Just want to give those who voted for my Papa last weekend on our Facebook Fanpage a shout out.  With your help he received the most votes and is the first musician in my hometown of Pictou County Nova Scotia to be inducted into the Virtual Music Hall Of Fame!  To listeners, co-workers friends and definitely family :)  thanks for your help, he would have been amazed.  Here's the article from this weekend. 
http://www.ngnews.ca/News/Local/2010-03-05/article-890303/Passion-for-music-stands-test-of-time/1

Jeff

Hey Bloggers it's Mike here.... and now I present to you the winners from last night's Oscars... in no particular order...

WINNERS LIST

• Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds
• Best Animated Feature Film: Up
• Best Original Song: "The Weary Kind" Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett, Crazy Heart
• Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
• Best Animated Short: Logorama
• Best Documentary Short: Music By Prudence
• Best Live Action Short: The New Tenants
• Best Makeup: Star Trek
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Jeffery Fletcher, Precious
• Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious
• Best Art Direction: Avatar
• Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria
• Best Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
• Best Cinematography: Avatar
• Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
• Best Original Score: Up
• Best Visual Effects: Avatar
• Best Documentary Feature: The Cove
• Best Film Editing: The Hurt Locker
• Best Foreign Language Film: The Secret In Their Eyes (Argentina)
• Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
• Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
• Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

Something to relax to before the weekend... the classic Canadian PSA featuring our national animal. Enjoy! - John.

If you mention the name Richie Rich at 8:10 this morning, as our Mystery character... you could qualify for the $100 000 Paylist!!! Good luck... the phone line to call is 548-8851

OSCAR GIFT BASKETS: GIMME GIMME GIMME

Even the losers at Sunday's Academy Awards walk away with something. A company called Distinctive Asset - not associated with the Academy Awards - puts together elaborate gift baskets for those poor actors who don't win an Oscar. Here's this year's gift basket:

- Gourmet artisan chocolates
- A Tiffany crystal-studded cat collar and an assortment of Fancy Feast cat food.
- A Serta mattress
- The Oral-B Pulsonic electric toothbrush
- A $4,000 limited edition luxury Leather Travel Bag from Victorinox.
- Private island vacation at the Turks & Caicos Sporting Club
- Four nights at the luxurious Lion Sands Private Game Reserve in South Africa for up to 8 adults and 8 kids, a $45,000 value.
- Four nights in a seaside suite at the Monte Carlo Beach Hotel in Monaco, worth $14,500
- DeLea Signature Perfume Oil
- A $7,000 three-night all-inclusive rustic getaway to Winvian Luxury Hotel in Litchfield Connecticut
- AG Hair Cosmetics deluxe Colour Savour gift set
- Ideeli.com special access online shopping cards
- Professional dog studio photography package from Otis & Lucy
- BlueFox Extreme Bluetooth headset
- An "Exclusively Scandinavian Gift Basket"
- A year's supply of Altoids Smalls
- The Pig Board from Snout a Pig
- Modern Meditations CD sets
- Ila DUSK personal security alarm
- iFLY indoor skydiving experience
- A personal paper shredder from GoECOlife
- Herbalife Nutritional Products
- Assortment of all-natural designer dog toys, bowls and leashes from Petprojekt
- All-natural dog snacks from Wellpet
- WooLoot sport watches
- La Peau Couture Organic Wrinkle Diminishing Serum (priced at $499 per jar)
- Slimware portion-control dinner plates
- 10 personal training sessions from Huntley Drive Fitness
- One week all-inclusive fitness bootcamp from Live In Fitness Enterprise

Mike Sadavoy... P.S... I fail to see how all that fits into a basket.

-44 million viewers in North America for the Canada-US Olympic Gold Final Hockey game, & the NHL doesn't want to be there in 4 years ! Would somebody just give Gary Bettman his thanks for coming out speech now !

- Dave Letterman said on his show recently that he was kinda hoping for Canada in the gold medal game and Barbara Walters said on the view our national anthem is better than the US, how cool is that ?

-  Local artist Phyllis Grant's Coke bottle was on display during the games, even cooler!

-  Joannie Rochette, great choice for flag bearer at the closing ceremonies.  Her courage in the face of adversity was awe inspiring.

-  Most Gold Medals Evar !  Think I'll pull a George Costanza & end on a high note  Go Canada Go !

Jeff Long

Two things have happened to me in the last couple of months that reminded me I'm not a young man anymore... I became an uncle (Hi Roger!) and I'm starting to use one of those grooming trimmers to get the hair growing out of my ears. (Eww.)

Anyway, this got me thinking about how much things have changed since I was a kid. There's been a few things!

 - If you wanted to make a phone call, you could only go a couple of feet from the wall - that's how long the cord was. To dial the number, you had to put your finger into little holes and spin  - if you had a friend that had 4 zeros in their number, you never called them.

 - In the summertime, you'd  head outside in the morning to play, only coming back around supper when your mom called. And by called, I mean shouted your name down the street.

- If you wanted a drink, you'd turn on the tap in the kitchen and fill your glass. And it was good!

- Video games were 2-D, with three or four colors at best. But you'd still spend hours playing them.

- There were 3 channels on TV. Pliers were an acceptable method for switching between them if the channel knob broke.

- Milk was delivered to your front door, but if you wanted pizza, you had to get it yourself.

That's just a few I can think of right now... what have you noticed is different nowadays? Drop me a note!

