Avatar Makeup Tutorial in 10 Seconds
This guy does his face up like one of the Na'vi from Avatar in ten seconds flat... which is probably about the same amount of time he has ever spent in the company of a girl... Hilariously nerdy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgtSvXd0ssg
Down With Webster performs acoustic "Rich Girls" at HOT 103 Studios
The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures...
How do people react to your profile picture on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and the like? What does that profile picture say about YOU? A complete analysis (complete with charts!):
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/01/20/the-4-big-myths-of-profile-pictures/
Twilight: Modern Warfare 2
Girls love Twilight... Guys love Modern Warfare 2... can we combine them somehow? Apparently we can... www.youtube.com/watch?v=miawLu_ScMI
What's your nickname for your car?
We were talking about names people have for their vehicles... here's a sampling of some of the calls and texts I got...
Jean Claude Grand Am!
Teal 97 Escort sport named morgan because its not a guy or girl colour or name... It can go either way! :)
My old lady style buick is named eunice. She's sweet and old, so appropriate.
My 1984 rabbit i named dr. Kenneth noisewater
I call my van the Silver Bullet!
My cars name is white lightening! Its a super old toyota tercel and does not drive fast at all
We had a 1976 baby blue caprice classic (HUGE) that we named it the big blue schmoo...
The Hoff like David Hasslehoff
I have a purple car which the girls at my work call grimace. Like the dude from mcdonalds back in the day!
Steve Adams: Torchbearer
New Year's Eve at MYBAR - yes please!
If you don't have any plans for New Year's Eve yet, here's a suggestion... join me at MYBAR for their Red Hot New Year's! If you're familiar with their weekly Red Hot Friday, it'll be like that, only amplified... I'll have over $1000 in cash and prizes to give away... complimentary late lunch served at midnight... tickets are only $20, and up to and including Boxing Day, you can buy 3 and get the 4th for free!
More info here - www.canadclubs.com/concertsandevents.php?entry_id=5927
MYBAR for New Year's Eve - see you there!
Jack Bauer interrogates Santa Claus
The '24' hero meets his match with the big man in red... www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6yUCbqAGrg
The Illustrated History of Video Game Consoles
Before you open up your new Wii, Xbox 360, or PS3 this Christmas, perhaps you'd be interested to know where they came from... www.pixlmonster.com/greengiant/timeline
What Is Love? performed on a pianica by a guy in a chicken suit...
What would the Butabi brothers think? www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrNLan4aaBQ&fmt=18
The most downloaded songs and albums of 2009 on iTunes
MOST DOWNLOADED SONGS:
1. "Boom Boom Pow," Black Eyed Peas
2. "Right Round," Flo Rida
3. "Poker Face," Lady Gaga
4. "I Gotta Feeling," Black Eyed Peas
5. "Gives You Hell," The All-American Rejects
6. "Just Dance," Lady Gaga & Colby O'Donis
7. "Party in the U.S.A.," Miley Cyrus
8. "The Climb," Miley Cyrus
9. "Dead and Gone (feat. Justin Timberlake)," T.I.
10. "Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
MOST DOWNLOADED ALBUMS:
1. Kings of Leon, Only By the Night
2. Various Artists, Twilight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
3. Lady Gaga, The Fame
4. Taylor Swift, Fearless
5. Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
40 things that were popular at the beginning of the decade that aren't popular anymore...
The title pretty much says it all... you will likely remember all of these things - unless you have an incredibly weak memory... I know a handful of guys that should probably glance over this list for the "clothes with flames on them" and "trucker hats" sections alone...
www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/40-things-that-were-popular-at-the-beginning-of-th
Pokerface x3
Lady Gaga vs. Christopher Walken vs. Cartman - Pokerface mash-up...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tZG5j1nGsA
Meet Bangs...
He would very much like to "Take U to da Movies"... shorty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmJbJs-9ST0
25 Years of Oprah Yelling
She is very exicited... www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMJKaM_Q-tA
My inner video game nerd is crying right now...
