MOVING ON

I've decided to put an end to this blogspot and start a new one for 2008. This will remain as an archive of the years I've spent posting for myself, and anyone else interested. Please update your links and bookmarks and move on into the new year, and a new format (and maybe even a new me?)

vivawade.com will be my new home. Thanks for reading/looking.

Part Of The Queue R.I.P. 2006-2008

BEST MOVIES OF 2007

Here's the my 10 flicks of 2007 in order...

10. 3:10 To Yuma

09. Zodiac

08. Blades Of Glory

07. Children Of Men

06. Rescue Dawn

05. No Country For Old Men

04. 28 Weeks Later

03. The Simpsons Movie

02. Superbad

01. Control

LONDON FOG

Well the votes are in, and the "London Fog" is the official drink of 2008.

Ok so here's what you need to get your lips wet:

1 bag of Earl Grey tea












1 Shot of Vanilla Syrup








Steamed Milk (I prefer to use Soy Milk as it tends to make the drink both creamier and flavorful)












Step 1: Brew a small amount of Earl Grey tea. (Add about 1/2 cup of boiling water to your mug leaving the tea bag in it)
Step 2: Heat up Milk. Preferably you have access to a steamer.
Step 3: Add the vanilla syrup. (adjust according to taste, one shot will do it.)

And from all that, you got yourself a "London Fog."
If you hit up most any Starbucks or Second Cups the baristas there know what this is, but I find when ordering it as directed versus by name, it usually comes out to a cheaper price. I select Second Cup over Starbucks for a variety of reasons, and above all, they also have a "vanilla bean" syrup as well.

WALLPAPER

Still one of the greatest. Plaster your desktop with one of these as a constant reminder.

TWO-THOUSAND HATE

Hit up Montreal for New Years eve. Had a lot of fun with old friends, and some new ones. I hope to visit Montreal a whole lot more in the New Year. Consider it my resolution for 2008.

Things started off at Apartment X, where pizza and beer went down.

This is the only picture I got in Barfly, because we were kicked out in less than 3 minutes. Beat that record!
Coda was our next destination where we paid way too much for bottled alcohol to keep our booth for the night. Things got messy fast, and our groups numbers diminished rapidly.





Woke the next morning with a hangover, a little regret and a lot of snow.

Montreal is a beautiful place.

BEST OF 2007

FULL LENGTHS

01. ARCTIC MONKEYS - "Favourite Worst Nightmare"


02. ATTACK IN BLACK - "Marriage"


03. UNKLE - "War Stories"


04. RADIOHEAD - "In Rainbows"


05. BRACEWAR - "Juggernaut"


06. INTERPOL - "Our Love To Admire"


07. DAVE GAHAN - "Hourglass"


08. BAD BRAINS - "Build A Nation"


09. GHOSTFACE KILLAH - "The Big Doe Rehab"


10. AMBITIONS - "Stranger"


LIVE SHOWS
01. MORRISSEY - Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
02. MORRISSEY - Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena CA
03. NAS- Kool Haus, Toronto, ON
04. BAD BRAINS - On a boat, New York, NY
05. ERIC'S TRIP - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
06. CAT POWER - Phoenix, Toronto, ON
07. INTERPOL - Guverment, Toronto, ON
08. BAT FOR LASHES - El Mocombo, Toronto, ON
09. EVANESCENCE - MTS Centre, Winnipeg , MB
10. LIFETIME - Kathedral, Toronto, ON