Dancers in NYC

Dancers Among Us series features photos of dancers from the Paul Taylor and Martha Graham Dance Companies doing everyday things in New York while dancing.  

Pictures from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano

Iceland's disruptive volcano & More from Eyjafjallajokull - Big Picture blog

Two sets of amazing pictures of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano from the Boston Globe's "Big Picture" feature.  I love the lightning in the second set.

Trustworthiness of Beards

The Trustworthiness of Beards (graphic)

Free Starbucks Coffee today

Today only (April 15), get a free drip coffee at Starbucks when you
bring your own mug.
http://www.starbucks.com/thebigpicture

Guess who won Luongo's Autographed puck?

Scavenger Hunt Winners

 

Canucks.com is running a 3 day scavenger hunt for Canucks playoff tickets.  I won a Roberto Luongo puck as one of the preliminary prizes.

Are you ready for the 2010 Playoffs?

 

 

 

 

Chris' Playoff Hockey Pool site is up!

2010 Stanley Cup Fantasy Hockey Pool Stats

The NHL Playoffs are approaching, and I've updated my website, and uploaded the hockey stats for those annual playoff pools.

It's a labour of love.  

Please let me know if you find any free playoff pools on the interwebs, and I'll post them on my site.

LCD Soundsystem is playing at my house

I am going to see LCD Soundsystem at the Malkin Bowl.
Want to get tickets and join me?

Carolina to Host 2011 All-Star Game

Carolina to Host 2011 All-Star Game
Gary Bettman announced that the NHL's 2011 All Star game will take place in Raleigh, North Carolina. It will have a hard time competing with 2010's Olympic Hockey tournaments.
Get ready for playoff hockey!

How Lady Gaga Became The World's Biggest Pop Star

How Lady Gaga came to be. 

The origin story of Lady Gaga, from NY Magazine.  Hint: She didn't start out by trying to be... different.

jónsi (from Sigur Ros)

Just came from the first jónsi tour stop in Vancouver, and was blown away. I didn't know what to expect, with the jónsi album released today, but it was up to the very high creative standards of a Sigur Ros show.

It was a musical and visual tour-de-force, with lots of stunning original effects.

If you haven't experienced Sigur Ros, I'd describe jónsi as a combination of Radiohead, Phillip Glass and "Where the Wild Things Are". Check it!

"jónsi kicks off his north american tour in vancouver tonight. he will be joined by a four-man band (alex, úlfur, þorvaldur and ólafur björn) and as you may have gathered from the previews on jonsi.com , the live show experience of this tour promises to be something special. jónsi has teamed up with the stage show company 59 productions to put together the most amazing live experience possible, bringing together the worlds of theatre, animation, art installation, film and music."

10 years after Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential," the bad-boy chef is an endangered species

Why kitchens stopped being like pirate ships - Salon.com

The days (and nights) of testosterone-fueled chefs restaurant kitchens, as described in Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" are apparently on their way out. 

Yarr!