The biggest video game of the year - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released earlier this week... I picked up my copy first thing Tuesday morning... and after only a couple of hours of gameplay, my Xbox decided it had had enough... it locked up, froze, crashed, and then I saw the dreaded Red Rings of Death... which basically means my Xbox is about to die... this comes as an utter shock to me, since I've always taken very good care of it, and I've never experienced any problems with it before... not sure what I'm going to do with it... try to get it fixed? Send it in to Microsoft? Just go buy a new one? Whichever path I choose, the point is, I currently possess the most anticipated game of the year, but I am unable to actually play it... or any other game for that matter...
Kirstin's OCD Closet...
Last week we were talking about people's obsessive compulsive behaviours... I received this email from Kirstin, complete with photographic evidence...
My clothes are organized first of all by style, then by sleeve length and lastly by colour. All of my clothes have to face towards the door of the closet or it drives me crazy! My purses are organized by size and colour and my shoes are organized by style and heel height. I have had to ask my boyfriend to stop doing my laundry when I'm not around to put my clothes away because, although I appreciate the gesture, he just can't seem to pick up on my organizational skills. Here are a couple pictures...
How does that song go..?
We were talking about misheard song lyrics this afternoon... here are some of the more hilarious ones I got on text...
- Timbaland and One Republic Apologize, too late to apologize, I thought it was too late to call the judge... What??! Ha ha
- I thought in the jennifer lopez song jenny from the block it was saying 'im still 20 from the back' lol
- A guy asked the band to play slow walking walter that fire fighting guy. the singer laughed and said that it's actually smoke on the water fire in the sky
- My mom thought Areosmith's dude looks like a lady was do that funky lady
- I thought umbrella by rihanna was "under my armed beretta"
- Forever I thought Summer of 69 started off with 'I got my first real sex dream, I was 5 at the time' :)
- Pussycat dolls, when i grow up i wanna have groupies, i thought it said, when i grow up i wanna have boobies, not 4 radio i know lol
- When I was a kid, I used to think the song "can't hurry love" said 'gator in love'. For years, I was convinced.
- Bon Jovi Livin on a Prayer - it doesn't matter if we're NAKED or not - i was screaming it at the top of my lungs at a social when a friend corrected me.
- At the beginning of BEP Boom Boom Pow, my 5 year old sings Gotta Kit Kat, like the chocolate bar.
- I thought Panama by Van Halen was Cannonball!
Worst Halloween Costumes
We were talking about terrible Halloween costumes on the show today... here are a few of the funnier ones I received via electronic mail...
One year me and my three siblings didn't have any costumes since we were in the middle of moving, so my mom cut holes into garbage bags, wrapped packing tape around our necks, and smeared dark green face paint across our faces and called us "Garbage People". WORST HALLOWEEN COSTUME EVER!!!
I dressed up as Al from Home Improvement when I was about 13 or 14. Flannel shirt tucked in, painted on beard, dad's tool belt. I thought I was the coolest kid on the street...I was mistaken.
My mom did me up as a Ballerina Pig one year.. it was a pig with a tutu and a crown. TERRIBLE!
25 Best Vampire Movies of All Time
If you need some help picking out a scary movie for Halloween weekend, Rotten Tomatoes has compiled this handy list of the 25 best reviewed vampire movies of all time... what, no Vampire in Brooklyn? In all seriousness though, John Carpenter's Vampires is sadly missing from this list...
www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_vampire_movies/
24 Season 8 Trailer
24 is probably the only television show that actually excites me... here's a sneak peak at the upcoming season 8 -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=399Hiwua0J4
The Top 50 Candy Countdown
Leading in to Halloween weekend, the top 50 candies / chocolates / treats / surefire-ways-to-get-diabetes are counted down... I would have put Starburst higher on the list personally... Starburst rules... http://best.complex.com/lists/The-Top-50-Candy-Countdown
Cole is running from Mexico to Winnipeg for cancer research...
That's quite the hike! If you'd like to support the cause, or learn more about the run, read the email below and click to the website...
Hey Steve!
Just letting you know fully what i was talking about yesterday when i told you about the huge run, my friend Cole is from Winnipeg, Manitoba and has been running at different intervals across the country. Previously Cole ran to raise money for diabetes research and awareness, he is now running for cancer. Carrying a message of hope, his current dedication is to run from the border of Mexico, moving north through the east coast of the United States, and back to Winnipeg, Manitoba beginning on December 27th 2009. Cole will be travelling with Steve Noel and Justin Tetrault, and the journey will take approximately six months to complete.
