Stephen Brunt’s Vancouver Olympic Essay: Beautiful.
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Olympics, Vancouver 2010 on 06. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
There’s not much I can say about this to do it justice. One of our great journalists with a very poignant, emotional look on the roller coaster ride that was Vancouver.
Let your red heart show…
(via YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz8tzP3oeDg)
By the way, that last song is “Red Heart” by Hey Rosetta!
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics? Incredible.
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Hockey, Olympics, Vancouver 2010 on 28. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
It started off horribly. The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili. The disaster which was the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. The weather wreaking havoc on the events. Our Canadian athletes failing to meet those lofty expectations, expectations I said we should have reconsidered and lowered.
How wrong was I? How wrong were [...]
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies? Bust.
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Olympics, Vancouver 2010 on 12. Feb, 2010 | 12 Comments
We had a chance to show the world who we were, we had a chance to showcase ourselves, we had the world’s attention…what did we do? We effed it up.
Well to be more precise, David Atkins effed it up by making what I like to call the Debbie Downer Olympic opening ceremonies.
I [...]
The Best Superbowl Ads According to Me
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Advertisements, Commercials, FuddyTV on 07. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
Alright, I’m not going to wax poetic about the Superbowl Ads because there are a million people out there who will take that prize, but I do want to share my faves from this year’s lot. Before I do, how craptastic is it for us Canadians? We get regular ol’ commercials and every [...]
Tim Horton’s Finally Gets It Right
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Commercials, Hockey, Tim Hortons on 06. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
I have pretty much lambasted Tim Horton’s on this blog because of their terrible “shove it down your throat” wholesomey goodness commercials which just plain suck. Yet as much as I throw the book at them, I have to give them gold stars where deserved, and the latest Sidney Crosby/Tim Horton’s ad is awesome. [...]
Adventures in Music
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Music on 24. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
I write a lot about music, partly because I dabble in it, mostly because it inspires me. I get such a kick of finding a new song or artist…which reminds me of a story. I was the tender age of 16, I had just begun liking dance/electronic music and somehow I came across [...]
Patrice Cormier’s Hockey Career Should End
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Canada, Hockey on 19. Jan, 2010 | 4 Comments
***Edit – Cormier Suspended***
Patrice Cormier has accepted his punishment, suspended for the remainder of the year and the playoffs, without lodging an appeal. Frankly, it’s the smartest thing he’s done, but I still feel it falls far below what should have been done.
I imagine a lot of people have seen the hit by Patrick [...]
What Happened to Calgary?
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Calgary, Canada, Rants on 04. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments
When I lived in Los Angeles, I used to yearn for Calgary…I remember the people were nice, the city was vibrant and the traffic was good. It was a pure city. That has drastically changed.
Since moving back to my birth town, I have seen this city infiltrated with money-hungry douchebags clogging city streets [...]
Top 10 Commercials According to Me
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Commercials, FuddyTV, Music, Videos, YouTube on 09. Nov, 2009 | 0 Comments
More and more, the commercials we see on TV are much more entertaining than they used to be, whether funny, sad, poignant…you get the idea. Here are some of my favorite.
1. Ikea Lamp
Spike Jonz directed this commercial and did it with perfection. I think it got a lot of us, perhaps making [...]
Getting Back to the Groove
Posted by Ryan Northcott in FuddyTV, Site News on 01. Nov, 2009 | 0 Comments
Let’s face it, the departure of our fine friend Dave kind of rocked our world and threw FUDDYTV into panic mode. Suddenly and out of the blue we’d lost an integral part of our group. So as we picked up the pieces and decided how we were going to move forward, we threw [...]
