tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83439072024-03-07T18:22:31.479-06:00Cowboy_K: Home on the RangeIt's not easy being me.Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-12159048674296551172009-07-30T20:58:00.003-06:002009-07-30T21:42:38.373-06:00Music Video Thursday: "Fade to Black"I just discovered today that one of my roommates from LCBI passed away a few years ago - interestingly enough, it was just a week after I had mentioned him on this blog. This one's for you, Dave - it might not be your usual style, but I think you'll recognize the tune:Dave's brother Danny passed away shortly after that, and their friends and family have put together a charity called Band of Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-84979209996646624502009-07-01T14:23:00.003-06:002009-07-01T14:29:57.341-06:00Music Video Wednesday: "Canadian, Please"OK, it's not Thursday, but it's Canada Day today, and I just came across this little tune that I just had to post. I don't know much about the duo that made it (Andrew Gunadie and Julia Bentley), but it's catchy, it's cute, and it's Canadian, eh?That chorus is going to be stuck in my head for a while.Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-6075951677595794272009-06-18T23:05:00.003-06:002009-06-18T23:28:42.642-06:00Music Video Thursday: "Where the Streets Have No Name", Before and AfterLast week was a little crazy, so Music Video Thursday got an unscheduled break (oh, who am I kidding, nothing around here is "scheduled"). To try to make up for it, tonight's Music Video Thursday is a double-header "before and after" affair, with Where the Streets Have No Name from U2's classic 1987 album "The Joshua Tree". This video ended up winning the 1988 Grammy award for "Best Performance Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-38543787768457901182009-06-04T18:34:00.004-06:002009-06-04T19:01:53.098-06:00Music Video Thursday: "Shine On Me"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chris Dane Owens, an independent musician from Los Angeles who produced what is possibly one of the most awesome and/or cheesy (I'm still trying to decide) music videos of all time, complete with fireworks, explosions, dragons, a crocodile, sword fighting, magic, ghosts, tall ships, and a mustache reminiscent of Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride. View at your own riskKirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-74035177628077426262009-05-28T23:04:00.005-06:002009-05-28T23:40:28.463-06:00Music Video Thursday: "Vacuum Funk"Word association - when I say alphorn, what's the first thing that comes to mind?Yeah, I thought so. Here's Eliana Burki, who's determined to change the way people think about alphorns (volume on this video is a little lower than normal):This is actually pretty impressive - alphorns have no valves (like a bugle or didgerido), so there's only a certain set of notes that can actually be played on Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-84000341585504954032009-05-21T18:13:00.003-06:002009-05-21T18:31:20.442-06:00Music Video Thursday: "YYZ"YYZ is the identification code for Toronto Pearson Airport. It's also an incredible instrumental piece by Rush, especially when they perform it live with a massive drum solo by Neal Peart:On a related note, a 13-year-old drummer named Sara did a pretty decent cover of it (with a MIDI track for the guitar/bass/synth parts), with some fancy stick moves - but what I like best in this is the absoluteKirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-7845670521486131102009-05-14T20:14:00.004-06:002009-05-21T18:13:15.339-06:00Music Video Thursday: "Crazy Train", Before and AfterBack in October 2006, I did a "Before and After" with "Land of Confusion" as performed by Genesis and Disturbed. Now, well over 2 years later, here's another musical double-shot for you.1980 saw the launch of Ozzy Osbourne's solo career, and his first single "Crazy Train" was a hit, with a very catchy guitar riff that is now a classic (and outlandish outfits that thankfully are not):Fast forward Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-87628427717860343872009-05-07T23:54:00.006-06:002009-05-08T21:38:44.172-06:00Music Video Thursday: 80's Mix Tape: "Don't Stop Believing"There once was a small town girl who broke my heart, many years ago. I don't know if she knew, but I always thought of this classic Journey tune as "our song", and every time I hear it, even after nearly 20 years, it still brings back memories - good memories, painful memories.And now, here I am in a small town, married to a (different) small town girl, and raising three small town girls (and a Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-47857056720071109212008-10-08T14:32:00.002-06:002008-10-08T14:50:14.916-06:00An open letter to the editor of "The Outlook"To the editor of "The Outlook":In the October 6th 2008 edition of "The Outlook", I was pleased to find profiles of the various candidates in the Blackstrap riding, but dismayed to see that there was no mention Imre Pallagi, the candidate for the Green Party of Canada. Mr. Pallagi was also not included in the candidates forum held at the Civic Center on October 8th. At that forum, Tim Holtorf Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-14274671344196845702008-05-07T14:10:00.002-06:002008-05-07T16:43:25.881-06:00The last strawYou go through life, trying not to cause too much of a fuss. Something comes up, and you think to yourself something along the lines of "That's not right", but it doesn't seem important enough or close enough to you for you to take action. Then something else comes up. And something else. Finally, one day, something happens that pushes you over the edge, from inaction to action. Today might be Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-31117227983666806912008-03-30T18:24:00.004-06:002008-03-30T18:29:51.879-06:00Know when to say "no".You know it's nearly time to quit working in the yard when your muscles are all aching and sore, and things are nearly done except to cut down that old stump.You know it's definitely time to quit working in the yard when the chain saw rips holes in your jeans (leaving the skin underneath miraculously intact).You know you picked a good time to quit working in the yard when you drop the axe head (Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-13664461512324670882008-03-17T13:17:00.004-06:002008-03-17T13:20:21.609-06:00Music Video Monday: "Danny Boy"I'm not Irish, but I suspect that my Viking ancestors probably left their mark on the Emerald Isle many years ago, so I'm gonna celebrate St. Patrick's Day here. Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything tacky, like insert shamrock icons everywhere or change the color scheme to a green hue. Nope, gonna do this classy, with the beloved song "Danny Boy":Like I said, classy.Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-55485979461812363702008-02-28T22:34:00.004-06:002008-02-28T23:04:28.969-06:00Music Video Thursday: "Irelande Douze Pointe"Just when I was beginning to lack inspiration for music videos, along comes Eurovision Song Contest 2008! Previous years have seen musical monstrosities, fake celebrities, cross-dressers, and vampires, but I think Ireland has them all beat - they're entering Dustin the Turkey. A puppet. A freakin' puppet. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry:Bonus footage: Sky News interviews Dustin just before Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-32178681709123115412008-02-23T16:09:00.003-06:002008-02-23T16:20:59.164-06:00Revenge of SaskatoonYou'd think we'd learn not to go to Saskatoon. Went to town yesterday, unexpectedly ended up having the front brakes on the van replaced - and apparently Kia parts aren't cheap. At least I got some exercise walking from the brake shop to the mall (where I had dropped off the family to go have lunch, see a movie) and back again - I can't wait for things to warm up enough that I can get back to Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-35954682835603722772008-02-21T23:23:00.002-06:002008-02-23T16:08:24.054-06:00Wh-Eee-ee!No video for tonight, just a little nerd-bragging. I'm making this entry on an Asus Eee PC, a very cool (or very cute, depending on who you ask) "ultraportable" computer - one of my client's is considering using them for a mobile sales team, and so I'm evaluating one for them. So far, I like it - the keyboard is actually fairly easy to use (although the tiny right-shift key is a bit of a pain), Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-18433007298250823332008-02-14T17:27:00.004-06:002008-02-23T16:08:15.607-06:00Music Video Thursday: "Where've You Been""Where've you been?" is a question you could be asking me. I haven't posted anything to the blog so far in 2008... and quite frankly, I've been seriously considering quitting. According to Google Analytics, I'm getting maybe a half dozen vistors per day, and half of them are looking for Quick Logger Plus (which, I'm sorry to say, is pretty much abandonware at this point, but that's a topic for Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-30590227723658631512007-12-20T22:02:00.000-06:002007-12-20T22:34:30.654-06:00Music Video Thursday: "Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24"This will be the last Music Video Thursday for 2007. Here's some Trans-Siberian Orchestra to wrap up the year:Merry Christmas, and see you in the New Year!Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-33748627773713068612007-12-13T20:18:00.000-06:002007-12-13T20:47:02.662-06:00Music Video Thursday: Riffed OffAnd yet another "something completely different" - here's something I'm going to call "Riffed Off", where we explore how the songs change, but the riff stays the same... causing endless flamewars about who ripped off whom. Tonight we present a battle royale with Nirvana, Killing Joke, and the Damned. We'll start with Nirvana, with "Come as You Are" in 1992:Listen carefully to the guitar riff Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-30156765267159059952007-12-06T23:35:00.000-06:002007-12-06T23:36:58.291-06:00Music Video Thursday: "The Look of Love"And now for another change of pace (are we having musical whiplash yet?) - a little Diana Krall for y'all:Smooth stuff...Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-67647555048196797102007-11-29T18:13:00.000-06:002007-11-29T18:32:54.031-06:00Music Video Thursday: Double-Take: "Do What You Want"And yet again, something a little bit different tonight - same band, same song, two different videos. The band is OK Go (of treadmill infamy), the song is "Do What You Want", and here we go...First take: standard rock "party" video, except for what I can only call "visual whiplash":Second take: starring the wallpaper from the first take, with dancers, acrobats, etc. dressed to match:It's a fun Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-13759473327196628632007-11-22T20:53:00.000-06:002007-11-22T21:08:51.588-06:00Music Video Thursday: "Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor (op 37), 3rd Movement"This past weekend I took my older daughters to the symphony, along with my parents, where we got to see Angela Cheng perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor (op 37) with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. It's been a long time since I've been to the symphony, and the first time for the girls, and was a wonderful experience, and I thought I'd take a break from the usual goofy crap that Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-22042388886375121052007-11-15T21:52:00.000-06:002007-11-15T21:56:23.578-06:00Music Video Thursday: "The Daves I Know"And now for something completely... oh, wait, wrong group:Kids in the Hall FTW!Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-39738042120581104482007-11-08T20:57:00.000-06:002007-11-08T21:09:13.327-06:00Music Video Thursday: "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"For those of you not following current events here in Flatland, we had an election yesterday, and I was in it. While I didn't win, I think I did pretty well, especially considering that I didn't have any budget for campaigning. The new premier has announced that the next election will be held on November 7, 2011, and I've already found myself thinking about "next time". The Green Party did prettyKirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-78218525388337161082007-11-02T23:18:00.000-06:002007-11-02T23:20:57.270-06:00Music Video Thursday: "Money For Nothing"Head and wrist sweatbands? Check. Mugging for camera? Check. Blocky computer animation? Check. Looks like we've got us a bad case of the 80's again...And for those of you keeping score at home, yes, this is late. Get a life.Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343907.post-14978355266174752892007-10-25T21:55:00.000-06:002007-10-25T22:16:54.340-06:00Music Video Thursday: "We Will Rock You"On one of our family trips this summer, we dropped the soundtrack for "A Knight's Tale" into the CD player, which starts of with Queen's classic stomp-stomp-clap:Little did I know just how much our kids would take to that song:My mother would be rolling in her grave right now, except that she's still alive.Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502613040775773752noreply@blogger.com0