Awesome Youtube Comments
The comments section of almost ANY website is typically a wasteland of ignorance and unintentional hilarity... the comments posted about Youtube videos usually take the cake, and this website has compiled some of the "best" (or is that the "worst"?) -- www.awesomeyoutubecomments.tumblr.com
Has Anybody Seen Harvey Keitel in Town Lately?
The story goes, that a new movie is being filmed here in Winnipeg called Clean Out... the movie stars Harvey Keitel (Pulp Fiction, Red Dragon, Reservoir Dogs, and about a million other wicked movies), Elliot Gould (the Ocean's 11 movies, Monica and Ross' dad on Friends), and Timothy Dalton (he was James Bond briefly)... filming is supposed to start shortly so be on the look out!
Misconceptions You Had When You Were a Kid
Just a sampling of some of the texts / emails I received on the subject...
- I used to think the people on television were tiny people who actually lived in the tv.
- When i was little i thought hot dogs came from dogs and i refused to eat them.
- I thought when you moved, you switched houses with the person who bought your house...
- I thought babies came from your belly button.
- As a child, I thought that raisins came from ducks! My dad would go duck hunting and my mom would put raisins into the dish that she made with the duck. I wouldn't eat the meat, but I was so excited when my dad went duck hunting because that meant we were gonna have raisins that night!! Yay!
- My kids thought Perth's Drycleaners made dogs into clothing because they've got those Scotty dogs as their logo!
Lady Gaga and Madonna on SNL
Lady Gaga was the musical guest on SNL this past weekend, and Madonna made a surprise appearance for this sketch... www.youtube.com/watch?v=smRvhXzi5U0
The Top 100 Internet Videos since 2000
Be warned, once you click on this, you won't be getting back to work for at least a couple of hours...
http://best.complex.com/2000s/Top-100-Internet-Videos
Bruce Willis' Best Movies
The new Bruce Willis movie, Surrogates, hits theatres this weekend, so Rotten Tomatoes has gone through the archives to sort out the top-rated Bruce Willis movies of all time... The Last Boyscout really should have made the cut...
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009598-surrogates/news/1846127/total_recall_bruce_willis_best_movies
Run This Town parody - Hunt Chris Brown
The production quality of these internet spoof videos is getting higher all the time... Instead of "who's going to run this town tonight," a vengeful "Rihanna" asks "who's going to hunt Chris Brown tonight?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTw5wZXunyU&feature=fvst
Some people go to Vegas to gamble, I went to shoot machine guns...
So, I went to Las Vegas recently for a friend's wedding... I don't gamble, I wasn't interested in seeing any of the shows down there... so I had to find something to occupy my time with... So I ended up going to this place called The Gun Store... it's like a shooting range, but you don't just shoot pistols, you shoot any gun you can think of... shotguns, machine guns, laser sights, they even had old World War II style weaponry...
On the cab right over to this place, the driver asked us where we were from, I said Canada... he says "Oh, so I guess you're going to shoot guns because you don't have any in Canada..?" I said, no, we have guns in Canada, we just don't have the frighteningly easy access to them that you have here in the US...
Video of President Obama calling Kanye West a Jackass
Golden... www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO_QIMNRreg&feature=player_embedded
Dumb things you've done at a concert...
We were talking about dumb things that you or your friends have done at concerts on the show today... here's an email I received from Crystal...
I've got a concert story for you! Well as you may know Busta Rhymes was in town not too long ago performing @ Blush Ultraclub. I've never personally done this at any concert or had the chance to. So I figured I would do this prank. I would buy a pair of pink granny panties & write a message on it, then throw it onto the stage! I wrote "Touch it, Feel it" on the front. Now Busta didn't get on the stage until after 1am. I almost forgot I had them in my bag until my friend reminded me about them. So about midway into the show I waited until he wasn't looking and threw them onto the stage! His buddy Dj Flex seen them & was about to kick them off, but Busta stopped him & wanted to check them out! He picked them up & saw they were granties, laughed & started assuming a girl from the balcony took hers off & tossed them. He was asking her if she had hers on & if those were hers! lol She was like no I have mine on. Then he went to a couple other girls on the balcony who were wearing dresses & asked if they had their panties on too! My friend and & I were on the main floor & couldn't stop laughing @ what was happening. Busta said he could probably sell them on EBay for $20! I still, to this day, haven't found anyone that recorded it.
