[SpongeG]

working in alberta, every other person seems to be from newfoundland, some of them i can't understand a word they say - i have to say what? what? what? and still can't understand

one example the server said - they want it without sauce and i said no sauce? and she said again without sauce and i was like plain? and she was like no without sauce

finally i realized she was saying they want it with house sauce but the way she said it was without sauce

[SignalHillHiker]

working in alberta, every other person seems to be from newfoundland, some of them i can't understand a word they say - i have to say what? what? what? and still can't understand

one example the server said - they want it without sauce and i said no sauce? and she said again without sauce and i was like plain? and she was like no without sauce

finally i realized she was saying they want it with house sauce but the way she said it was without sauce

Hahaha. Yeah, there are a LOT of accents in Newfoundland and some of them can be difficult to understand, even for other Newfoundlanders.

[MolsonExport]

stupid youtube f'up.

[SignalHillHiker]

Who's your favourite singer/band from your city?

For St. John's, I'd have to pick Damhnait...

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In this song, there's something I especially love about the line, "Smoked me like a cigarette, said that this won't hurt a bit, but you lied because it burns and it burns..." - the lyrics, vocal arrangement, tone, etc. I just really love that part.

And the Kim Stockwood cameo is nice.

[SignalHillHiker]

And Ashelin. As is often the case with Newfoundland artists, they're relatively well-known in Ireland and the United Kingdom but almost unheard of in mainland Canada.

Five sisters from St. John's.

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And, this great talent isn't Canadian but she is Irish and becoming relatively well known in the U.K. and Newfoundland... LOVE her covers...

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Her AWESOME single:

The radio stations in St. John's often do British-only request programs. I'm asking for this next time!

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[SpongeG]

only just found out about this today...

Cartoon Network Makes Canadian Debut

TELETOON Canada Inc. announced that effective July 4th Canadian viewers may enjoy programming from the Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.
The Cartoon Network, a brand new Canadian specialty channel, launched at 6 AM ET/PT today, while programming from Adult Swim begins on the network starting at 9 PM ET/PT.

Len Cochrane, President, TELETOON Canada Inc. said: “TELETOON Canada has built a reputation as the hub for all animated and animation-related programming in Canada and today is a particularly special day for us as we expand our television family with the launch of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.”
Cochrane adds: “These are strong brands known for top-notch programming in the animation and comedy genre and we couldn’t be more pleased to make Cartoon Network and Adult Swim available to Canadians.”

...

http://www.digitalhome.ca/2012/07/cartoon-network-makes-canadian-debut/

[FrAnKs]

Hahaha. Yeah, there are a LOT of accents in Newfoundland and some of them can be difficult to understand, even for other Newfoundlanders.

As a Francophone myself, I'm still trying to find whats the difference between NFL accent and others. But I fail to see it every times.
For true, english accents of Canada looks all the same for me... oh sure I'm wrong :D

I'd like to see some examples guys, it's about time for me ;)

---

Btw, the only thing I know between USA and Canada is that US peoples think you say ''A boot'' when saying ''About'' ...

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We actually say "a boat".

[bulliver]

No idea where that came from, I have never in my life heard a Canadian say "a-boot", though, I've never been to Newfoundland...

[SpongeG]

this girl has a newfie accent - its not too hard to understand but you can hear it in the video

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[FrAnKs]

I don't really see the difference. My guess would probably be that it's only for specific words and not for the general accent !?

[Ayreonaut]

Her accent really isn't that strong. I would say that most young Newfoundlanders I've encountered do sound like that, though. Most of the older people I (try to) talk with, on the other hand... Even after two years in St. John's there are still many people I have a hell of a time understanding.

