when the war came

The big "indie rock" news of the day is this Stephen Colbert VS The Decemberists story.

Someone buy the girl some underoos!

Safe to assume the folks at Stylus Mag aren't big fans of The Kooks!

The Manics and Stereophonics are backing an XFM station in South Wales. If you didn't already know, XFM is the best ever (if only for Lauren Laverne)!

Sloan are playing their rescheduled show at Kool Kaus tonight. If you're going... I hate you.

My favourite literary award of the year - Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction award, of course - has been handed out!

i will always be a libertine

I meant to post this yesterday but totally forgot (er, was distarcted by Top Model).

New Babyshambles video for "The Blinding". I haven't seen it yet cos I'm never home anymore.

Carl Barat said demise of The Libertines nearly killed him.

Micheal Eavis is dropping hints about Glastonbury 2007's headliners. Although I would hardly consider "US supergroup" a helpful hint.

The Killers have gone and done a Christmas single. Yawn.

Geri Halliwell has announced her retirement from the music business. Prolly a wise move but I'll miss her being in the papers and all that.

It's been pretty unseasonably mild lately in Toronto... if you pull a "sickie" be sure to avoid these.

I saw Casino Royale the other night and it was fantastic! It might even be my favourite Bond movie yet!

Does anyone else have that stupid new Windows Live Mail? It never lets me check my e-mail anymore!

make another world

Idlewild have announced their next album, ‘Make Another World’, will be out in February. I’m really looking forward to it because I’ve loved ALL of their albums so far.

Bis will be playing two reunion shows next April in Glasgow and London.

Westlife beat Oasis to #1 in the UK over the weekend… which caused Noel Gallagher to delcare “there is no God”.

Lady Sov explains her recent breakdown.

Britney Spears needs to stop hanging out with Paris Hillton and flashing her bits! SERIOUSLY!

Kate Winslet's body inspired the new Jag which I think is kinda hot.

one month this christmas eve! already?

Glastonbury 2007's proposed dates are June 22-24!! And tickets are expected to go on sale April 1st!

Lily Allen's attacking the NME for being sexist. And I have to agree with everything she's saying.

Interpol have started working on their third album. Expect lots of "coke" influences.

Urban Outfitters is in trouble for their "Glittering Gun" Christmas tree decoration.

Rumour has it Colbalt (a.k.a. "the place my boyfriend and I went for our first date") has gone out of business! Say it aint so!

Hope all the Yanks have a Happy Thanksgiving weekend!

woo! go fat girls!

NME have announced their 2006 Cool List. Lots of girls were on top for a change!

Noel Gallagher has A LOT to say about the environment while his brother Liam has finally seen the light!

Graham Coxon admits to Pitchfork he would considered getting back together with former band Blur.

How cute is this map of TO?

crack is back... and still whack

Pete Doherty continues to disappoint me with another arrest on Saturday for possession of crack cocaine.

The Futureheads have left their label and couldn’t be happier about it.

Brandon Flowers from The Killers is planning a duet with Razorlight's Johnny Borrell of Dire Straits “Romeo And Juliet”. I have no idea what that song is like but it has potential to be kinda cool based on those involved.

Oasis’s new album “Stop The Clocks” has some ridiculous liner notes.

Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays) is having some trouble picking up girls these days.

Sugarcubes played a reunion show on Friday night in Reykjavík. Pitchfork has pretty pictures.

A ballet featuring music from The White Stripes debuted at London's Royal Opera House on Friday night as well.

I friggin love Tina Fey!

Dolly Parton is awesome! I hope she lives forever!

i hate germs

Pete Doherty opening a pub in London with Liam Gallagher? I hope this rumour isn't as ridiculous as it sounds!

The Guardian has a great interview with J Spaceman who, like, just can’t be killed.

Jarvis Cocker will feature on Air’s new album due out in March.

I don’t know how I feel about this new Gwen Stefani track yet.

Lady Sovereign had a breakdown onstage in LA on Wednesday night. Dodgy.

Celebrity freakshow wedding in Italy today.

The new Bond movie is out tonight and it’s getting great reviews! I’ll definitely be checking that out at some point.

I can’t believe I missed The Office AGAIN last night.

Happy weekending!

rain rain go away...

