February 2013
1 post
This Is My Wilson
Spanning my 1996 to 1999 baseball seasons, I’d taken my position at Shortstop with a total of three different brand new baseball gloves. The first was a brown 12” Louisville TPX dual-post web that listed at under a hundred bucks, and which lasted me two seasons before I convinced my dad that if I was gonna keep playing up the middle I needed something better and smaller, so he bought...
January 2013
1 post
Infield Fly Rule, Revisited. [Originally posted...
Well, not a day into the MLB Postseason and already controversy is afoot. The infield fly ruling in yesterday’s Braves - Cardinals game has caused quite a stir in the baseball world and due to our having a tune called Infield Fly in which I vividly describe the rule and all its criteria, the internet has demanded we chime in on the call. Perhaps coming as a disappointment to some of our...
September 2012
1 post
Victor Low's Mom's Volvo Turbowagon
The Ataris were in town coming off their big, slick, radio-hit cover of Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer” - and I convinced Mike we should catch the bus and Skytrain out to the Croatian Cultural Centre and trawl for drummers like we usually did where and when we anticipated a large crowd of teenaged punk rock enthusiasts would be assembled. Mike had completely given...
February 2012
1 post
The Queers Are Still Here (Originally published...
I watch a lot of Joe Queer interviews on Youtube. I’m not in the mood to get linky but if you ever find yourself killing time on the internet, look some up. He’s got his stock answers all prepared to deliver without fail or hesitation and he’s perfected the art of saying NOefffuckingFex with more disdain than even Jonny or Foat could pull off. The rare chances I get to talk to...
January 2012
1 post
A Take on the JJ Bean Unionization Movement, 2011.
The long and the short of it is that at some point last year, some disgruntled baristas and bakers at local coffee haven, JJ Bean, got together and tried to form a union, petitioning for what they vaguely addressed as better work-place conditions. Being friends with several anti-union advocates placed in the company, as well as being an ex-employee, fired with extreme prejudice, I felt I had a...
December 2011
4 posts
Cashing Out.
Firstly, I don’t believe that music itself carries any inherent monetary value; nor do I believe that being a particularly gifted song-writer entitles someone to a pay-cheque any more than being Saudi Arabia’s greatest ice-sculptor does. Media’s value is dictated explicitly and exclusively by the market in which it exists; and furthermore, by the confines of the technology...
Cheeseburger, No Cheese.
All ethical and nutritional considerations completely ignored, the real fucking problem with McDonald’s restaurants is that they no longer display their complete menu on the wall, and as a result of that, the ordering process has become subject to the literal interpretation of whomever is working the counter.
Places like Wendy’s or Burger King – I don’t know who’s seen this – each item offered is...
I Need To Find A New Place To Get Coffee...
I need to find a new place to get coffee. See, I’ve been frequenting the Starbucks down the street from my parents house in Dundarave long enough now that all the full-timers in there know what I want without my having to tell them; I get to the head of the line and whoever happens to be working simply verifies with me “Grande Quad Americano?” and all I have to do is give ‘em half a nod and a look...
Punk Politics, 2009. [Originally posted Sept. 28,...
Okay, so it all started this passed Saturday afternoon; Shaun fromthe Old Wives came on facebook chat and told me that my favourite band of all time, Screeching Weasel is playing Edmonton on December 11th, and that the Old Wives landed a supporting slot. I was excited as hell - this meant I was finally going to see Screeching Weasel. Immediately, I called up Justin Banal, who loves Screeching...