[SpongeG]

I don't really see the difference. My guess would probably be that it's only for specific words and not for the general accent !?

the difference between what?

maybe i am used to a BC accent but she sounds foreign to me

its not a strong acent not nearly as strong as the girl i work with, another girl i work with is from somewhere out there maybe nova scotia and she has an accent too

its weird

the newfie girl says she has a friend back-comb (back home) that she has a hard time understanding and i am thinking wtf i can barely understand you lol

[Nouvellecosse]

I've always loved trying to guess people's accent. A few years ago I was taking a course and the regular instructor was replaced by a temp. I had the hardest time trying to place his melodious lilt. At the end of the class I just went for it.

"So... you're from... Ireland??"

"Nope. Just Cape Breton"

:eek: :fruit:

[SignalHillHiker]

As a Francophone myself, I'm still trying to find whats the difference between NFL accent and others. But I fail to see it every times.
For true, english accents of Canada looks all the same for me... oh sure I'm wrong :D

I'd like to see some examples guys, it's about time for me ;)

---

Btw, the only thing I know between USA and Canada is that US peoples think you say ''A boot'' when saying ''About'' ...

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But, seriously... I can easily believe most English accents in Canada sound the same to a Francophone. Many of them sound the same to me. I can't hear any difference between Ontario to British Columbia.

But on the east coast, I can, for example, always tell when someone is from Cape Breton. They speak with the generic, Central Newfoundland accent. So if they're not Newfoundlanders, I know where they're from. But I can't tell people from other parts of Nova Scotia apart at all.

I think my favourite Newfoundland accents at the Marystown and the old East End St. John's ones.

The Marystown one is purely Irish. My English teacher was from there and he told us he kept winning bar bets in Ireland because no one would believe he wasn't from there.

The old East End St. John's one is AWESOME. The people in Quidi Vidi have it especially strong. It's almost a Boston accent. St. John's is "Sin Jaawnz". And it takes them two days to say, "Paaark the caaar!"

[MolsonExport]

apparently there is this app called Nickelblock which blocks out all references to Nickelback from your brower.

http://www.aux.tv/2011/11/nickelblock/

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apparently there is this app called Nickelblock which blocks out all references to Nickelback from your brower.

http://www.aux.tv/2011/11/nickelblock/

That's pretty nifty. At least half of MolsonExport's posts would disappear.

[manny_santos]

CBC will have the 2014 and 2016 Olympics. No more I Believe!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/08/01/cbc-olympics-rights.html

[bulliver]

That's pretty nifty. At least half of MolsonExport's posts would disappear.

And the other half when they release beiberblock.

[Track]

CBC will have the 2014 and 2016 Olympics. No more I Believe!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/08/01/cbc-olympics-rights.html

I'm fine with CTV's coverage of the games (especially when I compare it to what people are saying about NBC's coverage in the states), but the prospect of never having to hear I Believe again is incredibly exciting.

[SpongeG]

yay

but at least with CTV it on 5 channels, CTV, CTV2, SN, TSN, TSN2 its non stop coverage

they even show sports not involving canada at all

[manny_santos]

I forget, in 2008, did CBC put any Olympics coverage on their Bold channel? There's that option, and with just under two years until the 2014 Winter Games, they could easily apply for and get a license for a digital sports channel - even if it only airs during the Olympics.

[SpongeG]

they did - they put the equestrian events on BOLD, but they changed the name recently to CBC country or something like that and its still a digital must pay to get channel, but it is an option

[SignalHillHiker]

TWO Triple Crowns! :D AWESOME!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/08/01/nl-stjohns-regatta-results-2012-801.html

[Copes]

Apparently Canada is going to have its own version of the reality show, Big Brother.

http://blogs.slice.ca/big-brother-canada-casting-now-open/

[harls]

I can't believe that show has had 14 seasons already..

[SpongeG]

yeah, i hope its more like the uk, aussie etc versions and not the changed usa version - its so boring to watch in comparison i am completely addicted to the UK version

[harls]

Regarding the I believe song... remember during the 2010 Olympics when Lisa Laflamme got in shit for saying how annoying the song is? Now she's sitting in Lloyd's old chair and has to report from London, where they probably have the song on an endless loop in their mobile studio.

