Michael Boyle — Page 393

Many of the shows on the CBC

March 21, 2001 by Michael Boyle

have integrated their websites pretty well with the program. This morning I was listening to, uh, This Morning and they pointed me to Mir Facts: A collection of web links. In a way, supporting pages like this reconfigure one aspect of the show as weblog.

Oh the humanity

March 20, 2001 by Michael Boyle

! When I saw this picture of horrible oversize flower print wallpaper from 1975’s BHG Decorating Book, it immediately flashed in my brain: I had seen it before.

I was in a room that featured that very wallpaper prominently (not that it could be featured subtly, of course) once upon a time. Evidently I haven’t been able to shake the memory. I would say more about whose place it was at, but, well, you never know who might be reading. [the link up there – you must visit – is from the awesome Interior Desecrators: Horrors from the Land of Shag, suggested as a worthy link by Boing Boing]

Today’s instalment of

March 19, 2001 by Michael Boyle

Who’s Better over at Feed is hilarious. It pits Christie Whitman (EPA administrator; takes flak for Bush) against The Lorax (Seuss character; speaks for the trees). Hardly a fair fight!

John Phillips of Mamas And Papas Dead at 65

March 18, 2001 by Michael Boyle

John Phillips of Mamas And Papas Dead at 65.

I can’t remember not knowing the Mamas and the Papas music, and although the band hasn’t retained the same cachet as VU or Dylan some of the others of that era, they were still a giant group. John Phillips contribution in particular was huge – from great songs to his spearheading the Monterey Pop and bringing Jimi Hendrix back to the US.

All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray
I’ve been for a walk on a winter’s day
I’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A.
California dreamin’ on such a winter’s day

Stopped in to a church I passed along the way
Well I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray
You know the preacher liked the cold
He knows I’m gonna stay
California dreamin’ on such a winter’s day

Funny thing is

March 17, 2001 by Michael Boyle

, someone sang a song very similar to Where have all the dot-coms gone today on DNTO. Except it wasn’t as good as Heather’s – it went, “where have all the tech stocks gone, blah blah blah…”