The Good ol’ Hockey Game
Tournament’s web portal compliments the show
Anthony Augustine
The Tournament — www.cbc.ca/thetournament
— Best known for his rock and roll flick Hardcore Logo,
director Bruce McDonald’s latest project The Tournament
is a brilliant mockumentary that chronicles small town hockey
culture and perfectly captures the sometimes absurd nature of
organized sports. Overzealous parents, cross-town rivalries, love-triangles,
a drunk coach, the racist dad and the sensible mom – The
Tournament’s ensemble cast does a stellar job pulling off
some of the best TV this side of Sunnyvale Trailer Park. CBC’s
in-depth web portal for the unassuming program is packed with
custom video clips from Briarside’s colourful crew of characters
along with a Flash game, episode recaps and hockey tips from Dr.
Singh.
Letterman & O’Reilly— newsbusters.org/node/3454
— First it was Jon Stewart, now it is David Letterman going
on the offensive with Fox’s Bill O’Reilly. While Letterman
usually goes for Arsenio Hall-style lightweight questions that
never really scratch below the surface, a visibly agitated Letterman
takes O’Reilly to task on Iraq, Bush and his lack of respect
for peace activist Cindy Sheehan.
Cocaine Corner — cocainecorner.blogspot.com,
www.divorcekevin.com,
— While governments may be focused on crystal meth, it is
obvious that cocaine isn’t going away anytime soon. While
many blogs deal with the mundane aspects of people’s lives
(what movie they watched, music they bought, food they ate), this
New York-based writer uses his ongoing coke habit as fodder for
his site. Funny, tragic and pathetic all at the same time, Cocaine
Corner may or may not be real, but it still makes for a good read.
I am surprised the folks at Vice didn’t think of this first.
Viral Video 2005 — urlx.org/ifilm.com/c7e5
— If you missed hip hop mega star Kayne West’s verbal
beat down of George Bush on live TV, the Numa Numa guy’s
web cam dance or Tom Cruise’s couch-jumping freak-out on
Oprah, Viral Video has compiled the best clips from 2005.
The Legion of Doom — www.the-legion-of-doom.com
— With their debut album delayed due to copyright concerns,
mashup masters The Legion of Doom still have an uphill battle
to see the release of their skilful retoolings of emo rockers
such as Dashboard Confessional, Thursday and Taking Back Sunday.
Along with two throwaway singles Dottie In a Car Crash and A Threnody
For A Grand, you can still download L.O.D.’s underground
hit Quiet Screaming.
Burning Man 2005 — scottlondon.com/photo/burning-man2005/
— Despite the rising cost to participate at the event, Burning
Man is still a rare example of a temporary community that is able
to come together every year and create a dynamic social experiment.
This collection of one hundred photos from 2005 gives a vivid
look at the free spirited group of people who seek sanctuary in
the desert as part of the annual festival.
Extratasty — www.extratasty.com
— From the same web developers behind Threadless and 15
Megs of Fame, this community-driven database of drink recipes
might be their most useful project yet. Launched within the past
month, Extratasty is still developing its user base but with over
250 recipes added to the site last week, it won’t take long
before this drink portal takes off.
Anthony Augustine is a freelance music and pop culture writer
who spends way too much time in front of the computer. He also
hosts a weekly two-hour electronic music program on CKUW 95.9
FM Got a site you think he should see? E-mail him at anthony.alloneword@gmail.com. |
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