[Acajack]

Apparently Canada is going to have its own version of the reality show, Big Brother.

http://blogs.slice.ca/big-brother-canada-casting-now-open/

The cynic in me tells me they'll do one season, or maybe a couple, and then realize that they can get as good if not better ratings with much less hassle by simply continuing to run the American version like they always have.

Cases in point: Canadian Idol, Who Wants to be a Millionaire with Pamela Wallin, and probably a few others I am forgetting...

[artvandelay]

The cynic in me tells me they'll do one season, or maybe a couple, and then realize that they can get as good if not better ratings with much less hassle by simply continuing to run the American version like they always have.

Cases in point: Canadian Idol, Who Wants to be a Millionaire with Pamela Wallin, and probably a few others I am forgetting...

But at least Canadian Idol produced the singer who gave us the best Canadian song of all time:

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[Acajack]

But at least Canadian Idol produced the singer who gave us the best Canadian song of all time:

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Best Canadian song of ALL TIME? Are you sure? That covers a lot of songs...

Another scrapped Canadian version of a reality show: Canada's Got Talent.

[SignalHillHiker]

The Busker Festival starts today *happy dance* - always one of my favourites of the year!

http://i48.tinypic.com/dg41oh.jpg

[harls]

Best Canadian song of ALL TIME? Are you sure? That covers a lot of songs...


Pretty sure he was being sarcastic. I sure hope so, because this so-called 'song of summer' is making me wish for winter pretty quick.

[SpongeG]

so many artists have been doing their own versions of that song

[harls]

so many artists have been doing their own versions of that song

Like Cookie Monster?

[SpongeG]

sesame street did do a version

but ben howard did it

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[SpongeG]

FUN has also done a version

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and the sesame street version lol

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[vid]

Barack Obama also did a cover.

[Acajack]

OK so maybe he was right and it is indeed the greatest song ever :rolleyes:

[SignalHillHiker]

A few pictures from the Downtown Buskers Festival in St. John's. Most of the acts this year are Australian - and marvellously entertaining.

http://i.imgur.com/eBsiSh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JKGLoh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/M4ajrh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Sczfjh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JrUiuh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/iA1qth.jpg

And the St. John's arrived back in port at the same time!

http://i.imgur.com/ERoBPh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/UnAWXh.jpg

[Ayreonaut]

Where is this from? I like it. I've always wanted to find a rooftop on Water to look over downtown.

http://i.imgur.com/iA1qth.jpg

[SignalHillHiker]

Where is this from? I like it. I've always wanted to find a rooftop on Water...

It is actually a parking lot off Duckworth. I forgrt exactly where already but it is not hidden or off-limits at all so take a stroll and you'll find it. I think Cathedral is a near cross street.

[Ayreonaut]

Thanks, I'll try to find it in a few weeks.

[SignalHillHiker]

Is there a website where you can see what certain buildings would look like in your city?

I'm dying to see, for example, what the Burj Khalifa would look like where Scotia Square is in St. John's - or even one of the tall Toronto towers. These buildings are just on such a different scale and I'd love to see them compared to something I know intimately well. It's not the same comparing them to buildings of a similar height when I visit these cities. :-D

[vid]

That website is called "Skyscraperpage.com". The actual process however is quite difficult. It involves "Open photoshop and do it yourself".

[SignalHillHiker]

Hahaha, well, I'm out of luck there. I could do a rough one if I knew how to make it the accurate height. But I can't math.

[SignalHillHiker]

I've had a couple of drinks tonight. As I do most nights, especially when it's hot.

And I think this counts as Canadian entertainment because I am singing and dancing to it right now?

I think it's the most beautiful sounds ever compiled into a single song...

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AND NEXT UP, back to my old favourite... I don't usually go for mournful songs in the minors, but... fabulous...

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[SpongeG]

edmonton has been rocked by fake bieber concert tickets

lol

teen girls being scammed out of their babysitting money - aww

[SignalHillHiker]

^ Bahaha... serves them right.

