The last band I discovered via MuchMusic was the Kaiser Chiefs. Late one night, while hanging out with my sister and flipping through the channels, we struck on the bands' first big single "I Predict a Riot". After one listen, I couldn't get the song out of my head and the next time I was at the mall, I picked up the CD of "Employment".

A while later, I dragged little sis to the Chief's performance at the Commodore Ballroom (of which you may recall a few pictures). Sister was instant convert.

I picked up their second album "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" but it didn't do much for me. Outside of "Ruby" (which most people will probably recognize from the song's appearance on Guitar Hero 3), the rest of the album was merely OK but I kept listening, hoping that maybe something would click. Not so much.



Then, just the other day, I heard a new track from the band and good god, it's freaking awesome. "Never Miss A Beat" feels and sounds like the original greatness of the Chiefs and according to the good folks at Paste Magazine, "Off With Their Heads" (which was released yesterday) is a must buy - they've given it a rating of "91 - phenomenal". WHOOHOOO!

Here's the video for the catchy new tune and if you're intersted in checking out a few more tunes before dropping money on the CD, a few other tracks can be found ont he band's MySpace page.

Yesterday was the date of our Public Information Meeting in which we introduced the neighbours to the Tower 3 and the commercial space of our project. Much better turn out this time around and now that people have seen the shopping, the consensus is that the City of NW needs the project to revitalize the downtown core. It went very well with positive feedback all around. We were looking out the window and the project and I don't think anyone quite realizes the height of these things. We're already 10 stories up - but that's all parking. The 26 (or whatever it is...not quite sure) stories of suites are still to come.

I had to work until 6 but on the plus side, the boss lady decided that I didn't have to stay and at 5:40 she took me home. I think she just wanted to get out of there and to be honest, I can't blame her - some strange folk showed up.

I spent the rest of the evening watching hockey and editing audio for our next podcast. I plan to just add some finishing stuff tonight and then it'll be ready to go live!

At the show on Tuesday, I put the video aspect of my new camera to the test. I managed to record two short videos before security asked me to stop: "Pictures are OK but no videotaping please!" I complied. I've uploaded both videos to Google video (since they have a larger limit on the video size) and I must say, they're not too bad. The second one is better than the first but, you can enjoy either/or/neither.

Yesterday was Brit night for me. It started with the viewing of the hilarious Hot Fuzz (review to follow later today) and ended with a great show at the Commodore Ballroom where, once again, We had the chance to see the Kaiser Chiefs.

Too much drinking. Too much smoking. Too many people. Spotting someone I now other than my sister. Those were the highlights. The only low point came at the end of the night when I thought I'd lost the little one when, in fact, she'd left the show early (with my jacket no less!) and because I had her credit card, I hung around for 30 mins trying to find her and call her. I didn't want to leave thinking she might still be there and because I had her card, she'd be stranded with no way of getting home. When she *finally* called me, she was already on her way home. It all worked out and what's best is that I didn't have to wait around by myself like a loser (thanks to Sonny and his GF Steph)!

The Chiefs were great once again and there were a lot more people there this time around. Fun was had by all. Here is one of the pictures from the show. You can check out the rest on my Flickr page.



As you may be able to tell from the Flickr pics, the first 11 were taken with my shiny new camera and the bad ones are from last year's show with the not so great old camera.

Happy hump day folks!