February 2012
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Hypocrisy at its Absolute Finest
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,814664,00.html
January 2012
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The Ominous Red Light
I finished up the second of two days recording vocals last night. Woof, I’m tired.
I have to say that in all things music, the thing I hate doing most is recording vocals. Don’t get me wrong, I love to sing, but recording singing is an entirely different beast than performing live or just practicing at home. In fact, it often sucks the life out of me for a short time.
First there is...
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In a Past Life
In a past life, elections had debates rather than debates having elections. Politics handled money rather than money handling politics. In Canada, election campaigns run for 37 days - more than enough time for an electorate to learn what it needs to know to vote. In the US, the campaigns run for 2 years, for no other good reason than to generate profit for all parties involved - campaign staffs,...
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Commenting Added
I’ve added a commenting feature to the site using Disqus. I’m still figuring out the service myself, but it looks like anyone can comment on a particular post by clicking its heart/comment icon on my front page and following it to that post’s specific page. If you do choose to comment, please keep it appropriate. I’ll be monitoring and removing anything ripe with internet...
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Where the Good Guys Can Do No Wrong
There has been a lot of focus recently on the targeted assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists, likely carried out in tandem by Mossad and the CIA to send a message to the Iranian government. With the latest killing of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, Iran has publicly taken a stand against such actions, which it has deemed acts of terrorism. As far as I can tell, its right.
Imagine you’re a...
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Studio Blog
I’ve begun recording two new songs during the past week. Really excited for everyone to hear them. They should start to come together quickly as soon as I’m finished tracking the drums, which hopefully will be tomorrow.
Stay tuned.
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More For The Ages
A few weeks ago I sat around with some friends over a few beers and we recalled all of the major things that happened in 2011. Even though we experienced each moment as they occurred, we were still taken aback by how far we’d come in only one year.
It’s typical to reflect at this time of year, and these days I really find little distinction between the days and months and years as they bleed...
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Breaking Bad
Yesterday I finished catching up on Breaking Bad. Don’t ask me how quickly I watched all 47 episodes (1 week).
I’m not exactly sure how I missed out on this show for so long. I had friends telling me to watch it for over a year, but never took the plunge. I was hooked after one episode, mostly because of the fact that I could not believe that Tim Watley (aka Bryan Cranston) was playing a...
December 2011
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Merry Christmas
Best wishes, everyone!
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Seeing Stars
I finally finished up my third semester of grad school yesterday, but it was a rough ending.
Sunday, I pulled my first legit all-nighter, finishing my paper at 5 am, then needing to format all the references until 8:30 with just enough time for a quick shower before I went down to campus to hand it in at 10. It was not pretty.
I probably couldn’t have made it through that last push...
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3 Minutes To Midnight
Reports coming out of Syria are suggesting that a massacre might soon be in the making in the town of Homs, a traditional beacon of protest. The government has threatened to escalate military activity in the area unless protesters dissipate tonight.
These are not easy circumstances. The Syrian people are standing up for their legitimate rights after decades of dictatorship. Only they can secure...
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If God Exists, He's Watching
Tebow did it again. I couldn’t believe it - but, I could. When you watch these games, you just get this sense that something bigger is going on when it gets down to the wire.
I read an article on Pro Football Talk last week about a player on the Dolphins who swears that he is witnessing God’s work through Tebow’s play. I’m not a fan of religion of any kind, but what...
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No Voice
Rigging elections is so 1999.
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I'm (Close To) A Believer
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Four Thousand
In the ongoing history of the Arab Spring, the world’s attention seems to have briefly drifted away from Syria in light of the drama surrounding Gaddafi’s death and the Egyptian and Tunisian elections. Yes, more sanctions have been handed down from the international community, yet still the Assad regime continues to mercilessly kill its own people who are standing up and demanding...
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Thrice on Hiatus
Sad news indeed for any fans of the band, one of my favourites. Especially considering that they just put out a new record a couple of months ago. The following note was posted on their website:
Thrice is not breaking up. If nothing has broken us up by now, I doubt anything ever could.
However, we will be taking a break from being a full-time band, and the upcoming tour in the Spring will be...
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The Only Democracy in the Middle East
Incredibly, Netanyahu’s government allegedly wants to protect Israel’s democracy by curbing it.
(Haaretz) - A new bill aimed at limiting foreign funding of Israeli non-governmental organizations was proposed by Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu on Wednesday, replacing two previous bills that have been proposed and subsequently frozen by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The new bill...
November 2011
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Time For Some Democracy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/28/egypt-voters-record-numbers
There were some reported irregularities, but this is a step in a positive direction. Egyptians must be feeling very proud.
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Victor's Justice
Good riddance. But…
(Nairobi) – The transfer of former President Laurent Gbagbo to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for his alleged role in international crimes during Côte d’Ivoire’s devastating post-election violence is a major step toward ensuring justice, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the ICC prosecutor to move swiftly on...
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You Know Where You Are?
You’re in the jungle, baby.
What a night. One of those you cross off the bucket list - and feel the lingering pain of for days…
Last night I went to see Guns n Roses in Hamilton. I entered the arena as skeptical as anyone, not even being certain that Axl would show up for the concert. But at 10:45PM, he finally took to the stage with a new band, all amazing musicians.
I...
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“Will we wake in the morning and know what it was for?”
– Up in our bedroom after the war
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Due For A Makeover
I can’t say that I’m surprised about what we’ve seen in Egypt the last couple of weeks. Amidst the international outpouring of joy that followed Mubarak’s ouster last winter, few realized that the military in many respects seized power in a bloodless coup. While we can’t know the exact intentions behind the move or whether it was something the generals had...
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I Swear, I Like Radiohead
I’ve been spending much of the last week reacquainting myself with a band I mostly stopped listening to after 1998: Radiohead.
Always loved Ok Computer. Paranoid Android is pretty incomparable and, along with the rest of the album, showcased a band that stepped up the art in a big way. However, the Radiohead debate has always pitted the Bends against Kid A with Ok Computer in the middle.
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“No, Blitz … I’m sorry, Blitz, I meant Wolf, OK? This was...”
– Herman Cain, Future Pizza Overlord of the United States
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Hello Tumblr!
And the move is complete…well, sort of.
As you can see, JONAHKANTER.COM now lives on Tumblr. I decided to make the move so that I could publish content more easily and more quickly. The blog will still live on as it has in the past (don’t forget to post comments!), but now it will be much easier to post photos, videos, and other content as they come about.
Along with the change...
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