One more, New Zealand... Commonwealth... totally appropriate for Canada...

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[SignalHillHiker]

My favourite Newfoundland folk song. Or... one of about 5-10 favourites.

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[SignalHillHiker]

And my favourite Irish folk song that has been stolen and adoped by Newfoundland.

I chose the same YouTube singer for this one, just to keep it consistent - but my favourite version of this I've ever heard was a live performance at The Ship Inn in St. John's by a beautiful, young blond lady who gave a speech about supporting the Dixie Chicks (it was around that time).

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I still get a little teary-eyed singing this one, hahaha...

[SignalHillHiker]

The Queen of Newfoundland folk music - who, sadly, put a bullet in her head in the 70s - singing an old classic.

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As an aside, she's an excellent example of how Quebec is typically depicted in Newfoundland folk songs.

Among the verses of her songs:

"Oh the Frenchmen in Quebec, they likes to shout
That from Confederation, they wants out
Well, if Canada you want to leave, me dears
GO! You're welcome! But, for God's sake, don't come here"

And

"Oh the French in Quebec want a separate state
Including our own Labrador, just you wait
They came down to Belle Isle, but they can't walk our straits
Oh, thank God we're surrounded by water"

And

Don't vote Confederation, that's my prayer to you
We own the house we live in, likewise, our schooner too
But if you heed Joe Smallwood, and that mainland French patois
We'll be always paying taxes to that tribe up in Ottawa

So remember, dearest mother, be a native soul and true
And when they offer pension cheques, just tell them what to do
Yes, keep the old flag flying, take strength from where you stand
As loved our fathers, so we love, God guard thee, Newfoundland

[SignalHillHiker]

Hardcore Newfoundland folk.

The type that, a century ago, had lyrics like:

We're proud of our own native isle, Newfoundland
No stranger shall hold an inch of her strand
Her face turns to Britain, her arse to your Gulf
So, come at your peril, Canadian wolf

But this one is actually pretty tame...

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[SignalHillHiker]

A great example of a Newfoundland versus St-Pierre-et-Miquelon song - based, of course, on a very true sinking.

The story:

In 1915, on the 10th day of June
At Burke's Wharf, the Marion lay
Prepared for the Banks as was custom to do
All loaded with capelin for bait

The wind, from the northwest, a fine, summer's breeze
As Ike Jones, from St. Jack's, he steered
And the boys in the focsle made plans for that night
When they'd all go ashore in St-Pierre

Some were uneasy, there'd by trouble, they said
'Cause Ike Jones was noted to fight
And at the Cafe de France on the last trip he made
A Frenchman had threatened his life

The challenge to fight was issued that night
As the cheap, French liquor ran free
The French captain then warned the Marion's men
He would answer their challenge at sea

Next day the Marion set sail again
And so to the story relays
The French beam trawler weighed anchor as well
And followed close by in her wake

She's a Fortune Bay schooner heading out for the Banks
With fine, hardy Fortune Bay men
But some on the Cape were o'erheard to say
She'd never be heard from again

The fate that befell the Marion's crew and their schooner
Will never be known
Not a trace and no tidings were ever again
To be heard by those waiting at home

Some say the Frenchman was true to his word
Some say he confessed 'fore he died
That he scuttled the Marion and settled the debt
Not taking one man o'er the side

Families of Skinners, and Mellors, and Myles
Grieve for their loved ones on shore
And the Newfoundland story of loss to sea
Was told as so often before

She's a Fortune Bay schooner, sailing out from St. Jack's
With a fine crew of Fortune Bay men
But never, no more, will she pass by the light
With her jib flapping into the wind

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[SignalHillHiker]

Switzerland's own Celine Dion (!?) from the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. I actually LOVE this song. Celine's nasal style of French has never really appealed to me generally... but in this song, it's just beautiful...

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[SignalHillHiker]

Obviously the video is from Paris but I believe this band is actually Quebecois?

