For me, the studio version of Bad was their peak. The live one done on live aid was fine, but the original, when it peaks just near the end of the song, is sublime.

Oh! oh! One more.. a bit obscure..

I agree with the others that say there are many songs that give goosebumps for various reasons, but the first ones that came to mind for me was Autumn Leaves, and Over the Rainbow, performed in both cases by the amazing Eva Cassidy. I had never heard of her before Autumn Leaves, and the pain, power, beauty and…

Your comment reminded me of a song by the great Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, "Mom's Coming to my House"

Saw this last week at the Calgary International Film Festival. I liked it, although I initially thought it was over long, and could benefit from a good editor. But a friend who absolutely loved it convinced me that the length was necessary in order to understand the motivations behind the characters in the end…

Yes, I agree with your assessment as well. I would just like to add the following clarification, which is a bit muddied on my review of wikipedia, and for that matter, this movie that I saw earlier this week ..

Well, ok, thats fair, I suppose. I'm glad they named it after him, and back then I suppose their names might not have been part of the record. One wonders if such forensic research could figure out who it was, but that would be a pretty tall order.

It is surprising, really.. You would think some committee meeting held in Paris, Ontario or London, Ontario could have come to that conclusion…

I just saw the short at the Calgary International Film Festival, and the crowd seemed to love it, as did I. I didn't find it cutesy at all. I did find it sweet in an odd sort of way. This elderly couple, without kids, kept finding or acquiring animals with various disabilities, caring for them. They were sincere,…

Yes. Of course. That is the lesser gravy. So I suppose we could also call the small one Swiss Chalet Lake, if we wanted to. Has a nice European feel to it..

But then what would be the lesser gravy lake? Arby sauce?

Update! They were named after the Slavey Indians, who inhabited the area centuries ago…so, no connection.. but interestingly, that name was based on the Cree's name for the tribe, which they had a great disdain for at the time, but since the Cree were the ones dealing with the european settlers, the Cree's name…

This intrigues me. Tell me more about this. We used to have a mountain called, until recently, Chinaman's peak. No one thought anything of it. Then we discovered that first of all, the term "Chinaman" was racist, as it was derived from the racist term "ching chong chinaman" which is just insane, to start with. But…

I'm curious as well, as growing up in Canadaland our iced tea was always already pretty sweet.. I think it was lipton or something.. but a few years ago I started seeing other unsweetened ice tea brands that actually tasted like cold tea.. it was a little odd..

I know we all jest, because we're all a bunch of jokesters, but I don't know if it is possible to overrate him. I went to a special once in a lifetime retrospective on a bunch of his works a number of years ago, and it was kind of mind-blowing. Iirc, the guy wrote backwards and left-handed so that others wouldn't…

That makes sense.. and according to the Chesapeake Kid he's on the board.. so there you go… its kind of cool that Steve got so invested in his banjo playing to set up a scholarship like this. Another reason why he's the best…

I was kind of hoping Bela Fleck would win, because he's amazing.. but maybe not in the bluegrass way, I suppose…

Thanks.. I noticed that too..I assume it will be fixed shortly.

I have an x5, and in some ways its great. What it lacks, unfortunately, is an accelerated search function. So when I have my entire library on two removable micro sds, I have to scroll through thousands of songs to get to the one I want. It takes forever. If only they could do the iPod thing where, once you start…

Of course. Good sauerkraut is essential. And when you start to get fancy with the dijon mustard, etc., well, the world is your peanut butter sandwich, as Yukon Cornelius might say…