Britney Spears covers Alanis Morissette
If you're heading down to Grand Forks this weekend to see Britney, you might see her do this, from a recent performance in North Carolina... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdRKmTb82nQ
Jayne Bieber is NOT related to Justin Bieber, please stop phoning her :)
An email I received this afternoon...
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am being stalked from Justin Bieber fans! I am hoping that you could
just tell all these teenage girls calling me that the Biebers in the phone
book are not any relation. Really don't appreciate the calls at midnight.
Is there any way you could help me out and make an anouncement? I am
desperate I have had over 100 phone calls in the last 24 hours! Any help
would be much appreciated!!!! Thanks! Jayne
Have you seen Amy's cat?
Hi Steve, I have a missing cat and it would be great if you could help me out and announce it on the radio.
He's a 5 year old male tabby cat (brown and black) his name is Cody. He's wearing a dark blue collar with tags (he has been vaccinated) he's also wearing a light blue halter with a bell on it.
He went missing yesterday night from his house on Gertrude avenue. We think he is still in the Osborne area. He is an indoor cat and a little timid but very friendly!
I would be so appreciative if you could help us out. If found you can either contact Amy at 299-9766 or harvey at 510-9353. Thank you!
Did the other kids make fun of your name somehow when you were in elementary school?
If they did, you're not alone... I spent the last couple of days talking about this on the air... pure gold... here are just a few examples of what I received on text...
My name was Annie Giesbrecht... kids called me Annie GeezerBreath
My name is Casey. Casey Jones, Casey and Finigan, KC and the sunshine band. I am 30 and I still get teased.
Smelly Kelly, Kelly Jelly Belly... terrible.
My last name is dakin - rhymes with bacon, so i got bacon double cheeseburger!
My name waz Renato Elefante. and people use to call me retarded elefant.
Sonia Solivar i was called Sonia salad bar
My 1st name is Koralee & they use to call me Oralee!
Grody Jody
Flabby Abby & Scabby Abby - very unflattering.
my name is Chelsey Meade and my family call me Cheesy Meat
tammy cooper = tammy cooper pooper scooper
Last names zorn, i got zorn on the cobb
people called me maria diarrhea because they rhyme.
My name is Raelyn Gitzel and they called me Raelyn gitch-full. :( lol
As a child my last name was Irle-Gray. I heard a lot of jokes about tea.. And no one ever spelled it right.
My name is virginia melanson and they would call me virgin melonhead
My name is Analisa... try going through high school being called 'Anal - isa'
My maiden name is Inkster so they used to call me Melanie Stinkster
My name's vicky and i got called icky vicky.
My name is stephanie and the guys used to call me step-on-me because i was the shortest in my class.
Kristi lamb is my name i was called krusty lamb chops!
I got crusty Christine
hey my last name is bartholomew and everyone used to call me barf-all-over-you
Try havin kitty as a name still 2day i get bugged here kitty kitty dose kitty need her litter box changed
My friend anne's last name is konstantopolous, but I liked to call her anne "constantly topless" hahaha :)
Pitchfork's Top 500 Tracks of the 2000's
The music geeks over at Pitchfork count down the top 500 songs of the new millennium... is there a lot of hipster doofus stuff in there that you probably won't recognize? Absolutely. But there are some surprises too... and a pretty solid, although obviously arguable, track at #1... see the list here - www.pitchfork.com/p2k
40 Obsolete Technologies
If you want to feel nostalgic about technology, then you will want to read this article... I remember all of this stuff! And now I feel old... sigh...
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32449036/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
Tarantino's Favourite 20 Movies Since 1992
So, since we're premiering Quentin Tarantino's new movie Inglourious Basterds, I figured I'd post this... Tarantino talks about his 20 favourite films since 1992 - the year he started directing with Reservoir Dogs... pretty solid list, and pretty interesting if you're a bit of a movie nerd - like me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4K-Rxx2Bk
Squirrelize your pictures...