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Either way, LOVES.

Also, an aside, the Ukrainian version:

Slavic womens has got it goin' on, yo.

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[SignalHillHiker]

Every so often a club version of an Irish or Newfoundland folk song becomes ironically popular at even the trendiest bars in St. John's (and don't forget, nightlife is something we do exceptionally well).

The most famous is probably Peter Street, but this one is well up there as well. :D

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Well, Albert Mooney says he loves her, and all the b'ys is fighting for her!
They knock on the door, and they ring the bell, saying, "Oh, me true love, are ya well?"

[SignalHillHiker]

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Newfoundland folk music is full of songs dedicated to the prettiest girl in any given village, town, or city.

This is one from the suburbs of St. John's. A very well-known one.

Lyrics are:

Ye ladies and ye gentlemen
I pray ye lend an ear
While I locate the residence
Of a lovely charmer fair
The curling of her yellow locks
First stole my heart away
And her place of habitation
Is down in Logy Bay

'Twas on a summer's evening
This little place I found
I met her aged father
Who did me sore confound
Saying, "If you address my daughter,
I'll send her far away,
And she never will return again,
While you're in Logy Bay."

"How could you be so cruel as
To part me from my love?
Her tender heart beats in her breast
As constant as a dove.
Oh, Venus was no fairer,
Nor the lovely month of May."
May Heaven above shower down its love
On the star of Logy Bay

'Twas on the very next morning
He went to St. John's town
And engaged for her a passage
On a vessel outward bound
He robbed me of my hearts delight
And sent her far away
And he left me here downhearted
For the star of Logy Bay

Oh, now I'll go a-roaming
I can no longer stay
I'll search the wide world over
In every country
I'll search in vain through France and Spain
Likewise Americay
'Til I do sight my heart's delight
The star of Logy Bay

Now to conclude and finish
The truth to you I'll tell
Between Torbay and Outer Cove
'Tis there my love did dwell
The finest girl ever graced our Isle
So everyone did say
May Heaven above send down its love
On the star of Logy Bay

[artvandelay]

Best Canadian song of ALL TIME? Are you sure? That covers a lot of songs...

Sorry, I was wrong - I retract that statement. I forgot about the latest Nickelback single:

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[Acajack]

Obviously the video is from Paris but I believe this band is actually Quebecois?

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French actually. One of the band members is called Pierre Mathieu, which is a very typical name in Quebec but he is in fact French.

[Acajack]

Switzerland's own Celine Dion (!?) from the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. I actually LOVE this song. Celine's nasal style of French has never really appealed to me generally... but in this song, it's just beautiful...



You asked for it! The best of Céline in French, in my humble opinion.

Pour que tu m’aimes encore. From D’Eux, the best-selling French-language album in the history of the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_11R2kKq0U

L’amour existe encore – a song about the AIDS epidemic believe it or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBfpI5y-dX8

S’il suffisait d’aimer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13ougUl-Gp0

[vid]

Sorry, I was wrong - I retract that statement. I forgot about the latest Nickelback single:

4OjiOn5s8s8

Chad Kroeger looks like shit. I mean he always did but now it's really obvious.

I bet he has had plastic surgery or something. He looks too different for that to simply be aging.

[SignalHillHiker]

Nice songs, Acajack. I prefer the third. Her voice sounds a little different in all three. Very pretty. :D

[SignalHillHiker]

I'm not sure if this band has become famous elsewhere in Canada yet? I believe they've at least become somewhat known in the Maritimes, right?

Anyhow, the reigning darlings of the St. John's music scene... Hey Rosetta.

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[vid]

For a while there was a national radio show here called Canada Rocks, and they played them every week. It got to a point where I referred to it as the "Hey Rosette/Dan Mangan Lack of Variety Hour".

Got sick of both bands pretty fast.

[SignalHillHiker]

^ Hahaha... reminds of that poster of History Television where they changed it to Hitler Television. Now, I guess, it'd be Pawn Stars TV.

