Unreleased (2007)
Produced by Mark Zubek
Guitars: Blair Hogan
Bass: Alex Mastronardi
Drums: Mike St-Jean
Vocals: Steve Wildesmith
Backup Vocals: Blair Hogan, Mike St-Jean, Andrea Benjamin
Copyright 2007 Idicus Music (Socan)
www.stevewildesmith.com
www.myspace.com/stevewildesmith

Unreleased (2007)
Produced by Mark Zubek
Guitars: Blair Hogan
Bass: Alex Mastronardi
Drums: Mike St-Jean
Vocals: Steve Wildesmith
Backup Vocals: Blair Hogan, Mike St-Jean, Andrea Benjamin
Copyright 2007 Idicus Music (Socan)
www.stevewildesmith.com
www.myspace.com/stevewildesmith

Brazilian authorities have discovered an Indian tribe in the Amazon which has had no formal contact with Western Civilization.

There’s a lot to be said about this. There are a lot of directions to take such a conversation piece. Today I’d like to take you, here.

There are over 6 billion human hearts in the world. 6 billion minds, 6 billion souls, 6 billion pairs of hands capable of the most beautiful and creative good.

6 billion eyes to sparkle with delight in the brightest moment of inspiration.

6 billion mouths to smile wide and break apart, bearing teeth and uncontrollable laughter.

There is no limit to the sparkle in the eye of someone without a Segue.
There is no limit to the creative good of the hands of someone without cable television.
There is no limit to the laughter of a child in the remotest region of Amazonian Rainforest, iPhone or not.

On a not-so unrelated note, next time you’re offered a plastic bag for your single-item purchase, kindly decline.

If you don’t know, I’m here to let you know:

Radiohead’s 7th studio album, In Rainbows, is being released today!

The band is pulling the latest move on the music industry by distributing In Rainbows solely through their website.

HMV, Amazon, CD Warehouse, Virgin, iTunes, none of these distributers will carry this product / will benefit from this expression of artistic endeavor.

You can still order a double vinyl & cd set through their website if you’re a fan of hardcopies. That will run you about $80CDN.

The kicker:
You can purchase and download a digital version of the new album from their website.
You set the price.

Having logged into Facebook today to delete all the ridiculous events and groups I get invited to (don’t we all) and to say hello to a few long distance friends, an advert at the side of the page caught my attention:

Global Water Fight

I thought to myself,
“Everyday almost 40,000 people die from causes directly related to contaminated water…”
“Contaminated water causes 80% of the health problems throughout the world.”
[www.globalwater.org]

Seeing this headline, Global Water Fight, got me very excited for what just might be a Facebook revolution: Using a social networking tool to bring like-minded individuals together to do something positive for those who can’t afford a privilege such as fbook.

Uh, but yeah right. No, the rest of the ad read as follows:
“Throw water at your friends by various means such as water balloon, squirt pistol, super soaker, etc.”

I’m much less irate now that I realize that it’s all just online claptrap and not actually a planned water-fight, but actually I can’t tell which is more ridiculous.

Anyway, to those with the Global Water Fight App, go check out this awesome new facebook application; it’s called How to Save a Life.

http://www.globalwater.org
http://www.lifewater.org/
http://www.amref.org/index.asp?PageID=50&PiaID=6
http://www.gpfd.org/global_pages/global_focus.html#water_dev