Remember that couple in Banff last week, that had set up their camera to take a timed photograph? And a ground squirrel appeared in the shot? (if you missed it, see it here - www.hot103live.com/node/975752)
Well now, somebody has developed a site that allows you to "squirrelize" your pictures... insert that famous ground squirrel into any photograph here - www.lutralutra.co.uk/squirrelizer/
Canada's (soon-to-be) Most Famous Squirrel
This couple had set up their camera to take a timed photograph when a squirrel decided it wanted in on the action too.
Music magazines are a dying breed...
I used to easily buy 3 or 4 music magazines a month...Spin, Rolling Stone, Mixmag, Muzik, DJ, etc... most of those have ceased publication and don't exist anymore... I still have my Rolling Stone subscription though!
Here's a kind of sad, but really interesting article on why music magazines are dying out - www.slate.com/id/2223381/pagenum/all/
30 Drunken Homers in 2 Minutes...
"5 dollars?! Get outta here..." Classic.
www.maxim.com/tv/guy-tv/83065/30-drunken-homers-in-2-minutes.html
The Top 15 Web Hoaxes of All Time
You mean Bill Gates ISN'T going to send me $50 for forwarding this email to everybody in my contact list? ... rats.
http://mashable.com/2009/07/15/internet-hoaxes/#rss
Nirvana vs. Rick Astley mash-up!
The greatest mash-up in recent memory? Yes... yes it is.
iPhone taped to a remote control plane...
The title pretty much says it all, this guy taped his iPhone to a remote control plane, left the video recorder running and flew it around... www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Vve1eY12c
Every Harry Potter Spell... Ever.
The latest Harry Potter movie is in theatres now... here's a handy alphabetized list of every single spell ever used in the series... http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Spells
The Black Eyed Peas accused of plagiarism
British DJ and producer Adam Freeland says the Peas ripped him off... judge for yourself...
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An awesome / awful cover version of Pitbull's I Know You Want Me
This guy is to Pitbull what William Hung was to Ricky Martin... it's so bad, it's actually kinda good...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_461jn8Bbb4
Hey! YOU! Come to my Wedding Social!
Yes, it's time for some shameless self-promotion here... I'm getting married this summer, and my social is this Tuesday, June 30th... what? A social on a Tuesday? That's crazy talk... no, it's not, because the next day is Canada Day, and chances are, you don't have to work. And what else is going on that night? Nothing. So come on out, tickets available at the door, the entire Hot 103 crew will be there, it'll be awesome, all the details below... hope to see you there!
STEVE ADAMS' WEDDING SOCIAL
Tuesday, June 30th
MYBAR - Canad Inns Transcona, Regent and Plessis
Doors open at 8:00, party until 2:00
Tickets $10, available at the door
Must be 18 or older to attend, photo ID required
Silent auction prizes include...
How to Decide What Canadian Music to Listen to this Canada Day...
Our friends at hunch.com are at it again... apparently I'm into Matthew Good, Crystal Castles, and Neil Young... that's as good a list as any!
www.hunch.com/canadian-music
Lady Gaga at the Much Music Video Awards
If you missed the show last night, here's Lady Gaga at the MMVA's performing a medley of Lovegame and Poker Face... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rs7KQ9vE90
What Sci-Fi Movie Should I Watch?
This thing is good... After I answered a series of questions, it determined I'm a fan of The Matrix, The Fifth Element, and Minority Report... which, as it turns out, are three of my favourite science fiction movies... a machine that knows my thoughts... that's a sci-fi movie right there... www.hunch.com/sci-fi-movies/
My Interview with Gwen Stefani
10 Greatest Amusement Park Ride Freak Outs
With the Red River Ex starting up this weekend, this video list couldn't be more timely, or hilarious.
www.maxim.com/humor/stupid-fun/82470/10-greatest-amusement-park-ride-freak-outs.html
How to Beatbox - the instructional video...
Hmmm, all this time I've been making a PFFT sound when I should have been making a PSSH sound... no wonder my beatboxing career never took off.
www.howcast.com/videos/186496-How-To-Make-Basic-BeatBox-Sounds
Asher Roth does his rendition of Boom Boom Pow
The guy behind I Love College puts his own touch on the Black Eyed Peas' Boom Boom Pow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBFGZCTAJIE
Did Conan O'Brien model his new Tonight Show set after Super Mario Brothers?
Interesting... although, once again, this proves some people have WAY too much time on their hands.
