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Pink Shoes Day @ Sugar Moon Salon

Johnny — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:15:59 +0000

Details on the Pink Shoes Bursary fund raising event at Sugar Moon Salon are available at PinkShoes.ca.

The Pink Shoes Bursary is a scholarship to Queen’s University that was established in memory of a good friend – the wonderful and unforgettable Stephanie Lane. One of Steph’s greatest passions was her Alma Mater, Queen’s University. The Pink Shoes Bursary will allow another female student the opportunity to experience what Steph loved – Kingston, Queen’s, residence life and everything that the school has to offer.

If you’re in town, be sure to come out and support the event.

Give it up for our man Zunior

Johnny — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:21:16 +0000

As some of you know, I’m a big fan of Zunior.com. Zunior is a Canadian digital indie music store run by Dave Ullrich. Dave was the drummer for The Inbreds. Wayback in time, in the early post-Queen’s days, I was the original webmaster at inbreds.com. Today Dave releases albums under the moniker Egger

Zunior recently got a little link love from Eliot Van Buskirk at Wired and a little follow-up from Dr. Michael Geist with a story about potential issues between Zunior and Microsoft’s Zune.

Zunior is a great music store. Dave pretty much hand picks all the albums availble on the site. The music is DRM-free in the MP3 format. Hundreds of records are available as lossless downloads in the FLAC format. The downloads also include high-quality album artwork good enough for printing. Each month there is a free Zunior compilation and a podcast prepared by Steve Dinn.

If you’re a fan of great music like Broken Social Scene, Feist, Neko Case, The New Pornographers, The Constantines, The Great Lake Swimmers, Julie Doiron, The Rheostatics, Lou Barlow, Josh Rouse, or Hayden (to name just a few) then be sure to visit Zunior.com. It’s worth it.

By the way, Dave has a “couples” 2-for-1 sale on for today only so you can download records for $4.44. That’s in Canadian dollars so you’ll get the benefit of the currency exchange too!

Stephanie Lane & the Pink Shoes

Johnny — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:31:55 +0000

Will have more details on the Pink Shoes memorial fund in honour of Stephanie Lane soon. In the meantime be sure to add PinkShoes.ca to your bookmarks or read this snippet from Lara Skripitsky�s eulogy.

Cheers,

Johnny

Stephanie Lane: December 11, 1971 – March 31, 2006

Johnny — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 04:06:51 +0000

Stephanie was one of the special people and we will miss her very much. Here is a snippet from Lara Skripitsky’s eulogy that best summarizes a life cut too short and how we can all live a little bit like�Steph did.�

10 ways to remember and honour Stephanie Lane

Buy pink shoes � and wear them with joy
On your birthday � take the day off work and seriously celebrate
Knock with gusto to announce your arrival
Fill your vases with tulips and gerbera daisies
Spend time with your friends � and talk to them whenever you can
Say hello to strangers
Dive off docks into cool, refreshing lake waters
Organize parties that bring your friends together
Watch a Stephanie Lane Movie of the week and bawl your eyes out without shame
Do something unexpected, like buying your best friend a garbage can, just because�you knows�she wants one

Time for a BNO?

Johnny — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 03:26:53 +0000

Former Clark Hall Pub DJ,�Golden Words editorial cartoonist, tech-head, artist, musician, and all-round good guy Joey deVilla�is rallying the�old schoolers out there to join him at� Alfies in Toronto�on�April 28th, 2006. He’s written some of his thoughts about nights spent at Alfie’s Pub.

Perhaps it’s a good night to get some of the old pub staff together. Hope to see you there.

Johnny