One bear you shouldn't run away from

Anxiously waiting for the Grizzly Bear's new album, slated to be released later this month.

I love you Sarah Haskins!

This week's Target Women video made me giggle like a little girl. It's awesome.

True Blood

I watched a few episodes of True Blood last night. While I liked the premise of the show (substitute vampires for any marginalised group now and you'd have reality), I don't really like the way the show portrays African-American people.

You have Tara, the best friend who can't stop yapping and being such an uppity bitch. She's the feminist who reads Shock Doctrine (in the first episode), has an alcoholic mother and is in love the the guy who treats her like shit.

Her cousin, Lafayette, is a gay queen who is over-sexualised and deals drugs on the side.

Then again, Sookie the main character isn't much better either.

Seriously, does anyone feel irked out at how these two people are so many stereotypes rolled up into one?

I also looked up True Blood on Racialicious and found these posts:
True Blood. Tired Stereotypes.
Scattered Thoughts on True Blood

What transpired the day before the AWARE EGM meeting

Celebrity FAIL

I was at Butter Factory last night with the boy while he schmoozed with other filmmakers, ate sweet popcorn and watched old-school advertisements when Peter Fonda walked in.

Instead of recognising Peter Fonda for his long and lucrative film career (gracing 88 films in total), or his ties to a famous family, the first thing that came to mind when I saw him was:

Why is this weird old white dude wearing a white tracksuit in a club?

Monday morning blues..

Song that popped into my head while I was showering and hasn't stopped playing since.



"You'll think I'm dead, but I sail away, on a wave of mutilation" - The Pixies, Waves of Mutilation

Old age is not a reason...

Old age is not a reason to quit.

Case in point: Canadian metal band Anvil, who had a modicum of success in the 80's before the bands like such Metallica, Anthrax started showing up and they just faded into obscurity.

Now in their 50's, the two founding members of Anvil are still trying to do what they love best - play heavy metal and be known for it.

I just watched the rockumentary, The story of Anvil, at SIFF last night and it's so great and absurd that Dave was convinced the band was another Spinal Tap (ie. not a real band). And the film does come across as a blend between Spinal Tap and The Wrestler in the sense that it's about people who are past their prime in an industry and profession that typically favours the youth.

But the movie, and more importantly the band is absofuckinglutely great when it really drives through the message that it's never too old to give up on working towards what you really want to do.