Thierry

« Celebrate the moment As it turns into one more Another chance at victory Another chance to score » - Rush, « One Little Victory » (And I’m glad that your little buddy lost)

8,000 votes for Braeden Chow is crazy. That’s like 3+ nights at HISTORY of voters. That’s a sold-out show at Coca-Cola Coliseum of voters. The equivalent of RAYE’s last Toronto audience all voted for this guy probably largely because he has the same last name as the winner.

Welcome to the resistance JD

I beg you, don’t make me have to update this with the WHPS job.

David Bowie aged more gracefully than most, but this is almost definitely the most middle-aged dad Bowie photo I’ve ever seen (at Le Studio Morin Heights).

I still can’t believe that Geddy Lee broke a lifelong streak of not making explicit political endorsements for *this* guy.

I’m expecting a little alien to burst out of there any minute now.

David Bowie aged more gracefully than most, but this is almost definitely the most middle-aged dad Bowie photo I’ve ever seen (at Le Studio Morin Heights).

Who knows what tomorrow will bring. Get out and vote for the Toronto you want. It will make a difference.

One of my main takeaways from You Can See Everything is that Elizabeth Holmes has truly awful taste in men.

I know I’m repeating myself, but this new Olivia Tremor Control album really is a miracle.

I really do think that one of the most absurd examples of shrinkflation is Mr. Big shrinking by almost 20% and becoming just a regular-sized chocolate bar. It’s *right there* in the name!

In movies there’s usually one single megalomaniacal billionaire supervillain. Meanwhile here in the real world I feel like I’m learning about a new one or two *every day*.

The ultimate test of an AI model should be to complete an exhaustive Elephant 6 family tree, not some stupid math problem.

I know the crowd had a lot of good chants for Brady in Ottawa tonight, but « Fuck your podcast » is an all-timer.

I know Dan Auerbach’s production can sometimes be divisive, but Anderson’s last album in 2020 was great, and this song hits even harder now than it did back then. youtu.be/_FARZGM8Wk0?...

THEY’VE BEEN DOIN’ JUST FINE

With all the true crime podcasts you’d think there’d be one about what *really* happened to Rueben, the unwanted mate of Rebecca, Calvin and Grace Coolidge’s pet raccoon.

Funny that the Vivek ad had me remembering another Willie Horton

I can’t think of too many acts whose music is more deserving of broader recognition and acclaim than the Olivia Tremor Control. That they left us two (soon to be three!) perfect albums is a minor miracle.

I think we need to consider the possibility he’s made a huge Polymarket bet on Acton winning the election and is actively trying to throw it

He probably thinks this is another homerun for his campaign

I was literally just telling my students about the risk of a « boomerang effect » when using negative or attack ads, so it’s nice to see an example of that effect in action right now for ol’ Vivek.

In Toronto, more people are killed and injured by vehicles than from violent crimes. Anyone who claims to be a champion of safety, but who isn't advocating for safer roads, is just fear mongering or dog whistling.

Ah yes, the guy who’s a dead ringer for a TV dad possessed by a malevolent spirit who abused and killed his child. That’s the walking billboard for men’s health.

Almost 9 years ago:

There’s an argument to be made that if they’d released the Jeff Stein version instead of the De Palma/Cox version, « Dancing in the Dark » could’ve been Bruce’s « Rock Me Tonite ».

« Jason Voorhees, frankly, has been fine on the people of Crystal Lake. They haven’t been doing much. »

I don’t know what it will take for Angèle to become as massive worldwide as she is in French-speaking markets, but this single (feat. Caroline Polachek and SebastiAn) is as good as anything she’s done, and I love that she’s leaning into this ominous & sexy icy electro sound. youtu.be/i2GomgPnts4?...

I’ve always loved Joel Plaskett’s « True Patriot Love » and I think I love it even more now that I know that it was inspired by Billy Joel’s « Sleeping with the Television On » *and* that with this arrangement it really sounds like a Tom Petty song.

I would pay to hear Werner Herzog read Ossoff’s description of Trump.

I saw the new 4K restoration of My Brother’s Wedding last week at the TIFF Lightbox and it looks *stunning*. Run to see it if it’s playing in your town.

George Wendt: huge Replacements fan and almost definitely the only person to ever sing a House of Freaks song on Kazuko's Karaoke Klub (or any other TV show). youtu.be/B92w9riJing?...

I don’t know what the guy in this airport lounge is watching at full volume on his phone but so far it’s included bits from the theme to The Dukes of Hazzard and « My Heart Will Go On ».

A slugger who’s out of a job the next year

Dedicated to the Los Angeles Dodgers. youtu.be/mzhNmhGIfio?...

Has to be the title song from what’s secretly the best Beach Boys album. youtu.be/Ouqw6ps2OVc?...

I’m going to have nightmares about Québec City’s Halloween decorations.