Man Lab: Arcade Fire 101

I’m a huge fan of the Canadian band Arcade Fire. I’ve been one since roughly 2007 but a lot of folks are only now discovering them thanks to that Grammy win (and subsequent Twitter love from Kanye). Since then, everyone has jumped on the bandwagon. That includes women. I’ve had this discussion once or twice before. Music is a good icebreaker with women and a good music recommendation that’s a bit off mainstream will make you easy to remember. And a strong music opinion will spark a memory of you the next time they hear a song by that band.

So for our first post in a hopefully ongoing series of advice columns for the single man, I help you talk about the Arcade Fire so you sound like you know what you’re talking about and without sounding like you’ve never heard any of their albums from start to finish. Continue reading

Late Night Link-Off: All Good Things

Welcome to the last set of late night links. I’m retiring them after tonight. So to close out this short-lived linkdump series, here’s Candice Swanepoel.

Sadly, Candice isn’t on Twitter. However, there are plenty of other good looking women for you to follow. (Pop Crunch)

After the jump, the meaning of your fantasy woman, important advice for guys and what makes the British newspaper industry great. Continue reading

Late Night Link-Off: Helpful Hints

Let’s kick off what is likely the second last edition of the late night links with underrated Victoria’s Secret Angel Erin Heatherton.

There’s always one gift that can’t go wrong when buying Christmas presents for the over 19 crowd (21 in the US): BOOZE! Here’s a guide to help you buy alcohol for Christmas. (The Bachelor Guy)

After the jump, the hottest women of 2010, gratuitous amounts of Scarlett Johansson and the Manslator. Continue reading

Late Night Link-Off: Hustle

Let’s kick off with Jennifer Love Hewitt in a promotion photo shoot for a TV movie that aired long before the photos came out. Makes perfect sense to me.

Some possible ideas for Christmas gifts: It’s the nine essential smart phone apps for guys. I had two on my CrackBerry before even reading the article so it has to be right. (Guyism)

After the jump, the secret purpose of Facebook, celebs with Santa and a sexting PSA. Continue reading

The Ten Manliest Cocktails

It’s time for Christmas parties around the world. One thing is consistent among all parties. That’s the fact that damn well near everyone is drunk. However, it’s not exactly in fashion to down beer after beer. Unfortunately, beer is the staple of male alcoholic beverage consumption. I know that I don’t drink much besides that. So to help you figure out what you should drink at your Christmas, here is our list of the top ten manliest drinks that aren’t beer or wine. Continue reading

Late Night Link-Off: Cooking

For the second edition of the late-night links, let’s open with Irina Shayk. There’s actually a funny story about this photo…

It turns out that she’s suing GQ Spain over her December photo shoot being photoshopped. Now, it would normally be standard practice for that to happen but she wasn’t too happy that her clothes disappeared. (Huffington Post)

After the jump, the hottest women on cooking TV, Christmas gift tip and Irina Shayk in bodypaint (without photoshop). Continue reading

25 Reasons To Be Thankful For America

Today is Thanksgiving in America. Now, there are lots of reasons to be thankful for our neighbours to the south. There’s the day of football (even if the Lions are playing). There’s the big discounts on Black Friday. And they even Rickrolled the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. But to properly celebrate Thanksgiving, here are 25 women that make me thankful for the United States. Continue reading

Late Night Link-Off: The Great Linkdump Caper

Welcome to the first installment in what is our late-night linkdump here on the blog. We’re now negotiating doing a weekly linkdump for our pals over at a blog to be named when we complete the deal. These definitely aren’t the standard links that you’ll see on the WLO, ELO or SLO. Let’s call them rated-R links with some typical Lowdown fun and insanity. To kick off the first installment of the LNLO, here’s Taylor Swift who’s probably the least R-rated celeb in the world.

South Park just did their parody of food porn on last week’s episode but here are ten videos that are slightly more truthful in their advertising of food porn in a SFW sort of way. (Manofest)

After the jump sexual deviancy in sports, the greatest movie car chases, and gratuitous amounts of Yvonne Strahovski. Continue reading

Uncovering Emmanuelle Chriqui

I’ve never really understood why folks were so high on Entourage and Emmanuelle Chriqui. Then I saw this photo shoot that HBO did with her to promote the show’s seventh season. Now, I’m not one to promote a television show but I’m more than willing to lend a hand to promote a fellow Canadian. And after seeing this shoot, I can understand how she was named AskMen’s Most Desirable Woman of 2010. So after the jump, we have the photo gallery and a video. Continue reading

25 Reasons To Love Canada

Here at The Lowdown Blog, we love our country. Not only that but we love the women of Canada. I might be a bit biased but I think that Canadian women are the greatest in the world. Since I know the Yanks will be promoting their finest on Independence Day, to celebrate Canada Day here’s a look at 25 of the hottest Canadian women. Happy Canada Day! Continue reading