If, like me, you didn’t build an ark in anticipation for this flooding, I wish you good luck finding your way home tonight!

pain

Sorry I didn’t post yesterday. I had such a bad headache… that it’s still hanging around today. So I think that’s a pretty good excuse…

The new video from Muse for “Knights of Cydonia” is crazy. Me likey.

Bloc Party have cancelled the rest of their North American tour dates while their drummer recovers from a collapsed lung.

One thing I can now say I like about our Prime Minister…

This Zipcars ad has got to be the most depressing thing I’ve seen all day.

K-Fed is SUCH a douche. I never thought I’d say this but… Poor Britney!

Um yeah. So I haven’t missed much... Or have I?

vote or die

It's Election Day pretty much everywhere (at least in Ontario) today so make sure you get out and vote!

Kylie made her comeback last week and she looked fabulous!

Blur will never tour again.

Rolling Stones went ahead with their Las Vegas show over the weekend despite the death of Mick Jagger's father just hours earlier.

Scientists have created a t-shirt that turns the strumming of an air guitar into music. Funniest invention ever.

Hungry Girl: Quite possibly, my new favourite website which any girl like me (with a big appetite) will appreciate!

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Bloc Party drummer Matt Tong suffered a collapsed lung while playing a show in Atlanta. He’ll be alright.

Lily Allen is set to become the new face of Chanel in 2007! Well done!

Pictures of Pete Doherty reunited with his son from a recent documentary. Adorable kid!

Bored at work? May I suggest the Toronto Zoo's "Baby Tiger Cam" for entertainment.

That's all for today. There's nothing much else worth mentioning... Happy weekending!

today gives me headaches

Why Britney left K-Fed and why Pete Doherty’s on the SlimFast diet.

Speaking of, Pete’s been fined for assaulting a reporter. He's never been good at the 'role model' thing.

Here’s a funny interview Noel Gallagher did with Exclaim!

Also from NME, Noel Gallagher feels like “the fantasy's gone out of making music” because its “too real” now. He prefers the olden days when he actually believed David Bowie was from Mars.

Christopher Walken playing Ozzy Osbourne is pretty much on of the funniest things I can imagine.

the split we've been waiting for

Whoa! Britney's finally divorcing K-Fed! Well done!

Noel Gallagher's acoustic Toronto show (with Gem) will be aired on The Edge (102.1) tonight starting at 9.

Uncut have listed their "Top 20 Albums of 2006". Truth be told, I've only bothered to listen to like a dozen of the albums on that list.

Johnnny Marr played his first show with his "new band" Modest Mouse yesterday. Torr has video.

The Flaming Lips were robbed on the first night of their UK tour last weekend. The thief resembled a "whippet" - whatever that is.

Time magazine has declared YouTube to be "Invention of the Year" for 2006.

blah monday

Mike Skinner (The Streets) wasn’t able to run the New York Marathon over the weekend due to injury. Hrmmm, how convenient for him.

Oasis premiered their documentary, “Lord Don't Slow Me Down”, in New York City over the weekend. Noel Gallagher was on-hand.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will release their new album in January. No title yet.

K-Fed’s in town tonight. I wish I was going to be home in time to see his Canadian television debut!

Pitchfork has an interview with Lily Allen.

Pete Doherty modeling one of the shirts he designed.

Reading these excerpts from this book makes me miss travelling and all it’s dangers/excitements!

its finally friday!

Kanye West lost it at the MTV Europe Music Awards. It's like an even more pathetic version of the "Wu Tang is for the children" incident at the Grammy's in '98.

BlogTO have posted their monthly music calendar for Toronto this November. I'm still depressed about the lack of rocking this past "Rocktober".

Borat is getting amazing reviews! Like we're talking universal acclaim! I'm seeing it this weekend I think so I'll let you know how it goes down.

Have an excellent weekend everyone (except mean a-Ha fans, you can go fuck yourselves)!

hello it's us again

Manic Street Preachers will be playing a comeback show in Manchester next month. God, how I would love to see that.

Jamie from Artic Monkeys got kicked out ot the Met Bar earlier this week for refusing to pay his bar bill and Pete Doherty was in hospital recently to Kate Moss' engagement ring extracted from his finger. Goofs.

Mike Skinner (The Streets) says he's proud of Pete Doherty. Awww, cute picture too.

Kate Moss won a Model of the Year award today. Proof that even bad publicity is good publicity.

Lily Allen dressed up as a cute (not scary) witch for Halloween.

How much did I love Courtney Love on The View the other day.