Tetris turns 25 years old
Classic puzzle video game Tetris turns 25 years old today... watch this alleged world record holder just kill it... (note: my eyes and my brain were sore after watching this)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLaib4_jTXg&feature=related
The 100 Best Movie Lines in 200 Seconds
Impressive... although, they totally picked the wrong line from Die Hard... You know which one I'm talking about.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QUT0tweX1M
Chewbacca Mania!
I had no idea so many things could sound like Chewbacca...
www.urlesque.com/2009/05/26/chewbacca-your-favorite-wookiee-lives-all-over-the-internet
What ice cream flavour are you?
If you've ever wondered, take this quiz to find out...
www.quizilla.com/quizzes/1026663/what-ice-cream-flavor-are-you
Apparently I'm Orange Sherbet... phhew, now I can sleep at night again.
The Top 10 Overplayed Graduation Songs
www.studlife.com/cadenza/top-10-overplayed-graduation-songs-1.1743085
Ever wonder what Lorenzo Lamas and Debbie Gibson are up to these days?
Me neither. But here's the trailer for their new movie, Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus. That is seriously the title of the movie. Did we learn nothing from Snakes on a Plane?
Remember the Star Wars Kid?
Here's what appears to be his Russian cousin...
Expect parody videos soon :)
Judy and Joshua are very happy, Lynn and Ben are not...
If you have friends named Judy or Joshua and they're always ridiculously upbeat and happy, there's a reason: It's in their name. The happiest people are likely to be named Judy or Joshua, and the most miserable are Lynn and Ben. That's the word from psychologist Dr. David Holmes of Britain's Manchester Metropolitan University, who claims people's personalities change to fit the name their parents gave them...
- Top 10 happiest women's names (in order from one to ten): Judy, Stephanie, Linda, Pam, Pat, Fiona, Paula, Susan, Isobel, Vicky.
- Top 10 happiest men's names: Joshua, Jason, Matthew, Terry, Barry, Stan, Ian, Craig, Nigel, Christopher.
- Top 10 unhappiest women's names: Lynn, Charlotte, Tina, Amy, Tara, Sam, Alex, Tanya, Jessica, Olivia.
- Top 10 unhappiest men's names: Ben, Andrew, Edward, Tim, Owen, Bob, Dennis, Ray, Alfie, Jeremy.
Manitoba Movie Casting Call
In honour of Manitoba Day, I had a casting call for a fictional "Manitoba Movie"... so who did people cast in the roles of prominent Manitobans? Take a look... (note: some of them really don't make any sense at all)
Burt Reynolds as Burton Cummings
Stifler's Mom (aka Jennifer Coolidge) as Sylvia Kuzyk
Bruce Willis as Ace Burpee
The Dad from Alf (aka Max Wright) as Sam Katz
Meryl Streep as Sylvia Kuzyk
Dean Martin as Gary Doer
Weird Al Yankovich as Taz Stuart
Pierce Brosnan as Gord Leclerc
Chuck Norris as Burton Cummings
Moby as Ace Burpee
Chuck Norris as Louis Riel
Slash or Cher as Taz Stuart
Alec Baldwin as Gary Doer
The evil husband from Double Jeopardy (aka Bruce Greenwood) as Jon Gerrard
If you can sing and you're 15 or younger - read this...
The YTV show The Next Star - which is very similar to Canadian or American Idol, but for those 15 years of age and younger - is currently going across Canada holding auditions for their upcoming season, and they're making a stop here in Winnipeg...
Auditions take place Saturday, May 16th at the Winnipeg Convention Centre... venue opens at 6:00 AM, with registration from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM.
All the info on what to do, what to bring, what's allowed, etc. can be viewed here: www.ytv.com/programming/nextstar/audition.asp
Real Wolverine Claws
If this guy was my next door neighbour, here's how I would imagine the weekly phone call to the police would play out...
"Um, hi, it's me again... yeah, the psycho next door has topped himself yet again... it looks like he's constructed his own retractable metal claws in order to look like the guy from X-Men... and he's stabbing a cardboard box repeatedly... please hurry..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0cs9j7HT-g
Rock and / or Roll version of Poker Face
This kid is awesome... not only does he turn Lady Gaga's Poker Face into a rock tune, but he also plays all the instruments himself... one-man bands are highly underrated.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGbGmZ09CG8
Incredible footage of emergency landing...
