Dialoguri cu Daniel Silvian Petre

*atentie, urechi sensibile! Urmeaza cuvinte buruienoase

Amu, c’o trecut Craciunu si ii liber la buruieni, pun si io citeva rinduri cu cuvinte d’alea.

E de ris si de plins.

My podcast’s best band of 2008 is PACIFIKA

TEXT: a DJ story – Pacifika made me happy out of the blue. Ad litteram.
MUSIC: Pacifika – Sol
RUNNING TIME: 8 minutes

Andy Barrie hiatus

Update 5 March 2009

According to blogTO, Andy will be back behind the microphone on Monday 09 March at 0545 AM.

Welcome back!

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UPDATE 19 February 2009

A very very sad day. Here is what I found on Twitter (from Jay Moonah):

@jmoonah RIP Mary Barrie (wife of CBC host Andy.) I worked with her for a bit at UofT, great lady. She’ll be dearly missed.

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I noticed quite a few searches on the web with the wording “Andy Barrie hiatus”.

The beloved CBC morning-show host is on a hiatus and people don’t know why.

Many of them reach my blog searching for Andy due to an older entry in my blog, not related to Andy but to the show’s website.

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Here is what I know about Andy’s hiatus.

4 exciting new HD channels are on free preview on Rogers (in Ontario only)

Good news for HDTV viewers in Ontario!

Perfect customer service: Rolling Stone magazine

My copy of RS #1067 came with a physical defect on the cover’s right-margin: it was cut 1/2″ short:

My copy of RS1067

I wrote an email to Rolling Stone’s customer service, describing the shortcoming. I did not ask for anything, just sent the description. Here is their answer:

Craciun 1977 in Lucacesti, Tara Chioarului, Maramures

Am sapat la arhivele de familie si am gasit o inregistrare de la Craciunul 1977. L-am facut la tara, la bunicii mamei, in satul Lucacesti, la 30 de km de Baia Mare, in Maramures, pe malul Somesului in Transilvania.

Durata: 11 minute jumate.

Foto credits: www.emm.ro (Lucian Petru Goja - multumesc)

Ascultati mai jos…

Ati vazut ultimul interviu al lui Sergiu Cioiu?

Dureaza 19 minute.

E facut de ROMPOST TV din Vancouver si…

Spitalul Judetean Baia Mare nu vrea sa imi ia donatia

Am mai scris despre subiectul asta. Daca ai chef si un minut, citeste aici.

Mai scriu o data, si  mai incerc la anu, in decembrie 2009.

Diferenta e ca acum o sa trimit un link directorului spitalului judetean din Baia Mare, si citorva jurnalisti.

In fine, uite pe scurt problema.

Soweto Gospel Choir in Toronto

African Gospel with Soweto Gospel Choir, next week at Massey Hall.

Ski tickets around Toronto: do they know it’s recession?

First, skiing around Toronto is a joke for anyone who used to live  in a mountain region, as I did. These slopes can barely be called hills, but that’s OK if what you’re looking for is a few hours of family-time outdoors.

What’s not OK is the pricing.

No sign of recession in the price of the ski tickets around Toronto. Listed below are the prices for an adult at a few ski slopes we’re visiting every winter. If you live in Toronto, these are one-day trips.