[Acajack]

For a while there was a national radio show here called Canada Rocks, and they played them every week. It got to a point where I referred to it as the "Hey Rosette/Dan Mangan Lack of Variety Hour".

Got sick of both bands pretty fast.

I still get the impression that Newfoundland music gets very little attention outside the province.

Quebec of course is at the bottom. I think I am probably the only person on my street who has heard of Great Big Sea!

[SignalHillHiker]

^ I agree, to an extent.

It's happened before that someone from Halifax has raised an eyebrow when I mentioned a band, yet someone from Dublin knew exactly which I meant. Icelanders as well as Danes from Greenland were usually pretty good as well. Until the recent financial crisis, they would come over en masse to do their Christmas shopping in St. John's.

Assuming it's statistically true and not just an unfounded impression, I think there are two main reasons. Newfoundland's culture is so musical. A significant portion of the population is capable of creating music - be it singing, playing musical instruments, whatever. So there's just a lot of moderately and even quite talented musicians to choose from. It's not like there are one or two bands the city is pushing. There are dozens at any given time.

Also, I believe some Canadians have trouble accepting anything from Newfoundland that isn't kitsch. There's a reason that a caricature of traditional Newfoundland music like Great Big Sea becomes famous on the mainland while someone whose covers/music could be from anywhere - like Blue-Eyed Blond - doesn't.

And, one more video. Sarah Slean's video from Pouch Cove (pronounced Pooch) north of St. John's.

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And her impression of N.L.: "...one of the most inspiring places on Earth.... It's impossible to be distracted from the powerful presence of Life itself here - the rugged land, the ever-changing weather, the magnificent, powerful ocean...it's a place to ponder the vast expanse of time before and beyond us, to ponder the wondrous marvel of being."

[SignalHillHiker]

A cool map of all the cell towers in Canada:

http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html?lat=58.803041&lng=-97.885086&zoom=3&type=roadmap&layers=a&pid=0

And, since it's a Google map, it shows Newfoundland where it actually is (just north of 47, well south of the 49 that forms most of Canada's border with the U.S.) rather than up in the arctic, lol...

[LeftCoaster]

Not Canadian but it's so amazing it transcends national borders.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/08/arrested-development-season-4-photos_n_1757993.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment#slide=1351838

[manny_santos]

I've been back in Canada for just over a week after a prolonged absence for work, and I'm already ready to throw a brick at the TV whenever Marineland comes on.

I also didn't realize that African Lion Safari is now closer to you than ever before. Has Highway 8 between Hamilton and Cambridge suddenly found a way to uproot itself and come to me?

[vid]

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Catchy.
http://i.imgur.com/7DbLE.gif

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This popped up on Myspace the other day when I was listening to a band from Winnipeg (http://www.myspace.com/twintwa), because they two are totally related. Also, this one (http://www.myspace.com/redmoonroad).

Back to complaining about things. :frog:

[The Gibbroni]

I'm not sure if this band has become famous elsewhere in Canada yet? I believe they've at least become somewhat known in the Maritimes, right?

Anyhow, the reigning darlings of the St. John's music scene... Hey Rosetta.



Hey Rosetta! is really popular here, they sell out every time they come to town. I saw them at Osheaga last year and they killed it. The festival even used their song 'Seeds' on the 2011 highlight video.

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[The Gibbroni]

Not Canadian but it's so amazing it transcends national borders.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/08/arrested-development-season-4-photos_n_1757993.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment#slide=1351838

Brilliant show!

[SignalHillHiker]

Hey Rosetta! is really popular here, they sell out every time they come to town. I saw them at Osheaga last year and they killed it. The festival even used their song 'Seeds' on the 2011 highlight video.



Awesome! :D Thank you for sharing. I love that!

