Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Album of the day: Hayden - The Place Where We Lived



Dave Morris review: http://www.eyeweekly.com/music/ondisc/article/61546

Review: http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/review+Hayden+Place+Where+Lived/1632671/story.html

"Indeed, on much of the record, Hayden almost sounds like Tom Petty singing with his Travelling Wilburys, a radical departure for a musician known as a hermit recording artist."

Review: http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/06/04/quick-review-hayden-the-place-where-we-lived-2009-hardwood-records/

"I guess the banjo infused “Let’s Break Up” is a nice little tune that could be a soundtrack to some CBC small town drama show that will get cancelled in about 4 months."

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Download and listen: Hayden - Let's break-up

BTW, last year's Hayden release "In Field and Town" is really worth listening to as a Hayden fan... a departure from traditional Hayden... but not too much! The Place Where We Lived isn't as country/folk as advertised... but the Cuff the Duke backing band music is a delight and definitely comes through.

No tour dates announced (for NXNE or otherwise) for Hayden or Cuff the Duke.

Read a book tonight.



R-E-A-D-A-B-O_O-K!

From: http://dicampbell.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/why-i-want-to-write-books-reason-3/

Unfair refs



From Deadspin: http://deadspin.com/5279011/economists-confirm-that-nba-referees-are-biased

An academic study concludes that NBA zebras "tend to favor home teams, teams trailing in a game and teams trailing in a playoff series." Also, the team getting 10 points when Tim Donaghy is involved.

http://www.oregonlive.com/nba/index.ssf/2009/06/professors_nba_officating_stud.html

Good article.

...But the same study found that NBA referees tend to favor home teams, teams trailing in a game and teams trailing in a playoff series...

So, NBA refs act like a Nintendo Wii. Fair enough.

More Milwaukee...


(Not my picture)

On our way back to Toronto, Jer and I saw a quadruple rainbow. Yeah, a quadruple rainbow... just looking into the physics of it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%27s_band

http://digitalretrograde.com/archives/2006/05/quadruple_rainb.html

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2279/what-causes-double-rainbows

Of course, it could have been a dream.. I don't quite remember for sure... 22 hours in a car over a weekend will do that to you.

Bike Rack.

Anna takes all credit for this one.



I really like how it works... using gravity and weight distribution. Very harmonious.

The inside bowl could also be used for a helmet and gloves...





http://www.dwr.com/product/cycloc-bicycle-lock.do?keyword=bikerack&sortby=ourPicks