights will be on inside, but the fast food giant’s 1400 restaurants will be dimming their giant outdoor M’s for the entire hour.
  • If you are in Vancouver, check out Commercial Drive. A ton of their restaurants will be celebrating with Earth Hour Candlelight Dinner and Drinks. (That’s where I’ll be.)
  • In Halifax, you’ll be able to take in a FREE Sons of Maxwell concert!
  • Toronto might be the place to be, with a free concert that will include Chantal Kreviazuk, Jarvis Chrch and Justin Nozuka.
  • Powell River, BC. is having a free swim and skate during Earth Hour. This makes me a little nervous, but I’ll go with it.
  • In Ottawa they’ll be having a Candlelight Vigil on Parliament Hill.
  • Still don’t know what you are going to do? Download the WWF Toolkit for helpful tips and ideas.
  • Calgary has barely scraped together a plan. Their website says ” join the action at Olympic Plaza as Calgarians countdown to darkness”. No other details are provided.
If you town or city is doing something cool, let me know and I’ll be sure to pass it on!

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The Perfect Weekend!

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I’m taking the rest of the day off to enjoy the sites and sounds of Vancouver. I’m still dressed in my Olympic clothing and keep yelling O’Canada, but no one seems to care. My how a month has changed this city!
Have a great Friday. If you are desperate for a read, check out what else is going on in the blogosphere.
  • In celebration of me being in Vancouver today, YVR was just named the #1 Airport in North America. (Miss 604)
  • Sad about Lost ending? Don’t be, the show has a ton of spin-off potential. (The TV Addict)
  • Is Homer Simpson the most influential wordsmith since Shakespeare? (The Ampersand)
  • How can I not link to something called The Reusable Travel Condom (The Review Crew)
  • It takes a lot to piss off CBC and CBC is PISSED. (TV Feeds My Family)
And don’t forget about Earth Hour!

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Trailer Excitement: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

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It takes a lot for me to get excited about a movie trailer.

And the trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World gets me really, really excited. Like having to put a binder in front of my pants kind of excited. (Ahhh, junior high.)

Here’s why this trailer should excite you…(down there):
  • Michael Cera’s been very meh lately. This should turn that career trajectory around nicely.
  • It was filmed in Toronto and features popular T.Dot locations like Casa Loma, The Toronto Reference Library and the infamous TTC.
  • I seriously think Anna Kendrick could tell me that my entire family died in a fiery car accident and she would still make me smile.
  • Thanks to this movie, that inner-geek will all have inside of us, will be outed and exposed like it was a member of NYSNC.
  • The movie’s soundtrack features music my Metric. It’s a win-win.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World opens in August.

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Lilith Fair confirmed for Calgary!

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The time has come to stop shaving your legs.

Ahhh! I’m about to get on a plane and don’t have time to look into this more, but it looks like Calgary can expect Lilith Fair to come to town on June 27th! The Calgary Herald is also reporting that Calgary will be the first stop on the tour!!!!!

This means we’ll either get tons of surprises or we’ll be the “try-out” city to see what works and what doesn’t!
Either way! LILITH FAIR IS BACK!!!!!!
Tickets go on sale on April 3rd!
Other Canadian dates include:
Edmonton- June 28th
Vancouver- July 1st
Toronto- July 24th
And no date has been set for Montreal!
Thanks to Health at the Herald for the tip!

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Listen to this song….17 times!

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You know how when you find a song you love, you listen to over and over again? You listen to it so much, you start wondering why you liked it in the first place. But instead of turning it off, you keep listening and listening.

Well Tegan and Sara are about to blow your one-song-loving mind!

Next Tuesday, the sister-duo will release an exclusive Itunes album with 17 reworkings of the exact same song! The track, which is called Alligator can already be found on their latest CD release Sainthood.

If you haven’t heard the song yet, here is the official video! Although, don’t listen to it too much, you are about it more than you probably want!

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Dancing with the Stars….in Calgary.

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But that doesn’t mean I don’t love ballroom dancing. I mean, I am human after all.
This weekend, Calgary hosted ‘Dancing with Calgary Celebrities’ in an effort to raise funds for Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
Some of the celebrities that danced their tail-feathers off included, Phoenix from 97.7 Calgary FM, Cara Fullerton and Amber Schinkel from Global TV. (Sadly, I’m still waiting for my invite.)
In the end, the giant mirror ball went to BT Calgary’s Jill Belland. I could talk to you about why Jill Belland won and why you should keep this video away from teenage boys, but I thought I would just show it to you instead.
Who knew she could do the splits?

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Bubbles gets taken down!

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Any Trailer Park Boys fans out there? Apparently, not enough.

It is a sad week for the Halifax bar Bubble’s Mansion. The bar, which was co-owned by Mike Smith (who conveniently played Bubbles cult-hit Trailer Park Boys), was forced to close it’s doors this week due to a huge drop in business. The reason? Halifax’s crack-down on cheap drinks!
City bars used to be able to charge $1 for cheap drink nights, now Halifax has raised the minimum to $2.50! And evidently, Haligonians* simply weren’t willing to cough up the extra dough!
$2.50 for a drink!?!
God I miss living in the maritimes!
*yes, that is right. google it.

