They came out to Edmonton last week, they're also the first band I've heard of (and I'm betting ever) to do a tour that hits all of the Canadian Provinces and Territories. While traveling to Edmonton from their last location they called the Downtown Main Library to see if they could get the space to put on a free concert from inside the building, but they just couldn't make it work. So they just held it at a local youth centre.

I didn't like them when they first broke onto the scene a few years ago, but their sincerity in their performances has won me over. Very cool people, though not the only hope out there for rock right now. . . . Yes the bulk of the good stuff on the radio usually gets pushed aside for what the teenagers are spamming their phone lines for. Luckily we now have mobile media devices. Invade your local scene people.

Edmonton didn't make the playoffs this year but this is atmosphere is found at the Arena's of the other Canadian teams in the playoffs.

With the Vancouver Canucks and the Ottawa Senators each holding a 3-1 series lead and hopefully moving on to the second round of the playoffs I thought this deserved a *promote. Hopefully the Calgary Flames can stage a comeback now that they are only down 2-1 in their series. Gotta love the Stanley Cup Playoffs!

GO CANUCKS GO!

By Kind Permission of Michie's discard:

Identified as a hockey prodigy at a very young age, Gretzky regularly played at a level far above his peers.He became a full professional at the age of 17 in the World Hockey Association, leading to a long career in the NHL. He set 40 regular-season records, 15 playoff records, 6 All-Star records, won four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, and won 9 MVP awards and 10 scoring titles. He is the only player ever to total over 200 points in a season (a feat that he accomplished four times in his career). In addition, he tallied over 100 points a season for 15 NHL seasons, 13 of them consecutively.

From the Youtube page: Troops from Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, "Red Devils" from Edmonton, Canada conduct a dawn raid on a Taliban compound on July 13, 2006 in Hydarabad, Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. (The regiment in question is the PPCLI, or Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.)

By the way, the guy talking at the end has a distinctly rural-Prairie accent, lest anybody think we Canucks all sound like Coach Z

This was last night. Too bad Edmonton eventually lost in the shootout.

Memories of riding a bus around Edmonton in January.

Identified as a hockey prodigy at a very young age, Gretzky regularly played at a level far above his peers.He became a full professional at the age of 17 in the World Hockey Association, leading to a long career in the NHL. He set 40 regular-season records, 15 playoff records, 6 All-Star records, won four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, and won 9 MVP awards and 10 scoring titles. He is the only player ever to total over 200 points in a season (a feat that he accomplished four times in his career). In addition, he tallied over 100 points a season for 15 NHL seasons, 13 of them consecutively.

http://www.waynegretzky.com/

Edmonton fans rule!!