John LeBlanc

Cupcakes have been a growing trend for the past few years. The latest twist: Manly Cupcakes. Watch out for new flavour cupcakes such as Rum & Coke (rum-soaked Madagascar vanilla cake with cola Bavarian cream filling), Beer Run (chocolate beer cake with beer-infused buttercream, topped with crushed pretzels) and The Old-Fashioned (orange-soaked whiskey cake with lemon curd filling). A Toronto bakery, For The Love Of Cake, offers what they call "mancakes", made with beer, whiskey and bacon.

Hey, but I'm still man enough to admit I like the sprinkles and the pink icing.

Mike

Who likes Johnny Cash??? The Man in Black... well if you love Johnny... you better tune in tomorrow morning at 7:50 your going to get a Johnny Cash Mash-Up... brought to you by Lounsbury Chev. 

Mike Sadavoy (Walkin the line)

The website www.StereoGum.com has named the "We Are The World 25" remake as the second Worst All-Star Charity Video ever. The video debuted last Friday before the Olympic opening ceremonies. Lil Wayne sings in auto tune, LL Cool J raps, and Wyclef Jean is apparently choking on something. The worst video was something called "Yakety Yak -Take It All Back", a 1991 recycling video with Kenny Loggins, BB King and Pat Benatar, Natalie Cole and Charlie Daniels. Here's the list:

21. Band Aid 20 - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (2004)
20. Helping Haiti - "Everybody Hurts" (2010)
19. Artists United Against Apartheid - "Sun City" (1985)
18. Artists Against AIDS Worldwide - "What's Going On?" (2001)
17. Hope Collective - "Give And Let Live" (2005)
16. The Crowd "You'll Never Walk Alone" (1985)
15. Various Artists - "Come Together Now" (2005)
14. Stop The Violence - "Self-Destruction" (1989)
13. Various Artists For Children's Promise - "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" (1999)
12. Various Artists For The BBC - "Perfect Day" (1997)
11. Beds Are Burning - "TckTckTck - Time For Climate Justice" (2009)
10. Various Artists - "Voices That Care" (1991)
9. The Peace Choir - "Give Peace A Chance" (1991)
8. Northern Lights - "Tears Are Not Enough" (1985)
7. Hear N' Aid - "Stars" (1985)
6. Michael Jackson & Friends - "What More Can I Give" (recorded 2001, released 2003)
5. Ferry Aid - "Let It Be" (1987)
4. Various Artists - "Just Stand Up" (2008)
3. Band Aid II - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (1989)
2. Various Artists - "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" (2010)
1. Take It Back Foundation - "Yakety Yak Take It Back" (1991)

Mike

The Brit awards were held last night in well, England of course.  Here's the big international winners of the evening.

International Male Solo Artist
Bruce Springsteen
Eminem
Jay-Z - WINNER!
Michael Buble
Seasick Steve

International Female Solo Artist
Lady GaGa - WINNER!
Ladyhawke
Norah Jones
Rihanna
Shakira

International Breakthrough Act
Animal Collective
Daniel Merriweather
Empire Of The Sun
Lady GaGa - WINNER!
Taylor Swift

International Album
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On Dream
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
Lady GaGa - The Fame - WINNER!

Came across some interesting info over the weekend.  In a bit of a turnabout face the official newspaper of the Vatican L'Osservatore Romano named their top 10 desert Island discs with some pretty interesting results.  Here's the list, no word on if Pope Benedict is actually a fan of these groups but it sure would be cool to se him rocking out to What's The Story Morning Glory!

10.  Supernatural- Carlos Santana
9.  What's The Story Morning Glory- Oasis
8.  Achtung Baby- U2
7.  Graceland- Paul Simon
6.  Thriller- Micheal Jackson
5.  The Nightfly- Donald Fagen
4.  Rumors- Fleetwood Mac
3.  Dark Side of The Moon- Pink Floyd
2. If I Could Only Remember My Name- David Crosby
1. Revolver- The Beatles

Pretty cool choices actually, No Bob Dylan though.  The publication said he was not included because he has paved the way of generations for dilettante singer sonwriters who have " Harshly tested the ears & patience of listeners, thinking that their tortured meanderings might interest somebody"  Ouch.

Jeff

Hey all it's Mike... for all you Dog owners, I came across an interesting article from "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Milan, and here are Seven Basic Rules For Your Dog.

1. Create a schedule that includes a daily walk in the morning. This is critical for your dog's health, both physical and mental.
2. Set aside time every day to provide mental exercise by maintaining rules, boundaries, and limitations. When these needs are met, the affection you give to your dog will be channeled as a reward.
3. Always walk out the door ahead of your dog when leaving the house. This will show your dog who is in the leadership role.
4. On walks, make sure that your dog is not in front of you, pulling you down the street. Instead, keep your dog to your side or behind you. This will also demonstrate to your dog that you are the alpha figure.
5. Give your dog something to do before you share food, water, toys, or affection. This way the dog earns his treat. For example, have her perform the Sit or Down command.
6. At bedtime, if your puppy tries to leave her bed, begins to whine, or tries to use chewing as a way to cope with the anxiety of being alone, give her gentle but firm corrections. The puppy's mother set very strict rules for behavior, so she should need very little correction in order to get the point.
7. Create a budget for unexpected circumstances, like medical bills and training classes.