Memos: Haven't done this in a while

• Going to see Mark Bragg tonight at Baba's. He's from Newfoundland and is one of the most original rock acts around. Should totally be on the order of fame of a Joel Plaskett or a Matt Mays. He's up for an EMCA for Alternative Recording of the Year, which looks like some damn tough competition with Buck 65 and Wintersleep among others.
  
  
• I've been feeling a little restless here on PEI. But it's a nice little rut at the same time. There are some things that are making staying here a little painful, but the same things are probably testing my humanity more than I might feel comfortable with.
  
  
• I still need a new pair of headphones. My iPod earbuds just don't cut it for proper music listening, and I'm scared about the stories I've read that they might damage your hearing. Not a risk I should be taking lightly. I should go check out not-Radio Shack. God it's creepy to have the single most stalwart fixture of every single shopping mall suddenly torn out and replaced with this unknown entity.
  
  
• I'm reading various rumours around the Canadian press blogs to the effect that the National Post is on the brink of being put out of its misery. So much for ushering in a golden age of Canadian conservativism. I guess cutting staff and budget wasn't the best way to boost readership and revenue after all. The Post needs a proper US-style conservative sugar daddy like Sun Myung Moon or Richard Mellon "You fucking communist cunt" Scaife to pour tens of millions of dollars into a money-losing ideological rag to keep it afloat as a voice for cranky right-wing opinion and corporate propaganda. Thankfully most Canadian conservatives are still Canadians, and as much as they want to be Americans, they're still wimps compared to that.
  
  
• Apparently this website is blocked in China. So, Memo to the Nation of China: Democracy is better killed in the dead of night than out in the open. Better to tell people they have it and that an external enemy is trying to take it away, then they won't know what to protest against.
  
  
• I'm hosting trivia at the Churchill Arms again in 2 weeks. Hopefully it will be as much of a nerd-fest as last time. My MO seems to be that if your personality and interests are close to mine, you'll do well. I think a contest where the person who is most like me wins is an utterly brilliant idea.