CNN posted this video of a small plane in Florida that lost control of its engine and was forced to land on the highway.
The Hannah Montana Fishing Kit... really?
Flipping through the Wal-Mart flyer yesterday, I came across two full pages of Hannah Montana merchandise, everything from toothpaste, to sandwich bags, to bed sheets, and my personal favourite - the Hannah Montana fishing kit, including 2-piece rod with soft touch handle and mini tackle box... a steal at only $15.97... so the question was posed - what's the silliest celebrity-endorsed merchandise you own, or used to own when you were a kid?
A sampling of some of the responses I received...
A Ralph Macchio punching bag
A Bret Hart GT Snow Racer
Backstreet Boys scarf
Want to be an extra in the new Forrest Whitaker movie?
TITLE: "Lullaby For Pi" (Feature Film) 9 day shoot in Winnipeg
SYNOPSIS: A jazz singer, traumatized by the death of his wife, loses his ability to sing until he meets a mysterious woman named Pi.
CAST: Cléménce Peosy, Rupert Friend, Matt Ward, Forrest Whitaker, and many more!
WNNIPEG SHOOT DATES; April 12th - 22nd
Looking for 20-60 year old extras of all ETHNICITIES (African, Asian, Latin, East Indian, West Indian, etc...) to play NEW YORKERS.
For more info, visit www.karicasting.com/current.html
Franz Ferdinand covers Britney's Womanizer
I love covers... this is definitely a good one...
Your Business Card is CRAP!
This guy is such a self-congratulatory jerk.. but he's also hilarious... and I wish I had his business card.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk
The Nicolas Cage Hair Game
Nicolas Cage's new movie Knowing opens up this weekend... and the good people at rottentomatoes.com have put together this web game that tests your knowledge of all the different hair styles he's had in his movies... I scored an 18 out of 20... which I suppose means I know a lot about Nicolas Cage... or hair... or Nicolas Cage's hair...
www.rottentomatoes.com/games/playgame.php?tv.voxpop.g=xrta2412000
An Apple Store for Winnipeg?
Along with IKEA and Sephora, we may also soon be getting an Apple Store... it hasn't yet been confirmed, but a job posting on Apple's website has Polo Park Shopping Centre in Winnipeg listed as a "future location"... on that note, please enjoy this recent Simpsons Apple Store parody:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L2fsubA2-c
Andy Richter is underrated
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIDpCT1tOqE
99 Things on the Internet You Should Have Seen by Now...
www.youshouldhaveseenthis.com
Name the RCMP Puppies...
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/depot/news-nouvelles/20090206_name-the-puppy-nommez-le-chiot-eng.htm
FYI - Last year, four of the winning puppy names were submitted by kids from Manitoba.
My Theory of a Deadman Interview
The Axis of Awesome - 4 Chords
Just how many hit songs use the exact same chord structure? Pretty amazing stuff...
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qHBVnMf2t7w
What's OUT in 2009?
The Washington Post recently put together a list of what they thought was IN and what was OUT for 2009... you can read it here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/features/2008/year-in-review/the_list_2009.html
I also put the question out to you, and these are some of the things the people of Winnipeg thought should be OUT in 2009:
The colour pink
Ugg Boots
Jon & Kate Plus 8
Skinny tight jeans on men
iPhones
The phrase "don't worry about it"
Leg Warmers
Tights
The phrases "that's how I roll" and "oh snap!"
Father and Son???
The Revolving Restaurant is closing...
It's true. The people that currently own it are not renewing their lease in the new year and the restaurant will shut down... new ownership is entirely possible, but in the meantime, I put out the call for people's favourite Winnipeg restaurants that don't exist anymore... below is a list of some of the more popular answers (including the name of a perplexing eatery that was apparently around in the late 1970's that had talking tables and toilets):
Bonanza
Chuck E. Cheese
Chi Chi's
East Side Mario's
Ponderosa
Mr. Green Jeans
The Kaboose McDonald's on Pembina
Chris Walby's Hogtown
Mr. Steak
Shakey's Pizza
Uncle Willy's
Fuddruckers
Underground Pizza Works (this is the one that had the talking tables and toilets)
Sevendust will send a new song to rock radio this week called "Unraveling," with the track chosen as the first single from the group's
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