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Shocker: A post about Ann Coulter

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You may have heard that the one and only Ann Coulter has been in Canada and has apparently been up to know good.

So far she has told a Muslim student that she should “get a camel” because she should be on a no-fly list. Later Coulter said that gay men can’t throw a baseball “without looking like a girl.” Which is interesting, since baseball is pretty much the girliest sport this side of figure skating.
On Tuesday night, her visit to University of Ottawa was canceled because of security concerns, which is probably good, since she was later quoted as saying that the U of O is “really easy to get into, isn’t it?” Then implied the school was Bush-league. Which is ironic, no?
I’m not going to go all political on you, mostly because I rarely have any idea what I’m talking about. However, what frustrates me about Coulter is that she is literally saying anything to piss people off. She thrives on getting a reaction out of people. I could many Canadians respecting her comments if they carried had any weight, but they don’t.
As grown-ups, we’ve learned that it is so easy to be mean and piss people off, so it is obvious that Coulter is simply taking the easy way out. Look, I’m totally fine with some Conservative views, if they are intelligent. But if you are just saying them to make people angry, so you can sell books and get interviews, I think that you are just being greedy and lazy.
Tomorrow, Ann will be visiting Calgary. Where, I can assure you, there will hardly be anyone protesting. Sure, a couple of dozen universities students will show up. But we are talking about the city that was the first to host George Bush and Sarah Palin. Coulter will be just fine here.
Luckily, Mike’s Bloggity Blog was able to get our hands on Ann’s speech before she comes to Calgary on Thursday. Don’t ask me how, but it was dirty and probably illegal. But I do, what I have to do.
Dear Calgarians,
I’m here today to tell you that I don’t luck puppies. That’s right, all puppies. They are gross. I also think that the yellow light should mean ‘Go.’ Green should now be stop. And red? Well, let’s turn the red light purple. Oh and Veronica Mars was the worst television show ever. Why don’t we have more shows like Two and A Half Men. And what happened to According to Jim? That show was funny. I blame the Jews. Speaking of Jews, I hated Shindler’s List. It wasn’t funny enough. God I miss Suddenly Susan. Anyway, I should get going but gays shouldn’t work, SUVs are the working woman’s vehicle and I think Ben Mulroney is funny and relevant.
Lots of love,

Ann

Really Ann? According to Jim? Now that is just low.

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Juno Bands Announced!

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We are only a couple of weeks away from this year’s Juno Awards. If you haven’t heard, the annual celebration of Canadian music will be taking place in St. John’s, Newfoundland during the third week of April!

Mike’s Bloggity Blog will of course be there and so will a TON of actual legitimate Canadian talent!
They’ve just released some of the bands that will be playing during the five day party and I’m honestly going to have a hard time deciding which shows to check out. Here are some of the bands already signed up to perform during Juno Fest:
Alex Cuba, Arkells, Bahamas, Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle, Great Lake Swimmers, Julie Doiron, Jully Black, Romi Mayes, Sultans of String, The Road Hammers, Treasa Levasseur and Wayne Lavallee.

The best part of the Juno’s every year is the Songwriter’s Circle. And this year’s line up is a doozy. That’s right, I said doozy. Some of the singer/songwriters who will be talking about their music are: Amelia Curran, Bahamas, Jarvis Church, Lights, Michael Kaeshammer and Terri Clark.

(Side note: Where the heck is the love for Carly Rae Jepsen? She is nominated for Songwriter of the Year after all?)
Only 23 more sleeps!!
(picture: great lake swimmers)

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A belated letter: MTV turns four!

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Dear MTV LIVE,

Hi, it is Mike.
Wait. I can explain. Please keep reading. Look, I’m sorry that I forgot your birthday. It was completely Douche Bigalow thing for me to do and I’m very, very sorry. You and I both know you deserve better than that.
I wanted to take a moment to wish you a belated Happy Fourth Birthday! I can’t believe you are four years old, it seems like just yesterday that your show had dozens of different co-hosts and Paul was just an intern. Now look at you, Daryn pretty much stole the Olympics from Brian Williams, Nicole is releasing her own music and Paul…well Paul is still an intern. But I think you pay him more now. So that is something! Oh and let’s not forget Sheena. That girl is twelve tons of crazy and I freakin’ love her. Craziest person on Canadian television. (Sorry Colleen Jones.)
Four years is a big deal. Trust me, I know. Mike’s Bloggity Blog will also be turning four years old this year. If your show and my blog were actual people, they would be in the same grade. Of course, your show would probably be beating my blog up and we’d be stuck doing your homework. But still, kinda cool.
I hope you had a great birthday. If it was anything like mine, I hope you got smashed, called your mother and told her she didn’t love you enough and yelled at your friends for getting you crappy gifts.
All the best,
Mike
To celebrate, I wanted to share my all time favourite MTV Live clip, featuring the one and only, Sheena and Ron Jeremy.

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