People overseas you're better off knowing about now rather than later

At this point it seems that Arctic Monkeys are bound to become the next incarnation of the Bloc Party/Franz Ferdinand UK flavor of the month, but who else should you be looking for on the horizon? Well...

Semi-Finalists (signed to V2)

Lethal B (hiphop)

Test Icicles (Domino Records, only 1/3 British, hybrid sound of most popular indie sounds currently at work, slowly breaking through in North America, opening for the Monkeys' currently)

Maccabees (Promise Records, though talk they've signed with a major label)

Seal Cub Clubbing Club (Heard one great song, will investigate further once the website is functional)

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On an unrelated note, the new Gnarls Barkley track is as every bit as good as Pitchfork makes it out to be. Can't wait til the full-length is released in 2006.

Half the lorry drivers are breaking the law.

"Among the loans already written off, taxpayers are picking up the tab for a $992,000 loan made to an Atlanta hotel; $986,000 to a Florida boat dealer; $620,000 to a Maine broccoli farm; and $38,900 to a Lubbock, Texas, computer store."

AP: $1 Out of $5 in 9/11 Loans in Default (Yahoo)

These are the Daves I know

In the infinite amount of time spent at work thinking about things other than the ever so compelling task at hand, here is a list of quasi-celebrities encountered personally in the short time I've been on this planet. Notice the list skews heavily Canadian, although how much longer that trend continues is anyone's guess.

The list (in no particular chronological order)

1. Former Maple Leafs goalie and hockey legend Johnny Bower.
2. National Post columnist Christie Blatchford bought yours truly a drink once after attending a gala dinner honouring her distinguished career. Back in the student reporter days naturally.
3. Former Maple Leafs goalie and general underperformer Felix Potvin.
4. Regine and Jeremy of the Arcade Fire.
5. Slum Village
6. Bobby Bonds, Orlando Cepeda (1991 MLB All-Star Fanfest)
7. Lead singer of Ambulance Ltd. before their set opening for the Killers last year. (Gist of conversation: Me "You guys were great on Letterman the other night." Him "Thanks man."
8. Hockey Night In Canada loudmouth Don Cherry.
9. WWE Canada president Carl DeMarco.
10. Wrestler Yoshihiro Tajiri inadvertently bled on me during an ECW PPV in 1999. Comes with the territory.
11. Interviewed West Wing president and celebrity activist Martin Sheen for school paper.
12. 29 year old Windsor mayor Eddie Francis. (says a lot about a city when a 29 year old can ascend to the position of mayor before he's 30.)
13. Former Toronto Blue Jay and 2003 AL Rookie of the Year candidate (at one point) Aquilino Lopez.
14. One of the guys from Supergrass tried to fight me for writing something derogatory to him while they were being interviewed on Muchmusic. That's what they get for having street level studios and a glass backdrop.
15. Last and not least, but the most I can recall at the moment- Dustin Diamond aka Screech. Saw him performing standup, everyone was ripping into him with Lisa Turtle and Belding references. Eventually friend sitting next to me, never the cleverest of chaps yells out "I paid 14 bucks for this" to which Screech retorts, and this will give you some indication as to how potentially comical he was "I'll pay 15 bucks to come down there and kick your ass!" A meeting of the minds has never yielded such an evenly contested result.
16. (Updated) I used to work with the guy from Billy Talent. Not the lead singer, not the drummer, not the guy with the weird hair, the other one.
17. (Updated) Katie Holmes, Chad Michael Murray at Duke University filming Dawson's Creek. Coming back from Daytona Beach spring break 2002, wandering around campus stumbled on to a scene being filmed. Between takes Katie started looking at me weird for having a video camera around my neck- who's the weird one now???

Headlines sometimes write themselves

Apparently Dat Phan's comedy resevoir has run dry.

'NBC finds two comics in national 'Diversity' search' (via Yahoo)

15 Day Disabled List

The personal computer through which Moving in the Margins connects to the World Wide Ty Webb is experiencing severe malfunctions at the moment and therefore have been reduced to using a crappy P3 500. Move over Ned Lud. Basically the memory just dies, possibly burnt out, and when the system is reset, it doesn't detect the hard drives.

If anyone can direct me to a possible troubleshooting site that deals in generalities but ends in specific problem solving solutions, I will personally send you an mp3 of my brother rapping. Tis no joke.

October Playlist

This page is seriously devoid of any content. More recommendations and criticisms than constructive thought. So be it. Click on the list below to enlarge.