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Lisa

I Must Say That in the Right Light, You Look Like Shackleton

About Me

Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta but managed to escape for two years to London, England. Back in Canada thanks to crappy and unfair UK work visa rules, but enjoying relative cleanliness of Canadian air and absence of chavs and football hooligans.

My Interests

Travelling, listening to music, watching live music, film, theatre, yoga, pilates, whiskey/rum tasting.

I'd like to meet:

Brendan Benson

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Music:


Sloan,The Posies,Guided by Voices, Brendan Benson, Teenage Fanclub, The Pogues, Samiam, Pete Yorn, Brian Jonestown Massacre,Velvet Underground, The Strokes, Fountains of Wayne,Stone Roses, Coldplay, Oasis, The Smiths, Social Distortion, Cat Power, TV on the Radio, Joan Jett, Mazzy Star, KT Tunstall, Editors, The Sadies, Jesus & Mary Chain, Bob Dylan, New Pornographers, The Feeling, The Subways,The Lemonheads, The Beatles, The Kinks,The Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann, The Zombies, The Band, Fleetwood Mac, Wilco, Modest Mouse, Super Furry Animals, Gordon Lightfoot, Ride, Slowdive, Swervedriver, Afghan Whigs, Buffalo Tom, David Bowie, Cheap Trick, The Connells, Arctic Monkeys,Broken Social Scene, Hot Chip, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, White Stripes, Weezer, Zumpano, Simon & Garfunkel, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, Neko Case, '70s Glam, '80s New Wave, Americana, some World Music, Folk and Jazz.

Movies:

Naked, Life Is Sweet, Amadeus, A Room With a View, Animal House, Billy Liar, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, To Kill a Mockingbird, Wings, Local Hero, Blazing Saddles, Lord of the Rings Trilogy (yes, I am a geek)

Television:

Alan Partridge slapping the bass

Add to My Profile | More VideosNewsnight with Jeremy Paxman, Law & Order, Have I Got News for You, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Shameless, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Mighty Boosh, The Office, The Day Today, Brass Eye, Emmerdale

Books:

Anything by Ian Rankin. I tend to read daily newspapers and magazines such as Q, Mojo and Uncut.

Heroes:

Debbie Harry, Stevie Nicks, Pat Benatar, my mom and sister.

My Blog

Hair Anthem

I am watching the E! Grammys red carpet coverage. Rarely have I heard more inane chatter from a TV showbiz reporter. I don't who this interviewer is, but she is UNBEARABLE! But I can't turn the channe...
Posted by Lisa on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:37:00 PST

Hair Anthem

I am watching the E! Grammys red carpet coverage. Rarely have I heard more inane chatter from a TV showbiz reporter. I don't who this interviewer is, but she is UNBEARABLE! But I can't turn the channe...
Posted by Lisa on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:38:00 PST

The Five Most Purdiest Songs Ever

I've been going a bit nuts with the iTunes downloading recently. The other day I was on a sort of acoustic, ballad-y kick and found a bunch of songs that I used to love in junior/senior high school - ...
Posted by Lisa on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:33:00 PST

Another Silly Music Survey

I have an article due, so naturally I've decided to fill this out instead... 1 - Drums or Guitars.I think drums are important, but I can't listen to drum solos for more than a minute, so I'm going to ...
Posted by Lisa on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:01:00 PST

Edith Piaf and la Vie en Rose

This morning I went to a press screening of la Vie en Rose, a biopic of the late, great French chanteuse Edith Piaf.I had heard good things about it, so I assumed it would be well done. But I wasn't e...
Posted by Lisa on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:24:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by Lisa on Tue, 22 May 2007 07:19:00 PST

Nowhere to Dance

Now that the snow has melted, the grass is greener and the sun is generally shining, I'm beginning to recall the fun dance parties of the previous summer. The often crazy, often drunken, always packed...
Posted by Lisa on Tue, 15 May 2007 06:53:00 PST

The White Stripes Are A-Comin' Part II

The official tour dates were released today and The White Stripes are indeed playing Calgary on June 29! They're also hitting Yellowknife, Whitehorse and Iqaluit. So, if anyone is interested in a road...
Posted by Lisa on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:42:00 PST

Stuff

You can't imagine how excited I was to find out I was sharing my birthday with the last day of university classes this year. It's hard enough dealing with the fact I am far, far away from college age,...
Posted by Lisa on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:33:00 PST

Myspace vs. Facebook

I am going to post a blog now. Not that I have anything particularly interesting to say. I just refuse to be sucked into the Facebook vortex, entirely. As much as I'd rather not have to, I will conced...
Posted by Lisa on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:23:00 PST