[SignalHillHiker]

This is fantastically awesome...

http://thescope.ca/news-views/flashbacks/a-brief-history-of-newfoundland-labrador

A few of my favourite bits:

Historically, of course, things weren’t always so rosy. The quality of life in much of the province before Confederation in 1949 could generously be described as ‘medieval’.

The first thing Joey did upon assuming absolute power was hire a Latvian con-artist named Alfred Valdmanis who helped him track down German industrialists to build random factories everywhere. Literally.

...apparently, if hundreds of factory trawlers spend two decades razing the ocean floor, you’ll eventually catch all the fish...

...but anyone who literally runs a national campaign against Stephen Harper, motivated entirely out of spite, is pretty all right on in my books...

And here we are. Newfoundland and Labrador’s story is still unfolding, but if this transparently glib interpretation of history teaches us anything, it’s that whatever is in store next is guaranteed to be hilarious.

[The Gibbroni]

I still get the impression that Newfoundland music gets very little attention outside the province.

Quebec of course is at the bottom. I think I am probably the only person on my street who has heard of Great Big Sea!

OH GOD!! I heard so much Great Big Sea in Halifax that I never want to hear them ever again! I even worked two of their shows. Those guys and the inescapable bagpipes. UGH! Bagpipe induced nightmares of drowning in a Great Big Sea of tartan vomit... bagpipes...

That said, Quebec folk music is very similar to Newfoundland and Maritime folk. They have shared Celtic roots and feature much foot-stomping. Maybe a little more spoon action in Quebec folk.

[MolsonExport]

I really enjoy most folk music, but I despise Great Big Sea. And I dislike the sour-faced spoonman outside Ogilvie's.

[Xelebes]

OH GOD!! I heard so much Great Big Sea in Halifax that I never want to hear them ever again! I even worked two of their shows. Those guys and the inescapable bagpipes. UGH! Bagpipe induced nightmares of drowning in a Great Big Sea of tartan vomit... bagpipes...

That said, Quebec folk music is very similar to Newfoundland and Maritime folk. They have shared Celtic roots and feature much foot-stomping. Maybe a little more spoon action in Quebec folk.

I've heard Quebec folk and "bleuherbe" (eh). Should be more out there.

[SignalHillHiker]

She's comin' back, b'ys. ;)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/08/16/nl-cod-comeback-george-rose-816.html

My ancestors were mostly carpenters/shipbuilders on my father's side and serviceworkers (a lot of butlers and maids)/masons on my mother's - so they weren't directly fishing themselves - but, like everything in N.L. back then, they relied on the fishery. It'd be amazing to have a sustainable cod fishery back.

I'd love to see places like Harbour Grace bounce back.

There are whole communities in rural N.L. that are... kind of like you're favourite new building proposal that got cancelled. The fishery's return, in a sustainable capacity, would be like a developer stepping in to build that proposal again. On a smaller scale, of course, but it's better than nothing.

[SignalHillHiker]

OH GOD!! I heard so much Great Big Sea in Halifax that I never want to hear them ever again! I even worked two of their shows. Those guys and the inescapable bagpipes. UGH! Bagpipe induced nightmares of drowning in a Great Big Sea of tartan vomit... bagpipes...

That said, Quebec folk music is very similar to Newfoundland and Maritime folk. They have shared Celtic roots and feature much foot-stomping. Maybe a little more spoon action in Quebec folk.

"If there's music in hell, it'll be bagpipes."

Although, these Croatian/Bosnian Croat girls prove not all cultures make them sound quite as annoying:

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[Acajack]

Not a bad use of bagpipes here either:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NRqSrPTPv8

[harls]

Maybe Chad Kroeger could have a bagpipe solo on the next Nickelback album?

[manny_santos]

With all the negative press about Marineland today, I wonder if we can sue them for falsely advertising that everyone loves them.

I'm not taking sides, but I think Marineland could handle this better from a PR standpoint. A press release and continuing to air the same TV commercials doesn't cut it anymore.

[SignalHillHiker]

^ Obviously, Marineland needs the Nickelback with bagpipes commercial.

