Archive for the 'Culture' Category

But Who’s Keeping Score?

So how are we doing as a nation at the close of the Bush presidency.  Take a look at these statistics reflecting the USA’s place in the world according to a number of vital parameters for an established and developed nation.  All of these scores were culled from another site that had compiled them throughout […]

Up Up and Away!

Wondering what to do with all those leftover party balloons?
Don’t miss the video of Oregonion, Kent Couch’s launch for a 200 mile journey across the Oregon desert!  He made it successfully, unlike the tragic flight of Brazilian Priest, Adelir de Carli whose body was recently found 100 km off the Brazilian coast after his helium […]

Another Final Solution: “I Will Cut Off Their Heads”

President Yahya Jammeh has vowed to cut off the heads of those who practice homosexuality in Gambia. He maintains that Gambia is a nation of believers, a Muslim country, and homosexuality will not be tolerated. As of today he has given homosexuals “24 hours to get out of Gambia” and has ordered all landlords […]

Randy Bachman Q&A re: Jeff Healey

Click on this text for a link to a question and answer article interviewing Canadian guitarist Randy Bachman about his experiences with late guitar legend, Jeff Healey.

Stompin’ Tom Connors

One of Canada’s best kept secrets is a folk singer/country singer named Stompin’ Tom Connors.  Fiercely Canadian, he returned a number of Juno awards one year in protest of those artists who had shifted their emphasis to the “south of the border market.”  Stompin’ Tom earned his name for the way that he kept his […]