CBC Radio 3’s Top 103 Tracks from 2008

I can’t tell you how much I enjoy and appreciate the music that comes out of Canada. Okay, I just did. Enjoy.
http://radio3.cbc.ca/
I took out the embedded player because I couldn’t keep it from auto-playing when the page loaded. You want to go and check out CBC Radio 3’s website anyway. Lots of cool stuff there.

Best of Viral Video

Thanks to Stereogum, er…Videogum for this one. Enjoy!

Pumpkin Custard Pie

Pumpkin Custard Pie
6 eggs
2 one pound cans pumpkin
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground clove
1 1/3 cup milk
1 cup heavy cream
Pour into two 12 inch pie crusts, bake at 350 for 75 minutes.
*Note: I never made this. I found this text clipping on my hard drive [...]

I Don’t Want to Party

For a Swedish band whose music is about “Difficult, dull, unhealthy, passionate, mean relationships“, you could surely never tell from their music. doublePark’s lighthearted, happy sounds belie the angst beneath–in fact, you could easily be listening to American AM radio circa 1972. Word in the blogosphere is they are all the rage overseas (thanks Instrumental [...]