[SignalHillHiker]

A conversation I overheard between my parents and my neighbours (who are their age; and now good friends) this evening:

Neighbour Wife: My darling, sure people are going to think he's after beating me. I can barely walk.

Mum: ME TOO, girl! I never thought it'd be such work just to go berry picking out in Avondale. We were there all day for 2 gallons. And I lost half of mine trying to catch a ****ing cat.

Dad: You ladies forget: you're old now.

Neighbour Wife/Mum: *Various grumbles/curses*

Neighbour Wife: Kayaking tomorrow afternoon, then, pet? Shall we go ahead with it? Eh b'y? ****, we might as well.

Mum: Of course! I've got a ****ing tire around my waist since I perfected my Hollandaise recipe. I need whatever workouts I can get. I'm even parking half way across town to go to the bloody corner store. IN HEELS!

Neighbour Husband: Well, ladies, I'm sure the home has a fine game of bingo on if you're not feeling up to kayaking.

Sometimes, I feel as though my family are aliens who can act ALMOST human but not quite all the way... love it, though.

[vid]

They're more human than most of my family.

You guys think I am fucked up; my family would blow your minds.

[SpongeG]

what happenned with marineland?

[manny_santos]

what happenned with marineland?

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1243040--spca-to-inspect-marineland-animals
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1242880---everyone-loves-marineland-singer-wants-her-voice-pulled-from-commercials

This story comes up every few years, but this one seems to be garnering a lot more attention.

[SpongeG]

ah thats too bad

[SignalHillHiker]

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WHERE!? Where did she go twice daily!?

[SignalHillHiker]

Most famous song from Newfoundland in Canada?

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[Xelebes]

Not a bad use of bagpipes here either:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NRqSrPTPv8

Northumbrian smallpipes are fairly interesting.

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[SignalHillHiker]

My latest karaoke choice. I can't hit the last note, I do it lower (which makes the climax annoyingly unsatisfying if you know the original), but I can do the rest well enough to shut half the bar up.

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[SignalHillHiker]

When I get married, I will have a Newfoundland wedding - the whole works.

The main thing that I've noticed about Newfoundland weddings that isn't universal (but certainly exists elsewhere as well) is that the man who catches the bride's garter PUTS IT ON the girl who catches the bride's bouquet. And there's music, and cheering, and theatre just as the groom/bride do.

I want that. And everything else.

And part of that is wanting a Newfoundland folk song as my wedding song.

And this will be it:

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[SignalHillHiker]

Sorry, I've had LOTS to drink... and that ALWAYS means Fields of Athenry must be sung!

Hats off, b'ys, show some G'ddamn respect.

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[SignalHillHiker]

One more karaoke favourite right now, or rather two weeks ago... but still... ;)

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The last one, I lose my heart at "Don't come back at all..."... at this one I lose it at, "My seat's been taken by some sunglasses..."

[SignalHillHiker]

Israeli is not Canadian, of course... but it is one of those nationalities likely to have Canadian members and to have Canadian citizens interested.

So... my favourite Israeli Eurovision entry of recent years (second only to Will You Dance With Me, with an Israeli woman singing in Hebrew and a Palestinian woman in Arabic, and then both in English), Shiri Maimon.

I actually like the lyrics, "Now that love is gone, where do I belong? Was it right or wrong? Look at me, now... finally I know it's time to say goodbye. Suddenly, all by myself, I feel alive."

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[SignalHillHiker]

Of all the songs St. John's has gotten before the rest of North America, this one was the most obvious. It seemed to become popular and died in St. John's more than a year before it surged to the top of the club charts everywhere else in North America.

It was the one we all heard on the Top 40 a year later and thought, "Holy s****... THAT song? Seriously? Wow... we're not that bad after all!"

In retrospect, it wasn't much to get excited about, hahaha...

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[SignalHillHiker]

http://i47.tinypic.com/14ug6qx.jpg

All picked TODAY. :D