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Cancontest: The true north strong off-key

chrisdye — 2009-07-07T16:08:32-04:00

In honour of one week after Canada Day, I propose the following contest: post the worst Canadian pop music.

Here's a few of my nominations to get us started:

Velvet Empire - Wha, Wha, What

Celine Dion - Unison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzMv-82k4w4

Snow - Girl I've Been Hurt

Mitsou - Les Chinois

Alanis - Too Hot to Hold

Techno Music + Google Maps + Calculator = ???

goodladd — 2009-03-09T15:07:44-04:00

I'm not really sure what the author of this video is trying to say, but if they can get U2 to play, I'll be there.

Pole Tergeist

chrisdye — 2007-10-18T19:35:55-04:00

Mysterious silhouette in picture of bonfire said to resemble Pope John Paul II

Equally said to resemble the also-deceased Denver, the Last Dionsaur.

Yes, I know... Get back to work...

So YOU think you can dance?

registeredname — 2007-08-11T00:01:24-04:00

Maybe Carlton should have used his own video on how to dance:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1770257/Is:7600

C'est Bon Des Pop-Tarts

vinny9 — 2007-01-29T09:53:53-05:00

Les T�tes � Claques

Largest Circulation Newspapers

dustin — 2006-11-25T04:31:26-05:00

Worldwide, Japan has the largest circulation newspapers. English doesn't even come in till 11th.

1. Yomiuri Shimbun         Japan        14,067,000
2. The Asahi Shimbun       Japan        12,121,000
3. Mainichi Shimbun        Japan        5,587,000
4. Nihon Keizai Shimbun    Japan        4,635,000
5. Chunichi Shimbun        Japan        4,512,000
6. Bild                    Germany      3,867,000
7. Sankei Shimbun          Japan        2,757,000
8. Canako Xiaoxi (Beijing) China        2,627,000
9. People�s Daily          China        2,509,000
10. Tokyo Sports           Japan        2,425,000

English Language:

11. The Sun                UK           2,419,000
13. USA Today              USA          2,310,000
14. Wall Street Journal    USA          2,107,000
15. Daily Mail             UK           2,093,000
26. The Mirror             UK           1,597,000
37. New York Times         USA          1,121,000
38. Hindustan Times        India        1,108,000
50. The Hindu              India        989,000
54. Los Angeles Times      USA          902,000
62. Punjab Kesari          India        817,000
78. Daily Express          UK           720,000
79. New York Daily News    USA          715,000
80. The Washington Post    USA          708,000
81. Daily Star             UK           705,000
83. New York Post          USA          686,000
94. Chicago Tribune        USA          601,000

Here's the top 100 from all languages page that I took this data from.

Soda Montreal

Bryan — 2006-10-04T10:34:54-04:00

Is anyone going to see shows at Pop Montreal? I recognize very few band names. Any recommendations?