Blue Man Group on Global Warming

I love the Blue Man Group. Came across this as well!

Toast the Earth with Exxon Mobil

:) This video made me laugh. IT was posted as required viewing for my climate change class. So funny.

The Dean is Hip

For the first time in a half-a-dozen years, the Tragically Hip made an appearance in Lethbridge tonight. I’ve seen them play in Calgary and in Edmonton, so this show completed my Hip hat-trick. Having seen these guys twice before, I had some established expectations about the show.

Several of these expectations were fulfilled:

• Gord Downie’s crazy antics on stage. Perhaps crazier than ever. From his using the mic stand to act out the sweetest of dekes during Lonely End of the Rink, to hip-checking the mic stand and dancing like a gorilla on top of the monitors, Gord’s performance was typical in both uniqueness and oddity. You either love or hate this aspect of the Hip; I love it.


• An entertaining opening act. With a prior record of openers like the Rheostatics and Sam Roberts, one expects an opening act worth showing up early for. The Sadies certainly satisfied with their upbeat, quick-picking, country flavoured tunes. I typically show up early in order to get a good parking spot, and doze through the opening act, but these guys actually kept my attention through the entire set. It was even better that Travis Good of the Sadies returned to the stage to play fiddle with the Hip during their encore cover of Four Strong Winds.


• A good cross-section of Hip music. As much as I enjoy World Container, I want to hear the classics as well. By playing some of the favourite classics (like New Orleans is Sinking, Bobcaygeon, and Wheat Kings) and some ‘deep tracks’ (like Escape is at Hand for the Travelling Man) they keep both the casual and the lifelong fan entertained.

Sometimes, you just get that little extra experience that makes the show truly memorable. That happened for me when my wife noted that, though she was enjoying the show, the dancing of a man near our section was nearly as entertaining. I glanced in that direction to watch the dancing for myself. It only took me a brief moment to realize that the man who had caught our attention was none other than the U of L’s Dean of Management, Murray Lindsay. Certainly the highlight of the night for me, was watching the esteemed dean air guitar to the Tragically Hip with a beer in one hand. And when that beer was empty, some of my Faculty of Management colleagues made sure to promptly supply him with another. We all had a good laugh.

So while the performance by The Tragically Hip and The Sadies was enjoyable, it was the performance by Murray Lindsay that really made the night’s entertainment complete. Rock on, Murray!

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(reposted from www.joshuaschroeder.com)