Month: February 2010

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Not News of the Week

A day late and a dollar short but it’s still the weirdest and wackiest stories from around the world. It’s the Not News of the Week.

Let’s lead off with the “Only in America” story of the week. A middle school student in New York City was led out of class in handcuffs after drawing on a desk with a marker. She wrote “Lex was here 2/1/10” and “I love my friends Abby and Faith.” That was enough to earn the 12-year-old girl a several hour trip to a police station complete with a ride in a squad car. The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit last month over at least 20 similar arrests by school safety officers. Despite the ridiculous nature of the arrest, the girl will have to complete eight hours of community service, a book report and an essay on what she learned from this experience. Continue reading →

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Royal Rumble 2010 Review

This past Sunday was the 23rd Royal Rumble. Since the 1991, the winner of the Royal Rumble 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royale has been given an automatic title shot at WrestleMania. So who will be guaranteed a title match at the biggest show of the year and who will be holding the belts heading to Phoenix? More importantly, how good was the kick off of the road to WrestleMania? Find out after the jump. Continue reading →

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Formula 1: Valencia Testing Recap

The start of February meant the end of the moratorium on testing in Formula One. Seven of the thirteen teams entered in the 2010 World Championship were at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain, to shakedown their cars. All of the teams there were in the 2009 Championship. There were teams looking to build on last year’s success and others looking for a complete turnaround. There were new faces in new places and some familiar faces making their return to action. So who looks best after the first three days of testing? Times and analysis after the jump. Continue reading →

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2010 UWO USC Presidential Election Primer

It’s six men fighting for one of the biggest jobs in Canadian student politics. The University of Western Ontario’s Students’ Council President is the head of the third most-powerful student union in Ontario and one of the largest in Canada. It’s not a job to be taken lightly and one that is essentially a full-time job for the winning candidate.

So who is the best man for the job? I break down each candidate and their platforms after the jump. Continue reading →

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Super Bowl Link-Off

It’s Super Bowl Sunday. Around 6:15 PM, we’ll start the 60 minute battle that determines who will take home the Vince Lombardi Trophy. But let’s start this post with Super Bowl WAG Kim Kardashian.

The Who are the halftime show at the Super Bowl but there is a history of counter-programming the halftime show. However, some alternate halftime shows are better than others. (Esquire)

No Super Bowl would be complete without getting completely and utterly shitfaced. You’re likely not going to need the help in that department but if you need a drinking game, this is the one for you. (Ted Lilly Fan Club)

Everyone wants to make the Super Bowl but cows want to be in the big game too. Actually, they probably don’t seeing as they’d have to be dead to make it. But if you were a cow, what are your chances of making the Super Bowl. (Last Angry Fan)

After the jump, scads more of Super Bowl and football links. Continue reading →

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Entertainment Link-Off: And The Nominees Are…

It has nothing to do with movies but I think Katy Perry had to have been nominated for a Grammy.

The Oscar nominations were announced this week. To no one’s surprise, it was Avatar that led the way. (New York Times)

But the Oscars bore more than paint drying. No, the real money is at the Razzies. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which is Jackie’s favourite movie of all time, led the way there. (Daily Telegraph)

And it’s the best of the worst movies of all-time. Despite the love for Up in the Air, George Clooney’s turn as Batman is hated worse than Ben Mulroney. (CBC)

After the jump, something, something else, and it’s John Cleese Idol with Ben Mulroney. Continue reading →

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The Humanoids: It’s Super

It’s Super Bowl week! We’re less than 48 hours from the kickoff of the biggest game of the year that relates to a football season that was played last year but let’s not get bogged down in technicalities. The teams are decided, the players are focused, and the coaches are preparing their troops to head into battle. That doesn’t mean that everyone and everything has been polished to perfection heading into the big game. There’s lingering questions about everyone, whether they’re in the game or not. I guess that means it’s up to me to dissect the Super Bowl in a way only the Humanoids can.

By the way, got some good feedback on the guest co-host on the latest Lowdown Extra. Check out our latest epic webisode of The Lowdown to hear him tear the house down with hilarious stories and jokes. Continue reading →

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Super Bowl 44 Prop Bet Rundown

If there’s one thing that the NFL seems to want to distance itself from more than anything else, it’s gambling. They aren’t too concerned with criminal activities, gun play, steroids, or debilitating head injuries but gambling is the root of all evil as far as the NFL is concerned. So it comes as a great irony that more money is bet on NFL games than any other sport in the world. Naturally, the most money gets dropped on the Super Bowl. But it’s the the spread or the over/under that gets the biggest increase in the action. It’s all the ridiculous prop bets that make Super Bowl gambling such a big deal. You can bet on all sorts of ridiculous things from what side of the coin comes up during the coin toss to the first song that The Who play at halftime. So here are my 10 favourites prop bets available and what I’m putting my money on. Continue reading →

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Wednesday Link-Off: It’s Madness

I was thinking of featuring Alison Brie on Saturday but she’s too good to pass up. Now go watch Community tomorrow night.

Good news: The AP says that Canada is going to open a can of whoop ass on the world in Vancouver. Bad news: We’ve been jinxed by the AP. (Associated Press)

Another look at Twitter from the perspective of someone who doesn’t have it or much in the way of advanced technology. Still, it’s a good read. (New Yorker)

Speaking of technologically related things, cell phones might be slowly killing you. (GQ) It’s a good thing that I never use my cell and pay $40 a month for that paper weight.

After the jump, super sizing March Madness, Super Bowl Manning-ness, and William Shatner awesomeness. Continue reading →

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Lowdown Extra: February 2, 2010

The Lowdown radio show was supposed to air tonight but was pre-empted for reasons beyond our control. So what was originally supposed to be the Valentine’s and USC Election special was pulled from the radio lineup and made a Lowdown Extra exclusive podcast. Tonight’s show starts with Steve and his special guest co-host exploring dating advice in popular music. They also look at different words that mean pretty. Though that is sidetracked with a series of very random discussions that range from profanities that can be used on the radio to crazy stories. The news is the old standby classic of stories of love gone wrong. Entertainment features Young Money winning the coveted Worst of Music prize. And it’s a double dip on It Came From YouTube. It starts with a rock mashup of Pants on the Ground followed by Conan O’Brien and company covering the hit Free Bird. And yes, we play the whole damn thing. After the break, it’s hockey talk with an actual hockey player. It’s a look at violence in the game. There’s a lot of great insight on how suspensions are actually doled out by leagues. All this and more is covered on this web-exclusive Lowdown Extra that runs for over an hour-and-a-half. It’s 94 minutes more of entertainment than you would have had if we weren’t so hell-bent on revolutionizing talk radio.

Click here to download The Lowdown Extra.
Click here to download the 21 MB podcast version of The Lowdown Extra.