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The Chemical Brothers – Hanna OST – Review

A few months ago I watched the trailer for Hanna, a movie that centers around the life of a special girl whose childhood toys were knives and guns, not dolls and toy ovens. Trained from birth to fight and kill, Hanna’s father unleashes her on the world and… well, you’ll have to watch and see for yourself.

The movie itself looked fantastic, but what really struck a chord with me was the incredible music. It wasn’t the booming classical epic orchestral music found in so many movie trailers, but instead a sort of

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Pop Danthology 2012 – Mashup of the “Greatest” Hits

Years ago I read the epic Dune series of books by famed author Frank Herbert. From the pages of his books I learned a great many things. I learned how to walk across open stretches of sand to avoid attracting the giant Shai-Hulud, and perhaps more importantly, the Bene Gesserit taught me about the power of music, and the sway it holds over people.

I’ve started to realize that people do in fact enjoy the music they hear on the radio. There’s a good reason it’s called pop, and in a way this music hold sway over a great many people. They continue to listen to it and support (or not support, as is often the case) the “musicians” that create it. But that’s not the point of

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Leeside Skateboard Mayhem – The Zenga Bros

Perhaps you’ve noticed, but I don’t usually write about skateboarding, or post up skateboarding videos. As with most activities filmed by amateurs (excluding *ahem*, a certain type of home video), many of them are really awful beyond words. Every so often you see a great one, though, and this video by the Zenga Bros definitely fits the bill.

The footage was captured at the 2011 Leeside Halloween Jam in Vancouver, BC, which is – surprisingly – an event and place I’ve